Among the changes which the elective pamphlet for 1886-87 contains, there is one which must meet the heartiest approval of every student in college. We refer to the new method in conducting the elementary course in Political Economy. Excellent as the course has always been, it seems as if now it could not be surpassed as a means of giving a general and comprehensive view of great economical questions. For the first half-year Mills' Political Economy and Prof. Dunbar's lectures on banking, will be studied. For the second half-year, however, a choice of two divisions is offered to members of the course. Division A comprises a continuation of Mill, and in addition, the study of Cairne's Political Economy. Division B consists of lectures by Prof. Taussig on Labor, Capital, Socialism, and other practical questions. It seems to us that to supplement Mill with the study of Cairnes, one of the ablest and most thorough of modern economists, will be of great benefit to students of Political Economy, while a series of lectures on such intensely practical questions as division B covers, offers a splendid opportunity for instruction in very important subjects. We are glad to see that the department of Political Economy is to be conducted next year in such an interesting and satisfactory manner.