—The dynamo which was wound for Mr. Green
wood by the students in the Physical and Electric
al department of the college in the fall °rip, has
been used until recently in lighting the shops of
the Huntingdon and Broad Top railroad at Rock
Hill furnace, Some time ago the armature
burned out, due it was thought to the engine not
governing well. The armature was returned to
the department, rewound and shipped back March
Ist.
—For several weeks past, the secretaries of the
literary societies have been in correspondence
with some gentlemen from the University of Penn
sylvania. A joint meeting was held on the even
ing of February azst in Washington Hall when it
was . announced that the college had been invited,
through the literary societies, to join an oratori
cal league of the colleges of the State. It was voted
that the invitation be accepted, and W. A. Silli
man„ was • chosen to represent the college at
the first meeting, to be held Saturday, February
25th, at Philadelphia. A pleasant informal re
ception was tendered the visiting delegates
by the two literary societies the evening be•
fore. Men were present from Lafayette, Lehigh,
Haverford, Swarthmore, Dickinson, Franklin and
Marshall, and Pennsylvania State College, mak
ing eight colleges represented including the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. Next morning at zo,
the meeting was called; and, after a little, prelim
inary discussion, a temporary organization was ef
fected. After deciding that the vote should be tak
en by colleges, the meeting passed into a commit
tee .of the whole to draw up a constitution. Quite
spirited discussions were held on several points;
but, after three hours hard work,..ihe regular meet
ing was resumed and the constitution adopted as
read. Election of officers was then proceeded
with.. Mr. Emhardt, of the University, was unani
mously elected President. Mr. Kletn, of Franklin
and Marshall, became Vice President, Mr. Carver,
of Swarthmore, Secretary, and the Treasurership
went to the , delegate from Dickinson: According
THE FREE LANCE.
to the constitution, Mr.Emhard and Mr. Carver
became ex-officio members of the Executive Com
mittee. The other three men chosen were Mr.
Chambers, Lafayette, Mr. Merrill, Lehigh, and Mr.
Silliman, State. As it was well past dinner time,
the meeting was adjourned, and all except the
Executive Committee said their good byes and
separated for their homes. The committee, after
refreshing the inner man, met at 3.00 to draw up
the by-laws. They worked for several hours, but
finally came to the conclusion that there were so
many points that needed discussion and mature de
liberation that it would be better to postpone the
matter to a future date, and the meeting was ad
journed after attending to the immediate business
on hand. All the delegates speak highly of the
University men, and Mr. Silliman desires through
the "FREE LANCE," to thank them for the many
kindnesses shown him. Space forbids the pub •
lishing of details in this issue. Suffice to say that
the first contest will be held at Philadelph!a on the
night of the State Sports and that quite a sum will
probably be realized from it as it is likely that the
University musical organizations will be present
and help to make it a complete success.
—The "K. K. K." club meets every Saturday
evening at one of the residences on "the hill,"
and plays whist. Members are : Prof. and Mrs.
Davis, Prof. and Mrs. Butz, Proc. and Mrs. Buck
hout, Mr. and Mrs. W. L Foster. Substitute
members are: Misses Harkness and Gray, Prof.
Waters, Frank Pond and Mr. Olds. President,
Prof. Buckout ; Scorer, Prof. Butz; from whom we
cbtain the following score.—
The above score is the average of a small num•
ber of rubbers and therefore, perhaps not a faith
ful index of relative skill. Ordinary whist is
Mr. W. L. Foster 0 81
Mrs. Foster 9 CO
Mrs. Butr 9 60
Mr. Butz 2.55
Prof. Baekout 2.29
Prof. Davis 3.28
Mrs. Attekout 9 16
Mrs. Davis 1.96