Students in Electrical engineering at Harvard have in the past had to contend against the serious difficulty of having almost no opportunity for practical manual work. The lack of facilities for such work shop training has been noticed as the number of men taking electrical studies has increased. We are glad to see that arrangements have been made by which students can have the necessary advantages in manuel work. The facilities are still very limited, yet we recognize a great advance over the opportunities of the present year, when no more than two men could do any machine work.

Electrical engineering is a recent branch of scientific study and a thorough preparation in it will become more and more necessary. The necessity for such training has been brought strongly to notice in our university during the past year. We hope that by the end of next year we shall have much larger and better facilities for its acquirement.