A bill has been introduced in the house which provides for the establishing at West Point of a preparatory school for candidates for admission to the military academy.

More candidates for lacrosse are wanted from '87. It is hoped that enough will be in form when the spring opens to make up a class team to play Andover and other teams.

The new membership of the Cooperative Society continues to increase. To put it upon a firm basis for work this coming spring and summer at least 600 members are necessary.

All those desiring synopses of the lectures given by the Historical Society can get them by applying to the president. These synopses also contain a list of the reference books to be read for each lecture.

The following advertisement appeared in a German university town paper: For Rent-Fine room, good distance from the university and close to a pawn shop.

The batting records of the North Western College League have been published, and they average among the fair and good batsmen higher than our records. This is most likely due to an inferiority in the pitchers.

A new magazine, The Foreign Eclectic, has appeared, which contains selections from the best periodicals in France and Germany, and will be of value to those desiring to keep up their knowledge of these languages.

The vote of the faculty on the adoption of the regulations concerning athletics stood 23 to 5 in favor of them, This does not include all present, as several members did not vote. It is to be hoped that the next vote will be as marked in favor of the negative.

In his remarks at the Harvard Club dinner, at Delmonicos' last Thursday, Mr. C. M. Depew, president of the Yale Club, said: "In many things Yale is content to follow and learn of Harvard. This willingness extended even to New London;" and before the laughter had died away the speaker continued, "And last fall and the fall before and I don't know how many more falls, Yale also followed Harvard across the foot-ball field up town."