Notes from Princeton.

The second term has come to an end and the examinations are now taking place. The seniors have only part of their examinations now, the rest coming just before the senior vacation, which begins about the first of June.

Commencement this year will surpass all previous ones and the week may be extended so as to last several extra days. Dr. McCosh will probably make his farewell address on Tuesday, and Dr. Patton will be inaugurated the next day. All the prominent college presidents and professors will be invited to these exercises. After retiring, Dr. McCosh will go abroad for the summer. The elass of '79 will erect their memorial to him, in the shape of a bronze life size statue by St. Gaudens, in front of Marquand Chapel.

Dr. Patton has already entered a plea for a new dormitory, a gymnasium and a Commencement Hall. This last is very much needed as there is now no suitable place for university lectures and entertainments.

The Art School has just been given a valuable collection of Cypriote pottery by Prof. Allan Marquand. The collection, which is divided into wheel-made and hand-made specimens, includes a number of vases, amphorae, and lamps from Alambra, a village near the ancient town of Idalium. In addition to these, there are a number of terra cotta heads and masks, some of Greek and others of Pheanician origin. The decorations on all these potteries are incised and not painted on the surface, thus showing that they belong to some pre-historic age.

The library has been making some very valuable purchases lately, and has adopted a new plan which enables students to buy the best books at reasonable rates. A fund has been provided and from this it is arranged that the publishers of this and other countries shall send books, which are placed in the library and sold at ten cents advance on the wholesale price. New books are received every two weeks and the plan is meeting with great success.

The Advisory Committee of graduates now has complete supervision of college athletics. All questions of change of policy are decided by them and they have the power to remove incompetent officers. An executive committee of the college consisting of the various associations has been orgainized to co-operative with this graduate committee which consists of C. C. Cuyler, '79, for three years; Prof. Osbron, '77, for two years, and Robert E. Bonner, 76, for one year.