University Organizations.

The 798th regular meeting win be held in the Geological lecture room, University Museum, on Wednesday evening, January 16, at 7.45. Notice change of date.

Mr. L. S. Griswold will address the Society. Subject: "Observations on Glacial Action in Switzerland." Illustrated by lantern slides.

All members of the University are invited.

Total Abstinence League.Professor James will address a public meeting of the league on The Effects of Alcohol, Tuesday evening, Jan. 22 at 7.30, in Sever 11. Professor James, as a Doctor of Medicine and a Professor of Psychology, is well fitted to treat this subject scientifically. All members of the University, whether belonging to the league or not, are invited.

Samoset Club.Early in the autumn several members of the present junior class met to consider the advisability of forming an organization for the purpose of becoming better acquainted with the objects and places of historical interest in New England and especially in the neighborhood of Boston. The result was the formation of the Samoset Club, so called in honor of the Sagamore of Pemaquid, who welcomed our forefathers to Plymouth.

The club immediately entered upon a very active existence. Excursions were made regularly once a week to localities of interest near Boston and much individual time was given to exploration of the surrounding country. The members have taken an especial interest in Colonial architecture and have taken pains to locate and study the various ancient mansions in the vicinity. Meetings were held regularly every three weeks at which papers of extreme interest were read. Among the places visited have been Lexington, Concord, Marblehead and Plymouth, while excursions of a more protracted nature are being considered and arranged for the spring.

The membership is extremely limited owing to the close cooperation necessary among the participants, but the organization has done much to stimulate a desire for the study of American history, especially of Colonial and Revolutionary times. Through the courtesy of a friend of the club the "Cary Mansion," built by Governor Bellingham in 1656, has for the first time been intelligently studied.