Fifteen or twenty men have signified their intention of trying for places on the Freshman crew, but only seven or eight have commenced to train in the Gymnasium.-[Columbiana.

A large number of students of the University of Michigan spent their vacation at the New Orleans exposition. They started from Ann Arbor on the Monday before Christmas.

DePauw University at Greencastle, Indiana, is to have eight more buildings. One each, for the departments of law, medicine and theology, two dormitories, and three others.

The University of Pennsylvania Magazine says: "Owing to the fact that foot ball has broken up so many students the Trustees are thinking about breaking up foot ball."

The great interest taken in foot ball in England, and the skill with which it is played are well shown by the fact that the combined foot ball team of Oxford and Cambridge were recently defeated with ease by a London eleven.

The following colleges have co-operative societies for the benefit of students and professors: Harvard, Wellesley, Bowdoin, University of California, University of Michigan, and Washington University.

The 1271 students of Michigan University are divided among six departments. The academical has 503; the law, 256; the medical, 383; the dental, 78; the school of pharmacy, 62; and the homeopathic medical school, 39.

A neat little volume commemorative of the late Prof. Ezra Abbott of the Divinity School has been published for the alumni of the school. It contains a short sketch of the professor's life, several addresses by different clergymen, and other matter.