Even if the new "House plan at Harvard scrupulously disowns connections with a vaguely similar system in effect at Oxford. Cambridge has some features in common with the country which includes its more venerable name sake. The most noticeable of these is that, during the fall at least, the history of Cambridge, like that of England, is one of continual invasion. Already this year the Vagabond has seen successive onslaughts by cadets, Indians, Quakers and other forces, and here another weekend is at hand and with it he discovers that his favorite haunts have been invaded by an army of purple-clad Crusaders. And so, not feeling up to playing the part of a Saracen even for the protection of his lares and penates, he has fled for the duration of the struggle to parts unknown-unknown, that is, to anyone that would intrude on his retreat.

But to show he has not forgotten the faithful of his flock abandoned by this hegira, he leaves the following suggestions for their guidance.

TODAY

9 o'clock

"The Edwardian Reformation", Professor Merriman, Harvard 6.

10 o'clock

"John Dickinson, Penman of the American Revolution", Professor Murdock, Harvard 2.

"Intellectual France after 1662; The Personal Influence of Louis XIV", Professor Morize, Harvard 6.

12 o'clock

"External Factors of Cell Development", Professor Rand, Zoology Laboratory 46.