THE University shell came Wednesday.

THE steam launch will be ready in two weeks.

THE Harvard Union counts now 86 members.

THE Freshman barge will be shipped next Thursday.

INSCRIPTION for Bob Ingersoll's tombstone, - "Robert Burns." - Ex.

THE Senior Crew were in their shell for the first time this season, on Wednesday.

NOTWITHSTANDING the fine weather, the Gymnasium continues to be well attended.

FIFTEEN cents will be paid at Sever's for a copy of No. 5, Vol. XIV., of the Crimson.

A FEW tickets to "Freischutz" are left, and can be got at 1 Holyoke Street until 6 o'clock to-night.

UP to April 20, fifteen hundred and ten dollars had been collected by the Treasurer of the H. U. B. C.

THEMES and Forensics must be handed in on or before May 18, by all students from whom they are due.

THE Junior Assembly will be given at Papanti's Hall on Thursday, April 30. Dancing begins at 8.30.

THE Harvards were beaten 14 to 0 by the Bostons Wednesday, - making 12 errors to 2 for the Bostons, and 6 base hits to 15.

MR. JOHN T. MORSE, Jr., was, at the last meeting of the Overseers, declared duly elected a member of the board for six years from 1879.

THE next meeting of the Philosophical Club will take place in 2 Grays Hall. The "Philosophy of Nihilism" is the topic to be discussed.

PAST members of the Signet are invited to be present this evening to meet Professor J. W. White, who has been elected an honorary member.

DR. SARGENT has begun to re-examine the men to see what changes have taken place. He finds that the arms and chests have developed wonderfully.

IN the application for rooms in the College buildings for the year, a curious change is noticed. Last year students wanted cheap rooms, usually those under $125, but this year the more costly rooms were put first in choice on the application.

THE subject for the next debate in the Harvard Union is, "Resolved, that supposing the Republican and Democratic parties to nominate equally good candidates for the next presidency, it will be for the good of the country that the Democrats should win." Messrs. Quincy and Sewall are to speak on the affirmative; Messrs. Storer, '82, and Washburn, '80, on the regative.

THE average weights of the crews are : Seniors, 167; Juniors, 152; Sophomores, 164; Freshmen, 169.

NEXT Monday evening there will be an important meeting of the Lacrosse Club in Holden Chapel.

MR. C. A. REED, '81, read in Hist. 6 a well-written and studied thesis on the campaigns of Charles the Bold against the Swiss.

THE Bicycle Club is to have a dinner in Boston at 8 o'clock, Wednesday evening of next week. An entry-book will be placed at Bartlett's. Tickets $2.50.

IN the Monday World, whose "College Chronicle" is always interesting, a summary of students' votes for President is given, - 48 colleges - 13 in New England, 20 in the Middle States, 6 in the South, 9 in the West - give a total vote of 8,650.

THE committee to visit the Botanic Garden are : (Chairman) Mr. Leverett Saltonstall; Messrs. Fred. L. Ames, Wm. Boit, John Cummings, Wm. Gray, Jr., Augustus Lowell, H. H. Hunnewell, J. Warren Merrill, Francis H. Osborne, John C. Phillips, Dr. H. P. Walcott.

THE Courant says, "When the time comes, Yale will start an 'eleven' boom harder to tackle and get on to than the 'boss fifteen.'" The only difficulty with that "eleven" boom will be that, like Dundreary's bird, it will have to "fl-flock all alone by itself in a c-corner."

ON Tuesday evening next, April 27, Henry Ward Beecher will deliver a new and popular lecture at the Ruggles Street Baptist Church, Boston. A good male quartette will sing before the lecture. Tickets can be obtained at Childs & Lane's, 116 Tremont St.

THE examinations for Second-Year Honors in Classics will take place May 8 and 10. The subjects will be the translation of the specified portions of Greek and Latin authors supposed to have been read by the candidates, and the translation of Greek and Latin at sight. The examinations in Greek and Latin composition will be postponed until the end of the term, and will then take the place of final examinations in Greek 4 and Latin 3, counting both for honors and for the year's mark in those courses.

THE Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, R. I., is building the steam launch for the University Crew. Mr. Alexander Agassiz made the contract for it. The cost will be $3,600. The craft will be so arranged that the machinery can be controlled from the standing room forward or aft, and the direction can be changed without swinging round, as she will be sharp at both ends. The Company guarantee a light boat, that will run as fast as an eight can row and that will not make a wake which will interfere with the shells.

A LADDER has been put on the last floor of each entry of Matthews, so that in case of fire the occupants can go on the roof and jump off. This is only a choice of ropes.

THE editors of the Crimson desire to place in the hands of the Athletic Association a handsome stopwatch, to be awarded at the Spring Meeting under whatever conditions the Association may deem most desirable.

THREE months from the time of the first examination Dr. Sargent will re-examine those who wish him to do so. His office hours are from half-past one to half-past three in the afternoon, every day in the week, Saturday excepted. It is best to be re-examined in order to learn whether a change of apparatus is necessary.

MUCH complaint has been made recently because no rooms in Hollis or Stoughton are on the list to be drawn for. Had inquiry first been made at the Bursar's office, it would have been found that there was no cause for complaint. Only five rooms in Hollis and Stoughton together were given up, and as this is not more than a twelfth of the whole number, the Bursar was compelled, in justice to sub-freshmen, to reserve these rooms for them. Men in college seem to forget that they were ever sub-freshmen.

MR. L. B. R BRIGGS read the twenty-second book of the Iliad, Wednesday evening, in Harvard Hall.

Tickets for the Matinee performance of "Ivanhoe" to-morrow may be secured from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M., at 1 Holyoke Street (Room 5).

THE Junior Scullers' race between Ellis, '80, and Gilley, '80, which was postponed from last fall, will be rowed some time in the first part of May.

The average of the Yale Crew is 184 1/2 pounds, but "the intention is to reduce this 10 pounds." The positions in the boat will undoubtedly be as follows : Collins, bow; Folsom, 2; Hull, 3; Fuller, 4; F. W. Rogers, 5; G. B. Rogers, 6; Storrs, 7; King, stroke; Knevals, coxswain.

THE Intercollegiate Athletic Association will hold its Fifth Annual Field Meeting on the 29th of May next, at Mott Haven. The events will be : 100-Yards Dash, 220-Yards Dash, 1/4-Mile Run, 1/2-Mile Run, 1-Mile Run, 1-Mile Walk, Running High Jump, Running Broad Jump, Standing High Jump, Standing Broad Jump, Pole Vaulting, 120-Yards Hurdle-Race, Throwing the Hammer, Putting the Shot, 2-Mile Bicycle Race, and Tug of War (teams of 4 men), The entries close on Saturday, May 15, next, and must be sent to W. F. Morgan, 1 East 40th Street. New York, on or before that date.