yells, burst forth, while from the open windows gleamed the ghastly faces of Freshmen, apparently suffering under a malignant type of ephialtes. Eurydice wouldn't come. We tacked about and courted Morpheus.

Workmen are now busily engaged in laying the foundation of a new dormitory between Martien and Newkirk Halls. As this is the site which tradition says was set apart by those in authority for a Gymnasium, the lovers of athletic exercises were all expectation. Subsequent revelation compelled them to still regard the much-desired gymnasium as one of the things to be hoped for. The Dormitory, when completed, will be capable of accommodating more students than either of the other homes. It will also differ from them in the arrangement of its halls and rooms. It is expected that the basement will be fitted up as a laboratory for chemical purposes. Its dimensions are 87 feet front to 44 feet deep, and will be five stories high.

LAFAYETTE PERSONALS.

[Under this head we propose to give all such personal and literary notes, pertaining to those who have been educated at Lafayette, as may be brought to our attention; and we shall, therefore, welcome any items or reminiscences that fall under the notice of former students of our College.]

AIKEN, '65.—Married, at Reesville, Pa., May 23d, 1871, by Rev. Dr. McLeod; Rev. Thomas J. Aiken, of Reesville, to Miss S. Davis, of East Whiteland, Pa.

ANSTADT, '44.-Rev. Peter Anstadt has changed the place of publication of the American Lutheran to York, Pa. The effect of the removal is apparent in the increased vigor of the sheet that in his hands has heretofore given no 66 uncertain sound."

BOYD, '59.-James P. Boyd, Esq., for a long time connected with the Philadelphia Press as literary editor, has left that paper, and is located at No. 16 South Sixth Street (second floor), Philada. Mr. Boyd has been suffering for the last year from severe and frequent attacks of inflammatory rheumatism.

MCATEE, '59.-Rev. William Alfred McAtee, for a while connected with the class of '59, Lafayette, but who graduated elsewhere, has been appointed pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Alexandria, Va.

MICHLER, '46.-Gen. Nathaniel Michler has been relieved of his position at Washington, D. C., and ordered to California.

POMEROY, '61.—Rev. Stephen W. Pomeroy has removed from McConnelsburg, to Huntingdon Co., Pa.

SMITH, '69.-J. Hume Smith is corresponding clerk in the publishing house of Ziegler & McCurdy, 16 South Sixth Street, Philada.

THOMPSON, 73.--Died, at Easton, on the evening of May 20th, 1871, after a short sickness, William Thompson, aged 18. Mr. Thompson was connected with the class of "73 during the Freshman year.

TULLY, '65.-Abraham C. Tully, of the class of '65, is of the firm Tully & Davenport, Machinery and Manufacturers' Supplies, 81 Chambers Street, New York.

WELLS, '66.-Rev. E. B. Wells has resigned his church at White Lake, New York.

WILHELM, '57.-Rev. John C. Wilhelm is to be addressed at Huntingdon, Pa.

ZIEGLER, '72.—Walter Macon Lowrie Ziegler, formerly of the class of "71, and late of '72, is in the drug establishment of G. Krause, 1201 Chestnut Street, Philada,

Du Bois, '58.—Surgeon Frank L. Du Bois has been detached from the U.S. man-of-war "Dictator," and placed on waiting orders.

RUTLER, '67.—Rev. L. C. Rutler, Jr., is pastor of two small but promising churches in Noble County, Ohio. Not content with the labor so indicated, he has also started an Academy at the county seat, Caldwell, where he resides. He writes in verification of Solomon's utterance, that he "found a good thing" at the matrimonial altar, last fall.

MISCELLANEOUS.

AT Amherst the speakers of Commencement are chosen by their merits as writers. Twenty topics, upon various subjects, are given out by the Faculty, and the seniors write essays of given length on some one of these subjects. The essays are handed to a disinterested committee, who select the best fifteen, and the authors of these are the appointees for Commencement.

Of the 274 Colleges in the United States, only sixteen have libraries exceeding 20,000 volumes.

Fredericton University, Canada, has been the scene of a rebellion. The senior class refused to receive a young appointee of the Board of Directors to the classic chair. The Board refused to dispense with him, the seniors refused to receive him. Lecturing did them no good, and, finally, the Board had to withdraw their appointment.

The library of the late Dr. John Schulz, of Berlin, consisting of some 20,000 volumes, has been purchased by the Northwestern University.—Ex. “Nine millions have recently been poured forth by the mean and stingy North in support of her Colleges and Universities, and where is the one million which, for the same purpose, has ever been contributed by the large-hearted and liberal South?"—Southern Review. "By their works shall ye know them."

New Lisbon, Ohio, has a female base-ball club. One of the girls recently made a "home run." She saw her father coming with a switch. -Ex.

The other day we saw the following touching lines written on one of the benches of the recitation room :

"Send me some stamps from home, father,

Send me some stamps from home,

It will keep my little credit good,

Till the ending of the term.

Mr. Halliwell has found evidence to prove that Shakespeare acted on two occasions before Queen Elizabeth, in company with Kemp and Burbage, all three being described as "servants to the Lord Chamberlain.” Germany has 33 humorous journals, having an aggregate circulation of 300,000.

There are 438 Temperance Lodges in Scotland; in Glasgow city alone there are 118.

The class of ""72" at Yale has lost five members by death within a year. By the will of the late Abel Minard, $100,000 was left to Drew Theological Seminary, the interest to be used in aiding ladies in theological studies.

Seventy-eight women are now regularly ordained preachers in the United States.

A Spanish scholar, Pascual, has undertaken to discover and count the words of Germanic origin occurring in Spanish. He finds in classic Spanish about sixty per cent. of Latin derivation, ten per cent. from the Arabic, ten per cent. from German; the remainder are unexplained. Of late years Spain has borrowed a good many technical terms relating to rail-roads, banks, engineering, and Constitutional Government, from English.

A Professor of the Irish Language is to be founded in the Notre Dame University, Indiana.—Ex.

There are forty-nine Catholic Colleges in this country, in which there are 555 professors, 248 priests, 7167 students, and 205,000 volumes in their libraries.

There are about 200 Japanese students being educated in the various institutions of the United States.

A junior at Cornell University, in rendering an account to his father of his expenses, entered an item, "Charity, $30." His father wrote back: "I fear that charity covers a multitude of sins."

The highest ascent yet attained in a balloon was made by Mr. James Glaisher, an Englishman. At the height of seven miles Mr. Glaisher became insensible, and his companion Mr. Coxwell nearly so. We would like to hear the gentlemen tell how the world looked from that height. Ruloff's brain weighed 59 ounces, which is 9 or 10 ounces above the average. The heaviest brain ever weighed was that of the French naturalist, Cuvier, which weighed 65 ounces. Daniel Webster's has been

estimated at 64 ounces. Dr. Abercrombie's weighed 63 ounces. The lower brute part of Ruloff's brain and the mechanical powers were unusually large, but the higher portion, which regulates the moral and religious sentiment, was very deficient.

Herschel, the astronomer, died on the 12th of May, at the age of 73. The 113th asteroid has been discovered by Dr. Luther, at Bilk. It is of the eleventh magnitude, and has received the name Amalthea.

Josh Billings will give readings from his works in the coming season. He also expects to have a new lecture, entitled, “What I know about Hotels."

The memoir of Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, by George E. Ellis, has just appeared. It is a volume of nearly 700 pages, profusely illustrated, and beautifully printed. It will, doubtless, be read with great interest.

The Episcopal Church has refused to ordain women to preach.

The Queen of Prussia has given one thousand thalers to the Society started in Berlin for the purpose of devising original German fashions.

The most wealthy man in Maine is said to be Ex-Gov. Coburn. His property is estimated at seven millions, and his annual income at seventy thousand dollars.

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