THE following members of '83 are trying for positions on the Freshman nine: Ranney, Slocum, Winslow, Dow, Mahan, G. M. Davis, Jennison, Smyth, McKay, Edwards, Lowell, Coolidge, Nichols, Jones, Page, Hamlin, A. C. Burrage.

A PORTRAIT of John Langdon Sibley, Librarian Emeritus, painted by Vinton for the trustees of Phillips Exeter Academy, is on exhibition this week at the gallery of Doll & Richards.

A MEMBER of '83, who comes from the "Far West," seeing Jones tugging at the bell-rope, exclaimed, "Well, I always knew they were very swell here at Harvard, but I didn't suppose there were elevators in the buildings." (Fact.)

IT has been decided that the Bicycle Club uniform shall be gray jacket, cap, and knickerbockers, color of stockings at option of rider. New members may join the club, at 16 Little's Block. Members may obtain their keys to the rooms at Bartlett's.

THROUGH the generosity of the late James Arnold of New Bedford, the University will be enabled to establish a great arboretum on the Bussey-farm property, West Roxbury, and to create with it a chair of arboriculture, the first in the United States.

AT the last meeting of the Natural History Society, papers were read by Dr. Mark, Mr. Davis, and Mr. Jeffries, '81. A series of very beautiful photographs of India were shown by Mr. Davis. The Society thinks of preparing a catalogue of these photographs and exhibiting them to the College.

THE Catalogue will be ready next week.

THE fifth ten of the Institute of 1770 are: Miles, Waring, Parsons, Leatherbee, Kittredge, Washburn, Oxnard, Cunningham, Lane, W. E. Stone.

ALL who intend to buy tickets to the series of concerts to be given in Sanders Theatre by the Philharmonic Orchestra are urged to do so at once, so that the arrangements may be completed.

THE football team to play Yale will be chosen from the following: G. F. Morse, '81; Manning, '82; Cushing, L. S.: Brooks, L. S.; Warren, '82; Cushing, M. S.; Tebbets, '80; Houston, L. S.; Thacher, '82; Nickerson, '80; Winsor, '80; Austin, L. S.; Holden, '81; Bacon (Capt.) '80; Cabot, '83; Shattuck, L. S.; Leatherbee, '83.

DISSOLVING VIEWS OF CO-EDUCATION IN THE CLASS OF '99MATHEMATICS.

Tutor. - What have you on the board there, Miss Flyrte? Surely, you don't mean that for a scalene triangle.

Miss Flyrte. - Dear me, no! I don't know anything about horrid old scaly triangles. You know I never remember the hateful old things.

Tutor (severely). - Well, what have you been good enough to substitute, pray?