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.