Fact and Rumor.

The candidates for the University crew will be called out on Monday, February 11.

The University of Syracuse has lately received a gift of $400,000 for its endowment fund.

Yale, Princeton and Columbia are making arrangements for a triangular bicycle meet to be held at New Haven in May.

The library of 70 books, with which the East Cambridge Reading Room was started, has been increased by the purchase of 150 books and the gift of about 200 others.

The Yale Freshman crew squad has recently been reduced to thirty-six men. These men have been divided into four eights and are being coached by members of the University crew. The first crew has an average weight of 161 pounds, and is made up of the following men: Stroke, C. Adams, 148; 7, Pitzipio, 155; 6, Sooysmith, 163; 5, Weymouth, 185; 4, Curtis, 156; 3, Dellano, 156; 2, Miller, 175; bow, Blagden, 155.

The Yale Union, the principal debating organization at Yale, has recently adopted the form of a legislative body corresponding in nearly every way to the National Congress. The members have been equally divided into three parties, Republican, Democrat and Independent, and the members of each division are to advocate the general principles and political policies of the national party which they represent. Each division is also to have a leader, and those bills are to be discussed which are now being considered in Congress. No fixed division is to be made according to states, but every man will represent the state in which he lives.