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Fact and Rumor.

There will be a cut to-day in English V.

There was a cut yesterday in Mathematics A.

The scores made at the Shooting Club matches this year are far in advance of those made a year ago.

Our employee of the library was arrested last night for the larceny of a horse, tricycle, and several library books.

By a mistake in the tennis report yesterday, Lee was made to beat Federhen. Snow beat Federhen 6-3, 6-1, and Lee beat Snow 5-6, 6-4, 6-4.

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A mistake was made yesterday in the report of the freshman meeting. Mr. F. B. Dana was second in the 660 yards, beating Dudley by 10 yards. Mr. G. Perry won the broad jump by 18 ft. 7 in.

The annual "cane spree" or wrestling matches for a cane between the freshmen and sophomores took place at Princeton Tuesday, and was won by '88. There was not much interest shown.

A glance at the proof sheets of the third number of the Advocate, which will be ready at 4.30 p.m. to-day, shows that this new number is bright and interesting. The balance is well preserved between the light, humorous articles, and those of a more distinctly literary character.

In Physics C. the roll will be called hereafter at the end of the hour, to prevent men leaving early.

The Italians with trained birds were again at Memorial yesterday, and reaped quite a harvest of coppers.

Canon Farrar will preach at St. John's Chapel on Sunday night. It is feared that the accommodation will not be sufficient to contain the audience which will go to hear him.

Loud cries of "help" and "fire" were heard issuing from the Law School at 10.15 last night. A party of students hurried to the spot and released a well known professor who was locked within its awful precincts.

About seven or eight men assembled in Holden Chapel last night in reference to the appeal for the grand stand. As the attendance was so small, owing to the bad state of the weather, on the motion of Mr. Fessenden, the meeting was indefinitely postponed.

The election of freshman directors of the Harvard Association last night, resulted as follows: A. C. Bent, 20 votes; H. H. Darling, 52; F. G. Eaton, 29; H. D. Everett, 38; C. A. Hight, 65; A. H. Knapp, 16; W. F. Richards, 66. Messrs. Hight and Richards were declared elected.

The list of students in the three upper classes has been posted. According to this, eighty-six has 230, eighty-seven, 236; eighty-eight, 231. Last year these classes had 234, 256 and 255 members respectfully. The list of members of the freshman class has not yet been posted.

The freshmen made more than usual disturbance at the Chemistry lecture yesterday, cheering, clapping and stamping their feet. This kind of thing is usual among freshman classes, but it is to be hoped that they will get their childishness worn off very soon.

Yesterday afternoon the candidates for the Yale University crew began training. They rowed on the river and will continue to row every pleasant day this term. Ten men presented themselves yesterday, which number will be increased after Christmas by the crew men who are now playing foot-ball. After Christmas, work in the gymnasium will be begun. It is not probable that there will be as much running in the training this year.

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