Dear Sir,—The original caption of my article was: "The Philosophy Department—an Anachronism?" I have no wish to protest against the change you have made but would like to point out that my heading had a some what more moderate tone. This particular question of the abolition of the Philosophy Department was after all, merely a dialectical red herring serving by contrast, to highlight the urgent necessity for the philosophical development of the other disciplines. It is to be hoped that this particular interest-stimulant will not call forth a host of fretful replies from the pseudo-philosophical, but rather that we will be treated to some substantial opinions concerning the prepositions given