Mrs. Langtry is expected to visit the college today.

Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes is soon to visit England.

Princeton's examinations occur this week, beginning Monday.

The marks for the last examination in freshman Latin have been given out.

Exeter will send half of her present foot-ball team, including her captain, to Harvard, '87.

A sufficient fund has been subscribed to assure the continuance of the explorations at Assos.

Miss Emily Faithful of England visited Harvard yesterday and met the students of the annex.

Harvard College has educated a student to run one hundred yards in ten and one-half seconds. - [Ex.

The Pierian has received an invitation to play at Andover on the 12th of January and will probably accept.

The Glee Club will sing on December 15 at Haverhill; January 18th at Fitchburg, and early in January in Exeter.

Raquette playing, hare and hounds and cricket have been absorbing the attention and enthusiasm of the students of St. Paul's School this fall.

Any senior who has reason to believe that he will be entitled to a commencement part or honorable mention should communicate with Prof. Hill.

The Harvard correspondent of the Phillipian is very decided in his opinions on Yale's unfair playing, and adds his testimony to that of the rest against Yale.

The new Physical Laboratory will probably not be occupied for a year and a half. Work will be begun on the foundations in the spring. The architect, Mr. Shaw, is now at work on the plans.

We regret to have to announce the death of Mr. E. S. Perin, '82, whose illness we reported a few days ago. Mr. Perin was formerly a member of Harvard's foot-ball team, and, in many ways, did service to his Alma Mater. Many friends among upper classmen will deeply regret his death.

Harvard is kicking because the Thanksgiving recess was shortened down to a single day. As if one day was not enough in which to let them loose upon the community. - [Somerville Journal.

1428, says the catalogue, is Harvard's present size. Add to this 185 officers of instruction and government, making a total of 1613, and it will be seen that Harvard forms a very respectable community by itself.

Prof. Young of Princeton expresses great satisfaction over the result of his observations of the transit of Venus, and thinks he has obtained them very accurately. He took nearly two-hundred photographs of it.

The Boston Traveller published a column article Monday evening on "Harvard Happenings." We understand that it is the intention of this paper hereafter to publish a similar "feature" article every Saturday evening.

A Princeton man writes in regard to the foot-ball championship: "Our place this year is very poor; our confidence during the first part of the year was of the highest. and, I think, the fact that three of our best players were injured early in the season accounts for our failure."

It was on the cars just after the Yale-Harvard freshman foot-ball game. He was a Yale man. She, the cousin of a Harvard man. "Is this seat engaged, he said?" "No, sir!" she sweetly murmured, and he sat down. But that was as far as it went. He cast side-long glances, he hemmed, he coughed. In vain; the fair one heeded not but gently dozed. The people in the car smiled, he blushed, and - betook himself to the smoking car. - [Student.