president, F. H. Taylor; vice-president, W. H. Barnes; treas
urer, W. H. Bandis; secretary, A. R. Dennington. The at
tempt made to form a debating’ union with three other Penn
sylvania colleges failed, but arrangements have been nearly
completed for holding two intercollegiate debates, —one with
Franklin and Marshall College, and the other with Dickin
son College. The question to be debated with Franklin and
Marshall is, “Resolved—that U. S. Senators should be elec
ted by popular vote.” The question to be debated with
Dickinson is, “Resolved—that Mississippi’s representation
in the national House of Representatives should be de
creased in proportion to the decrease in the franchise result
ing from her suffrage legislation.” A preliminary debate
will be held about the first of March, and the representative
debating team chosen from the sixteen contestants in this
debate. Two members of last year’s team, F. H. Taylor,
'O3, and D. B. Tuholski, 'O3, are trying for the same honors
this year.
A part of the Physical laboratory in the basement of the
Physical building has been vacated by the department of
Physics, and fitted up as a Chemical laboratory for the sole
use of students in organic chemistry. Communication with
the Chemistry building is had by means of a door cut
through the wall partitioning the two buildings.
Work is progressing on the 1902 Da Vie and the board
expects to publish a book that will do them honor.
E. A. McKelvy, of the Junior class, has left State and
entered the Mining Engineering department of Harvard.
He reports that he is well pleased with his new surroundings,
and that he is making satisfactory progress with his work,
He was a popular man at State, and will be missed.
F. C. Kunkcl and S. E. Miller, 'O3, attended the inaug’-
ural exercises at Washington with their respective reg’i-