The Lowell Institute, in co-operation with the University, again offers in accordance with its usual plan, three public courses of lectures to be given free during the winter. The lectures will be given at the buildings of the Medical School at 8 o'clock. In subject matter, method of instruction, examinations and scale of markings the courses will correspond closely to those given in Harvard College for Freshmen and Sophomores, and will be given by the same instructors.

The Faculty has voted to allow the three courses to be given in the year 1909-10 to count for a degree in the University under the usual conditions.

Mr. C. T. Copeland '82 will give a half-course on Lives, Characters, and Times of Men of Letters, English and American on Thursdays. In connection with this course there will be practice in English composition under the direction of Mr. F. W. C. Hersey '99. A whole course on Constitutional and Political History of the United States will be given by Professor C. J. Bullock will give on Mondays and Wednesdays during the first half-year a half-course on Public Finance, considered with special reference to the Theory and Methods of Taxation.

The courses will begin in October and continue until June, with vacations at Christmas and in the spring, the courses changing every year.

The courses will be open to men and women, and a student may take one or more. But no persons will be allowed to attend a course unless qualified to profit by it; and for that purpose, if under twenty years of age, they must have graduated from a high school or an institution of equal grade; and if over twenty, must have so graduated, or show in some way a sufficient degree of education. For this purpose applicants who have not already taken a collegiate course at the Lowell Institute will be required to fill out blanks stating their name, age, schooling, the kind and extent of reading they have done, and other facts that will make it possible to determine their qualifications to proceed. If the Institute is satisfied of the applicant's proficiency, a ticket of admission to the course will be sent.

If a student fails to show sufficient aptitude or diligence, or to attend both lectures and sections with substantial regularity, he or she may be excluded from the course. Anyone who completes the course and passes the examination satisfactorily will be given a certificate there-of.

In making arrangements for the coming year, it is important to know as early as possible how many applicants there are likely to be; and if there is not room for them all, preference among persons equally qualified will be given to those applying first. Anyone desiring to join the course can obtain an application blank by writing to The Lowell Institute Collegiate Courses, University Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts, enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Further information may be obtained by writing to the same address.