College Miscellany.
THE NEW MEN AT STATE.
The College lias this term enrolled a large Freshman
and Sub-Fresliman Class. With a few students admitted to
advanced standing, they number two hundred and two.
There are one hundred forty-eight Freshmen and forty-nine
Sub-Freshmen.
This influx of students, together with the departure of
some former State teachers for other fields of work, has re
sulted in bringing* several new instructors here. A brief
mention of available facts concerning these men cannot fail
to be of interest to all readers of the Free Lance.
Elton D. Walker, a graduate of the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology, now occupies the position of Assist
ant Professor in Civil Engineering. Previous to coming
here, Mr. Walker had some ten years’ experience in teach
ing and in professional work, having been, during this per
iod, successively an assistant in the Civil Engineering de
partment of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a
civil engineer in the Quartermaster’s Department of the
United States Army, a professional worker in Chicago, and
a teacher of Civil Engineering at Union University, Schen
ectady, N. Y.
Dr. H. C. Grumbine, a graduate of Wesleyan Univer
sity, Conn., has been called to assist in the English and
German departments. Dr. Grumbine has spent three yeard
in study in foreign countries, and, while abroad, received
his deg-ree of Ph. D. from the University of Munich.
H. A. Surface has taken charge of the department of
Biology. He is a graduate of the National Normal Univer
sity and of the Ohio State University. He has pursued