FACT AND RUMOR.

The balcony at the boathouse will not be rebuilt.

The winter games at Princeton were held the 22d of February.

Professor Hill will lecture in Sever 11, at 11 this forenoon, on "Jane Austen."

Over five hundred names were signed to the petition before 5 o'clock, yesterday.

The Glee Club and Pierian Sodality give one of their coffee parties this evening.

A new Chair of the Science of Politics is to be founded at the London University.

Prof. Paine, at the conclusion of his symphony on Saturday night was presented with a handsome bouquet.

Dr. McCosh has added a new volume to his Philosophical series, entitled "Locke's Theory of Knowledge."

In the January merit roll at West Point, Alexander, the colored cadet from Ohio, stood ninth in a class of one hundred.

A meeting of the junior class has been called for this evening at 7 in Holden to consider the question of a class dinner.

The death is reported in England of Isaac Todhunter, the author of the celebrated algebra treatise, with which all freshmen are familiar.

Robert F. Wallcut, of Boston, a graduate of Harvard, in the famous class of 1817, and prominent in the antislavery movement, is dead.

Mr. Stimson's '78, "Mrs. Knolleys" has been reprinted from the Century Magazine as one of the new series of "Stories by American Authors."

Major J. F. Huntington lectures this evening under the auspices of the Harvard Historical Society, on "Chancellorsville," in Sever 11, at 7.30 P. M.

The lacrosse team are now working daily in the "cage." It is expected that Marquand, '85, will return to college in time to play on the team in the spring.

At the meeting of the Mass. Historical Society, tomorrow, a paper will be read on "The Rev. Benjamin Woodbridge," the earliest graduate of Harvard College.

Messrs. W. A. Gardner, Jewett and Johnson, '84, have been appointed a committee to make all the arrangements for the Phi Beta Kappa dinner, which will be held on the 20th.

Mr. Thomas William Backhouse of Sunderland, England, has sent L25 to the fund for the Harvard observatory, "on account," he says, "of the interesting work done there."

The spring meeting of the 7th Regiment Athletic Association will be held in New York, March 15. The customary events will be contested, most events being handicaps. A novelty will be a roller skating match.

The general petition to the faculty against the athletic resolutions can be found at Bartlett's as well as at the Co-operative. All are urged to sign as soon as possible as the petition will be handed in to the faculty today at noon.

Mr. Jones will meet any member of the senior or junior classes, not assigned to a section, on Monday, at 3 o'clock, in Holden. This arrangement is for the benefit of those intending to enter the Boylston contest, or for those preparing for the commencement exercises.

The question of admitting women to McGill University, Montreal, has been discussed a good deal lately by the college authorities, and although some are in favor of admitting them, there seems to be considerable objection to it. In the mean while, Dr. Dawson, the president, has gone to Europe intending to make inquiries on the subject, and the faculty have decided to await his return before making any move.

Amherst has been invited to join the Inter-collegiate Rowing Association, but it cannot accept. There seems to be no desire to get up a crew at present. In regard to this the Student says: "Perhaps it is too much of a luxury for Amberst to support considering her unmatured position, but it makes us feel sad to think of an athletic lacking. Nothing left but baseball? Surely in that we should be excellent."