The Harvard Union is an old institution and one which deserves support from the college. It affords to men a chance to learn something of parliamentary law, to speak in public without embarrassment, and to learn to for emulate ideas with rapidity and precision. Its usefulness is manifest. We regret to learn, consequently, that the number of men from the lower classes who are accustomed to speak at the Union debates is not large, and that the interest taken by those who have spoken is not enthusiastic or persistent. This really is a great mistake. Men ought to make use of these advantages, and for those who intend to be lawyers or public men, an ability to speak before an audience is a qualification absolutely indispensable to success. We would urge upon such men the necessity of a realization of their own opportunities. Go around to the next debate and say something. It will never be a source of regret.