Mr. Ray Kessler, of Brant, who was taken
home on account of sickness, has recovered
and returned to college. Glad to see you Ray,
give us a shake!
Go to Henry Miles for information in regard
to the gallant act of assisting a lady to alight
gracefully from a carriage.
Dickinson foot-ballplayer with surprise,"Have
you ladies here?" " Why yes, we could'nt do
without them,"
The trusses for the support.of the roof on
the new assembly and drill hall fell with a
crash, doing considerable damage to the wall
and the trusses themselves. This accident will
necessitate a delay of the work for about a
month.
The new college yell which is now given on
trial is:
Yah ! yah! yah ! Yah! yah yeh !
wish—whack! pink, black!
P! SI CI
If you Want to light a match do not scratch
it upon the wall, but go to "Woodchuck's"
room and scratch it upon his hatchet. Office
hours from 7 A. M., to I I P. M.
"Buck" Reber is now boarding at the hotel
"Sally de Long:" He has only been there a
few days, but he thinks the chances for "a lay
out" are good. The hotel is run on the Euro
pean plan.
The college parlor will hereafter be open to
both sexes on Wednesday evenings from the
closing of rhetoricals until 9 P. M., during which
time the ladies without special permission can
meet their friends. This move is in the right
direction and is appreciated. It does away
with the unnecessary inconvenience Of spend
ing valuable time in obtaining permission to
say a word or two to a friend.
The ladies of class '9l may wonder why
they were not included in the banquet given
THE FREE LANCE.
at the Bush House. If so, let them recur to
the memorable taffy party of last year, when
no one except a dignified Junior or Senior
could satisfy their "wildest hopes and fondest
imagination" of what a taffy puller ought to
be. Go bury thy sorrow.
As this is the month when the turkey is
prepared for feasting, our boys are already
looking forward to the time when this annual
feast occurs; they think if they are away from
home and can't go to " grandfather's house"
as usual, they can get something good to eat
at State College if " grandfather " is not present
with his approving smile.
The hunting club which was organized last
fall has been re-organized, and is doing effect
ive work. It is composed of five members,
the best nimrods in the college. Any parties
contemplating a banquet in which it is desired
that wild game shall be one of the treats on
the bill of fare, can have their orders filled at
rock bottom prices by leaving them with the
manager of the club, Samuel Crawford,
Mr. Shimer, not heeding the advice given to
the wise virgins, failed to have his lamp trimmed
and burning the other night when the electric
light went out, in order to be prepared to take
his tri-annual bath. But rather than be defeated
in the task he would borrow a lamp. After
getting the lamp and groping his way back to
his room, water sprang out as from the walls,
doing more effective work than he could pos
sibly have done himself. Mr. Shimer is in
much doubt to know whether this was a
miracle, or only a freak of nature. "Give him
a pointer, "Patsy."
The ladies of the Sophomore class feel as if
they had no say whatever in Sophomore affairs,
and as if the class were divided against them.
They have not been to one class meeting this
year, did not know what their class colors were
until indirectly informed after the banquet,
were not consulted when the editor of their
class was elected, and in fact, express them-