Few of the numerous clubs and societies at Harvard are open to freshmen - at least until the end of the year. So far as we are aware the only literary society to which freshmen are admitted is the Harvard Union, a short sketch of which appeared in our columns recently. The annual assessment of the union for the year is twenty-five cents. Debates on public questions are the chief business of the union. All freshmen are urged to join and, if desiring, to take an active part in the debates.

Among the athletic societies at Harvard the Harvard Athletic Association is open to freshmen and it they are urged especially to join. The admission fee is $3.00 and entitles members to all privileges of the association, including voting, holding office and free admission to all meetings of the association - including the annual business meeting, gymnasium meetings and track meetings on Jarvis. The special athletic clubs to which freshmen are admitted are the Bicycle Club (open to all who own bicycles), the Cricket Club, and the Lacrosse Association. All students of the college (freshmen included) compose the Base-ball Club, the Foot-ball Association and the Boat Club. Trials of candidates to the Glee Club and the Pierian Sodality are held every fall, to which freshmen are admitted. The Christian Brethren and St. Paul's Society are religious organizations to which freshmen are admitted. For a fuller account of all organizations at present existing at Harvard, we refer "J. A. S." to page 303 (Vol. III., 1881,) of the Harvard Register. In this connection we may add that all freshmen are expected to contribute to the support of the 'Varsity crew, nine and eleven; to their class crew, eleven and nine (which, of course, rely entirely upon the class for support), and, if possible, to the Lacrosse and Cricket clubs. We may further add that subscribing to the college papers is of course expected of all freshmen. - [EDS. HERALD.