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However much the smaller colleges may hesitate to follow Harvard in some of the liberal reforms, they seem unanimous in their desire to extend the elective system. The catalogue of Brown University for the current year, which has just been published, shows a largely increased list of electives. Instruction is now given in the Semitic languages and in Oriental history, in advanced Latin for lower courses, and in Zoology, Geology, and Botany. A course in classical Archaeology is also for the first time given to the senior class, and other students who desire to attend. German, which was once a senior elective, is now required of sophomores, and may be elected by juniors and seniors. Italian and Spanish, once ignored, are now junior and senior electives. The catalogue contains a facsimile of the constitution of the college, which was granted by the general assembly in 1764, and an interesting sketch of Brown's history.
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