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- The Sophomore Crew was victorious in the recent race with the Freshmen.

- The town has granted licenses to several members of the Lyceum of Natural History to shoot birds for that collection.

- The students carry canes into recitations, and drop them on the floor to such an extent that caneracks are much needed.

- The various Rifle-Clubs have been shooting matches. One of the clubs has beaten the other by a score of 62 to 36 out of a possible 2000.

- The College Nine has been challenged: -

"Sur, we would like to have your noine come and play the Star of Blackinton, May 12.

"B. D - , CAP."Princeton.- Princeton wants some "uniform hats" like those of the Harvard men.

- The proposition of a letter delivery does not meet with much favor; "to go to the post-office after supper, and wait around until the mail is distributed is such a pleasant duty."

- A "camp prayer-meeting" has been held on the campus. President McCosh was present.

- The Glee Club gave a very entertaining concert at Freehold, N. J., May 18.

- Every evening, the Seniors practise singing for Class Day.

- A student recently bought a pair of sleeve-but-tons for 75 cents, and pawned them for $1.50. He has not redeemed them.

- Base-ball men are marked absent when they wear their uniform into recitation.

Yale.- The Crew will start for Springfield June 21.

- The oldest man in '77 is 28 years, the youngest 19 years 2 months; average age, 22 years 6 months.

- "There is some talk of '80's challenging the Harvard Freshmen to a boat-race, if the necessary funds can be secured. It is doubtful if Harvard will accept." It is, indeed.

- "The Committee for the Senior Promenade this year are having more difficulty than usual in obtaining subscriptions. While the lack of support is general, the Freshman and Junior classes are noticeably behindhand."

- "Prof. Brewer gave a very interesting lecture, last week, on the different celebrated trotting horses in this country. He began with Boston Blue, who trotted in the year 1818, and among others he spoke of the following celebrities in the horse line, comparing their respective times: American Roan, Topgallant, Burster, Edwin Forrest, Lady Suffolk, Tacony, Flora Temple, Dexter, American Girl, Goldsmith Maid."

- Dr. Wm. M. Barbour, formerly of Bangor Theological Seminary, has been elected Professor of Theology; Dr. R. W. Dale of Birmingham, Eng., is to deliver the Lyman Beecher Lectures on Preaching, next year; and Mr. Franklin B. Dexter has been selected to fill the newly endowed Chair of American History.

Cornell.- The establishment of an illustrated paper like the Lampoon is much talked of.

- "A 'German' was given at the Sage. A brace of Italians discoursed charming music, and the festivities were continued until a very late hour." Hand-organs?

- "Prof. James Mill Peirce, the Dean of the Mathematical Department of Harvard, will visit Cornell in June" (!).

- Non-Resident Professor Bayard Taylor has begun his lectures on Early German Literature. The lectures are free to the public.

- "Yatabe, '76, recently delivered an address in Japan on 'Buddhism,' in which he ranked Christianity as an inferior religion, and urged upon his hearers a higher and more spiritual religion than any now known."

"Every college has a distinct individuality which impresses itself upon its college literature. Thus Princeton is noted for its blue-blooded Presbyterianism and 'codfish' aristocracy; Harvard for its Cockneyisms; Yale for its sports and fast people; Columbia for its apish English manners; Dartmouth for its country 'greenhorns'; Amherst for its shrewd Yankees; Trinity for its ancient church foundations; Union for its old Knickerbocker aristocracy; Hamilton for Western 'shoddy'; and Cornell for its progressiveness."

Brown.- The Senior statistician has been going the rounds with tape-measure and steelyards.

- The Freshman Nine were given a supper by one of their classmates in honor of their victory over the Harvard Freshmen.

- The Brown Glee Club assisted at the Telephone exhibition, May 7. After an introductory lecture, the audience listened in breathless silence to "the bulldog on the bank," as he was transmitted via telephone by the club at an office about half a mile distant.

Miscellaneous.- The Williston Seminary's standard has been raised to meet the Harvard requirements, a change by which it is thought we will gain at the expense of Yale.

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