ing store in an adjoining street. He feels the hon- 

 or of his position. Some years ago much comment 

 was excited, by the announcement of the marriage 

 of Frederick Douglass, Jr., to the daughter of Prof. 

 T. Molyneaux Hewlett, of Harvard University. 

 The range of electives is very great, and so much 

 freedom of choice is allowed, that after the first 

 year the student may devote two thirds of his time 

 to studies bearing directly upon his future profes- 

 sion. Of course this is abused, and men by select- 

 ing the easiest branches, make sure of reciting fine- 

 ly (or in Harvard parlance, of " squirting ") every 

 time, and thus gain an unfair rank. There are 

 quite substantial motives for this, for the first few 

 scholars in each class are entitled to scholarships 

 of from seventy-five to three hundred dollars per 

 annum. Examinations are very rigid, and play an 

 important part in the determination of class rank. 

 Evening prayers, and Sophomore and Junior Ex- 

 hibitions, are things of the past. Morning prayers 

 come at 6.45 a.m. At the sound of the bell, in 

 throng the students, their toilets mayhap not so 

 sumptuous as would be deemed requisite for an 

 evening party. Services are conducted by Dr. 

 Peabody, the college preacher. During the read- 

 ing of Scriptures the monitors rise in their seats 

 and mark the absentees. Attendance is required 

 only three times a week, each student attending on 

 those mornings which best suit his convenience. 

 Announcements of general interest are made by 

 bulletin and not in chapel. Sabbath morning, if 

 so inclined, students attend divine worship in the 

 Appleton Chapel, a gloomy, cheerless room, whose 



architectural beauties, few enough in the begin- 

 ning, are destroyed by the sounding boards and 

 other appliances designed to remedy its acoustic 

 defects. The officiating clergyman is Dr. A. P. 

 Peabody, college preacher and Professor of Morals, 



