College students, with all their admiration for the professors under whom they moved through four years of study, have some foibles and defects to report and laugh at; but on the whole they honor the men who made them and led them. The authors of our text-books are our professors. On the whole they have done their work well. It is proper to note their faults and avoid them, but in defending them, and in being proud of them, and in rejoicing in the course of reading which they have provided, we have the endorsement of wise, scholarly and experienced educators. Finally, let us learn the characteristics of the true critic, and according to the measure of our ability let us seek to possess them: “A critic must have breadth, accuracy, sympathy, reverence, and love. He must have no partialities, and no aversions. He must not be captious, but just.” OUTLINE AND PROGRAMS. OUTLINE OF REQUIRED READINGS FOR JUNE. _First Week_ (ending June 8).—1. “The Mechanism of English,” in THE CHAUTAUQUAN. 2. Sunday Readings for June 7, in THE CHAUTAUQUAN. * * * * * _Second Week_ (ending June 15).—1. “Easy Lessons in Animal Biology,” in THE CHAUTAUQUAN. 2. Sunday Readings for June 14, in THE CHAUTAUQUAN. * * * * * _Third Week_ (ending June 22).—1. “Home Studies in Chemistry,” in THE CHAUTAUQUAN. 2. Sunday Readings for June 21, in THE CHAUTAUQUAN. * * * * * _Fourth Week_ (ending June 30).—1. “The Heart Busy with Things About Us,” in THE CHAUTAUQUAN. 2. Sunday Readings for June 28, in THE CHAUTAUQUAN. PROGRAMS FOR LOCAL CIRCLE WORK. FIRST WEEK IN JUNE. 1. A Review Lesson—The History of Alexander. 2. Selection—“The Prayer of Agassiz.” By Whittier. 3. Reading—Story of “Perseus.” From “The Heroes.” By Charles Kingsley. [See “Talk About Books,” in THE CHAUTAUQUAN for May, 1885; also poem in present number.] Music. 4. _Conversazione_—The Cause of the Trouble between England and Russia. 5. Selection—“Davie; an Epistle to a Brother Poet.” By Burns. 6. Critic’s Report. SECOND WEEK IN JUNE. 1. Selection—Alcibiades. From “Plutarch’s Lives,” or from “The Young Folks’ Plutarch.” 2. A Paper on Our Local Birds. 3. Recitation—“Pegasus in Pound.” By Longfellow. Music. 4. Essay—Alchemy. [Beside giving definition and history, allusion might be made to its introduction into fiction. See Goethe’s “Faust,” Scott’s “Kenilworth” and “Antiquary,” Bulwer’s “Last Days of Pompeii,” Hawthorne’s “Birth Mark,” Hoffman’s “Sand Man” in “Weird Tales,” and many other works which these will suggest.] 5. A General Talk on the Rebellion in the Canadian Provinces. 6. A Paper on Richard Grant White. THIRD WEEK IN JUNE.—MONTHLY PARLOR MEETING. Music. 1. A Paper on the Practical Education of American Girls. 2. A Character Sketch—Louis Agassiz. Music. 3. Selection—“The Tragedy of the Night Moth.” By Carlyle.