An extra examination in English 1 will be given this week.

Mr. John Guy Vassar has presented Vassar College with $25,000.

The undergraduates at Cornell number 407.

The November Century has a short story by the author of "Guerndale."

Meeting of the college faculty today at 3.30 in University 5.

New ventilation has been introduced into Sever 11 by augur holes bored in the rises of the floor.

Mr. Wendell will meet the juniors today in Sever 11, from 2 to 3, in regard to their themes.

Mr. Matthew Arnold will stop with Professor Norton while he visits in Boston.

The first meeting of the consulting committee of the faculty and students will be held sometime in November.

The lectures in N. H. 18 will begin today at 11 A. M. in the museum, lower floor, No. 3.

Very few entries have been made for the university handicap meeting, but it is hoped many will come in today.

Entries for freshman meeting close at 12 M., for handicap meeting at 10 P. M. today.

Dr. C. S. Minot of the Medical School has been engaged as one of the instructors for the new correspondence university.

The next theme in English 5 will not be due until Friday. The corrected theme must be handed in at the same time.

The candidates for the Yale university crew are: Flanders and Peters, members of last year's crew; Hobbs and Merritt substitutes last year; Storrs, Robinson, Blake and Dodge of '85, and Appleton and Cowles of '86.

The faculty propose to inflict some punishment on those students who overran their prayer cuts last year. Petitions for the excusing of last year's cuts are now in order.

A "studentship" of the value L100 is to be founded as Oxford in honor of the late Prof. Stanley Jevons, the holder of which shall devote himself to economic or statistical research.

Dr. Laughlin will give a voluntary ecture today either in Harvard 1 or Harvard 6, to members of his section in Political Economy 1, from 2 to 3 P. M.

Mr. Joseph H. Clarke will probably give three lectures in Baltimore during the winter on "Modern Archxology," "Assos," and "What remains to be done in the East."

The members of Greek 7 who are candidates for final honors in classics, will soon be given subjects for theses, which they may offer in place of Forensics. All juniors who intend to do this must give notice at the office before the first junior Forensic is due.

The higher education continues to make gratifying progress. President Carter of Williams College is said to be "very anxious that his college should have a good ball nine," while we learn from a recent issue of a Harvard paper that the captain of the foot-ball team of that ancient seat of learning "has laid aside everything in favor of work on the field this fall." [Buffalo Express.

On Wednesday afternoon at New Brunswick. N. J., Princeton defeated Rutgers by a score of two goals and three touchdowns to three safety touchdowns. The first inning of the game was very closely contested, only one safety touchdown being scored against Rutgers; and it was not until two of their opponents had been injured that Princeton secured any decided advanage.

The annual report of the provost of the University of Pennylvania says, "In all college life athletics have become a very prominent feature. Recognizing both the advantages and dangers of gymnastic exercise, the board of trustees has resolved to establish a systematic supervision of physical culture, and has so far agreed with an athletic association of alumni and undergraduates that a goodly lot of ground with suitable buildings and appliances, will soon be devoted to athletic sports under the careful oversight of an experienced director.