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BREVITIES.

Reveille.

LOST, STRAYED, OR STOLEN. - The Pierian Drum. Last seen at the Torchlight Procession of 1872. Any information in regard to it will be gladly received by members.

A RIFLE-CLUB, composed of undergraduates, will be formed this winter, and target-practice will be begun early in the spring. A range has been secured not far from the Square, and all obstacles to the formation of the club are now removed.

THE Nine, this fall, has played four match-games and one practice-game. In the match-games the Nine made a total of 28 runs against a total of 23 for their opponents. The Nine ranks as follows in the batting record for this fall: Tower, average T. B., 500; Leeds, .444; Latham, .391; Tyng, .347; Thatcher, .333; Thayer, .304; Ernst, .235; Nash, .227; Wright, .200; Sawyer, .133.

THE foot-ball match with Yale will take place to-morrow in New Haven, at two o'clock. The Fifteen is made up as follows:-

Tenders. - Whiting, '77; Cute, '77; Wetherbee, '78.

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Half-Tenders. - Bacon, '76; Hall, '76; Curtis, '77; Herrick, '77; Seamans, '77.

Rushers. - Faucon, '75; Cushing, '77; Keys, '77; Leeds, '77; Tower, '77; Thayer, '78; Blanchard, '79.

AMONG the recent additions to the Library is the Life of Admiral Coddington, the gift of Lady Bourchier of London. Through the kindness of Mr. Samuel Phillips (1819), an old and exceedingly interesting Triennial has been sent to the Library; this is a "broadside," and a fine copy.

SCENE in last car to Cambridge. Crowd of maudlin Freshmen.

Conductor. Harris Street!

1st Fresh Good for you ! arry!

2d Fresh. Wake up, fellows; Harry's treat again!

Chorus. Champagne!

The University Nine will begin exercise in the Gymnasium next week, and continue it through the winter. The Nine will appear in the spring in new uniforms, similar in most respects to the old ones. The word "Harvard" will be embroidered upon the breast of the blouse (instead of the former "H"), and the gauze shirts trimmed with crimson that will be worn in warm weather. Subscriptions are solicited to meet the expense of these uniforms.

THE candidates for the University Crew row every afternoon at four and a half, and they are at present being coached in pair-oars by Mr. Loring, '69. The men run four miles three evenings in the week, but the captain expects them soon to begin to run to Fresh Pond, around the pond, and back to the Square, - a distance of six miles. A boat with stationary seats is being prepared for the crew, and the captain has ready now some uniforms, consisting of shirts, drawers, and stockings, all of crimson, that will be serviceable in cold weather. He intends to keep the crew on the river until the ice closes the channel, which will probably not occur before Christmas. The crew, as made up at present, consists of, -

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