It is rather interesting to note the statistics-even though they be not full-regarding the opinions of the "Three Years Course" held by the present senior class. It seems that its opponents outnumber its approvers in a proportion of almost three to one. It is noteworthy, moreover, that of the supporters of the proposed change the majority are men who have not been in the class during the whole course. This preference by this part of the men is so decided that it would seem to be an indication of some special influence. Exactly what the influence is it is hard to state. It seems but natural, however, that men coming here from other colleges should approve a change which would necessarily develope the graduate school; for it is these men especially whom the graduate school would benefit. We mean by this, not that these graduate students are greatly influenced by any merely selfish views, but that in their work they have been led to the belief that the great work for the University in the future is to lie in the graduate departments.

When we come down to bottom facts it is on this question of the graduate school that the argument must be fought out. It is plain enough by the vote of the seniors and by the general talk of undergraduates that student feeling is against making the graduate department of more importance than the college itself. In fact the feeling is so strongly pronounced as to lead us to doubt whether the students have given the question more than a small part of the thorough consideration which has divided the Overseers and Faculty-bodies generally supposed to vote only after the gravest consideration-almost equally on the question.

The matter is not to be dropped simply because of the negative vote of the Overseers. It is a question on which the government of the University is still pondering and which should have far more thorough consideration from the students than they have yet given to it.