soon be increased so that Pennsylvania,
like her sister state, shall possess an
institution of which it may be. said, that
there, “any person may receive instruc
tion in any study.”
THE combining of the College class
es into an association for the
purpose of arranging and regulating a
series of games of foot ball for the
class championship of the college,
marks a new feature in the order of our
sports. A schedule which is satisfacto
ry to all classes has been arranged, and
two games played, giving such satisfac
tory results that every body is anxious
to see the next. That it will be for the
best there can be no doubt, judging
from the results already attained. The
manly strife which takes place between
the classes in a game of foot ball, goes
far toward tempering class feeling. It
will be a means of working off the sur
plus class feeling which always exists
between classes. It is there, every time,
and will break out at any day if there
is not something like a game of foot
ball, where the contesting is done un
der a set of rigid rules. The arrange
ment of these games shows a good
natured rivalry and should be an exam
ple to future classes worthy of being
followed. Already much enthusiasm
has been aroused and all classes are in
training, thus procuring a benefit which
they could not have attained otherwise.
On the whole, the scheme is one of
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which the originator may be proud, and
well worth being noted by the succeed-
ing classes.
THE Journal of the Engineering
Society promises soon to stand
among the first of the college publica
tions. It is a new departure, and one
well worth commending. When we
consider the amount of responsibility
connected with the undertaking, we
fully realize that it has required a great
deal of honest effort to make it so
great a success. It is published tri
ennially and contains a selected number
of the papers which have been read be
fore the society during the term. It
has been and always will be a vast
amount of good to the society, for it
has awakened a new interest in its
members to do more faithful work, to ex-
ercise more care in its preparation. The
society may feel proud of this new ad
venture, for among similar publications
of other colleges it has not a superior,
either in appearance or quality. The
Journal will prove to be the life of the
society ; and if its present high stand
ing is kept up the society is bound to
flourish. The amount of benefit to be
derived from the interest created by the
publication of this journal can not be
over estimated. Its influence in this
way has already been shown by the
enthusiasm of the members in keeping
up a high standard programme, and in
their selection of members. To the