Many persons have been surprised to learn that, with an Astronomical Observatory so well equipped and so renowned for excellent work, Harvard offers no chance to the undergraduates to study Astronomy. We have asked for such a course of instruction before, and we mean to keep the subject before the authorities until the course is provided. The Astronomical department is strongly in favor of the plan, for more universal knowledge of the science would add to the number of men who could apply themselves to original investigation. The only thing in the way of this course is that there are no funds to carry it on with; since all the money which has been left to the Observatory has been left for specific purposes. The first thing to do is to get some person particularly interested in Astronomy to give the University enough money to establish this Professorship.
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