PHI BETA KAPPA.

The Constitution of the United Chapters of the Phi Beta Kappa, adopted on the 7th of September, 1882, was to take effect when ratified by fourteen chapters. It was ratified on that day by seven chapters-the Alpha of Vermont, the Betas of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio and Vermont, and the Gamma of New York; by three chapters in October, 1882-the Gammas of Connecticut and Massachusetts, and the Epsilon of New York; by six chapters in June, 1883-the Alphas of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York, the Delta and the Zeta of New York; that is, by sixteen chapters in all. In accordance with resolutions passed at the meeting of 1882, the ratification was announced to all the chapters of the society and they were asked to send delegates to the first meeting of the National Council, at Saratoga on the 5th of September, 1883. The delegates assembled in the Court of Appeals room in the town hall at ten o'clock on the day appointed, and an organization was effected by the election of Mr. S. L. Thorndike, of Harvard, as chairman, and Professor Werner, C. C. N. Y., as secretary. The following chapters were represented: Alpha of Maine, (Bowdoin;) Alpha of Massachusetts. (Harvard;) Alpha of New Hampshire, (Dartmouth;) Alpha of New York, (Union;) Alpha of Vermont, (University of Vermont;) Beta of Connecticut, (Trinity;) Beta of Massachusetts, (Amherst;) Gamma of Connecticut, (Wesleyan;) Gamma of Massachusetts, (Williams;) Gamma of New York, (College of the City of New York;) Delta of New York, (Columbia;) Epsilon of New York, (Hamilton;) Zeta of New York, Hobart.

Professor Nash of Hobart, chairman of a committee appointed last year, "to prepare a list of candidates for senatorships, to be submitted to any nominating committee which may be appointed at the first meeting of the National Council," submitted such list. Several delegates made additional nominations. It was voted that a committee of five, of which the chairman and the secretary should be members, prepare a list of not less than thirty names, to aid the meeting in the selection of senators. The chairman of the committee presented a printed list of thirty names, and the committee was discharged. Messrs. Merriam, Robinson and Woods were appointed tellers. The following gentlemen were elected senators: Rev. Dr. Edward E. Hale, Prof. Adolph Werner, O. B. Frothingham, Prof. Francis Philip Nash, Matthew Hale, George William Curtis, Justin Winson. Oliver W. Holmes, Jr., President Eliot. Prof. Theodore W. Dwight, Stewart L. Woodford, Joseph H. Choate, Prof. John H. Wright, Rev. Dr. Richard S. Storrs, President Angell, Prof. Benjamin N. Martin, John A. DeRemer, President Walker, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Walbridge A. Field.

President Eliot was elected president, the Hon. Matthew Hale vice president, and Professor Werner secretary and treasurer of the first national council.