Yesterday's Advertiser contained a long letter from Owen Wister, the accomplished musical man of '82, on the Boston Symphony Concerts.
The members of history 13 feel aggrieved because they are required to hand in three historical maps of the United States, before the midyears.
Mr. Withington of the Seminary is to take charge of the Princeton gymnasium for a while in place of Mr. Goldie, resigned.
The University of Cairo, Egypt, is said to be 900 years older than Oxford. It has 10,000 students who are educated for missionaries of the Moslem faith.-[Ex.
H. Holiday, '85, has been compelled on account of ill health to sever his connection with college. He will depart in two weeks to spend a few years in Europe.
There have been recently formed at Yale, Bible classes, which meet at stated intervals for the discussion of special topics. The Seniors and Juniors have each four classes.
A squad of lacrosse men is at work on the chest-weights in the gymnasium. "Change!" cries the captain. "Oh, never mind the change." answers a voice from toe running track overhead.
The following extract shows the business manner is which a Cornell paper is carried on: "We mail to the address of all students entering the University this term a copy of the Cornell Daily Sun. If you do not wish to subscribe please notify us at once."
As only one-third of the year's work in Eist. 13 has been accomplished up to the present time, the examination in that course will last but two hours and count 40 per cent. of the year's mark. The examination will cover everything up to the beginning of Jefferson's second administration.
In the New York Herald of Tuesday morning appeared an article headed "Scare at Yale," in which it was stated that an epidemic of measles threatened the college. Only one man was sick, however, and fortunately there seems to be no danger that the disease will spread.