The FREE LANCE staff elected C. H. Hile and R. W. Williamson as its representatives at the meeting of the Inter Collegiate Press Association to be held in Philadelphia on Saturday April i The mechanical engineers of the class of '9l have completed and set up the fifteen (is) horse power engine started by the class of '9o. The engine is finely finished and compares very favor ably with the work of practical machinists. The Engineering Society has elected the follow ing officers to serve during the coming term : W. A. Bartley, President. D. M. Taylor, Vice President. W. W. Bohn, Secretary. C. M. Green, Treasurer. H. D. Long, Editor of Journal. Judging from the sign "C. P. Long, Bargain Store" that appeared on the morning of March 17th in one of the attic windows of the Main Building, a stranger might have thought the col lege was a seat of trade and barter rather than an institution of learning. For some time Dr. Atherton has been endeav oring to arrange for a series of lectures by repre sentatives of the various government departments at Washington. At present arrangements have been made to have a lecture descriptive of the workings of the Post Office Department on April 25th; of the Treasury on May xst, and of the Navy on May isth. The Hon. John H. Orvis, Capt. Chas. W. Roberts, Cyrus Gordon, Esq., Hon. John A. Woodward, and Dr. George W. Atherton, com posing the executive committee of the Board of Taustees, of the College, met in the Presidents office on Saturday, March 21st. Among other business they granted the Athletic Association the ground in the rear of the Chemical Laboratory as a site for the new track and also appropriated a sufficient sum of money to pay the cost of con struction. The work on the track will be started as soon as the weather permits, under the super vision of a committee of the civil engineering students. THE FREE LANCE. The class of '93 has elected the following staff for the purpose of collecting material for their edition of the La Vie to be published in '92. Editor in Chief J. M. Small. Associate Editors Kintner, Fay, Caughey, Mattern, R. B. Rothrock, Gross and Greenwood. R. W. Williamson. Business Manager A special service was held on Easter Sunday, commemoration of the day. The following pro- gram was rendered : Gloria Patri . . . Corgregation, Invocation, . . . Rev. E. E. Hoshour, Hymn, • . . . Congregation, Scripture Lesson, . Rev. E. E. Hoshour, Anthem, . . . . Chapel Choir, Prayer and Sermon by Rev. E. E. Hoshour, Hymn, . . . . Congregation. The following table shows the average scores made each week by the different companies of the Battalion in the gallery practice of the last term. Position P standing off Kneeling R sift. Lying down Co ' hand sight 200 yards. ing sight 200 yds sight 500 yards A 12 17-31 13 7.10 16 20.31 18 1.28 1817 16 547 17 22.27 B 13 16.29 166.4 17 527 187.27 1817.28 187.28 171.20 0 11 22 29 141.27 17 143 18. 17 22.27 181.0 10 817 D 12 30.31 1610.31 17 16 20.31 15 18 31 14 26-30 1017.26 Arms need, . . Springfield rifle. Calibre, . . . 43, • Powder, . . . 4 grains, Ballet, , Range, Scores, . . . 5 shots each, Maximum value possible, 25. The final Rhetorical Exhibition of the Pre paratory Department was held in the chapel on the afternoon of March zoth. It represented a session of the continental Congress. The follow ing program was very successfully rendered. Paper The Congress in Session Reading, A letter from John Adams to Mrs. Adains Miss Mitchell. Recitation Declaration of Independence, Bettgler. Dialogue Congress passing the Dec lamation of Independence. The members of Congress were impersonated by Grunwell, Morgan, Snyder, Cartwright, Kunes, Blackburn, Brown, Welty, Gray and Metz. . 140 grains (round), . 60 feet, Peffer.
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