- At a recent meeting '78 decided to make some changes in the usual Class Day exercises. In the forenoon ivy planting with an oration and poem is proposed; in the afternoon the exercises at the hall will be as usual, but at the grove the class prophecy and the prophecy on the prophet will be substituted for the customary oration, and the squabble between Sophomores and Freshmen will be omitted. The promenade concert will be held on the campus Wednesday evening. A platform will be erected, and the grounds and buildings illuminated with Japanese lanterns.
Columbia.- Dr. Pearce has begun a series of six lectures on "Practical Harmony."
- The Glee Club have been asked to give a concert, to raise money for defraying the debt of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
- The Chess-Club of '78 has begun a match with the Philidor Chess-Club of Cornell. The match is to be played by correspondence.
- The class-races took place on the Harlem, on Saturday, 3d November. The races were started from Macomb's Dam Bridge, and rowed to the boat-house.
Princeton.- Princeton claims the championship of the Foot-Ball Association ; Yale, of the continent.
- Princeton's success at foot-ball may be ascribed to the fact that the students practise by moonlight.
- The college Glee Club and the orchestra have agreed to give a concert to pay off the boating debt.
- Two fellowships, open to recent graduates who may wish to pursue the study of mental and moral philosophy, have been established.
- "At the Harvard game. when a Princeton man made one of his fine plays, an intensely interested (and interesting) young damsel was heard clapping her hands and exclaiming: 'Do bring that dear Mr. - to me. How I would like to kiss him ! Do introduce me to him.'"
Oxford.- Professor Ruskin's lectures are very crowded, - all sitting and standing room is fully occupied.
- It is estimated that there are 3,000 dogs in the town of Oxford. Danger from hydrophobia is apprehended.
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