i PERSONAL
A. W. Deuel ’O6 was confined to
his room a few days last week by an
attack of tonsilitis.
Culp, ’O6, and Fleming, ’O6, have
returned from the Phi Delta Theta
convention held during Thanksgiv
ing week at Indianapolis, Ind.
Dr. and Mrs. Armsby on Friday
evening last, delightfully entertained
the November section of the Friday
Club. About sixty guests were
present.
Miss Ridgeway and Miss Brewster
of the Katharine Ridgeway Concert
Co. were entertained during their
stay in the college at the home of
Dr. and Mrs. G. G. Pond.
Prof. F. L. Pattee represented
this College at the Annual Meeting
of the Colleges and Secondary
Schools of the Middle States and
Maryland held at Princeton, N. J.,
November 25-26.
The snow that fell Monday after
ternoon was a signal for the hunters
to get their guns in readiness for
Tuesday morning. Rabbits are
plenty this year and as this was the
first tracing snow, many of the fel
lows were out, the result being about
three dozen bunnies slaughtered.
Some of the instructors, excited
by the inter-class football contest
last Saturday, were having a little
game of their own with a lady’s
muff in the State College Hotel par
lor. The “ball” was on the 10 yard
line and they were just making an
end run when Mrs. Shuman came in,
broke up the interference, and
stopped the play. The instructors
retired in disorder.
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Alumni Notes
W. J. Dorworth, ’O4, who is em
ployed in the testing department of
the General Electrical Company of
Schenectady, N. Y., made us a
short visit last week.
The home of Mr. Hiram Thomp
sou, near State College, was the
scene of a quiet wedding, “Wednes
day Nov. 30, when his daughter
Margaret G. become the bride of
Mr. Jas. J. Markle. The ceremony,
which took place at 10 a., m. was
performed by Rev. Mr. Denniston
of the Presbyterian church of State
College. Immediately after dinner
the couple left for Mt Pleasant,
Mich., where they will make their
home.
Mr. Markle is a graduate of fhe
class of 1903, and is at present In
structor in Agriculture in the Indian
School at Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
The Katharine Ridgeway Con=
The entertainment given by the
Katharine Ridgeway Concert Co.,
last Saturday evening in the Old
Chapel, under the auspices of the Y.
M. C. A. was the best one of its kind
ever given at this College. Miss Ridge
way is no stranger as she was here
last year and held her audience
equally as well if not berter on this
occasion, than before, as was evi
denced by the liberal encores. All the
members of the company had at
least two. Miss Brewster and Mr.
Kerr were two especially effective
contributors to the program, both
possessing fine voices and giving se
lections which showed them off to
the best advantage. Mr. Kerr was
particularly pleasing in “Romanza”
aud “Absent.” Mr. Lambeiscn,
at the piano, performed admirably
and came in for his share of ap
plause. The management of the
Y. M. C. A. deserves great credit
for securing such talented and high
class entertainers.
Clipping
From the Philadelphia Press,
Nov. 23, 1904.
ENGINEERING SCHOOLS .
To the Editor of The Press.
Sir: —The inquirer in the the
Forum to-day regarding the electri
cal and mechanical engineering
schools of the country doubtless
wished to know some of the leading
ones —a thing that is largely a mat
ter of personal opinion. Owing to
this it has been the custom to rank
these schools in the order of their
attendance —a somewhat crude
method —but which eliminates the
personal element. Taking this basis
and enumerating the schools begin
ning with the highest the relative
rank in electrical engineering for the
twelve highest in 1901-1902 was as
follows: Purdue University, lowa
State College, Armour Institute of
Technology, The Pennsylvania State
College, University of Virginia.
Cornell University, Columbia Uni
versity, University of Illinois, Le
high University, University of
Minnesota, University of Nebraska
and Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology.
Proceeding in the same order the.
leading schools of mechanical engi
neering rank as follows: Cornell Uni
versity, Stevens Institute of Tech
nology, , Purdue University, Michi
gan Agricultural College, University
of California, Lehigh University,
University of Illinois, lowa State
College, Agricultural and Mechani
cal College of Kentucky, Massachu
setts Institute of Technology, Uni
versity of Virginia, Case School of
Applied Science, Columbia Uni
versity, University of Pennsylvania,
The Pennsylvania State College and
Tulane University.
He who runs may read in the above
list the large preponderance of' the
so-called “Land Grant” or people’s
Colleges, oyer privately endowed
institutions, in the great work of de
veloping the industries of the country.
Surely Congress and the various
State Legislatures have built far
more bioadly then they thought,
and the resulting development of
this land has paid the expenses
many times over.
M. E. Wadsworth,
State College, Pa., Nov. 18, 1904.