ALL persons who would have conflicts caused by an interchange of the hours of Fine Arts 2 and 5, will confer a favor by sending their names to 48 Grays.
THE referee's tug leaves the Harvard Boat-house at 9 A. M. to-morrow, and the Union Boat-house at 9 1/2. Those who have tickets can go on board at either point.
THE Freshman crew have the glorious reputation of having made the worst time on the river. The men in the bow seem to be unable to get over the trick of looking out of the boat for admirers.
THE second of the lectures given in Boylston Hall, under the charge of the Philosophical Club, was delivered by Professor Howison, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wednesday evening. Subject: "The Scope and Value of Philosophy."
ALL members of the Class of '79 who can write verses are invited to prepare words for the Class Song, and to hand them to the chorister or to any member of the Class Committee on or before May 28. A stanza of six verses may be used, if preferred, but four verses are required.
THE order of exercises of the H. P. C. celebration next Monday is as follows: Members meet at the Pudding Rooms at 4.15, and march to Sanders Theatre. An oration and a poem will then be delivered. There will be music between the exercises.
THE judges at the Boylston Speaking divided the maximum mark of 100 as follows: Manner, including Attitude and Gesture, 20; Voice, Enunciation, and Pronunciation, 20; Intelligence, 30; Feeling, including Pathos, Passion, and Force, 30.
THE Institute Supper will take place on Thursday. May 22, at 7.30 P. M., at Young's Hotel. Tickets can be obtained at 13 Holyoke from 11 to 12, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The officers are: S. Hammond, President; W. R. Thayer, Toastmaster; C. M. Van Buren, Orator; P. Evarts, Poet; J. S. How, Chorister; and Messrs. Sanger, Upham, and Browne, Committee.
THE last debate in English 6 takes place on Thursday, May 23, at half past one. The following question will be discussed: "Resolved, That unrestricted Chinese immigration is detrimental to the welfare of the United States." The debaters are Messrs. Ayers, Evans, and Thorp, in the affirmative, and Messrs. Keyes, Macfarlane, and Mulligan in the negative. All members of the University are invited to attend the debate, and all who intend to take the course next year are requested to do so.
INSTRUCTOR in Optics: "Yes, gentlemen, you may experience this curious phenomenon of seeing double by gazing fixedly at any object for a short time. I myself have frequently observed double lampposts." Class woods up. (Fact.)
THE third proof of the examinations is as follows:
Monday, May 26. Latin 7; English 2; German 2; History 2; History 7; Chemistry 2; Grad. 17; Grad. 36 (Palaeontology).
Tuesday, May 27. Greek 9; English 1; German 3; French 3, 4, 6; Grad. 12.
Wednesday, May 28. Hebrew; English 4; Philosophy 5; Music 4.
Thursday, May 29. Greek 1; German 7; Philosophy 2; Chemistry 3.
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