Probable Resignation of President Barnard of Columbia College.

It is extremely probable that President Barnard of Columbia College will soon be compelled to resign office owing to continued ill health. President Barnard is now seventy-nine years old and has held his present position for over twenty years. Since the beginning of this college year he has only been able to attend two faculty meetings, and has passed the winter months in Florida in the expectation of recuperating enough to be enabled to attend his college duties during the spring term. The only reason that can be given for President Barnard's clinging so tenaciously to leadership of Columbia's interests, is his desire to fill out a term of twenty-five years. The greatest consideration is shown by all those connected with Columbia for its president, and it is asserted that whatever occurs, no successor will be chosen until next year.