It is said that at the next meeting of the National Base Ball Association a proposition will probably be urged to oblige the batter to strike at any ball that comes over the plate, thus making no distinction between a high and low ball. Some very prominent base ball men are in favor of making this rule.

A lively game of foot ball was played in Hoboken, Tuesday, between Stevens Institute, and a team composed of graduates of Yale, Princeton, and Harvard. The score was 15 to 4 in favor of Stevens. The game ended with a free light, according to one of our exchanges.

The Technology Glee Club and Orchestra have secured a room in the Institute building for rehearsals this year, and this advantage is expected to bring music into a flourishing condition in the Institute. It is to the kindness of President Walker that the Institute is indebted for this favor.

The Yale News has a communication from a Yale freshman, in which the writer strongly urges that the freshman foot ball game be given up, unless the game can be played before Thanksgiving. The writer says that "it seems as if it were time to take a decided stand and let Harvard know that Yale has some rights which they are bound to respect."

The council of the American Archaeological Society met at Columbia college on Thursday. Professor Charles Eliot Norton was elected President for the coming year, Prof. Drisler of Columbia, Vice-President, and Dr. Frothingham of Johns Hopkins, Secretary. The president made a report of the work being done by the society,