'92. W. W. Taylor is working for the New
York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Com
pany.
Prof. Butz and Dr. Armsby read papers at
the meeting of the State Horticultural Soc
ciety held at Mifflintown, Pa , on the 1 sth of
January.
'B9. R. P. Swank is studying law in Potts
ville, Pa.
—Dr. Aimsby, Dr. Frear, Prof. Butz and
Prof. Caldwell are booked for addresses
before the Huntingdon Co,, Farmers' Insti
tute, during this month.
'B7. J. Frank Strouse recently accepted a
position as draftsman in the office of the Balti
more and North Central Maryland Railroad at
Baltimore. He visited his parents at the
College during the vacation.
COLLEGE ORBIT.
The tuition of Clark University is $2OO.
The French government has despatched a
delegate to study the workings of the various
branches of athletics in American colleges.
Cornell and Lehigh both claim fourth place
in foot ball rank.
The class of '92, at Princeton, holds the
interclass championship in base ball, lawn
tennis and lacrosse.
Ex-President McCosh, of Princeton, has
severed his connection with the college en
tirely, as far as instruction goes.
The students of Johns Hopkins Univers
ity have secured the athletic grounds of the
Baltimore Y. M. C. A. for practice.
Ames, of Princeton, has been practicing
pole-vaulting lately, and is now the best
vaulter in college, having cleared 9 feet
4 inches.
E LANCE.
THE FRE
A new chapter of Sigma Phi is about to be
established at Cornell. Cornell has already
more fraternities than any other American
college.
The students at Andover have a post-office
for their own use in the Academy building.
It consists of a nuit'ber of lock boxes and is
managed by a student.
The new grounds of the Olympic Athletic
Club, San Francisco, are nearly completed,
and $175,000 of the %250,000 club-house
bonds have been taken.
Cornell has graduated two women archi
tects. One has a position in an office at
Buffalo, and the other will have a fellowship
at Cornell for the ensuing year.
A committee has been appointed by
Columbia to consider the formation of a
league next year between Cornell, Columbia,
Lehigh, Lafayette and Rutgers colleges.
A debate will be held at Princeton, on
Washington's birth-day, between four men,
one from each class. The debate will be on
a political question, and a prize of $5O will
be awarded to the best debater.
The Amherst College Glee Club made a
long Christmas trip.
There are twenty-four Japanese students
in the University of Michigan.
In American colleges there are 3847 men
who are preparing for the ministry.
There are 34 men in the Harvard Fresh
man Glee club, and five men in the Banjo
club,
The Senior Class at Columbia has ordered
an assessment of $ to on each member, for
the class day expenses.
The Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity at Am
herst has given the college a fellowship in
history and economic science.