college, glad to be at the banquet, and to be a member of the class of ’O3. W. H. Landis—to the oyster he is about to swallow: “I’ll see you later—perhaps.’’ Damon and Pythias—Sellers and “Chick.” One of the best speech-makers of the evening—Rohrbach. At a banquet is a poor place to learn a trade. A good actor—Cleudennin. The unspoken advice ol the toastmaster to those who drank only water:— “Many a man, has gone to his sarcophagus, Prom pouring water, ice-cold, down his esophagus, Young man beware—drink ‘something warmer.’ ” A loyal “State” town—Williamsport. The Department of Zoology recently collected a wood pecker measuring twenty-eight inches from tip to tip. It was in the Barrens three miles west of the College. It is the largest American bird of its kind and is locally known as the woodcock or Indian hen. The Biological students are at present greatly interested in the comparative anatomy of the rabbit and the cat, two animals similar in size, but with organs showing g'reat differences in structures. Turtle-doves, robins'and kinglets are migratory birds, but*have been recorded here after the first of December. A series of photographs showing the characteristic tracks of animals is being made by the department. They are both instructive and interesting. Last Friday evening Professor Surface showed the members of the Natural I-listory Club how to skin and mount a bird. It will not be surprising to see a number of amateur taxidermists trying their skill. SIDE EDASHES. Zoological Notes.
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