The Advocate completes its 40th volume in February.

Minister Phelps is the latest candidate for the Yale Presidency.

There will be a recitation in Chemistry I this week at the usual time.

Dr. Sargent is proceeding rapidly in photographing the men examined this year.

Dixey celebrates to-night the 500th consecutive performance of Adonis in New York.

The repeal of the foot-ball rules was greeted with great enthusiasm through-out college.

Yale and Princeton are reported as being very willing to re-admit Harvard to the league.

Sophomore theme VI is due to-day in Sever 3 between 2 and 4-30 p.m. Theme V will be returned.

This year's Christmas vacation is one week shorter than usual and recitations will begin Jan. 6. - Yale News.

The students of Maine University, which was founded fifteen years ago mainly through the influence of three clergymen, now enjoy optional prayers. We believe Harvard was founded by a clergyman 250 years ago.

The new sticks ordered from Canada by the Lacrosse Association have arrived and may be had at the Secretary's room.

The N. H. Society meeting last night was unusually well attended, and Mr. Harris' paper was exceedingly interesting.

Owing to Dr. Goddard's sickness, his division of Greek B will be heard in connection with Prof. Croswell's, in Sever 35.

Mr. A. M. Lord, '83, for many years an editor of the Advocate has just issued a small edition of his clever poems which can be found at Amee's.

The new President of Bowdoin, the Rev. DeWitt Hyde, is growing very popular with the students. He is said to be in full sympathy with them.