It is not our purpose to find fault with what must be. But is it true that our museum must be closed continually? It was open only a small portion of last year, and this year it has not been open a single day. Of course, while the specimens were being placed in position, it was not in proper condition for the admission of visitors; but is there any reason why it should remain in such a condition for a year and a half? The "act" establishing the museum at the University requires it to be kept open for the inspection of the public. This has been published frequently, and, as a consequence, visitors ask to see the museum almost daily. We are compelled to inform them that it is not open - that it has been closed for months, and probably will be for some time to come, as a cast of a (Mega therium) is being put in place and must not be disturbed. Some time in the summer, the parts of this cast were placed upon the floor of the museum where they have since remained untouched, the Curator and Assistant being engaged in the field work of the Geological survey. It may be somewhat inconvenient to mount this cast at present, but it might easily be so arranged that the room could be open to the public. The museum is an important feature of the University, and should be both interesting and instructive, yet many among our new students scarcely know that we possess one. We hope there is a better reason for not opening it than the one given, though we know of none. It must be confessed that the unfinished condition of the Meg is hardly sufficient to warrant closing the museum an entire term.