• About two dozen pairs of dumb bells and the same number of
Indian-clubs have recently been added to the gymnasium, while
some of the other apparatus has been repaired.
The men whom Dickinson intends to put into the field to con
test with State at Carlisle in the debate are: 0. R. Rice, C. R.
Burchenal, F. R. Craver, and R. F. Hann as alternate. They
express great hopes of once more coming off victorious.
There has lately been organized among the students a Book
Club of about twenty-five members, who have purchased some
twenty-five of the latest books by the most popular authors of the
day.
Prof. I. Thorton Osmond has revised his Manual of Vibratory
Motion
Capt. Johnston and Coach Burns made a test of State College
water during their Easter vacation.
The following officers of the Y. M. C. A. have been" elected for
the ensuing year: Pres., P. G. Connell; Vice Pres., L. E. Young;
Rec. Sec., Thomas •Crumley; Cor. Sec., W. R. Miles; Treas., C.
Schoop.
The Conference of .the College Y. M. C. A. Presidents of this
State will be held here from April 27 to 30.
Byron W. King, of. Pittsburg, will give an entertainment in
the chapel, Friday, April 28, for the benefit of the Y. M. C. A.
Seniors Gorr and Griffin were working upon their thesis at the
Winber Mine of the Berwind White Coal Mining Company. The
subject of their thesis is, " Uses and Application of Electricity in
Mining."
Three Juniors and several Sophomores took advantage of the
course offered in Foundry Work during vacation and removed
part of their summer school work.
C. B. Snyder, '99, is working on an air accumulator and intensi
fier, using water from the college mains. It will be used in con
nection with the air compressor received during the Winter Term.