IN the matter of honors the graduating class has done something she may well be proud of; for her record is the highest of any class during the last six years at least: we investigated no farther. Of course sound, deep scholarship cannot be measured; for there are very many men who really do hide their candle under a bushel; but in the long run, supposing the number of such men to be about equal in each succeeding year, an estimate of more or less value can be formed from mere outward success. In comparing Seventy-seven's record of honors with that of Seventy-two and later classes we find: '72, thirteen honors, partly first-class, partly second-class; '73, thirteen honors, first and second class; '74, twelve honors, three highest in Classics, two in Philosophy; '75, twelve honors, four highest in Classics, one in Philosophy; '76, twelve honors, one highest in Philosophy, one in Physics; '77, sixteen honors, three highest in Mathematics, one in Philosophy. It will be seen that in these last six years no student had taken any honors in Mathematics, until Seventy-seven took three highest in that subject, which is acknowledged the most difficult of all. But the chief glory of Seventy-seven is that one of its number graduated summa cum lands, and his name, as everybody knows, is Gerrit Smith Sykes. If it could boast of nothing else, this alone would fairly entitle the class to the highest distinction. We feel that we are merely following the example of all of his friends, when we offer Mr. Sykes our most hearty congratulations on his happy success. If, then, any one is disposed to censure our seeming partiality to Seventy-seven, we simply beg leave to direct his attention to the above-mentioned statistics, bearing in mind the hitherto veracious reputation of plain figures.