vited were all the members of the Senior class,
and all the ladies rooming in the college building.
All present express themselves as having had an
enjoyable time, and being sorry they had to leave
when the ten P. M. bell rang.
On Thanksgiving eve Misses Nellie and May
Patterson, entertained quite a number of .their
classmates at their sunnyside home.
There were social gatherings on Thanksgiving
day at Professor Buckhout's, Professor Jackson's,
Lieutenant Pague's and Mr. Olds'.
The second sociable, a taffy pull, was given by
the " Young Ladies of the Village," at " Thrift."
Here many of the youth were taught by their fairer
companions how to make good taffy. Choice
selections rendered on the piano, dancing, pro
gressive euchre, and the singing of songs, kept the
party merry until a late hour. In progressive
euchre, B. Demming took the prize. The socia
able was a decided success.
On Tuesday evening, Nov. 27, Lieutenant and
Mrs. Pague gave a reception at their new residence.
Many of the faculty and residents of the college
were in attendance, as were also Captain and Mrs.
Roberts, of West Chester. Professor Butz and
Miss Hoogs rendered a duet, and Dr. Frear added
several instrumental selections.
A number of the ladies of the village have or
ganized a society called the "Young Ladies of the
Village," semi-monthly sociables, phantom parties,
taffy pulls, etc., are held at different residences.
The first of these was a phantom party, given at
Miss Mary Foster's, to which many elite ges.pen
star were invited. After an hour and a half of
merry making between the incogniti, the ghostly
robes were laid aside and the masks removed,
and all breathed more freely. Several hours more
were pleasantly spent in dancing and various
games. All were delighted with the excellent
time, and think the organization a worthy one.
COLLEGE ORBIT
Lehigh has adopted the cap and gown.
Fasner Schleyer, the inventor of Voloptik, is
dead.
THE FREE LANCE.
Mark Twain has received the degree of Master
of Arts from Yale University.
Thirteen hundred and sixty members of the
University of Cambridge are opposed to co-educa-
At Cornell all the appointments to offices in the
battallion are approved by the faculty.
Dartmouth has sent out 290 college professors
and presidents, and 20 judges of the Supreme
Court.
Cornell has tried the plan of having Monday as
a holiday instead of Saturday, and pronounces it an
improvement.
The editors of the Lehigh Burr have been ex
cused by the faculty from all literary exercises.
Levi P. Morton was a Dartmouth man, as was
also W. T. Sherman. Cleveland was not a col
lege graduate.
The Garfield University, at Wichita, Kansas,
has received slo,ooo from Mrs. Garfield.
One-fourth of the applicants for admission to
Harvard, are from undergraduates of other colleges.
Syracuse will soon have its new college build
ing, which will, it is said, be the finest college
building in the world.
The largest university in Europe is Rudel All
rechts, at Vienna. It has 285 professors and 5,000
students
Dr. Huebner, the noted Latin scholar of Berlin
University, has been elected to succeed Professor
Warren at Johns Hopkins.
It is said that a number of ladies of the River
side Tennis Club, of Hoboken, N. J., have organ
ized a foot-ball team, to be composed solely.of
the gentler sex.
At Amherst a student is allowed to cut one
tenth of his recitations and practiciums, and not
required to account for such absences.
Professor Asa Gray has bequeathed to Harvard
all copyrights of which he was the owner, all en
gravings of plants, pictures of trees, herbs, etc.,
and all portraits of botanists.