PERSONAL
Exam week commences Monday,
Jan. 23rd. Oh, joy!
Miss Duff of Natrona, Pa., is
visiting her brother R. L. Duff ’O5.
President Atherton spent the
greater part of the holidays at At
lantic City.
Alexander Cromer, ex-’O6, is at
present employed by the Pennsyl
vania R. R. at its Altoona head
quarters.
—The Mallory Studio, Bellefonte,
have established R. P. Farrington as
student agent. Find him at the
Kappa Sigma house.
Professors Geo. C. Watson, H.
A. Surface and B. F. Gill delivered
lectures at the Grange meeting, Pine
Hall, Saturday evening, December
17.
The First National Bank of State
College closed its first week on Dec.
22nd. One hundred and five de
positors have opened accounts
amounting to $18,149.27.
Drs. Pond, Keith, Armsby, and
Frear were in attendance at the
meetings of the American Associa
tion for the Advancement of Science
in Philadelphia. Dec. 27th, 28th and
29th.
Prof. I. L. Foster left on Thurs
day for Worcester, Mass., where
during the Christmas vacation he
will work upon a new French book
with his literary partner, Prof. Fred
Davis Aldrich. —The Times.
Prof. W. J. Spillman, Chairman
of the Committee on Foreign Man
agement of the Bureau of Plant In
dustry, U. S. Department of Agri
culture, was in town just before the
holidays on Department business.
Miss Allibauch, an alumna of
Dickinson college, who is at present
engaged as instructor at the Lock
Haven Normal school, spent the
week preceding the holidays here,
doing some research work in Botany
and Natural Science.
Miss Margaret Barry,
It is not often that State College
has an opportunity of listening to an
artist of the first rank, and those
few who attended the reading in the
Old Chapel Wednesday evening,
December 14th, are congratulating
themselves. Miss Margaret Barry
is perhaps the leading dramatic
reader on the American stage to-day.
The New York Herald hails her as
“the greatest reader of the age;” the
conservative London Times mentions
her as possessing ‘ ‘remarkable dra
matic reserve power and concentra
tion,” and furthermore characterizes
her as “exquisitely cultured both
in speech and manner;” and Presi
dent Roosevelt with characteristic
enthusiasm declares her to be “A
second Scott-Siddons.”
Miss Barry presented six scenes
from “Les Miserables.” Her ren
dering was in marked contrast with
that of the professional elocutionist.
She did not depend on mere imper
sonation, on make-up, facial grimace,
and imitation, but she gave an in
terpretation of the masterpiece. For
the time she was. like Booth, the
character she was portraying. She
understands the power of suggestion,
of the -dramatic pause, of the,
unspoken word, of the gesture that
is more eloquent than words. It
will be long before a more cultured
and finished artist visits the College.
The Reading Club,
On Saturday evening, Dec. 17th,
the Berks county students met in
Room 312 Main to form an organi
zation. The following officers were
elected: President, G. L. Christman
05, Vice President, H. E. Plank’os;
Treasurer, F. E. Yoder ’O5; Secre
tary, G. D. Barbey ’08; and M. B.
Gerhard ’OB, Dutch Poet. It was de
cided to name the organization ‘ ‘The
Reading Club.” After a lunch,
served by Christman, the club ad
journed to the Stag Dance. All
Berks county students are invited to
join.
Alumni Notes
J. V. R. Evans ’O4, is with the Elk
Tannery Co. at Ridgway, Pa.
W. A. Fox ’O4 is assistant
chemist with the U. S. Leather Co.
at New York.
Miller, Silvius, Baird, all ’O3 to
gether with A. G. Fisher, ex-’O2,
are all located at Altoona.
W. H. McCune ’O4, is assistant
chemist with the Mononghela Fur
nace Co., McKeesport, Pa.
C. N. Fenstermacher, who is with
the Western Electric Co. of Chica
go, was in town a few days last
week.
Boyle ’O3 has resigned his posi
tion at Norristown to become head
chemist at the Valentine Furnace
Bellefonte.
Mr. C. S. Bomberger, ’O4, is en
gaged in installing an electric light
plant for the" Sinking Springs Elec
tric Light, Heat and Power com
pany.
A. G. Guyer, ’94, has recently
been appointed assistant Manager of
Sales for the Edison Manufacturing
Company. His present address is
No. 83 Chamber Street, N. Y.
M. J. Rentschler ’O4, who takes
the place of Mr. Shoffstall in the
Qualitative Laboratory has taken up
his quarters in the basement of the
Laboratory building.
“Sister” McDowell, editor-in
chiet of the “Free Lance” last year,
together with Bryson and Campbell
of last year’s class are draughting
for the Ameiican Bridge Co. at
Ambridge, Pa.
It is rumored that “Bob” Lyons
’O4, was married on Dec. 24, 1904.
The name of the young lady could
not be learned. “Bob” is working
at the Emporium Powder Works,
waitingfora “raise.”
M. L. Gray, 'O4, has recently left
his position with the Lackawanna
Coal and Coke company at Wehrun.
Pa., and has entered the testing de
partment of the Bullock Electric
Company of Cincinnati, Ohio.