A ridiculously exaggerated illustration of the cane rush held at the Man-hattan Grounds appeared in last week's issue of the Police Gazette, under the heading, "Columbia youngsters vindicate their right to carry canes." - Spectator.

The standing of the teams in the Northern College League is as follows: Tech, won 4, lost 1; Williams, won 4, lost 1; Tufts, won 2, lost 4; Amherst, won 0, lost 4. Two games yet remain to be played: Williams at Amherst next Wednesday, and Technology at Amherst next Saturday.

An attempt will be made on Holmes Field this afternoon at 4 o'clock by Messrs. E. C. Wright, '86, and H. H. Bemis, '87, to lower the record for the seven mile walk. The present record, sixty-five minutes, was made by Taylor, some twelve years ago.

Mr. M. F. Davis threatens to sue all crews and boating organizations which have used oarlocks and oars conflicting, as he claims, with his patents. There is no longer any possibility of peaceable settlement. His claims are $10 to $600 on nearly every rowing organization in New England.

The Yale-Princeton foot-ball game will be played on the polo grounds in New York on Thanksgiving Day. This is allowed as special permission, and will not serve as a precedent for coming years.

It is proposed that the present senior class at Cornell raise, as a memorial, $800, the interest of which is to be annually awarded for an oratorical prize to the junior class.