There is no reason why we should not succeed next spring in base ball. A good many of our old players are here and these together with the choice of the many base-ball players among the new students will make a very strong team. If there are any more walks to be built, why not have one extending from the front entrance to the east gate ? At present there is only a foot path under the trees. A great many stu lents board in the lower Nil of town ant it would be much more pleasant and convenient if a walk were built The recent fire shows the necessity for a thor oughly equiped fire brigade. Had we have hada holy of students thoroughly drilled in the fighting of fire, better and more effective work could have been d me than was possible for a b.)dy of willing but unorganized workers. By all means let the fire drill be a part of the regular military drill. A very enjoyable musicale was given in the hall of the Washington Literary Society on Friday evening, November Gth. An excellent program of music both vocal and instrumental, interspers ed with recitations and the reading of the society paper. Such progra as furnish a pleasant break in the regular literary work and sh Wild take place at least once a term. The targets have been put up in the armory and the regular winter's practice has begun. Two companies are kept on the range from four to five o'clock daily. So for the highest score yet made was 24 °tit of a possible 25. The firing 1, ;11 be kept up during the winter so that considerable rivalry, as regards scores, between the different companies of the battalion may be expected. The usual division of the Sophomore class into an advance and review chemistry class, has been accomplished. Following this division two new yells were heard resounding over the campus. They are given in full fur the benefit of next year's "Halogen Group :" Siss I Boom Ah I Cuckoo ! Halogen ; Halogen I Cuckoo ! Chlorine ! Brom ine I lodine Fluorine Boom I THE FREE LANCE. The woodwork for the new Engineering build ing has been let to Wilson J. Smith a prominent contractor of Wilkesbarre, Pa., for $48,000. Prof. Fernald spent last summer vacation with the U. S. Fish Commission at Wood's Holl, Mass , collecting specimens for the College and brought back a large amount of valuable material. New cases for the bird.; and mammals are soon to be built, the present ones being overcrowded, and it is desired that the museum shall contain speci mens of every animal found within the limits of the state. Th. fill assembly given by the Senior class, will be held on the evening of November 27th, in the College Armory. The Stopper and Fisk orchestra of Williamsport, has been engaged to furnish the music. The class should receive the support of all the students in trying to make the assembly a success in every way. In all probability there will be quite a large delegation of ladies and gentlemen from the surrounding towns. In the past the students have not turned out as well as was expected and their absence has been greatly commented on by visitors. Luring the past year several important additions have been made to the Department of Zoology. The museum has been transferred from the' Bo tanical Buili li lig to a room in' thetollege building,' a !joining the Zoological'lecture room, and will•be open from 1.30 to 4 p. in. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays during the' remainder of• the session. A set of ai)out one hundred colored wall charts prepare I by the celebrated' German scientist L m :kart, has been obtained for use in class room ;truotiaa ; a Schulze Wicrotom for cutting sec tions or animal tissues to examine with the micro scope hai just been imparted ; a recent purchase for the museum included specimens of the Duck b I led Platypus and Silky Echidna from Australia; skeleto is of the bat, frog, terrapin and paper mache models of the eye, ear and larynx of man ; of a caterpillar; moth and bees with comb have b ord:re I from Paris and are daily. expected
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