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Fact and Rumor.

A collection of 800 coins has been presented to the Greek Department at Amherst.

Taylor, first baseman on the Louisville league nine last year, has entered the Cornell Law School.

Three plays were given in Harmonie Hall, New Haven, by a number of Yale men and others Monday night.

An informal reception of the Graduate club was held at their new club house on Elm street, last Saturday evening.

A football game will be played Saturday afternoon at Philadelphia, between the Chicago A. C. and the Pittsburg A. C. teams.

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Malcolm Chace, of Brown, has so far defeated ail his opponents in the indoor Tennis Tournament, which is now being held in the Auditorium, Chicago.

The senior class at Dar mouth has elected the following officers: President, G. E. Kinney; vice president, J. B. Russell; secretary, R. H. Baker; treasurer, S. P. Hunt.

Sixty thousand students this year enjoyed the benefits of the University Extension lectures by Oxford professors. Four thousand of them were artisans.

The Yale Alumni Association of Cleveland will hold its annual banquet December 31. The Yale musical clubs will give a concert in Cleveland that evening and will be present at the dinner.

The officers of the N. E. Intercollegiate football association for next year are: President, manager of the Amherst eleven who has not yet been chosen; Secretary, Gordon of Dartmouth; Treasurer, Turner of Williams.

The Tufts Athletic Association, at its December meeting, elected J. F. Sheldon, '95, as manager of the football team for 1893. It was also voted to apply for admission to the triangular league of Amherst, Dartmouth and Williams.

A prize of $100 has been offered by Mr. William G. Low to the students of Columbia for the best essay on "The History and Progress of Civil Service Reform in the National, State, and Local Governments of the United States."

The design of the cover of the program of the musical clubs for their western trip is a fantastically dressed figure with a guitar, against the seal of the college and the word "Harvard" in large letters. The program is printed entirely in red.

A convention will be held in Richmond, December 28, the object of which will be the formation of a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. All the prominent southern colleges will be represented and will probably arrange baseball, football, and athletic games.

An athletic calendar has been published at Yale designed by H. G. Thomson '93. The calendar is in the center on a blue background. Around this are pictures of the gymnasium, boat house, the eleven, nine, the athletic team etc On the back of the card are the complete records for all the athletic teams. The calendar was gotten up by Lamson '93 & Rogers '93.

In the Inter-collegiate Baseball Association for '92. Stearns of Amherst led in the batting with an average of 333. In team batting Dartmouth led with .222, Amherst next with .185, Williams last with .165. In team fielding Dartmouth led with .931, Williams come next with .896, Amherst last with .877 Dartmouth won six games, Williams and Amherst three each.

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