BREVITIES.

IN Fine Arts 2, Professor Norton has finished his lectures on Greek Art.

MR. ERNST, '76, comes to Cambridge three times a week to practise pitching with the Nine.

PROF. NORTON is obliged to postpone his readings for two weeks, on account of absence from town.

REV. ROBERT LAIRD COLLIER, D. D., of Boston, will lecture before the Y X Society, Jan. 30, 1877.

GENTLEMEN having a knowledge of fencing, and desiring to keep in practice, will be made welcome at 2 Grays, on Thursday evenings.

THE Everett Athenaeum will dedicate their new rooms February 2.

ALL Freshmen who have not yet submitted their eyes to Dr. Derby's examination can find him at 4 Lawrence Hall, Monday, Jan. 29, from 9 to 1.

ALL persons wishing to try for the Holyoke crews are requested to come to the Gymnasium at half past four any afternoon. Training has already begun.

THERE is no law, the general impression to the contrary notwithstanding, which forbids candidates for the 'Varsity to appear in the Yard wearing overcoats.

IT is stated on good authority that the men who were seen running on Main Street last Tuesday afternoon, between the hours of 4.30 and 6, were not escaped convicts.

SEVERAL members of the Memorial Hall Association complain that they have been prevented from keeping evening engagements by the presence of onions in their soup.

JUNIOR THEMES. - Theme IV. and Theme II. (corrected copy and original) will be handed in as follows: Sec. I., Jan. 23; Sec. II., Jan. 30; Sec. III., after the examinations.

THE following are trying for the Holyoke crew:

Messrs. Donaldson, '79; Hastings, '78; Willison, '79; McFaden, '78; Ely, '78; J. Parker, '78; W. H. Allen, '78; De Billier, '78; Balch, '78; Brewster, '79; Griswold, '79; Stiles, '77; Watson, '79.

ON Tuesday evening members of the Junior Class boarding at Memorial Hall chose Messrs. Lombard and Hawins as their directors. There have been thirty-seven applicants for board since January 7.

JUNIOR FORENSICS will be omitted during the semiannuals, and will be due at the following dates: Sec. I., March 6; Sec. II., March 13; Sec. III., March 20; Sec. IV., March 27. Sec. I., April 3; Sec. II., April 10; Sec. III., April 17; Sec. IV., April 24.

PROF. MCCRADY will deliver a course of general lectures at the Museum of Comparative Zoology. All students interested in zoology are invited to attend. The lectures will be delivered in the Lecture-Room of the Museum, at 10 o'clock, A. M., every Saturday, beginning Jan. 13.

THE report that a committee had been appointed to investigate the Senior-Class elections turns out to be founded on the existence of a Sub-Committee on Class Day, composed of members of the Visiting Committee on Discipline. The members of the Committee, it is reported, would be glad to assist in any way possible towards a successful Class Day.