- It is rumored that fellowships, hereafter, are not to be held for a period of more than seven years, after which their holders will resign, to be eligible for re-election on condition of taking college work.
- The Magdalen College Athletic Sports took place, Nov. 9 and 10 the Freshmen's (University) on the 13th and 14th. As will be seen, the Freshmen made the better record, though the comparison is hardly a fair one.
Magdalen College. Freshmen.
One-Hundred-Yards. II sec. 10 sec.
One-Mile-Race. 5 min. I sec 4 min. 43 4 sec.
High-Jump. 5 ft. I in. 5 ft. 2 in.
Long-Jump. 17 ft. 3 in. 19 ft I in.
One-Mile-Handicap. 4 min. 58 sec. 4 min. 47 sec.
Quarter-of-a-Mile. 56 2/3 sec. 54 1/3 sec.
Miscellaneous.- The Freshmen at Cornell have adopted "ashes of roses" as the class color !
- Paul Aker's heroic bust of Milton, the one which Hawthorne praises so highly in the "Marble Faun," has been purchased for the library of Colby University.
- The new dormitory at Brown College is to be built by Messrs. Stone and Carpenter. Miss Juliet Capulet's opinion as to the unimportance of names is certainly not borne out by the particular significance of these.