study, but also for the distinction and its effect on the holder's prospects of employment. Cases have often presented themselves of men of great merit and in every way qualified, who could not be appointed, because they had private means, or because they had already held a fellowship for the two years which is considered the usual limit. For such cases the Faculty has at last provided, after repeated discussions, by recommending the establishment of fellowships without stipends, to be known as the John Harvard Fellowships. The Corporation have assented, and an appointment under this title has been made for the next year. It is not impossible that this result may affect the question of honorary scholarships, which has also been many times mooted in the Faculty. A rival to the fellowship system is the assistantship. More and more of the instruction of the College is given with the aid of paid graduate students, who enforce reading, superintend written work, and guide students in the laboratory or in field work. The fees of these assistants are commonly small, so that their value is much less than that of the fellowships, and even of the higher scholarships. Nevertheless, in cases where the choice is offered, students frequently prefer the assistantship, partly because of the personal relations which it involves with the older instructors, but chiefly on account of the excellent training and the value of the experience. In some cases a small assistant's fee and a small scholarship have been combined to make a larger income. By recent votes of the Faculty and Corporation such cumulation is henceforth restrained. The assistantships are practically an increase of the fellowship resources, and make it possible for many men to carry on higher studies. On the other hand, they add greatly to the teaching power of the University, and make it possible to carry on detailed and systematic work which would be too much for the instructor alone.

Admission requirements.

Since the review of the question of Admission requirements in the March Graduates' Magazine little progress has been made except that some of the departments have reported schemes for preparation for College in their subjects; and on two subjects conferences have been held looking toward intercollegiate agreements. The Commission of Colleges in New England held such a conference and recommended to the faculties of the various colleges a common form of statement of desirable requirements in Greek and Latin preparatory for colleges; and the department of Classics has approved that scheme. A committee of the New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools has also prepared a plan for entrance requirements in history, which will be presented to the Association in October, and which has been forwarded to the Faculty by the Historical Department. In both of

these cases there is an effort to come to a previous understanding with the schools before framing new entrance requirements, and at the same time to interest neighboring colleges and to secure uniformity with them so far as possible. All these preliminaries will have some effect on the report of the special committee which is expected to submit a revised scheme of entrance requirements to Harvard College in the course of the present year.

Restriction

formances.

The recent votes of the Faculty on intercollegiate athletic contests have been effected, if not caused, by the belief that they are an interruption to study. The same objection has been brought of peragainst the giving of concerts and plays beyond the vicinity of Cambridge. The conception of college life which the Faculty seems to have adopted is that it means continuous residence in Cambridge, with due allowance for those whose homes are very near at hand. Hence the searching registration at the beginning of the year, and on the first day after each recess. Hence the watch upon the absence returns, so as to detect cases where the student is attending no exercises at all. Hence also the indisposition of the Faculty to let students travel in term time in companies bearing the name of Harvard. The most recent evidence of this alertness of the Faculty's mind is a recent vote prohibiting all plays or concerts at a distance from Cambridge. The courteous desire of the Rocky Mountain Club to have a Glee Club concert in Denver next winter led to a canvassing of the whole subject and a somewhat unexpected vote: "That hereafter musical and dramatic performances by students be not allowed, except in places to which and from which the students can travel in one day." It is understood that this vote excludes New York, and all other places distant more than about two hours' travel. The question has been raised whether the desirable end of holding students firmly to their college work can be better reached by dealing with organizations or with individuals. If the former, the graduates in the Middle States and Western cities will be permanently deprived of the pleasure of reviving their own college days. If the latter, a stricter account must be taken of the regular work of all students, and those must be inhibited from public appearances whose college work is shown to be in arrears.

From September 18 to December 31, 1895, there will be held in Atlanta a "Cotton States and International Exposition." The Atlanta University has applied for and received an assignment of about Exposition. 10,000 square feet of floor space for an exhibit. Most of the wall material prepared for the Chicago Fair will be sent down, such as photo

graphs of the buildings and rooms, and graphic charts, showing the growth of the University. The only case exhibit will be a selection of the Blaschka glass flowers. Some one will be in attendance, to give out printed material describing the University, and to add any desired information about Harvard. If the exhibit makes the College better known in the South, perhaps some of the Southern graduates may ask to have entrance examinations held henceforth in a place or places beyond Washington and Cincinnati. Such requests are usually granted, if it be shown that candidates are likely to come forward.

Women in the University.

By two votes of October, 1894, and June, 1895, the Faculty and Corporation have divested themselves of all responsibility for the "Harvard Examinations for Women," held for many years in Cincinnati, New York, and elsewhere. The papers of the Harvard entrance examinations were by this system offered also to girls who cared to try for a certificate. The expectation was that these might perhaps take the place in the United States occupied by the Oxford and Cambridge examinations for women in England, as a test of girls' schools and of home study. The conditions in this country are so different that the number of candidates was always small; and now that Radcliffe offers examinations in any city where Harvard examinations are held, the whole matter can better be cared for by that College. It is another evidence of the purpose of the Corporation to turn over to Radcliffe all the relations of women with the University, except the Summer School. The Corporation have declined to admit women to the Harvard Ph. D., preferring to leave the whole matter of higher degrees for women to Radcliffe. The immediate result appears to be a certain chilling of the graduates of the women's colleges, who, it was thought, would resort to Cambridge for higher studies. The number of women who have taken advantage of the privilege of attendance on some of the graduate courses is, perhaps for this reason, as yet insignificant.

Board.

One reason for the slow growth of Radcliffe is the high price of both lodgings and table board in Cambridge. Private boarding houses have almost a monopoly even for University students outside of the Foxcroft Club and Memorial Hall. The Foxcroft has had 425 boarders during the past year, and renders important assistance to about 300 attendants of the Summer School by furnishing a convenient, cheap, and sufficient table. The new Memorial Hall system of assigning to each table one half more students than there are seats (the students to regulate among themselves how they shall avoid conflicts), though long opposed by the students and directors, has on the whole, been successful.

The character of the hall, and especially the association of students with each other, to some degree suffers, but the system has enlarged the capacity from 700 to 1,050. Even yet the demand far outruns the facilities, and if the number of students still increases, some new device must be contrived, or an additional hall built.

It would be an alleviation of this crowded condition if students had

access to a good restaurant. Of the three places where cooked University meals might a year ago be had in Harvard Square, one is Club. closed; one has changed hands; and none were ever suitable for the entertainment of students' guests. If the proposed University Club were founded, it would meet this want and might be a valuable means of bringing together undergraduates, students in professional schools, instructors, and "graduates about town." At present there is no place for the concentration of Harvard opinion even here at Harvard. On such important questions as athletics and the three-year degree, it is very hard to know what is doing, what might be done, and what the Harvard world thinks about it. Manifestly the various parts of the Harvard constituency do not pull together; there ought to be a sort of clearing-house of public opinion. Such a club would also be a headquarters for important meetings on Harvard questions, and for smoke talks by distinguished alumni. It would do some of the things suggested by Frank Bolles in his memorable article in the Magazine of September, 1894, in the way of arresting the impending breaking up of the College into social molecules. To bring such a club about will require the hearty coöperation of three elements: a group of the best known and most influential undergraduates, from whom should be drawn a board of officers; a group of conspicuous graduates resident in Cambridge, to keep up the continuity of the Club and to furnish a graduate president: a group of alumni sufficiently interested in the club to give it a proper financial backing, and to aid it to a suitable building.

Albert Bushnell Hart, '80.

STUDENT LIFE.

CLASS DAY.

summer

Bright sunlight in the morning with clouds to temper the afternoon heat gave '95 the wished-for Class Day weather. When a shower did come up late in the evening most of the merrymakers were quite willing to be driven to shelter. There was nothing novel in the programme; only the ever lengthening black-gowned line and the changing faces distinguished it from Class Days of the past. On the preceding

Sunday the baccalaureate sermon had been preached by Bishop Lawrence, '71, and the baccalaureate hymn, composed by a member of the class, H. H. Yeames, had been sung. On Class Day morning at 9 o'clock the Class gathered in front of Holworthy and marched to Appleton Chapel, where Prof. F. G. Peabody, '69, the Class Chaplain, conducted a short service. Again at 11 o'clock the line formed with the Class officers at the head, and marched to Sanders Theatre, where, after prayer, E. H. Warren delivered the Class Oration, C. M. Flandrau the Poem, and W. K. Brice the Ivy Oration. At the close of the exercises the Class rose and sang to the tune of "Fair Harvard" the Class Ode written by C. E. Noyes. In the afternoon the Yard emerged from the confusion of preparation. Long festoons of Chinese lanterns had been hung from tree to tree, and at 3 o'clock, when a band began playing in front of University, the walks and grass were covered with the usual throng of Class Day. There was dancing in Memorial Hall from 3 to 5 o'clock, and many spreads. At 5 o'clock the Class marched round the Yard cheering the buildings and entered the inclosure about the Tree. The graduates and three lower classes barely managed to crowd in on the grass and left but little room for the Seniors. R. W. Emmons, the first marshal, led the cheering, giving the names of President Eliot, Profs. Briggs and Shaler, Major Higginson, Bishop Lawrence, Augustus Hemenway, and the coaches of the athletic teams. The classes and graduates cheered each other, and the Seniors transmitted their cheer to the Freshmen. The scrimmage for flowers seemed to the spectators fierce and tame by turns. It was rather marred by hissing from the benches, which the men in the rush said was entirely unjustified. After many efforts by many men, E. R. Knapp at last tore down the large "95" of Jacqueminot roses which had been hung eighteen or more feet from the ground. To accommodate the increased demand for seats a stand was put up for the first time in front of Holden Chapel. Not very strongly built, it was dangerous for the graduates standing underneath it as well as for its occupants. In the evening the vari-colored lanterns were lighted, a band played in front of University, the Glee Club sang before Holworthy, and the Banjo and Mandolin Clubs played on the Law School steps. As it grew dark the moving throng, the trees and buildings presented a weird, fantastic appearance in the changing light of colored fires. The largest spreads were given on Class Day eve at 5 Follen St., and on Class Day by members of the Hasty Pudding in the Gymnasium, by the Pi Eta Society in Upper Massachusetts, by the Delta Upsilon in University, by the Theta Delta Chi in their club-house, and by the Rho Omicron in Holden Chapel. The most important evening entertainment was given by members of the A. D. and Porcellian Clubs at Beck Hall. There was the