'TM midnight ; on the mountain's brow The heath this night must be my bed ; If sleep and death be truly one I care not though It be. Thou art, 0 God, the life and light, The path by which we twain did go, Her suffering ended with the day In the hour of my distress. I wish I were where Helen lies ! Do we indeed desire the dead? And hast thou sought thy heavenly home ? And is there care in Heaven? LOCALS. Are you in it (The Farmer's Alliance) ? Extemporaneous speeches—Monday morning recitations. The M. E. ciurch has recently been holding a series of revival meetings and we understand that a large number of Sophomores are on special probation. The following speakers have been announced for the orators in the Junior oratorical contest : Kessler, Pratt, McKee, Miss Meek, Pond and Loyd. Stephenson, Rumberger and Hile are the alternates. Dr. Mac Cartney, of Geneva College, Beaver Falls, gave an able address in the college chapel on Feb. i 8 on the subject of Sunday Observance and especially on the question of opening the Worlds fair on Sunday. The Third Rhetorical Exhibition was held on Thursday evening, Feb. 12. The following were the speakers.: Aull, Crawford, Herr, F. Dale, Bowman, Kintner, Krumrine, W. Dale, Banks, Saylor, Sturdevant and Rothrock. On February 21, the Senior class was enter tained by Professor and Mrs. Hamilton at their home in Centre Furnace. The entertainment was given in honor of Professor's sister Miss Frank Hamilton and was a decided success. On Feb. 24th, a committee of the members of the board, of trustees and faculty of Maryland Ag ricultural College visited our college. MAryland THE FREE LANCE. College wants to make some improvements and could not do better than come here to get sug- gestions. The business capacity of State College has been increased by a new grocery and dry goods• store to be run by C. P. Long. "Fraulein" Greenwood (to Girvin, in the "Lab.") "Say Charlie I've got an idea how to get even for my big chemistry bill." Charlie—" How ?" "Fraulein."—"Why let's percipitate them ten cent pieces in the Ag No, bottle." On Feb. 28th Messrs. Hile and Williamson went to Harrisburg to represent our college at a meeting of the delegates of the different colleges that wished to enter the College Foot Ball League. Our college had the honor of starting the move ment and it is hoped that it will be carried through successfully. Professor H. D. Patton, the State chairman of the prohibition party, gave a very able address in the chapel on the evening of Feb. 9th, on the Liquor Question. Prof. Patton handled the sub ject very ably, and showed very clearly the ques tion which the young men of to-day will undoubt edly have to settle in the future. The La Vie editors expect to have their annual out about the middle of May. This one promises to be one of the best which will have been pub lished as yet by our students. The annual is a book always looked forward to with much inter est and curiosity, and it also serves to show by its appearance and make up, the talent of our stud• ents in the literary line. Three new testing machines have been set up in the old chemical laboratory, to be used con jointly by the departments of civil and mechani cal engineering. The machine for tension and compression can exert a maximum stress of one hundred thousand pounds. Of the other two ma chines, one is for torsion and the other is a cement tester, they are is considered a valuable addition to the equipment of the departments concerned.
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