In one direction. at least, the authorities are on the lookout for the welfare of the students under their charge,- and in a direction which, we venture to assert, no one has ever suspected. It is the custom of the college to encourage interior decoration by paying the cost of the paper-hanging whenever a student re-papers his room. With this custom in mind a student recently engaged workmen to refit his room. After the work of re-papering was completed, he called upon the proper officer of the college to receive the customary allowance. This functionary expressed a wish to view the improvements, and was conducted to the room in question, which he closely inspected, and then, with an ominous shake of the head, requested a sample of the wall paper, declaring that he would be obliged to analyze it, to find out if any arsenical ingredients were employed in its preparation. If this proved to be the case, he said, the college could not feel it consistent with its duty to pay for putting it up. The moral of this policy of the authorities is evident. We may go to destruction if we wish-but it must be at our own expense.