A. Beaver, Mrs. D. H. Hastings, Mrs. Louis E.
Reber, Mrs. William Thompson, Jr., Miss H. A.
McElwain and Mrs. John H. Orvis. The eve
ning was somewhat marred by the delay of the
Bellefonte special, caused by snow drifts. Instead
of arriving at 8 o'clock it did not reach here until
tm.p. A dinner was given in honor of John W.
Noble, Secretary of Interior, by Alpha Upsilon of
Beta Theta Pi, at its chapter house on the evening
of Feb., 22d. Among other Betas present were
Gen. J. A. Beaver, John I. Covington, G. A.
Beaver, A. A. Patterson and H. W. Mitchell.
PERSONALS.
'92. Milton S. McDowell is doing some special
work in chemical analysis at the North Carolina
Agricultural Experiment Station, Raleigh, N. C.
'9l. D. M. Taylor is on an engineering corps of
the Allegheny Valley Railroad, and is at present
situated at New Castle, Pennsylvania.
'B9. J. 8,. Struble, formerly with the Union
Switch Company, at Pittsburg, has now taken
charge of the signaling of the Reading terminals.
'BB. J. C. Hickmam has recently taken position
as assistant chemist, Cleveland Rolling Mill Com
pany, Cleveland, Ohio.
'B6. H. J. Patterson, of Washington D. C.,
chemist of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station, recently made a short visit to his home in
Mrs. A. E. Canfield, a former student, and wife
of A. E. Canfield, 'B2, is reported as being serious
ly ill at Jenkintown, Pa., near Philadelphia.
'B4. Milton Lowry and wife were present at the
college for the celebration of the 2 2nd, inst. Mr.
Lowry is a prosperous lawyer in Scranton and ex
pects.to return to the college during Commence
ment week. •
'Bi. Prof. David 0. Etters, principal of the Belle
fonte High School spent a day at the college on
the 22nd, of February.
THE FREE LANCE.
' 79: A. O. Smith, a successful lawyer of Clearfield,
Pa., was present with his wife at the dedication ex
ercises of the new Engineering building.
'7B. Miss Anna M. Stackhouse, of Philadelphia,
is spending the winter in the family of Dr. Arms
by.
' qB. Frank Knoche, of Harrisburg, a former
trustee of the college, spent the 22nd, with his
wife on a visit to his alma mater.
'6x. C. Alfred Smith, a prosperous coal mer
chant of Chicago, and at one time professor of
chemistry in this institution, recently wrote to the
Prof. Pond a letter of characteristic reminiscences
of college days, which letter Dr. Atherton read in
chapel on the afternoon of the 22nd, and which
was enjoyed by all.
'66. Cyrus Gordon, a prominent lawyer in
Clearfield, for many years and at present a trustee
of the college, was present with his wife at the ded
ication of the Mechanical Engineering building
and accompanying festivities.
Alexander Murdock, junior partner in the firm
of J. R. and A. Murdock the well known florists
of Pittsburg died in that city on February 9th, in
the 53rd year of his age. Mr. Murdock was a for
mer student at this institution and after serving
honorably through the war started with his broth
er in the above mentioned business at which he
achieved great success.
Mr. Jos. E. Mitchell, for many years post mas
ter of the town of State College, and a warm friend
of the students and many of the alumni, died at his
home on Thursday, Feburary the 23rd, in his 63rd
year. His son, John, a former student at the col
lege, was home at the time of his father's death,
leaving Minneapolis, his place of business,
diately on hearing of his sickness.
Among the many alumni who spent the
recent vacation with us were : —'Bo. J. F.
Robb, of Pittsburg; 'B2. I. P. McCreary, of Os
ceola; 'B2. John Dale, of Bellefonte; 'B3. W. E.
Gray, of Bellefonte; 'B9. A. A. Patterson, of Al-