Of all the men who devote their efforts to elevating Harvard in popular esteem perhaps those who accomplish their end most effectually are those who merely present the college to the public gaze just as it is and let it speak for herself. This is the very valuable work which the Secretary of the University has just performed. In his little pamphlet on Harvard University, Mr. Bolles has put forward in a very clear way the true position of the University, the methods requisite for entering it, and especially the nature and opportunities of the college when once entered. A great deal of eulogistic writing has been published with excellent intent, setting forth life at Harvard in glowing terms. This kind of writing has one objection, however; it is apt to be mistrusted. What Mr. Bolles has done is past mistrust. Taking the facts of the University as they are, he has merely recorded them in such a way that they will be understood by everyone. His statement of the position of a poor man at Harvard, for example, is at once most explicit and just. The University needs no more justification before the public than this. If people can only recognize, as the Secretary has tried to make them do, what the true nature of Harvard is, the University can then speak for itself. Mr. Bolles has set an admirable example to all of us. The more we can explain to outsiders the true nature and simple practical workings of the University, the more genuine service we shall be doing for our Alma Mater.