the inspection drill it showed a total of 44 miles. During the
trials before inspection it was carried by members of the various
companies, but in inspection it was carried by a member of Com
pany A.
To the true student the summer weeks following the close of a
college year do not present themselves as a favorable time for idle
ness, but rather for a healthful change which will secure to him
not only needed rest, but physical, mental and moral stimulus.
The summer schools in connection with universities and with
various educational and religious movements afford excellent op
portunities for spending at least a portion of the summer in a very
profitable manner. The fraternity of Christian college students,
known as the Intercollegiate Movement, which is now world-wide
in its extent, initiated the system of students' summer conferences
which have become so indispensable to the Christian work in the
colleges on this continent and have extended their influence to the
student fields of Europe and Asia. " Northfield "is a familiar and
popular word among the students of the East. ror the eleventh
successive season Mr. D. L. Moody has invited them to meet near
his home in the beautiful Connecticut Valley for nine clays of confer
ence, Bible study and recreation, and indications point to the
usual representation of between four and five hundred students
from the universities, colleges and schools of the United States
and Canada. As an outgrowth of this gathering similar confer
ences for practical training in methods of Christian work in col
leges have been successfully carried on for several years at Lake
Geneva, Wis., for students of the West, and at Knoxville, Tenn.,
for students of the South. In response to a strong demand on
the part of students in the distant region of the Rocky Mountains
and Pacific Coast a fourth conference was this year established at
Cazadero, Cal., in the celebrated redwood country.
• K gave a very pleasant reception to their friends in their
chapter house on the evening of Monday, June 15, An unusually
large number of guests were present, among them being many
alumni. The house was tastefully decorated with Japanese
lanterns,
The long looked for '97 " La Vie " made its appearance on
June 8. The book as a whole is very well gotten up and although
it shows defects in some places, it reflects great credit on the
editors when we consider the peculiar conditions under which they
worked,
The Free Lance.
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