The so-called higher education for women has reached such really splendid proportions in this country that it is often forgotten how recent was the beginning of the movement out of which the American colleges for women have grown. One of the pioneers in woman's education in the United States was Mary Lyon, whose name ought never to be forgotten by American women and the sons of American women. On the 8th day of November, 1837, Mary Lyon opened in a small plain brick building at South Hadley, Massachusetts, the "first permanent chartered school for the higher education of women" in this country. On the foundation which was thus laid has been built Mount Holyoke College, which next October will celebrate its seventy-fifth anniversary. The officers and alumnae of the College are now endeavoring to raise a much-needed endowment fund of $500,000 as a part of the celebration of this seventy-fifth anniversary. Mount Holyoke College has some special grounds for its appeal to the generous who are interested in womans education. It is beautifully situated, well equipped, directed by a group of devoted and accomplished teachers, and yet it is so managed that many young women who cannot afford a large expenditure in their education can afford to avail themselves of its opportunities. Mount Holyoke College, while its intellectual standards are high, lays special emphasis upon the best social and religious development of our National life. In its early years large numbers of its graduates entered the work of home and foreign missions. To-day its spirit of service is so broadened that its graduates are frequently found either voluntarily or professionally engaged in the social, religious, and philanthropic movements in our great cities and rural districts. The Mount Holyoke Bible School in Boston last summer is an illustration of this kind of work. This school is the largest of the eight of its kind in Boston. It had last summer 422 children enrolled and an average attendance of 108, representing all ages, from six months to fifteen years, and many nationalities, such as Jews, Italians, Irish, Scotch, Swedish, Russians, and Armenians. Gymnastics, music, sewing, and other industrial arts were taught, and there was a kindergarten for the very small children. Young women who are inspired with this sort of interest in social services in their education cannot fail to be helpful in any community in which they may live. Mount Holyoke is an academic institution, and grants the degree of A.B. in course, with requirements for high standard of scholarship on the part of its graduates, but it may also be fairly called a great social service institution, and it is on that special ground that its claims are well justified for the support of those who believe in social service in this seventy-fifth year of its life.