Amherst vs. Harvard today at 3.

The annual fall sports of the University of Pennsylvania will be held this afternoon.

There are twenty-seven entries for the Country Club races today at Clyde Park.

The sophomore class at Cornell has challenged the University to a football contest.

At a meeting of the Athletic Association, the other evening, F. B. Lund. '88, was elected captain of this year's Mott Haven team.

The first seven of the Signet from '89 are as follows: Bigelow, Dodge, Goodale, Hight, Moore, C. M. Thayer and Winkler. Messrs. Kellogg, '88, and Livingood, '88, have also been elected to the Signet.

Notice is hereby given of the foundation, by the gift of Hon. Robert Treat Paine, of the class of 1855 of Harvard College, of the Robert fret Paine Fellowship of Social Science. This fellowship may be awarded to a graduate of any department of this University, wishing to study either at home or abroad the ethical problems of society, and the efforts of legislation, government administration, and private philanthropy, to ameliorate the lot of the masses of mankind. The annual income of this fellowship will be $500. Appointments are to be made for the term of one academic year; but may be renewed at the discretion of the corporation. Applications for appointment to the Robert Treat Paine Fellowship for the academic year of 1887-88 may be left at the office of the university, No. 5, University Hall, addressed to the academic council, on or before Thursday, 3 November, 1887. They should be accompanied by a statement of proposed plans of study. Applications sent by mail should be enclosed in covers addressed to the secretary of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.