Morning journal and courier., 1880-10-04
College Notes.

Orchestra rehearsal this evening. An unusually large number of plug hats were out yesterday. The monthly communion service was held in the college chapel yesterday afternoon.
 There will be a University foot ball meet- ing in the Lyceum at 6:45 this evening. A large attendance is desired as the important questions of the season will be brought for ward for decision.
 The uniforms for the Garfield and Arthur regiment have not as yet been received.
 A bicycle club is to be formed this evening. All students wishing to join are requested to meet at POS Durfee at seven o'clock.
 Over 5000 volumes have been added to the main library during the past year.
 The meeting of the senior class for the purpose of electing class orator, poet and statistician will be held in the presidents old lecture room at seven o'clock Wednesday evening.
 The Record thinks that the campaign com mittees of the freshmen societies should give a portion of the money received from initia- tions to the committee on athletic grounds instead of squandering the money upon a supper. This is certainly good suggestion and one that will also meet with the approval of all friends of the college.
 Amherst has adopted new marking sys- tenn. No more term examinations.
 The fall meeting of the Amherst Athletic association will be held on Wednesday, Octo- Der 13. The usual assortment of prizes is offered The only novelty to be introduced is a 1OO-yard dash backward and bicycle procession.
 Initiating the example of Yale, Amherst has introduced series of class games for the college championship. Harvard is also anxious to adopt this same system of class games.
 The Harvard freshmen race at New Lon don was not financial success, and the class have debt of over $1.OOO to settle
 The Harvard A6UOcGte speaks of an. F'out- rage recently perpetrated by freshmen be- longing to the Sigma DeltG society at Yale in tearing down an American flag bearing the name of Hancock ,
 The Harvard football team is without a captain, Mir. George F. Morse 'S1, having gone to California for the winter to regain his health
 Edward D. Brandegee, 'S1, of Utica, N. Y., has been elected captain of the Harvard crew
 Seventeen young ladies were examined in July for the Harvard Annex
 Some forty seniors went on the geological excursion under Prof Dana on Saturday af- ternoon. The party visited Pine Rock. gath cred specimens there, and a portion of it then proceeded on to West Rock and inspect ed glacier tracks Prof. E. s. Dana also ac- oompanied the party.
 The ball game on Saturday afternoon be- tween the seniors and sophomores was the best game yet played in the class series. For five innings the score stood two to two. but in the seventh the seniors by heavy batting scored six runs and settled the game This is the last game that will be played by the senior nine, and they have not lost a game since freshman year. Following is the score by innings:
 Seniors ...-.1 0 o 6 1-9 Sopnomofes-. s-.---...---.-..-O 0 0-2
 A concert was given last evening by the scholars of Bethany mission school.
 Dr.. Barbour will be absent during the week attending the meeting of the American Board at Lowell Mass
 The Christian Brotherhood held their sec ond meeting last evening in Brothers Hall The meeting was quite well attended and was addressed by the Rev. MT. Beecher, of Georgetown, Mass.