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Fact and Rumor.

W. H. Thayer, '89, has sufficiently recovered to be able to return to college.

It is said that the Columbia Boat Club is $4,000 in debt.

The Yale Second Glee Club will probably give a concert in Boston this winter.

Terry, Yale, '85, who umpired the game on Saturday, is coaching the Yale eleven.

Messrs. C. Hunneman, '89, and F. C. Cobb, '90, have been elected regular editors of the CRIMSON.

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The six men who entered for putting the shot in the fall games at Princeton are all rushers on the eleven.

The largest graduating class in the world is that of Chautauqua University. In 1886, 4624 graduated.

There will be no recitatations in French 3, French 5 and French 8 until Monday, Nov. 28th.

Mayor Russell has consented to stand for a fourth term in response to a petition from 1500 Cambridge citizens.

Harvard modestly makes no claim to beating Yale and Princeton. Her only ambition is to keep the scores within a decent limit.- Phila. Press.

It is reported that Beecher kept very silent during Saturday's game, but at the finish remarked, "I guess we can beat those fellows on Thanksgiving Day."

It costs $150 per year to belong to the Harvard Co-operative Society. The organization has been in existence five years, has a store of its own, and last year did a business amounting to $37,000. Why shouldn't we have one?- Princetonian. No wonder that out siders have distorted ideas of Harvard extravagance.

Attention is called to prizes offered by the American Protective Tariff League for the three best essays on a subject in Political Economy. Full particulars are published on the first page of this issue.

In the seven games that Princeton has played with outside elevens she has scored 430 points to her opponent's 0. In five games Yale scored 332 points to opponent's 0, and Harvard in six games 430 points to opponent's 6.- Princetonian.

The Pierian Sodality will give a concert in Boston on Monday, Nov. 21, in Association Hall, for the benefit of the New England Hospital for Women. They will be supported by eminent professional artists. Tickets, the supply of which is limited, may be had at Leavitt and Peirce's.

Representatives of various colleges are holding a series of religious meetings in New York City on Sunday evenings at Dockstader's Theatre. The first meeting was conducted by Yale men, the second by Princeton men and the third will be managed by Columbia men.

The reports of the secretary and treasurer of the Annex for its eighth year have just been published. They show the usual growth in numbers and interest, and present a balance of cash on hand after the expenses of the year have been paid. There are representatives from sixteen different States in the list of students.

The college building which ex-Governor Leland Stanford is erecting in California is 600 feet long and 200 feet wide. It is in the form of a hollow square with a cloister 1,700 feet long. It is one story high and is designed after the style of the old Spanish missions which are among the most beautiful pieces of architecture in America.

Mr. Frederic H. Rindge, Harvard, '79, has again manifested his great generosity and interest in his native city by making three more gifts to Cambridge. He offers this time, a site for a high school, a new city hall building and both the site and building for an industrial school for boys. It will be remembered that last spring he gave the city 75.000 feet of land and $75,000 with which to build a public library.

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