FEBRUARY 18. SUNDAY.Appleton Chapel, 7.30 p. m. Bishop John H. Vincent, of Buffalo, N. Y.

(The front pews will be reserved for members of the University until 7.30. Members of the University are requested to enter by the south door.)

Weekday morning prayers begin at 8.45 a. m. No seats are reserved either for professors or students.

Bishop John H. Vincent will conduct prayers from February 19-23.

Bishop Vincent may be found at Wads-worth House 1 daily from 9-11.

19. MONDAY.Seminary of American History and Institutions. Land Systems of the English Colonies. Mr. P. L. Horne. University 20, 3.30 p. m.

Faculty of Arts and Sciences. University 5, 4 p. m.

Philosophical Conference. At Professor F. G. Peabody's, 13 Kirkland St., 8 p. m.

Lecure. The Drama of Today: "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray," Lady Jess," "The Henrietta," "Shore Acres," "A Woman of No Importance," and other plays by Mr. Pinero, Mr. Herne, Mr. Oscar Wilde, and others. Mr. Copeland. Sever 11, 8 p. m.

Open to all members of the University.

20. TUESDAY.English 6. Oral Debate. Sever 11, 3.30 p. m.

Question: "Resolved, That Capital Punishment should be abolished."

Principal Disputants.- Affirmative: W. E. Cobb and E. C. Bradlee.- Negative: H. L. Cannon and E. B. Bishop.

Open to all students of the University.

Lecture. The Pastor as a Friend. Bishop J. H. Vincent. Divinity Chapel, 7 p. m.

Open to the public.

Modern Language Conference. Reports on Periodicals. Sever 2, 7.30 p. m.

Boylston Chemical Club. On some Methods of Analysis. Mr. H. E. Sawyer. Boylston 9, 7.30 p. m.

Open to all members of the University.

Geological Conference. Papers: Preliminary Report on Movements in Snow, Mr. A. J. Collier; Preliminary Report on Soils, Mr. H. H. Keeler; Zinc Deposits of Eastern U. S., Mr. C. F. Marbut. Geological Laboratory, 7.45 p. m.

Address. The Necessity of Civil-Service Reform and the Way to Secure It. Mr. Moorfield Storey and Mr. Richard Henry Dana. Sanders Theatre, 8 p. m.

President Eliot will preside. Open to the public.

Lecture. Elevations, and How to Compose Them. Mr. Thomas Hastings. Jefferson Physical Laboratory, 8 p. m.

Open to the public.

21. WEDNESDAY.Pedagogical Seminary. The Aims, Organizations, Equipment, and Methods of the Study of Science in Secondary Education. Physical Science, Mr. F. M. Gilley. Sever 8, 4.30 p. m.

Open to all Graduate students and other members of the University interested in Secondary Education.

Lecture. The Pastor as a Christian. Bishop John H. Vincent. Divinity Chapel, 7 p. m.

Lecture. Detail, Ornament and Decoration. Mr. Thomas Hastings. Jefferson Physical Laboratory, 8 p. m.

Open to the public.

22. THURSDAY.Washington's Birthday. A holiday in all departments of the University.

Vesper Service will not be held.

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

Open to the public.

Wendell Phillips Club. Debate. University 16, 7.30 p. m.

Question: "Resolved, That United States Senators should be elected by the direct vote of the people of the respective States."

Principal Disputants.- Affirmative: H. F. Knight and H. Hutchinson.- Nega-E. S. Page and N. J. Brumbaugh.

Open to all members of the University.

Harvard Engineering Society. The Training of an Engineer. Engineer-in-Chief G. W. Melville, U. S. N. Sever 11, 8 p. m.

Open to all members of the University.

APPLETON CHAPEL-SUNDAY EVENINGS.Feb. 25. Rev. A. McKenzie, D. D., of Cambridge.

Mar. 4. Rev. Francis G. Peabody, D. D., of Cambridge.

Mar. 11. Rev. Washington Gladden, D. D., of Columbus, 0.

Mar. 18. Rev. Washington Gladden, D. D., of Columbus, 0.

LECTURES ON LITERATURE.A course of lectures on Literature, open to all members of the University, is given by Mr. Copeland, in Sever 11, on successive Monday evenings, at 8 o'clock. The subjects are as follows:

Feb. 19. The Drama of Today.

Feb. 26. Contemporary French Novelists.

April 9. Contemporary English and American Novelists.

April 16. Twenty Novels for a Desert Island.

April 23. Tennyson and Browning.

April 30. Contemporary Poets.

The final lecture, upon a subject not yet determined, will be given Monday, May 7.

A NEW CLASS IN READING AND SPEAKING.All members of the University who wish to join a new voluntary class in reading aloud, will meet Mr. Copeland in Sever 30, at 2.30 p. m., Wednesday, February 21. Men who would like to join classes already formed, may consult Mr. Copeland any Wednesday in Sever 30, at the same hour.

ENGLISH B.Grades for the first half-year will be marked on the themes returned to the class on Tuesday, February 20. Any student who thinks the grade assigned him unjust may deposit a written statement of his reasons at Grays 18, on or before Tuesday, February 27. In making up the final grades these statements will be considered. In no case will grades be discussed in person.