The Free Lance. Vol. 3 THE FREE LANCE. Published monthly during the college year by the Students of The Pennsylvania State College. STAFF: EDITOR, GEORGE R. MEEK, ’9O, ASSOCIATE EDITORS Benj. W. Demminh, ’9O. H. V. Holmes, '9l. [. Frank Shields, ’9l. N, M. I.oyd, ’92 Business Manager, Geo. R. Johnson, ’9l. Assist. Business Manager, Much Hamilton, '9l ( One Volume (9 mos.) TERMS: J Single Copies. ( Payable advance. Contributions of matter ancl other information are re quested from all members and ex-members of the College. Literary matter should be addressed to the Editor. Subscriptions, and all business communications should be addressed to the Business Manager. Entered at State College Post Office as second-class matter AMONG the many familiar faces that will fail to greet us upon our return next Fall, none will be more missed by the stu dents than those of our esteemed Command ant, Lieut. S. S. Pague, U. S. A., and his amiable wife. Their home has ever been a place where each one feels that he will receive a pleasant welcome and find an enjoyable re spite from his monotonous labors. It is the unanimous feeling of the corps that in the Lieutenant they loose one who at all times has had their pleasures and com forts at heart, and who has upheld their rights in every particular. With his name we associate our enjoyable experience at Camp Roberts; the pleasures and excitements of our trip to Gov. Beaver’s Inauguration and our part in the parade; and that week of unalloyed enjoyment which the the corps spent among the fascinating scenes of Camp STATE COLLEGE W. 11. Walker, T. A. Gii.khy, C. 11, Mile, 92. PA., JUNE, 1889 McAllister. It is a source of much regret throughout the corps that the detail, which expires in July, was not extended for at least one year longer, as was so earnestly desired and asked for. The Lieutenant will join his regiment, which is now stationed at Fort Buford, Dakota, in the early Fall. 111 leav ing he can feel assured that he carries back to the frontier with him, the most grateful! thanks and hearty good wishes of the students of The Pennsylvania State College. THE annual athletic contests and sports at P. S. C. have for many years been of little if any importance ; all our efforts have been in the direction of base-ball and foot ball. One year ago we had quite a run of cricket, but it was only momentary and lasted but a term ; in tennis we always hold our own. Honors and laurels have been justly bestowed on our base-ball and foot-ball teams, the former not having lost a single game this season. But in general athletics we are weak; where are our vaulters, jumpers, sprinters, hurdle racers, etc, ? We have the material in many of our students, but it never has been devel oped by good, systematic exercises and in structions. Now, to the point of this editorial. Money toward equipping our new armory with gym nasium apparatus has been appropriated by the State Legislature in sufficient amount to insure us a gymasium of no mean dimensions. Our commandant, Lieut. S. S. Pague, has been, delegated to visit Cornell and Harvard Universities, inspect their gymnasiums and apparatus, and especially the movable appli ances in Cornell’s armory, consult with Dr. Sargent, of Harvard, and report to the Ath letic Association. By next term the gymna- No. 3
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