A MEETING of the Sophomore Class was held to-day, at 2 P. M., in M. U. Hall, to take action in regard to the foot-ball and base-ball challenges of the class of '77 at Yale.

THE Yale Crew will remain very much as it was last summer. Four of the men will occupy the same seats in the boat: Cook, stroke; Kennedy, 2; Kellogg, 3; Brownell, 4. E. C. Cook and Fowler will fill the remaining places.

THE officers of the Harvard Cricket Club are: J. G. King, '75, President; J. A. Harris, Law School, Vice-President; F. L. Green, '76, Secretary and Treasurer; R. H. Lee, L. S. S., Captain; J. G. King, '75, G. B. Ives, '76, E. P. Bruce, '77, Directors.

THE following men are candidates for the University Nine: Hooper, '75, Kent, '75, Tyng, '76, Ernst, '76, Tower, '77, Leeds, '77, Latham, '77, McDowell, '77, Thatcher, '77, Thayer, '78. They have been running twice a week, and hope to get out on Jarvis Monday next.

THE Foot-Ball Club are about to send to London for jerseys and stockings. They are to be black and gold striped. The price of jerseys will be eight shillings apiece, the stockings seven shillings per pair. All wishing to order at the same time can do so by leaving their names (with size of shirt and sock) at 35 M. before Wednesday, April 14.

THE article by General Lister on Military Drill in the last Magenta was the cause of the formation of a military organization composed of students. General Lister called a preliminary meeting two weeks ago, and since then recruits have been drilled in the Gymnasium every evening. On Tuesday last the organization was divided into two companies, and Mr. Prince, '75, was elected to the command of one company, Mr. Eldridge, '76, of the other. At present one hundred and ninety have enrolled their names, and on Monday next Battalion officers will be chosen.

THE Rev. W. W. Newton of Brookline will preach before S. Paul's Society on Wednesday evening, April 12, at 7 P. M.

FROM A LADY'S DIARY, 1776. - Patches at the corner of the eye, passionnee; in the centre of the forehead, majestueuse; on the corner of the mouth, baiseuse; in the middle of the cheek, galante; on the dimple, enjouee; on the nose, effrontee; and on the lips, coquette.

SUMMER courses of instruction will be given this year in Chemistry and Botany. The former will include General Chemistry, Qualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis, and Determinative Mineralogy. Applicants are requested to send their names to Prof. J. P. Cooke, Cambridge, before June I, mentioning the part or parts of the subject which they intend to study. The instruction will be given in Boylston Hall, four hours in the day, five days in the week, from July 8 to August 19. The fee for every course is $ 25, including the use of apparatus (not breakage), payable in advance to the Bursar. The courses in Botany will include one on Phaenogamic Botany, given at the Botanical Museum by Assistant Professor Goodale; and one in Cryptogamic Botany, given at some locality on the sea-shore, by Assistant Professor Farlow. The co-operation of the Kentucky Geological Survey is promised to the Cumberland Gap School. The fee for the term of two months will be $ 50, including the use of camp fixtures and transportation about the camp.

THE games with the Uxbridge Chess Club stand as follows:-

I.

UXBRIDGE, W. HARVARD, B.

1. P. K. 4. P. K. 4.

2. B. Q. B. 4. Kt. K. B. 3.

3. P. Q. 3. B. Q. B. 4.