-Prof. Clinton Scollard returned from a three weeks' visit in Jackson, Michigan, January 11th.

-Prof. Peter Kelly paid a professional visit to the Elmira Female College during the vacation.

-MacMaster, '92, has left College and returned to North Western University at Evanston, Illinois.

—The Glee and Banjo clubs have begun regular rehearsals again preparatory to their annual tour.

-William M. Collier, '89 instructor in the Brooklyn Polytechnic, spent the holiday vacation in Clinton.

-Moore and Smythe, '90, attended the annual convention of the . . fraternity held in New York city.

-La Grippe has had many victims among the faculty and students during the vacation and the early part of the term.

-Dr. Darling and Dr. Peters attended the annual dinner of the New York Alumni in New York city in December.

-C. C. Heath, '88, head master of St. John's Military Academy, Manlius, N. Y., spent Sunday, Jan. 10, at the X. Y. House.

– The twentieth anniversary of Dr. Hudson's pastorate over the Stone Church was celebrated Wednesday, Jan. 16. Dr. Darling delivered the address, after which a collation was served.

-There has been an attempt to establish a whist club among the students. The club will consist of two representatives from each of the different fraternities and societies. The result of the games will determine the championship.

-It is rumored that a Foot-ball Eleven will soon be numbered among the regular college organizations. The college has some very fine material and there is no reason why it should not support a good Eleven. Let some decisive action be taken.

Professor, that my

-At the President's levee-Fond mama : I am afraid, son has not derived the full benefit of his college course. If he had worked hard he would hardly have grown so fat." Twinkle: "Your supposition is wrong, madam. You see the exercise from walking up and down the hill adjusts things so that the physical development shust keeps pace mit the mental development."

LOST, STRAYED or Stolen !!—An unhappy senior who immolated himself upon the altar of duty and remained in North College during the vacation, has lost a cat which he had carefully preserved as a companion to solace his weary vigils by her vigorous and harmonious caterwauling. Prof. Peter Kelly is suspected of having forcibly abstracted the animal and turned her in on his butcher's bill. A liberal reward will be paid for her return, dead or alive.

-The old year is ended and over,

Hopes die with the death of the days;
No sense and no sight can discover
The future's unsearchable ways;

Fear not its repulses or kisses,
Heed not its applause or its gibe,
But remember, O reader, that this is
The time to subscribe.

-Ex.

A JOKING SUBJECT.

There was a freshman innocent
Who took and took a notion,
To take a sled and take a try
At rapid locomotion.

He took his sled, took a good start,

But took a track uneven,

At sad mistake, he took a tree
And slid right into Heaven.

A CONTRAST.

When first engaged to her he loves
One ne'er is out of calling distance.
If e'en she seeks to don her gloves

He needs must tender his assistance.
He runs and does whate'er she bids,
And on her hands he puts the kids.

But after they are wed awhile

Ah, that is quite another matter;
He seeks his paper to beguile-

His thoughts from hearing infant chatter.

He shuts his orbs beneath their lids

And on her hands he leaves "the kids."

-By regulation of the faculty, attendance on morning chapels is compulsory for the students. Absences to the extent of one-tenth are allowed. Below is shown with what regularity the members of the faculty attend this exercise :

INTER-COLLEGIATE NEWS.

-There are five hundred colleges in the United States.

-Cornell gave three hundred and fifty-eight scholarships last year.
-The average age of graduating classes at Harvard is twenty-three.
-The Princeton Glee Club visited Florida during the Christmas season.
-Hereafter, at Wellesley, dancing is to be taught as a part of the gymnastic

course.

-The average annual expenses of the student at Harvard are $800, as the last report shows.

-Cornell University was awarded a gold medal by the Paris Exposition for its educational exhibit.

– The University of Mexico is said to be the oldest university in America. preceding Harvard by fifty years.

-Considerable damage was done at Cornell by the heavy cyclone which recently visited that part of the state.

-The catalogue of the Princeton Theological Seminary has been issued, showing one hundred and seventy-two students in attendance.

-Dartmouth published the first college paper in America, viz., The Gazette, in 1800, famous for possessing Daniel Webster among its contributors.

-In England there is only one undergraduate paper published-the Review, of Oxford. In the United States there are over two hundred.-Ex.

-In answer to Cornell's challenge for a boat race at New London in June, Yale replied that she hereafter would row with Harvard, and with no other American university.

-It is said that the American Colleges are so liberally endowed with scholarships, etc., that, on an average, students are enabled to get an education at onetenth its actual cost.

-A student of the Wisconsin State University has been tried for hazing in the civil courts and found guilty. The fine and costs, amounting to $100, will be paid by the university students.

-One hundred thousand dollars is being raised to endow a chair of Protection at Yale, through which the free trade teachings of Professor William J. Sumner are to be combated.-Ex.

-The oldest living college graduate in the United States is Amos F. Parker, of Fitzwilliam, N. H. He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1813, and is nearly ninety-eight years of age.

--It is stated that one man in five thousand takes a college course in England, one in six hundred and fifteen in Scotland, one in two hundred and thirteen in Germany, and one in two thousand in the United States.

-The University of Michigan has entirely done away with the marking system and has abolished all competition and class honors. The experiment will be watched with interest by other large universities, which have for some years been discussing its feasibility.

-Princeton College is to have a journal managed and edited by the faculty. President Patton will be editor-in-chief, and departments in the different

branches of learning will be conducted by the various professors. They will call it the Princeton College Bulletin.

-William Raymond Baird, of New York, is about to publish a new revised edition of his " American College Fraternities." This deservedly popular work has been of great value to the fraternity men at large, and the new edition will be generally welcomed.

-The strife over the election of Clement Garrett Morgan, a colored student, as class orator at Harvard, occasioned quite a gale of comment from the press. The fact that there should have been any opposition to such a choice seems unfortunate. Where, if not to Harvard, the cradle of abolition, are we to look for an example of freedom from all race prejudice?-College and School.

CLIPPINGS.

-The following little bit of verse is taken from the pages of the Yale Record:

Farmer: "This is what I call a fine rain; it will fetch things right out of

the ground." Mr. Sniffle; "

Hope not; got a mother-in law there.'

A FRESHMAN'S PLEA.

I am sitting, mamma, mourning, in my little study here,
With the echo of your censure still a-ringing in my ear.
Yes; I know it is a shame that I have ruined all my clothes,
And I know it's very brutal when I deal my fellows blows.
Yet I can't stand like a coward with my classmates in the fight;
Why, I hear them now a-shouting; there's a rush; I'm off! Good-night.
Well, we won! I knew 't was nonsense, but I'd have that cane or die.
Little Moses went in rushes. mamma, pray, why should not I? -Ex.

CRIB.

Chalk in hand stood the college boy,

With the board unmarked before him,
But his face lit up with a smile of joy

As a festive" crib", whizzed by him.

He copied that "crib" on the smooth blackboard
With many a dash and flourish.

In the professor's note-book a "ten" was scored;
He had won in the little skirmish.

-Ex.

-The King of Uriwandi has three wives, whom he pounds unmercifully when he gets drunk. His course is approved by Hoyle, we believe. A king full always beats three queens.—Binghamton Republican.

-The most absent minded of men is the professor who, when he hears himself knocking the ashes out of his pipe, will call out :

Archie :

Bess:

scream.

AT AUCTION.

Going, the old year, going,
Hurried by fingers deft;
Going the golden moments,
Only a few more left.

"Come in!"

Here is the way the Indian brave
Attempts to win his dusky bride :

"Be mine, whilst by thy side I Sioux,
Or I'll go off and sioux-i-cide.

-Lippincott's Magazine for December.

SEMPER PARATA.

Now, Bess, I am going to kiss you."

If you do I'll scream! (Archie pauses) Well, I'm all ready to

"-Time.