Ex-'9i. H. D. Meek, Ph. D., is employed as pharmacist in Krumrine's drug store at State Col lege. Ex-'9o. W. E. Stevenson, of Pittsburg, spent a few days with us recently, and was present at the Senior Assembly. '9O. George R. Meek, of Bellefonte, was pres ent at the dance given by the Senior class in the Armory on November Both. 'BO. J. P. Hickman is still with the Ohio Ex• periment Station at Wooster, Ohio. Mr. W. M. Taggart, who was a teacher in the Preparatory Department last year, has been ap pointed Master of the English school in the city of Mexico. COLLEGE ORBIT. The Yale glee club gives a part of its proceeds to poor students. 'Negotiations have begun for races between the Yale and Oxford crews. The net proceeds of the Princeton• Pennsylv ania game were $lO,OOO. The College Widow is the name of a new paper recently started at Cornell. Owing to the European trip there will be two University crews at Cornell this year. About sixty per cent. of the college men of this country belong to Greek letter fraternities.—Ex. Morality alone without the influence of Christi anity will never reach a permanent civilization. —Ex. The trustees of Oberlin college have voted to raise $1,000,000 before s goo for the erection of new buildings. The Cornell-Pennsylvania debate will take place on Friday, March 8. This is a compara tively new and a wise departure in inter-collegiate contests. THE FREE LANCE. The University of Pennsylvania has an attend ance of 2,223, thus ranking third in size of the American universities, Harvard and Michigan surpassing It. The mayor of Altoona has determined to stop foot-ball in that city, claiming that it is bru talizing and that the players can be arrested for disorderly conduct. Cornell has abandoned examinations at the end of the term, and will continue recitations until the closing day. Students will stand or fall on the grades maintained throughout the term in recitations.—Ex. The largest scores made this year by leading colleges against smaller colleges are Yale vs. Tufts, 67—0; Pennsylvania vs. Swathmore, 66—0 ; Princeton vs. Rutgers, 48—o ; Harvard vs. Exeter, 48—o, Penna. State vs. Lafayette, 72—0. Foot ball has made its way so far in Germany that a Frankfort team has just visited England. It plays the Rugby game. The humorists and wits of Puck and Judge will have to give up their darling idea that they have harped on so much that nothing worse than dueling is allowed in German institutions. The VasSar girls debated this question : Re solved, That the higher education unfits man for matrimony. If we were debating, we would re verse the sex in this question. It seems to us there are really some grounds for the affirmative if instead of man in the question, woman be sub stituted. Professor Hadley, of Yale, is to introduce a system of instruction in his classes in Political Economy. He will substitute debates for recita tions. A division of thirty members of the class is to choose a subject for debate. The negative side then draws up a complaint similar to a legal paper. This in turn is met with a reply by the affirmative. The arguments are then made by the "lawyers" on each side, and finally the de bate is thrown open to the house.— Yak News.
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