—Cider evaporates very rapidly at “P. S. C.”
—The new cadet is fascinated with the foot
“Dear Malinda,” is the popular song of P.
“Throw physic to the dogs I'll none of
I—Junior. 1 —Junior.
—Yocum was evidently too much of a child
on circus night.
—The Freshmen raised cane at the begin-
ning of the term.
—Say b boys, don’t t-t-ear us out, S-S-Fa-Sam's
got the c-ch-chills.
—I am a senator’s son, so you must excuse my
being a little Fresh.
—“Mad Dog”is C. M. Johnson’s literal defini
tion of Hydrophobia.
—The electric light will greatly enlarge the
facilities for “sparking.”
, —Say, you new men 1 Where is the lake with
the excursion boats on it ?
—Why is “Cannibal” like a church steeple?
Because he runs to a point.
—The Cresson Hall looks beautiful since it
has been lighted by electricity.
—Why is company A like an old man ?
Because it is guided by a Sta-a-aff.
—Our Base Ball Club is without a diamond to
This ought not so to be.
play upon.
—Blair trying to light his cigarette with the
electric light—“l want my three dollars.”
—Poor “Nig” returned and stayed just long
enough to become acquainted with the new cadets.
—Porter says : “if the boys would only bring
my bung hole back I would’nt care for the
cider,”
—The village is enjoying quite a rush in build
ing. W ith two new churches, four new store rooms
and several houses, one would hardly know the
old place.
THE FREE LANCE.
—Work has been suspended on the new Labo
ratory, until next spring, on account of the
scarcity of stone cutters.
—The grapes in the vineyard did not last long
when the two hundred half-starved students were
left to care for them.
—“Dad” has resigned his position as chaplain
of the class of ’B9, The resignation was accept
ed with unspeakable regret.
—The College Orchestra knows how to play
“ff” passages (violintly). We know Nau the
reason whereupon the thusness.
—There was quite an accident in the pump
house on Sunday morning, caused by the balance
weight falling off the walking beam.
—Local editor Hawk feels so highly elated over
the success of his attempts to ride a bicycle that
he unwittingly makes note of it in these columns.
—“Bottle” got up the other night and turned
the radiator on, and muttered as he tumbled
back into bed, that “the darned Electric light
don’t work.”
—The heavy bearded old magician, Frost, has
put in his appearance and is rapidly turning the
bright green leaves of summer into the many
variagated ones of late fall.
—The College “ausorities” expect to turn the
field at the north east end of the College into
a campus this fall, thus giving us about fourteen
acres more of play-ground.
—“Mable, Little Mable,
With her face against the pane ;
Looks out and sees the Light Brigade,
Charging in the rain.”
' —At a recent meeting of college classes the
subject of college colors was considered, and a
committee of three, representing the Senior, Ju
nior, and Sophomore classes was appointed to
present solid and combination colors to be voted
upon by the students. Of the colors presented
the combination dark pink and-black was unani
mously adopted by the students.