The Index.

The Harvard Index for 1891-1892 was put on sale yesterday. This makes the eighteenth volume of the Index since its foundation in 1837.

The outward appearance of the volume is similar to that of last year. The covers are crimson with gilt lettering, but to the simple lettering on the front cover of last year there is added a very effective representation of the college seal. The illustrated advertisement on the back cover is also an innovation, and a rather pleasing one, too.

Inside the volume there is almost as little change as outside. The clubs have been all grouped together, which makes the list much more convenient for purposes of reference. After the list of students there appears this year, for the first time, a summary list of the states drawn from by the freshman class, and a summary showing the number of students in the different departments of the University for the past three years. The list of college rooms and their occupants is much more complete than that of last year, and now includes all the large dormitories. On the whole, the only changes on the inside of the volume are in the direction of making the book even more useful than it has been in the past.

It is interesting to find that eight of the societies which were mentioned in the Index of last year do not appear this year. Of these, the editors say that three have gone out of existence, while five have not been heard from. Seven new clubs appear on the list: the International Law Club, the Odontological Society, the Oxford Club, the Prospect Progressive Union, the Sigma Omicron Tau, the Western Club, and Worcester Academy Club.

Concerning the strength tests, it is interesting to find that there are now two undergraduates in the list of those who have the best ten records. A rather remarkable fact connected with the Intercollegiate records in track athletics is that thirteen out of the fourteen records have been made within the past year. Of these Yale holds four, Princeton and Harvard each three, and Amherst and Columbia each two.

The only feature of the Index of this year which is an innovation, is the presence of the three leaves containing the scores of last year's contests with Yale. They are very well gotten up, and are welcome additions, but the editors made a curious slip when they called the games of the University Track Athletic Cup Association, Mott Haven games.