It is to be hoped that the authors of the recent explosions in the yard may be caught and promptly punished. Such annoyances have, of late, become only too frequent.

A course of lectures on "Military Science," is to be delivered by officers of the United States Engineers before the students of the Sheffield Scientific School.

Snodkins says, apropos of President Eliot's report, that he believes base-ball is a very ancient sport indeed, for the daughter of Cyrus the Great was Atossa, and, therefore, presumably, a ball-tosser.

The annual dinner of the Philadelphia Harvard Club was held on Thursday evening. President Eliot was present. Stuart Wyeth, '84, responded to the toast, "The Young Graduates of Harvard."

The two sections in German 1 will hereafter meet on Saturdays, just as on other days, at 10 A.M. and 12 M. Men are at liberty to attend either the ten or the twelve o'clock recitation.

The practice in throwing the hammer among those who are trying to gain positions on the Mott Haven team for that event, is most encouraging, as on several occasions a distance of 35 ft. has been covered.

Mr. Henry Irving, on account of his illness during his present stay in Boston, will not be able to deliver the promised lecture under the auspices of the Shakspere Club, If possible Mr. Irving will give the lecture in March, before returning to England.

It may be interesting to those who are interested in field athletics, and the success of the Mott Haven team, to know that at the Princeton winter meeting, the following records were made: Standing high jump, H. P. Toler, '86; 4 ft. 6 1-2 in. Putting the shot, James C. Adams, '86; 35 ft. 4 3-4 in. Pole vaulting, H. P. Toler, 9 ft. 6 1-2 in. Running high jump, J. B. Harriman, '85; 5 ft. 4 1-2 in.