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University Calendar.

Appleton Chapel, 7.30 p. m. Rev. E. Winchester Donald, D. D., of Boston.

Week-day morning prayers begin at 8.45 a. m. No seats are reserved.

Rev. P. S. Moxom, D. D., will conduct prayers from May 4 to May 23.

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

Dr. Moxom may be found at Wadsworth House 1 daily from 9 to 11.

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4. Monday.Seminary of American History and Institutions. The Negro since the Civil War. Mr. P. N. Booth.- Roger Sherman. W. B. Buch. University 20, 3.30 p. m.

Seminary of Economics. The Mercantile Policy and the English Woollen Industry. University 23, 4.30 p. m.

Physical Colloquium. Physical Problems in the Study of the Gas Engine. Mr. A. W. K. Billings. Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Room 24, 5 p. m.

Harvard Religious Union. Weekly Meeting. Subject: Spencer and the Discipline of Consequences. Parlors of the First Parish Church, 6.45 p. m.

Open to all members of the University.

Lecture. Semitic Languages and Literatures. I. Assyrian. Professor Lyon. Sever 5, 7.30 p. m.

Harvard Natural History Society. Lecture. I. Ferns (illustrated by stereopticon). Professor Farlow. Harvard 1, 8 p. m.

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

Freshman Debating Club. Regular Monthly Business Meeting and Debate. University 16, 7 p. m.

Question: "Resolved, That the Raines Liquor Bill is for the best interests of the people of New York."

Principal disputants.- Affirmative: M. Hyman and E. E. Wakefield, Jr.- Negative: G. H. Foster and D. D. Lloyd.

All freshmen are cordially invited.

6. Wednesday.Divinity School. Conference. Divinity Chapel, 4.30 p. m.

Pedagogical Seminary. The Educational Work of Horace Mann. Mr. A. L. Goodrich. Sever 8, 4.30 p. m.

Open to all graduate student.

Lecture. The Buddhist Teaching in Dialogue, Discourse, and Parable, with Illustrations from the Monuments. Professor Lanman. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum, 8 p. m.

Open to the public.

An abstract, with bibliography, may be had at the Library.

7. Thursday.Seminary of Classical Philology. Open Meeting. The poet Agathon. Mr. J. T. Pugh. Sever 13, 2.30 p. m.

Open to all students of Classics.

Lecture. Semitic Languages and Literatures. II. Hebrew. Professor Toy. Sever 5, 7.30 p. m.

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

Question: "Resolved, That England should maintain her controlover Egypt."

Principal Disputants.- Affirmative: W. W. Orr, F. R. Steward.- Negative: C. E. Bryan, L. T. Hildreth.

Open to all members of the University.

8. Friday.Divinity School. Preaching Service. Mr. A. H. Coar. Divinity Chapel, 7.30 p. m.

Open to the public.

Harvard Union. Competitive Debate for Membership. Sever 11, 7.30 p. m.

Question: "Resolved, That there should be a large and immediate increase in the navy of the United States."

Principal Disputants.- Affirmative: J. P. Warren '96.- Negative: R. M. Alden, Gr.

This competition is restricted to Freshmen.

Open to the public.

Harvard Natural History Society. Lecture. II. Some of the best known Ant-plants. Dr. B. L. Robinson. Harvard 1, 8 p. m.

Appleton Chapel-Sunday Evenings.May 3.- Rev. E. Winchester Donald, D. D.. of Boston.

May 10.- Rev. P. S. Moxom, of Springfield.

May 17.- Rev. P. S. Moxom, of Springfield.

May 24.- Rev. W. W. Fenn, of Chicago.

Lectures on Natural History.Three public lectures will be given in Harvard 1, at 8 p. m., under the auspices of the Harvard Natural History Society, as follows:

May 4.- Ferns (illustrated by stereopticon). Professor W. G. Farlow.

May 8.- Some of the best known Antplants. Dr. B. L. Robinson

May 11.- The Gypsy Moth and its Extermination. Mr. A. H. Kirkland, Assistant Entomologist, State Board of Agriculture.

Lectures at the Arnold Arboretum.Mr. J. G. Jack will conduct a series of Lectures and Field Meetings at the Arnold Arboretum during May and June for the purpose of supplying popular instruction about the Trees and Shrubs which grow in New England. They will be held on Saturday mornings at 10 o'clock and on Wednesday afternoons at 3 o'clock, beginning on Saturday, May 2, and closing June 20.

The course is open to both men and women.

The fee for the course is $6.00, payable in advance.

Applications or further inquiries may be addressed to Mr. J. G. Jack, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

Lectures on Rural Hygiene.A very interesting course of lectures was begun at the Bussey Institution last Thursday by Professor Theobald Smith. The subject is Rural Hygiene, and the lectures are given on Thursdays, at 4 p. m., through April and May. These lectures are open to members of the University without fee. The main topics discussed will be, Drinking Water and Sewerage in the Country, Heating and Ventilation in Country Houses, The Dairy in its Relation to Public Health, The Relation of Animal Diseases to those of Man, and The Prevention of Infectious Diseases. The admission fee for persons not members of the University is $3.

Lectures on Buddhism.Professor Lanman will give three lectures upon Buddhism in the Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum, on Wednesday evenings, at 8 o'clock, beginning April 29, as follows:

April 29.- The origin and the literature of Buddhism.- The Buddha and the Buddha-Legend.

May 6.- The Dhamma or Buddhist Teaching.- Its method and contents.

May 13.- The Sangha or Buddhist Order.- Monasteries and the monastic life.

The lectures will be illustrated by lantern slides taken from the publications of the Archaeological Survey of India and other sources. An outline of these lectures, with bibliographical notes, may be obtained at the

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