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BREVITIES.

THERE are ninety-one American students at the University of Berlin.

BULLETIN boards have been placed in the entries of Weld and Matthews.

THE success and sale of the "Little Tin-Gods-on-Wheels" has been remarkable.

HARVARD speaks for Bayard, and Yale for Ulysses. Has Yale forgotten Homer so soon?

THE University Crew went out on the river last Tuesday, February 17, for the first time.

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PROF. C. C. EVERETT will lecture next Monday evening, in Boylston Hall, on "The Comic."

PROF. GOODWIN continued, Wednesday evening, his reading from the "Frogs of Aristophanes."

THE bill to make non-residents of Massachusetts eligible for Overseers has passed the Lower House.

THE appraisers of the estate bequeathed to the College by the late Walter Hastings estimate it at $632,425.74.

PROF. JAMES'S lecture on "A Defence of Faith" was largely attended last Monday, and proved very interesting.

THE third eight from '81 in the H. E. are, Abbe, Brinsmade, Farnsworth, Fernald, Hadley, Haines. Hooker, E. B. Lane.

THE University Boat Club has several desirable row-boats for sale. Full particulars may be had by applying at 15 Holworthy.

THE following gentlemen from '81 have been elected in the Signet: Greene, Seaver, A. S. Thayer, Wade, Wheeler, Worcester.

THE subjects for the next theme in Junior A are: The Character of Sydney Carton; The Character of Henry V.; The Character of Henry Esmond; The Character of Daniel Deronda.

THE fourth in the series of concerts by the Philharmonic Orchestra will be given next Wednesday evening. Mme. Rive-King is on the programme for St. Saen's Concerto in G minor.

THE first lecture in the course under the auspices of the Finance Club will be given by Col. T. W. Higginson next Tuesday evening, in Boylston Hall. Subject: "Young Men in Politics."

A MOVEMENT is on foot among the New England colleges to have, as near as possible, uniformity in the requisition for admission. This is done for the benefit of the fitting schools.

THE Secretary of the Freshman Nine has received a challenge from the Secretary of the Yale Freshman Nine to play a series of three games, the first at New Haven, the second at Harvard, and the third (if necessary) on neutral grounds.

THE annual Crimson dinner took place at Young's Hotel on Feb. 14, and passed off very pleasantly. About thirty gentlemen were present, including several contributors, past editors, and representatives of the leading athletic organizations.

UP to Feb. 15, the amount subscribed to the University Crew was $2,480; the amount collected, $1,227. Several hundred more dollars will be required to meet the expenses this year.

SCENE. Recitation in Latin 1.

Student (translating Horace). Solis maritis, single husbands.

Instructor. What is a single husband, Mr. -?

Student. One that has but one wife.

THE Columbia freshman crew are hard at work, and mean to beat our Freshmen if it is possible; they row 700 strokes on the machines daily, and occupy an hour in running and general gymnastics.

"THE following from a Western paper may be interesting to rhetorical Sophomores: 'The bone of contention has been cast into our midst, and, unless nipped in the bud, threatens to burst into a conflagration which will deluge the whole land.'" - Brunonian.

THE vote for President:-

Harvard.

Bayard 233

Grant 146

Sherman 139

Blaine 76

Washburne 28

Hayes 22

Edmunds 20

Garfield 18

Tilden 17

Evarts 9

Anti-Grant 6

Scattering 47

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Total 760

Yale.

Grant 213

Sherman 205

Blaine 163

Bayard 82

Hayes 17

Seymour 16

Tilden 16

Washburne 14

Edmunds 14

Garfield 12

Evarts 10

Scattering 62

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Total 824

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