MAY 12. MONDAY.Photographic Illustrations with the Magic Lantern. Normandy. Mr. O. W. Huntington. Boylston Hall, 7.30 P. M.

**To be continued on Monday evenings in May.

13. TUESDAY.Argumentative composition. Special subject : Burden of Proof and Presumption ; Arrangement ; Persuasion. Mr. Briggs. Sever 11, 11 A. M.

Law faculty. Meeting at President's House, 7.30 P. M.

14. WEDNESDAY.Electricity and Magnetism. Professor Lovering. Harvard 3, 11 A. M.

Concert. Harvard Glee Club and Pierian Sodality. Sanders Theatre, 8 P. M. Tickets at Sever's.

**There will be dancing in Memorial Hall after the concert.

15. THURSDAY.Argumentative Composition. Special subject : Study of sophomore Theme VI. Mr. Briggs. Sever 11, 11 A. M.

17. SATURDAY.Commencement Parts. Writers of Commencement Parts will read their essays to the committee in Sanders Theatre, beginnin

This afternoon at half-past twelve o'clock the annual class races will take place, provided that no postponement is necessary on account of the weather. The course is straight away from the Brookline bridge to the Union boat-house, a distance of one and seveneighths miles. The races are always rowed with the tide; but as east winds are very common, very few races have been rowed on this course in less than eleven minutes. Last year the '83 crew won easily in 11.30 and the year before last '82 won in 12.43. The best record is 9.4, made by the '84 freshman crew in its race with Columbia.

The crews are all in excellent condition; they have undergone more proparation than in any previous year and are consequently rowing better. The freshmen have been in training since October; the sophomores and juniors, since December; and the seniors, since January. Until March all the crews were rowing the same stroke, but upon taking to the water, the seniors adopted a somewhat different one, which has been previously explained. They had soon learned it to perfection and were in racing condition two weeks ago, at the time of their race with the university crew. Since then, the other crews have also made rapid improvement, so that no one crew can be called the decided favorite today. The general opinion among those who have watched the progress of the crews is that the three upper-class crews will make a dash and a hard struggle for the lead in the beginning; that the race, especially the first half of it, will be exceedingly close between the seniors and juniors, but that the sophomores may possibly distance both. The following are the names of the men: