Miscellaneous.- The Corporation of Brown University have voted that the existence of secret societies among the undergraduates is unfriendly to the best interests of the University.

- While the Wesleyan Senior Class crew was exercising on Tuesday evening, their boat struck a rock and swamped. Cyrus P. Marsh from West Newtown Penn., one of the crew, was drowned before any one could reach him.

- The Intercollegiate Literary Association announces for this year examinations in Latin and mental science in addition to the contests in oratory and essay-writing and the examinations in Greek and Mathematics. The subjects for essays are: "The Federalist Party in the United States," and "Hawthorne's Place in Literature."

- The Williams athletic sports occurred October 14. The times were as follows: Quarter-mile run, 58 1/4 s.; half-mile run, 2 m. 24 1/4 s.; one-mile walk, 8 m. 39 1/2 s.; 100-yard dash, 11 1/4 s.; sack-race, 50 yards, 13 1/2 s.; mile run, 6m. 18 3/4 s. The base-ball throw was 323 ft.; the running high jump, 4 ft. 11 in.; running long jump, 16 ft. 5 in.

- The College of the City of New York began its winter term, Wednesday, September 27. The Senior class numbers 51, the Junior 62, the Sophomore 94, and the Freshman 197. Of the 696 applications for admission to the introductory class, 519 were successful.

- The Freshman classes at the various colleges number as follows:-

Harvard 246 Dartmouth 60

Cornell 180 Oberlin 52

Yale 150 Trinity 35

Amherst 83 Hamilton 30

Williams 68 Tufts 26