The alumni of Harvard who live in and about Boston seem to be less active and to take less interest in the welfare of their University than the alumni of any other college. Just now the graduates of nearly every college which is represented by any sufficient number of men, are dining together, and talking over the condition of their respective institutions. They take a real interest in keeping up with educational advances, and each man is anxious to help the governing body of his college in the effort to raise the standard. Harvard graduates do not show the same zeal. They appear to be in a sort of lethargic condition, unable to express themselves except on some occasion of unusual moment. They seem to imagine that all personal duty toward the University ceased with the hour in which they got their degrees, and that they are no longer called upon to give opinions on matters of college policy-they even allow politics to influence their choice of University officers. It is not the right state of affairs. Our graduates about Boston ought to be more united than the graduates of any other college, and ought to express their opinions freely, and without prejudice, on all matters connected with their AlmaMater. They certainly ought to come together at least once a year, and then, even if they were unable to accomplish anything, they would not appear to have forgotten that they once attended Harvard University.

We have received a communication from a member of the class of Seventy-four which expresses rather blindly the pride which the graduates take in an athletic victory. This man exults over our rowing record of years ago and bids us not forget that record. But what is the use of raking up the records of those old races, or even of trying to prove that we lead in total number of races won. The main question is how to win a race now, and if our loyal correspondent will send us his solution of the problem, we shall be glad to print it. As the season advances, rowing affairs look brighter, and at the opening of the river in the spring Harvard will put a crew on the water which will be able to stand criticism.