held at Scranton from February 17-21. It is expected that State will be represented there by a large delegation. —The new dairy building is almost ready for occupancy. The seats are now being put in and it is expected that very soon the creamery students will be able to use it. —On Friday evening, January 29, the Social Committee of the Y. M. C. A. had “open house” in room 529. A large number of the students took advantage of the opportunity to rest their tired brains after such hard exams., and came up and played games, ate apples and peanuts, chatted and listened to excellent music furnished by the orchestra. From the standpoint of enjoyment the event was a success. —Prof. H! A. Surface has for a number of weeks been touring the State, lecturing at teachers’ and farmers’ institutes. All that mankind has done, thought, gained or been, is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.— Carlyle ' —‘Heroes and Hero Worship. New Books in the College Library, Bowditch, Nathaniel—American Practical Navigator. 1903. Cambridge Modern Flistory. Vol. 7. The United States. 1903. Cogley, T. S.—Law of Strikes, Lockouts and Labor Organi zations. 1894. Cook, F. H.—Law of Trade and Labor Combinations. Cumulative Index. 1899-1900. Dawson, T. C.—South American Republics, P. L. I. 1903. Emmet, T. A.—lreland Under English Rule. 2v. 1903. Killquit, Morris—History of Socialism in the United States. LIBRARY NOTES