versity, is the donor of the latest addition to the collection at
Yale Peabody Museum. The gift is the fossilized remains of
a turtle which when ''alive must have weighed fully 5,000
pounds. Mr. Wieland secured this pre-historic specimen on
a recent paleontological expedition through the Black Hills of
Dakota.
—Leroy Scholl, 'Ol, spent Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb.
3d and 4th, at the college visiting old friends. Mr. Scholl has
recently entered into a contract for one year as head of a cop
per mining enterprise in Holmes, Wyoming.
—E. S. Erb, 'Ol, located at Bellefonte, spent Sunday, Feb.
Ist, with his mother in this borough.
—A letter received at the college Feb. 10th announced that
W. H. Landis, 'O2, was spending a three weeks' vacation with
his people at Lancaster.
—January 6th State undergraduates, alumni and prospective
students from Scranton and vicinity banqueted at St. Luke's
Parish House in that city. The party included S. B. Grind
lay, 'O2, R. T. Strohm, '9B, both now with the International
Correspondence School; Prof. Stoek, formerly in the mining
department at State, now connected with Mines and Minerals
published by the International Correspondence School;
Messrs. Barnes and Biesecker, 'O4; S. M. Ridenour, A. W.
Philips, C. L. Griffin, C. J. Corse, E. M. Taylor, W. W.
Berry, K. S. Hughes, D. 0. Williams, M. S. Roper, V. E.
Taylor and E. L. Rafter, 'O6, and about twenty-five prospect
ive candidates for admission, to 'O7. Prof. Stoek presided,
and a splendid time was enjoyed by all.
It is with the deepest and sincere regret that we have to ,
report the death of Alfred T. Holloway, 'O2. On January
30th, while Mr. Holloway was engaged in some experiments in
the testing depqrtment of the General Electric Company at
Schenectady, he came into contact accidentally with the a live