For several years it has been the desire of the Harvard Annex to become a part of the University, but the question of financial endowment has thus far been the chief obstacle. During the last year the Association has been energetically at work raising a fund for this purpose.

The reason for this closer union of the Annex and the University have been clearly stated by Mrs. Agassiz in a letter to the last Nation, and as it is probable that these reasons are not fully understood by undergraduates in general it would not seem unadvisable to state them briefly. They are first, "that the existence of the Annex and its present course of study may be permanently insured to its students;" second, "that the students of the Annex may have freer use of the library and other educational facilities belonging to the University than they now enjoy"; and third, 'that the students should receive their degrees from the University." The reasons why a fund is necessary in order that the Annex may be joined to the University are as equally evident. First, that the funds of the University are given for the instruction of young men only; second, that, an undoubted increasing in the student's expenses in educational apparatus etc. would be greater; and third, that the present income of the Annex is not large enough to pay for postgraduate courses for which there is considerable demand among students.

These are the reasons advanced by the Woman's Education Association for the union of the Annex and the University and they are certainly sound and important. It would be difficult to state just how such a union would be viewed by undergraduates. Undergraduate views, however, upon this subject would doubtless not be of much influence. The idea of a co-educational college like those of the West, probably comes first to mind, but such a change in the college would probably not happen. The system of the education of both departments would be left to the Administrative Boards. But every fair minded undergraduate, recognizing the work and needs of the Annex, would sympathize with any movement tending to improve its facilities. The work that it is accomplishing, the increasing number of students and the annual enlargement of its curriculum indicate that the Annex has been fast pushing to the front among our colleges for women. Under the present circumstances, however the Annex is too dependent upon the voluntary help s of the college to make a firm advance. The work and time of the professors is only such that they can give at leisure hours and this tends to cripple the advantages which the Annex offers. If by joining the Annex to the University we can advance the cause of broader and more liberal education for women and can place that part of the college in the foremost rank of women's colleges, it is our part to do so.