Fact and Rumor.

Oppenheim, '88 has returned to college.

Mumps have broken out among the students at Columbia.

The '89 tug-of-war team pulled two inches from '87 yesterday.

Mr. G. R. Carpenter has been elected editor-in-chief of the Monthly.

A runaway in the square yesterday afternoon caused great excitement.

The class of '89 at Yale will join with Sheff. '88 in forming a class crew this spring.

The '89 Chess Club has accepted the challenge of the '89 Chess Club of Columbia.

There is a movement on foot to found a Jewish theological college in New York.

A prize has been established at Dartmouth for the best "distinctively Dartmouth song."

At the close of the debate to-night, shingles can be obtained by those who have signed the constitution this year.

The next lecture under the auspices of the Historical Society will be given Friday, March 11, by Col. Douglas.

A new building for the college of Physicians and Surgeons, for which W. H. Vanderbilt gave $250,000, is to be erected on 10th Avenue and 59th Street, New York.

The old Barrett gymnasium has been fitted up for training purposes by the the Base-Ball Association, and batting (sic) is every day practiced there. - Amherst Student.

A reception was extended to Col. Allan last evening after the lecture, at the residence of Justin Winsor. The members of the Historical Society were invited guests.

The Alpha Delta Phi alumni held their annual dinner at Young's, Tuesday evening. A large number of prominent graduates from various colleges were present.

The Andover faculty have granted permission to the students to accept the boats offered them by Yale. The boats to be sent are the eight oared paper shells used by the Yale 'varsity crews of '79 and '80.

The Glee Club returned yesterday from their trip to Philadelphia. They were very enthusiastically received by an audience of several thousand. The performance itself was considered the best that the club has given this year.

At the Physical Seminar this evening, Mr. Buckingham will lecture on capillarity and surface tension, and Mr. Pulsford will show his recent discovery, besides giving a short lecture on the methods before in vogue. All interested in Physics are invited to attend.

The abstract of chapter XI "the Possibility of error" in the text-book in Philosophy 3 is a voluntary exercise. Those who wish to have their theses marked will add a thorough criticism to the abstract. The mark will count one fourth of the final examination. The theses are due any time before June.