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Fact and Rumor.

The former quarters of the St. Paul's Society in Grays 17, are now being used by the Cercle Francais as a reading room. There is a large number of papers and magazines there, but few books, as it is intended to be used merely as a reading and club room.

The University of Pennsylvania has recently published in Spanish its courses of instruction, rules for admission and such other information as is necessary for students who intend to enter the university, for use in Cuba, Porto Rico, and South America.

Cambridge University will soon have another college, Westminster, which it is hoped may be opened Oct. 18. It is founded by the Presbyterians of England. The buildings cost about $165,000. It is practically a century since a new college was founded at Cambridge, the latest being Downing, established in 1800. The oldest college is Peter's house, which dates back to 1257. Oxford goes back a little farther, University College having been established in 1249.

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