Fact and Rumor.

All special notices must now be given to Leavitt & Peirce. No notices to be inserted more than one day will be received after 7.30 p.m.

The annual report of the president appeared yesterday.

There will be no recitation in Pol. Econ. IV. to-morrow.

There will be no more of the Freshman Glee Club till after the Mid-years.

A large number of men took advantage of the skating on Holmes' Field, yesterday.

The faculty of Exeter Academy have decided not to allow the students to build a toboggan slide.

The toboggan club at Yale has raised the limit of its membership from two hundred to three hundred.

Pfeiffer, '89 is not a candidate for the 'varsity eight but will row with his class crew in the spring races.

The medals for the Cricket Association are now finished and ready for sale to the members of the association.

It is reported that there is a phenomenal catcher in the Law School who will try for the nine in the spring.

During the thaws of the past week the paths in the yard have been kept in excellent condition (for a man with a boat.)

Andover is to have a course of piano recitals this winter to be given by some of the most eminent pianists of the country.

The following men are now rowing with '89 - Perry, Hight, Hebard, Proctor, Ruland, Markoe, Woodbury, Morse, Howe and Forbes.

The Conference Francaise held a very interesting meeting in 18 Stoughton, last evening. Mr. Sanders spoke on "Les Cables Transatlantiques."

An enthusiastic alumnus of Trinity has undertaken to build at his own expense for his Alma Mater a large building for tennis courts, walking and running matches, base-ball, etc.

A dramatic club has been formed at Yale with Captain Rogers of the University crew as chairman. As soon as it is thoroughly organized it intends to give a series of theatricals.

Prof. Mac Vane could not get over as much ground in History II. this year as he did last and therefore some of the sections of the syllabus will have to be ground up before the Mid-years in addition to the regular work.

A prospectus of the Tenth Annual Course in cookery given at Lassell has been received. The work comprehends a review of domestic work from boiled herring to marketing. Lasell is to be congratulated.

Rogers, '87, Dana, 88 and Brown, '90 ran a novel 100 yards dash on the ice of Holmes' yesterday. They were accompanied by two or three skaters. Despite the handicaps of the others, Rogers won easily, and covered the distance in 10 1-4 seconds.

The first rowing weights used at Yale consisted of open bags of sand fastened to ropes that passed over pulleys. The crew rowed twenty minutes daily and during the last three or four minutes of each pull the captain stood by with a tin cup and filled up the bags as rapidly as possible to produce the effect of a spurt.

The firm of J. Bergmann & Brothers of Troy, are about to build for the Yale University crew a new paper shell, to combine all the advantages of shells hitherto used, without disadvantages. It is 65 feet by 25 inches, one foot longer and one inch wider than the shell used in last year's race. This shell is to be tested by the Yale crew and is sent by the manufacturers merely as an experiment.

The second trial of the high jumping contest held in the gymnasium at Yale last Saturday was won by Sherwood, '90, with a jump of 5 3-4 feet by reason of his handicap over Shearman, '89, who jumped 5ft. 2 3-4 inches.