THE reports that come to us represent the new building which Trinity College is to erect as an architectural wonder. It is to be constructed for a combination of purposes, - Chapel, Library, Dormitory, etc., all under one roof; the whole to be finished in 1877, at a cost of about one million.

AT a meeting of the Weld-Thayer Boat-Club this week, Mr. Watson, '75, President, and Mr. Wetmore, '75, Captain, presented their resignations. After the acceptance of them, Mr. G. W. Green, '76, was elected President, and Mr. Martin, '77, Captain.

BLAKEY is building a six-oared gig for the New York Rowing Club, a four-oared shell for S. Paul's School, two four-oared gigs for class crews at Bowdoin, seven single sculls for different persons, and a pair-oared gig for the Freshman Class.

A LEARNED treatise by our Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of St. James is for sale at the University Bookstore. The subject of the work is interesting, and, considering the high standing of the author and the undoubted excellence of the book, its price is quite reasonable.

THE lectures before the Art Club have proved eminently successful. The first one was delivered on Tuesday, March 2, by Professor Norton, who expressed first his interest in the Club, and then proceeded to give an account of the condition of Art at Venice during the most prosperous days of the city. On Tuesday, March 9, Mr. Ware, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gave an account of the building of the Louvre and the Tuileries, which was both interesting and instructive. Mr. Ware illustrated his remarks by a large number of photographs, and by a diagram of the buildings. The lectures will be continued as soon as further arrangements are made.

A "Harvard School of Geology" will be opened on July 1, at Cumberland Gap, Tenn. The school will be under the management of Professor Shaler, and he intends to cover, during a session of nine weeks, about five thousand square miles of country. The classes will travel from the first camp at Cumberland Gap, through the region of the Upper Cumberland; small sections will branch off from the main line, with pack-mules, shelter-tents, etc., and explore the country in various directions; each section will be accompanied by an instructor who will deliver field lectures on the different beds and specimens. The number of students is limited to twenty-five, and none but men of culture and standing will be allowed to take part in the expedition.

THE chess tournament closed on Tuesday evening, and Mr. C. P. E. Burgwyn, L. L. S., was declared the winner of the Challenge Cup offered by the club. The second prize was won by Mr. G. P. Faucon, '75. The standing of each contestant at the close of the tournament was as follows:-

Won. Lost.

Burgwyn . . 11 1

Faucon . . . 9 2

Preble . . . 9 4

Stimson . . . 7 3

Barnes . . . 7 5

Szemelenyi . . 7 5