The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, May 01, 1893, Image 14

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    —B. A. Musser, editor-in•chief of the La Vie,
rep )rts that the annual will be out by June r. The
artistic work promises to be of very high grade.
—The following men from '94 have in charge
the Junior's farewell assembly to the Seniors dur
ing commencement week, R. F. Martin, J. E.
Quigley, A. F. Damon, W. M: Dickinson.
—The Gun Club meets every Wednesday after
noon and are now shooting clay pigeons. The
members are Prof. H. J. Waters, D. W., Gross,
F. F. Weld, J. E. Quigley and J. G. Walsh.
—The orators selected for the Junior contest
are A. G. Guyer, L. W. Mattern, Roger Bowman,
B. A. Musser, AV B. Waite and W. A. Silliman;
alternates W. H. Rebhun and F. K Mattern.
--The contest of the class nines for the Prof.
H. J. Waters' cup has been delayed by the weath
er and match games, so that only one game has
been played. The Seniors defeated the Juniors
by a score of 17 to 8.
—The annual inter-class athletic contest to be
hell during commencement week, bids fair to be
quite interesting. Messers H. P Douler E. J. Ha
ley are at work on the programs and promise quite
a i elaborate and complete affair.
—A dynamo which was designed and construc
ted by S. H. Brown, '93 and C. S. Green, P G.
is row being tested in the Electrical Engineering
laboratory. It will be exhibited and used at the
World's Fair, after which it will be used in the
pl , ysical laboratory for electrolysis.
"Duetches Spraches Verein" has been or
gauized among the Sophomores taking German.
The club meets every Thursday evening and the
speaking of German is encouraged by severely
dealing with all who would converse in any other
tongue while at the meeting. The members are
Chas. Atherton, Dunham Barton, A. 1). Carrier;
C. D. Findley, G. D. Green, J. E. Hall, E. P.
Harder, B. B. Horton. Mark Swartz, G.
Spence and H. L. Wishart.
THE FREE LANCE.
—During the last two years the following col
lege records have been broken, xoo yds. dash,
xo 4-5 sec.; 16lb. hammer, 94 ft. 9 in,; running
high jump, 5 ft. 5I in.; running broad jump 19 ft.
63 in. ; 2 mile bicycle, 6 min. 16 sec.; 120 yds.
hurdle, i 8 3-5 sec.; 220 yds. dash, 25 3-5 sec.;
440 yds. dash, 54 sec.
The Adelphi club gave its first cotillion in the
Bush Arcade, Bellefonte, Pa., Friday evening,
April zo. It was one of the first social events of
the season. The patronesses were, Mrs. John H.
Orvis and Mrs. D. IL Hastings, of Bellefonte;
Mrs. Wm. Simpson, of Lock Haven; and Mrs. F.
W. Kinkaid, of State College.
—"The '96 Camera Club" is a recent organi
zation composed of members of the Freshman class.
The officers are F. W. Jessop, president ; W. A.
Lyon, secretary ;J. Dunsmore, treasurer ;R. A.
Klock, marshal. The other members are C. S.
Gingrich, Windsor Hawley, J. M. McKibben, W.
E. Snyder, John R. Eyer, Chas. Thomas and W.
D. Dunsmore.
—The annual meeting of the Central Inter-col
legiate Press Association of mhich the LANCE iS a
member was held in the parlors of the Colon
nade hotel, Philadelphia, May zoth, at i i a. m.
Tne LANCE was assigned and read a paper on The
Colleges at the World's Fair. W. A. Silliman
was the LANCE representatiye. A banquet. was
served at one o'clock.
—The following athletic team has been entered
to represent State College at the Swarthmore meet
May 20,—Fisher, shot and hammer; Connelly,
hurdle, running high and running broad jump;
Caughey, pole vault ; Brown, I mile walk ; ‘Vhite,
220 yds. dash, 440 yds. dash, 5 mile and t mile
run ; Scott, y, mile and t mile run ; .McFarland,
2 mile bicycle; and Dowler, 16 lb. hammer. It
is expected that Fisher, if in good health, • will
take two special medals in the shot and hammer.
Trainer Hoskins expects State to take second place
at this meet. The team is daily improving under
his careful management.