Those who heard the very entertaining lecture last evening on the forerunners of the pianoforte must have come away with a sense of gratitude and obligation towards the lecturer and Mr. Steinert. The performance certainly gave a great deal of interest and instruction, and the applause which followed Mr. Krehbiel from the stage showed that the audience appreciated not only the lecture in itself but the kindness of the lecturers as well. Very little of the thanks, however, goes where it is to a great extent due, namely to the organizations which arranged for the lecture. Had it not been for the energy of the Pierian Sodality and the Glee Club in getting the lecturers to come to Cambridge with their instruments, the college and the people of Cambridge would not have had the pleasure of last evening's entertainment.

This is but one example of the instances in which the college organizations have helped the university in this way. There are always men who are glad to talk to the college if their attention is only drawn to the fact that an opportunity is offered to them. Sometimes again it requires a little urging to persuade persons to speak. At any rate some one in the University has to do the inviting or the urging, as the case may be; some one has to take the lead and provide for the lecture. This is one of the ways in which the college organizations can be and are of great service to the University.