An English paper has started a foot ball insurance system. For one penny, foot ball men are insured against fatal accidents for $500.

The final game of the pool tournament at Leavitt and Peirce's, between T. Barron and L. Carr, will be played tonight at 10 o'clock.

Another attempt will be made by Downs to break the American record for the quarter in spring. Boston men believe him quite able to do it.

There are 295 men at St. Paul's School this year, divided as follows: Preparatory, 6; First Form, 24; Second, 49; Third, 68; Fourth, 83; Fifth, 48; Sixth 15.

At the meeting of the American Historical association at Washington, December 29-31, Professor Adolphe Cohn will have a paper on the "Formation of the French Constitution," Professor Kuno Francke on "Karl Follen and the Liberal Student Movement in Germany from 1815 to 1819." Dr. Charles Gross will present "A Plea for Reform in the Study of English Municipal History." Professor Edward Channing, as chairman, will report on "The Teaching of History." Edward Campbell Mason of the Law School has a paper upon "Presidential Protests," Herman V. Ames of the Graduate School, one on "Amendments to the Constitution of the United States," and Edwin V. Morgan, also of the graduate department, will speak on "Slavery in New York." Benjamin Rand, of Cambridge, Mass, will have a paper on "The New England Settlements in Arcadia." Harvard monopolizes about one-third of the programme.