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FACT AND RUMOR.

The overseers meet in Boston this morning at 11.

The Yale crew frequently rows in the harbor on pleasant days during the winter.

The Pierian will hold its annual dinner a week from tomorrow, March 8, at Young's Hotel.

It is reported that a second volume of "Verses from the Harvard Advocate" is to appear soon.

And now the report comes from the Glee Club that they will probably not go to Chicago after all.

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Prof. Dyer reads "The Bacchae of Euripides" (concluded) in Sever 11 at 7.30 P. M. today.

Dr. Wadsworth lectures in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at 2 P. M. today on "Peridolite."

Yale is perfectly happy because her papers can now boast that, "There are three dog-carts owned in college."

Prof. Sargent lectures on "The Skin and its Functions - The Importance of the Bath," at 2 P. M. today in Sever 11.

It is now thought that the Oxford-Cambridge race will be rowed March 15. Oxford is at present the favorite.

There is a delightful rumor afloat to the effect that Wellesley will send a delegation to one of our winter athletic meetings.

R. Luce, '82, will soon leave Cambridge to engage in work at Newport on the census. He will remain a candidate for a degree, however.

The Divinity Hall lecture at 7.30 P. M. today will be given by Prof. Sargent. Subject, "The Physical Exercise Suitable to a Minister's Life."

The following named are the officers of Delta Upsilon for the ensuing term: President, R. B. Wilcox, '83; vice-president, G. H. Hewitt, '83; secretary, C. F. Carrier, '85; treasurer, R. S. Bickford, '85.

At a meeting of the directors of the Dining Hall last evening it was voted that the little room could be occupied provided the extra expenses were paid by the occupants; and that upon its becoming vacant by the removal of the present occupants into the main hall, applications be received and a drawing be held. A notice shall be posted at least a week before the drawing.

Robert R. Newell, who died in Cambridge on the 23d inst., was one of the students who left Harvard in 1861 to enter the Army of the North. At the time of his death he edited the Index Reporter and was a member of the Boston bar.

"His Majesty Myself," in the Boston Post says "it was Mr. Boucicault who told Oscar Wilde how to treat the 'bold, bad men' of Harvard, who would fain have broke up the poet's lecture, and for which exploit Oscar has been so much applauded."

The Princeton winter games occurred last Thursday and Saturday. Some excellent records were made, that in pole vaulting being broken by three-quarters of an inch. In the high jump, J. B. Harriman, '85, won by a record of 5 feet 3 inches.

Pach will occupy his studio by the last of this week or the first of next, and will then be ready to continue sittings there. The time for ordering photographs has been extended until the middle of March, in order that the finished photographs may be examined at the studio.

We have received the "Report of the Longfellow Memorial Finance Committee," an interesting pamphlet of twenty pages. The report gives a history of the association, with the reasons that brought about its foundation, besides a complete financial statement. In reference to subscriptions from the college it states that the "undergraduates of Harvard College have in considerable numbers become honorary members of the association." The total number of subscriptions from all sources is 28,860, of which Massachusetts gives 20,010. The total receipts amount to $7,578.51, the amount expended $2,613.73, and the balance of cash on hand $4,964.78. In addition to this there is in the hands of the agents of the association $2,213.

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