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Editorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 The Salisbury Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 " But we can't do it, you know" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Castle Harmony . . . . .. ......... . ......... . . . ...... ... . . . .. .... . . 26 The '8g Class Supper .. . . .. . . . .. . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . . 27 Y. M . C. A. Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Foot-ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Tennis Tournament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 My Fate ...... . .. . ....... . ....... . ... . ............ . ...... . ...... 32 Scientific Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Exchanges ....... . ............. . .. . . .... .. . ..... . ....... ... ... . . 34 College News ............ . . . ... .... . .. ............. · · . · · · · · · · · · · 35 Personals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Technicalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Museum of Antiquity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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WORCESTER, NOVEMBER 16, 1887.

THEW PI. P'ablWled on tbe lbtb o f eaeh Mo11lh, dlll'iD.c tbe Sehool Year, by tbe Stude~~ta at tbe Wo,_ter PolytechDJ.e ln&Utute.

BOAR.O OF EOlTORS. O. L. GJUli'FIN, '88, SdUDr-i11- Uh~,

w. SP EIRS, '88. A. P. ALLEN. '88. H. V. BA.LDWlN, '88. H. C. STOWE, '89.

J . J. DONOVAN. '82. E. 0. JUOE, '90. 0. K. PRINCE, '90. S. H. ROOD, '90. H . E. RlOE, '88. Buri!IUI Jlonoger.

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Entered at tbe Poat-Olllce at Worceater, MaN., aa eecolldclaaa matter. CH AS. HAMilTON, PRINTER,811 MA IN ST- , WORCESTER, lUIS.

MANY a shalt, at random sent, , Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart th&t•s broken I" -Sir WalUr &ou.

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college year is fairly begun. Books dusty from disuse during the summer vacation again find their places upon the student's table, seeming like old friends, yet whose existence till now had been well-nigh forgotten. The daily routine of college life is ~aain entered upon, and throughout the college world we find the same activity and vigor which is characteristic of the first few months after the long vacation. A s before, the wheel has turned, raising a new class to the dignity of Senior$, and introducing a large body of students, fresh from the Academy or the

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High School, into the atmosphere of college life. To the latter, just entering upon their new duties, and to the former, as they at last find themselves upon the straight road, of which they can now see the end, the y&lr will be an eventful one. The crisis of life comes to many a young man, when , for the first time, he passes from the comforts and conveniences of a life at home to the cares and perplexities which confront him upon his entrance into college. Thrown entirely upon his own resources, he needs manliness and common sense to meet this crisis, and then it is that these two qualities above all others must assert themselves. A student's success at college is largely dependent upon the course which he lays out for himself during the first six months. At the end of that time the Faculty, and his fellowstudents as well, will have formed an opinion concerning his character and ability, to change which will require double the effort with which it was gained. We would say, first of all, then, to the new college student, be a man. Enter college with your head up. Be independent, but do not let your independence caiTY you so far as to be indifferent to instruction and advice. Always keep on the safe side by being willing to grant your stock of knowledge less than it really is. It is humiliating to be confronted with proof that

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make your :otntements ridiculous and pal. The matter ha been taken up in u yonrself the laughiog-:stock of e\·ery- :)ystematic way, and we trust that it body. Remembt'r and be willing to will be carried on to a successful comallow thc.\t the upper clas es may claim pletion. W ecc.mnotcommend too highly some privilege8 which you have no right the spil·it which the Alumn i apparently to dispute. And, above all, 1Mrn that feel in the desire to establish some lastthe on ly road to popularity i an ing mark of respect for the man who unassuming, straightforward manner made their Alma ~Iutet· what it is. Dr. toward your fellow . Braggarts may Thompson's work is too well known to decei,-e fot· a time, but their own as ump- demund review here, and the action of tion will finully de::;troy all their claims. the Alumni is sure to receive the wideTo the ~ · eniors, as they round the last spread approval of the public, as well tum, and ·ee before them the level as of those directly connected with the home-stretch, we believe there will be Institute. The direction in which the much inccrc regret that the end is so fund ·will be e~:pended is as yet undeneaT. College life is pleasant, but the cided, but we hope that whatever form stern reality of life is before us, and we it may take, it may be such as to conmust prepare to take our part. Seniors, nect by an inseparable bond the name of brace your ~e lve for the final tug; make Dr. Chas. 0. Thorup on and the \Yorcesthi last year count. As the Freshman ter P olytechnic Institute for all future has the making of his whole college life, time . so you have in your last year the makITH a feeling, perhaps, that we ing of your future business success. should not hope for too many Do not trust to luck. Lay out for yourgood things at once, om· many plans for selves a definite plan of action, and follow out that plan as far as is practicable. securing a Gymnasium have been alKeep your eyes open. The man who lowed to die out unnoticed. In spite goes through his senior year without of the advance we shall have made in making some study of the outside world the erection of our new buildings, we is sadly handicapped. Be prepared to think that the institution will be by no take your bit of sheepskin next June means complete until a gymnasium bewith the con ciousness that the charac- comes one of it most prominent featers written thereon do not, like the tures, and therefore let us not fail to hieroglyphics of the ancients, form a keep alive the interest in this project, meuuingless inscription. The work of and voice any p lrms which we may conpreparation will seem small in compari- ceive of as practicable. W e would suggest as matter for consideration the son with the atisfaction gained. plan which is being carried out at mith T is with plea ure that we hear that College to secure funds for the erection the Alumni Association is establish- of n gymnasium. A definite sum of ing a memorial fund in honor of Dr. money has been assigned to each memChas. 0 . Thompson, our former princi- ber of the Alwnnte to raise either from

THE W P I. her own personal resources, or through the assistance of interested friendd. In thi way it id hoped that a sufficient amou nt may be procw·ed, us the hurden on each contributor will he ,·ery lif!hL This plan seems to be e pccially practicable in a young ladies' seminary, for, as some one remarked,'' '\1lcn ~1iss-- a ked me to put my name to her paper I couldn't refuse." It might not he ~l succe · in an in::.titution like ow·s, hut it is at least a ::~<:heme worthy of con ideratiou.

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fttcilitic ' for the study of chemi ' try in our col leaes are hein eO' ino creased daily. Here ut the Institute, \..,-.jth the new building which is to he erected sometime, the cour:-:e in ch<>mistr.r ought to qunli(r men for po -itions as pmctical chemists. ~\t present, it seems as if insufficient time is allotted to the practical branch of the <:iencc, ince our gruduates find themselves in t\ measlll'e unfitted for pructical work. The middle chemi.-t.s recei n~ but fourteen hours' in truction each week, ten hours of this being given to pmcti<:c, und the remuininO' fom· to minemlofr\'. C' - ... Chemical philo ·ophy, generally taken at this time, is tlpparently to he crowded into next yeur'::; work, perhaps nt the expen ·e of something eh.e no le ·s important. Tho Faculty hnve armnged this matter, a,; they think, fot· the best. The wisdom of tbch· deci:,ion remain · to he ::.een . \\'itb the present arrangement, iL eems as if the work now heing taken up hy the cnior chemists must of neces.-ily be lef't out next year.

E do not wish our purpose to be misunderstood iu oaivio()' e the reports of the foot-ball games so completely. They are not thu · g iven to fill up space. \Ve believe that the majority of our readers unite with us in a desire to pre~en•e in a complete form as possible a record of our athletic prowess ; hence our sacrifice this month of so much space to the department of athletics. THE SALI 'BURY

LABOR.ATORIE~.

the cut inh·oduced a:; a frontispiece to this i · sue i · pre entcrl for the benetit of our readers a view of the '""orcester Polytechnic and its s urroundingo tt::l it will appear after the completion of the Salisbury laborutories. :\Ian.'' of the trees upon the brow of the hill have been left out in the cul , ret1lity having been sacrificed in order to pre ent an unoh'tr ucted view of the buildings. From information from reliable sources, we are enabled to give a more detailed account of the plans for the coo~t1 uction und equi pment of the new labomtory than ha yel appeared . The main huiiding, it will be seen, presentM u. l>toad, soli d-looking fi·ont, four stories in height. Indeed, the general impt·ession created by tho ex·terior of the building is one of solidity . The. tyle of architecture is si milar to that of the lubomtories of the Massachusetts lo::;t itute of Technolo~.r. In the interior the finish will be merely that of the painted brick wull ' ,with tbe exception CJf the physiettl let·ture room which will he pltu.tered, and !>everal other small rooms requiring: of necessity to l1e . hcathed. An ele,·ulor car will run to the top of the building thus affording easy carriage

THEW P I . of freight to the upper floors. One of the features of the building is the sy::stem of plumbing to be used. All the drainage and supply pipe:; will be carried down in the walls of the elevator shaft, and thus t rouble in a ny part of their course can be conveniently reached and remedied from the elevator路 car. The general plan is in the form of an L the extreme width being 100 feet, and the extreme depth 140 feet. A wide hall runs through the centre of the building, having an entm nce at the front and also one at the side for the especial use of the students. This centrJ.l ball is preserved on each of the four fioors and it is from this hall that access is bad to the various rooms. The first floor or basement, though the latter term seems hardly applicable, will be mainly devoted to the department of Mechanical Engineering. Here is the testing laboratory, where t he Fairbanks testing machine is to be placed, together with other apparatus for determining the strength of materials. On the other side of tbe ball is the steam engineering laboratory, containing boilers with a capacity of thirty horse-power or more, and an engine designed and fitted up especially for experimenta l tests. Auxiliary apparatus for weighing and estimating the material used will be close at hand, so that complete tests may be made. At the rear or west end of the bui lding is an electro-technical laboratory, in which the various important applications of electrical science nre exemplified. A portion of this room is reserved for a special phot()meter, to be used in the determination of the intensity of the arc and incandescent lights

in the laboratory. Abundant storage room is reserved on thls floor and in addition there is an assay room, a gas analysis room and a contant-temperature room, all of which pertain more especially to the department of chewistry . On the first floor proper, we find the front occupied on one side by a mechanical drawing room for senior work, and on the other by a mechanical museum, to contain a collection of models and drawings for reference and study. Prof. Alden has his study and recitation room c lose by the drawing room, while adjoining his study is a reading room, lo be supplied with the mechanical papers of the day. The large room at the rear on thls floor is an electrical laboratory for advanced work, adj oining which on either side of the hall are two rooms for special work in physics. Several dynamos, run from the engine below, are to find places on this floor and in connection with them, to absorb their energy at spare moments, there will be a large storage-battery, for which a special room is allowed. The second floor i~ almost entirely devoted to the department of physics. Here we have rooms for calorimetry, photography, photometry, a $pectrwn room, and a reading room containing literature pertaining to physics and chamistry. At the front is the general laboru.tory, Prof. Kimball's study and lecture room, and, opening from the latter, an apparatus room. The laboratory for elementary work in electricity is at the west end of the building, and in size and arrangement similar to the electrical lu.boratories below.

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BUT WE CAN'T DO IT, YOU KNOW. The third or top floor belongs exclusively to the department of ch-emistry Q UR jolly old Tech l~ a cudous place, and will be complete in every particular. For despite our great learning and show, Distinct laboratories are 80t apart for We try to believe such very queer tblngs; qualitative, organic and quantitative But we can't do It, you know. work, whlle there is a. large lecture-room Now there are the Juniors, a promlslng class, in position corresponding to the physic:1l On whom Heaven great gU'ts doth bestow; lecture-room below. The remrunmg Yet all or them hope to be ln the drat six, space is divided up into numerous small But they can't do it, you know. rooms mainly for purposes of special And the Middlers last tleld-day declared they believed, research. The drainage of the laboratory With considerable bl11ster and blow, is effected by means of troughs running That they had a mao that could beat Freddy beneath shelves about the room, so that Speirs, free access may be had at all times to But be can't do it, you know! remove any obstructions. And even in foot-ball they ventured tp hope The chief aim of the interior arrange- That victory with them would go; ment of tb.e building seems to be to keep And said: "We will win the championship." each department distinct, and yet have Bot they can't do it, yon know II those more closely connected in easy The ambitious Seniors do proudly maintain, communication with each other. Tbnt naught can excel them below; The building represented in the lower And expect to have field-day all their own way, left hand corner of the frontispiece is But they can't do It, you know Ill designed to contain the standard galva- And every Profe11sor up at the Ball nometers by whlch all the instruments at Keeps the same sad delusions In tow; the laboratory may be calibrated, the two And thinks his boys work for him two boon a day, buildings being connected by wire. It When they don't do it, you know. is hoped th11t at no distant date a transit may be secured to place in the tower. Tho Faculty thinks that processions have ceased, And that bondres will never more glow; This building, it should be remarked, is That fUrttng and dancing and all tun the've to contain no iron in its frame work, stopped, But they can't do it, YOU KNOW II copper being used instead to avoid any variations in the instruments. To equip Then the Doctor comes round ror the chemistry both of these buildings, many new fees, instruments will be needed, although the And remarks that the charges are low, ( ?) present supply will be sufficient for the And thinks be persuades oa to plank down with grace, beginning. Others will be added as Bttt he can't do U, rou know/ necessity demands and means are proII the Normal school girls would come up to the vided. Tech, Professor Graham B eU loquit"r:U the Profs. to the Cba~l would go, WORKED long on my secret- the great telephonePerhaps they would help as believe all these And tn no living soul I oon11ded. things, But I've learned since, two million aDd seventy men Bot they won't do It, you know.-Ault. Dlaeovered it juat. before I dld.

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A TLE Harmony. \Vhat delightful ..... t . l)o-.sihilitie the name uge:e Give rein to your imagination for a moment, and picture to your~ clf such a structure a_, mig ht appropriately hear so euphonious a name. And now, having conslructNl the ideal Castle Harmony, visit with me the reality, a. it cxi ts in the ~!nino woods. Transport youxself on the wings of fnn cy to the little village of H- , ltbout one hundred miles from Portlund, and hoard the little craft ly ing nt yonder whurf above the dam. team io up, o the owner, cupta.in, executive officer, pi I ot, engioecr, etc., ca ·ts off his line:'!, pull:: open the throttle, grasps the wheel, and we are off. The s un hns just risen, and the sweet morning air, L.t.dcn with tho odor of the fragrant pine, greets u as we g lide up tl1 e narrow, winding river. "'o close together are the heavily wooded bank:-3 thutlhc giant trees mingle their branches in an arch abO\'O us . The noi ·y puff of om· little steamer seems almost n sncrilege in these temples of nn.lut·e. Almost imperceptihly, t he river widen into a Jake. If yon arc fond of fishing, and inclined to he credulous, the g lowing- stories of t he skipper have rendered you all impatience to cast your line. I speak from the depth. of many a hitter experience when I tell you thnt your bright anticipations are dc ~tined to be dashed to pieces against the inexorable side of cold rea lity . But go ah ead. Cast your hook in a ll tho t rusting - - what I a yellow perch. \Yell , I thought li kely. Every hody of water in Maine swarms with these miserable fish. They are abso-

lntely wortble s except for pickerel bait. I never fa iled to catch yellow perch but on one occa:;ion. \Ve were out fi bing for pickerel when our bait gave out. 'With the utmost confid ence, we baited our books, anchored and fished for yellow perch. Sometime later we drew in the hooks with a new and deep realization of the fttct that yellow perch, like t he g unrdian · of the peace, are never around when wanted. If your amhition in the angling line is satisfied, we wi ll p r·oceed tow11rd the castle again. A shurp turn to the right, and Castle H ar mony lies revealed, an unpretentious, two-story building, of a neutral tint, standing out against a background of p rimeva l forest. In however slight tL degree it accords with your ideal, i t never theless p re ents a charming picture with the parkling river, the wellkept lawn and the mttje t ic forest.. Nor i::; the enchantment, which distance proverbially lends, d ispelled upon nearer approach. To t he left, we find another . m::tller bui lding, similar to the custle, and ovor t he veranda we road thut name about which Irving has thrown s uch a chnrm , 8lcepy H ollow. \Ve will land and explore t he ca.stle. We walk up tho grave l path, cross the hroad veranda, p ush open the door, and stnnd w it hin tho sanctu.m sanclorum of the Wild Goose C lub. The centro of t he room is occupi ed by a long dining table. On . mall tahles about the sides is an abundance of light literature. The walls are adorned with portmits in oil of each of the nineteen members of the Club, while scattered about here and there are o ld mus kets, fishing-rod , fantastically tJ·immed bats, stuffed birds and

THE W P animals, and many other curiosities brought from the woods. To the rigM of this lurge living room is the wellstored pantry, and at the rear of this the convenient kitchen, perhaps the most important part of the establishment to n sojourner in such a retreat. U pstairs we shall 6ncl two chambers and one long room which, ,,;th its double row of snowy-white beds, suggests a school dormitory. And now having inspected the cottage let us adjourn to the veranda, and filld out from one of the club members something or the raison d'et1'e of this strange dwelling in the wilderness. W e shall learn that some years ago a party of wealthy Bostoruans with sporting proclivities, in search of :1 spot where they might spend a few weeks with rod and gun, came through this region, and , being struck with the advantages of the situation, bought a number of hundreds of acres for a mere song. They built Castle Harmony, employed a half-dozen men to care for it, and came and went at their own pleasure. You may be sure that during the sporting senson some very jolly parties are assembled under the hospitable roof of Castle Harmony. Conventionality is cast to the winds. " Do as you please" is the only rule tho castle knows. The creed of the club is a delicious piece of humor. The first article disposes very ea8ily of the vexed question of equality. It reads : "\'Ve believe that all men are born equal and handsome, but that they remain so for a. short time only." Let us take one of the m&ny boats lying at the wharf and make an exploring tour up the river. A short distance

above the castle we find our progress burred hy rapids, und in the distance we hear the rushing of a cata.ruct. 1Ye land, and after a. short walk we suddenly emerge from the woods, and find ourselves stan<ling on a r ock high above the btl路eam. Before u is a scene upon which no lover of nature can gaze unmoved. A huge bowlder, jutting into the stream, has split off o that it resembles the face of a dam. The large rock on which we stand forms the opposite bank, while between these two some convulsion of nature has lodged :lnother, forming a natural bridge. Through the narrow passage the water whirls and eddies, sut路ging against its unyielding barrier in mad frenzy. The grand old forest, now decked with summer~s most brilliant hues, the rushing torrent hurling Jtself against the immovable rocks only to be dashed into spray, form a picture long to be remembered. As we again draw near the castle, the welcome sound of the castle gong reaches us, and soon we are enjoying the best efforts of the castle cook. After dinner we embark once more on our little craft, and are landed again all too soon at the village of H - -, whose picturesque beauty we find for us now sadly marred by our experience amidst the wilder charms of Castle Harmony.

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THE '89 CLASS SUPPER.

has been the custom from time imI T memorial for men to celebrate their victories with feasting and song. It was thus in the time of the ancient Greeks, noted for their valor and dexterity in all athletip contests, and so we find it in our own time. It was, therefore, deemed

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most fitting that the Class of '89 , having been so succe~sful in the spor ts of F ieldday, gai ning the cbampion::.bip of the school in tho Tug-of- War, should celebrate the occasion in a suitable manner. A supper was dec ided upon, to he given in honor of the Tug-of-\\' tu· team and the prize-winners of tbe class. T be Lincoln House wu chartered, nnd on Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 8 P . .M. the hotel was inupper vaded hy a ravenous multitude. was served promptly tmd r eceived due attenti on. Course followed course, while smiling faces and jovial laughter testified to the enjoy ment of the occasion. The post-prandial exercises were set in motion by Ton t-master W. E. Hurtwe11, who introduced each speaker with a few well chosen remarks. President Penniman re ponded to the " The Class of '89 in Athletics," nod Mr. L. H. Harriman reviewed the work of '89 on '•The Wheel." Mr. \V. T. "W hite tack led the subject of " Foot-baiL" Mr. Solon Bartlett was cnUed upon to represent " Our Runners" and l\1r. A. P. Allen ' ' Our Directors." .Mr. F. L. Sel'lsions proposed the toast ' •Our Base Ball Play ers" while :Mr. A. B. Kimball made a wi tty apeech upon " Our Tennis Players.'' .Mr. 'M. J. Bigelow gave a characteristic address upon the subject "The Unsuccessful Ones." .Mr. H . L. Houghton responded to "Our Tug-of-,Var Team." Mr. P. W. Southgate's solo " Next Field-day" followed. Tho last toast was "The Ladies" to which Mr. R. F. G:ndner re ponded in an elegant and fin ished address. After engaging in all the amusements which the house could aOord, and some which our " soloi t" could not afford, the boys left for their rooms ,

firs.t saluting, with the class yell, the new day.

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CO N VE~TION.

HE T wenty- econd Annual Con vention of tbe )l a~>sa c busetts , and the T hird J oint Annua l Cotwention of the :\l a achu etts und Rhode I hmd Y . M. C. A ., wa held in the Congr egational Church at outhbri dge, .Jlass. , from Octohcr 27th to the 30th. A bout two hundred delegates, of whom about eighteen were from the college branches , were present, aml were very hospitably cared for among the pleasant families of the a:: ociut ion's numerous fri ends. As had been nn ticipated all had a most enjoyable time at the vurious sessions, and all returned to their respective associations filled with more zeal for the work before them, with thoughts which would g uide them better in their work in the coming year , and made stronger in God by the good words they had heard from the lips of those who have labored many years in the interests of God's cause. The sum of $5,000 was raised for the support of State work. The encouraging influen ce of tho Convention was felt in no small degree by the Southbridge Association.

''l do not know w hat I moy appear to the world, but to myRelf I seem t o b:we been only Hke a boy playing on the l'leashor£', and diverting mysdf in now nnd then find ing a smoother pebble, or n prellier shell t han o rdinar y, whilst the g r eat ocean of tmt h lay all nndiscovered before me.'' -l>ir Isaac Netuton. ' ·.EJ..-pression is the dress of tbou~ht and till Appears more dccPnt. a., morP oltable ; A vile conceit in po m pou~ words expre !'ed Is like a clown in regal purple dress' d.''

THE W P I. FOOT-BALL. TECH, 68; ACADEMY, 0.

HE foot-ball season of the Institute T eleven opened October 15th, the first game being played with the \\Torcester Academy team on the Academy grounds. The day could not have been better for foot-ball, and, owing to this, and to the filet that all expected to see the Techs win, a large number of their fellow-students turned out to witness the game. The Techs won the toss, and chose the upper goal. Cushman secured the ball from the kick-off, and made a creditable run do,vn the field, bat was stopped about half-way to the goal by a multitude of his opponents. Two downs and runs by Cushwnn and Patter:-on brou~ht a touch-down to the Techs, made by Patter·on, eight minutes after tho ball was kicked off. Camp, who held the ball for the kick at goal, neglected to let it touch the g t·ound before it w:1s Jdcked, and what would otherwise h:wo heeo a goal was lost. During the whole of the fixst half, the ball , witb but one ot· two exceptions, was kept between tho Academy'a goal und the centre of the field. Cushman and Patterson did fine work, the latter being w01·ked, perhaps, too hard. Five touch-downs were scored during tho half, and from two of these, goal were kicked. Of the points made, Cu11bman secured two touch-downs, and kicked two goals. P atterson, J ewett and Brown each wade a touch-down. The fentures of the half were, Cushman's overtakin~ and downing a man who had a clear tield to T ech's goal, and was half-way there when stopped, Bartlett's tackle, by which J ewett secured a touch-down, and Patterson's desperate ru hing. I n the second half, hoth teams played a strong game at the start, but the Techs improved, while the Academy team weakened, until, when time was called, the touch-downs were increasing rapidly. A numher of pretty rushes

were made from punt-outs. One or two breaks for Tech's goal were made, but if Cushman and George did not stop the runners, White did, and the ball soon returned to tbe Academy's goal. The scorers of points in the second half were, Patterson, Cushman, Camp, Rice and Allen. Nine touch-downs and four goals were made during this half, making a total of 44 points. Alvord, '86, refereed the game. Final score: Tech, 68; Academy, 0. The Tech players were : George, Allen, Gilbert, Camp, Brown, Bat tlett, Jewett; quarter-back, Rice; half-backs, Cushman, Patterson; full-back, ·white (captain). TEen, 52 ; So. \V' oncEBTER, 0. Saturday afternoon, October 22d, about sixty Techs boarded a llpecial horse-cnr at Lincoln squtLre, and rode out to New Worcester to see the game of foot-hall between their team nod the representntives of the South end. It wus a cold, windy day, a little too cold even for foot-ball, and when the eleven went on to the field at 3.25, they found plenty of wi lling hands to hold their overcoats for them during the game. The Techs got the kick-off, and, although playin~ against a strong wind, they kept the t>all in their opponent's territory. In about ten minutes, Camp made the first touch-down, but no goal followed, owing to the peculiar punt-out ( ?) which be made. After this, White got a touch-down by being forced across the line, and this time he kicked 11 goaL A little later, J ewett got tbe ba ll and ran ne:l.l·ly half the length of the field, placing the ball so near the goal line that, after a sbort scrimmage, Camp torced bis way through and obtained the third touch-down, just as the time was ap. In the second balf, our eleven had the wind in their favor, and scored 38 points, from eight touch-downs, two goals and a safety, thus making the score at the

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end of the game, 52 to 0. The halves were of thirty minutes tluration ench, instead of 4.5 minutes as cnslomn ry . The T ech ru ~ h-line was tbe t:~ame as in the A~ldcmy b.-arne, with the exception of Morgan, who took Allen's place. White and Hartwell were the halfbacks, and played well, althoug h they were a littlo :dow in starting ; White al::.o making several bad fumble 路 of the ball. .McFadden played full-back. The team did not play quite as well as it did the week before, hut still it was too much for the So. \Vorccster team, whose lack of know ledge of the game wns clearly apparent. On the return trip, the horse-car conhlined a j olly crowd, and the ::tir reounded with its RAH ! RAn I RAn ! accompani ed by the blasts of fish-horns and the in ce~snn t ringing of the gong. T Eou's, 28; ST. MARK's, 0. Our invincible eleven, accompanied by about thirty-five of their fellowstudents, wenl down to outhboro, Oct. 29, and had little trouble in d efeating tbe St. Mark's team to the tune of 28 to 0. Play was called promptly nt. three o'clock, and, as the two e levens lined up, our team was seen to be preci 路ely the arne as in the \Vorcester Academy game. The l. Mark's were a tocky and utWetic lot o f players, and their entire play during the game was marked by n delightful roughness whi ch testified to bard work in the gymnasium and constant practice on the fie ld . The T echs hRd the south end of the field and the kick-off. Camp passed the ball to J ewett, who wns downed after a short run. Short runs by Cushman nod Patte rson advanced the hall slowly up t he iield , and Cnmp finally got throug h, malring an apparent touch-down , hut a chum of foul was a llowed, and the ball hroug ht buck. After being twice downed, Patterson made a good ron to within a yard of the line, a nd Camp had little difficulty in mak ing the first touch-down.

Time, 13 min. The t ry for goal was a fai lure. R ushe by J ewett, Rice, 路white and Cu hman kept tho ual1 near the goal, nnd three minutes later Patterson was pushed over the line, and t he second touch-down was made. The try for gonl failed again, but Rice made a quick sprint and feU on the ball while t he t. Mark's were st..'tr gazing. From this touch-down Cushman kicked a goal, making the score 1-! to 0. Time, 20 min . Hunt. dribbled and pa sed to his left ~nard , who was downed by George. \.:tood punting advanced the ball down the field, but rnns by Allen and Patterson recovered the lost ground . 'Whi te, Cushman and J ewett ran the ball stend ily for ward , and P atterson by a fine run got near enough to the line to enable Allen to mako another touch-down. Time, 28 min. No goal. Cushman made another touch-down immediately after. No goal. The half closed with the ball near the core, 22 to 0. middle of field . The St. ~lark's braced up con!:-iderably in the second half, and a lthough unahle to score , prevented our boy gett ing more than six points . These were obtnined in 16 minutes from the beginning of the half by a ,touch-down ,__ by Cnmp, from which Cushman vet'}' prettily kicked a goal. In this half Allen made a brilliant break for a touch-down , but was downed by a good tackl e of the St. Mark's full-back. The tackling nnd generul individual pln,y of the St. Mark's wero excellent, but they lacked t hat cool and collected team play in the scrimmage which marked the Tech's. The muffing and fumbling of the ball by our eleven was at times inexcusnble . Headmaster P eck of St. Mark's refereed the game.

w. P. I., 10; AM:H.ERST AG. CoLLEOE, 0. Nov. 5, the pride of the school met the Amherst Agricultural eleven at the Fair Grounds and defeated them by a score of 10 to 0 in the most stubbornly

THE W P I. fought contest that has taken place in this city for a long time. The first. half of the game was marked by unfair interference on the part of the Amber t players, who had no scruples against tnckli ng aman without the hall, if they found him in their way. By these tactics considerable ground was gained, but iu the second half our men met them half wny and things were evened up all around. There was none of the bad fumb ling of the ball by our eleven which was so prominent in the game with the St. .Marks, but there r emai ned a bad tendency to tackle high on the part of t he rush-line. Time and time again an Amherst player would break away from a neck tack le, nod were it not for the backs, would s urely bfwe made a touchdown. But in Cushman and Patterson they met obstacles which were bard to overcome. Cushman played like a demon throughout the whole game, never mis:.ing tackle. Patterson was a sat·e tackler und his running and punting excellent. J ewett and Allen tackled well, and the play of Rice at quarter could hardly be improved in coo lne~ ·and relitthil ity. The ru. h-line showed a great impro,·cment in blocking. Capt. \Vhite is enlillccl to no ::;mall credit for the admiruhle manner in which he has handled his men, both in practice and in the winning game they have played this season. The Amherst, eleven was composed of Foster, back; Herrero, quarter; Hice und tihimor (capt. ) , halves ; Noyes, Nour::.e, " roodhury, Moore, Cooley, Belden und Newman, rushet-s.

1st llalf.-Amherst has the south goal and the ball. Capt. himer makes a good run, but is well tackled by Cushman; short rushes by the wiry Amber -t half-backs carry the bull in dangerous proximity to the Tech's goal, but good tackles hy Patter on and Jewett keep it from ;tdvancing fw·ther; Cu hman t·elieves the pressure by a punt to the centre of the field, where J ewett drops on

the ball ; Amherst gets the ball and again the leather advances to the fifteenyard line; here another timely punt by Cu bman send the bull out and our halfbacks curry the hall in short rnns to the centre of the fie ld agnin ; Ambet·st gets the hall and a punt by 'bimer follows; ru5hes by Bartlett and Patterson carry the bull out, and near the thirty-five yard line Cushman tries for a goal from the fleld, hut it falls short and Amherst gets the hall, advancing it considerably; here our men muko a firm stand and part of the lost ground is regained ; Amherst gets the ball on a fumble by While, and unfair interference by their ru hers gives Rice n chance to take the ball to tho centre of tho field again; two more run hy Rice curry the ball still further, but the Techs get the bal l on u claim of foul, and a punt by (;ushmnn ends tho lnl11 hack agtlin ; the half clo~e soon after with the bull near the centre of the field. No points have been scored by either side.

2nd Ilalf.-Camp passes to J ewett who is shortly downed; aggressive interferen ce of the Tech rush-line enable the half-hacks to udvanco the hnll steadily on, and in ju t even minutes Camp gets over tbe line ; a cla.im of foul i::; allowed, bowevm·, and the hall brought back, hut Cushman ht·enks through the rush-line und makes the first touclH.Iown, from which he kick n. goul. Time, 8 min. ; score 6 to 0. .\gain the hall goes up the field by good work of the Tech halfbacks and u heautiful run hy White; Cushman soon mnkes :lllother touchdown, but fails to kick a goal ; time, 18 min .; score 10 to 0. The remaining twelve minutes of the balt' were productive of no points to either side, Amhet·st made a hmce and for a while it looked as if a touch-down would s urely he obtained. High tnckling- by some of our men enabled the Amherst half-backs to advance the ball to the twenty-five-yard line, and here it vibrnted

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back nnd forth, Amherst strnining every nerve to get across the line. They were unsucce sful, however, and the gumo clo ed with the score 10 to 0 in favor of the ,V. P. I. Mr. am. E. \\,.inslow, Ibrvurd '85, wus the referee. TENNJS TOURNAMENT.

prosperous and enjoyable ANOTHER sea. on of out-door sports is drawing to a close, and the many admirers of la.wn lenni aro laying a ide their racquets until the opening of n new season. The usual fall tournament of the 'vV. P. I. Tenni Club ha~ finally been finished, and, for the second time since the orgauiz:ttion of the cluh, Mr. 1\lyers of '88, cnrries oJf the honor for bi:s class, as cbnmpion in tho sing les, whil e in the doubles, )Jessrs . Chittenden and Chadwick of the same class secure first place. A s is usually the en e, there bus been good playing on the part of some members of the club, and while seveml of the best players of the school have not taken part in the •·e<·ent tournament, there has been tho u ual iuterc ·t manifested by those who have tukcn an activo part. Myers, '8 , played a very eve n, hut not hrilliant, gnme, and secured fir~ t prize with corupamtive cuse. His name, ther eforo, appears for the second time on tho "Land ·iug Prize Cup.'' Tbo second prize was won by Chadwick, ' 8, who, although he did not play as strong a game as h e did last season, had but little difficulty in securing second place. Among the new men who participated in tbe tournnmeol, Frary, '90, showed that some ,·cry good playing may he expected from him in the futw·e. Probably the most interesting of the

whole series of games was the final in the doubles between Myers, '88 and Nel'ion, '89, aud Chittenden and Chadwick, '88 . Both teams appeared in the toumament last fall, and Myers and Nelson, after u well-contested game with their opponents , came out victorious. They snng a different tune this full, however. Chittenden and Chadwick both appeared in good form, and ft·om the very stru:t, demonstrated their claim upon first prize. A. few well-placed balls at opportune times seemed to "rattle" their opponents , and re. ulted in an ea7 victory for Chittenden and Chad wick, Myers and Nelson being forced to content themselves with second place. Onco more, and for the last time at the "\V. P. 1.,"' 8 htlsshown her superiority in tennis playing , htlvi ng secured all but one prize, nod that the second in the doubles. W"ilh the present outlook there seems Lo be no reason why next fall's tournament should not be even more s ucce~sful than the one that bus just been hrought to a eloPe. MY F ATE.

time I met her I N vacation indeed confess,

d.nd I m ost 'I'hat a t sight I loved her madly,

In her duinty mornin g d ress.

Long I gazed In rapture o'er he r Sweet eye!:! looking in mine, Snncy nose to hei~b~ n.'-'pi ring Like unto a tll.Dgent li ne. In ber face was plainly written lnnocence anu youthfu l ne~::;; Anu I wished to call Ler io me As my du.rling little Bess. But she treated my advances \Vltb d isf a vo r and di!<cluiu ;

Curing not how much I loved her, Nor bow much I su.lfer ed pain.

THE W P I. With imperious will she made me W alt upon her when "he wonld ; Thin~s must suit ll et· just exactly,! ass ure you 'twus no "pod.'' But the more I tried t.o please be t·, Stron:rer g re w my love und trust That in time s he would esteem me, As, Indeed, I felt she mu .. t. So ou t: evening I wa.<~ wit h her In the parlor all nlonP; I approached with beating po ls~ , Speaking w ords in a gentle tone. T hen with courage born of tl.<'tion, To my breast I pre!' sed my tove; Oh! those moments full or rupture, Bliss and joy like thnt above. But al mo!'!t within t hat ln.stnnt, Loud and wrathful cries were heard From the little mou th of Bessie, For her f eelings deep were stirred. Like a live coal then I dropped he r, And upon that spot I s wort' That l'd had enough of babies From this ti me forth, ever-more.

Sulphuric acid, blackened with sugar, has been sugge. ted as a thermometer liquid. Its expansion is uniform, and this, in connection with the fact that its coefficient of expansion is nearly three and a half times that of mercury, makes the sulphuric acid thermometer a reliable one, and one whose variations can be easily noted. The Deane Steam Pump Co. of Holyoke, Mass., have in process of construction two unusually large pumps. One has a capacity of 5,000,000 gallons per twenty-fou1· hours, and the second a capacity of 2,000,000 gallons. The former is to be driven by a water-wheel, the power being transmitted by an immense spur gear nino feet in diameter. Prof. Tyndall, in one of his lectures to the Royal Institution, expressed a doubt as to whether the abundant litera-

turo now accessible to students of science did not tend to hamper original genins. He even voiced the thought that perhaps doctrines , handed dowo from generation to generation as ar ticles of faith, which it would be heresy to dispute, had materially checked the adv~.mce of science. Edison has dropped the subject of electric lighting, and is devoting his time and ingenuity to the perfection of the phonograph. Though his invention of ten years ago, he had not, until recently, developed it into a practical machine. For the past eight months he has been striving to attain this end, and at la!)t the r esult of his labor stunds ready for the market. In the original in trument the operator turned the cy linder by hand. In the perfected machine a smaU motor imparts a perfectly uniform motion to the cylinder, the re ult being that the articulations follow each other with perfect regularity and with increased distinctness. Looking through tho enthusiastic inventor's spectacles, we see the business man of the future seat himself before the instrument, press a button, dictate a letter, and mai l the resulting sheet to his correspondent. The latter places the sheet in his own instrument, starts the machinery, and leans back in his chair as he li. tens to the message. Forget-s will now he obli o-ed to cultivate the art of elocution instead of the art of writing in order to succeed in their schemes. A propos to the subject of natural gas, a writer in a western paper utter~:~ a note of warnino-. He states that two hundred year~ ago natural gas was used in China. Many wells were sunk and, as is the cnse in this country, the gas was liabted at the mouth of the well. In 0 • 11 one district where wells were espec1a y numerous a very large one was opened. Owing to some cause which he expresses as " back pressure, induction or something else," the flame from a smaller well was sucked down into the larger, causing

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an explo ion which laid watite the whole gns rcgton. The moral is obvious. &me time ago an appeal wa3 made to friends of Sibley College to ajd the department of electrical engineering. The re . . ult bu heen mo ·t gmtifyina. V cry recently a 650-li~ht, alternati~g current, \Y e tinghouse dyuamo has been pre. . cntc<l, together with materials tor an eotit·c plant. The college now boast ~ a coll ection of dy namo., from neadv all of tbo promine nt makers in lbe country . Appumtu-; ha poured in until the available ·puce is complete ly occupied, and the need of a new building is imper~tivc. Nom ly fort.v l:ltudeots are purs umg lbe cour~c of electrit'al enO'ineerino-. Prof. Thurl3ton estimate · tha{~ lOO,OOO will he r equired to fu1·ni sh a laboratory suitable tor their purpo.,es. L et us hope that 'ihley mny find orne one us generou a our own he nefactor. The following curious facts in reo-ard to a ship's mot ion were recorded by a gentleman during a long and rough ocean voynge lu t eptember :"The s wing of a s hip f1·om side to side, or it · roll, is cnu ed, of course, by the waves; and yet, whatever their s ize, a~d however high the rail of the ship r1ses to let them pas heneath, the time required for each roll is con ·tant. On a recent voyuge, I obser ,·ed this oscillation when the sen was calm, a lso dttrincr a brisk wind, and in tho are<ttest violenc~ of a hurricane, and it ~vas always the same,-six rolls to a minute. Only t{)wards the end of a voyage of sixtee n day~:; , when n largo part of the coal bad been consumed, and the centre of crravit~ bad been thereby con ide~bly shtfted, wu a longer time required· there being a difference of a few seconds: The ship is thus t~ sort of huae pendulum; and , since the time of o ciliationa does not. depend on the frequency or violence of the waves, but upon the size, s hape and weight of the vessel , the obser vation of its swing from side to

its

side_ mi~ht be a means of roughly estiID<lting 1ts tonnage."

The L aselle L eare.'i bus adopted a new make-up of twenty paaes and a cover , 0 . and 1t seems vet·y apiwopriutc to peak of its having a new tb'e. s. The Lea1·~ bus now an excellent typoaraphical appearance, anti its subject ~atter is \Hilton in a cri ·p, readable tv le. The management have had aood • uccess in • .1 0 procurmg auvertisements, which is partly due, we venture to say, to the fact that l)(~s iness mon cannot t urn heartlessly ns1dc from the pleudina.s of n youna and beautifu l olicitor when she ask~ fot· " only half :\ column, please". H erein are seen the exceptional ad,·antages po se sed hy a paper with a member of the ( o called) weaker sex as business manager. An _editorial ':rJter in the lViagm·a I ndex JS mthcr d1 plea ed with the u 'ua l tenor of college pavers, and proposes a r em edy. An extract of the article follows:"College journalism, uo douht. in many respect bus made remarkable strides since it fu·st became n student enterprise . But tbe whole trouble is that the cooutry is becoming swarmed with college magazines and newspapers. Every one of them is devoted to the booming up of societies to the deification of the institute of which it is the official organ, to the settlement of ull literary controversies, to tbe solution of the most _abstract and n~\·er-to-be soh·ed problems m nature nod scteoce, to an occasional talk on borne ports and borne talent together with the too-oumerous-to-meotio~ article~. Such a state of a1fairs is really monotonous, too much of a sing-sonO' · o' routine meth od of cooducting a college s_heet. •.. • .. Bow about having a ltttle poltttcs, a htUc of ever.rthing in our papers, fellow editors?"

It is an open question whether •·every one of them is devoted to the boomina 0

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ing sensation of exultation. This will do for a sample : "• • • • It (the cover) looks like a blacksmith shop of a state's prison, and we presume the caricatures at the left. of the page are cl.Jaractel'istic of the persons in attendance at the institution." Not having that full and complete knowledge of penal in titutioo:) which wo are sorry to see the exchange editor of the Cabinet possesses we cannot appreciate the resemblance. The Exonian's foot-ball accounts are written in excellent style. A very funny article entitled "Jourulism Through Plate Glass" is in the T uflonian for Oct. 5th. That moss-covered item, beginning, " The President of Harvard and the bead cook of the Parker House, Boston, etc. ," has been started on its weary rounds this year hy the Oberlin Reviet(). L et us take courage, brethren, and give this decent burial.

Chapel attendance at Colombia is voluntary this year. There are one hundred female stndents at Cornell. The innocent little pa1·a.graph io our Nearly $1,000,000 is invested in collast number concerning the Geneva Oabi- lege gymnasiums in the United States.net caused a great rattling of the dry Ex. bones in the sanctum of our esteemed 1 " illiams is trying to raise money to contemporary. The exchange editor construct a quarter-mile running track. seems to have forgotten the rules which Last year's Freshman base-ball team he formulated in the September number of his paper. There he said, among travell ed about a thousand miles.- Yale N ews. other things : The Univer!lity of Penn. will try to " We nre brothers, we are treading life's pathway together, let us then cast sunshine stop cigarette smoking on the col lege and glad ness in the way of others and by grounds. advice seek to aid one another." The members of the Williams foo~ball In t he October issue, our brother's team are allowed ten extra cuts by the " sunshine " is a very queer variety of Faculty. A recent rule adopted by the trustees that commodity and his " gladness" is not calculated to produce an overpower- of the Southern lllinois Normal School,

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requires all members of the faculty to '' keep bouse." Rutgers offers two prizes of $400 and $350 for tho best entrance ex:uninntions. It is rumored that ha~e-hall and football are to bo aboli:;hed nt St. Paul's School by the rector, Dr. <.Joit, leaving cricket as the st'hool game.- Yale News. Dartmouth bas purcha ed land on wruch she proposes to erect a buildin~ for the exclusi\·e u e of her base-hall njne. The Yale Athletic Association held its fall meeting Oct. 22, but, owing to the co ld wealber, no records wore broken. The composite photograph of Amhel'st, '87, is said to be an exact likeness of Guite~tu . -Ex. J. H. B. Easton, llarvnrd's fam ou anchor, will not return to Cambridge this yellr, as he is studying law in Boston. Yale i thinking of sending a crew to Eng land next ye:tr to row Oxford. Yale has good material at pre 'ent, and tbe students aro generally in fnvor of t he plan. Yale hns u. "Crimi nal Club," composed or jail-birds who have been arrested for petty offences. The club recently bad a banquet, to which twenty members at down.-Ex. The Harvard record for the two-mile bicycle rnce was broken hy 25 sec. at tbe fall meeting, Oct. 29, by Davis, '91, who rode it in S min. 2i sec. Cornell supports sixteen Greek letter societies, three of whlcb a re composed entirely of ladies. The University of P enn . bus $50,000 in band for the erection of a classical theatre. H enshaw, Linn, Mumford and Boyden of this year's Harvard nine will play next year. \Villard is in the Law school, but refuses absolutely to play ball next season.

It is said that the scientific building now in the course of erection at the U niver ·ity of Wisconsin, will surpass any college building of the kind in the Un ited States. Dr. Sargent bas offered $1,600 in prizes to persons of either sex who will appl'()ach the nen.rcst to perfect physical deve lopment. The offer remains open until June 1, 1890.-Boston Herald. T he 300 women of \V e11esley College do the housework of the college on the co-operative plan. It takes each one of them forty-five minutes a day to do her share. Exeter's eleven have been uniformed in canvas jackets, padded moleskin brce<:bes, crimson stockj ngs and caps. The sweaters are imported goods, having red and white alternate stripes. A gold medal has been offered at Exet er for the man who plays his position hest on the Exeter eleven this full, tile medal to be awarded by a committee of lhree chosen from the Senior class. The student cards given to students entering Ge1·wun universities, admit holders to the theatres at half price; sh ield them from arrest by the civil authorities, and give free admission to many of the galleries and museums of Europe.-Ex. Mr. A. E. P almer, of the N ew York 'H·ibune, in an article called "Some Experiences in a N ewspuper Office ," in the October Ollautauquan, says: '' 1 have had a dozen years experience in a New York newspaper· office and have heen engaged as a copy-editor half of that time. The work of hundreds of young men has passed under my bund and befor e my eye. They llad been both college g raduates and non-graduates, although the former have predominated. • • • My observation has shown me that of all the colleges Princeton gives the hest training in the English language. The Princeton man writes

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less like an amateur than the graduates being present. Mr. and Mrs. Morehouse of any other college, and Harvard comes will reside at 21 Sever street. second on the list." McClurg, '87, is drnughting with the '"estinghouse E lectric Light Company, Pittsburg, Pa. Fish, '87, is draughting with the PutB . B. Warfield, '82, writes us that in nam Tool Company, Fitchburg, Mass. acco1·dnnce with a Jaw recently pa. sed H. H. Allen, '87, wil l take a position by the Minnesota legis'ature his bunkjng as chemist at Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. lat. business wi II in futu1·e be conducted under the name of Warfield's Bank, the H. H. Boyden, '87, is teaching Phyformer name being the Bank of Battle sics and Chcml:,try at a military academy L ake. Mr. Warfield is located at Buttlo in Indiana. Lake, Minn., in the centre of a largo Gleason, '87, is draughting with the wbeut district, and reports business liveFitchburg Machine Co. ly in that section. During Prof. mitb's year of absence, C. D. Alvord, '83, is Instructor in Prof. Cutler t.nke. charge of his work, metal work and in mechanical dmwing Prof. Cutler's place, in turn, being filled at A tlunta Univen~ity, Atlanta, Gf>orgiu. Ur. G. H. Haynes. .M r. Haynes is hy Both of these departments are new this ft·om turbridge, ..Mass., und a gruduate year. of last year from Amher~t College. He Mr. A. D. Risteen, '85 , has been apbas our best wishes for success and enpointed as Associate Editor of Power, joyment in his new field of work. a mechanical paper publi. bed in New York. Mr. Risteen has been actively interested in the " W P I " since its start, and his entrance into the field of journalism reminds us that all labor Been up to the Tech lately? spent here upon the puper may not be in vain. Powe·r is a paper with an edition $3.00 was the price of season tickets of 15,000, and has offices in Boston, New to Prof. Kinnicutt's Lecture Course. York, Chicago and Philudelphia. Student :- "l s it correct to say ' She Joseph Beals, '85, and .Miss Grace sat on a beautiful summer evening and H oughton, of this city, were married, rusticated?'" Prof. gasps. Oct. 28. "This appat·atus is agitated by a reA. B. Fairbanks, '86, is with the Si- voh"ing vertical paddle-shaft." What is it? Can anyone en lighten us? monds RolUng Mill Co., Fitchburg. C. A. Bennett, '86, is teaching in the All worshippers of "The Choice FamManual Training School at St. Paul, i1y Resort" are notified that Bristol is ready to receive applications for season Minn. tickets. Mr. G. B. Burr, '86, has been chosen Why is a dentist probing around a Vice-President of the St. J ohn State tooth like a student working in radicals? Bank, St. John, Kansas. Mr. Wm. S. Morehouse, '86, and ~1iss Beeause both are looking for a root. Shakespeare says :-"The quaUty of Alice M. Earle were married in this city Oct. 25. The wedding took place at mercy is ne'er strained." Class in Sunnyside, only a few of the most inti- physics will please find the modulus mate friends of the bride and groom of tenacity.

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Proverb :-The Y s son runketh a glad father, but the on that get, u wa~:-- the V and Xs is the one that enjoys himself. The Seniors, in perfecting their graduation wbiskel's, will please remember the association rules of nine on a ~! ide and three out all out. A Junior is responsible for the following, found in one of the excuse hooks :-"Farther away nod bad to tend to work at his office". ' tuueut :-"Is it proper to use the word comrude, referring to a female, as 'She was his loving comrade?'" Prof. :-"Yes, but you should use it cautiously. '' A number of students from the ,Junior Class were invited to take lea l'.;th Doctor Fuller on the evening of the 22nd. The u ual good time is reported. We understand from Prof. Kinnicutt that most substances expo ed to the air become musty. This is intended as a caution to students not to air their knowledge for fear it may oxidize. Prof. to Student :-" Supposing some one should offer you $LOO to do an example like this one, bow would you begin, what would you tell him ?" Student (absently):- ' ' Show your money, gents ! " It is indeed a pleasure to note the change in the lavatory of the W. M. S. For the increased stream of water the authorities have the thanks of everyone connected with the shop. Where there is a will there is a way. 7 "\\ e wish some one would la.y a "rill across Boynton street ut foot of the path. Its advantage would be amply shown the next rainy day . Junior reading German comes to the words " Zwei Tuge," hesitates (the foamy reminiscences of the previous evening being still fresh), and then orders "Zwei Lager" in the usual tone. Class brightens up.

Bewitching )faiden :-" What does tbut ' ~1id . ' on the P I cover rue:m ?" 'tudent :-'' "\\1ly that's an abbreviation for )liddler." Bewitching :.Uaideu :-" 0, indeed I I lbought perhaps it stood for midni~bl, as they parted at the gate."

Bacon suid " ~ucb rending mnketh a full man ." Next man you see d runk give him tbe benefit of the doubt, whether be is full of reading or beer. T o preserve tbe illusion keep to the windward. They all do it, even the Profs . Prof. :-' • What is that article by Prof. Kuut, please, 1vlr. - - ?" 'tudent :- " I can't g ive it." Prof.:-" \\'ell, if you can't do that, I don't know what you can do." The boy~ made a raid on the gro<'ery store at CordaYille, after the foot-ball game and ate up uJl the home-made pies connected 'vith the establishment. The man in attendance was so flustmted that be gnvc a middler thirty cent~ in tbange for a quarter. It is said tbH.t the Worcester T ech . intends entering a tug-of-war team at the open meeting of our Athletic C lub this winter .-Boston Tech. Is thi:; a challenge? If it i a news item, the Teclt bas shown remarkable enterpri~e jn finding out something that is known to none of us here. Wanted :-A feather hed fo1· th.. use of the horse attached to the Boynton t. car. It is said that the driver of the car has applied for a room in the new laborutory, so lhat he can be ncar his place of busine~s in readine s to ease the rails occa ionally by stiirting the car. i\Ir. E. S. Frary, '90, experienced a painful accident in the .,hop recently, catching the thumb of his 1·ight hand in the hack gears of a large lathe. By a quick motion he prevented his whole hand from being drawn in, the possjbility of what he scarcely dares think of.

THEW P I . The Institute notices cre now posted on the bulletin board in all the colot路s of the rainhow. Sometimes we can't tel1 the difference between an important notice and an invitation to a temperance mass meeting. Student io Mechanics :- " I should think, Professor, that this subject offered a good field for investigation." Prof:-" W ell, what field?" Student :- " To find out what the author means ." Middle B took a short excursion with Dr. Fuller to Millstone Hill aud the Coal Mine, Oct. 20th, in connection with the study of mineralogy. Only a few specimens were found, among them pyrite, smoky quartz, fluorite, and gmpllite, but the afternoon was pleasantly spent in oh erving the geological features of the localities visited. In the St. :M ark's foot-ba ll game it wns amusin!! to see a St. Mark's man tackle Cushman. If bo could get within reaching distance he would grip Cushman's sweater like death und taxes, and hang on till the slack was stretched out like a piece of chewing-gum. A canvas jacket would have prevented quite a number of these loose tackles. An interesting feature of the St. ~!ark's foot-ball game was the way in which George handled the opposing end-rusher in the scrimmage. Every time the e levens lined up these two would engage in a lively wt路estHn[ match , which would usually end in u eorge's throwing his man, and sitting on him until the ball bad been snapped back. This was a very effective method of keeping him "on side." It is stated on good authority that when the instruments are in our new building, the students passing by it dnily on their way to recitation will be obliged to wear copper-nailed shoes. A discount of three per cent. on the chemish-y fees will be allowed on account of the extra expense incurred, but some of

the boys think it will be cheaper to go around by the way of W est street. Behold, go for yourselves and see I Work on the new laboratory is begun. ''The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel" muy be seen in constant operation in the rear oftbe shop. We looked for " Luke's iron crO\VD and Damien's bed of steel," but we failed to find anything but an old cast iron kettle and a bit of flattened stove-pipe. We commend to further search all Seniors interested in the subject. The Washburn Shops, as the new name reads, have an abundance of work for the month. Another order for a lot of 30 drawing stands has been received from Brooklyn, N. Y. The elevator work is at present chiefly on two large elevators for W ashburn and Moen's Quinsigamond Mill. The rock-driller is found to be very effective in sinking the shaft through the bed of rock which was met with but a few feet below the sut-fnce of the ground. One of our progressive Seniors who was in Scranton, Pa., last summer, and who has since become somewhat interested in Geology, says that he finds unmistakable evidence in the structure of Millstone Hill that what is now known as Scranton, Pa., is merely a big piece of Millstone Hill carried south during the Glacial period and deposited in its present location. It is a well-known fact that Millstone Hill and Scranton have many points in common, and hence his theory seems p lausible. One of the Techs, who recently paid a visit to W ellesley College, was completelY. overcome by the natural and artificial beauties there. He has seen, thought and spoken of nothing but W eUesley since his return. Passing by a candy store a few niuhts since, be read the card in the window, " We sell pure candies," as, " 'Vellesley pure candies," and thought no doubt he had found the place to purchase, in a con-

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densed form , the sweetness which he had seen on his recent visit. evernl radical changes are heing made in the pre ent arrangement of the shop. The tower stairs are to be taken out and in thejr place an e levator is to he put in to be used in transferring freight from floor to floor. Space will a lso be given for the long-talked-of enlargement of the tool-room, whHe the corresponding space above in the wood-room will afford a place for the much-needed foundry department. The stairs at the north end of the shop arc to he continued up to the third story and wiJI alford the only means of access to the wood-room, pattern-room and paint-shop save by the elevator. These plans have been unrler consideration for some time, and we hope soon to see the work completed. It is understood that to this elevator a meter is to be attached.

Doctor:-" Because nobody with brains ever smokes them." -American Dn.l.ggi&t. once erat homo tetoto.lus, THERE Qui stepp<'d on a HorrldDB Crotalus Quum clamavlt In pain " Hlc got 'em agaln I" Ric abstemlnous homo tetotalns.

A SUDDEN AWAKENING.

After an hours conversation on dramatic matters with a fellow passenger on a ~leeper coming east, Fogg suudenly Sald: "By the way, sir, isn't your name Edwin Booth?" "0b, no; I'm the dramatic critic on the Chicago Scoop." " I beu your pardon, I thought I was talking a man who knew something of tbeatlical affairs."

A REMARKABLE YOUTH.

"Have you any offspring?" inquired the severe long-haired passenger, through hjs nose, of a ~:~tranger by his side. A NEW THEME. "0h, yes, sir," was the polite reply, .A LA MODERN SCHOOL. "a son." HERE are many rhymes or The Century style "Ah, indeed I Does he use tobacco?" Tbnt a poet'il fancy and soul beguile, "Never touches it in any form." And chief or the themes these songs 1\mong "I'm ulad to hear that. Tobacco is Is the paradox verse upon " Songs Uo:mug ;" monstro~sly sinful. Does he indulge in Or, varylo~ somewhat, the hl~h-wrought strain, spirituous liquors?" To ease tbe stress or the mental palo, "Never tasted a drop in his life." The stanzi\S tho11ght of In realms remote, "Excellent. Stay out nights?" That came to the poet who never wrote. I've been looklog of late for such glorious themes "No, sir. Never thinks of going out Amid the maze of roy frenzied dreams, after supper." So, for Inspiration, I'll go get drunk, "I'm very much pleased to know this, And write them a song upon "Thoughts Untbu:nk." srr. Your son is a remarkable young ..Andrew F. Uftderhill. man." "0h, he's not a young man. He's a Young ~fan :-"Is it true, doctor, that two months old baby." smoking cigarettes tends to soften the brain." Impatient Passenger: " Say, Pilot~ Doctor :-"There is a helief to that what's the boat stopped for? effect, but with all our boasted modern Pilot : ''Too much fog." scientific appliances, it cannot be I. P: "But I can see the sky overhead." verified." Pilot : "Wal, 'till the hiler busts we Young Man :-"Why not ?" ain't goin' that way."

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