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HARVARD UNIVERSITY CALENDAR.

OCTOBER, 1883, -No. 89.

OCTOBER 7. SUNDAY.Appleton Chapel. No service. The first service will be on October 21, at 7.30 P. M.

9. TUESDAY.Last day of receiving applications for admission to candidacy for the degree of A. M., Ph. D., and S. D.

College Faculty. Meeting at University 5, 3.30 P. M.

Law Faculty. Meeting at President's house, 7.30 P. M.

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10. WEDNESDAY.Overseers. Stated meeting at No. 70 Water street, Boston, 11 A. M.

11. THURSDAY.Reading of Freshmen for the Lee Prizes. Boylston Hall, 7.30 P. M.

13. SATURDAY.History and Methods of Classical Study. Prof. Allen, Sever 14, 11 A, M. The second of a series of lectures to be given on Saturdays during the first half-year. They are intended for the guidance of those who have in mind a somewhat extended course of study in Classics. Any students who is taking courses in Greek or Latin is at liberty to attend them.

SENIOR FORENSICS.The first Forensic will be due Nov. 1. Subjects as follows : 1. In the history of the past have wars helped or hindered the progress of civilization ? 2. Discuss the comparative inducements to the study of law and theology. 3. Is a working knowledge of the French and German languages essential to the graduates of American colleges ? 4. Define the sensational in literature.

JUNIOR FORENSICS.The first Forensic will be due Oct. 25. Subjects as follows : 1. In your opinion, what is the effect of the great in crease of college athletics upon the intellectual vigor of the students ? 2. Is it desirable that the university training of the present day should be of a more practical character ? 3. Would England gain anything, politically, by the abolition of the monarchical form of government ? 4. Was Julius Caesar actuated by criminal ambition in overthrowing the Roman Republic ?

JUNIOR THEMES.Theme 1 will be due in Sever 3, on Thursday, Oct. 11, at 2 P. M. Subjects : 1. A description of the Foreign Exhibition in Boston. 2. A description of a political meeting. 3. A description of Faneuil Hall market.

Mr. Wendell will meet the junior class in Sever 11 on Tuesday, Oct. 9, at 2 P. M., to discuss the principles of descriptive writing. He will receive the names of men who wish to devote special attention to writing.

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