THE announcement that permission has been granted to the Senior class, by the Committee on Theatrical Entertainments, to give shortly in Boston a series of two or three theatricals will, no doubt, strike many with surprise. Yet such is the fact. The difficulty of obtaining such permission has been so great of late years, that entertainments of this kind are almost matters of the past. Yet the Committee have been pleased to consider favorably a petition sent in by some members of Seventy-Nine, and have given their assent, imposing very few conditions. These performances are to be given in aid of the University Boat Club, by the Senior Class as a whole, not by any one society, and will take place about the middle of December in some private hall in Boston. We cannot but express our pleasure in the matter, and we know that in so doing we echo the sentiments of the College. We feel certain that the gentlemen of the Committee who have so kindly given this permission will have no cause for regret, and will find the privilege in no way abused. The object is a worthy one, for the Crew needs money now if ever it did. As to the success of the performances there can hardly be a doubt, for the gentleman who has them in hand has already shown great energy in the undertaking; now all that remains is the encouragement of our friends in college and out.