THE two stained-glass windows given by the class of 1857 are now being put up in Memorial. On one is Epaminondas, and underneath, the Spartan mother giving the shield to her son. On the other is Sir Philip Sidney, and beneath, the scene at the battle of Zutphen, where that knight gives the wounded soldier his own cup of water.
SCENE: Cambridge High School, Class in Mythology.
TEACHER. Who was Hebe?
FIRST GIRL. Wife of Heracles, and first cousin of Sir Joseph Porter, K. C. B.
THE report in the last Crimson that a man had been put on special probation for going to prayers while he was excused is incorrect. His excuse was merely withdrawn. The Registrar also denies having threatened anybody with suspension who sat out of his seat.
A MASTER for Mathematics and German is to be engaged for two years, from the first of September next, at De Veaux College, Suspension Bridge, New York. He must be an Episcopalian. Salary, $700, with room, board, &c. For further information apply to James W. Harris, Secretary H. C.
THE Scratch races take place at the boat-house to-morrow morning at 11 A. M. The races are as follows: Senior scullers; Four-oared barges; Junior scullers; Six-oared barges. The entrance-fee is fifty cents, and must be paid in advance. The entry-book is at Sever's, and it is earnestly requested that all entries may be made by four o'clock to-day.
THE following Commencement Parts have been accepted: Hale, The Poetry of Doubt; Hyde, Modern Idolatry of Culture; McFarlane, The Decline of American Shipping; Patten, Latin Salutatory; Poor, the Platonic Idea in Art; Schofield, Present Commercial Agitation in England; Swazey, Lord Beaconsfield's Recent Diplomacy; Taussig, The New German Empire.
AT the meeting of the Club Committee of the H. B. C. Tuesday evening, it was decided to get caps, probably gray, with a crimson and blue monogram of the letters H. B. C. on the front, and a crimson rim or circle on the top; a ribbon, probably dark blue, with diagonal crimson stripes, and a seal for the shingle. The room in the basement of Little's Block is now ready to receive bicycles.
THE Hon. Hugh McCulloch will deliver a course of seven lectures in Sanders Theatre on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings, at 7 1/2 o'clock, beginning on Tuesday evening, May 6. The subjects are as follows: Money, May 6; Bi-metallic Money, or the Silver Question, May 8; the Representatives of Money, May 9; the Representatives of Money (continued), May 13; National Debts and Foreign Exchange, May 15; Taxation, May 16; Capital and Labor, May 20. These lectures will be open to the public.
THE "Liar of the Week" seems to be defunct.
THE Junior Assembly takes place on Tuesday evening, May 6.
ONE third of the Freshman class in the Scientific School has the mumps.
MR. HENRY P. KIDDER leads the subscription for the Divinity School with $10,000.
PROFESSOR B. PEIRCE will lecture before the Concord Summer School of Philosophy.
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Rules under which the Class Races will be Rowed.