NEW HAVEN, Nov. 16, 1888.

Very naturally, football is at present the most engrossing topic in college circles, and the result of the Harvard Princeton game is awaited with a degree of interest second only to that you yourselves feel. A number of accidents has kept our eleven in an uncertain state as regards its composition; Gill '89 and Rhodes '91 are just recovering from sprains, while Woodruff '89 did not begin training with the team until the first of this week. The half-backs are not chosen yet and probably will not be until the Princeton game. The work of the freshman team has been, on the whole, rather unsatisfactory; for though a number of games have been played with large scores in their favor and the men are enthusiastic in practice, the work is of a very loose character at times.

On account of the uniformly bad weather the efforts of the Athletic Association to interest some of the new men in the hare and hounds runs have been discouraging. The interest is not nearly so active as was expected. But the bicycle club has been more successful in its runs, in which a fair number have participated. Weare '90 S., has charge of the men on their semi-weekly runs.

During the early part of the week the very pleasant announcement was made that the prizes at the disposal of the university had been increase by the Lucius F. Robinson Latin Prizes, six in number. These prizes are open to members of the three highest classes who are taking at least three hours a week in the Latin language, the award being made wholly on the rank obtained by work in the class room. This last provision is intended to secure more careful preparation on the part of the student throughout the term. Subjects for the "Townsend Prizes" in English have been given out to the senior class. Competition is open to the entire class and not restricted to high stand as in the junior exhibition.

The lecture season began on Monday evening with an address by the novelist, Geo. W. Cable, on "Some very old Politics." Prof. Arthur T. Hadley will deliver the first lecture of the Phi Beta Kappa course on "Trade Monopolies," on Monday, the 19th.

On one side the wall of the new recitation building is ten feet above ground. The corner-stone will be laid on the north-west corner next to South College; there will be no public ceremonies at the time, and all the documents deposited will relate only to college matters. President Dwight and Professor A. S. Wheeler have charge of the matter.