I Personals. I %33333335>3333 5333. —H. C. Mcllveen was greeting friends about college last Friday. —H. D. Mason, 'O7, was confined to his room by sickness last week. —C. A. Poole, ex-’o6, has enter ed the University of West Virginia. —J. B. Torbert, ex-’o7, has en tered the Colorado School of Mines. —R. J. Smith, ’O7, spent a few days at his home in Sunbury last week. —E. J. Monaghan, ’O7, has left college to attend Indiana State Nor mal school. —R. S. Parsons, ex-’O7, is this year attending the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. —M. L. Benn, ex-’O7, has en tered the civil engineering course at Bucknell University. —Many State College students were noticed among the visitors at the Bellefonte fair last week. —J. D. P. Kennedy, ex-’o6, of Blairsville, spent a few days here last week. He will re-enter college after Christmas. —K. T. Woods, ex-’oi, has graduated from Medico Chi and is a practicing physician at Muncy, Pa. —J. E. Hornbaker, ’O5, is absent from College on account of the death of his father, which occurred at his home in Chambersburg last Monday. —A. D. Patton and E. C. Hick man, both of ’O7, left last Friday for Prescott, Ariz., where they will join a mining engineer corps. Pat ton, on account of his health, is re quired to sacrifice his college course to obtain a more suitable climate, while Hickman accompanies him for the experience. En route they will spend a week at St. Louis. —H. E. Diller, ex-’95, and wife visited the College this Week. Mr. Diller is with the Washburn Elec tric Company, Chicago. H DK. G 11.1.. $ DEGREE CONFERRED At the Commencement exercises of Wesleyan University last June, the degree of D. D. was conferred on Prof. Benjamin Gill, of the Penn- sylvania State College. Prof. Gill ''graduated from Wesleyan in 1870, and most of his old class were there to rejoice with him in the honor conferred on the Professor by his Alma Mater. At these same exer cises, the degree of L-L- D. was con ferred on Dr. A. W. Harris, Presi dent of Tome Institute, Port De posit, Maryland. Dr. Gill was offered the degree of E. H. D. at Dickinson college, but declined, to accept the honor at the hands of his Alma Mater, Wesleyan. THANKSGIVING HOP At a meeting of the Senior class last Monday it was decided to give the Thanksgiving dance under the auspices of 1905. The following committee was appointed and all matters concerning the dance should be referred to them : R. F. Patterson. Chr. Hoke, Lytle, Davis, Hoffman, Yarnell. The date has not yet been deter mined. It will probably be either the Friday before or after the Thanksgiving vacation. i Alumni Notes, i 4* \l/ E. A. Whitworth, ’O4, has secur ed a position at Homestead. H. F. McKnight, ’O4, has a posi tion at the DuQuesne blast furnaces. Irvin P. Thompson, ’O4, is with the General Electric at Pittsfield, Mass. E. S. Fry, ’O3, of York, was re cently married to Miss Swively, of Hanover. H. C. Ray, ’O4, has been ap pointed assistant in the Assaying Department. Bruce McCamant, ’O4, has joined the department of History and Po litical Economy. R. E. Cummings, ’O3, has a po sition with the Allis, Chalmers Company at Milwaukee. W. C.' Riddle, ’O4, was in town last week, stopping over on his way from Pittsburg to Lancaster. Wayne B. Thompson, ’O4, is at Bloomfield, N. J., in the employ of a Structural Steel Company. N. G. Miller, ’O4, who is em ployed at the Experimental Station, is visiting his home at Chambers burg. Ralph W. Bowers, ’O4, who holds a position with the York Manufac turing Co., spent a few days here last week. C. M. Thompson, ’96, was here on a visit last Saturday. Mr. Thompson held the pole vault rec ord at State until it was broken by Saunders. H. M. Crossman, ’O4, together with his brother, Louis Hall Cross man, ’O3, have opened an assaying office in Goldfield, Nevada. From all reports they are doing well. THESIS. The Junior Electricals have been assigned their thesis work for the first semester.