Board of Overseers. Stated meeting at No. 50 State street, Boston, at 11 a. m.

Divinity School Chapel. Conference. 4 p.m.

Problems of Railroad Administration. Lecture: Railroad Business Methods. Professor Arthur T. Hadley. Sever 11, 7.30 p. m.

Harvard Natural History Society. Massachusetts Butterflies. Mr. Samuel H. Scudder, President of the Boston Society of Natural History. Lawrence Scientific School Building 4, 7.30 p. m.

*** Open only to members and graduates of the University.

14. THURSDAY.Electricity and Magnetism. Lecture, Professor Lovering. Jefferson Physical Laboratory, 12 m.

Mathematical Seminary. Lecture: Infinites and Infinitesimals. Professor J. M. Peirce. University 19, 4 p.m.

Architectural Monuments of Great Britain. Illustrated Lecture. Professor Cooke. Upper Boylston, 7.30 p. m.

Harvard Union Debate. Sever 11, 7.30 p.m.

Question: "Resolved, That President Cleveland's Course in the Pension Vetoes is to be Approved."

Regular Disputants. - Arffimative: Mr. R. Treat Paine, '88; Mr. E. A. Harriman, '88. Negative: Mr. R. B. Mahany, '88; Mr. G. A. Reisner, '89.

15. FRIDAY.Readings from the Odyssey. Book XXII. Professor Palmer. Sever 11, 4 p.m.

Divinity School Chapel. Service. 7.30 p. m.

16. SATURDAY.Certain English Authors Considered as Masters of Style (Course for Freshmen). Addison and Steele (continued). Professor A. S. Hill. Sever 11, 9 a.m.

APPLETON CHAPEL, SUNDAY EVENINGS.Services will be conducted: -

April 17, Rev. J. M. Savage.

PROBLEMS OF RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION.During April and May, Professor Arthur T. Hadley, of Yale University, is to deliver a series of four lectures in Sever 11, on Problems of Railroad Administration. The dates fixed are successive Wednesdays, April 13, 20, 27, and May 4. The lectures are open to the public. The subjects chosen are as follows:

April 13. Railroad Business Methods.

April 20. Competition and Pooling.

April 27. Railroad Legislation in the United States.

May 4. The Question of State Ownership.

HARVARD NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.On successive Wednesday evenings during term-time until about June 1, there will be given, under the auspices of this society, familiar talks upon the Massachusetts fauna. These talks will deal with the haunts, habits, and peculiar forms of animals, thus furnishing a suitable introduction to shore and field collecting. They will be abundantly illustrated. They will be given in the Lawrence Scientific School building, west wing, room 4, and will be open only to members and graduates of the University. The subjects and speakers for the next three meetings are as follows:

April 13. Massachusetts Butterflies; Mr. Samuel H. Scudder, president of the Boston Society of Natural History.

April 20. Massachusetts Birds; Mr. Wm. Brewster, president of the Nuttall Ornithological Club.

April 27. Something about Crabs; Mr. J. S. Kingsley, editor of the "American Naturalist."

READINGS FROM THE ODYSSEY.Professor Palmer continues his readings from the Odyssey to Greek Courses B and C on successive Friday afternoons, at 4 o'clock, in Sever 11.

These readings are open to all persons interested.

FRENCH READINGS.The course of six French Readings, begun March 21, 1887, is given in Sever 11, on Mondays, at 4 p.m., by Professors Bocher and Cohn.

These readings are given for the purpose of enabling the French department to purchase books needed in the special library now in Sever 21.

The remaining readings occur as follows:

April 18 - Bossuet, Oraison funebre de Henriette d'Angleterre. Professor Cohn.

April 25 - Theodore de Banville, Gringoire. Professor Bocher.

May 2 - Beaumarchais, Le Mariage de Figaro. Professor Cohn.

Tickets may be obtained by mail from 59 Kirkland street, Cambridge, or at the University Book Store, C. W. Sever, Harvard square. Single admission. $1. All members of the University will be admitted without tickets.

ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENTS OF GREAT BRITAIN.On Thursday, April 14, Professor Cooke begins a series of four public lectures on the Architectural Monuments of Great Britain, illustrating Early English History. The lectures will be delivered in Upper Boylston at 7.30 o'clock. The dates are April 14, 21, 28, and May 5. The lectures will be illustrated by stereopticon views.

ENGLISH C.The Junior Thesis will be due April 26.

Mr. Gates can be consulted in regard to the choice of topics, on Thursdays from 1.30 to 2.30, in Closed Alcove 25.

ENGLISH B.Theme XI. will be due on Tuesday, April 26. Subject: An Argument.

A note of the subject of each theme, on a card specially prepared for the purpose, must be deposited in the wooden box in Sever 3 at least one week before the theme is due. A card will be found enclosed in every theme returned to students.