Dr. E. S. Harkness of New York has given to
St. Andrews University the princely sum of £100,000. This munificence is remarkable enough in itself, but it is made more remarkable by the stipulation that most of the money is to be spent towards making .the University . residential as Oxford and Cambridge are residential. The Scottish Universities, except St. Andrews, may be said to be mingled with the population of great cities— Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen—and there is nothing resembling the collegiate system of Oxford and Cam- ,bridge. If a change is to be made St. Andrews is obviously the University to begin with, for it is the most conspicuous thing in the town if it does not dominate it. Dr. Harkness is providing for residential Fellowships and for housing the Fellows. To become a resident don at St. Andrews ought to be a career to attract the finest scholars in the Kingdom. And so may it be !
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