Loyd thinks it is a mighty mean thing to duck a fellow just for tearing out another fellow’s room. He has found out the “Old Lady” is not to be fooled with. Phil. Foster has changed his course from mechanic arts to Geology. We presume he was prompted to take this step in order to take advantage of the excellent opportunity for fossiliferous investigation afforded in the latter department. The following are the officers selected to the Cresson Literary Society: President, Miss Ball; Vice-President, J. W. Fields; Re cording Secretary, M. S. McDowell; Corres ponding Secretary, Greenwood; Critic, Weil and; Editors, Small and Watts, Why is the Gymnasium like the millen num ? Because it is a dream of the future. Prof.—Mr. A explain the condition of a man who is bewildered. (Knowing Freshman). —He has the “raz zle-dazzle.” On Friday evening, October 18th, Rev. Cornelius, of Thilipsburg, delived a lecture in Chapel on “Shots at Shams and Shoddies.” The lecture was given in the interest of the Athletic Association. The lecture was good and forcibly delivered, and the many who failed to be of the audience missed an inter esting discourse. At last there is some hope for the incor rigible “Josephus.” The “Salvation Army” has been sending him some of its valuable literature, which, if he takes too seriously, we may soon expect to see the banner of that invincible band planted in our very midst. The foreign labor idea of the convenience of numbering men instead of giving them their names has at last struck the college. In one department the students are known as No. i,No. 2, No. 3.,etc.,instead of Mr. Brown, Jones or Smith. This is the custom in some THE FRE LANCE. of the largest institutions in this country and may become very popular here. Cres well and Kitner were suddedly called home, the former by the death of his father, Samuel V. Cresswell, the prominent iron manufacturer of Philadelphia; the latter by the serious illness of his mother, which re sulted in death. To them the students and professors extend their sympathy. Mr. Kitner has returned to college. The new gymnasium somewhat resembles a mirage. At first we thought that it was ours and could see it before us, felt a new in spiration within us and imagined great trans formations, but all this was an hallucination. As time passes on this vision gradually dis appears. “Physically” speaking the pros pects of a gymnasium are growing inversely to the square of the time. The Knickerbocker “Kids” of prepdom are always well supplied with cigarettes. Was there not a law passed prohibiting the sale of cigarettes to children under sixteen years of age. These youngsters, removed from par ental care, try to follow in the foot steps of older students, therefore those who ought to know the effect of cigarette smoking, should try to set a better example before those over whom their actions have no influence. A Sophomore, with his head clasped be tween his hands and deeply engaged in some subject before him, did not notice the arrival of a second person, who silently stood by and watched him. Finally the Soph, violently closed his book, arose slowly from his seat, paced up and down his room several times as if in deep despair, at last stopped before the mirror, and, as if addressing himself, exclaim ed: “Our Professor has said many foolish things, In the early part of October W. E. Moore, while pointing stakes with an ax in engineer ing practicum, cut a severe gash in his leg a little below the knee, uncovering the bone.
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