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.

The new '86 board of the Yale News will enter upon their duties next week. The new chairman of the board of editors is Mr. Crapo.

Mr. Moore will meet any men who wish to do extra work in Fine Arts I every Saturday morning, with the exception of the coming Saturday.

Dr. Sargent is at present interesting the gymnasts at the Hemmen way gymnasium by giving some graceful exhibitions of difficult feats on the horizontal bar.

We wish to correct a mistake made yesterday in regard to History 11. Recitations will be held as usual, except on Saturdays, until after the blue books are corrected.

A good college paper is worth more for the moral and gentlemanly tone of college life, than a whole library of by-laws, and an army of faculty spies.-Ex.

Arrangements have been made at Cornell with a view to an illustrated course in the history of plastic art, with especial reference to the classical courses of instruction.

The Maine Harvard Club dined at the Falmouth hotel in Portland, Saturday night. These officers were chosen: President, Rev. Dr. Thomas Hills; Vice-presidents, Rev. Asa Daiton and George C. Burgess; Secretary, W. M, Bradley; Treasurer, W. M. Sargent.

Plans are now on file to enlarge the library at Yale, as the present building is inadequate for the wants of the students. According to the best plan offered, it will have a capacity of 2,000,000 volumes, and will be one of the handsomest buildings of its kind in existence.

Much discontent has been expressed against the management of the '87 freshman crew. It has been justly said by a prominent member of the class, that all criticism is unfair, and all censure impossible until the report of the expenses, etc., are put before the class. These reports will be soon published.