Prof. F. L. Pattee has been appointed one of five judges for
the contest of the Central Oratorical League to be held this year
at Cornell, May 19. The League consists of Cornell, Ohio State
College, University of Illinois, Indiana State .College, and Michi
gan State College. The honor becomes more marked when we
consider that he was chosen separately by four of these Institu
tions.
The V. M. C. A. wishes to thank those members of the Faculty,
and friends of the village who so kindly entertained the delegates
to the State President's Conference. All the delegates expressed
the highest appreciation, and the local Association feels greatly
indebted for this aid in a good work.
A Biology prize-appointment to a table at the Cold Spring
Harbor Summer Laboratory of Biology will be awarded this year
as the result of a special examination in Biology, which will be
held at this place about June ist. Any student who has taken
Sophomore Biology, as well as any who have taken the same or
its equivalent at any other college, will be eligible to compete for
the prize. •
The Thirteenth Annual Convention of the American Associa
tio'n of .Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, of which
Dr. Armsby is President, will be held at San Franscisco, Wednes
day, July sth.
During the summer there is to be erected near the Experiment
Station a Respiration Plant for Animals, the first of its kind ever
constructed in America. It will consist of a perfectly air-tight
compartment so arranged that perfect equality of temperature can
be secured. It will be supplied with a costly air pump to measure
the amount of air pumped in, and the outgoing air will be tested
for C 0 2 given off during the animal's respiration, and for the
amount of heat given off. By means of this apparatus the
quantity of energy required to keep the animal in the same con
dition can be found. The U. S. Government pays for the apparatus,
and Dr. Armsby has charge of the work assisted by J. A. Fries,
and Prof. I. T. Osmond as consulting physicist.
For various reasons State did not enter the Relay Races at
Philadelphia this year.
The Track Team is training under C. P. Buckholtz.
Harrisburg, April i9.—The annual appropriation for State Col-