The annual race between Harvard and Yale is to take place at New London on the 25th instant. From the present outlook it seems as though Harvard would win.- Boston Record.
The Princetonian says of the treatment of their nine at Amherst last Saturday: "Their treatment of Princeton's nine on Saturday in Amherst was the most disgraceful piece of muckerism ever displayed by an American college. It discounts the treatment which our men received there last year."
The graduating class at Yale numbers 122. The average age is 22 years, 9 months, 11 days. The oldest is 39 Wiggins, the valedictorian, is the youngest, being only 19 years, 7 months old. Twenty-one will graduate under 21. Seventy-two are church members. There are 76 republicans in the class, 18 democrats and 24 "mugwumps." Of these 58 are free-traders and 44 protectionists. Thirty-eight hope to study law, 14 theology, 12 medicine, 5 banking, 7 teaching and 16 business.
L. H. Buckingham, Ph. D., of Newton, died at his residence last Friday, May 29th. Mr. Buckingham was born in Boston in December, 1829, was educated at the Boston Latin School under the instruction of Epes S. Dixwell, and graduated at Harvard College in 1857. He was a man of wide attainments in literary and classical lore. At the time of his decease he was and had been for several years a teacher in the English High School in Boston, in the department of French literature. He was also a prominent member of the visiting committee of our college on languages.
The Yale College Bicycle Club will hold a meeting at Hamilton Park, New Haven, on next Friday and Saturday. Hendee, American champion; Hamilton, college champion; Hunter, winner of the Pope cup; Wait, Parsons, Webber, and Allston are among the entries. The leading features of the first day will be the mile tandem race by Palmer and Thompson; Hendee's endeavor to beat the world's record for one mile, and the twenty mile Pope cup race. On the second day will be run the twenty five mile L. A. W. championship of America. Part of the proceeds will be devoted to the payment of the expenses of the Yale crew.