Dartmouth.- The Rev. Henry Griswold Jupsenow, the president of the New England Botanical Society, and as a botanist second to no one in New England, excepting, perhaps, Professor Gray, has been appointed Professor of Natural History in Dartmouth College.

Doubtless it was owing to the petition of the Dartmouth students that John P. Phair was granted a reprieve.

- The semiannual foot-ball match between the Sophomores and Freshmen was won by the former.

Amherst.- For the benefit of candidates for admission living in the West, Examination Boards are to be appointed in Cincinnati and Chicago.

- The clapper and tongue of the college bell have been stolen.

- Professor Root has had a 750-cell battery constructed for his experiments.

Cambridge.- The sanitary conditions of the lodging-houses of the Cambridge undergraduates are attended to by an officer who grants licenses to those landlords only who prove that their houses can accommodate the number of students taken. The price-list of rooms must accompany the application for license.

- An Anti-Alcohol Society has been formed. Members are required to sign the pledge, and subscribe not less than one shilling per annum.

Miscellaneous.- By the will of Mrs. Faber, of Brooklyn, N. Y., Wesleyan gets $6,000.

- Oberlin has given up the custom of having a long vacation in the winter so that students could teach.

- Herr Joachim, the great violinist, recently received the degree of Doctor of Music from Cambridge, England.