The judges were Dr. Pond, Prof. Buckhout, Prof. Jackson and Prof. Ihlseng. The honors were awarded to C company. , A Civil Engineering Society was formed during the latter part of the fall session, and the following officers were elected: Presi dent, P. A. Kaiser, '9B; vice-president, Neubert, '99; secretary and treasurer, Stevenson, '99• The schedule for the inter-class basket ball games has been arranged as follows: Friday, January 21 Saturday, January 22 Friday, January 28 Saturday, January 29 Friday, February 4 Saturday, February 5 Season tickets will be sold for these games. The Mining Department has placed on the shelves of its library bound volumes of the periodicals of the last three years. An observatory has been erected near the Horticultural Hall. Great care has been used to get a good foundation. Thesis work will be done there this winter by Kaiser, P. A., Morgan and spenshade, and will consist in the determination of the latitude, longitude and meridian of State College. The instrument to be used is the fourth theodolite, which belongs to the Civil Eng. Department. The Dairy Class opened this year with a full attendance. The class is made up of students of a higher standard than heretofore, since they are of more mature years and have had more ex perience. Mr. C. P. Van Dyke, who was a student in the course last year and:is now butter maker for a large New York firm, has been engaged to give instruction in this course. The system of strength tests used here is the same as is used in the leading institutions of this country. Among those who have completed the tests, the ones having the highest number of points are Haldeman, G. S., 850.1; Scholl, 841.4; Griffen, 828.3; Weldy, 809.4; Rawn, 758.1; Connell, 735.4; Kaiser, F. A., 720.5; Bolard, 697.8; Espenshade, 674.1, and Weaver, 608.3. Those who failed to complete these tests on account of lack of apparatus are at liberty to complete them at any time. The Free Lance [ JANUARY, '99 vs. '9B vs. 'OI. 99. 'OI. 'oo vs. '9B VS. '9B vs '99 vs.