The second set of competitive plans for the proposed social hall has been submitted by Architect S. D. Davis, of Philadel phia, and a picture of the front elevation has been hung in the hall, of the main building. The plans .provide for bowling alleys, refectory and swimming tank in the basement, and for a general assembly room, rooms for class meetings, amuse ment rooms, a trophy room and living rooms, in the four stories above. The building' is designed to become the centre of student life at the College. The designs for the library building, donated by Andrew Carnegie, Esq., are under way and will soon be submitted to the architect for plans. The debating club has been organized with Hart, 'O5, chair man; Hunter, 'O5, secretary, and Dennington, 'O3, treasurer. Much interest is being manifested, and the prospects are good for a strong team. The graduation thesis of W. F. Ross, State, 'Ol, on "The Fishes of Central Pennsylvania," will appear next month in the annual report of the Pennsylvania State Fish Commission. The secretary of the board has written that he considers the thesis a valuable addition to the literature on Fishes of Penn sylvania, and asks the Zoological Department for other studies of a similar nature. Dr. C. A. Brown, lately appointed first assistant chemist and instructor in agricultural chemistry at the experiment station, left for New Orleans, November 15th, where he has a position as research chemist in the Audubon Park Sugar Ex periment Station. The pictures of the late Rev. J. W. White, for a long time one of the preachers for the College, and General Beaver, President of the Board of Trustees, have been hung in the chapel. The October issue of the Pennsylvania School Journal con tains an interesting article from the pen of Prof. E. W. Runkle, on "The Background of Child Study."
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