affair was one of the most successful yet held, but unfortunately the success in a financial way was not so brilliant. The Armory was decorated in the usual man ner. An occasional stack of guns surrounded by flags, drums and other warlike accoutrements made the Drill Hall present a rather military as pect while the display of flowers and college colors gave it quite a handsome appearance. The music for the evening was furnished by Stopper and 14'ishks' orchestra of Williamsport and was rendered more effective than on previous occasions, by its position on an elevated platform in the centre of the floor. The dancing lasted from 8.30 until i o'clock. At about ro:3o the orchestra gave a concert dur ing which period refreshments were served. LOCALS. H. Walton Mitchell visited the college on May ist and and. The umpires for the base-ball games are Messrs. Fernald, Holter and Thompson ; for tennis Messrs. Downing, Reber, Holter, Sparks and Olds. The following committee has been appointed by the Athletic Association for the purpose of s e curing funds for Athletic grounds : Read; Kint ner and Cartwright. As far as the interests of the college are con cerned, the publications of the students speak far more to observing people than the curriculums in the annual catalogue. Mr. J. M. McDowell (Patsy) a former member of the class of '93 intends to spend the summer in Europe, and will then go to Africa to complete his course in mining Engineering. With the advent of warmer weather, the drill will be almost entirely Battalion drill, in place of the Company drill, necessarily entailed by being confined to the armory during the winter. Lieut. Wolf hopes to bring the Battalion to a high degree of efficiency by commencement. THE FREE LANCE. An observatory for taking meridian observations has been fitted up for the Civil Engineers a few rods north of the Experiment Station Laboratory. Messrs. Camp, Fields, McKee, Suloff, and Tay lor of the Senior class have been selected by the Faculty as commencement orators. N. H. Su loff has been elected valedictorian by the class. The view from the cupola of the Main Building has been peculiarly beautiful for some nights past, for on every side the blazing lights of numerous forest fires might be seen creeping along the mountain sides. On Tussey mountain the fire tra versed, at least three miles, in less than two days. Colonel Sandford delivered his well known lect ure, "Old Times and New," in the college chapel on Monday evening, April loth. The lecture was well attended and proved a decided treat to all present. The College Athletic Aociation for whose benefit it was given made quite a neat lit tle sum. The first match game of tennis of the season, was played, as scheduled, on April 3oth between the classes of '92 and '93 on the court belonging to Mr. F. L. Olds. '92 represented by Messrs W. Mc- Kee and S. H. Brown defeated '93 represented by R. W. Williamson and F. Dale, winning the best out of three sets. At a meeting of the Y. M. C. A., on May 7th, the following officers were elected : A ten inch theadolite, manufactured by Frauth & Co., Washington, D. C., has been placed in it, the cross hairs of which can be illuminated by an electric light plant which has also been put in the observatory on a small scale. By the aid of this and several other fine instruments part of the Senior class will make accurate determinations of time, longitude, latitude, azimuth etc, Brewer, R. B. Mattern, Welty, . Kintner, . Loyd, . President. Vice Pres. Rec. Sec. Cor. Sec. Treasurer.
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