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writer, and at the end of the campaign of last year was chosen by Richard Croker and Mr. Whalen for political office.

'90. J. M. Connolly, '90, won the Hilton Schol

arship for '99-1900 at Harvard Medical.

Old students of '90-'92 will be pleased to hear that "little" Joe Healey has recently been made captain of one of the government boats doing service in the Philippines.

'92. Rev. M. P. Kavanagh, '93, is acting pastor at St. Stephen's Church, Worcester, in the absence of Fr. McGillicuddy, '81.

'93. Charles H. Cosgrove, '93, lately a successful young lawyer, in Lowell, Mass., has folded his tent and quietly departed for Seattle, Wash. Ter., where he has secured a lucrative position as teacher.

'95. Charles J. Hickey has just completed a very successful examination for the Massachusetts bar. He will soon begin the practice of his profession in this city.

'97. C. P. Ryan, '97, won a scholarship, last year in the Harvard Law School.

J. C. Carr, ex-'97, writes from Eichstatt, Bavaria: "Lest you might not remember the writer of this letter, I suggest that you try and recall a very tall, slim youth from Connecticut, who left Holy Cross three years ago to go to Brighton Seminary. After finishing my philosophy there I was asked by my bishop if I cared to go abroad for theology. This explains my presence in this quaint old Bavarian town.

Though the seminary is diocesan there are a great many outside students from Prussia, Austria and Switzerland. The American colony numbers ten, chiefly from the Western dioceses of the United States. I find the professors firstclass in all branches. German is the language spoken at all times. I hope to be an accomplished German in three years. Success to the ball team! Please remember me to my Waterbury friends next time they ask for late permissions."

'98. John J. Finn of Holyoke lately spent a day among his old admirers, and on his departure left a substantial check for the new baseball field.

'99.

In addition to other duties in New York City, Messrs. James F. Donnelly, Louis R. Phelan, James H. Flood, Morgan F. McSheehy and Americus C. Stabille have been taking an advanced course in ethics and philosophy at St. Francis Xavier's College for the degree of A.M. Joseph E. McCarthy has lately been elected a member of the executive committee of the University Club at the Catholic University.

COLLEGE WORLD.

For criticising the British troops in South Africa, a freshman at McGill University, Montreal, was recently ducked in the dissecting bath.

At Notre Dame University, on Feb. 8, Gen. W. A. Olmstead, M. D., was ordained to the priesthood. The occasion was a notable one, and was presided over by Bishop O'Gorman, of South Dakota. Father Olmstead was a brave soldier in the Civil War.

Michigan University has defeated the University of Chicago in a joint debate, and Minnesota has defeated the Northwestern University. To satisfy the conditions of the Western University League, the two winners, Michigan and Minnesota, will now cross swords at Chicago. The subject for the final occasion is: "Resolved that the economic advantages of trusts are such as to warrant their existence under the law."

Statistics from leading preparatory schools show that out of 55 "star" foot ball players who will enter college next fall, 33 will enter Yale, eight go to Harvard, while Princeton gets five, Cornell four, Columbia four, and Williams Andover sends five to Yale and Hotchkiss

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seven.

Tufts is making great strides in all departIts catalogue just issued shows 725

ments.

students, against 595 last year, with 106 professors, against 88 a year ago. Boston Dental College has lately been absorbed.

The universities of the Pacific Slope have made an agreement not to hire any more Eastern coaches in athletic contests, and to play no more foot ball games on Thanksgiving day. The agreement is for five years. Graduate coaches will hereafter be employed, at a salary not to exceed $1500.

Thirteen theological seminaries and universities in this country have made a subscription of $100 each for five years to establish an American school for oriental study and research in Palestine.

Miss Emma Wooley, a professor of Wellesley, has been elected president of Mt. Holyoke College, in place of Mrs. Elizabeth Storrs Mead, resigned, and will assume the duties of the office next year. She was graduated from Brown in 1894, and was the first woman honored with an A. B. degree by that institution.

Two grandsons of Li Hung Chang have lately arrived in this country, where they are about to enter Vanderbilt University. They are accomplished Chinese scholars, but have been studying English only two years under an American tutor.

The Vassar catalogue shows an attendance of 656, an increase of 37 over a year ago. The faculty includes 64 members, six more than last It has 191 courses, 15 of which are new

year. this year.

Prof. Roentgen, of Wurzburg, the discoverer of the X-rays, has finally accepted a call to the Munich University that was extended to him some time ago. There were certain conditions laid down by the scientist, which have only recently been agreed to by the larger university.

The New York Normal College has the enormous number of 2662 students, an increase of 150 over last year. This year the time devoted to Latin has been increased, while that to mathematics has been reduced.

At the present time two colleges in this country are preparing to introduce plants for liquefying air. These are the University of Michigan and Wesleyan University.

An exchange has this to say of the "non-sectarianism" of the Indian School at Carlisle: "In Pennsylvania 150 Catholic children in a government institution are compelled to attend Protestant religious services; have to eat meat on Friday or go hungry; are not permitted to obey the regulations of their church to hear Mass and refrain from work on holidays of obligation, and in other ways are coerced into becoming Protestants."

The University of China, opened in 1899, perfected on modern lines of science, is already an accomplished fact. The enterprise originated with Li Hung Chang, and enjoys his powerful protection. For its maintenance 500,000,000 ounces of silver has been set apart. The veteran educator, the typical American in China, Dr. W. A. P. Martin, has been appointed head and

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