—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