Miss Ruth Barnes, one of Philipsburg’s
attractive young ladies, spent a few days, last
week, at the home of her friend Miss Stuart,
in the village.
The world is rolling on and we are glad to
notice that the population of State College is
keeping even pace with it.
Miss Katie Gossler, of Columbia, Pa., has
for some time, been visiting her sister, Mrs.
Lieut Pague. We are glad to learn that she
will remain until after commencement.
COLLEGE ORBIT
The Cornell crew, row eight miles a day
regular
Columbia has a Fencing Club of twenty-
five members;
Lafayette expects to start a course in Elec
trical Engineering,—P. S. C., already has
one.— Ed.
Yale issues five periodical publications,
Plarvard and Princton four, and Cornell three.
Amherst Syracuse and De Pauw have or
ganized College Senates. At De Pauw it
has superseded the literary societies.
One hundred thousand dollars is being
raised to endow a chair of Protection in Yale,
to combat the Free Trade theories advanced
by Professor Sumner.
Sixteen colleges and universities in the
United States are without presidents.
A course of Electrical Engineering is about
to be started at Princeton. A hall will be
built especially for that department.
THE FREE LANCE.
The theological department of the new
Catholic University, in Washington, will open
this Fall.
Last year fully 200 men at Harvard had
physical developments, according to Dr. Ser
geant’s measurements, exceeding that of . the
best developed man in 1880.
Omega Pi, a new society at Columbia, is
so secret that it is impossible for outsiders to
learn who belongs to it.
Swarthmore and Rutgers have been among
the most fortunate colleges in receiving large
gifts during the past year; the former has
added $185,000 to its endowment and the
later $160,c00.
Chauncey M. Depew, ’54, will deliver the
annual address at the Yale Law School Com-
mencement this year,
Ex-Governor Pillsbury, the flour magnate
of Minneapolis has just given the Minnesota
State University the sum of $150,000.
There are ninety-five graduates of other
colleges studying at Harvard.
Ten thousand students are at present at
tending the university at Cairo, Egypt.
William and Mary College is to be re-open
ed, after a long period of inactivity, as a State
Normal School.
The University of Wisconsin has recently
built a new scientific hall, at an expense of
$270,000.
Cornell etiquette requires that no lady rec
ognize a gentleman acquaintance on the uni-
versity grounds,