The following officers of the Everett Athenaeum were held this afternoon: President, Whipple; vice-president, Platt; secretary, Hammett; treasurer, Peck; stage manager, Rolfe; chorister, Seelye. The second ten will consist of Federhen, Hesseltine, Howard, Jones, Nelson, Peck, Platt, Pratt, Towle.

'87 and '89 had a practice game of foot-ball yesterday afternoon. There were the usual number of freshmen present, and '87 was represented by R. F. Fiske, Herron, Ayer, H. E. Peabody, Austin, Carmalt, Scott, Faulkner, Bartol, Bowen and Fletcher.

A scientist at Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N. J., noted the shock of the Flood Rock explosion just one minute after the appointed time and just fifteen minutes before the explosion occurred. - Journal.

Canoeing is the particular vanity of the Cambridge girl. She had a thousand times rather be upset trying to paddle her own canoe in Charles river than to go through the Harvard "Annex" with all the honors. - Beacon.

The French department announces four evenings given to French authors, October 20, 27, Novembers 3 and 10. On the first evening Mr. Bocher will translate from Moliere's "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme," on the second Mr. Cohn will translate from "La chanson de Roland"; on the third Prof. Bocher will read from "On ne badine pas avec l'Amour"; and on the fourth Mr. Cohn will read from Lamartine.