BREVITIES.

TWENTY men are trying for the Lacrosse team.

THE University Nine play the Clintons to-morrow.

T. LEE, '79, will pull No. 2 on the Senior Crew in place of J. Swift.

MR. TICKNOR now gives his instruction in Elocution in Sanders Theatre.

ASSISTANT-PROFESSOR SMITH has assumed part of the duties of the Dean.

MR. HALE'S first reading from Catullus is postponed to Tuesday, April 22.

MR. F. H. ALLEN, '80, will probably be the coxswain of the University Crew.

THERE was a meeting of the Associate members of the Glee Club on Wednesday evening.

THE Herald says that Professor John K. Paine has been to see "Pinafore" seven times.

AN examination in Philosophy 2 will be held in U. E. R. on Monday, April 21, at eleven o'clock.

THE H. P. C. Celebration will take place on the afternoon of Friday, May 23, in Sanders Theatre.

A FINE crayon portrait of the late Mr. Melvin Hasbrouck, '78, is now on exhibition at Pach's Studio.

MR. W. G. TWOMBLEY, '79, has been elected President of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

MR. GODDARD will go to Worcester on the 2d of May, in order to have a week's practice over the course.

STUDENTS are requested to remember that the chairs at the desk in the Library are for the use of the pages only.

HARVARD has received $30,000 by the will of Mr. Charles L. Jones of Cambridge, to be used in founding six Scholarships.

ALL efforts to have the water turned on at the boat-house have been in vain. Will not the authorities attend to this matter?

MR. WINSOR delivered his lecture on "The Earliest Maps of America," before the Appalachian Mountain Club, last Wednesday evening.

THERE has been considerable complaint about the hour for dinner at Memorial; many wishing it changed from half past five to six, in order to accommodate those training for the crews, and those wishing to see the ball matches.

FIFTY men were present at Mr. Dyer's reading from the "Ajax," Wednesday evening. The next reading will be given next Wednesday.

GENERAL RICHARD TAYLOR, who died last week at New York, was not a Harvard graduate, in spite of the fact that a great many papers have stated that he was.

THE Lacrosse Club held a meeting Monday night, and appointed a committee on uniforms. They practise every afternoon, at half past three, on the Common.

THE campus at Cornell University is illuminated every night with electric lights at the expense of a cent an hour, leaving no chance for mischief in the dark.

AT the last meeting of the K. N. the following officers were elected: J. McG. Foster, President; F. R. Burton, Vice-President; C. F. Mason, Secretary; E. Cheney, Treasurer.

MR. WILLIAM BLAIKIE contributes to Harper's for May a very interesting and useful article on the risks of athletic work, in which he gives some sound advice to those in training.

IT is reported that the Professors' retiring-rooms in Sever Hall will be heated by steam, and will also be supplied with open fireplaces and "other appurtenances of comfort and enjoyment."

MESSRS. Bacon, Hooper, Lamson, and Shaw are the managers of the Cambridge Assemblies from the Class of '80. The Junior Assembly will take place on about May 2, at the Arsenal.

MR. SWIFT JOHNSON, a young American, has gained a scholarship at Trinity College, Dublin, but being an alien his right to it is disputed, and the matter is to be argued before the University authorities.

IT is reported that the Registrar has threatened to suspend any one whom he finds sitting out of his regular seat at prayers. One man has already been put on special probation for going to prayers, because he is regularly excused.

SEVER HALL will be 177 feet in length by 57 in width and 80 in height. The third floor is to be partly devoted to an art department, consisting of a lecture-room capable of seating three hundred persons, and two large art galleries for statuary and pictures. The seats will be so arranged in the recitation-rooms that the light from the windows will fall over the left shoulders of the students. The contract specifies that the building will be finished by April 1, 1880.

LAWN tennis has begun again.

THE colors of the '81 crew are black and orange.

TWO hundred men go to early breakfast at Memorial.

THE Crew has been at a training table for two weeks.

MR. PERRY'S next lecture will be on Boswell's "Life of Johnson."

THE Elective Pamphlet will not probably be out until the 1st of May.

The second match with the Beacons takes place next Wednesday.

THE drawing of rooms takes place to-morrow, and all applications must be handed in to-day.

THE next lecture of the Natural History Society Course will be given on Thursday, April 24, by Mr. Alexander Agassiz. Subject: "Something about Young Fishes."

MR. PERRY'S last lecture was on Dr. Samuel Johnson. The works he spoke of were the Dictionary, the "Vanity of Human Wishes," the "Rambler," and the "Lives of the Poets."

ON Monday night thieves broke into Wyeth & Fellows' store, and stole about $50 worth of goods. They are supposed by the police to be the same ones who have recently been entering students' rooms.

THE Freshman race with Columbia will take place at New London, on Monday, June 30. The start will be made at six o'clock, and the race will be rowed under the same conditions as those of the University race with Yale.

ALL members of the University who wish to be sent as representatives to Mott Haven, May 9, are earnestly requested to give their names to the Executive Committee at No. 22 Little's Block, before April 25. Competitive trials will be held on Jarvis Field on or before April 28.

SCENE in a Cambridge ball-room. SNODKINS to VERY YOUNG LADY. Are you engaged for the German, Miss W?

VERY YOUNG LADY. Alas! Mr. Snodkins, I am. SNODKINS. So sorry; you were my last hope. (Fact.)

THE course for the single-scull race between Messrs. Goddard and Livingston will be two miles with a turn. The Quinsigamond Boat-Club have offered to survey the course and make all necessary arrangements for the race. The Boston and Albany Railroad will furnish transportation for Mr. Goddard and his boat, and also for the officers of the Boat-Club.

THE regular monthly meeting of the University Club of New York was held last Saturday evening, April 12, at Delmonico's. Major George V. N. Baldwin presided, and there were 100 members present. The Treasurer reported $11,750 in the treasury, and the Secretary's report showed that 352 members were now on the rolls, and that about 100 new names had been proposed.

THE old printing-office on Holyoke Street, Cambridge, formerly occupied by the University Press, and now by John Wilson & Son, is to be torn down by order of the College authorities. The Wilsons will take possession of the University Press building at once, adding their own material to that recently purchased of the creditors of Welch, Bigelow, & Co.

PROFESSOR NORTON and Mr. Moore are engaged, with Mr. Ruskin's approval, in preparing a compendium of "Modern Painters," intended to contain the substance of its teaching in regard to the principles and practice of art. It is to be considered as the final and authoritative form in which Mr. Ruskin desires the essential doctrines of his book preserved, as he does not intend to reprint in full the "Modern Painters."

THE Summer School of Geology begins its first course this year in Cambridge, July 7, and ends at Catskill, N. Y., August 15. Twelve students must constitute the school, and the fee for tuition is $25. A matron will accompany the school for the benefit of lady students. For information address Mr. W. M. Davis, Jr., 15 Sumner Street, Cambridge. Professor N. S. Shaler will direct the second course, which will give field-training to men in connection with the Kentucky Geological Survey. The fee is the same as above, and the term is from June 15 to September 15. Address Professor N. S. Shaler, Cambridge.

THE following amounts have been paid up to date. The Freshmen have subscribed $250 less than their share.

Subscribed. Paid. Unpaid.

Seniors $488.50 $325.50 $163.00

Juniors 768.00 467.00 301.00

Sophomores 735.50 482.50 253.00

Freshmen 744.50 512.00 232.50

Others 66.00 33.00 33.00

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Totals $2802.50 $1820.00 $982.50

E. L. BAYLIES, Treas. H. U. B. C.Of the $66, $21 have been subscribed by the L. S. S. and $10 by the Law School.

MR. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL will return, this summer, to America on leave of absence. He has just passed his fiftieth year.

THE Spring Meeting of the H. A. A. will take place Saturday, May 24, at 2 P. M. The following list of events is republished by the request of the Executive Committee:-

Half-mile run. Three-mile run.

One-mile walk. 100-yards' dash.

Bicycle race (handicap 220-yards' dash.

mile heats). Running high jump.

Running broad jump. Hop, step, and jump.

One-mile run. Putting the shot.

120-yards' hurdle-race Throwing the ham-

(3 1/2 feet hurdles). mer.

Quarter-mile run. One-fifth mile hurdle-

Tug-of-war, eight men race (hurdles 2 1/2

from each class, to feet).

be chosen by captains Steeple-chase about

of crews. 1 1/2 miles.

If two men signify their intention of entering any sport not mentioned above, such sport will be added by the Executive Committee at their discretion, as it may be inconvenient to add all which might be suggested.