FACT AND RUMOR.

Club table at 97 Mt. Auburn street. Mrs. Morgan.

The track is now in excellent condition for running.

A number of freshmen have joined the lacrosse club.

Mr. Dunham has been elected leader of the Glee Club.

The Glee Club has accepted the invitation to sing at Haverhill, Dec. 15.

One hundred and sixty dollars have been subscribed to the freshman crew.

Mr. P. H. Goepp, '84, has been elected accompanist for the Harvard Glee Club.

Did the one copper-colored Harvard graduate get an Indian summa-cum-laude? - [Ex.

To Let - One of the most desirable rooms in Felton, on the first floor. Apply to the janitor.

A club table of twelve can be accommodated at 42 Brattle street. Will give a large, pleasant dining room.

Throwing of the hammer and putting the shot are so limited this fall, that there is a very good chance for new men in these events.

Messrs. Burch and Heilbron have been appointed by the Pi Eta Society as members of the committee on arrangements for the senior class meeting.

The services in Appleton Chapel will be conducted next Sunday by Rev. Edward Everett Hale; on the 22d by Rev. James Freeman Clarke, and on the 29th by Rev. Mr. McKenzie.

Champion L. E. Myers has given up business for the time and gone into strict training for his matches with Mr. George. The American is directing his efforts to the mile race, realizing that that will be the odd event.

A meeting of the non-society members of the class of '83 will be held in Holden this evening for the purpose of electing two members of the committee to make arrangements for the coming class meeting.

Postals have been sent to the members of '86 by the president of the H. A. A. requesting that, if they have had any experience in or have any desire to participate in track athletics, they enter for some event in the fall freshman athletic meeting.

The 'Varsity Eleven will probably play a practice game Saturday afternoon with a team composed of graduates: Those who were present at the game with the graduates last fall will look for a lively contest. Let us all turn out and encourage the team.

In the sophomore readings for the Lee prizes last night, the prizes were awarded as follows: G. R. Nutter, $35; M. J. Stone, $35; E. J. Weld, $35; M. J. Henderson, $20; E. B. Young, $20. The judges were President Eliot, Dean Smith, Profs. Hill and Thayer, and Messrs. Curtis, Hawes, Tiffany, Grant and Winsor.

At a meeting of the Finance Club last evening the following named officers were elected: President, Mr. Frank Taussig; secretary and treasurer, Mr. Samuel Norris; executive committee, Mr. Frank Taussig, Mr. Fletcher Ranney, Mr. A. C. Denniston; lecture committee, Dr. J. L. Laughlin, Mr. Samuel Norris, Mr. G. H. Heilbron.

The first drawing in the singles of the tennis tournament for this afternoon is as follows: Le Moyne vs. Sexton; Rathbone vs. Cole; Gardner vs. Mandell; Agassiz vs. Goodwin; Denniston vs. Perkins; Bacon vs. Clark; Bird vs. Taylor; Winslow vs. Codman; Butler vs. Simes; Warren vs. Beals. These sets will be played off in the courts near the society building this afternoon, the weather permitting. Doubles will be played later.

At the Harvard Union debate on the river and harbor bill last evening Messrs. Wigmore, '83, and Hibbard, '84, were the regular speakers in the affirmative, and Messrs. Barnes, '84, and Loeb, '83, in the negative. Mr. Barnes, '84, was appointed on the reading room committee, vice Mr. S. N. Hayes, '84, resigned. Resolutions were adopted on the death of Mr. G. C. Van Benthuysen, '82. Sixteen men joined the Union after its adjournment. The next debate will be on the candidacy of Gen. Butler.

The Harvard ('86) correspondent of the Phillipian, says: "The thing which is the strangest to our 'freshman understanding' is the absolute freedom. After leaving Andover we hardly know what to do with ourselves, unless we hear the quarter of eight bell strike, to warn us to our rooms. Another change which, though strange, is pleasant, is the step from Andover clubs or boarding-houses to the magnificent dining-hall at 'Memorial.' I say 'magnificent,' begging all pardon for speaking differently from Clarence Cook in his article published in the North American Review.