An exhibition game of base ball was played be tween '92 and '94 on Saturday, April 25th. On account of the sickness of '94's regular pitcher, Cartwright occupied the box for them. A seven ninning game was played, which resulted in a score of 6 to 5 in favor of '92. The Altoona district of the Y. M. C. A. held their annual convention in Bellefonte, on the loth iith and 12th of April. Thr following delegates, Messrs. Stephenson, Clark, Green and Kintner represented the college Y. M. C. A. They report the convention to have been a success in every respect. The first of a promised series of lectures on the various departments at Washington was given on Wednesday evening, April Isth, by Mr. Cooley, chief clerk of the Post Office Department. The lecturer gave a detailed account of the Department from its inception to the present time. The few statistics given showed the vast amount of work accomplished by the department during the year,' and were, to the majority of the audience, a surprise. The Senatorial Committee on appropriations, :onsisting of some seventeen members, visited the college on Tuesday, April 28th. They thorough ly inspected the shops, laboratories and college buildings. Brief speeches were made by several of the committee in the chapel, after which they watched the Battallion during dress parade and re view. After supper at the Ladies' Cottage they were driven to Lemont where they took the train for Harrisburg. The second in the series of departmental lec tures was delivered on Friday evening, May Ist, by Chief Engineer Baker of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Mr. Baker, who in the performance of his duty has visited nearly every part of the world, gave a very instructive lecture. Owing to a mis apprehension, he did not deal as fully with the practical workings of the Navy Department as was expected, and for that reason the,lecture was not as entertaining as it wonld otherwise have been. THE FREE LANCE. On Monday evening, May 4th, Gen. D. H. Hastings delivered a lecture on the Johnstown flood in the Bellefonte Opera House, which was attended by a large number of students from the college. The Chemists and Engineers of the Sophomore class played a match game of base ball on April 18th. The batteries were as follows : Dale and R. B. Mattern for the Chemists and, Greenwood Mitchell for the Engineers. The playing of Mitch ell and Orbin for the engineers, and Dale and Mattern for the Chemists, was especially fine. Kintner's phenomenal catch of a hot liner was one of the features of the game. Score was 22 to i 6 in favor of the Engineers. The College Athletic Association at their last meeting on April 16;h, elected the following officers for the ensuing year : At the same meeting the following committee, Loyd, Clark and R. 13. Mattern, were appointed to secure a trainer for the ensuing year. The Tennis games scheduled for May sth, 7th, and x 2th were played with results as follows : May sth. A. McKee and Suloff of '9l beat Damon and •Knittle of '94. Score 6—i and 62. May 7th. Cartwright and Smith, representing "Prepdom" beat Small and Dale of '92. Score 6-1 and 6-4. May r2th. W. McKee and Brown of '92, beat A. McKee and Suloff, of '9l. Score 6-1 and 6.2. Under the editorship of H. D. Long, '9l, the Journal of the Engineering Society will be pub lished during the latter part of this month. It will contain five original designs, by members of the society, which will be fully illustrated,. besides other papers. The number of pages will be in creased to nearly twice the former number and considering the pains which are being taken by C. H. Hile . J. M. Small, . R. B. Mattern, . R. W. Williamson, J. J. Kintner, President. V. President Secretary. Treasurer. Marshal.
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