who prefer mud to paving stones, any time. Scoop up all the slime in the Cana! Basin' and drop it in the streets; turn upon the same a slow current from West River; employ a ship-load of Irishmen to stir the mixture for a week, well bespattering porches, pavements and passers-by, and there she stands; look at her!" But the facile pen of a correspondent gives a more pleasing picture in this PLUVIAL ODE. THE Students of Yale are notorious for their punning propensities. What do you think of a Valedictory Pun, to be 'got off" on Presentation Day, in connexion with the affecting exercises of that occasion; the punster to be elected from the graduating class, and to perpetrate his pun immediately after the last Farewell!' We have the pleasure of presenting to our readers, 'UNCLE NED,' a la Francais; translated by a trio of young amateurs. If the critic should complain that it is not the very best French, he must remember that the original is not the very best English ...... THE COLLEGIAN, a monthly magazine published by the Students at Dickin ...... THE Freshman Class son College, Carlisle, Penn., has been discontinued. have thrice been called to mourn the death of classmates during the past winter months. HARWOOD died early in December; and on January 8th, died JAMES B. HYDE of Winchester, Conn.; and on February 6th, JOHN M. SIMONS of Longmeadow, Mass.an unusual succession of afflictions to one class. We have not room to publish the resolutions adopted by the Class on the occasion of these deaths. They have already been made public by the city Press. . . . . . ONE half of our TABLE is crowded out. .... |