October 25. Sunday.Appleton Chapel, 7.30 p. m. Rev. Davis Sessums, of New Orleans.

Students of the University should enter at the south side-door. Officers of the University and their families enter at the north side-door. The public are admitted at the front doors. Seats are reserved for members of the University until 7.25 p. m.

Weekday morning prayers begin at 8.45 a. m. No seats are reserved.

Rev. George Hodges, D. D., will conduct prayers from October 26 to November 7.

The preacher conducting prayers may be found at Wadsworth House 1 every weekday during his term of service.

Dr. Hodges may be found at Wadsworth House 1 daily from 9 till 11.

26. Monday.President and Fellows of Harvard College. Meeting at No. 50 State St., Boston, 10.30 a. m.

Lecture. The History of Classical Studies. I. Professor Allen. Harvard 1, 2.30 p. m.

Open to all students of classics.

Harvard Religious Union. The Ethics of Political Conduct. Mr. S. P. Remington. Parlors of the First Parish Church, 6.45 p. m.

Open to all members of the University.

Botanical Club. Papers: Notes on Uroglaena Americana, Calk. Mr. G. T. Moore.- Remarks on Some New or Rare Mexican Plants. Mr. J. M. Greenman. Botanical Museum, Room 12, 7.45 p. m.

Open to all members of the University.

27. Tuesday.Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Meeting at University 5, 4 p. m.

English 6. Oral Debate. Harvard 1, 3.30 p. m.

Question: "Resolved, That the powers exercised by the Speaker of the House of Representatives should be restricted."

Principal disputants.- Affirmative: H. S. Hackett and H. W. Beal.- Negative: G. Calkins and G. H. Hagerman.

Open to all students of the University.

28. Wednesday.Board of Overseers. Adjourned Meeting at No. 50 State Street, Boston, 11 a. m.

Freshman Debating Club. Debate. Sever 11, 7 p. m.

Question: "Resolved, That the United States should interfere in the Cuban Rebellion in favor of the insurgents."

Principal Disputants.- Affirmative: S. B. Snow and J. F. Morrison.- Negative: E. Sachs and J. E. McCloskey.

All Freshmen are cordially invited.

29. Thursday.English 6. Oral Debate. Harvard 1, 3.30 p. m.

Question: "Resolved, That American Free Coinage would sensibly increase the price of silver and prevent repudiation."

Principal Disputants.- Affirmative: J. D. Phillips '97, and W. W. Wormelle '97. Negative: W. A. Holt '97, and F. C. Kinnicutt '97.

Open to all students of the University.

Reading. Short Poems from Mr. E. C. Stedman's Victorian Anthology. Mr. Copeland. Sever 11, 4 p. m.

Open to the public.

Christian Association. Weekly Meeting. Subject: Foreign Missions. Holden Chapel, 6.45 p. m.

All members of the University are invited to be present.

30. Friday.The College Debating Club. Sever 6, 3 p. m.

After a brief explanation of the purpose of the club, the meeting will be devoted to an extemporaneous discussion, upon which Mr. Copeland will comment from the points of view of both substance and form.

Open to students of Harvard College and the Law School.

Divinity School. Preaching Service. Mr. L. F. Snapp. Divinity Chapel, 7.30 p. m.

Open to the public.

Lecture. Moliere in the English Drama. Professor Baker. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum, 8 p. m.

Open to the public.

31. Saturday.Last day for receiving applications of candidates for Final Honors in 1897.

Last day for receiving dissertations for the Bowdoin Prizes.

Appleton Chapel-Sunday Evening.Oct. 25.- Right Rev. Davis Sessums, of New Orleans, La.

Nov. 1.- Rev. George Hodges, D. D., of Cambridge, Mass.

Nov. 8. Rev. George Hodges, D. D., of Cambridge, Mass.

Nov. 15.- Rev. W. W. Fenn, of Chicago, Ill.

Nov. 22.- Rev. W. W. Fenn, of Chicago, Ill.

The History of Classical Studies.Professor Allen will give, on Mondays at 2.30, during the first half-year, a course of about ten lectures on the history and present condition of classical studies, open to all students of classics.

Geological Excursions.The following general excursions are offered by the Department of Geology and Geography for the fall of 1896. These excursions are open to all members of New England colleges (for men), and to all members of the University. For further information address Mr. T. A. Jaggar, Room 3, ground floor, M. Z. Office hours, 9-10 a. m. daily.

Oct. 30. Excursion to the coastal plain of southern Maine, conducted by Professor Davis.

Nov. 7. Excursion to the Blakstone Valley, conducted by Professor Smyth and Mr. J. B. Woodworth.

Nov. 14. Excursion to the Barrington Sandplain, R. I., conducted by Mr. J. B. Woodworth.

Nov. 31. (To be announced later.)

Two Public Readings.Two readings,- one from the poetry and prose of the seventeenth century, the other from the "Victorian Anthology,"- will be given in Sever Hall by Mr. Copeland, Thursdays, Oct. 22d and 29th, at four o'clock. These readings will be open to the public.

Reading, Speaking and Debate.Mr. Copeland's classes in reading and speaking are held at the following hours and places: Tuesday, from 11 to 12, in Upper Dane, and Thursday, from 1.30 to 2.30, in Sever 1, for advanced pupils; Friday, from 11 to 12, in Upper Dane, for Seniors and Juniors; Saturday, from 11 to 12, in Sever 8, for Sophomores; Monday-from 11 to 12, in Upper Dane, from 2.30 to 3.30 and from 3.30 to 4.30, in Sever 1-and Thursday, from 12 to 1, in Sever 8, for Freshmen.

There will be a class for Law Students Tuesdays, from 2.30 to 3.30, in Sever 1.

Members of other departments of the University, and men whose courses conflict with the hours just stated, may make special arrangements.

The first meeting of the Debating Club will be on Friday, the 30th inst., from 3 to 5, in Sever 6. The Club is open to all students of Harvard College and the Law School.

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