the disgust of the latter, the authorities protected 

 Freshman doors, while the destruction of Sopho- 

 more cards was unnoticed. Under the new presi- 

 dent, the annual rushes in the gymnasium on 

 " Bloody Monday, " and on the campus on Class 

 Day, have been entirely suppressed by threats of 

 suspension, or of delivery into the hands of the law. 



Harvard, unlike Yale, and most large colleges, f 

 is peculiarly a local institution. Eighty per cent, 

 of its students are from New England, and seventy 

 per cent from Massachusetts. Probably half are 

 Bostonians, and this may account for the spirit of 

 caste which prevails. 



The secret society is much less prominent here 

 than in other colleges. Greek-letter societies were 

 long since abolished, and their place is supplied by 

 semi-secret local organizations, of a social and literary 

 character. Many like the Institute of 1770, the 

 Everett Athanseum, and the Hasty Pudding Club, 

 are of very long standing, and bear on their records 



the names of many distinguished men. The Soci- 

 ety of the Christian Brethren holds weekly prayer 

 meetings, the only social religious service in col- 

 lege. Amusements are much the same as else- 

 where. Theatre going is quite popular. Music is 

 below par, Glee Club and Chapel choir are no bet- 

 ter than they should be, and, but for the Freshmen, 

 college songs would be extinct in this their Amer- 

 ican Alma mater. Base Ball is popular with a few, 

 and all take a hearty pride in the University Nine. 

 Boating has deservedly more votaries, as the spac- 

 ious boat-house with its fifty practice boats would 

 indicate, but the narrow, shallow, Charles River, 

 meandering through the salt marshes, compares 

 but poorly with our own Connecticut. The Gym- 

 nasium is poorly ventilated, and is not generally 

 patronized. The instructor is a broad-shouldered, 

 active mulatto, who also runs a second hand cloth- 



