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BREVITIES.

THE dramatis personoe and chorus in the forthcoming tragedy will be entertained Saturday evening at the house of Professor Norton.

WE wish to call the attention of Seniors to writing their class lives. Trivial as it may seem to some, it is still important that the lives should be complete. The date on which they are to be handed in is February 25.

AT least three performances of the Greek play will be given, and if the sale of tickets shows the necessity of such a measure, a number of extra performances may be expected. It is not decided whether the production of the play shall take place during the first or the third week in May.

A UNIVERSITY Race with Columbia is talked of.

THE Glee Club promises the best concert it has ever given for this spring.

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THE Yale Alumni have presented the Boat Club a steam launch warranted to run twenty miles an hour.

IT is rumored that Sever has sold over fifty copies of Mallock's "Is Life worth Living?" during the last week.

HALL, who pulled No. 5 on Yale's crew last June, and was the heaviest man in the boat, will not row this year.

IT is to be hoped that there will be some entries for wrestling this year. We have had no good wrestling at Harvard for some time now.

NOTMAN has sent lists of all class photographs to the Seniors. Orders must be given before March 1, in order to have them filled by June 10.

PROFESSOR JAMES'S lecture on Wednesday was largely attended, and was recognized by all who heard it as very instructive. It is suggested that the lecture might be given to Freshmen each year with much profit.

AT the second annual dinner of the Yale Alumni in Boston, Wednesday night, President Eliot spoke in terms of warm praise of the sister University. Professor William Cook (a Yale Alumnus) also made a brief address.

THE officers of the Pi Eta are as follows: President, F. E. Fuller; Vice-President, C. M. Rice; Secretary, F. A. Dakin; Treasurer, A. A. Howard; Executive Committee, C. M. Rice, A. M. Allen, F. A. Fernald.

WITH NO. 1 of the third volume, the Harvard Register appears in magazine form, and in all that pertains to careful editing, fine engraving, excellent paper, and almost faultless type-setting, it is worthy to rank with Scribner's as a model of printing.

IT is reported that in order to settle the much-disputed question of the football championship, Princeton has informed Yale that she would accept a challenge from Yale, the match to be played in the spring. If at the end of two innings neither side is ahead, play is to be continued in hour rounds, until one side wins.

THE following have been elected officers of the Everett Athenaeum: President, C. J. Hubbard; Vice-President, F. B. Fay; Secretary, C. P. Worcester; Treasurer, M. H. Cushing; Stage Manager, C. M. Belshaw; Chorister, J. H. Wigmore; Executive Committee, C. H. Grandgent, O. H. Perry, H. B. Jacobs; Editors, A. A. Wyman, A. C. Lane, R. W. E. Wilson.

PROFESSOR LANMAN will read three times a week with his classes in Sanskrit during the Semi-annuals, omitting the customary examination.

NOTMAN'S photographer declares that if a satisfactory picture is not obtained in three sittings, an extra charge of one dollar will be made for every subsequent sitting.

DR. LAUGHLIN will soon deliver, before an open meeting of the Finance Club, a paper on Immigration. The lecture will be illustrated by a chart showing the comparative density of foreign population in different parts of the United States.

IN the little memorial volume just published on "Benjamin Peirce," appear four sermons by the Rev. Drs. Andrew P. Peabody, James Freeman Clarke, Thomas Hill, and Cyrus A. Bartol. They all heartily discuss the question whether antagonism or harmony exists between religion and science. The sermons are brief, logical, and clearly written, and will afford good reading for those who take any interest in religious discussions.

Two of the members of the expedition sent out by the Archaeological Society are now in London, examining and measuring some stones, &c., already brought to England from Assos, the ruined city which the American expedition is to explore and excavate. A son of Professor Norton is to join the party in Munich.

THE following items from the Annual Report may be of interest to those who have not already seen it: -

The loss in numbers of the class from entrance to graduation has increased from 12 per cent in '73 to 30 1/5 per cent in '80.

Exeter sent the greatest number of students - 25 - of any preparatory school.

Harvard University has increased from 1,278 to 1,364 in five years. Yale has decreased from 1,051 to 1,037 in the same time. Brown, Dartmouth, Wesleyan, and Boston have all decreased.

7,247 volumes have been added to the various libraries connected with the University during the past year, making a total of 253,123 volumes, and 199,060 pamphlets.

The expenses of instruction in Chinese were $4,062.15; the fees received $30.

There is a large gain in the number of those taking electives for five years in Nat. Hist. In 1874-75, 145 took courses in this branch; in 1879-80, 236. Latin has decreased from 232 to 218; Mathematics from 92 to 67. English has increased from 27 to 131; and Fine Arts from 60 to 124.

WE wish to again call the attention of our contributors to the fact that their articles must not be written on both sides of the sheet. We also re-state that no anonymous contributions are published.

THE tickets for the Greek play will be offered for sale about the first of March. The prices will probably be $2.00, $1.50, and $1.00, according to location. Special efforts will be made to prevent speculation in tickets. The expenses for music, costumes, &c., together with the small number of available seats, have rendered it necessary to charge a price which may seem somewhat excessive.

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