16. That the student who has submitted to such tests, and successfully borne them, is entitled to the reward of a diploma and a degree; 17. Finally, that the corporation or institution which can prepare the student for such an ordeal is entitled to confer such diploma and degree. The claims which we have now presented are sufficient to show the spirit and belief which have led to the incorporation of the Chautauqua University. We have attempted to state them logically, clearly, and forcibly. There is in them no element of disputation. We appeal to a vast, an eager and earnest constituency. To know, only to know, is the earnest cry of multitudes of our fellows. Lament for lack of early opportunities, and consequent self-depreciation, is the undertow that sweeps to ruin the possibilities of many a life. High purposes and noble ambitions have been thwarted on life’s threshold by the cruel limitations of circumstance. Mistaken views of life’s best aims, in days when opportunities were possible, have been dispelled when the opportunities have long been left behind. To each of these classes the Chautauqua University brings the correspondence system of teaching, and says: for you, it is possible to supplement the lack of early years; for you, to realize your ambitions, even within the bond by which circumstance has bound you; and for you, in the new light which experience has given, to see other opportunities for obtaining that culture which, years ago, you neglected and passed by. SPECIAL NOTES. THE ACADEMY OF LATIN AND GREEK, Summer Term of Six Weeks. TO THE CHANCELLOR OF CHAUTAUQUA UNIVERSITY: _My Dear Doctor Vincent_: It gives me great pleasure to be able to offer this summer, at Chautauqua, a course in Latin and Greek of unusual merit. Of the assistant teachers, Mr. Otto is already favorably known to our pupils of last summer, and to many correspondence students as an energetic and thorough teacher. Dr. Bevier will be a great acquisition for Chautauqua. He was graduated from Rutgers with first honors, having also during his course won honors in Latin and Greek at the inter-collegiate contest. After graduation he studied at Johns Hopkins University (which conferred on him the degree Ph.D.), and then continued his studies in Europe. He was a student at the American School at Athens, Greece, and is now an enthusiastic and successful teacher. Although our session in Latin last year began a week late, and we suffered from other disadvantages, I believe our numbers in Latin reached a total unparalleled in the history of Chautauqua. What was, however, especially gratifying, was the improved quality of scholarship manifested by students. For this summer we offer the following course: