The university leads in promoting the interests of a broad and liberal education in Peru, and, under the present administration, important reforms have been introduced, in accord with the progressive ideals of the twentieth century. The government of the university is in the hands of a council, composed of the rector, vice-rector, and secretary of the institution, with the dean and a delegate from each of the faculties. It is practically independent in the conduct of its affairs, the state having only the economic interest which rests on a pecuniary grant, and even this is disposed of according to the discretion of the University Council. Although all education in Peru is under the immediate protection and solicitude of the supreme government, the intervention of the executive is used only for the improvement of educational advantages and the extension of public instruction. In all that relates to the internal régime of the university, the rector and his advisers constitute the supreme authority. Dr. Don Luis F. Villarán succeeded the lamented Dr. Francisco Garcia Calderon as head of the university in 1905, and has continued the progressive methods of that learned statesman. The past three years have been marked by several important reforms. The closing ceremonies of the university year of 1907 took place March 15, 1908, instead of the 24th of December, 1907, in consequence of the students having been called away in November for military manœuvres, obedient to the new law of forced military service. The occasion was one of solemn ceremony, President Pardo attending, with his cabinet. The address of the rector included a résumé of the year’s events in the university, showing that its influence and usefulness had been increased, and notable advancement made in its affairs. The prestige of the university was enhanced last year through the brilliant record of its delegates at the congress of students in Montevideo, when this institution was shown to be in the first rank among Spanish-American institutions in culture and progress. [Illustration: THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE, LIMA.]