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Fact and Rumor.

The revenues of Oxford and Cambridge represent nearly seventy-five million dollars, and that of the University of Leipsic about twenty million.

In the United States one man in about 2000 takes a college course, in Scotland one in 615, in Germany one in 213, and in England only one in about 5000.

Members of English 9 will be permitted to substitute for the next hour examination a thesis of not less than fifteen pages on some subject connected with the course.

The ninth ten of the Institute of 1770 were taken on last night. Following are the men: Hervey, DeMauriac, Hockley, Beals, Cobb, Livermore, Fairbanks, Clarkson, Breckenridge.

The following figures show the increase in the number of students from New York City registered as undergraduates in Harvard College in recent years: 1860, 11; '65, 17; '70, 31; '75, 59; '80, 62; '85, 89; '90, 124; '91, 136.

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The open scratch meeting of the M. I. T. Athletic Club will be held March 12, instead of March 5. As usual, it will take place in Winslow rink this year in the evening, as the committee judge that time will be most convenient, both for spectators and contestants. These are the only scratch games given in Boston that are open to all amateur athletes.

The students at Exeter have decided upon a school pin. There were fifty-four designs submitted and the one selected was drawn by Tiffany. The pin as chosen is to be one of sterling silver in the shape of a bar a little over a half-inch long and a quarter inch wide. The sides are finished in scroll work and the word Exeter in crimson enamel runs the length of the pin. The price of the pin is to be two dollars.

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