'79. Frank B. Greenawalt, who is in the em ploy of the C. R. R. Co., of N. J., is looking up the interest of a chemical laboratory. He was recently, ht Altoona, and also visited the college for the purpose of inspecting our laboratory. '6B. T. B. Comstock has been elected Prof. of Mining and Metallurgy in the University of Ari- —Walter Lovett, a member of the "A" Pre piratory class of last year and now a student at Cornell, visited us recently. —Ex Gov. James A. Beaver, H J Wood ward,*Capt. Roberts and Mr. S. R. I) )wning, in spxte:l he new fire cicapei which have been erect ed on the three back wings of the main building. —Among those of our friends who attendel the Senior Reception of Friday evening Nov. 27th, were Capt. Roberts and family, Geo. T. Bush, 'Si. Geo. R. Meek, '9o. H. 13. McLean 'go. W. P. Brew '9o. the Misses Barnes and Miss Haley, sister of Mr. Haley, who is taking a post graduate course in chemistry and assisting Dr Pund in the lecture room. —W. H. Kemler, who took a special course in chemistry and graduated with the class of 'B6, and who had been employed by the Oliver Iron & Steel Co., of Pittsburg, Pa., has accepted a position in Ashland, Ky., where he has full charge of the Ashland Steel Works and. Blast furnace • laboratory, COLLEGE ORBIT. The Freshman class at Wellesley numbers 198 Bryn Mawr and Wellesley talk of organizing an intercollegiate athletic association. A . national conference on University Extension will be held in Philadelphia, December 29 to 31. The Dartmouth College base-ball team will be trained by John Ward during the winter months. Merril :.shurtlqff has been elected captain of the E LANCE. THE FRE The average age of those who enter college seventeen years A running track, tennis court, etc., are bei I.tid out at the Stanford University. The fin for athletic purposes are unlimited. Stagg, Yale's famous base ball pitcher, and rush of a few years ago, will probably be pointed Instructor in Athletics at Yale, The faculty of the University of Wiscon have abolished examinations, except where class standing is below 85 per cent. Harold G. Ernst, Harvard's famous base I pitcher of a decade ago, has been appointed ass ant professor of bacteriology, at Harvard. The fund, to endow a Cornell Pew in the Am can Church, at Berlin, is being slowly raised. I there is no doubt that the necessary $ loco will secured Haverford began to prActiee critcket in "sheds" on October 28t h . This will be kept systematically during the winter months. Dartmouth makes the fifth American colic having a Christian Association building. 'l' others are Yale, Johns Hopkins, Cornell and tl University of Michigan.—Ex. Speer, Princeton 'B9, and well known in athl tic circles as end-rush of the Princeton team of '8 'BB and 'B9, has accepted the position of /.I.silittu Secretary to the Board of Foreign Missions of tl Presbyterian Church. The new library which Henry W. Sage gave Cornell University is practically finished, and tl removal of books thereto from the old library w begun a short time ago. This edifice has a capaci for the accomodation of 470,000 volumes. T building is so constructed that addition can made to the west and the south wing of the buil ing. The Andrew D. White library of 30,c. volumes will occupy a separate room. The buil ing will cost when completed $300,000 and tl university will have besides the interest of s3oa 000 to invest in more books.
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