THE FREE LANCE.
VOL. I.
THE FREE LANCE.
Published monthly dur'ng the college year by the Students of
The Pennsylvania State College.
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GRIFFITH J. THOMAS, 'BB.
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AT last a foot-ball team has been
organized. Now, “let her go."
P. S. C ! Hep, Hep, Hep, Boom ! !
THE first annual report of the de
partment of Mechanic Arts and
Mechanical Engineering of this college
is out. It is handsomely gotten up,
and reflects much credit upon the abili
ty and energy of the professor in
charge of the department. The cuts,
excepting the frontispice, are all repro
ductions of drawings made by the stu
dents of the department, and they give
one 3D excellent idea of the kind of
STATE COLLEGE, PA., NOVEMBER, 1887.
John S. Weller, ’B9.
Geo. R. Meek, '9O.
work* done here, much better than if
couched in descriptive words. We are
sorry that all our departments are not
headed by such energetic men as Profes
sor Reber. Some of the departments, in
deed, are on the wane owing to the lack
of interest shown in them by the pro
fessors in charge. What we want is a
little more “go" in our faculty. Stud
ents will not work when not inspired by
the actions (not the words) of their
teachers. When the student realizes
that a professor is endeavoring to make
his department interesting and profita
ble to him there will be less nonsense
and more work done in classes and
laboratories.
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THE lecture to be given under the
auspices of The Free Lance, on
the 18th instant, should be liberally pa
tronized by the students and friends of
the college. This is the beginning of
an experiment which may lead to the
establishment of a permanent lecture
course, arid much will depend on the
success of the first lecture. All of our
higher colleges have or are instituting
permanent lecture courses, and their
unanimous verdict is, that no college
should be without one. It is indeed a
great privilege to listen to the master
minds who are directing the thought of
the age—keeping it within the chan-
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