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Fact and Rumor.

The 'varsity nine bert the freshmen yesterday 19 to 0.

The Wellesley class crews have begun their practice for float day.

The new Yale launch is to be completed May 15.

Amherst beat Stagg's nine 7 to 6 on Saturday last with Stagg pitching.

A new gymnasium is to be built at Brown University which will cost $50,000.

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Cambridge Manual Training School beat the senior nine yesterday afternoon.

The average cost of board per week at Memorial for the month of March was $3.96.

Brown has been presented with the gift of fan astronomical observatory from Governor Ladd.

The new board on the Brunonian consists of Stone '92, Learned and Sharpe '93, and Hazeltine '94.

A. J. Cumnock '91 has been prevented from rowing with the senior crew lately by an abcess on his thumb.

Yale and Princeton will play a championship game of base ball on the Manhattan field, New York City, on June thirteen.

E. L. Caldwell. the famous Yale stroke, will probably stroke the eight oared shell of the Nassau Boat Club this season.

The expenditures of this year's foot ball eleven at Princeton have amounted to over $15,000, of which $7,000 was expended in gifts.

The Amherst athletic team has secured Thomas Aitken for a trainer. The team went to the training table on Monday.

Cambridge University students to the number of 1,400 have signed resolutions protesting against the admission of women to the universisy.

The Coumbia 'varsity crew this year will only average 160 pounds, making it the lightest crew Columbia has put on the water for years.

All the alumni of Wesleyan are being asked to vote on the question of changing the name of the college, and to suggest any new name, if a change is favored.

Capt. Roddy, of the Princeton Mott Haven Team, has ordered his men to appear on the field for practice at 2 o'clock instead of at four as formerly, so as to accustom them to the heat of the afternoon sun.

The Conference Francaise will, as usual, give some spring theatricals about the 1st of May. There will be two plays-"La Poudre aux Yeux," a well-known comedy by Labiche and Martin, and Moliere's "Les Precieuses Ridicules."

A few changes were made in the 'varsity boat yesterday. Lynam rowed at 4 and Powers at 2, making the order as follows: Stroke, Perkins; 7, Kelton; 6, Vail, 5, Cummings; 4, Lynam; 3, Rantoul; 2, Powers; Bow, Newell; coxswain, Cobb. Adams and Keyes coached as usual.

Announcement has been made at Cornell that all juniors and seniors who have good standing in the general courses will be allowed to take regular work in the law school and have it counted tward graduation. This plan practically reduces the course to three years for all who enter the law school.

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