Committee Hornbaker, Armsby, Eschleman.
Judge of Election P. V. Stevenson.
—Girls who dream of a stage career will do well to read the
special paper by John D. Barry, in the January Delineator.
There is an evident attempt to put the pros and the cons of
the matter truthfully. The article is not intended to dis
courage those who are really fitted for that career, but to dis
suade those girls whose fancy is caught by the glamor and
glitter of the footlights and who are influenced by the wrong
ideals. The stage is no "royal road to fortune," and the
writer's conclusion is that success there, as elsewhere, is the
result of hard, dogged work and persistence. Those girls who
have not the most robust constitutions should never choose
the stage; they will not be able to stand the strain and will
fall behind in the race, It is an excellent paper throughout,
and the illustrations add to the pleasure of reading it.
—November 14th the Senior Electrical, in charge of Prof.
Jackson, visited the telephone exchanges, match factory, elec
tric plant, blast furnace and glass works at Bellefonte. Messrs.
Wood arid Arney and Captain Lawton accompanied them.
—Saturday, November 15th, the Senior Miners, in charge
of Prof. Shed, visited the mines at Scotia, in order to learn
the method of ore-washing used there.
—lnter-class debate for the annual prize given by Dr.
Atherton was opened this year on Thursday evening, Decem
ber 4th, by a contest between the Sophomore and Freshmen
teams. The chapel, in which the debate was held, would
have comfortably seated a few more listeners. However, the
Freshmen were there almost to a man to support their team
and the Sophomores were enough in evidence to give their
men hearty applause. Prof. Pattee had the chair.
The question, " Resolved, That a nation, advanced in
civilization, is justified in the interests of humanity at large in
subjugating and governing an inferior people," was thoroughly
discussed. Freshmen Heckathorne, Flickinger and Hayes de-