41 Russell Sage said : "Your -real-. estate . will make your old age ~comfortable,' Vol.'V, No 15'. "'"' Elective Courses •in German. Thi following•le&ivq ~ course,s. in ~ .. German will be offered to all stu dents who have had Ge'ima - n 3.or . ,its eqUivalent. Recitations will be twice a week,,hours to be arranged with students. All wishing to enter the classes . 'should kindly notify the instructorsjn : charge at once. - Scientific : German—Prot. Fehr Reading and translation Heine's Poems= l Miss - Simmons. A story v ol Heine's life and 'poetry with especial•attention to his lyrics, their • sources and their literary technique. •t• - • ••. Introduction to the HiStory- of German - Literature—Miss STin'inons. English lectures; readings and Trans lations of the representative works of German Literature from its be ginnings to the classical period. At , tentidn will be given to the growth of literary forms and' the relation of literary to sonial, political and re ligious histoiy. German Phonetics—Mr ; . iiriard.' Especially intended for those who expect to be'dOme tea'aiers' or'Who desire to acquirea correct pronuncia- ° ` tion. German COriveisation—Mr. Gold smith. Special attention, "mill be given to die building up p' ay~ioOab Wary and to the use.- of. 0116cluial phraseologY." - .= • Lyrics of Goethe and.. Schiller Mr. Goldsmith. Reading Eno:itudY of selected poems. Lecturel on the lives and works sof die two poets. President J. D. Moffa,t•of.W. and J. college will spealc_.at_ripxt . Sun day's chapel exercises. ' ' StATE'dOLLtdE:` PA., L JANtARY 21, 1909 An Electrical Dinner r Sixty-nine inemlsers of the elec trical_department enjoyed a chicken ando.vaffler dinner at-. the Nittany ..Inn,las.t Friday evening. The guest of honor was Dr. A. S. McAllister, !of-New York, who . duting' the week delivered eighteen lectures before !the junior and senior electricals iPreOdent Sparks was also. a gue'st. Dean Jackson had been called out of ,town .and was.unable to be I_,(23eiii. _ The following toasts \vote .Ic spoßded to, C. N _Fleming acting as toastmaster: "For.the Glory of Dal State,". president Sparks; "Rem imscences,", Dr. McAllister; - The .1909 Lrlectrica)s„'' . 'Rader; ''The 1910 Electricals,", S. J.. lvieNar) O.ther, talks were given by the in struetor, the keynote of all bein g an appreciaton of the work which pr. McAllister had - done during the week. —Alumni Banquet in Boston. ' The New England Alumni A:sso Ciaiion of the Pennsylvania State College "will'giveta'banquet at which Prd§idefit Sparks be. the guest of liOnor;, at Young's Hotel in ;.Beittififi `on Saturday evening, Jar,- ua'tP3o.• The hour is set' tor half.- f;At's - ix. All albmni. students and Irierids'Of`the college are urged to attend. "Those expecting to be present will• kindly forward their names to J. C. Clendenin, So Ocean St., Lynn, Mass. Frederick W. Vanderbilt has ie :centiy - given $50,000 to the Shef field Scientific School of Yale Uni versity. Mr.. Vanderbilt, who is a graduate of 'the class' of '76, has already placed two dormitories on Sheffield SqtiarE. - ' -1,. e Ave r 4 el? ) vega 44 ;• • AV LI - : _I. price _ Five Cents Good - Euterlainment 'for Senior Week Arrangements "lave been practicer ly completed for what promise's to •be a most iuteiesting Senior Week. 'The program will begin with the Senior Dance at McAllister Hall do Fii, - :av evening ' On. Saturday' aft eifioon an elaborate entertainment 'will b'e;, , ,tven under the personal di "ec::o,l of 'Pep" Golden: •It will of - Rvariety of fcatures,`in udinv WlCSililw, bualing. The seedrid act i iil I.)t a comedy, - College Days, — and some rare and noiiel stunts may be 'expected - The pro : . .;iaM . will con am many musical 'lain - lb - els, since the - glee club', the oichesti - :, and the mandolin club ,vill all take part. No charge will be made, and rickets may be se bured from - the committee. In the evening Bucknell will Play oin five in basketball, • and- the - Man dolin and glee 'clubs will give a . doa- Oft which promises ti - Y: Le better even 'than their usual- standard' of 01k- On Sunday evening Miss - Ather ton,assistil by outside- talent, will %ive a sacred concert, and the Week's pro, am will end with' • the Te6si cholea., danCe on Monday evening. The committee and - all who'are interested in Senior Week have worked hard to 'make it unusually successful this yew, and it only re mains foi all to their part. Prof. and Mrs I. M. Willard gave enjoyable receptions on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of last week for tue faculty to meet Mr. Frank N. D. Buchman, the new general secretary of the Y.'M. C. A