Ervin Wardman, formerly of '89, is on the staff of the New York Tribune.

Porter, '88, was in Cambridge yesterday, and went out to see the football practice.

Markoe, '89, centre rush of last year's eleven, will not return to college this fall.

Outing for October has an interesting article on "Crew Training," by Stevenson, captain of last year's Yale crew.

Holden and Porter, half-backs of last year's eleven, are not expected to play football this fall.

The health of Professor Cook has materially changed for the better during his summer's vacation at Newport.

In the Yale rush the freshmen were victorious, but the sophomores carried off the honors in the wrestling match.

P. B. Valle, '91, has just returned from Paris where he has passed the summer.

The list of the men in the freshman class will be published in the CRIMSON in a few days.

The tennis courts on Holmes and Jarvis were well filled with players yesterday afternoon.

Freshmen were unusually fortunate in drawing rooms this year, a large number having been allotted to them.

Wellesley College has been obliged to refuse many candidates for entrance from lack of room. The attendance is at present over seven hundred.

Cunningham, '87, after a year of study abroad, has entered the Law School.

Slade, '90, has left college and entered the freshman class of the Institute of Technology.

S. C. Manley, '89, had a narrow escape from a serious injury, yesterday, by a brick falling from the top of the new addition to the Agassiz Museum.

An edition of Holevy's "L'Abbe Constantin" with notes has just been brought out by Mr. Sumichrast, of the French Department.

The entering class of Smith College numbers 153, of whom 128 take the regular course and 25 are special students. The whole number of students in the college is 450.

The new proctors appointed for '88-'89 are A. H. Lloyd, A. B., C. T. Billings, A. B., G. P. Furber, A. B., O. R. Hansen, A. B., S. A. Bailey, A. B., and as new proctors, B. W. Palmer, A. B., and Hollis Webster. A. B.

Harvard opened Thursday with a freshman class numbering about 400. The football team has already commenced training, having been in practice at the sea shore at Cape Cod for several weeks.- Princetonian.

G. P. Putnam's Sons of New York and London have recently published two editions of the President's message, one illustrated by Nast, and the other supplemented with notes by R. R. Bowker.

Messrs. W. G. Russell, S. A. Green, C, F. Adams, C. C. Beaman, Augustus Hemenway have been elected to the board of overseers for a term of five years; R. T. Peabody for a term of four years, and H. W. Torrey for a term of two years.

The candidates for the football eleven, after going through the usual practice of dropping on the ball and passing, played a short game yesterday afternoon. Harding and Weld were the half-backs, and Sears the full-back. On the 'varsity eleven Crane played quarter-back.