It is stated that the trapese and other real apparatus in the Harvard gymnasium are to be removed on account of recent accidents.- (News.
It is expected that the presidency of Girton College will be given to Mrs. Fawcelt, the widow of the Postmaster-General of Great Britain.
Eighteen men are candidates for the Columbia crew. Most of them are very light, only seven weighing more than 150 1bs. The average is 152 1bs.
Mr. F. E. E. Hamilton, '87, has been selected to read Washidgton's farewell address at the Washington's birthday celebration to be held in the Old South Church, on Monday next.
During the photographing of the hall yesterday, a noted member of '88 changed his seat to the opposite side of the table at which he sat, in order that his face might appear in the picture.
To the surprise of everybody, the hitherto complacent Yale Record makes the humiliating admission that " Already the Argo, the Atheneum, the Advocate, the Lampoon, the Spectator, that precocious youth, the Burr, are at the front in this particular or that."
The Brunonian announces that at Yale " the students are doing all in their power to remove the electric light that is set up near the campus. Once the pole was cut down. Now the noble youths who prefer 'darkness rather than light,' amuse themselves by breaking the globe with a Flobert rille."
The base ball management has decided to offer three prizes this spring for excellence in batting. The first prize will be a $25 bat, and will be given to the member of the first nine who shall make the best batting averages for the year. The second prize will be a $15 cup, to be given to the member of the first nine making the best batting average in championship games. The third prize will be a $10 cup, to-be awarded to the member of the second team making the best batting average during the year,