The second Cambridge Assembly occurs this evening.

Prof. Boyesen of Columbia has been writing for St. Nicholas.

Harvard furnished the grand opera with more than half its "supes" this season.

Buley, '86, who was injured in the gymnasium last term, is still unable to return to college.

Dr. Sargent has just completed the apparatus in the new gymnasium of the New York Athletic Club.

Bemis, '87, is in training for the mile walk on the track of the Association gymnasium, under the supervision of Charles Daniels.

In last Friday's Transcript appeared a long communication criticising the studies pursued at the Harvard Divinity School.

Miss E. M. Farraud, assistant librarian of Michigan University, is soon to publish a "History of Michigan University."

A game of base ball was played last week in the Institute Rink. Some difficulty was experienced in seeing the ball, the gaslight being poor.

It is rumored that Professor Dwignt, who has done so much to make the Columbia Law School a success, will retire after the present year.

The Columbia College Boat Club, which was very heavily in debt last year, has reduced its debt so as to be now only $400 behindhand.

Oxford beat Cambridge at foot ball for the fourth time in succession last month. The record now stands, Oxford six, Cambridge two, drawn games four.

Quite a number of students make a practice of going into Boston every Saturday to witness surgical operations at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

Students who are members of the Massachusetts Rifle Association are reminded that the annual dinner of that organization is to be held at the Quincy House this evening at 6 o'clock.

The candidates for the Yale crew went into strict training on Saturday last. There are at least two vacancies to be filled in the boat, and probably a third, as Peters will probably be unable to row.

Mr. R. D. Sears, '83, has left the Medical School for a yachting trip to Florida, the West Indies and New Orleans. Mr. Sears will arrive back in season to accompany Dr. Dwight to England in the early spring.

The mid-year examination in Math. 3 will include only the work done in the Theory of Equations up to imaginaries, and will be only a two-hour examination. Theses will be required on subjects chosen from the other work.

The London Pastime, the leading authority in the world on foot ball prints an account of the recent Yale-Princeton game. It claims the goal for Princeton, but says that "very little science was shown by either side, both evidently depending on brute force to win the game. Certainly such a game would not be tolerated in England."

The concert of the Glee Club at Taunton on Friday was a great success and proved one of the pleasantest trips the Club had made. A fine orchestra from Providence furnished music for dancing, which was kept up until a late hour. The dancers were refreshed with an excellent spread during the evening.

A certain sophomore who returned to college rather late after the Christmas recess, found pasted upon the door of his room a notice something to this effect-"Room to let; the furniture may be had by applying to Prof.-, or to the Janitor." Judge of the perplexity of this Professor-whose name was given-when several students came to him to inquire about the price of the furniture, etc.!