As a branch of medicine that has for its object the bringing of man to a greater state of physical perfection, the question of athletics has for the more advanced and liberal minded of our profession the highest interest.
In our parliamentary city where so many persons suffer from the effect of sedentary life, the athletic remedy seems to be the only sensible one, and it is daily becoming more apparent that a growing demand for athletics exists among the bright young men of the civil service who are fast replacing the sick, the infirm, and the political paretics that formerly filled the government departments. It is, therefore, with much gratification that we can point to the organizations of the Columbia Athletic Club of 450 members, and note the very favorable auspices under which it takes departure, owing to the liberality of a wealthy citizen, Mr. John McLean, formerly of