PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 8, 1888.

EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON.- The national election has been the all-absorbing topic of conversation on the campus and at the eating clubs, during the past week, and has interested Princeton during the greater part of the fall term. Campaign clubs, torchlight parades, and tariff debates have been the events of the hour, and have been peculiarly interesting on account of their novelty, as election comes but once during a college course. The college is divided politically in the ratio of two Republicans to one Democrat, and the result has accordingly been satisfactory to the majority of the students. College enjoyed a half-holiday on election day, and the Wesleyan game attracted a large number to New York.

Now that the election is a thing of the past, all eyes are fixed upon the eleven, and its work is eagerly watched in these last practice games preceding the struggle for the championship. There is great excitement in regard to the outcome of the games with Yale and Harvard, and foot-ball is once more the topic of interest as is usual at this period of the year. Friends of the eleven have had their hopes slightly dampened by the play of the team in the Wesleyan game, and the injury of Hodge, end rush, resulting therefrom. It is decidedly doubtful whether or not Hodge will be able to resume his place in the Harvard game. His loss will materially weaken the team, as his playing has been a decided improvement over last year. Riggs, a new man this year, has been filling his place the past few days and is doing well. Channing, half-back, received a temporary injury in practice this week, but will probably be able to resume play in a few days. It would seem that the team considered individually could scarcely be improved upon, but there is notice-able a decided lack of team work which may prove fatal. Princeton has experienced her usual hard luck in the injuries to her players, and it is to be hoped that some of the injured men will recover shortly.

The "Dramatic Association" is to produce "Tom Cobb" on Thursday evening of next week, and on the night following the Senior Cotillion takes place. The latter will be quite an elegant affair. Thus the three days ending with the Saturday of the Harvard game, will be rendered particularly interesting to strangers, and it is to be hoped that all who expect visitors for the game will endeavor to secure their presence for the play and cotillion.

Considerable interest has been manifested in the game of "hare and hounds." A club has been formed in '91, and several successful runs have taken place.

The cane spree resulted in a draw, '91 and '92 each winning a cane and a half. Since this event, class feeling has largely subsided and all apparent animosities between the two lower classes have, for the present at least, been laid aside.

PRINCETONIAN.