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A sum of money and a tan glove have been left at the office.

About twenty-two men are now in two squads for the ninety-one crew.

All but three members of Yale's faculty have rooms in Osborn Hall.

The sprinters training for the Mott Haven games ran out-of-doors for the first time yesterday.

Farley B. Goddard, Ph. D. (81) sailed January 18 to join Dr. Naville of the Egypt Exploration Fund as its American student.

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The sophomore crew at Yale began training Monday. The promenade has more or less seriously interrupted all athletic work lately.

There will be an unusually large number of candidates for honors in Modern Literature among the seniors this year and the juniors next year.

Mr. Carpenter will correct the English A examination books in alphabetical order and will notify those who handed in addressed postal cards.

Professor Farlow may be found at his room, Hilton's Block A, this evening by those who desire to consult him concerning Natural History 5.

The Greek play which Professor J. W. White hopes to bring out next year is the Birds of Aristophanes. Professor White has received encouragement in his project from some members of the board of overseers.

The examination sections for Fine Arts 4 are as follows: In Sever 30, H. M. Aldrich through H. Chamberlaint; in Sever 35, G. A. Chamberlain through R. W. Nutter; in Sever 37, R. L. O' Brien through F. E, Zinkeisen.

This afternoon in Lower Massachusetts Professor Channing will conduct a seminar for the benefit of men who take History 1. The divisions will meet as follows: Adams to Frothingham at 2, Furber to Porter at 3, and Post to Z at 4.

The candidates for the freshman nine are in active training under the direction of Captain Linn of the 'varsity. They practice daily in the cage on grounders and starting from bases; regular work is also being done with dumb bells and weights.

A considerable addition was made to the Yale tank last week in the form of a mirror to enable the men to watch themselves row. The glass is about six feet long and three feet wide, and is hung from the ceiling in such a way that it is just above the oars and can be moved opposite any place in the boat. The idea originated with Captain Allen, and it is thought that it will materially aid the men in learning and correcting their faults.

The sections for the examinations in Chemistry A this morning are as follows: Abbott to French in Sever 37; Friedenburg to Purrington in Upper Massachusetts; Ranson to Young in Lower Massachusetts; specials in L. S. S.; conditioned men in Sever 35. Students are reminded that proctors are not allowed to receive examination books or make changes. All men who are unable to find their blue books must report to Dr. Huntington.

Professor Louis Dyer, formerly of the Greek department of the university, but whose present home is in England, is in this country to deliver a course of lectures before the Lowell Institute. He has just returned from a year's travel in Greece and the Orient, and will lecture on topics of interest to students of the classics. He has lectured at Columbia and Vassar, and on February 25 will lecture before the students of Cornell on "The Aphrodite Cult of Paphos in Cyprus."

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