The preliminary trial for the Boylston Prize Speaking will be held this morning at 9 o'clock.

The Yale University crew is engaged in learning a new stroke, set by Cross, '88, in place of Caldwell, '87, who cites past experience in changing strokes as being fraught with disastrous consequences. - Boston Herald.

Edinburgh University is to have a new hall for graduation ceremonies. Parliament granted $60,000 to purchase a site, and Mr. McEwan, M. P., presented the University with the sum of $250,000 for the erection of the hall itself.

Yesterday morning the Crimsons opened the season with the Volunteers and were victorious by a score of 16 to 5. The Crimsons bid fair to equal their record of last year at the bat, but are much weaker in their base-running than formerly.

The captain of the Yale nine recently remarked to a man from Cornell: "The way your nine is trained seems to be rather peculiar. I understand it is the custom to elect a rich manager and then he sets it up to the men after each game." - Cornell Snn.

There has not been a man in the Maine College League for the past four years who has excelled Forrest Goodwin, captain of the Colby team, as an all round base ball man. He has had flattering offers to play on the Boston Blues, Bangors, Belfasts and Skowhegans this season, but he says he won't sign with any nine until after the college games are played. He is Colby's pitcher this season. - Ex.

The following men have finally been chosen for the Cornell crew: A. C. Balch, 89, stroke; W. H. Peck, '88, No. 3; G. L. Fielder, '89, No, 2; W. Stranahan, '90, bow.

The following "newsy" clipping will undoubtedly be of interest to some men: "The optional prayer system, which has been in vogue for some months at Harvard University, has proven more successful than even its advocates expected. - Bowdoin Orient.

The sixth number of the "Advocate" will be out on Monday morning, having been delayed by Mr. Wheeler's illness. It will contain an article on Robert Browning's Literary Style, two stories, and the junior class poem, besides the usual editorials, light verse and items.

At a meeting of the judiciary committee of the American Intercollegiate Base-Ball League, held in North Adams, to-day, all charges to the effect that Wilson and Clark of the Willaims College team were professionals were shown to be entirely false. - Boston Herald, Friday morning.

The University Lacrosse Team will play the South Bostons again on Jarvis at 4.30 this afternoon. The team will play as follows: Morton, Peabody, Williams, Nichols, Griffing, Towle, Gardner, Davidson, Blodgett, Dudley, Hale, Harding; substitutes, Weed, Griswold.

From the following clipping it will be seen that at Yale the enthusiasm for the success of the nine has crept into the veins of the fathers of the members of the team: "Mr. C. C. Kellogg, father of Kellogg, '87 S., has presented the University nine with a dozen bats." - Yale News.

The Detroits in their practice learned a fact about batting under the new rules. They say that if a player holds his bat in the usual position to strike at a low ball he cannot raise it in time to hit a high ball; but, on the other hand, if he holds the bat in position to hit a high ball it is easy enough to come down to a low one. - Sporting Life.

The following preachers will occupy the Chapel pulpit for the rest of the year: May 8, Rev. W. L. Rainsford, rector of St. George's Church, New York; May 15, Rev. W. J. Tucker of Andover; May 22 and 29, Rev. Phillips Brooks. June 5 and 12, Rev. Alexander McKenzie; June 19, Baccalaureate sermon, Rev. F. G. Peabody.