The New Catalogue.

The catalogue for 1888-89 is bound in the color and style familiar to college men since '84, and follows, in the general arrangement of its matter, the catalogue of last year. The map of the vicinity of the college is inserted on the front cover; upon it appear recent changes in the residences of instructors and the addition to the Museums. The statutes of the university are changed by the insertion on page 25 of a paragraph stating the duties of the deputy treasurer. The rest of the statutes remain in the form of last year. Mr. Ames' name appears as that of a new member of the corporation, and several changes appear in the Board of Overseers. The names of the proctors are removed from the list of "Officers of Instruction and Government," and are placed among the annual appointments. The statement of the admission requirements has been modified by an insertion of a definition of the algebra requirement and by certain changes in the list of the books prescribed for English. The examinations for admission in the autumn are now placed at the beginning of the week in which college opens, instead of at its close, and a change is made in the order of the autumn examinations. In the statements concerning honors, that in regard to honors in natural history no longer demands summer, field or laboratory studies. Among the scholarships, the Merrick scholarship is added, and the statement is also made that recipients of the Price Greenleaf Aid may be called upon to perform a certain amount of service as monitors or laboratory assistants. The prices of a few rooms in Wadsworth House have been increased, and no hint is given as to rent of rooms in the new dormitory.

In the schools the greatest changes are to be seen in the Scientific School where a course in electrical engineering has been inserted and the old course in natural history divided into two courses, geology and biology. It is the Scientific School also that shows the greatest percentage of increase among its students and a very creditable showing it is. In the Medical School a new and extended course of study for graduates is offered, the plan being to give special teaching, largely clinical, to limited classes of advanced students.

In the summer schools the courses in French, German and Topography first appear, and all the summer schools show an increased number of students over last year. A healthy growth in numbers is recognizable in the whole university, the total number of students being 1899, the most marked increase being seen in the College, the Divinity, Scientific and Medical Schools. The Graduate Department just holds its own and the Veterinary School loses somewhat in numbers.