Ex-’94- P. P. Sturdevant has returned to State
College to look after some work now being done
on the new Mechanical Building, and expects to
r emain here until next January.
Ex-’93. M. E. Benson was married to Miss A.
E, Metzger of Philadelphia on Wednesday even
ing, November 2nd, in that city. A notable
feature of the wedding was that the ushers were
alumni of this college. Among them were J. F-
Shields ’92, G. S. Demming ’9O, Lintz ’92, and
Elliot Ex-’94 as best man. A large reception
was tendered to their many friends, after which
the couple left on a late train for Florida.
’92. M. S. McDowell paid a short visit to the
college and his friends here during the first part
of the month.
’92. J. N. Stephenson has accepted a very lu
crative position as civil engineer in the employ of
the Spokane Falls and Northern R. R. Company.
The office of the company is at Spokane Falls,
Wash.
’9l. Hugh Hamilton is situated at Pittsfield,
Mass., where he is designing paper mill machinery,
and is not with the Stanley Electric Company as
was announced in our last issue. He has formed a
partnership with Mr. Maloney as Consulting and
Manufacturing Electric Engineer, 21 North Water
St., Rochester, N. Y.
M. W. Bohn formerly connected with this insti.
tution is at present managing the branch of the
Union Mining and Roofing Company at Norfolk,
Ya.
’BB. J. C. Hickman has recently been appointed
agriculturist at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment
Station, situated at Wooster, Ohio.
’BB. Geo. M. Downing, late assistant in physics
at the college, is studying for the degree of Elec
trical Engineer in the Brooklyn Institute of Tech
nology, and hopes to accomplish his purpose by
one year of hard study, the laboratory being very
well equipped with apparatus, and an active man
at the head of the department. Mr. Downing’s
address is 444 Herkimer St,, Brooklyn, N. Y.
THE FREE LANCE.
’B3.W. E. Gray, the prominent attorney at law
in Bellefonte is rejoicing over the addition to his
family of a fine,baby boy. AVe offer our congrat
ulations to Mr. Gray.
’B3. Rev. W. C. Calder leit his home to go to
California about the first of October, intending
to spend a little while there talking on his work.
He also made a short visit with his brother-in-law,
Prof. Heston, formerly the head of the preparato
ry department here, and who is now residing at
Seattle, Wash., after which he left for his mission*
ary work in Burma,
Forty men have tried for the Mandolin Club at
Princeton
Eleven Presidents of the United States were col-
ege graduates,
Wellesley opened with 720 students and not 479
as was stated in our last issue.
The senior class of Cornell is to build an athlet
ic club-house as a memorial.
The total enrollment of students in all the de
partments at the U. of P. is now 1,950.
Wesleyan is to have a $75,000 gymnasium;
work upon which will commence shortly.
Two Chinese ladies have entered the medical
department of the University of Michigan.
Of the three thousand students enrolled at the
University of Berlin, eight hundred are Atneri-
It is said that Senator Stanford has made his
will leaving $ 120,000,000 to the Stanford Univer-
At John Hopkins an examination in gymnastics
is required of the under graduates before a degree
is conferred.
The best endowed college in this country is Co
lumbia, with $9,000,000; Harvard is second with
a fund of $8,000,000,
COLLEGE ORBIT