In the tug-of-war yesterday, in the gymnasium, '88 pulled 5 inches from '86 in a trial heat.

The marks on the mid-year examinations in English I are only to count 1-3 of the year's marks.

Magatt, '86, has gone to Florida to spend a few weeks.

The new hand ball court in the gymnasium is now in constant use.

Work will be begun upon the Exeter gymnasium as soon as the weather permits.

Since Exeter Academy was founded, 102 years ago, there have been 5400 boys enrolled there as students.

Seminar in Geology this afternoon at four o'clock, in 2 Geological Museum.

Quite a number of Harvard's professors are at present engaged in the publication of new text books.

The alumni of Williams College have formed an Alumni Association for New York.

The university crew took a short, row, and then a run to Belmont and back, yesterday afternoon.

Williams '85, and Hood '86 will represent Harvard at the Inter-collegiate Lacrosse convention in New York, on Saturday.

Mrs. Shaler will give a reception tomorrow afternoon, from 4 to 6, to the men in Prof. Shaler's section in geology.

There will be a public meeting of the Shakspere club this evening, in Sever 11. The programme will consist of declamations by members, and a reading by the instructor in elocution, Mr. H. D. Jones.

Six Memorial Hall waiters attended the concert of the Handel and Haydn Society, at Music Hall, Sunday evening.

The Yale Library Magazine, established in 1839, is a rival to the Brunonian in the honor of being the oldest college paper.