However much the name of "university" may be abused by being tacked on to so many institutions which smack more of the high school than the college, to such an extent indeed that the word "university" has fallen in part into ridicule, it cannot be denied that some of the seats of learning on this side of the ocean have as good a right to the title as their compeers across the sea. The progress of university life in all the larger colleges within the past decade has been striking, the broadening of the narrow views on educational affairs, the tendency to treat students like men instead of boys, the founding of new schools of learning in intimate connection with the main body of the college, all of these have contributed to give the right to the broader title of university. Surely nothing can be more indicative of the healthy demand for a liberal education, by the young men of the present generation than the statistics shown in a careful perusal of the new Harvard catalogue. The University is now in a time of unparalleled vigor; the elective scheme of education which was first put forward a few years ago, in spite of ominous mutterings of more conservative colleges predicting dismal failure, has pushed far ahead, and the ever increasing size of incoming classes proves more and more the success of the plan. The suction of a large university is identical with that of great cities-the denser the population, the greater the number flocking to them, leaving their smaller rivals to survive as best they can. The reasons are obvious enough: the advantages and resources possessed by rich universities are greater, the competition among the students keener, the stakes higher, and the applause following the winner louder than among the smaller colleges. Harvard has drawn within its walls more than one hundred new recruits during the past year. Is there any good reason why it should not continue to attract even more?