There are 897 names in the prayer petition.

Yale is also complaining of bad walks across her campus.

Fourteen men are training for the Cornell crew.

Eighty-six is having some trouble to find an anchor for her tug-of-war team.

Senior Civils have been making some interesting observations of Venus under Prof. Lyman. - Yale News.

Ex-Gov. Hoyt, of Pennsylvania, is giving lectures on "Protection," before the Williams students.

The candidates for the Yale freshman nine will go into regular and systematic training on next Monday.

The department of Sanskrit and Modern Oriental languages will be discontinued at Cornell next year. Ex.

It was noticed that many members of Mathematics 2 left the examination room with very long and pensive faces.

Mr. A. G. Webster is engaged in an elaborate series of experiments to determine the mechanical equivalent of heat.

Michigan University is to receive the sculptor Rogers's entire art collection after his death. It includes over 100 pieces in plaster and marble.

On Thursday night the Cornell seniors gave a successful performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The proceeds went to the establishment of a junior oratorical prize fund.

According to a prominent member of the Harvard Club of New York, "In the Harvard Law School the work compares favorably with the best work in any university in the world."

The committee on subscriptions for the new gymnasium at the University of Pennsylvania has received, up to date, $1000 for the undergraduate fund, two members of the senior class having subscribed $500 each.

The Eastern Tennessee Wesleyan University, of Athens, Tenn., has changed its name to the "Grant Memorial University," as the General was first to subscribe toward its foundation. There are now about two hundred and fifty enrolled in the University. - Yale News.

Only eight of New York's thirty-six Representatives in Congress enjoyed college training. Mr. Belmont is a Harvard man, Mr. Hewitt is a graduate of Columbia, Mr. Merriman of Hobart, Mr. Viele of West Point, Mr. Adams of the college of the City of New York, Mr. Spriggs of Union, Mr. Millard of Williams, and Mr. Payne of Rochester University. - Ex.

The athletic team which will represent Yale at Mott Haven next spring will be the strongest she has ever sent down, as there is more work being done in this branch of athletics than ever before. A desperate effort will be made to bring home the cup. The struggle between Brooks, Yale's champion runner, and Wendell Baker of Harvard, will be the grandest thing ever seen in an inter-collegiate contest of this kind. They will probably meet in the 220 and 440 yards races, in the half-mile and perhaps in the mile. Baker holds the records, but Brooks is so close to him that the betting will be even as to which wins. Shearill, '89, who won the 100 yards race at the Athletic grounds last fall in 10 2-5 seconds will also probably run. - Cyclist and Athlete.