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Fact and Rumor.

Geo. Gay, the new Senator from Delaware, is a graduate of Princeton College, and was a student at the Harvard Law School.

Professor E. J. Phelps, the new Minister, will probably not sail for England until May 6, and until shortly before his departure will continue his course of lectures to the seniors at Yale.-Ex.

In a game last Saturday, the Memorial waiters beat the University Press nine, 11-10. The Memorial nine plays Wednesday with the Cambridge High School, and Saturday with the University Press again.

It is expected that the authorities of Columbia College will reprint in pamphlet form the articles on King's and Columbia Colleges that appeared in the October and November numbers of Harpers.

President Porter has requested the seniors to avoid the corner seats in his recitation room, the paradise of the would-be sleepers. A student who presumedly had been working hard the night before, was rudely aroused from his nap a few days ago by rolling off of one of the benches during the President's lecture.

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A large audience, composed largely of college men, completely filled Tremont Temple last evening to hear Mr. Bowen's lecture on Harvard. The lecture was highly interesting, and Mr. Bowen was frequently interrupted with applause. The views, notably those from the Lampoon, were very good, although the operator of the stereopticon seemed a novice in his trade. Altogether the lecture was a great success, and, it is to be hoped, will turn many students to Harvard.

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