. Review of reviews and world's work . ading motive in his conclusion to remain west ofthe Mississippi, even though as a man of Easternbirth and education the proffered opportunity wouldhave been in so many respects congenial. Butbeyond all this, his decision indicated an appreciationof the westward shifting of the preponderance of influ-ence in this country, and of the larger scox)e presentedby a Western State like Iowa to a young educationalleader whose life work is still mostly before him,than could be found in an old New England State. Another interesting circumstance which would de-serve
. Review of reviews and world's work . ading motive in his conclusion to remain west ofthe Mississippi, even though as a man of Easternbirth and education the proffered opportunity wouldhave been in so many respects congenial. Butbeyond all this, his decision indicated an appreciationof the westward shifting of the preponderance of influ-ence in this country, and of the larger scox)e presentedby a Western State like Iowa to a young educationalleader whose life work is still mostly before him,than could be found in an old New England State. Another interesting circumstance which would de-serve to bring Iowa College into particular mentionhas been the successful production of the first Greekplay ever produced in the West. Iowa College is aco-educational institution, with some five hundred ormore students in all its departments, of whom abouttwo hundred and fifty are in the four regular collegeclasses, while the remainder are to be found in a two-years preparatory department, in the conservatory of 176 THE REVIEW OF music, which is one of the departments of the insti-tution, and in special studies not so arranged as togive class rank. The graduating class at the recentcommencement in June numbered forty. The num-ber of young women attending the college is almostas large as that of the young men, although it is con-siderably smaller in the regular college classes;whereas it is much larger in the musical and specialdepartments. The play given by the Iowa College students onJune 10 last was the * Electra of Sophocles. It wasproduced by members of two literary societies, onecomposed of young men, the other of young college has been distinguished for the brilliantcharacter of its work in classical studies, and severalof its graduates have subsequently taken high rank asphilologists. The play was prepared with the assist-ance of the instructors in Greek, elocution and physi-cal culture, while the music for the choral odes was alocal product, being compo
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