sophomore theme VII was handed in yesterday.

Blue-books are required in English 8 at the next lecture.

J. H. Sedgwick has been elected to the Advocate board.

Philosophy 4 will take up their utilitarianism on Saturday.

Philosophy 1 will take up Aristotle's Ethics at the next lecture.

The assignments from the loan fund are now payable at the Bursar's Office.

The Yale tug-of-war-men have gone into training for the Mott Haven games.

The New York Athletic Club will hold a boxing and wrestling match on February 27th. The admission fee is $1.00.

During the last half of the year at Princeton, seniors are allowed to take out a larger number of books from the library.

The statement published the other day that there will be no mid-year in Spanish 1 is incorrect.

The Rev. Mr. Lawrence, of St. Johns Chapel has given his open approval of the prayer petition in very warm terms.

The following notice posted on the bulletin boards, "Sophomore Themes written, satisfaction guaranteed," caused a number of unsuspecting Sophomores to visit the bath room at Divinity, which was the room indicated.

Members of French 1 are to be examined in 186 pages of La Capitaine Pamphile whether they are read in the lecture room or not.

A freshman being told that in batting, sand bags are used by the nine, asked "Do they chuck the bags at them."

The Chapel at Princeton has been declared unsafe. - Crimson. This refers to the old Chapel, not to the Marquand Chapel. - Princetonian.

The following notice appeared in a Western college paper: "There will be a meeting of the Mermaid Club, Thursday evening, for the transaction of business."

At a meeting of the Lampoon board last night the following officers were elected: president, Honore, '88; treasurer, Palmer, '88; art director, Stewart, '87.

The ninth number of the Advocate will be out early Saturday morning. Besides the Prize Story and Prize Essay, it will contain an accurate and reliable criticism of the 'Varsity crew.

It is rumored that the Committee of Appropriations in the faculty are considering a River and Harbor bill for the improvement of communication between Memorial and the dormitories.

The Seventh Ten of the Institute of 1770 is as follows: E. A. Pease, T. O. Shepard, H. L. Gilbert, A. F. Holden, F. P. Clement, C. H. Goodwin, F. H. Means, P. Chase, P. Dexter, F. D. Stetson.

Overheard in horse-car: First freshman: "Why, next year if we wanted we could put eight men in the 'varsity eleven - we've got all the material we want." Second do. "Well the way to do it is to make every man in the class who weights 150 pounds come out on the campus and practice two hours every day. Then we'd have a daisy eleven."

The fourth number of the Monthly was received at the CRIMSON office yesterday. The number, on the whole, is up to the usual standard of excellence. The potency of Prof. Palmer's arguments in the Andover Review, and the Conference Committee are urged in the editorials. Among the other interesting articles is one by Professor Toy on "The Older Arabic Poetry."