THE Dickinsonian publishes a poem entitled "Sub Silentio," which for indecency is unsurpassed. It is surprising that the public opinion of any American college, large or small, will tolerate such a thing; and if the gross sensuality of the Dickinson poet is at all characteristic of his college, a state of morals must exist there as low and as dangerous as the most ardent hater of liberal education could desire.

EMULOUS of Coleridge, Mr. K - s has written an apostrophe to a young ass. Mr. K. believes that the true success in writing poetry lies in the secret of identifying yourself with your subject. - Ex.

THE Senior Class at Yale has petitioned the Faculty to abolish Monday-morning recitations. It appears that these recitations tempt some students to work on Sundays, and the Seniors feel that they cannot conscientiously refrain from calling the attention of their instructors to the terrible fact that some members of the class have been weak enough to devote a part of the day of rest to classics and mathematics.

THE Record has assumed a highly moral tone in some remarks upon ticket speculations. There has been at New Haven an entertainment of some sort, called a Junior Promenade. To this entertainment etiquette forbids Freshmen to go; but, at the same time, respect for upper-class men, and possibly a little intimidation, induce them to buy tickets in large quantities. These tickets are to them like the traditional elephant, and they are only too glad to dispose of them at half price to economical Seniors. Of this proceeding the Record disapproves. It does not object to the selling of tickets to Freshmen, but it declares that any man who goes to an entertainment for half-price is a "cheat"; and it is so violent in its indignation that it suggests the idea that the managers of the Junior Promenade and the editors of the Record are identical. The Courant of course takes the other side, and with rare moderation says that the remark of the Record are "in very poor taste."

THE Courant thinks that the necessity of bowing to college friends ought to be abolished. It says that a man whom you meet twenty times a day for a whole year knows that you know him; and it considers the convulsive nod and the sickly smile with which Yale men greet each other unnecessary and annoying.

THE Vassar Mis. says that the Senior Class, after "indulging in base-ball clubs," "displaying gym. suits and powers of running at match games," and doing other ladylike things, found that their "reputation for dignity among the undergraduates might be regarded as a minus quantity." Made reckless by this "loss of reputation," the Seniors have hopelessly disgraced themselves by publicly indulging in a "class candy-pull."

There appears to be trouble of a more serious nature at Vassar. The Mis. declares that there is a "screw loose" in the "moral sentiments" of the collegians, in consequence of which young ladies habitually abstract newspapers containing "scientific articles" from the reading-room.

THE students of the University of Pennsylvania, inspired by the example of Moody and Sankey, started a revival not long ago. Somebody having questioned the desirableness of college prayer-meetings, a writer in the University Magazine comes forward to defend them. He thinks that moral and intellectual improvement should walk hand in hand, and that without prayer-meetings intellect will run away from morals, in which case disaster will of course follow. In proof of this he alleges the following startling example:-

"When Harvard was true to her seal, Christo et Ecclesiae, her halls were filled with the brain and brawn of New England. Now that she is, in the words of Henry Martyn, 'crucifying Christ between two thieves, the classics and mathematics,' how has she fallen from her former position!"

THE Captain of the Trinity boat crew publishes a letter in the Tablet, strongly advising the college not to send a crew to Saratoga. It appears that the original captain, Mr. Du Bois, was taken ill, and obliged to give up rowing. Of nine other candidates, two were physically unable to take a place on the University crew, and one decided that he would rather study than row. As the notion of doing both did not strike him, he withdrew. This leaves only six men, including the present captain, Mr. Scudder; and as two of these are entirely unpractised in rowing, and as there is no chance of procuring substitutes in case of an accident, the Captain thinks that an endeavor to send a good crew to the regatta would be useless and foolish.

SUNDAY morning chapel has been abolished at Williams, and in consequence the Athenaeum is very jubilant.

OLD LADY (who sleeps badly). Now, Mary, if I should want to light my candle, are the matches there? MARY. Yes, ma'am, there's wan. OLD LADY. One! What if it misses fire or won't light? MARY. O, niver a fear, ma'am. Sure I tried it. - Chronicle.

"SHE Stoops to Conquer" was written before the days of pin-back skirts. - Ex.

FOREST AND STREAM prints the following letter from Princeton:-

PRINCETON, N. J., January 19,1876.

Editor Forest and Stream:-

Sporting matters are exceedingly dull here just now. The University crew have begun some light training in the gymnasium, but will not settle down to hard work for some time yet. Captain Nicoll hopes that, in spite of the loss of Messrs. Biddle and Hall, and the resignation of Mr. Parmley, we may turn out a very fair crew. We have with us of last year's crew only Mr. Nicoll and Mr. VanLenup. The Freshmen crew are also doing some light work, and promise well. The University ball nine have not yet thought of organizing; but we shall probably have a good team. Of last year's nine we lose only Moffat. Gunners here are looking forward to a good English snipe season in the spring."