The great number and variety of valuable lectures which students are annually given an opportunity to attend without charge was spoken of yesterday in this column. Undergraduates do not appear to realize the opportunities which these lectures offer. Many of the minor lectures, which students, at their homes in smaller places, would consider of the greatest value, are here slimly attended by the undergraduates, and many of the more important lectures are attended chiefly by Cambridge citizens and their families.
The very frequency of these lectures no doubt leads us to look upon them as events of common occurrence and to take little note of them, thinking in a hazy sort of way that they are a part of the college course which we are not following. They should not be neglected, however. Few of us will have the opportunity in after life of hearing men of such repute as Dr. Doerpfeld, Dr. Fiske, and Professor Allen.
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