Quite a number of the students spent the
greater part of their vacation at the college.
While this may not seem the jolliest way or
place in the world to spend vacation, it was
certainly the most profitable—at least to some.
Mr. Fitch who entered last term as a Fresh
man succeeded in making up his work for
Freshman year and is now ranked with the
Sophomore Class.
A reading circle was organized last term
at the home of one of the professors. These
circles have become quite popular among the
members of the Faculty and a few other
families, lately. The promotors of these cir
cles deserve much credit for the intellectual
spirit and enterprise shown. They can thus
have their select and congenial gatherings
without feeling necessitated to have the ob
trusive presence of student at their homes.
There is a general rumor that at last
some action has been taken in reference to
the Gymnasium. We hear that a list of ap
paratuses after the Sargent system has been
adopted by the Faculty and steps have been
taken to have it placed in the Armory as
soon as possible. It is to be hoped the
truth of this rumor will be soon demonstrated,
as its fulfilment cannot occur too soon for
the anxious students' mind.
This is how it was. They were sitting to
gether on the train. One was just about
asleep. The train stopped at a station and
some lady passengers got aboard. As the
train was crowded, there being no vacant
seats, the other very gallantly gave his seat
to one of the young ladies who was standing.
The one who was about asleep did not notice
the change of occupants in the seat next to
him, and before long he was sound asleep and
imagining his first companion yet by his side,
he laid his head upon what he supposed was
his shoulder, and slept like an innocent babe.
THE FREE LANCE.
The young lady not being averse to such ac
tion, in fact rather enjoying the joke, it was
left for the poor fellow to be awakened by the
general giggling and laughing which his un
conscious attitude of loving confidence caused.
At last, when aroused, rubbing his eyes and
with consternation depicted upon every fea
iure, he sat, with open-mouthed wonder, and
gazed upon his fair companion, who enjoyed
the affair quite as much as the other passen
gers. Soon he realized the ludicrousness of
his position, and there not being a knot-hole
around for him to crawl into he tried to jump
out of the window and was only prevented
just in time by his friends from taking the
awful leap, Lovett says after this he will
have somebody sent along from home to take
care of him until he reaches college rather
than run the risk of such an occurence again.
What some of the " boys " returned with :
Prof. Centre with his hair parted in the mid
dle; Moore with " Great grief;" W. H. Brown,
with La Grippe ; Breneman, with a bottle of
La Grippe preventative; Weidner, with a new
song; Love, with a sleepy look; Read, with a
fancy pipe; Kinsel with a toothache; Griffin,
with his whiskers gone ; Lloyd, with a new
musical instrument; Smiley, with a headache;
Bohn, with a of bag salt to catch birds ; Kess
ler, with a beard; Mock, with a funny feeling;
Gilkey, with a thousand year calendar, Ellen
berger, with a new curve; Greene, with a new
electric toy; Brew, with a new flirtation code;
Watts, with a farmers' almanac; Hildebrand,
with a determination to make up chemistry,
and Linsz with a new tune for his banjo.
The last Term witnessed a departure of the
Modus Operandi, in Rhetoricals. On De
cember II th, there was given a public exhi
bition of eloquence. The speakers were :
Juniors—Gilkey, Zink, Miss Hartswick and
Arthur McKee ; Sophomores—Crawford,
Linsz, Kessler, Pratt, Stephenson, W. Mc-
Kee and Miss Maggie Shaffer ; Freshmen—
Birdsall, Gross, Williams, Girven and Fay: