The Amherst vacation began at noon yesterday.

The Yale News will publish a commencement extra.

The Co-operative closes its doors at noon on Saturday, May 20th.

The challenge cup for the single scull race is on exhibition in Bartlett's window.

The freshman crew made fast time over the Charles River course this afternoon.

Terry has been offered the position of second base on the Metropolitans.-Yale News.

Edward Everett Hale delivered the Phi Beta Kappa oration at Brown, Tuesday.

The members of the O. K. enjoyed an unusually pleasant "strawberry night" last evening.

Preparations for decorating the yard for class day to-morrow are being rapidly pushed forward.

The names of those who will be allowed to take English 5 next year are posted in University.

Prof. F. D. Allen with his family sails for Antwerp about Aug. 1st, on his way to Athens to assume his duties at the American School. A part of the summer will be spent in Switzerland.

The members of the CRIMSON nine will be photographed at Pach's studio to-day at 1 P.M. sharp.

The examination books in Nat. Hist. 2 with marks for the year can be had at U. 4, Thursday, June 18, at 3 P.M.

The Boston Herald is authority for the statement that Vice-President Hendricks will be present at the Harvard commencement.

A copy of the class song will be given to each subscriber of the CRIMSON tomorrow morning. The music is by C. W. Ayer, the words by J. S. Phillips.

E. C. Thayer, '85; Barton and Brewer, '85, and Rose, formerly '86, have planned an extensive canoe trip for the summer from Lake Memphramagog to New York.

A member of the New York League nine thinks that Bickham is greatly overrated, and that Nichols, of Harvard is by far the best of the inter-collegiate pitchers.- Yale News.

The plan of ordering foreign books through the Co-operative is already an assured success. The orders, especially for German books, have been large. Orders can be given any time before July 15th.

The following is the assignment of rooms for the examination in Freshman Physics to-day: Abbott to Crocker, Mass. 3; Cunningham to Jones, Mass. 1; Joy to Rantoul, Dane; Reynolds to Workum, U. E. R. Members of all classes will conform to this alphabetical arrangement.