The most striking feature of the new elective pamphlet is the consistency with which the reforms begun last year have been carried out. The announcement of the courses of instruction for 1890-91 embodied the most thorough revision of the whole scheme of courses which has been made since the elective system was introduced. This thorough revision last year tended first of all to develop the courses designed especially for graduates; and secondly to arrange far more systematically all the courses which make up the curriculum. This year the same plan has been followed out; and it is plain to see that the great care has been to perfect the new arrangements which during the past year have been successfully begun. In arranging the scheme for this year the faculty have had an unusually hard task; inasmuch as they have been compelled to put in two entirely new groups of studies, and still to keep all the courses properly related to each other.

Of the studies in these two new groups some are designed especially for undergraduates. The new course in Classical Philology is an especially valuable one of these. The courses in Comparative Literature are even more noteworthy additions. Take it all in all, the new sets of courses offer increased opportunities and a far wider range for every department of the University. When, however, we note the especial attention given to the higher courses, to the advancement in special research; when we consider the whole new department, the School of Pedagogy, which has been added for the benefit of teachers, and take into account that many of the summer courses, taken especially by the graduate students, are to be counted for the degree, we cannot close our eyes to the fact that it is the graduate students for whom the University at present is putting forth its most brilliant and progressive efforts.