The call for candidates for the Glee Club which is printed in another column should meet with a good response. There is no university organization which is more closely bound up with the traditions of college life than is this one. Not that the club itself dates back so very far,- it was founded, we believe, less than forty years ago,- but that it has been the means of developing and preserving an element in student life, which, the world over, has always been one of its most pleasant characteristics.

In his address to the new members of the University last Monday, President Eliot spoke of the privilege which every student had in enrolling himself with the large company of men who for two hundred and fifty years have done so much for this courtly. This is strikingly true of the men who identify themselves with the musical interests of the University. There are probably many students here who are not aware of the very important part the graduates of Harvard have played in the development of music in the country. The Harvard Musical Association which is composed of graduates in or near Boston who are interested in music, is, we believe, one of the oldest organizations of its kind in America. It was largely through its efforts and the public spirit of Mr. Higginson that the Boston Symphony concerts were established.