Editorial Note. 
The object of the department here opened in the bulletin is per- 
haps self-evident, but we may indicate that it is primarily intended 
as a common arena where the several departments and the constitu- 
ency of this institution may meet for comparison of ideals and meth- 
ods; and the crumbs that drop from the table of the various class- 
rooms, if gathered and garnished, might serve for the intellectual 
quickening of many a stranger. We also intend to devote a certain 
amount of space in each number to the analysis of important educa- 
tional works as well as to the study of striking tendencies, as ex- 
hibited in educational literature or praxis. The present issue is essen- 
tially an after-thought, and is to be treated as an explorer in a field 
where a little friendly co-operation would invite to permanent settle- 
ment. The frequency of issue will depend upon self-evident contin- 
gencies and will be independent of that of the laboratory portion, 
whose contributors freely admit that ‘‘the gleaning of the grapes of 
Ephraim is better than the vintage of Abi-ezer.” 
