The College Chapel.

With the services to-morrow evening the college chapel begins its year. Before 1886 religious worship at Harvard was compulsory; men had to attend prayers every morning, and their attendance was taken as at any recitation. Since 1886, however, prayers have been made voluntary, and religion here has become not a duty but "a privilege." The Board of Preachers, taken from the best men of various denominations, has undergone a few changes since last year. The loss of Rev. Brooke Herford and Rev. Henry Van Dyke will be keenly felt by the men who had the pleasure last year of hearing their kind words of thoughtful advice. In their place come Rev. E. Winchester Donald from his church in New York and Rev. Washington Gladden who though not a Harvard man, has agreed to interrupt his work in Columbus, Ohio, and to come east to Cambridge to give his time to Harvard. Rev. Lyman Abbott, Rev. C. C. Everett, and Rev. Leighton Parks continue to serve on the Board of Preachers, and Rev. F. G. Peabody has returned to his position of Plummer Professor of Christian Morals. The services held in the chapel on Sunday evenings begin at 7.30 and morning prayers at quarter of 9.