—According to the customs of past years the Senior students of
the Electrical Engineering department make an inspection tour,
starting from here Wednesday, December 16th. Prof. Jackson
will accompany them, and Philadelphia, Trenton and New York
will be covered on the trip.
—On account of the absence of three of the captains the com
petition drill among the companies of the battalion of cadets has
been postponed.
—Prof. J. P. Jackson, assisted by A. B. Schwenk, ’O4, spent
several days at Harrisburg last week investigating the street
lighting of that city.
—The services of Sunday, December 20th, in the auditorium
were conducted under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. Addresses
were made by President Geo. W. Atherton, Mr. W. J. Miller,
State Secretary of the College Y. M. C. A.; Mr. Woodcock, local
secretary, and* Gen. Jas. A. Beaver. The local Y. M. C. A. has
never been in a more flourishing condition than at present.
—A sacred concert was held in the old college chapel Sunday
evening, December 20th. The college choir, the college orchestra
and the Cecilian quartette, under the direction of Miss Helen H.
Atherton, were the performers. It was designed to use the audi
torium for the purpose, but on account of a breakdown in the
boiler room not enough power could be generated to light the large
building, and the old place of assemblage was utilized instead.
—The calorimeter test for the year will begin December 29th.
The respiratory calorimeter was erected by the Agricultural De
partment of the U. S. Government, and is the only one of its kind
in the country. The first experiment with it was made last year,
and was successful in every way. It is in winter time that it is
put into operation, as only at that time of the year can temperature
conditions be regulated satisfactorily.
—The scientific and engineering societies of the college are as
College Miscellany .