The University cross-country team will race the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this afternoon at about 4 o'clock. The race will be held over the Technology course, from the Highland Club in West Roxbury to the Technology grounds in Brookline Village, a distance of four and one-half miles. Last year Technology won by the score of 18 to 39, Howland of Technology covering the course in the record time of 24m., 19s.

In scoring, the first six men of each team will be counted. Each place will count according to its numerical value, and the team having the least total will win.

The teams will be made up as follows: Harvard--G. E. Brown '08, P. W. Carter '10, M. S. Crosby '08, R. E. Dole '10, H. F. Hadden '09, R. Hoyt '10, C. Lanier '10, E. L. Souder '10, M. H. Whitney '09, P. Woodman '08; Technology--C. L. Bachelder '08, L. C. Cooley '11, W. T. McCreadle '11, A. Ellis '09, E. T. Howe '09, H. H. Howland '08, R. Hulfizer '09, M. Nickerson '11, F. L. Niles '11, E. White '11. G. Emerson '08, H. W. King '08 and W. M. Stone '08, for Harvard, and F. H. Briggs and J. W. Stephenson, for Technology, will be the judges. The timers will be L. P. Dodge '08 and Coach Lathrop for Harvard and W. C. McMurtrie for Technology.