A NEW cord netting has been placed around the base-ball enclosure at an expense of about $100.

COPIES of No. 1 of the present volume of the Crimson are desired, and will be paid for at Sever's.

AT the last meeting of the Natural History Society, papers were read by Professor Shaler and Mr. Faxon.

THE name of the hound who returned at midnight on the night of the chase has not yet been ascertained.

IT may prevent some misunderstanding to state that Dr. Bellows's name is in the Catalogue as an Overseer.

CHRISTMAS recess extends from December 22 to January 4, both days included. By authority of the Corporation.

THE dust that rises from the loose sand-floor of the base-ball enclosure is very injurious. A new floor will have to be made.

A SUBSCRIPTION is being started for a fund to defray the expenses of the lectures and prizes of the Natural History Society.

SCENE: Recitation in Analytic Mechanics.

Prof. - Gentlemen, I understand that Stoughton is on fire. Cos. x2 = u, &c.

STUDENTS can get tickets for the Glee Club Concert in New York at 18 Little's.

INSTRUCTORS expect the young ladies, as they do not have the full number of hours, to study three hours on each lesson.

THE first eight of the Pi Eta from '81 are as follows: Howard, Hemenway, Chase, Rolfe, Roberts, Folsom, Talbot, Paine.

ONLY four members of the adjoining sisterhood take the whole course, and three of these are daughters of Unitarian ministers.

THIS is the season when a student's lady friends remind him that they are tending tables at a fair and have season-tickets for sale.