—The Academy of Harmony has been remod
eled and renovated under the. supervision of
Messrs. Allen and Smiley.
—The Sophomore class . very suddenly and un
expectedly gave up the notion of taking • the
chemistry and physics course.
—Joseph W. Reeves, brother of Prof. C. F.
Reeves, and member of class 'B4, is taking a post
graduate course in electrotecnics.
' —s3oo in cash prizes, the gift of Captain Rob
erts, will be distributed among the cadets the
coming term for excellency in tactics.
—The new catalogues of 'B7-'BB are out: Sev
eral important changes have been made in the
civil and mechanical engineering departments.
—Seven invitations to the lecture I "Nettie, I
am sorely puzzled for whom I shall decide; why,
my heart is just going pit for Pat all the time."
—The contract for building the new Assembly
Hall has been closed, and its erection will pre
cede that of all other buildings about to be erect
ed.
—Weller is determined to fight it out on the
"Northern line" if it takes until his graduation.
A junior won't succumb to a partial faculty cau
cus.
—The Athletes have abandoned the gymna
sium and now devote their exercise hours to base
ball, foot-ball, lawn-tennis, bicycling, promenad
ing, ctc.
—No further need of sending to Pittsburg for
''full front" bouquets. The State College green
house will furnish the choicest and most fragrant
selections,
—The boxing tournament at the close of last
term, under the management of Harry . McClaren,
was the most exciting entertainment given during
the session.
—Lover's lane is an attractive and sacred place;
at least more students are seen there on the promo•
mule on Sunday than on-any other thoroughfare
about the college.
—The Y. M. C. A. Bible class was divided into
four divisions, each division selecting a leader,
who teaches the class. This division was nec
essitated, owing to the great number that belongs
to the association.
THE FREE LANCE.
—The coming term promises to be one of un
usual activity. Each student seems to have rec
ognized the fact that satisfaction with self is the
only guarantee to success.
—J. G. Mitchell, State College's base-ball
pitcher, will pitch fur the Portland,(Maine) team
the coming season. Mitchell is rapidly coming
to the front as an expert•player.
—J. C. Hickman,class 'BB, is prostrated with a
severe attack of bronchitis, having been confined
to his bed for almost three weeks. His many
friends hope for his speedy recovery.
The following juniors have been elected by
their class as the contestants for the junior ora
torical prize : Weller, Roop, Patterson, J. D.
Hunter, Morris, Hawk and J. P. Jackson.
—Preceptress. "Young gentlemen, if you were
to call on the young ladies you would not sit on
tvo legs of your,chair as you now are." Brown,in
a suppressed tone, "No, we sit on the sofa."
—The following are the newly elected officers
of the C. L. S.: President, J. R. Rose; Vice
President, G. D. Chamberlain ; Critic, J. M.
Walker; Editors, T. A. Gilkey, L. A. Lamson;
Rec. Sec., Zink; Cor. Sec., L. A. Lamson.
—While two Italians were exhibiting, on the
front campus,a large bear of the cinnamon species,
many remarks were made concerning a bear's
characteri stics,when two sweet soprano voices float
ed from a third story window, "bears won't bite
a human being to death, Oh, Nora, so perfectly
human, you know.
—Another appropriation of 5t50,000 ought to
be made to the college for the purpose of build
ing a Female Seminary and a Preparatory de
partment. The foreseen prosperity, the satis
factory work clone, and the increased number of
students are certainly incentives enough to call
forth such an appropriation.
—After the preliminary examination in chem.
istry of last term, the first annual banquet of
class of '9O was given at the Union Hotel. The
banquet surpassed even the wildest hopes and
fondest imagination of its participants. Festivity
and splendor reigned supreme and the occasion
was one long to be remembered by the sopho
mores. The banquet was served in the most ele.
gant and princely style,
after which toasts were
responded to by members of the , class and the
prosperity of each one was drank.
—The mock national Republican convention,
held by the C. L. S. in Cresson Hall, during