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Fact and Rumor.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has thirty-five men in training, and will put a nine in the field this year.

Seven men are at present in training for the Wesleyan crew. Five of these were in the rush line of their foot ball team last fall.

A petition will be received in Latin II this morning. All who are dissatiswith the mark they received are requested to be present.

Mr. Shaler requests all men who think of doing geological work during the summer, to meet him at the next Seminar on Thursday, the 2nd April.

The Glee Club concert Wednesday evening was most successful, and the efforts of the members met with due appreciation from the large audience assembled.

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The Laboratory in Harvard Hall will be open from 10 till 1 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, in order that as many students in N. H. 3 as wish, may have an opportunity to work. This work, however, is entirely optional.

President Eliot's annual report shows that the elective system has not hurt the classics, and that some of the most difficult studies are the most popular. Here is a nut for those to crack who believe that an undergraduate knows nothing and is criminally lazy.- Brunonian.

At the regular meeting of the Natural History Society, Wednesday night, the following members were elected. Messrs. W. M. Wadsworth, special; A. B. Seymour, special; B. D. Robinson, '87; J. A. Bailey, '88; E. L. Blossom, '88; L. M. Garrison, '88; and H. K. Job, '88. Mr. F. H. Sellers was elected Librarian. Mr. J. E. Humphrey read a paper on "Our Largest and Commonest Phaeosporea," giving keys for its determination of species in the field. Mr. G. H. Parker read a paper on Zoological classification, historically considered.

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