There are just 255 men in the freshman class.

Dartmouth is to have a new chapel which will cost $30,000

Judge Jason Downes, Dartmouth, '38, has left $10,000 to his Alma Maler.

There has been a reduction in the price of articles on the "order list" at Memorial.

There is in course of erection a new building for the Boston University Law school, to cost $65,000.

The editors of the Lampoon are requested to meet at 25 Holyoke street, this evening. Important.

John G. Whittier, who is a trustee of Brown University, is in favor of making the institution co-educational.

The report that Cornell was about to do away with the study of languages and devote her energies to Science is totally without foundation. [Argo.

The Cuneiform Inscriptions and the Old Testament. Special subject, Early Babylonian History. Professor Lyon, Sever 14, at 11 A. M., today,

At the polo grounds, New York, Monday, a benefit was given the veteran trainers, Jack Goulding and Alf Badger, and a number of athletic sports were had. F. P. Murray tried to beat the heel-and-toe record for one mile. He made the half in 3m. 2 2-5s., and finished the full distance in 6m. 36 1-2s. The best on record is Eugene R. Merrill's 6m. 32 3-5s. ; Merrill's time for half a mile is 3m. 3s., which Murray beat by a fraction of a second. On the same occasion L. E. Myers, within an hour, ran four dashes of a quarter-mile each. The first was made in 51 2-5s., the second in 55s., the third in 46 2-5s.. and the fourth in 52 4-5s., a total of 3m, 31 4-5s., or 28 1-5s. faster than West-hall's best on record. The four quarters were run inside 45 minutes.

Clark has been elected captain of the Princeton nine.

The junior theme, advanced section, which was due yesterday, need not be handed in before next Thursday. on account of the junior forensic.

Mr. George E. Woodbury, '77, has written a poem, entitled "The North Shore Watch, a Threnody." It is printed for private circulation only but any friend of the author can obtain a copy by sending the price, 82.00 to Mr. G. E. Woodbury, Beverly Hall.

A millionaire in Philadelphia who indorses the views of Mr. Charles Francis Adams, Jr., about the dead languages, says that he lives in the most convenient place in the city, for "the horse-cars run pro and con on his street." [Harper's.

There will be a public meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, next Wednesday, in Huntingdon Hall, at 8 P. M. The speakers will be Professor W. W. Goodwin, on the American school of classical studies at Athens, Mr. J. T. Clarke, on the results of the expedition to Assos, Professor W. R. Ware, on his recent visit to Assos, and the Rev. Phillips Brooks.

On the 5th inst., at the Crystal Palace London, Maj. Thomas Knox Holmes rode a Premier tricycle 50 miles in 4h. 43m. 26s., completing 52 3-4 miles under five hours. He started at 3 seconds after 12 and ended at 19 seconds after 5, when he had accomplished 53 miles. Maj. Holmes is 76 years of age, and was one of the original members of I Zingari Cricket Club.

In The Popular Science Monthly for November, Prof. J. P. Cooke, of Harvard, discusses "The Greek Question," maintaining the position that while the sciences are of the greatest importance, there is so much good in the classics that they should not be neglected. The editor also reviews President Porter's reply to Mr. Adams on the subject, quoting President Barnard, Professor Blackie and Dr. Farrar.

A Canadian bicyclist was recently coasting down a steep hill when his brake gave way. Arriving at the bottom of the hill he came to a bridge through which he had to pass, but when he saw a team of horses coming toward him he endeavored to avoid a collision. The result was that he was thrown a distance of 20 or 30 feet, where he was suspended by his clothing catching on to a pin of the bridge.