At a distance of about 600 feet north of the main college building stands the most valua ble of the late improvements ; this is the large building which contains the new Physi cal and Chemical Laboratories. This build ing is not yet completed, but when finished, the laboratories will be unsurpassed by any in the country both as to architecture and equipment. Before the plans were drawn up a committee was sent to our leading univer sities and colleges to gain ideas. The main college building has been im proved as follows : The corridors have been enlarged and tastefully decorated, and lighted on each landing from first to fifth floor by large windows cut through the heavy stone wall. Square spiral stairways of ash, nicely orna mented, have replaced the old ones, and on the second floor between the two spirals a balcony breaks the monotony of a wide hall. The first and second stories of the centre wing have been converted into a magnificent chapel containing a gallery and an ample stage. It is furnished with opera chairs and will accommodate 600 people. The Cresson and Washington Literary Societies occupy finely furnished halls on the fifth floor of the centre wing. Two fine residences of Queen Anne style were recently built on our north campus, one for the U. S. Military Instructor, and the other for the Director of the Experiment Station. Twenty-five acres more have been added to our campus, thus giving us a campus tastefully laid out, containing about eighty five acres. When we consider that these changes have been made within the last two years, and that they are known to be indicative of what is to come, it is no wonder that the classes of ’9O and ’9l each opened their sophomore year undiminished in numbers, which is an unusual occurrence in any college. The number of students has increased so as to tax our ac- THE FREE LANCE. commodations to their utmost. We need more dormitories, Hello! Spring poets! How are you ? Base-ball progressing. The poet of ’9l says, “He would dislike very much to be under the authority of the Rebel Yoke-urn.” Gilbert Beaver attended the Inauguration. Hile and Rothrock, of Company 8., Fifth Regiment, went with the Company to the Inauguration. Why is a tin can, tied to a dog's tail, like an eclipse of the moon ? Because it is bound to oc-cur. Messrs. J. B. Walker and T. C. Johnson, were sent as delegates, by the Y. M. C. A., to the District Convention held at Milton. Did you hear about Master Beattie getting lost in the city of Sourstown ? The college colors, pink and black, show well. Sledding parties—a thing of the past. Fresh banquet, “ ()nly a toast, On this little roast, Of fnltecl calf, nml cod-lish halls.” Diego W. Aubrevv is “a free man by the grace of God and the Constitution of the United States.” The following six classmen have been elected for the Junior oratorical contest: W. Jackson, J. C. Mock, H. R. Leyden, Wm. Brew, B, W. Demming, an 1 I. C. M. Elcnber ger. Miss Bessie B. Meek, daugher of P. Gray Meek, of Bellefonte, entertained the members of the class of ’B9, of which she is the poetess and only lady member, at her home. A din- LOCALS,
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