- The Pennsylvania State College Chartered 1855 , . FOR THE FREE EDUCATION OF BOTH SEXES Schools of Language and Literature, History, Mathematics and Philosophy, Agri culture, Natural Science, Engincering, Mines and Metallurgy, offering courses of study in all branches of the Arts and Sciences. For further information address , THE REGISTRAR, State College, Pennsylvania A Faculty Social Club. A movement has recently been set on foot among the instructors and members of the faculty for the organization of a club, with the ulti mate' aim of erecting i handsome and modern club house, which will provide social quarters and a living place for the members. The organization as planned is to be known as The Pennsylvania State College Club. Several meetings were hela eary in December, and a constitution and by-laws were adopted. On December 15 the fol lowing officers were elected: presi dent, I. L. Foster; vice president, J. H. Frizzell; treasurer, J. F. Meyer; secretary, S. K. Hostetter. The board of directors is to consist of ten_members, i icluding the four officers - already named and the fol lowing others, elected to ' serve for the time named: J. P Jackson and E. D. Walker, three years; J. P. Welsh and G. K. Pattee, two years; H. P. Armsby and G. A. Whitte more, one year. The plan is to build an up-to-date club house, which will cost proba bly $25,000 The first floor will be devoted entirely to the social features of the club, and will consist of a lobby, reading-rooms and dining rooms. The second and third floors will consist of suites of two rooms, occupied by one man. There will be probably 25 or 30 of these suites, which will be rented at reasonable rates. „ THE STATE COLLEGIAN No definite location for the club house has been selected, but several desirable sites are in view. The membership of the club will not be limited, as it is hoped to include all the men in the faculty. Executive Committee Actions. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trus tees held January 4 and .), the fol lowing resignations were received and accepted : Sterling D. Fowler, associate professor of heat engineer ing; A. Bradley Burgess, instructor in mechanical engineering; Henry James Kline, instructor in physics; H. P. Fislv)urn, assistant in experi mental agricultural chemistry. The provisional resignation of Ralph E. Myers, assistant professor of electro chemical engineering, was also ac cepted. Application from" the Fire Com pany of State College was made to the Executive Committee for the heating of the fire house by the col lege plant. but it was voted that it was inadvisable to make such an ar rangement. It was voted that the farm pur chased from Dr. Christ and daugh ters and inherited from Moses Thompson be known officially as the "Thompson Farm." In order to relieve two dormitory rooms in the Main Building, the President of the college was author ized to have rooms partitioned off in the basement of Carnegie Library for the use of the college student publications and correspondents. Messrs. Kellar, Musser, and Musser appeared before the Com mittee with a petition to open a highway from the public road lead ing past the Experiment Station building and to extend through the college property north eastwardly to connect with a street or streets in a plot known as the Highland addition to State College. The petition was discussed, but no action was taken. The following appointments to the faculty were made : Paul Cloke, instructor in physics, from the beginning of the second semester; Robert C. Duncan, an additional instructor in physics for the second semester; F. S. Dent, as helper in the creamery during the winter courses. Free Lecture Course. The second lecture in the Free Lecture Course will be delivered in the auditorium on Saturda3 evening, Jan. 16, by Mr. C. J. Blanchard, of the United States Reclamation Ser vice. The subject of the lecture is "The Land of Little Rain." It will be illustrated by beautiful stere optical views. Mr. Blanchard has recently been appointed by President Roosevelt as a member of the special Commis. sion on Country Life. At present he is giving a series of illustrated lectures in the different colleges of the United States. An entertain ing and instructive evening may be expected. Admission is free.
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