The new reports and catalogues for the year
1890-91 have been put in the hands of students.
The Faculty having granted Monday, June ist,
as a holiday,many of the college men took advan
tage of this and made flying visits home.
On the 26th of May the Engineering students
of the Junior class went to Bellefonte in order to
inspect the workings of some of the furnaces
there.
The Y. M. C. A. has elected Loyd, '92, and R.
B. Mattern, '93, as delegates to the Northfield,
Massachusetts, Summer School, to be held June
29th.
• The young lady students of the cottage and the
members of the Senior class were given a recep
tion by Prof. and Mrs. Jackson at their home on
Saturday evening, May 3oth.
Lieut. Wolf has inaugurated a new system of
punishments for infractions of military discipline.
Instead of cleaning the rifles as formerly, the of
fenders are required to walk guard for periods
proportionate to the offense.
A party composed principally of the professors
and their wives started on the morning of June ist
for Bear Meadows. Soon after leaving Boalsburg
the engine was disabled and the party was com
pelled to return to the college.
The sixth and last Rhetorical Exhibition took
place on Wednesday evening, June 3rd. The
speakers were as follows: Messrs Hilderbrand,
Rumberger, Sommerville, Eachus, Orbin, Smiley,
Aikens, Barndollar, Brenneman, Chambers,
Dickinson, Gray, F. K. Mattern, Miller and
Thompson.
THE FREE LANCE.
Mrs, Lieut, Silas A. Wolf gave a party in hon
or of her sister, Miss Mabel Sawyer, on Saturday
evening, May 23rd . Dancing was the order of
the evening, music being furnished by part of the
college orchestra,
Prepdom has made still another improvement
in the way of In electric bell in the fourth floor
hall. It rings at five minutes before the time for
the college bell to ring in order to give the
"Preps" time to get ready to go to their recita
tions.
During the past few weeks many of the students
have availed themselves of the splendid fitlting
grounds in . the mountains south of the college.
Several parties of them have been quite a distance
over the line into Huntingdon county and spent
some three or four days in camp.
A large company of the people of the surround
ing neighborhood,including many students,met at
the Branch cemetery on Decoration Day where
Memorial services were held. Prof. E. F. Davis
delivered a very appropriate and effective address.
The State College Band was present and rendered
music suitable to the occasion. The services as a
whole were very impressive.
All the students were pleased to know that both
houses had finally passed a bill appropriating the
sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for
the use of the college. The bill now awaits the
signature of the governor• The feature especial
ly interesting to all is the two thousand dollars for
athletic purposes.
The final status of the members of the Tri
angle Whist Club is as follows :
Prof. Downing 195
Read 184
Brown 181
Prof. Butv 179
olter 177
liile 165
Prof. Reber 165
Small 161
Loyd 155
Prof. Jackson 151
Herr 138
Yocum 133