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Fact and Rumor.

'91's class yell is Whoo! Rah! Ri! X! C! I!-Cornell Sun.

St. Paul's new chapel, which has just been completed, cost $100.000.

The freshmen eleven will play Exeter on the 5th of November.

Holden, '88, will probably be able to play foot-ball again next Monday.

Cornell University has 1000 students, of whom 100 are ladies.

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Prizes have been offered at Andover for the best new cheer for the school.

Contracts have been awarded for the building of the new grand stand at the Boston grounds at an estimated cost of over $60,000.

Ex-President White of Cornell has presented his valuable library to the college.

Cornell supports sixteen Greek letter societies, three of which are composed entirely of ladies.- Ex.

President Hyde of Bowdoin is an enthusiastic tennis player, and thinks the exercise second only to rowing.

The Cambridge Tribune has a long editorial commenting on the great advantages given the city by the presence of Harvard College. It says: "The college and the school are money in the pocket of every business man in the community."

The symphony concerts in Sanders Theatre will take place on the following dates: December 8th, January 5th, February 2d, and March 8th.

For the second time the Cambridge common councilmen have killed an order passed by a large majority in the board of aldermen for the introduction of the police signal system.

The New York Harvard Club opened last week with a very full social meeting more than 200 being present.

John M. Ward, the famous New York short-stop, speaks five different languages.

It is said that the young women of '89 availed themselves of the privilege of paying the class-tax last year, and that they consider themselves members of the class.- Cornell Sun.

Wallace, Yale's end-rush, is rapidly recovering from the injury received some time ago, and will be able to play in a short time.

A gold medal has been offered by an alumnus of Exeter Academy to that man on the eleven who plays his position best during the entire season.

The representatives of the various colleges to the intercollegiate tennis tournament at New Haven will be furnished sleeping accommodations on the campus during their stay in that place.

A joint committee of alumni and undergraduates is to be formed at Columbia to have general supervision of the athletic affairs of the college.- Ex.

The question at the Harvard Union Debate to-night is, Resolved: That the sentence against the Chicago Anarchists is just and should be executed. The principal disputants are Mr. C. H. Osborn of the Law School and Mr. J. Loeb, '88, for the affirmative, and Mr. B. H. Lee of the Law School and Mr. E. B. Chenoweth, '88, for the negative.

While other colleges throughout the United States have been disturbed by hazing and rumors of hazing, the students of Princeton have been quietly delving into their books. The boyish pranks that have harassed the progress of other institutions have been unknown there this year.- New York World.

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