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some competition is good for all of us and nothing risked is generally
nothing gained.—A $ Quarterly.

As we talked matters over last year at the close of the rushing sea-
son, we came to the conclusion that it would be a good plan to give
our pledges some definite instruction on certain fraternity matters
before they were initiated. I t seemed to us that it would be useful
in two ways. I n the first place, it would prevent the pledged girls
from feeling that sense of being on the outside of things, that some
of us had experienced. With us there is quite an interval between
pledge-day and initiation, and it seemed well for the pledges to gain
some connection with fraternity during that time, other than their
pleasant intimacies with the girls. Our second reason was our desire
that the freshmen girls should enter with a good foundation of
knowledge of some details on which to build. We thought it would
make their preparation for the examination easier, as well as prepare
them better for a strong fraternity life.—2 K Triangle.

Adelbert College of Western Reserve University claims the old-
est living college graduate in the person of Mr. George A. Griswold,
of Kinsman, Ohio, who is "hale and hearty" at the age of 96 years.
Mr. Griswold entered Adelbert College in 1830 when the institution
was located at Hudson, Ohio, and he was graduated in 1835. Prob-
ably the premier old grad in the history of the country was Rev.
Nathan Birdseye, of the class of Yale of 1736, who died 82 years
afterwards, in 1818, at the age of 103 years, 5 months and 9 days.
He was an ordained clergyman for 81 years. When he was 100
years old he rode five miles to church, and altho substantially blind
he lined off the hymns, preached the sermon, repeated the scripture
and made the prayer. His record of over 81 years as a clergyman
appears at length in the History of the Congregational Church of
Connecticut from 1707 to 1857.—American College.

Dr. Brown Ayres, President of the University of Tennessee has
been elected President of the Association of State Universities of
America.

Mr. Andrew Carnegie has presented sixty thousand dollars to
the University of Tennessee to be used for the erection of a library,
the equipment of which is to be furnished by the University.

At Nebraska, there has been organized a new society, called
Acoth, which is to all intents and purposes, the same to the Eastern
Star as the Acacia is to the Masonic order. Unlike Acacia, frater-
nity people may be elected to membership. The new society hopes
to place chapters in other schools.

The board of trustees of Northwestern University have decided