The Prospect Union.

The part that Harvard men are playing in the progress of the Prospect Union is growing more important every year; and not only are the members of the Union glad of the instruction when it is given, but they ask for it beforehand. The call for instructors, printed in the CRIMSON earlier in the year, was the result of a direct request for instruction in those several subjects. The rooms of the Union are kept in pretty constant use during the evening, three classes often being carried on during the same hour. The evening is divided up into three hours from 7 till 10, and on every day in the week, except Wednesday there are classes up to at least 9 o'clock. Wednesday evenings after 8 o'clock are given over to a general meeting at which there is a lecture. Among those who have lectured already this year are Professors Von Jagemann, Jackson, J. B. Greenough, C. H. Foy, Mrs. H. L. Kenrick, Mr. Litchman, Commissioner of Immigration, and Mr. E. Charlton Black. An interesting course of lectures for February has been arranged by A. Hale '93, the chairman of the lecture committee. This evening Rev. Edward H. Hall will give a stereopticon lecture on "Christian Churches and Cathedrals;" on February 8, Mr. George P. Baker will talk on "Dramatic London in Shakespeare's Time;" on February 15, Professor Marsh on "Political and Social Institutions of Spain:" on February 22, Professor Ashley on "Recent English Poetry;" and on March 15, Col. T. W. Higginson will speak on "The Aristocracy of the Dollar."

The educational classes are well under way although there is still need of an instructor in penmanship and of a man who will give a course in political economy on Saturday evenings. Volunteers for these two courses will please send their names to 32 Hollis.

In order to give some idea of the educational work that is carried on at the Union, a list of the courses with their instructors is here given: - Arithmetic, C. H. Crane '94; elementary German, C. E. Noyes '95; elementary English, A. C. Nash '94; advanced French, W. G. Howard Gr.; Penmanship, -; elementary French, P. H. Cressy 95; advanced German, H. D. Foster Gr.; elementary Latin, C. E. Hutchinson '93; advanced Latin, H. G. Pearson '93; singing, E. H. Abbott '93; Geometry, H. C. Weliman '94; spelling, E. Merrill '95; electricity, Mr. C. A. Adams, Instructor; American History, Mr. E. B. Greene, Assistant; English Composition, W. T. Brewster Gr.; elementary French, F. N. Robinson Gr.; elementary German, Mr. Page; Progress of Labor, H. Ware '93; advanced German, F. von Brieson '95; advanced French, Mr. Page; and book-keeping, H. N. Loomis, L. S, S.

There are very nearly 100 men in the classes, and the separate classes vary in number from 2 to 19. Usually there are from 3 to 6 men in a class. There are in all about 200 active members to the Union, although the nominal membership is larger.