Yale is to day agitating the question whether her chapel pulpit shall be occupied permanently by one man, or whether she shall adopt the system in vogue at Harvard, - of having eminent ministers from the neighboring cities, preach each Sunday. This discussion turns our attention to an advantage we are enabled to enjoy, which, however, too few men seem to appreciate. When we consider the great pains Prof. Peabody takes in this matter of supplying the chapel pulpit Sunday evenings, it seems to us that the congregation should be made up more largely of students and less of Cambridge people. These ministers, in many cases, come from great distances for the sake of delivering one address to Harvard men who should feel duly bound to extend them a cordial welcome, and who, for their own sakes, should take full advantage of the rare opportunities thus offered them.
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