'BB—Samuel Cooper, of Uniontown, is superin••
tend.ent of a stock farm at Turtle Creek, near
Pittsburgh, Pa.
—Arthur Musser, an old student, formerly
employed b, the Keystone Bridge Company, of
Pittsburgh, is clerking for J. M. Gusky, of the
same city..
'B6l-larry, J. Patterson, assistant chemist of the
Pennsylvania Experiment Station, at this place,
has been appointed chief chemist of the Mary
land Experimental Station.
'B3—\V. 14. Gray, attorney-at-law of Bellefonte,
delivered a memorial address at Pine Grove on
Decoration day. Prof, Heston delivered an ad
dress the same day at Boalsburg.
—Frank and J. K. McFarlane, both former
students., paid us a visit during the first of this
month. J. K. McFarlane, who resides in Belle
fonte, is a successful hardware dealer.
'B9—Robt. Gibson, now a student at Washing
ton and Jefferson College, Carried off the first
prize essay in the Junior contest. "Bob" also
won distinction in the athletic sports on field day.
'9r.—R. W. Greene, of Merchantville, N. J., is
attending St. Steven's Institute, in Philadelphia.
Greene went through "prepdom" here, and left
'9l at the close of the winter term, to the regret
of all who knew him.
—Prof. Heston, principal of the preparatory
department, has been offered the presidency of
two Western colleges. Prof. Heston is worthy
of such a position. At present he cannot say
anything definite as to his action on these offers,
—Among the old students who visited Camp
McAllister there were Frank Woods, 'BB ; W. J.
Singer, 'B7 ; Archie Allison and Harry C. Roth
rock, both of 'B5. Profs. McKee, Reber, Jack
son, and Dr. near also came to see the boys in
camp.
—Dr. Atherton returned hoMe from his tour in
Europe on ,the 28th of last month, to the surprise
and pleasure of all the students. The Doctor
will not enter tipon the active duties of President
at present, owing to other work relating to his
observations of industrial education in Europe.
'9o—J. G. Mitchell, who left college this term
to pitch for the Portland (Maine) base ball club,
has signed as pitcher of the Salem (Mass.) club,
receiving a salary of $250 a month. The Port
land team having disbanded, gave Mitchell this
THE FREE LANCE.
opportunity. John seemed to be the only ball
player on the Portland team.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF
The class of 'B4, like the class of 'B3, has
a history that has never .before been written.
Looking back through a period of nearly eight
years, to the fall session of 1880, we recall with
pleasure the ten "fresh" faces, beginning the rec
ord of the class of 'B4, only twio of whom, as
members. of the class of 'B4, were destined to
face the realities of the much-longed-for yet
dreaded graduation day. The names of these
ten were : James W. Alexander, Hezekiah No
ble Campbell, Philip D. Foster, Dugald C. Jack
son,
,Andrew Parker, Emma Blanche Patterson,
William M. Potter, Joseph W. Reeves, Robert
F. Whitener and Garry H. \Vood. Miss Patter
son was welcomed from the class of 'B3.
By the close of the Freshman year, Messrs.
Campbell, Foster, Parker, Potter and Wood had
dropped out of the class. At the 'beginning of
the Sophomore year in 1881, four new members
were enrolled, viz Robert M. Brown, John F.
Healy, Helen Jackson and Milton W. Lowry.
These persons aided greatly in making the
Sophomore year the liveliest and most enjoyable
of our four years' stay at Pennsylvania State Col
lege, The cimax and crowning event of the
entire course was reached in the ''Sophomore
banquet," the memory of which overflows with
the joy, mirth and happiness of that blissful even
ing. All who were present will also remember
how, when the time for the toasts came after a
sumptuous feast,we felt almost "too full for utter
ance.". The class now numbered nine, though
there were of course just double that number
present at the banquet.
At the close of the Sophomore year Messrs.
Brown and Whitmer dropped out of the class,
PENNA. STATE COLLEGE
JOSEPH W. REEVES