can give you no further meed of praise than this, that you have borne yourselves as gallant gentlemen, as loyal citizens of the republic, as true Harvard men. You need no memorial, for are you not all here in your home, ready and glad to be counted in whenever our country needs you, whether it be at the polls, in the field, in the market-place, in the council chamber."

Colonel Roosevelt wrote,

NEW YORK, October 20, 1898. GENTLEMEN, Will you tell the members of the undergraduates' meeting that in all sincerity it is absolutely impossible to leave this State now? That alone prevents my being with them. I should rather be with them than at any other meeting, because it does seem to me that Harvard should take some such action as is proposed. I feel closely drawn to all Harvard men; and how can I help feeling most closely drawn to those who lay with me in the trenches and who fought beside me at Santiago? Surely Harvard will see that some memorial is erected to those of her sons who gladly gave their young lives when it seemed to them that the country called for the offering.

Faithfully yours,

THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

The meeting concluded with the adoption of the following resolutions, offered by J. H. Perkins, '98:

"Whereas, during the war with Spain, many undergraduates and alumni of Harvard, impelled by their sense of patriotism, enlisted in the army and navy of the United States; and

"Whereas, in the loyal performance of their duty, several met death,— "Therefore we, their comrades and friends, to express our love for them and our pride in their happy memory, do

“Resolve, That a committee be appointed by the chairman which shall be empowered to take such steps as may seem to it proper toward the erection of a worthy memorial at Harvard."

On the first Monday of the College term, the regular "Reception to New Students" was held in Sanders Theatre. This reception was got up for the first time some years ago, in the hope that it might displace the old Bloody Monday Night rush. But the Bloody Monday Night traditions and rush have persistently refused to be forgotten or squelched; and upper-class men of a certain lusty sort, or crew collectors who were anxious to endear themselves to the Freshmen, have always turned up to lead in the shoving and cheering. Indeed, it might be said that the reception has served to collect the Freshmen, who seldom know enough about the College to appreciate what is told them, and to turn them loose on the Yard in a body and at a late hour. So it happened again this year. Sanders Theatre was filled, many upper-class men being present. Professor Shaler presided and made a short speech. President Eliot, Professor James, and Malcolm Donald, President of the Senior Class,

also spoke. Many of the upper-class men probably wished that they had had such advice given them when they were Freshmen, and many of the Freshmen doubtless sat impatient in their sweaters and counted their chances for the rush. After the speeches were over, some men went into the dining hall to meet those members of the Faculty who were present; others tore off to the Yard.

It were a pity to suggest that the meeting was not an excellent thing in itself, but in the way of accomplishing one of its first objects it was a failure. The rushing in the Yard was just what it always has been. A crowd of Freshmen collected and cheered tauntingly, until it became aware of another crowd of cheering Sophomores somewhere in the dark across the paths and grass. Then the two crowds tried to meet, and after much marching about in every direction, and some knocking down of wires, they encountered in front of Hollis. The two groups struggled and sifted through each other, reunited, turned, and struggled and sifted back. But during this time the rush had sprawled wider and wider, until it was impossible to form the two squads over again; and the “ scrap " ended as knots of men fell away in every direction, cheering until after they had disappeared. Many hats were broken and a few unlucky fellows were rolled in the dust; otherwise nothing but perspiration and good-fellowship resulted.

Another meeting in Sanders Theatre, unlike the Freshman Reception in its purpose, but resulting in even more student enthusiasm, was held on the evening before the Pennsylvania game, under the auspices of the University Debating Club. J. H. Perkins, '98, presided. The glee, banjo, and mandolin clubs sang and played, and speeches were made by W. C. Forbes, '92, head football coach, J. S. Cranston, '91, B. G. Waters, '94, W. H. Lewis, l '95, and E. J. Wendell, '82. One of the objects of the meeting was supposed to be to welcome members of the University of Pennsylvania to Cambridge; but though Pennsylvania was cheered, enthusiasm for the Harvard team was more evident than anything else. The addresses were constantly interrupted by wilder and wilder applause. Lewis, in a short but eloquent speech, said that the members of the team were but ordinary members of the undergraduate body, whose spirit in the game would be the spirit of the students at large, and exhorted all present to express their enthusiasm from the bleachers the next day. This they did without waiting for the game, and there was long and repeated cheering before the Theatre became empty.

The Class football series is the only thing which remains for me to speak about. The games this year were as full of surprises, as irresponsible from the point of view of all who bet on them, as exciting, and as well"rooted" for and cheered-over as ever before. In the final game

the Seniors came on to the field with a much weaker team than the Freshmen's. The game was well fought out, and followed at a distance of sometimes only ten yards by both the Freshman and Senior classes, hoarse with shouting. It became impossible to keep any one behind the side lines, and toward the last, the crowd even interfered with the play. Finally 'Ninety-nine won, as she has usually managed to do. The Seniors carried their team off the field, and then, keeping step, marched, singing and cheering and laughing, up to the Square. It was one of the most joyous moments in the history of a very high-spirited and very lucky class.

On Nov. 15 the Senior Class officers were elected by the Australian ballot system, the booth in Holden Chapel being open from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. For many of the offices there was only one nomination, and in those instances in which there was a contest the vote was not very close. The following officers were elected: Secretary, Arthur Adams, Quincy; first marshal, Malcolm Donald, Brookline; second marshal, Benjamin Harrison Dibblee, Ross, Cal.; third marshal, John Wells Farley, Cambridge; orator, William Henry Conroy, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa.; poet, John Albert Macy, Cambridge; ivy orator, John Francis Brice, Lima, Ohio; chorister, Henry Sturgis Dennison, Roxbury; odist, Henry Milnor Rideout, Calais, Me.; class committee, Percy Malcolm Jaffray, Irvington-on-Hudson, chairman, Henry Hudson Fish, Taunton, John Forbes Perkins, Milton; class day committee, Howard Coonley, Chicago, Ill., chairman, Joshua Bennett Holden, Jr., Billerica, Edward Hubert Litchfield, Brooklyn, N. Y.; photographic committee, John Archibald Denholm, Worcester, chairman, Percy Duncan Haughton, Brookline, Archibald Victor Galbraith, Springfield.

GENERAL NOTES.

This year, in December, the Cercle Français will act La Comtesse d'Escarbagnas and Le Sicilien, both by Molière. M. Guibé will coach the actors again. In March, M. Edouard Rod will give the annual course of French lectures provided for by the endowment of J. H. Hyde, '98. M. Rod is a novelist and contributor to the Revue des DeuxMondes. The officers of the Hasty Pudding Club are: Pres., M. Donald; vice-pres., J. W. Farley; sec., P. M. Jaffray; treas., R. DeK. Gilder; librarian, H. James, Jr.; κp., J. F. Brice; chorister, H. S. Dennison. The following '99 men have been elected members of the Memorial Society; F. M. Alger, R. P. Bellows, J. F. Brice, T. H. Endicott, H. C. Haseltine, G. D. Marvin, M. P. Mason, G. McC. Sargent, L. T. Baker, C. S. Butler, R. A. Jackson, R. McC. Marsh, H. Bigelow, P. G. Carleton, P. M. Jaffray, F. R. Nourse, H. M. Rideout.—The

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undergraduate members of the Athletic Committee for the year are: J. W. Farley, '99, J. F. Perkins, '99, and S. W. Lewis, '00.- Last year the Signet moved into a small Club House on Mt. Auburn St. The literary character of the meetings has not been given up, however. The officers, all from 1900, are: Pres., W. B. Cutting; sec., R. C. Bolling; treas., E. L. Dudley; librarian, R. S. Holland. The second seven from 1900 were: W. R. Castle, Jr., C. O. Swain, W. Morrow, R. F. Bolles, W. Phillips, J. H. Holliday, T. M. Shaw. This year the long line of applicants for tickets to the Yale, Princeton, and Pennsylvania games which was wont to sit in waiting for fourteen or twenty hours, and which afforded the Cambridge muckers, the newspapers, and the belated passers much delight, has been done away with. A system of drawing by lot for places in the line has been adopted. Following are the '99 officers of the Pi Eta Pres., H. H. Fish; vice-pres., A. G. Fay; sec., J. A. Denholm; treas., Howard Coonley.—The debating activities of the University are being carried on by three organizations; the Freshman Debating Club, the Sophomore Debating Club, and the 'Varsity Debating Club, which contains debaters from the two upper classes. The Intercollegiate Debates are not coming off till spring. - The officers of the D. U. are: pres., J. A. Macy, '99; vice-pres., R. L. Hoguet, '99; sec., W. C. Arensberg, '00; treas., M. S. Holbrook, '99; librarian, C. L. Adams, '00. Henry James, Jr., '99.

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RADCLIFFE COLLEGE.

ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL.

The College returns to a little less than the usual steady increase in numbers, an increase which was interrupted in 1896-97 for almost the first time. It is impossible definitely to state that the unsettled condition of the country in the spring and early summer has influenced the attendance at Radcliffe; still, as a smaller proportion than in recent years of the candidates eligible for admission to Radcliffe have presented themselves this fall, it is conceivable that several of the young women, even those who have passed the examinations for entrance, have sought other less expensive colleges or postponed their studies for the present. There are 409 students, and 111 professors, instructors, and assistants, against 403 students registered at the corresponding season in 1897, and 110 teachers. Of these 409, 56 hold degrees from one or another of the following colleges: Boston University, Bryn Mawr, Colorado, Cornell University, Dalhousie, Earlham, Indiana University, University of Iowa, Leland Stanford University, McGill University, University of Michigan, Milwaukee Downer, Mt. Allison, University of New Bruns

wick, Oberlin, University of Pennsylvania, Smith, Vassar, Waynesburg, Wheaton, Wellesley, and Wesleyan University. Of the 242 undergraduates, 56 are Seniors, 61 Juniors, 57 Sophomores, and 68 Freshmen. There are 119 special students, 55 of whom are studying at Radcliffe for the first time. Of the Senior class, 5 have received degrees from other colleges; one holds the A. B. degree from Oberlin; one the A. B. degree from Boston University; one the A. B. degree from the University of New Brunswick; and two the A. B. degree from Mt. Allison University. Of the Junior class, two hold the A. B. degree from Indiana University; and one the A. B. degree from the University of New Brunswick. Of the 68 students in the Freshman class, 66 were admitted by examination in 1898, 1 was admitted by examination in 1897, and 1 comes from a higher class.

For the 53 courses "primarily for graduates" in Harvard, opened to competent students at Radcliffe, there are 28 applicants against 43 in 1897, viz. 3 in Classical Philology, 5 in Germanic Philology, 1 in Romance Philology, 2 in Comparative Literature, 2 in History, 3 in Government and Law, 2 in Philosophy, 8 in Education and Teaching, 2 in Mathematics. Of these students, 17 have had their training at other colleges than Radcliffe. Of the 14 courses "primarily for graduates" which are repeated at Radcliffe, 9 are taken by 54 students. The number of courses offered for '98-99 is 181 (this is against 182 in 1897). In both cases, two half courses are counted as a course, and the divisions of the different seminaries are equivalent in every case to a course. Several of the courses offered last year are omitted, but in their place are new courses, or those with which they naturally alternate. The candidates for admission examinations passed as follows:

358 candidates presented themselves for examination. 32 were candidates for admission as special students. 5 who tried to enter in this way were rejected. 51 candidates took part of the examination, or worked off admission conditions. 161 took the preliminary examinations; of these 21 were rejected. 1 student was admitted to advanced standing. Of the former specials, 6 were admitted to the Senior class on examination, and 2 to the Junior; 8 students were transferred from other colleges to the regular classes.

The endowment fund at the end of the fiscal year, August 1, 1898, amounts to $415,000. This includes a publication fund of $650, a library fund of $7300, and, in addition to the Barr Scholarships, seven