—Wm. F. Affelder, '99, stopped here a few days en route from
the Convention of Mine Operators and Employers held at Al
toona. He is superintendent of the Mosgrove Coal Co. Mr.
Affeider addressed the mining department on Methods of Bitu
minous Coal Mining
—Stitt, Beckert and Landis are the' Senior gown committee.
—The Electrical Engineering Society is going excellent work.
Meetings are held 6:30 P. M. every Tuesday night. For several
months papers read' at the 173 d meeting of the American Insti
tute of Electrical Engineers, New York, were discussed, and
great interest was manifested. Johnston, 'O3, is president.
—A debating league is being formed for next year. The col
leges in the league .are State, F. and M. and Swarthmore. State
has been neglecting this phase of college life. Other colleges are
giving this department a great deal of attention and interest., and
to maintain her standard State must needs look after 'her inter
collegiate forensics as well as her athletics.
—After a canvass of the officers and men of the battalion it
was decided to have drill from 6 :45 to 7 :3o in the morning.
Every Wednesday there will be battalion drill in the afternoon.
Capt. Lawton expects to have two battalions another year.
This will necessitate two majors and a lieutenant.
Capt. Lawton completes his lectures before the officers' school
by the end of the winter term. After vacation the subject of
Tactics will be taken tip. Before he decided on this arrangement
Capt. Lawton was accustomed to alternate his lectures with lessons
on drill. An examination of the officers is to be held, about the
middle of May to determine promotions for next year.
After a line-up of the battalion it was found that there were
not cadets enough to form six companies as was first intended.
The old organization was in consequence retained. Target prac
tice has been definitely defined for the spring session. Each cadet
is required to take fifty shots at fifty, one hundred and two hun
dred yards. A single squad of a company is to go out every
College Miscellany.