Keyes, '87, rowed with the university crew on Saturday.

The portrait of Dr. Peabody, by F. C. Vinton, is nearly finished.

There were only eight lights in the yard Saturday night.

Several changes have been made in Sophomore Rhetoric.

The fifth volume of the HERALD-CRIMSON begins today with the second half-year.

Bicycle tournaments will be held next season at Harvard, Yale, Amherst, Brown and Columbia.

Dr. Sargent has been very successful in his management of the Boston Y. M. C. A. gymnasium.

A large number of students will witness the first performance of the "Princess Ida" this evening.

Petitions in behalf of the "elevated railroad" have been circulated among the students the past week.

Two hundred thousand dollars have been subscribed to found a Catholic college at Chicago.

The late James F. Clark of Cleveland, Ohio, has bequeathed $24,000 to Oberlin College.

It is reported that Forest and Stream is to offer a prize for an inter-collegiate rifle contest.

The second annual meeting of the members of the Co-operative Society will occur on Tuesday evening, Feb. 19.

The author of "Four Years at Yale" is about to publish a book entitled "Ten Thousand Miles on a Bicycle."

New South Wales has eight bicycle clubs; South Australia, 3; Tasmania, 4; Western Australia, 1; Queensland, 1.

Recitations begin today, and the absurdity of having them begin right after the semi-annual examinations will be fully proved by the attendance.

It is proposed to make the studies of the junior and senior years at Cornell almost wholly elective in the general courses.

At the Mott Haven games this spring there will be more than one bicycle race, as is usually the case; in all probability a one-mile and a two-mile race.

At the Yale athletic games this winter a new feature will be introduced, -a tug-of-war with no limit as to the weight of the men.

On Saturday afternoon Messrs. Fenno and Watson of the graduate boating committee witnessed the rowing of the different crews. Mr. Vatson coached the 'varsity for several minutes.

The meeting of the faculty tomorrow will be to make a final decision upon the question of professionals. It is expected that their verdict will be made public on Wednesday.

Princeton hopes to win the baseball championship this spring. Five of last years' nine, including Moffat, pitcher, and Harlan, catcher, are still in college.

The Herald commenting on the subject of compulsory athletic says that "inasmuch as Harvard has excellent opportunities for the adoption of such a system, it may come in vogue."

Mr. Charles Thorndike has published a card in the daily papers requesting that the subscriptions for the new Hasty Pudding Club building be paid at once, as the money is needed. More contributions are also desired.

It is to be hoped that before the semi-annual examinations next year the college authorities will take means to have the examination rooms in Massachusetts Hall made fairly comfortable.

Yale students will give two enter tainments for the benefit of their boat club. The programme will consist of a minstrel show by the Glee Club and a burlesque called "The Bakers Daughter."

The following men are trying for positions on the freshman tug-of-war team: Carole, Ogilsby, Cowling, Whitelam, Scott, Higginson and Remington, under the direction of Captain Cochrane.