The terror produced by the war-whoop of the bloodthirsty savage was simply sickening.

Miss Susan B. A. Smith, stroke of the Vassar crew, fainted dead away; the Wesleyan crew ceased rowing, and initiated an impromptu prayer-meeting; while Ephraim G. Stubbs, livid with fright, set his crew a tremendous stroke, in order to put a safe distance between his woolly head and the tomahawk of the red-skin.

The Yale crew, which had been selected with especial reference to the decisions of the Judges, was stone-deaf, to a man; consequently the bloodcurdling yells of the savages had not the least effect upon it. Too near-sighted to observe the distress of Vassar, they were quick in noticing Harvard forge ahead, and, making a desperate spurt, soon lapped our crew.

At this juncture "the colored crew pulled nobly," seeing which, Bruiser, bow-oar of Yale, raised his oar, and brought it down upon the devoted head of Ephraim G. Stubbs with great violence.

The good-natured African did not cease rowing, but, as the oar of the Yale man fell splintered into the water, merely showed his teeth and ejaculated, "Nebber say die."

These courageous words inspired our crew surprisingly; and with renewed energy they pulled away from their now seriously disabled opponents, and passed the stake-boat ten lengths in advance of them.

The Judges, after some deliberation, gave the race to Harvard, reasoning in this wise; Harvard at the end of the second mile had passed two crews, therefore at the end of the 498th mile she would have passed 498 crews, or, in other words, have won the race, provided no foul had occurred.

Immediately after this decision I was obliged to go ashore and take care of Jenkins, who became insane from joy over our victory.

I must bring this letter to an abrupt termination, as I hear him now screaming "'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rah!" in the next room, and must go and quiet him.

With kind regards to yourself and family, I remain

Yours truly,

HORACE.THE French Club, organized at the beginning of last year to afford an opportunity for practice in conversational French, has completed its first year, during which there have been a number of very entertaining meetings. It has been deemed advisable, however, to render the meetings more interesting and beneficial by more regular literary exercises. In future the members will read at each meeting a comedy, the parts being assigned a week in advance. The committee has selected for the next meeting "Le Medecin malgre lui," and will continue to choose, in the broad field of French comedy, the most attractive pieces for reading. In order to have a larger number to choose from, the limit of membership will probably be extended to forty members.

The club has been encouraged to hope that the President and some of the honorary members will favor it during the year with some "conferences." Any one who has attended the French University Lectures can readily see how much these will contribute to the success of this year's meetings.

As there are only ten vacancies in the roll of members, all who desire to join the society would do well to hand in their names as early as possible at either of the following rooms: No. 8 Little's Block, No. 9 or 19 Holworthy.

The German Club will follow the example of its sister society, only choosing a different field for research, according to the genius of the language. Unfortunately the number of its members is small, '78 having as yet only contributed one representative.

Applicants for membership are requested to call at No. 391 Harvard Street or at No. 19 Holworthy.