We bespeak the attention of seniors to the needs of the different departmental libraries. These libraries have been of substantial service in facilitating study; they afford the conveniences that are given by collecting books upon one subject in one place, and they also afford, owing to circumstances, an additional convenience by making library study possible in the evening.

They deserve help and they need it. Not only are the rarer books of reference valuable, but also the common textbooks. The more of these available, the more men of restricted means will be relieved from the necessity of purchases.

We are well aware that books associated with college life are often highly prized, and we do not mean that all books should be left by seniors. It is a matter for them to determine whether the books will do more good in their own hands or in the college libraries; but if the books are more needed in the latter place, then they ought freely to be given.

Harvard College has been made by the generosity and sacrifice of men of former years; it will continue to develop chiefly as the men who have partaken of its benefits do, in turn, their part to enrich it.