Scrub games of ball are gaining great popularity at Yale. Matches between the different dormitories and club tables are frequent.

For once, the shooting men were able yesterday to get a good afternoon's sport, without postponement or interruption by stormy weather.

It is reported that the Cornell faculty is considering the advisability of an entire change in the hours for recitations. Probably the eight o'clock recitations will be abolished.

Re-written copies of Theme VI. will be due in Sever 3, today, and will not be received after this date without special authority from the office.

The preliminary trial for the Boylston prizes will be held this afternoon at 2. Competitors will be taken in alphabetical order, beginning with the Juniors.

There will be an excursion in Natural History 4, today, to Springfield. Members will take the 12.40 train at the Boston and Albany depot. An excellent opportunity will be afforded for the inspection of some curious geological formations.

Article 34, of the college regulations, has been amended to read as follows; Continuous residence at the university is required during term time. Any student whose residence is interrupted for any cause, is required to give immediate notice to the Dean, and, if his absence is prolonged beyond three days, he is further required to report at the Dean's office immediately upon his return.