PERSONALS
Kay Brown, ex-’O5, has entered
Lehigh University.
F. R. McMichael, ex-’OB, prep, is
with the Ross Piano Co., Pittsburg.
Patterson, ex-’O7, is assistant cash
ier of the Landesburg Safe Deposit
and Trust Co.
P. 0. Ray, instructor in History
and Political Economy, has been
granted a week’s leave of absence.
F. 0. Tawney, ’O7, spent Friday
and Saturday of last week with
friends in Bellefonte.
Walter Chambers, ex-’O6 prep'
has a position in the draughting room
of the Coal and Iron Company, Du-
Bois, Pa.
C. D. Conklin, Jr., 'O7, enter
tained his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. D. Conklin, of Cheltenham, over
Sunday.
M. J. Babb, instructor in Mathe
matics here, who has a long leave
of absence, was in town Tuesday to
cast his vote.
Engle, ’O6, and Haverstick, ’O7,
who have been spending some time
at the World’s Fair, St. Louis, have
returned to college.
Guy L. Mclntyre, ’O7, has left
college for a year, having secured a
position in the electrical department
of the Ohio Steel Co., of Youngs
town, Ohio. Mr. Mclntyre expects
to re-enter with 1908 next Septem
ber.
The vacancy made in the Mechan
ical Department by the resignation
of H. E. Dunkle has been filled by
W. E. Sanders. Mr. Sanders
graduated from Yale in 1894 with
the degree A. B. and from Cornell
in 1903 with the degree M. E. Mr.
Sanders has had practical experience
with the American Steel Wire Co.
The energy wasted in postponing
until to-morrow the duty of to-day,
would do the work, and putting off
usually means leaving the work un
done. —The Amulet.
Alumni Notes.
P. J. Morrisey, ’O4, is with the
Edison Electric Company, of De
troit, Mich.
R. L. Cummings, ’O3, has a po
sition with the Allis-Chalmers Com
pany of Milwaukee, Wis.
J. H. Ludwig, ’O4, is engaged by
the Cambria Steel Company, of
Johnstown, Pa.
J. E. Wagner, ’O2, was a visitor
at the College last Saturday.
Leap Year Dance.
Several of the students took ad
vantage of the Leap Year Dance
which was held in Bellefonte last
Friday evening. The boys report
having a very pleasant, evening and
all join in congratulating the young
ladies of Eellefonte upon the success
of the affair. Among those who
attended are: Messrs. Hoffman,
Heinrich, Minick, Geib, Hecka
thome, Torrence, Harper, Lose,
Workman, Armsby, Tawney, Herst,
Plank and Mclntyre.
Electricals Dine
About forty-five Senior and Jun
ior Electricals assembled at Harri
son’s last Wednesday evening for
their regular monthly feed. Inci
dents connected with the St. Louis
trip were related and many were the
jokes given among the members.
Three papers were read and dis
cussed: “Speaking Over an Elec
tric Arc,” by W. Kaiser; ‘‘Wire
less Telegraphy,” by Goodman, and
‘‘Rapid Telegraphy,” by Fritchey.
Natural History Club.
At the meeting of the Natural
History Club last Wednesday, Prof.
Surface addressed the club on “Zo
ology at St. Louis.” The address
was very interesting and instructive.
He also told how he obtained for
the Museum a seal and a diamond
backed turtle, these specimens be
ing very rare, the latter almost ex
tinct.
Y. M. C. A
The week Nov. 13-19 has been
set apart among the Associations
throughout the country as the week
of Prayer for young men. Each
evening during that week the Asso
ciation will hold a half-hour meeting
in room 126 begining at quarter past
six. These meetings will be ad
dressd by Rev. Dr. Gill, Rev. Mr.
Denniston, and Rev. Mr. Heckman.
News of the steady increase in the
Bible study enrollment over the
country continues to come in. Cor
nell reports 250 men enrolled with
classes in twelve of the leading fra
ternities. The University of Wis
consin has 150 and the University of
Illinois reports 450 enrolled. Four
teen fraternities at University of
Pennsylvania are represented in the
inter-fraternity Bible study com
mittee.
The current Intercollegian con
tains an interesting article on “Asso
ciation Work among Colored Young
Men.” Associations are organized
in more than 90 per cent, of the
schools and colleges in the south.
Among the more than 10,000 young
men in attendance 5100 are mem
bers of the Association and 1446
are in Association Bible classes.
The beneficial influence of this work
among the colored students of our
land can scarcely be estimated.
—Found in a freshie’s book:
Sept 27 —This is a fine book.
Sept. 30 —This is a good book.
Oct. 10 —This is a hard book.
Feb. 20 —My! It’s a sticker.
Dec. 10 —This is a crazy book.
Jan. 15 —This is a kid’s book.
Feb. 9 —This is a fool’s book.
March —This ain’t no good.— Ex.
—Professor Too bad! One of
my pupils, to whom I have given two
courses of instructicn in the culti
vation of the memory, has forgotten
to pay me, and the worst of it is I
can’t remember his name. —Fliegende
Blaetier.