Whence we Hail.

One of the pleasantest features of college life is the opportunity we have of meeting fellows from all parts of our country. Not only is it pleasant, but also it serves to awaken us to the realization that the universe is not centred around any one place, be it in New York, in Boston, in San Francisco, but it is one vast organization which will continue to exist, even of some of those parts which seem to us the most vital are lopped off. We enjoy some of the benefits of travel, even while anchored in one place. We meet fellows from all parts of the country who differ from each other in ideas, in customs, in manners, and even in dialect. Our country is so large that we are like the nations of Gaul, of whom Caesar says,-what school boy will ever forget the sentence? -Hi omnes lingua institutes, legibus inter se different.

Harvard is the most cosmopolitan college on this continent. Almost every state in the Union is represented and many foreign countries We give below the states which send the largest number of students.

States. Sen. Jun. Soph. Fresh. Sp.

Mass. 100 137 140 148 18

N. Y. 27 35 40 31 16

Penn. 7 6 13 17 7

Ill. 8 5 8 6 3

Ohio. 5 7 7 9 2

Cal. 5 7 8 5 1

N. H. 5 5 6 4 0

N, J. 4 6 0 8 1

Other St's. 28 26 30 23 22

For. C. 2 0 4 4 0

191 234 256 255 70

This is only in the college proper. If we take the University, the cosmopolitanism of Harvard would be still more clearly shown. As would be expected, Mass. sends by far the largest number. The eight states which send the largest numbers are, Mass. 543, N. Y. 149, Penn. 40, Ill. 30, Ohio 30, Cal. 26, N. H. 20, N. J. 19.

The foreign countries represented are, England, France, Switzerland, Greece, Turkey. India, Haweian Islands, Cuba, and Canada.

The five cities which are the most largely represented are, Boston 186, New York 74, Cambridge 64, San Francisco 23, Chicago 16. Washington and Cincinnati follow closely with 15 each.