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.