To-day the classes in elocution meet for the first time. This work has received a new impulse here, owing to the labors of Mr. Hayes, the present instructor. The great value of the kind of elocutionary training which is given in the voluntary instruction has been proved beyond doubt. For those who are new to Cambridge ways, we may say that the method pursued by Mr. Hayes is removed, as for as possible, from the spread-eagle, oratorical fashion which is in vogue in so many institutions, and which has brought the study of elocution into much contempt. Mr. Hayes lays stress on enunciation and pronunciation and his aim is to make men speak distinctly and as perfectly as possible. Those who wish to pursue this work will meet today in Holden Chapel from 11.30 to 1.
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PROPERTY FOR HARVARD COLLEGE.
