State Vol. IV, No 23 Senior Banquet. The senior banquet, which was held at the Bush house, Bellefonte, last Friday evening will ever remain a memorable occasion to those present. Although the class guar anteed eighty men, only sixty-five were present, but the spirit was not dampened in the least by the small attendance. Trains on the Bellefonte Central were not running and the class was forced to drive to Bellefonte in the afternoon and to return early the following morning. A dance given in the Bush Ar cade in the evening made the affair more enjoyable. The banquet com menced at 12 o'clock and ended with the college and class yells at 4.30 a. m. The menu was an ex cellent one and an orchestra further enlivened the occasion by music dur ing the banquet. As toastmaster, C. M. Piper act ed-In an able manner. Many witti cisms and jokes upon various mem bers of the class were here heard from all of the speakers. The toasts, Which were excellent and well delivered, treated of every phase of college life, and it was not only a great pleasure to have related again the interesting experiences of the past four years but it was also a delight to look forward with the prediction of a great future for 1908. The following toasts were re sponded to : "Alma Mater," W. F. H. Wentz el; "The - Blue and Gold," J. S. Ritchey; "Athletics," W. F. Cree; "The. Lassies," W. B. Plank; "The Faculty," D. C. Cochrane; "The Future," W. F. Fry. Syracuse_ already has her varsity crew on the water. Coll STATE COLLEGE, PA., MARCH 26, 1908 The Mechanical Inspection Trip. On Friday morning the senior mechanicals returned from a four days' tour which included Belle fonte, Altoona, Tyrone and Johns town. The points of interest in the Al. toona shops included the repair department, where driving wheels are turned, tires put on, and con necting rods and other parts of lo comotives made. An examination was made of the testing machine by which the coal and steam consump tion, the distance traveled, and the efficiency of an engine can be care fully measured. On Tuesday morn ing a visit was made to the Juniata shops, where freight cars and steel passenger cars are made. In the afternoon the visitors saw the foun dry department in South Altoona, where probably more than a million dollars worth of patterns are stored in the pattern room. On Wednesday the party went to Johnstown, where they visited the various departments of the Cambria Steel company. A final visit to the Tyrone paper mill on Thursday ended the trip. Interclass Basketball. The annual sophomore•freshman basketball contest to be played to morrow evening will probably not fall behind the games of preceding years in point of interest. Although 1910 has several varsity men, 1911 has been working hard to develop a team which will keep the second year men busy at all stages of the game. The Dartmouth baseball team will spend two weeks in the South to pre pare for a thirty-two game schedule. egian. Lecture by Professor Stoek. The fifth lecture' in the Free Lecture Course will be delivered in the Auditorium on Friday evening, March 27, by Professor H. H. Stoek, of Scranton, Pa., Editor of Mines and Minerals, and formerly professor in the Pennsylvania State College. His subject is, "Some Problems in Coal Mining." He will have something to say about the recent catastrophe at Monongah and other similar disasters. The lecture will be illustrated by numerous stereopticon slides. Professor Stoek ought to have an unusually good audience because he is favorably known as a for - tier professor in this college, because he has a recognized reputation as a lecturer on mining engineering subjects, and because his lecture, while especially instruc tive to all engineering students, is popular in character and is well illustrated. The lecture will begin at 8.30 o' clock. Relations With Bucknell. An arrangement has been made by which two members of the faculty athletic committee of Bucknell Uni versity will come to the College to morrow to confer with a like com mittee from our faculty with regard to resumption of athletic relatio3s between the institutions. A con tract may be formulated which will cover football, baseball, basketball, track, and tennis. The faculty representatives from Bucknell are Professors Wolfe and Heine, from State, Professor Ray and Physical Director Golden. The Bucknell committee will be entertained while here by Professor and Mrs. Jackson. Elmer C. McGill, 'O7, of Pitts burg, spent last week in town, Price Five Cents
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