THE Nine play in Worcester on Fast Day.

MR. F. W. SMITH, '79, coached the 'Varsity last Tuesday afternoon.

THE next number of the Crimson will appear on Tuesday, April 5.

THE Columbia Bicycle Club had its first Annual Dinner on February 10.

THE Princeton Football Association has undertaken the debt of the Boating Association.

AN examination in the third hour of Natural History 8 will be held on the first Monday after the recess.

THOSE who are interested in the question of subsidizing American ships will do well to attend the debate in English 6 next Thursday.

THE Secretary of the class of '82 has been requested to call a meeting of the class, to consider the advisability of having this year a Class Reunion, which should call out, if possible, a larger attendance than the Class Supper of last year. The meeting will probably be soon called.

BALLAD OF THE CHELSEA MAID.ONCE a maiden dwelt in Chelsea,

Dwelt in Chelsea by the sea;

And she loved a dainty Freshman,

Loved him, oh so tenderly.

Quoth the Freshman, "I'm from Boston,

And I'll love no maid but thee."

Quoth this simple, artless maiden,

"I'm from Chelsea by the sea."

Then the Freshman cried, "I'm culchawed.

Maiden fair, it may not be;

You are but a poor surburban,

And not fit to wed with me."

Then he bought a pint of pea-nuts,

Gave them to this maiden fair,

And she crossed the bridge to Chelsea,

Broken-hearted with despair.

Then she flung her from the draw-bridge,

Sought to end this life of doubt;

But the gods to her were cruel,

For, alas! the tide was out.

Alone she went in mud and sadness,

Dragged her to her father's door,

While the German's mystic mazes

Trod the faithless '84.

R. R.THE third eight of the Pi Eta from '82 are Messrs. Anderson, Bacon, Bancroft, Comey, Gordon, Jones, Luce, and Preston.

THE next meeting of the Board of Directors of the Memorial Hall Dining Association will take place next Tuesday instead of Wednesday.

ALL the members of the Philosophical Club are requested to meet next Monday night at 7.30 in 29 Hollis. Election of officers and of new members is to take place.

ATTENTION is called to the fact that rooms may be transferred "within reasonable limits" between the members of the three lower classes of the year 1881 within several days after the beginning of the next College year.

THE question of compulsory education was debated at the Harvard Union last night, and proved very interesting. Messrs. Eaton, '82, and Wait, '82, spoke on the affirmative, and Messrs. Davis, '81, and Moffat, '83, on the negative.

A RECENTLY made canvass of the Law School, to ascertain the relative representation of the various religions in that school, gives the following result: Whole number of students, 154; Episcopalians, 40; Unitarians, 32; Non-Sectarians, 22; Congregationalists, 20; Roman Catholics, 11; Agnostics, 8; Universalists, 5; Presbyterians, 4; Jews, 3; Methodists, 3; Baptists, 3; Atheists, 2; Dutch Reform, 1.

THE second day (Ladies' Day) of the H. A. A.'s Winter Meeting took place on Saturday last in the Hemenway Gymnasium, and attracted a large number of spectators, many ladies being among them. The sports opened with the first bout of the fencing, which was won by D. Leavitt, S.S., over W. O. Underwood, '84, with a score of 9 points to 8. Next came the first bout of the light-weight sparring, between G. H. Heilbron, '83, and W. H. Page, '83. Page was evidently suffering from nervousness, and appeared completely dazed all through the bout, which was awarded to Heilbron. The second bout, between G. H. Turner, '84, and G. H. Spalding, '82, proved very exciting, Turner, however, losing the favor of the audience by taking advantage several times of having his opponent's head in chancery. Although Spalding sparred most pluckily, Turner was declared the winner. The final bout of the fencing followed, Leavitt, the winner of the previous bout, being defeated by S. H. Ordway, L. S., with a score of 9 points to 2. The next event, the final bout of the light-weight sparring, between Heilbron and Turner, was one of the most exciting of the meeting. Both men sparred cautiously, although hard hitting was indulged in toward the end. To many Turner appeared to have the best of it, though the judges decided in favor of Heilbron; upon which a number of boorish Freshmen proceeded to display their ill breeding by hissing the judges' decision, an insult we have never before seen at Harvard, and hope never to see repeated. The two-hand vault followed, and brought out seven men; the bar was started at 5 feet 2 in. T. C. Batchelder, '83, and A. C. Denniston, '83, were the first to withdraw, at 6 ft. 3 in; C. M. Field, '84, and H. F. Mandell, '84, fell out at 6 ft. 6 in.; C. H. W. Foster, '81, at 6 ft. 7 in.; and H. R. Woodward, '84, at 6 ft. 8 in., which height was cleared by G. B. Morison, '83, at his second attempt, the cup therefore being awarded him. G. H. Heilbron, '83, the Harvard light-weight champion, and O. J. Lowman, '84, were the entries for the featherweight sparring, Heilbron again proving victorious, though Lowman was plucky and quick. The tug of war between '81 and '82 was won easily by the Seniors, who pulled their opponents over in two straight heats. The judges of the fencing were Messrs. Norman, '81, and Cushing, L. S.; and for the sparring, Messrs. Lee, Parker, and Barnard.

MEMBERS of Class '81, who intend to order from the Class Photograph List, will please send in their Lists before the end of the week; and those who have received satisfactory proofs and not accepted them, will please do so at once, so that no delay will take place in finishing the Class Photographs. All who intend ordering Albums will do well to look over the lot of fine English Albums which Mr. Notman has in his Studio, 7 Brattle St.

AT a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Harvard Rifle Club, it was decided to introduce glass-ball shooting in addition to rifle matches, and to get up a good team and challenge Yale, if possible. All men who are interested in shooting are requested to meet at 1 Holyoke St., next Monday evening at 7.30.

THE new edition of Worcester's Dictionary is especially rich in Old English and Chaucerian words, the publishers having received much valuable assistance from Professor Child.