Asst. Prof. MacVan will not hold any recitation in History 11, until after the blue books in that course are corrected.

The Sketch Club at Princeton is working hard under the direction of Mr. Baer, one of Harper Brothers' staff of artists.

A rumor is current that the faculty will forbid any Harvard tug-of-war teams to compete at the Institute of Technology games.

Complaint is made that many outsiders find their way into the portions of the gymnasium reserved for the exclusive use of students.

The state of the yard yesterday, indicated the high point of civilization, at which the college has arrived; i. e. the water period. How long! How long!

Prof. Jackson has been confined to his house for two weeks on account of illness caused by chemical poisoning. Mr. Hartshorn has explained the experiments in Chem. 1.

Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, Harvard '28, delivered the oration at the dedication of the Washington Monument last Saturday. Mr. Winthrop was also the orator at the laying of the cornerstone in 1848.

A copy of the literary supplement issued this morning should have been delivered with the CRIMSON to all our regular subscribers. If any one does not receive it, he should report to the Co-operative society at once.

The first competition in the new series of matches of the Shooting Club will be shot this afternoon, at Watertown. It is expected that the number of entries will be large, as the matches have been carefully arranged.

At the next meeting of the Harvard Union, Williams, '85, and Furber, '87, will speak for the negative, and Huddleston, '86, and Davidson, '85, for the affirmative, concerning the advantage of changing the requisites for admission to the college.

When the enjoyable dinner which the Bicycle Club held last year is remembered, it seems strange that so much difficulty is experienced in obtaining names for the dinner which the club purposes to hold to-morrow evening,