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Fact and Rumor.

Howland '96 has been transferred from the freshman crew to the 'varsity.

Mr. Copeland's class at 2 on Fridays, is requested to meet after this at 2.30.

The Maine legislature has abolished the school district system of that State.

Of the 41 students in the Divinity School 15 are in the resident graduate department.

An English edition of Prof. Toy's "Judaism and Christianity" has been issued in London.

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The class in French 1 a will meet on Saturday next only, in Lower Mass, instead of instead of in Sever 11.

Dr. Anderson of Yale has been appointed instructor in Physical Culture for the schools of New Haven.

Dr. William Heron who died recently in Florida, graduated from the Harvard Medical School in 1870.

About one-third of the senior class at Williams College will have commencement appointments this year.

The Columbia freshmen have challenged the Cornell freshmen to a two mile race in eight-oared shells, at New London.

Prof. Edward L. Curtis, of Yale, has an article "The Present State of Old Testament Criticism" in the March Century.

Pres. Cleveland was presented with a Sigma Chi pin Friday night, which he wore during the inaugural ceremonies.

The official program for the centennial celebration of Williams College has been made out, consisting of a three day's jubilee.

At a meeting of the Yale University Club it was voted to ratify the provisional purchase of the $50,000 clubhouse made by the committee a month ago.

The winner of baseball in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association will hold the presidency of the league for '94, and the winner of the foot ball the vice-presidency.

The Yale-Harvard track athletic conference which was to have been held at Springfield Saturday, has been postponed a week, because of the inability of one of the Yale delegates to be present.

A billiard and pool tournament has been in progress at Yale all last week. The finals were played Friday night between H. L. Bloodgood and M. B. L. Burr, both of New York. Bloodgood won by a score of 100 to 76.

In the annual indoor games of the Interscholastic Association held Saturday. Hopkinson won the majority of points by a large margin. The team race between Hopkinson and Roxbury Latin was won by the latter.

Prof. Charles H. Livermore of the Institute of Technology will give a series of eight lectures at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, on "The Origin and Growth of the Family."

The "Student," the Amherst paper has recently introduced a new department under the head of "The College Trifler." Each week the anonymous writer takes some subject on college customs and practices.

The trustees of the Pa. Museum and School for Industrial Art have been offered $100,000 for the purchase of certain buildings, on the condition that a like sum shall be raised by the trustees. The giver is said to be William Weightman of Philadelphia.

The University of Pennsylvania 'varsity eight is now rowing in the tank as follows: Barnes, '94, Law, stroke; Walkers, '94, Dent., No. 7; Wilson, '94, Med., No. 6; O. Wagenhurst, '96, Coll., No. 5; Knipe, '95, Med., No. 4; J. Wagenhurst, '94, Coll., No. 3; Marshall, '94, Vet. (captain), No. 2, and Beck, '95, Med., bow.

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