Even if an entertainment is not as good as expected that is
no excuse for actions other than gentlemanly.
—The first publication of any kind issued by the students at
State was the Photosphere, published first in 1874, and was ed
ited by A. E. Osborne and J. A. Ellis. The Photosphere was
issued as the special organ of the Washington Literary So
.ciety, and among other things gives an historical sketch of the
Society and also a copy of the program of the annual enter
tainment given Friday evening, May 22, 1874. How long the
publication lived and what measure of success it had we were
unable to learn. The copy from which these notes are taken
belongs to Geo. Graham.
—ln order to express a little feeling of relief which comes
when examinations are over, the students held a "stag" dance
in the Armory Friday evening, January 30th.
—Candidates from the Senior Class for membership in the
honorary fraternity, Phi Kappa Phi, are R. R. Baillie, E. H.
Beckert, A. R. Dennington, W. H. Kirk, J. B. Landis, J. M.
Nelson, A. S. O'Neil, I. C. Palmer, C. W. Rogers, J. H.
Snyder, H. E. Stitt, R. L. Streeter. Eligibility for member
ship in the fraternity is based on scholarship-standing for the
entire college course.
—The officers elected by the Literary Club for the ensuing
year are—President, Prof. Espenshade; Vice-Presidents, Prof.
Foster and Prof. Willard; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr.
Powell; Executive Committee, Profs. Gill, Osmond, Shed and
Powell.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., Feb. 3, 1903.
At a meeting of the Electrical Engineering Society the fol
lowing resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, By the death of Mr. Arthur T. Holloway the Electrical En
gineering Society of the Pennsylvania State College has lost an honored
member and au esteemed friend; be it
Resolved, That we, the members of this Society, extend to the bereaved
family and his classmates our sincerest sympathy; and,