“Baldy” told us to mention his name in the
paper and he would settle the damages.
Hereafter the ladies rooming in the college
building will board with the Misses Gray,
thus avoiding the inconvenience of a long walk
down town for their meals.
The universal complaint of the students
after returning to college was, that vacation
was too short, and a regret that the earth was
not covered with a mantle of the beautiful.
The new Cresson and Washington halls arc
nearing completion. They are situated on
the fifth floor of the main college building, in
the rear of each hall, and cut off from it by
large folding doors are the societies’ reading
rooms, which can be thrown into the main
halls if the audience is so large as to make it
uncomfortable in the halls proper. The walls
are being hung with the best selections of
paper, and the halls, the pride of the members,
will be fitted up in the most modern and im
proved style.
The students have discarded the old college
yell, and a committee has been appointed to
frame a new yell subject to the approval of the
Athletic Association. The association was di
vided in regard to the old yell, one part
claiming that it was not euphonious enough,
the other that there was lack of care in euphony.
We are inclined to favor the latter.
Quite a nurnber of the boys came back at
the beginning of the term with heart disease.
Hamilton, Shields “and others” from appear
ances are the most severely afflicted, We
hope they will soon recover, and be able to go
on with their studies.
“Bow-Benson” on the way home during
vacation was carried so far into dreamland by
the rolling motion of the train, that the con
ductor had to bump his head on the arm of
the seat in order to bring him to his senses
long enough to punch his ticket.
THE FREE LANCE.
" Rosa” why does it take three waiters and
one side of a table for you at the Baker house
in Lewisburg?
To all whom it may concern: may these re
solutions of the Sophs be known as drawn upon
this the ist day of January, 1889,
Resolved, That we will fake no more for
bidden fruit-juice, as the price of faking is too
dear, and probation is not dear enough.
2. Resolved, That we borrow “Tammery”
no more, at least not in the near future, as
a mule would be more suitable for the oc-
casion
3. Resolved, That “Our Girls” be present at
our next banquet, also our president.
4, Resolved, That “Our Girls” be instructed
to make every effort to be present at our class
meetings, and be it known they were never in
tentionally left uninformed as to the time of
our class meetings.
5. Resolved, That we ever remember the
blessings the faculty bestowed on us as a class
last term, and endeavor ’ere the close of this
year to pay their indebtedness.
6, Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions
be presented to the faculty with the request
that our probation be removed simultaneous
with our starting in the new career.
On Friday evening, 13th inst,, Miss Helen
Foster, assisted by the Y. L. V., entertained at
her house a company of students. Miss Fos
ter and the Y. L. V. as is their rule, spared no
pains to make the occasion most enjoyable.
“ Progressive Sense,” whist, dancing, and favor
ite games were the amu'sements of the pro
gramme. The following persons were present:
Misses Carrie Hunter, Carrie Harkness, Blanche
Patterson, Lulu Meek, Bessie Meek, Minnie
Gray, Minnie Roop, Lizzie Stuart, Messrs.
John Schaffer, Frank Schaffer, George Dem
ining, Price Jackson, Weller, Roop, Holter,
J. B. Walker, James Foster, Leyden, George
McKee, Waldron.