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Fact and Rumor.

Yale plays the New York league team to-day.

Blank forms of room-applications are now ready at the Bursar's office.

The junior crew occupied a table together at Memorial during the recess.

The romance "Dutchess Emilia" by Mr. Wendell is ready for sale at Sever's.

The coins found by Mr. Hilton in digging the foundation of the new dormitory, have been sold for $1200.

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Prof. Cooke's first lecture on "Egypt and her Monuments," was delivered last evening in Boylston Hall.

The officers of the H. A. A. have not yet decided upon the award of the class pennant, but will do so immediately.

Several men who take electives in geology accompanied Mr. Davis on his excursion into Connecticut during the recess.

The Annex will lose the chairman of its Academic Board, through Professor Byerly's contemplated trip to Europe next year.

The Yale Alumni Association of Cleveland, O., has offered a prize of $100 to the winner of a single scull race to be rowed sometime during the present year under rules to be determined by the authorities of the Yale Navy.

The petition of the Harvard Union for permission to engage in advance Sever 11 for alternate Thursdays during a half-year has been granted by the faculty.

Within the next few days, the CRIMSON will publish detailed accounts and criticisms of the 'Varsity, and several class crews also of the nine and of the lacrosse team.

It is said that the London Times has received a letter from 350 Greek students, promising their sympathy with England in the event of a war with Russia.

The Brown freshmen took a very decisive way of paying the expenses of their nine by levying a base-ball tax of three dollars on every member of the class.

At the farewell dinner to Henry Irving given Monday evening in New York, many of those who were in the audience at Sanders theatre last week were among the guests.

At the last meeting of the faculty on Tuesday, March 31, the question of a Conference Committee was discussed, but no decision arrived at. Definite action will probably be taken at the next meeting.

The regular change in the hours for breakfast and dinner at Memorial Hall goes into effect to-day. Breakfast from 7,30 to 9, and dinner from 6 to 7; lunch remains the same, from 12.30 to 1.30.

The Memorial waiters have organized their nine for the season, and are practicing daily. Their uniforms consist of caps, and white flannel shirts, marked "M. H." The first game played will be Saturday next.

The room containing the Annex reference library has been known as the reading room, but has held no periodicals. The new club of Annex students has taken steps to supply this deficiency. The London Spectator and Punch, the Nation and the Century have been promised by a lady interested in the project, and a subscription is being started among the students to increase the list on file. It is intended to have no "dues" for use of the periodicals, but on the contrary, make them as accessible as possible to the whole body of Annex students.

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