Prof. A. S. Hardy of Dartmouth, the distinguished novelist and mathematician, has obtained a leave of absence and will succeed Howells as editor of the Cosmopolitan magazine.

With a view to being near the Chicago Exposition, the eighteenth session of the Sauveur Summer School of Languages will be held this year at Rockford College, Rockford, DI.

President Andrews of Brown has been appointed by President Harrison on the commission to examine and test the weight and fineness of the coins received at the several mints during the year 1893.

The Amherst team which is to run against Dartmouth at the B. A. A. games will be composed of G. B. Brooks. C. R. Hodgdan, W. W. Tucker and F. M. Belden, with H. A. Russell and R. W. Dunbar as substitutes.

The women students of the University of Michigan are gathering signatures to a petition which will be presented to the state legislature, asking that $20,000 be appropriated for the erection of an annex to the gymnasium.

Ten prizes, ranging from $10 to $30, have been offered by the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania for essays on various subjects.