Unity and cohesion among the different instructors and the various text-books is obtained by the use of a syllabus, blocked off into lessons, each containing in addition to an outline and the necessary assignments in the text-books, further references for reading in the larger standard histories and biographies. Nor is historical geography neglected, for each student must fill in with colors the successive maps of an outline atlas. Casual mention of collateral reading has already been made, but there now remains to be described the method by which it is enforced and directed,--a method which, I think, is unique and which, judged by its results, would seem to be the most valuable feature of the course. In the fall term, which is by far the hardest, owing to the Freshman’s unfamiliarity with college methods of work and the difficult character of the text-books used, little is done in this direction other than to introduce him to the library, to point out to him the section in which the books are to be found that are especially reserved for this course, and to require him to do a fair amount of collateral reading upon some specific subject, a clear outline of which he must insert in his note book. But in the winter and spring terms a much more systematic and thorough drill is undertaken, a brief description of which follows: Some time in January or February a topic is assigned to each student, comparatively restricted in its scope, chosen from the field of medieval history up to and including the Renaissance. Within two or three days, at a definitely appointed time, he meets his instructor in a conference lasting from twenty minutes to half an hour, and submits a list of books, magazine articles, essays, etc., which contain material bearing upon his subject. This list is to be as complete as the student can make it, and the first object of the conference is to discover if he has exhausted the possibilities of the library,--to find out whether he knows how to use the various catalogues, the more ordinary aids such as Poole’s Index, the A. L. A. Index to General Literature, etc., and whether he is familiar with the location of the reference shelves and the stacks accessible to him. Satisfied upon these points, the instructor selects from the list presented (and perhaps amended) a number of chapters, articles, or books, as the case may require, from which the student is to extract and collect in the form of notes material for an essay on his particular subject. The remaining portion of the conference period is occupied with describing and explaining to the student just how these notes are to be taken.