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on the 9th of November. We congratulate
them heartily.
Out of a class of over 400 Freshmen at
Yale only eight have so far presented them
selves for daily training in foot-ball.
R. G. Davies, who is known to many of
the older students, has moved his place of
business from Tyrone to Altoona,
Dr. Armsby and Prof. Butts attended the
last meeting of the State Agricultural Society
at New Castle.
Messrs. Newburn, Heppenstall and Spensz,
of Pittsburg, visited their sons at P. S. C.
recently.
Prof. Buckhout was present at the last meet,
ing of the State Forestry Commission held
at Philadelphia.
Miss Anna T. Peabody, of Salem, Mass,
has for some time past been visiting at the
pretty home of our President, Dr. Atherton.
Misses Martha Keller, Blanche Hays and
Caroline Orvis, of Bellefonte, attended the
reception given by the Beta Theta Pis. Dur
ing their stay at college they were the guests
of Mrs. Jas. Y. McKee.
John G. Mitchell, formerly of ’9O, who has
for the past season been pitching on the
Minneapolis team, has returned to his home
in State College to spend the winter.
Charles H. Musser is studying medicine
at the Jefferson Medical College instead of
the University of Pennsylvania as stated in
our last number.
COLLEGE ORBIT,
The University of Michigan has 2,100
names enrolled upon its list of students.
The sod has been turned for the new ath
letic field at Amherst.
The Christmas vacation at Yale lasts three
weeks.
THE FREE LANCE.
One hundred thousand dollars is being
raised to endow a chair of Protection at Yale,
through which the free-trade teachings of
Prof, William G. Sumner are to be combated.
The cane rush between 140 Freshmen and
some 60 Sophomores of Lehigh resulted in
an easy victory for the Freshmen.
The Harvard Observatory is to have a new
$50,000 photographic telescope, the gift of
Miss C. W. Bruce, of New York.
No student will be allowed to return to
Lafayette without pledging himself to abstain
from hazing. In the Pardee scientific depart
ment of the college a course in electrical en
gineering will be opened this term.
An Oberlin professor’s text-book was found
on the campus not long since, and on the
margin was written the following: “ Use joke
No. 17 in connection with this paragraph.”
One of the professors of the University is
giving the students weekly lessons in singing
college songs.
Prof. William Appleton, of the Greek chair,
has been elected to succeed Dr. Magill as
President of Swarthmore.
Dr. Daniel Ayers has given $25,000 to
wards the endowment of a chair of Biology
in Wesleyan University.
Prof. Richards, of Yale, having examined
the records of 2,425 students finds that the
athletes fall very slightly behind the non
athletes in scholarship,
The chapter of Alpha Delta Phi at Am
herst has established a fund of $5,000 for a
fellowship in history and political economy.
Regular military instruction is to be given
to the Sheffield Scientific School students at
Yale. Lieut. Totten, 4th Artillery, U. S. A.,
will have charge of the course.