A Yale sophomore celebrated the closing of the second term last week by fastening to the ceiling of one of the recitation rooms a placard bearing the legend, '89.

A very pleasant reception was held in the CRIMSON sanctum last evening in spite of the unpleasant weather. Many past and present editors were present.

Jarvis field is receiving attention and will be properly marked out for the use of the base-ball team. A new back-stop will be erected and a home-plate will be laid.

The Princeton Tug-of-War Team will compete in the games of the Twenty-Third Regiment, Brooklyn, April 2, and in the games of the Seventh Regiment, New York, April 9. - Princetonian.

There is said to be unusual activity in athletics at Rutgers this year. The trustees of the college have secured a fine large field on which a base-ball ground and cinder track is to be laid out.

The faculty of Columbia College have taken no definite action as yet on the petition of the sophomore and freshman classes, asking that studies be made optional in the junior year of the course.

Mr. William H. Mills, '80, and Robert Luce, '82, are soon to begin the publication of a new journal, "The Writer," a monthly magazine, to interest and help all literary workers. The subscription is to be but $1 a year, and the magazine bids fair to take a permanent place among the other monthlies of the present time.