-is offered for the best scientific article submitted, and not a single one is written by an undergraduate, is this answer adequate? If this is a Technical College, why does not some tech nical fellow write a technical article? And how can a paper he published by the student body, if the student body does not contribute material for its publication. As one of our former Editors said, "there is positively some excellent literary talent lying dormant among us which needs but the touch of ambition to put it into life." And we can but exclaim with him,—"Wake up! fellow students and lend a helping hand." Lost,--A great deal of good, literary ability, through list lessness, or carelessness. Sfra,ycd,—The two $5.00 prizes, offered in the issue of the FRIM LANCt. Stolen,-01.d Father Time has stolen from you portunity to win those prizes. Found,—A way to defeat time. The contest reopened until Saturday, Jan. 27, 1900. Wanlcd,—Somebody Lo wake up, and compete for these prizes. Who is somebody . .? You are somebody. Therefore the FREE LANCE 1110 ans you. Rattle-t-13 all g ! t-Du ! t-Bang ! The Editor had just finished writing, and the Critic was still soundly sleeping, when there was a great noise in the hall, and the Critic awoke with a start. "What's all that noise," he asked. The Free Lance IMPORTANT October the op- will be