A dilapidated appearance distinguished the members of the Glee and Banjo clubs from the rest of the student body, at the beginning of this The Lehigh Glee and Banjo Clubs were strand ed at Buffalo and ivere unable to fulfill their en gagements. Let our boys shake hands with them selves. The prize offered for the best costume at the Masque Ball, last month, was won by B. B. Hor ton ’95. Spence and Ewing received special mention. During the recent vacation, R. L. MacDonald and J. E. Snyder made a 12 hour test of the en gines of the Bellcfonte Electric Light plant, for their thesis. The following Juniors were appointed as con testants for the annual Junior Orationa! contest: Regulars—Snyder, McCormick, Hemphill, Lyon, and Klock. Jessop, Bowen and Smith. Manager Greer lias had the good fortune to ar range the following excellent schedule for the coming season : April 12, Dickinson at Carlisle. Gettysburg “ Gettysburg. Dcmorest “ State. Princeton “ Princeton. Univ. of Pa. “ Philadelphia. Lehigh “ South bethlehem. West U. of Pa. State. !3» '7. 20, Dickinson “ Cuban Giants Wash & Jeff. “ Oberlin “ (Open) Gettysburg “ Wash & Jeff. “ Demorest “ “ 22, (Open) Demorest “ June x, “ 13. THE FREE LANCE. Washington Oberlin. Williamsport a, During the recent vacation, the senior Electrical Engineers Civil Engineers and Chemists, under the professors in charge of their respective depart ments, paid a visit of inspection to the various points of technical interest in the State. Base ball day was observed at the pool room of S. S. Gneb, March 21st. Mr. Grieb kindly giv ing the proceeds cf the day to the Base ball De partment. J. H. Holmes also donated one day’s proceeds of his “College Bakery” to the same worthy cause. Your kindness is appreciated gen tlemen., Physical Director, Geo. C. Hoskins, has com pleted the measurements of the class of ’9S and the average is as follows : Age, 19 years. Weight, 144 pounds, Height standing, 68 “ sitting, 35.2 Chest normal 34.2 “ inflated, 37 Waist girth, 30.1 Hip “ 36 Thigh “ Calf “ 13. S liiccps “ 10,4 Shoulder breadth, 16,5 “ of chest, 10.7 “ of waist, io Capacity of lungs, 234 cubic inches Strength of back 360 pounds. “ of legs 510 lbs. “ right forearm 55. “ left “ 51 The class of ’9B is 2 months older than last years' Freshmen were at the same time. Same average height; 20% below the average of last year’s class in general development. The average total strength is 80 lbs lower than last year’s class. The tallest student in the class is 11. M. Bone, height 6ft. 4.S in. The heaviest is F. T. Beers, weight 234 lbs. The student showing the best development is G. S. Halderman. inches,
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