The winter sports at Princeton occur today.

The lacrosse convention will be held at 10 A. M. today.

Williams College has received $300,000 during the past two years.

The Williams Athenoeum expresses itself very strongly against co-education.

The University of Pennsylvania would like to start an inter-collegiate cricket league.

The text book in Pleading, "Ames' Cases," used by the first year law students, is out of print.

The Life of James Monroe, by President Gilman, in the "Statesman" series, came out yesterday.

The debate of the Institute of 1770 will come off on Friday, not on Thursday as announced in yesterday's issue.

Prof. Lyon lectures in the Divinity Hall upper lecture room at 12 M. today on "Assyrian Antiquities."

Seniors will present subjects for their commencement parts to Prof. A. S. Hill at 4 P. M. today in Sever 3.

Pach's photographer has been canvassing the college to see how many seniors desire photographs of their rooms.

Mr. Channing, '77, will deliver a lecture next Tuesday evening under the auspices of the Harvard Historical Society.

Circulars advertising the Livingston fire escape (the canvas bag arrangement) have been distributed through the college halls.

Now is the time to order spring shoes of Morris Dollard, 856 Main street, shoe parlors, private house, a few steps east of Beck Hall.

Messrs. C. R. Clapp, T. J. Coolidge, E. A. Hibbard and H. Hubbard of the junior class have been elected members of the Historical Society.

Washington's Birthday occurs February 22d. Today is February 22d. Harvard students may perhaps recollect this as an interesting fact in history.

A recent number of the New York Tribune elaborately discusses the question of physical education in colleges in general, and agrees with the views of Dr. Sargent on the subject. It calls Dr. Sargent the foremost authority on the question in this country.

The fifth concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra will be given tonight. The advertisement of the concert in another column gives the programme.

The owner of the Livingstone fire escape (canvas bag) is desirous of exhibiting his patent publicly before the students. If he does so, others will probably do the same.

Not very many years ago one of the rules of the college inflicted a fine of ten dollars upon every student who visited a theatre, and one of five dollars upon one who attended a party in town.

There will be a meeting of the Christian Brethren this evening in 18 Stoughton. Reports will be presented from the College Y. M. C. A. convention in New Haven. All are invited to attend.

Prof. A. S. Hill was the first Washington correspondent of the Boston Advertiser. In association with two other gentlemen Prof. Hill at that time organized a bureau of information at Washington.

"Two New Haven schoolma'ams were seen going through New Haven's flowing streets last week, each armed with a plank six feet long, with which they bridged bad gutters and pools." Where were the Sir Walter Raleighs of Yale?

One of the waiters at Memorial was handed over to the tender mercies of the law last evening. It seems he was discharged by Mr. Balch, but before leaving undertook to break into the place where the waiters' clothes were kept, whereupon he was promptly removed by the steward. As he continued to be troublesome two officers were summoned and given charge over him.

There was an oratorical contest in this city last night, but so far as heard from no damage has been done to shipping on the lake. Oratory is a valuable acquisition. Some of the best orators in our colleges frequently make good third basemen after graduating.-[Chicago Tribune.