There is no regular university work at Lehigh on Saturdays.

About 150 signatures have already been put down for the dinner to the 'Varsity eleven.

L. McK. Garrison, L. S. has an illustrated piece of verse in the last Scribners's entitled "Montavk Point."

Professors Sumner, Farnam and Hadley of Yale are preparing the questions in political economy to be used in competition for the Cobden club medal.

Professor R. B. Richards, Ph. D., of the Lawrence chair of Greek language and literature of Dartmouth college, has been granted leave of absence of one year to enable him to act as director of the American school of Athens.

The freshman eleven will leave Cambridge at three o'clock this afternoon for New Haven. They will take the 4 o'clock train on the Boston and Albany, staying at Meriden over night and going on to New Haven the next morning. Following will be the make-up of the team: Rushers-left end, Dibblee, Upton, Davis, Brice, Vail, Ellsworth, Hallowell; quarter-back, Kendricken; half-backs, Frothingham and Fearing; full-back, Trafford. Substitutes, Robb, Cummings, Dunn, Carey, Collamore, Blake.

The officers of the Boylston Chemical club for the ensuing year are W. L. Jennings, president; Dr. T. W. Richards, vice-president; W. H. Warren, secretary; W. B. Bentley, treasurer; D. N. Herman, librarian; T. W. Richards, W. L. Jennings, W. S. Hendrixson, W. H. Warren, executive committee.

At the last meeting of the Canoe club the following new members were elected: From '90, F. McKean; from '91-A. J. Gareeau, J. Duff; from '92-J. T. Heard, C. Walker, A. M. White, W. C. Forbes, E. White, E. Lincoln, H. Fahnestock, J. C. Hubbard, A. E. Benson, F. S. Newell, S. P. Duffield, T. W. Lamont, T. Bremer; from '93-W. Potter, J. A. Wilder, D. Blagden, E. S. Mullins, R. Brown, C. H. Fiske.

Charles O. Baird, of Philadelphia has given $6000 to Princeton college, from the income of which the following prizes will be given to members of the senior class who excel in oratorical exercises: The Baird prize of $100 to the best speaker of those who have ranked among the best six writers in any two of the departments of English literature, rhetoric and oratory; a prize for oratory of $50 to the best speaker exclusive of the Baird men; a prize for delivery of $30 to the next best speaker; also a prize of $50 for the best poem and two prizes of $40 and $30 respectively for the best and second best written disputation,

Dr. Ely professor of political economy at Johns Hopkins has given notice that the American Economic Association, of which he is secretary, has received $500, to be awarded as prizes for the best essays on women as wage earners. The prizes will be $300 and $200. The essays must not exceed 25,000 words each and must be in the hands of the association previous to November 1, 1890. Any person is eligible to the competition. This series of prizes will probably be permanent. The next subject will be taxation with a still larger premium. The first competition was on the subject of immigration to the United States, and the prize was won by Richard Lang of Baltimore. Progessor Dly is holding the $100 contributed by Mrs. Amelia Rives Chanler for the best essay on the subject of "Child Labor." This contest will close soon.