The University Catalogue.

On Wednesday the new university catalogue for 1884-85 appeared. It is very much the same as the catalogue of last year, there being but few changes; but its outside appearance is a marked improvement over the preceeding one. Without raising the cost it has been found possible to substitute a neater and more durable cover than the old flexible one; and the change in the color is a noticeable improvement. To the artistic eye the color adopted may not, perhaps, be exactly crimson in shade; still it is very much nearer than before and about as near the mark as such attempts usually come. Complimenting the publisher and compiler for the material appearance, let us look inside and see what new information it contains. First of all, each student interested in the combined growth and prosperity of the university turns to the general summary, and compares the figures with those of a year ago. The whole number of men enrolled for 1884-85, is found to be 1586, an increase of 64 over the year 1883-84. It is pleasing to notice also that this gain is quite generally distributed. There is not a department of the university, except the graduate department, which has not received part of this increase. The Veterinary School, started only last year, has now two classes, the new one consisting of ten men, and may be considered henceforth as a firmly established part of the university. A description of the new Jefferson Physical Laboratory and the advantages which it offers is the most noticeable addition to the new volume. Besides this, there is the new Channcy Wright prize for a mathematical thesis, and a description of the valuable Boylston prizes for medical research. The Lee prize-reading having been discontinued, all mention of them ceases with 1883-84. These few additions and changes, together with the new names and rank of the students are the only points which make the new catalogue different from its immediate predecessor. And now that a suitable binding has been decided upon, why should it not become the permanent one, in a short time to be as familiar as the old blue paper covered catalogues were to so many classes.