Nearly 190 men are taking Natural History 4.

'84 beat '86 by a score of 8 to 0 on Jarvis yesterday afternoon.

There will be but one more excursion in Natural History 4 this fall.

The junior crew will probably not begin training till after Thanksgiving.

Erckmann-Chatrian's "Madame Therese" will be the next book read in French V.

An hour examination in Philosophy I. will take place a week from next Thursday.

English II. have finished "Macbeth" and will take up "King Lear" at the next recitation.

It is said that the rest of Dr. Snow's notes in History 12 will not be published until spring.

The annual foot-ball match between Exeter and Andover takes place a week from next Saturday.

Capt. Storrow of the sophomore crew is coaching the candidates for the freshman crew, on the rowing weights.

Many Harvard professors and students have been attending Dr. Carpenter's lectures at the Lowell Institute.

The first illustrations in Greek II. will be given tomorrow at 12 M. in Sever 29, the subject being the topography of Athens.

The Lowell Citizen is authority for the statement that Leopold Morse has formed "an unholy alliance with Harvard College."

All the men that played on the football team of '85 last year are requested to meet at 44 Weld Tuesday evening at 7.30 sharp.

A Mrs. Beales, who is reported to have been for a long time in charge of the dining department at Harvard College, died in Wilmington last week.

The petition for the extension of the Thanksgiving recess will be left for signatures in the auditor's room at Memorial during the day, and at Bartlett's in the evening.

On next Saturday, Nov. 4, the freshman eleven will play in Andover against the eleven of Phillips-Andover Academy. The train leaves the Boston & Maine station at 12.30. All desiring to accompany the eleven at reduced rates are requested to enter their names in the book at Bartlett's. Round trip tickets will cost about $1.00.

The bursar's office was besieged yesterday morning by a long line of professors and instructors applying for seats for the coming symphony concerts in Sanders Theatre.

All members of the freshman class who rowed in the scratch races Saturday are requested to pay the entrance fee of fifty cents, at once, to T. H. Cabot, 25 Holyoke street.

A letter from Harvard appears in the last number of the New York Semi-Weekly Post. We understand that the Advocate has accepted the Crimson's challenge to a boat race, and that arrangements as to time, etc., will soon be settled.

Lacrosse is thriving at Harvard as well as at Yale and Princeton, only it has advanced so far at the former place as to advocate the freshmen forming a distinct class team of their own. We may never hope to be successful against Harvard on this field unless we advance with her, if not ahead of her, in all such fostering schemes to supply the 'Varsity up to its requirement and the requirement of the athletic status of Princeton. [Nassau (Princeton) Lit.