Yale Letter.

The first thing of interest that occurred after the holidays, was the announcement of the appointments for the junior exhibition from the class of eighty-eight. As this is the first means given to the class of knowing the comparative work of its members, the announcement was awaited with a good deal of excitement. The list which contained all the men who have an average stand above 2.50, on a scale of four, consisted of 76 men, 19 of whom, standing above 3.15, will be admitted into the "Phi Beta Kappa." These are the following, arranged alphabetically in groups. The first group of six containing those who have an average stand above 3.30: Carter, Cornwall, Fisher, Isbell, Steiner, Stimson; Ayres, Baldwin, Behrends, Brownell, Cooley, Farrington, Fellowes, Leverett, McCauley, Ogden, Platt, Solby, Stevens.

The date for holding the winter games has not been definitely decided upon, but they will occur sometime during the latter part of February. Already there are a large number of entries, and many men have commenced regular work in training for them. The candidates for the Mott Haven Team number about thirty men, and have begun their regular work, consisting principally of long walks and runs. A new plan has been adopted by which, it is hoped, the college record for the running high jump may be considerably raised. Handicap trials are to be held in the Gymnasium for seven or eight successive weeks, at which each man is to be handicapped according to the record he made the previous week. At the end the prize will be awarded to the one who has won the greatest number of trials. Besides those training under the Athletic Association, the candidates for the university and class crews and for the nine are all well started in their regular course of training.

A great deal of interest is felt now, especially among the juniors, in the election of the editors of the Yale Literary Magazine from the junior class, which is to be held next Wednesday. The Lit. being the oldest existing college paper, is regarded with a good deal of reverence, and a place upon its board of editors is rightly regarded as one of the greatest of the literary honors in college. Unlike most college papers, one set of editors do not choose their successors, but every year the junior class elects five of its own members to constitute the board for the following year.

A very good plan was adopted by the freshmen in the fall, of electing only temporary officers for their class base-ball association, with a view to getting better acquainted with their men. An election of permanent officers was held last Monday evening, at which McClintock was elected president; Howard, vice-president; Bayard, secretary and treasurer; Bailey, Sheff., treasurer, Mr. McClintock, however, resigned, and Mr. Bovey was elected president in his place.

The college will have the benefit this winter of two very good lecture courses. The one, the "Dwight Hall Lecture Course" is under the direction of the Yale branch of the Y. M. C. A., and is held in its new building. Two lectures have already been given in this course, one by Rev. William Taylor, D.D., and the other by the Rev. Josiah Strong, D.D., and both were very interesting and instructive. The other course is under the auspices of the Phi Beta Kappa society, the first lecture of which will be given next Wednesday evening by President Dwight, who will talk on "What a Yale Student should be." Later on, Prof. Hadley will lecture on "Congressional Regulation of Railroads." Professor Wheeler and Ex-Gov. D. H. Chamberlain have also agreed to deliver lectures in this course, as have Senators Hawley and Allison, unless they be prevented by pressure of their public business.