The professorship of anatomy, now held by Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, was established in 1782, when the Harvard Medical School was founded. The position was first filled by Dr. John Warren, who was succeeded by his son, Dr. John Collins Warren, and in 1847 Dr. Holmes assumed its duties upon the resignation of Dr. Warren. There is no other institution in the country where, for a century, a professorship has been held by only three men. - [Ex.

"May the season continue as gloriously as it has begun, excelling our fondest hopes," says the News in relation to Yale's recent successes in base-ball. "We don't want Yale to be disapointed, but we think it rather reckless of her to place her 'fondest hopes' in the base-ball arena," comments the Princetonian. "Both Harvard and Princeton have shown themselves strong at the bat. The Dartmouth nine, we learn, is batting poorly, and Amherst has done nothing at all as yet, and does not seem over-confident. Brown boasts of having discovered another 'phenomena,' and quite raves over her 'left-handed battery.' Her nine plays in the first three of the championship games, meeting Harvard, Dartmouth and Yale, between the sixth and tenth of May."