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BREVITIES.

THE fourth Library bulletin is now ready.

AT present there are 575 boarders at Memorial Hall.

OF the thirty-six rooms in Felton Hall only six are occupied.

THE Post-office will be open on Sundays from nine to ten A. M.

THE Hasty-Pudding Club sang in the Yard last Friday evening.

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HARVARDS vs. Our Boys at 3 P. M. to-morrow, on the Boston grounds.

THERE is a prospect of the Glee Club singing in the Yard this autumn.

THE rooms of the Harvard Art Club in Grays are being newly fitted up.

ALL undergraduates interested in fencing are invited to call at 4 Grays, or at 2 Beck Hall.

THE Rifle-Club has been reorganized and the target set up at Watertown ready for practice.

THE Saltonstall Scholarships have been assigned to G. M. Nash, '77; R. P. Clapp, '79; and W. F. Price, '80.

THE members of English 5 are to write a story for a child four years old, to be handed in (i. e. the theme) next Friday.

THE Juniors have elected H. R. Sargent and G. Evans Memorial Hall Directors.

UNDERGRADUATES desiring to join the H. U. F. B. C. can do so by applying at the Secretary's room, 2 Beck Hall.

ANY student wishing to try for the crew, whether he has rowed before or not, is requested to present himself at 20 Hollis.

MESSRS. A. S. Thayer, R. S. Avann, E. P. Usher, and W. A. Kingsbury have been confirmed as Proctors by the Overseers.

THE Sophomore reading for the Sophomore Lee Prizes will be held in Boylston Hall at 7 P. M., Wednesday, October 17.

WE hope that the editor of the Catalogue will publish the number of men in each elective, that interesting feature being left out last year.

PROFESSOR JOHN MCCRADY has been elected Professor of Biology and the Relation of Religion to Science, in the University of Tennessee.

MR. DARWIN has dedicated his new work on the "Different Forms of Flowers in Plants of the same Species" to Professor Asa Gray.

A FRESHMAN recently gave his address to the money-order clerk, and pompously asked how much it would cost to have his mail delivered.

ARRANGEMENTS are being made for a complimentary dinner, to be tendered to the crew in acknowledgment of their splendid victories of last June.

MANY of the Freshmen took advantage of the rainy day on Tuesday, to pay their respects to the Dean, and were cordially received by the Secretary.

THE Overseers have appointed their visitation committees for 1877 - 78. The committee on the Academical Department numbers forty-eight.

THE Medical School was remembered in the will of Mrs. Mary W. Swett, who died recently. The amount of the bequest has not as yet been ascertained.

THE newly elected members of the Everett Athenaeum from '80 are, F. H. Brackett, C. W. Bradley, S. M. Greeley, H. C. Jones, J. L. Pennypacker, F. J. Ranlett, W. G. Taylor, and A. B. Weimer.

THOSE wishing to join any of the boat-clubs will find the Treasurers at the following places : Holworthy, at 9 Holworthy; Weld, at 14 Weld; Matthews, at 1 Matthews; Holyoke, at 42 Matthews.

THE newly elected officers of the Hasty-Pudding Club are : President, John Homans; Vice-President, F. L. Gay; Secretary, A. H. Allen; Treasurer, J. C. Whitney; Kp, Henry Wheeler; Librarian, J. F. Slade.

THE following gentlemen form the editorial staff of the Lampoon : Robert Grant, '73; J. T. Wheelwright, '76; Barrett Wendell, '77; F. G. Attwood, '78; W. S. Otis, '78; J. T. Coolidge, '79; Francis McClennan, '79; and W. G. Twombly, '79.

THE Scratch Races will take place Saturday, October 13, at 11.30 A.M., over the boat-house course. The book for entries is now open at Richardson's; it will be closed Friday evening. The entrance-fee is fifty cents, as usual.

THE Peabody Museum has been moved to its new quarters, opposite Divinity. The room formerly occupied by this collection is being fitted up for the mineralogical cabinet, and hence the new windows on the west side of Boylston.

WE are requested to remind the Freshmen that the H. U. B. C. rely on them for a large portion of the funds necessary to support the crew. Having no society expenses, they are supposed to be able and they ought to be willing to subscribe very liberally.

THE Sanders Theatre concerts will take place Tuesday evenings; Nov. 13, Dec. 11, Jan. 15, Feb. 12, Mar. 12, Apr. 2. The sale of subscribers' tickets begins next Tuesday at the University Bookstore, and five hundred have already been spoken for.

AT a meeting of the St. Paul's Society last week the old board of officers was re-elected, i. e. President, Lawrence Jacob, '78; Vice-President, W. T. Cox, '79; Secretary, N. H. Brune, '78; Treasurer, E. L. Baylies, '79; Librarian, W. G. Pellew, '80.

THE evening readings in Harvard Hall have begun, and the programme for the week is as follows : Monday, AEneid, by Professor William Everett; Tuesday, Dante, by Professor Norton; Wednesday, Odyssey, by Professor Palmer; Thursday, Moliere, by Professor Bocher.

THE following men are trying for positions on the University Nine : Messrs. Tyng and Hooper, L. S.; Ernst, M. S.; McDowell, Richards, and Thayer, '78; Alger, Cutler, Delano, Warren, and Wright, '79; Holden, '80; J. R. Howe and J. S. Howe, '81.

THOSE wishing to claim a deduction for Sunday absences, to join or leave the Dining Association, must register their names in the book kept for that purpose in the Auditor's office at Memorial Hall : no applications of this nature to the Auditor in writing will receive attention.

AT a meeting of the Holyoke Boat-Club held on October 9, Mr. A. M. Jones, '78, was elected President in place of Mr. W. M. LeMoyne, who has left college.

THE Harvard Glee Club are in want of First Tenors and Second Basses. Those wishing to apply will please meet the Club at 21 Beck Hall on Monday, October 15, at 7 1/2 o'clock.

A MEETING of the Harvard Rifle Corps will be held on Monday, 15th inst. at 6.30 P. M. in the Gymnasium. Freshmen desirous of joining their class company should attend, when every information respecting the origin and objects of the institution will be given by General Lister.

THE following officers of the Reading-Room have been elected : President, J. A. Tufts, '78; Secretary and Treasurer, H. P. Amen, '78; Directors, G. H. Preston, H. F. Vickery, H. A. Wood, A. Worcester, '78; H. P. Amen, G. H. Burrill, W. DeW. Hyde, C. S. Mack, '79; W. F. Gillette, A. B. Hart, H. M. Perry, F. J. Ranlett, '80; A. J. Abbe, C. H. Jackson, J. K. Mitchell, J. C. Munroe, '81.

THE Freshman reading for the Lee Prizes took place in Boylston Hall on Wednesday evening. The committee consisted of Colonel Henry Lee, Professor J. B. Thayer, Professor B. F. Tweed, Professor C. F. Dunbar, Samuel S. Shaw, U. H. Crocker, Professor A. S. Hill, Professor S. Baxter, George W. C. Noble, and John P. Hopkinson. First prizes, of forty dollars each, were awarded to C. Guild and C. W. Lane; and second prizes, of thirty dollars each, to E. L. Went-worth and A. L. Wheeler.

AT a meeting of the executive committee of the Boat-Club, held October 6, it was voted that all members of the University who subscribe for the support of the crew three dollars or more, shall, on signing the Constitution, become members of the Club. The Constitution can be signed at 5 Holyoke House, where keys to the boat-house can be obtained on payment of twenty-five cents. Members of the Club who wish to secure rests or lockers must apply to the Vice-President, at 41 Beck Hall. The rent of rests for one boat is ten dollars a year, and this includes the use of a locker. The rent of a locker alone is three dollars.

THE tide will be high at the boat-house for the next two weeks as follows : -

Oct. 13 4.50 P. M.

Oct. 14 5.50 P. M.

Oct. 15 7.05 P. M.

Oct. 16 8.05 P. M.

Oct. 17 8.35 A. M.

Oct. 18 9.20 A. M.

Oct. 19 9.50 A. M.

Oct. 20 10.35 A. M.

Oct. 21 11.05 A. M.

Oct. 22 11.35 A. M.

Oct. 23 12.20 P. M.

Oct. 24 12.35 P. M.

Oct. 25 1.20 P. M.

Oct. 26 2.35 P. M.

ALL persons desiring to join the Pierian Sodality are requested to leave their names as soon as possible at 30 Matthews or 27 Thayer. Players on all instruments are wanted.

ARRANGEMENTS have been made by the Football Club to play a match with Tufts, October 20, on the Boston Grounds; and with McGill, October 26. Nothing has yet been heard from Columbia, or the Polo Cup.

OFFICERS of the Glee Club for '77 - '78. - President, G. R. Sheldon; Vice-President, William Sheafe; Secretary, David Urquhart; Treasurer, D. E. Paullin.

The following Associate Members were elected in at the last regular meeting : A. H. Allen, DeBillier, Blaine, Bancroft, Bullard, Ely, Gurney, Teschemacher, P. Tuckerman, Van Buren, Slade, Hancock, B. Wells, '78; Trimble, Sprague, Baylies, Brigham, Meyer, Ware, LeRoy, Van Rensellaer, Williams, Bowen, '79.

SOPHOMORES will meet the instructor in themes on Fridays at 3 1/2 P. M., in U. 4 as follows : -

Section I. A to C, Oct. 5

Section II. D to Hills, Oct. 12

Section III. Hilton to M., Oct. 19

Section IV. N to S, Oct. 26

Section V. T to Z, Nov. 2

THE Postman has in his possession the following letters, which may be obtained upon application to him.

P. Butler. Institute of 1770 (2).

L. M. Brown. H. A. Lewis.

J. F. Botume. W. A. Nicholson.

Jas. G. Blaine, Jr. W. C. Price (3).

W. E. Chamberlain. Chris. Parker.

M. Chapman. E. H. Pendleton, Jr.

A. R. Elliott. H. Russell.

G. H. Eldridge (2). H. B. Richardson.

John P. Farnsworth. R. S. Richards.

C. C. Fisher. St. Paul's Society.

Geo. Fisher. G. W. Stone.

J. Warren Goddard. W. W. Swan.

A. J. Gilchrist. Wm. S. Sawyer.

Harvard Glee Club. Wm. L. Worcester.

J. T. Waitt.

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