The Harvard Musical Association banqueted at Young's on Wednesday in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the society.

The second biennial dinner of the Phillips Academy Alumni Association will be given at the Parker House, Feb. 15th.

The January number of the Yale Literary Magazine contains the article on "University Life," by Herbert Smith, '89, for which he received the Lit medal.

Frederick F. Thompson, of N. Y., has promised $25,000 to the Hopkins Memorial Fund at Williams on condition that the balance of $10,000 is raised.

The attempt of several of the students of the College at Pikesville, Tenn., to haze one of their numbers, resulted in the stabbing of one of the hazers.

The University for this week has been received and is full of interest for college men generally. It has a picture of Maria Mitchell, Ph. D., L. L. D., the celebrated professor of astronomy, at Vassar College.

Princeton experienced a small fire last Friday afternoon. Witherspoon Hall, one of the handsomest and most costly of the college buildings, took fire in the room of one of the students. It was soon under control, however, and the loss will not be over a few hundred dollars.