Now that the college year is half gone, the new seating arrangements that were adopted by the Dining Association last fall have had a thorough trial. Some of the evils which it was predicted would appear under the new system, do indeed exist, but many more have failed to materialize and the positive advantages of the new arrangement, taken as a whole, seem so evident as completely to justify the change. The former club-table men were called upon to make a sacrifice which meant a great deal to them, and they submitted with excellent grace to what appeared to be the good of the majority. If they cannot help thinking occasionally of the good old times, they have at least the consolation, which should be a real one, of knowing that the new system is one of comparative luxury to the unfortunate members of the old general tables.

But though the question of the equitable disposition of the number that have to be provided for seems to be settled for the present, yet it cannot be denied that the capacity of Memorial Hall is at present over-taxed. Food cannot be cooked and served in an appetizing way when it is prepared in such enormous quantities within the short periods now allotted to meals.

A bill has been introduced in the Massachusetts Legislature to establish a university in the City of Boston for the gratuitous instruction of its inhabitants. The bill provides that the university begin work on January 1, 1896; and also that there be no discrimination on account of religious faith in the appointment of professors and instructors.

In the February number of the Outing, Mr. Harry Kendall, Outing's correspondent for the Middle West, gives his opinion as to what should constitute the "All Western Eleven." He takes into consideration the football teams of the Universities of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Purdue, Chicago, Illinois, Northwestern, and Lake Forest, and chooses five men from Wisconsin, three from Minnesota, two from Michigan, and one from Purdue.