—On Tuesday evening Feb. sth the Mandolin, Banjo and Guitar Club practiced in the chapel and all were invited to attend who wished. This being the first opportunity to hear the club the chapel was nearly full. Every piece was applaud ed and the prospects are quite favorable for a good club. —At an Athletic meeting held in chapel, Feb. 11, the constitution as revised was . adopted. B. F. Fisher ’96 was elected delegate to the conven tion of the State Inter-collegiate Athletic Associa tion to be held in Philadelphia, March 1. P. F. Sellers ’97, was elected secretary of the Athletic Association in place cf F. C. Rice ’97, resigned. —The Centre County Christian Endeavor con vention was held .at this place on the 7th and Bth. Owing to the blizzard on these days, but few of those who expected to be here got through, and as a consequence it was attended by a very small number. An interesting program had been ar ranged, including antimber ofspeakers-from vari ous places throughout the county, but this had to be changed. The meetings were well attended, considering the circumstances, and those who were present profited by the convention. —On Friday Feb. 1, the class of ‘9B, under the guise of taking a sleigh ride, went to Bellefonte and held its class banquet at the Bush House. At 10 o’clock about fifty members of the class sat down to a sumptous feast in the large and beauti fully decorated dining room of the Bush. The finely engrav.ed menus showed that the boys had everything which would cater to the taste, of! the most fastidious,. When the feast was at an end toastmaster R. McDonald arose, and after a short address ..the following toasts were respond ed to: Class of ’9B Our Girls Chappie The Faculty Sophites Our Future THE FREE EANCE. Arthur Llewellyn Bailey. Leon Evan Thomas. John Patterson Taylor. Clay Sprecher. Claries Arthur McElwain. James Wallace White. —An unfortunate accident occurred in the chemical laboratory on the afternoon of Feb. 4th. Mr. C. A. Brown, who is an assistant in the lab oratory was doing some work in advanced chemis try when, by a premature explosion, the flask he was using was shattered and a number of pieces of glass struck him in the face cutting it badly, one piece striking him in the eye. At first it was thought his eye had received serious injury, but he went at once to New York where his injuries were cared for by a specialist. At last reports he was doing nicely and there is no doubt now that he will suffer no serious consequences. —On Feb. nth word reached here that the State printing office at Harrisburg had burned to gether with its contents. The annual report of the College, comprising 300 pages with 175 cuts from photographs, which was in press and nearly completed was totally destroyed, together with the original manuscript. The Agricultural Experi mental Station report which was being printed for the Legislature also went up in smoke. This is a great disappointment. to many, who were anxious to see the report and especially to the professors who have been very busy since September gather ing material for it. The pecuniary loss to the College is slight but although the work has to be re-written, it is likely that the report will be out during the present session of the Legislature. Prof. E. E. Sparks, who had been in Harrisburg two weeks previous overseeing the work and who was returning, had not yet reached the College when the news of the fire was received. —The 4th Annual winter meeting of the Athletic Association took place in the armory, Friday evening, Feb. 15th. There was a large number of spectators' and more than usual interest was manifested in the different events. The lead in the race for the ’92 cup was easily taken by the class of ’96 with 47 points; ’95 scoring 11; ’98,20; and’97, 9. Several indoor records were broken which naturally created considerable excitement among the students. The sparring match between
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