There will be no recitation in Greek to-day nor on Monday next.

Columbia will probably enter a crew at the next Intercollegiate Regatta.

Dr. McCosh of Princeton is having his portrait painted by Munkacsy.

It is proposed to erect an Art Museum costing forty thousand dollars at Princeton.

H. L. Clark, '87, was elected captain of the Mott Haven team last Friday afternoon.

James Mutrie, the manager of the New Yorks, will again coach the Columbia nine this winter.

President Warren of Boston University has returned to his home at Cambridge and will sail for Europe, Jan. 19.

All Europe has fewer colleges than Illinois, and one of the European colleges has more students than all Illinois. - ex.

Dr. Charles Waldstein will deliver a course of lectures on Greek archaeology in March under the auspices of the University.

The new Princeton catalogue has just appeared. Two new professorships have been founded, the one of archaeology, the other, of music. The number of instructors is forty-two, a gain of three since last year. The number of academic undergraduates is 353, while the whole number of students is 559, an increase of 62 since last year.

Wires for incandescent light are now being laid in Cambridge. This light will be substituted for the brilliant Edison light at Amee's.

Of the best American college records up to October 1, 1886. Harvard holds 10, Yale 3, University of Pennsylvania 2, Princeton 1, Dartmouth 1, Lafayette 1, Columbia 1. - Ex.

In the United States the Episcopalians have twelve colleges, the Methodists, fifty-two, the Baptists, forty-six, the Presbytarians, forty-one, the Congregationalists, twenty-eight.

There will be a Seminar in Romance Philology this afternoon at 4 in Sever 4, on the influence of French on English language. All members of the university are invited to attend.

Thomas J. Gunning, the well-known League catcher, who left Boston College last term to attend Phillips Exeter Academy, has gone from the latter place to Holy Cross College, Worcester.

During the harrowing scenes of the accident near Springfield last week one of the Harvard men was heard to say, "By jingo! This will furnish subjects for daily themes for the next six months."

An article on college Greek letter fraternities by Professor King of New York, is soon to appear in one of the leading magazines. Mr. King was formerly professor of Latin at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., and is himself a member of the D. K. E.

Four students passed their holidays at the Eagle Mountain House, Jackson, N. H. and explored Tuckerman's Ravine and Kearsarge Mountain. As the thermometer indicated 15 degrees below zero while they were there it seemed rather a good preparation for Artic exploration. - Ex.