There are about twenty large public libraries in Asia.

Indoor tennis is proving a great success at the University of Chicago.

A new parochial school costing $140,000 has been dedicated at Worcester.

The appointments for the Junior exhibition at Wesleyan have been announced.

J. Edgerton '94 has been elected captain of the Trinity eleven for the coming year.

The "Sphinx" is being remodelled for the professional stage, by Mr. Frank P. Blair.

Seven of the hundred instructors at the University of Chicago are ex-presidents of Colleges-

Washington's Birthday will be celebrated at Wesleyan by a college banquet in the evening.

The class of '93, Trinity College, has chosen Bishop Doane to preach the baccalaureate sermon.

The first race between French and English eight-oared crews was won recently by the French crew.

An oratorial contest is to be held in Chicago, on June 30th, at which 75 colleges will be represented.

In accordance with a request of the Yale faculty, no copies of the Yale News will be distributed until after 12 o'clock.

Irwin M. Garfield, son of ex-President Garfield, has been elected "President of the Day," at the class day election at Williams.

Prof. W. M. Petrie will hold the chair of Egyptology, founded at University College, Oxford, by the will of Amelia B. Edwards.

The Rev. Washington Gladden wishes it stated that his hours for consultation in Wadsworth House are from 9 to 12 in stead of 9 to 11.

The Vassar catalogue for this year shows an attendance of four hundred and thirty. The freshman class numbers one hundred and forty.

It is a noticeable fact that the 94 universities of Europe have 1723 more professors and 41,814 more students than the 360 universities of the United States.

The Yale athletic association held a cross-country run last Saturday, in which the middle and long-distance men trying for the Mott-Haven team contested.

The editors of the Wisconsin Daily Cardinal will hereafter be chosen by the press club. An attempt will be made to obtain university credit for the work on the paper.

Mr. Frank Millet '69, who is the artist chosen to superintend the decoration of the interior of the World's Fair buildings, began his art studies while attending Harvard.

At St. John's Memorial Chapel this evening there will be a memorial service to Bishop Brooks, and seats will be reserved for students. Rt. Rev. T. M. Clark, D. D., will preach the sermon.

Oberlin College will probably introduce a novel feature in the field day sports. It is proposed to reproduce the Greek Olympiad with javelin hurling, etc., the contestants to appear in Greek costume.