Yale has 123 students that come from New Haven.
There are but six states that are not represented at Yale.
No more of the President's report can be obtained at present.
Dr. Sargent has been giving physical examinations for the past week.
The faculty of Amherst College consist of none but graduates of that college.
Yesterday's "Globe" contains an interesting account of Harvard's champion feather-weight sparrer.
The next theme in English 5 is due on Wednesday. This will be the first theme in the new scheme of work.
One of the bangers carried by a Yale freshman in the parade on Washington's birthday measured eighteen inches in circumference.
All those who expect to try for a one year honor in French at Yale will be required to read at least 1,500 pages of modern French authors.
Clement was defeated in the preliminary rounds of the N. Y. Athletic Club meeting Wednesday night. Over training was the cause of his defeat.
President Cleveland never attended a college of any kind. The acting vice-president, John Sherman, is a graduate of the common schools of Ohio. The secretary of State, Thomas F. Bayard, never got farther than a Delaware rural academy. The speaker of the House of Representatives, John G. Carlisle, is a self educated man.
Mr. J. E. K. Studd, the famous cricket player of Cambridge University; England, who has already spoken at Yale, Princeton and other colleges, will be at Harvard on March 12, and is to speak in Sever II.
867 men out of the 903 signers of the prayer petition also signed the address of the committee. 17 men signed the petition negatively, and 143 sent back cards unsigned. The petition will come before the Corporation, March 8th.
The Lehigh Burr says that fire escapes have been introduced at Lehigh. This is only the Burr's way of saving that ladders have been placed against the chestnut trees. What may not be expected now in the columns of this esteemed contemporary?
The Yale News board for the coming year will, be: W. H. Cowles, W. B. Kendall, H. B. Ketcham, R. Maxwell, W. L. Thatcher, L. A. Jenkins, W. P. Ordway, '87: W. D. Mauro, W. H. Seward, Jr., E. S. Moore, '88; W. L. Armstrong, and H. E. Mason, '89.
The winter sports of the Princeton Athletic Association took place on Monday, Feb. 22. The records were: standing high jump, 4 ft. 8 in.; putting the 16 lb. shot, 32 ft. 4 in.; running high jump, 5 ft, 2 in.; pole vault. 9 ft. 6 in.; spring-board jump, 8 ft. '88 won the tug-of-war.
The Atlantic Monthly for March contains an article by Justin Winsor on "Americana," and also a discussion of "The United States after the Revolutionary War" by John Fiske. "Americana," as its name would imply, is a review of the bibliographical records of America, and as such deserves the close attention of students of American history. John Fiske's article is a valuable study of the growth of the United States since the revolution.
The Yale senior class have chosen their committees for the festivities of commencement week as follows: Promenade committee, Richard, Bates, Churchill, Goodlett, Francke, E. C. Smith, J. C. Adams, Brinton and Stiles; class-day committee, MacElroy, Goodwin, Heiller, Washington, Davis and Hyde; supper committee, Hord, Wing, Anderson, Morgan, Griggs; ivy committee, Dickey, E. L. Smith and Dutcher; cup committee, Arkell, E. L. Lambert, Sewall.
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