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started last year as a joke, inviting to membership all "who had ever II
cut the acquaintance of an earth worm," has developed into an enthu-
siastic Zoology Club. A lecture by Professor Osborn of Columbia has
been given under its auspices, and trips to the zoological gardens and
natural history museums in the vicinity have been taken by the mem-
bers.

The literary societies, which have been re-organized, re-named, and
re-established several times during the last ten years, have recently
united and formed the Barnard Union. The two largest societies whose
existence has been merged in that of the new organization are the Barn-
ard Bear and the Debating Club. The aims of the Union are broader
than those of any literary society which has previously existed at
Barnard, and an effort is being made to interest the great mass of the
student body in the various phases of work which it will undertake.
Among some things, the society intends to assume the publication of
the Barnard Bulletin, the college newspaper, which has hitherto been
under the control of the Undergraduate Association.

The college annual publication was originally known as the Barnard
Annual and three numbers appeared under this name. The first and
second were published in 1894 and 1895, respectively, by the Under-
graduate Association, and edited by a board consisting of one representa-
tive from each class. I n 1896 the Junior class undertook the publica-
tion of the Annual, and since that time the issue of the book has been
one of the tasks of the third-year students. The class of 1898 changed
the name to The Mortarboard, a title which has since been retained
without variation. The Bulletin and The Mortarboard are the only
periodicals published solely by the students of Barnard College. Barnard
has representatives, however, on the editorial boards of several of the
Columbia publications. The first Barnard songbook is now being com-
piled under the supervision of the Undergraduate Association; it will
probably be issued within a few months.

The Barnard Chorus has recently become part of the University
Chorus, but the Mandolin Club still maintains a separate existence, and
has the distinction at present of being the only independent musical or-
ganization at Barnard.

The Athletic Association is the outcome of the union of 1901 of the
basketball and tennis clubs. The acquisition of Milbank Quadrangle
has aroused fresh interest i n athletics and the institution of Field Day
has added several new sports to the time-honored list.

Altogether there seems to be plenty for the Barnard girl to do, no
matter what her talents or what her aspirations. If she is a stranger
in New York she also wishes to take advantage of the opportunities
offered by four years' residence in the great city. I f she lives at home
or spends the week-ends with her family, she keeps in touch with many
interests unconnected with her college life, and, in any event, there is no
danger that time will hang heavily on her hands.