Assistant Secretary of State Wharton is a lover of base ball, and in 1867 69 pitched for a Harvard nine. A broken finger joint is among the scars he carries.- Harpers Weekly.

A talk on introductions to forensics in English C and English D and on the use of narrative in argumentatative writing will be given in Sever 11 on Thursday, October 17, at 12 o'clock and at 3.

The scratch race between freshman crews number 3 and 6, which had to be rowed over on account of a tie in Tuesday's race, took place yesterday afternoon, and was won by number six. The crews struggled ard and neither get the advantage until opposite the boat house when number 6 gradually crept away from number 3 At the finish number 6 was three quarters of a length ah ad The winning crew was made up as follows:

Stroke, T. A. Jagger, or.; 7, W. H. Maynard; 6, G. Walcott; 5, F. H. Ransom; 4, P. T. Brown; 3, C. N. Fairchild, 2, H. G. Nichols; bow, C. A. Gould.

The freshman class will hold another meeting the latter part of this week for the election of the other class officers.

Under the new rules the college year at Princeton contains two terms instead of three.