G. L. Peabody, '86 has returned to college.

Cornell is building a magnetic observatory.

The Yale Bicycle Club races will be held May 29 and 30.

Princeton intends to present a Latin comedy at some near date.

There is a college to every hundred miles of territory in the United States.

A Chinese student at Yale has taken the first prize for English composition.

The first female college in the world was the Wesleyan in Georgia, opened in 1838.

Yale students are allowed six unexcused absences per term, and Princeton twenty.

The time kept by the University crew in its exhibition on Saturday was excellent.

The aggregate attendance at the colleges this year, is reported to be less than it has been for years.

At the Amherst College observatory about fifty photographs of the eclipse of the Sun were taken on Monday.

The Princeton students have asked to have the study of Blackstone added to the list of optionals for the senior year.

The exhibition of scientific sparring on Saturday, was the subject of much unfavorable comment from the audience.

'85 has never beaten '86 in the tug-of-war. In 1883, '86 pulled six inches from '85, and this year equaled the former performance.

The Brown nine is to have a new uniform, consisting of gray trousers, light brown coats with black stripe and brown stockings.

The Governor and Attorney-General of Maine, together with seventeen members of the Legislature, are alumni of Bowdoin College.

The Michigan University Base Ball Club are practicing on roller skates, and intend to play a game on skates in Detroit in the near future.

President McCosh is said to have attended ten colleges, and graduated from six. How about the four he did not graduate from? Was he expelled, or dropped?-Ex.

The Association of Collegiate Alumnae held a meeting at the Boston University, Saturday afternoon. Unis Mary Freeman, president of Wellesley College presided.

At the annual meeting of delegates of the Delta Upsilon fraternity, held last week in Boston, Mr. V. C. Alderson, '85, was elected a member of the executive committee of the fraternity.

Those holding admission tickets only to the Dougherty lecture to-night, will not be admitted till 20 minutes of eight. Those who have reserved seats are requested to come before that time.

The delay in the delivery of the CRIMSON, Saturday morning, was due to the sudden illness of one of our regular paper carriers; and possibly there may be some slight delay this morning, owing to the inexperience of the boys who take the route.

Princeton has a most perfect system of faculty espionage over the students. Students must obtain a vote of the faculty to enter, must present certificates of good moral character, and must sign a pledge not to join or attend the meetings of any secret society. No class meeting can be held without obtaining the consent of the class officer and making known to him the business to be transacted.- Ex.