Note and Comment.

The Princeton alumni of New York dined at the Brunswick last Thursday night, and heard Prof. Alexander Johnston speak upon "The New Princeton." An election of officers were first held, resulting in the choice of President Henry J. Van Dyke, D. D., '73; Vice-Presidents, James W. Alexander, '60; Hon. R. S. Green, '51; John Cadwalder, '59; J. Coleman Drayton, '76, and Charles S. Scribner, '75.

Prof. Johnston, in his address, said that an impression had gone abroad that foot ball and base base were the principal studies at Princeton, but that was due to the fact that the college was able, with a small number of undergrades, to send out teams which held their own with colleges of more numerous students. He thought there was too much attention paid to athletics by the first term freshmen, as it often caused their failure to pass examination at the end of the term. He favored giving them another examination before the beginning of the second term. In the increasing study of the optional branches, Prof. Johnston saw the coming university at Princeton. Pointing to a portrait of Dr. McCosh, recently painted by Munkacsy, he said he hoped it was the picture of the first president of Princeton.

Wayne Potter also spoke of the coming university, and a resolution, which was adopted with a shout, asked the trustees to make it a university as soon as possible. - Boston Herald.