The alumni committee of ten appointed last June to consider the subject of the celebration of Commencement will have the first of a series of meetings this afternoon at 50 State street, Boston.

The House Committee of the Union has decided to give the University Debating Club the permanent use of a room on the third floor of the Union. The room will be fitted up at once and will be occupied shortly after the mid-years.

The committee appointed by the Association of Class Secretaries last December to draw up a circular on the Union has been in conference with Professor Hollis and H. K. Brent '98, and will soon send out to graduates and former members of the University about eight thousand illustrated pamphlets on the advantages of the Union.

The University fencing team has entered a series of matches under the auspices of the New England Division of the Amateur Fencing League of America. The division includes teams from the Boston Athletic Association, the Boston Y. M. C. A., the Providence Fencers' Club and Worcester Fencing Club. The first match will be held on Saturday at the B. A. A.