A Shot.

QUOTH a wise man to a youth one day:

"Tell me your aim in life, I pray?"

"A mighty general I'd be,"

Replied the youth ambitiously.

Then quoth the stripling to the sage,

"Tell me your aim in your old age."

''Then said the sage, a little tired,

"Aim ? Oh! I have no aim; I've fired."

GENERAL LISTER wishes to warn students against leaving valuables in the dressing-rooms of the Gymnasium. Three watches were found in one room a few days ago, and three pocket-books have been found on the floor.

IN English 6 the following question will be debated, April 17: Resolved, that the House of Representatives had sufficient grounds for impeaching President Johnson. Affirmative: Kelly, Ayers, Thorpe. Negative: A. C. Brown, Wood, Crawford.

BY a recent decision of Judge Van Vorst of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Harvard has lost the bequest of Dr. Martyn Paine, who left his real and personal property to Harvard College for the purpose of establishing scholarships and prizes in memory of his son.

WATERS, the boat-builder, has brought some new models from England, which are claimed to be superior to any heretofore seen in this country. The main point of difference consists in three free floors and fine entrance. They are very much like the 20-inch four used by Columbia at Henley.

THE candidates for the University Nine and the positions they are trying for are as follows: Winsor, P and C; Annan, S; Black, M; Brown, R; Cohen, C; Cook, L; Coolidge, B; Delano, H; Folsom, P and H; Harding, A; Howe, L; Huse, P; McMichael, C; Nunn, S; Sawyer, B; Spaulding, M; Perrin, R; Macrane, M.

THE University Club of New York is being reorganized by members of the Alumni Association of the principal colleges. The Committee on Admissions has already elected 250 members. Of this number Yale has 75, Harvard 45, Columbia 22, Princeton 19, Williams 10, Amherst 13. The remainder are from the University of France, from the University of Cambridge, England, and from some of the smaller American colleges.

THE catalogue of Adams Academy (1878 - 79) contains some interesting information. The whole number of scholars is 69, of whom 22 are in the first class. The following statistics of the graduating class of 1878 show how successful was its preparation for college in spite of the death of Dr. Dimmock at its most critical moment: "28 in all applied at Harvard, Williams, Amherst, and Yale colleges. Of these 10 were admitted without conditions; 2 with one condition; 4 with two conditions; 2 with three conditions; 4 with four conditions; 1 with five conditions; 2 with six conditions, and only 3 failed of admission. At the same time a member of the class below was admitted with three conditions to Princeton College."

SEVENTY-EIGHT Sophomores wrote themes on some new study or branch of knowledge which they would like to see introduced at Harvard. Mr. Perry has kindly given the subjects which were chosen, and they are as follows: Shorthand, 11; Chinese Language, 8; Gymnastics, 8; Hygiene, 6; English Literature, 5; Singing, 4; Literature, 4; Greek and Roman Antiquities, 3; Elocution, 3; German Conversation, 3; English Composition, 2; Russian Language, 2; Use of Books, 2; and one each on Political Science, Theory of Mathematics, Advanced Course in Fine Arts, Scientific Theory, History of the United States, Natural History of Every Day Life, Modern Civilization, English History, Geography, Preparation for Business, A New Greek elective, History of Sclavonic Nations, Myths and Legends, Oratory, Literature of Mathematics, Instrumental Music, Use of Tools, and The Steam-Engine.