The second week of the midyears ordeal, ends at 1 P. M. today.

The inter-collegiate base ball convention meets at Springfield, March 13th.

There is to be a contest between two of the class Glee Clubs at Princeton.

A checker championship contest in the junior class of Yale is talked of.

Fletcher, '87 is confined to his room on account of illness for the past week or so.

Littauer, '86 has been pronounced out of danger by the physicians, and is now rapidly improving.

The Cornell students are rejoicing at the prospect of having a hall in which their nine can practice in.

Princeton has written to secure Rathbourn, of the Providence Club, to coach their nine next spring.

Instead of a voluntary assessment to continue the co-operative, some proposed a compulsory one of $1.00 per member. But by this income the necessary $600.00 could not have been collected in less than a week or two, and in case of failure, there would have been a debt in closing up the accounts of the society.

After today, only six days and fifty four more examinations remain, and then all will be over until June.

The University of Wisconsin held the base ball championship of the western colleges last year, for the first time since 1873.

The sleighing was never better in and about Cambridge, than at present, but student sleighing parties seem to be scarce.

The lesson given out for the sections in Latin I for the first recitation after the mid-years, is chaps. I to IV inclusive, in Allen's Agricola of Tacitus.

The new editorial board of the Advocate is as follows: Carpenter, Fullerton from '86, Hayes, Michxl, Wetherbee, and Sherman from '87.

Yale men are being treated to lectures almost every day. Several courses are in progress, under the direction of the college professors.

Cornell talks of forming a chess club. Such a club would enable them to take part in the revival which lovers of this game are making in the colleges.

Part II of Prof. Francis Childs' edition of the "English and Scottish popular Ballads" has appeared, and the remaining parts will follow shortly.

A large illustrated history of New Haven to be published, will contain a history of Yale college, by W. L. Kingsley, author of the "Yale Book."

From lack of space, we are compelled to omit the names of the Harvard men who were present at the Arion ball. The costumes, however, were brilliant, and very creditable to the good taste of the college.

At the last meeting of the Harvard Natural History Society, the following persons were elected members of that body: A. C. Lane, '83; C, M. Marvin, '84; N. S. Kemson, '87; R. P. Bigelow, L. S. S.; R. S. Tarr, L. S. S.; F. H. Sellers, L. S. S.