Harvard's Advance.

A recent article in the New Englander entitled "Yale under President Porter," by Mr. Henry C. Kingsley, treasurer of the college has been commented on in the columns of the CRIMSON. The array of figures presented by Mr. Kingsley suggests a comparison with the changes wrought here during President Eliot's administration, which began two years earlier than did President Porter's. In 1869, when President Eliot was elected, the number of students in the university was 1097. At the end of the first five years the average enrollment was 1086; for the second five years, 1300; and for the third five years, including 1884-85, it was 1440. This year's catalogue has 1662 names in it, a gain of 52 per cent. over the showing of 1869-70. For the three periods, the average each year on the academic department was 613, 789, 895.

In 1869-70 there were 87 officers of instruction: now there are 184, of whom 89 are professors and assistant professors. At the end of President Eliot's first year, the total University funds were $2,387,232. By the report of last year they were shown to be $4,803,938, an increase of $2,416,706. As these figures show, a very decided gain has been made over Yale in every way. At our sister college the number of students has increased 26 per cent., here 52 per cent.

There the officers of instruction have increased 60 per cent., here 112 per cent. In that very important matter, "the sinews of war" we have made a gain of more than 100 per cent. to Yale's 75. In the light of these statistics, who can wonder at the desire of the Yale alumni to adopt a more liberal scheme of education and thus make a more rapid intellectual development force greater material prosperity.