tral part of the State and all present had a most enjoyable time. Work on the new Engineering buildings has been resumed Mr. Geo. T. Aellew, of the University of Roch ester, was appointed to the position of assistant in mathematics in the Preparatory Department. Miss Stuart and brother gave an At Home, to their many friends in this vicinity, on Friday evening, April Ist. Dancing was the order of the evening. Prof, Sparks, principal of the Preparatory De partment, and Prof. Davis will take up the work of Prof.. J. Y. McKee (deceased) in connection with their other work. On Friday .evening, April rsth, the pennant won by the P. S. C., foot-ball team from the "Penna. Inter-collegiate Foot•ball Association" was formally presented to the P. S. C. Athletic Association. Monday evening, April 4th, the young ladies remaining at the College gave a social at the cot tage. Dancing was the prime amusement. Re freshments were served and all present had a very agreeable time. At an athletic meeting held Monday evening, April I ith, the students decided to have the Col lege represented by the athletic team, at the Schuylkill Navy Club meeting, to be held in Philadelphia, May 17th; and at the Pennsylvania Inter-collegiate Athletic Association contest which is to take place in the same city, May 2 rst. At the same meeting trainer Hoskins presented four handsome silver cups to the College Athletic Association to be awarded after two handicap con tests to the four persons having the highest num ber of points in the series of events for which each cup is offered. The following are the series of events : r. 440, 220 and zoo yard's dashes. • 2. Running high and running broad jumps. 3. z and 1 / 2 mile runs. 4. Putting shot and throwing hammer. THE FREE LANCE. The team caps which Mr. Hoskins offered some time ago were then presented to the men who have conic up to the records which were publish ed in a previous issue. The ones who received them were Atherton '92, for running high jump. Brown, '92, one mile walk ; Cartwright, '95, putting shot ; Connelly "Prep." running high jump and Hildebrand '92, putting shot. An Athletic mass meeting was held in the chapel Friday evening, April isth. The pennant, won by our foot-ball team in the games of the State League, was formally presented to the Ath letic Association. Prof. Louis E. Reber presid ed at the meeting. Prof. Sparks made the presen tation speech, and R. W. Williamson, president of the athletic association, received the . pennant. James R. Hughes, of Bellefonte, taking athletics for his subject, gave quite a lengthy and fitting talk. Prof. Sparks then presented, on behalf of the foot-ball team, a gold watch charm to J. F. Shields, manager of the team of last season. The charm was a miniature satchel similar to the one he carried on the trips last fall. The college orchestra furnished the music for the occasion. • The new well is finished. It was drilled to a depth of 374 feet, when water in great abundance was secured. Test pumps were in operation for five clays and nights which caused an average flow of 1.4,000 gallons per hour, the supply being ap parently inexhaustable. A large steam pump will be used to draw the water and it is probable that hereafter we will not be put to the inconvenience of doing without the necessary supply of water, which has been the case at times heretofore. . The new railroad, which was being built when the students left for their spring vacation was corn. pleted soon after their departure, and the first train rolled into the State College station, on Sat urday, April 2nd, at 1.30 p. m. Quite a number of people came up from Bellefonte on the first train. An excursion of invited guests, among whom were the professors and their wives, mer
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