PRINCETON, N. J., Jan. 24th, 1887.

Princeton has made a new departure in her mode of conferring the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Literature. The applicant for said dedrees must be a Bachelor of Arts from some approved college or university, and must pursue a special course of study in his department for two years, one year of which period shall be in Princeton, or a course of three years with residence outside of Princeton. The course in either case shall be under the supervision of the faculty. At his application, the candidate will be subjected to a preliminary examination, and at the conclusion of his course, a rigid examination will be required of him on the chief subject and the two subsidiary subjects which he has studied. Before getting his degrees and prior to the final examination, a thesis of not less than 12,000 words will be required of him. He also shall pay the sum of $40 on application; $20 at each examination and $50 on the conferring of the degrees, all of which sums shall be expended in the expenses incurred at examination. The whole plan is modelled after the system in vogue at the German Universities.

The Glee and Banjo Clubs will take a short tour on Washington's birthday, and the early part of that week. They will visit Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington en route. The Banjo Club, encouraged by its success during the holiday trip, has reorganized and will endeavor to make greater hits than ever.

The Dramatic Association, which has shown such untiring zeal and energy the past few years, will hold its trials for the well-know comedy, "Our Boys," by Mr. H. J. Byron. All the parts are open and a vigorous competition is anticipated. There is also a movement on foot to get up a minstrel entertainment. There is good material in college for such an undertaking; the scheme has been suggested in the past but always fell through for lack of a leading man to rush it to completion.

We welcome to the list of our college magazines "The Philadelphian." This magazine is of a religious character, and destined no doubt to do a great deal of good in its sphere of journalism. The first number of the first volume made its appearance last week. It is very neat and attractive, both in external appearance and in the tone of its contents. The cover has imprinted a cut of Murray Hall, the building of the Philadelphia Society.

The prize debate which took place in Whig Hall last week was won by Pershing, '88. C. Rouse, '87 and W. Alexander, '89 received honorable mention in the order named.

The result of the election of the students Conference Committee was as follows: from '87, Larkin, Reid, F. Spaulding, Johnson, Robinson and Greene; from '88, Farrand, Daniels and H. Fraser; from '89, F. Nehr and Bovaird; from '90, Charlton. The members from the faculty are; Profs. Winans, Duffield, Young, Cornwell, Packard, Brackett and Dean Murray.