Geological Conference. Papers: Preliminary Report on the Geology of the Lantern Hill District of Connecticut, Mr. F. P. Gulliver; Some Triassic and Jurassic Fossils from the West, Dr. R. T. Jackson. Geological Laboratory, 7.45 p. m.

Divinity School Faculty. 17 Quincy street, 8 p. m.

29. WEDNESDAY.

Board of Overseers. Special Meeting at No. 50 State St., Boston. 11 a. m.

Classical Philology 2. Greek Private Antiquities. Professor Allen. Harvard 1, 3.30 p. m.

Open to all members of the University.

Public meeting of the Catholic Club of Harvard University, Sanders Theatre at 8 o'clock. Archbishop Keane of Georgetown University will speak. All students and the public are invited.

30. THURSDAY.

Thanksgiving Day. A holiday in all Departments of the University.

DECEMBER 1. FRIDAY.

Last day for receiving applications for aid from the Loan Fund.

Classical Philology 1. Greek Private Antiquities. Professor Allen. Harvard 1, 3.30 p. m.

Open to all members of the University.

Divinity School. Preaching Service. Divinity Chapel, 7.30 p. m.

Open to the public.

APPLETON CHAPEL-VESPER SERVICES.

The Vesper Services will begin in the afternoon on Thursday, December 7, at 5 o'clock, and will continue each Thursday during term time until further notice.

IN COMMEMORATION OF FRANCIS PARKMAN.

A public meeting in Sanders Theatre, on Wednesday, December 6, at 7.45 p. m. President Eliot will occupy the chair; addresses will be made by John Fiske and Justin Winsor; and the Harvard Glee Club will sing.

LECTURES ON THE FINE ARTS.

Mr. James A. Garland, of New York City, has made provision for several short courses of lectures connected with the Fine Arts to be given during the current academic year by professional artists or critics. Four of these courses have already been arranged. The first will be given in December by Mr. Edwin Howland Blashfield, on the Italian Renaissance from Giotto to Tintoretto; the second in early January by Mr. Thomas Hastings, or some practical subjects in Architecture; the third later in January by Mr. F. Hopkinson Smith, on Illustrative Art, Out-door sketching, Processes in black and white, Cor position, the Picturesque, and Certain art fads; and the fourth in the middle of March by Professor John C. Van Dyke, on Renaissance painting in Italy.

The dates of Mr. Blashfield's lectures will be December 12, 13, 14, 19, and 20.

All these courses will be given in the evening, and will be open to the public.