A MEETING of the undergraduates was held on Wednesday, 11th February, to take action on a circular letter signed by committees of Williams and Princeton Colleges, inviting the attendance of delegates at a convention to be held at Hartford on the 19th, in regard to intercollegiate literary contests.

Mr. Richmond of '74 was called to the chair, and Mr. H. A. Clark of '74 acted as secretary of the meeting.

A resolution was passed expressing disapproval of intercollegiate literary contests; but inasmuch as there was a difference of opinion as to the object of the convention, and it was thought by many that it might be intended to discuss in general the advisability of the proposed contests, it was voted to send delegates. Messrs. Dyer of '74, Richmond of '74, and Warren of '75 were accordingly elected, and provision was made that, in case of the disability of any delegate to attend the convention, he should have power to appoint a substitute. In conclusion, it was voted that the delegates should be sent on the understanding that the college should not be bound, by the fact of the representation, to enter the contest.

[The editors of the Magenta wish to state as their opinion, that the motion passed at the meeting Wednesday afternoon, to the effect that Harvard was not in favor of intercollegiate literary contests, was unnecessary, uncalled for, and ill-timed.]