1886 WILLIAM HAYES WARD _Assyria_. 1886 WILLIAM LIBBEY, JR _Alaska_. 1886 ALFRED R. WALLACE _Island Life_. 1886 MANDELL CREIGHTON _Rise of European Universities_. 1887 ARTHUR L. FROTHINGHAM, JR _Babylonian and Assyrian Art_. 1887 RODOLFO LANCIANI _Roman Archaeology_. 1888 ANDREW D. WHITE _The French Revolution_. 1890 JOHN A. BROADUS _Origin of Christianity_. The number of associates, readers, and assistants has been very large, most such appointments having been made for brief periods among young men of promise looking forward to preferment in this institution or elsewhere. DISTINCTION BETWEEN COLLEGIATE AND UNIVERSITY COURSES. From the opening of the University until now a sharp distinction has been made between the methods of university instruction and those of collegiate instruction. In the third annual report, September 1, 1878, the views which had been announced at the opening of the University are expanded and are illustrated by the action of the Trustees and the Faculty during the first two years. The terms university and college have been so frequently interchanged in this country that their significance is liable to be confounded; and it may be worth while, once more at least, to call attention to the distinction which is recognized among us. By the college is understood a place for the orderly training of youth in those elements of learning which should underlie all liberal and professional culture. The ordinary conclusion of a college course is the Bachelor's degree. Usually, but not necessarily, the college provides for the ecclesiastical and religious as well as the intellectual training of its scholars. Its scheme admits but little choice. Frequent daily drill in languages, mathematics, and science, with compulsory attendance and frequent formal examinations, is the discipline to which each student is submitted. This work is simple, methodical, and comparatively inexpensive. It is understood and appreciated in every part of this country.