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As soon as tho old grad's cigar was
burning nicely and ho had adjusted his
eye-glasses properly and carefully
crossed his legs, he began to talk.
"Yes," he said, meditatively, "wo
used to havo great times in the ol4
Uni. In my Bophomore year I roomed
with three other fellows in a down
town block on O street. It was a swell
place then. I visited it yesterday and
found it dreadfully run down, but at
that time it was all a person could
desire and taxed our pocketbooks soro
ly for rent. None of us had any too
much money after attending the thea
ter nightly with our girls or tripping
the light fantastic on an average of
two nights a week, and we resorted to
curious expedients to make both ends
meet and to keep tho wolf from the
door. We did not quite come to the
straits of the two famous gentlemen In
"Charjey's Aunt," but there were vari
ous secrets about our attire which
would have borne Investigation.
"One place where we found great
opportunities for economizing was on
our hosiery. We used to buy "two
fers," which I really think, now, are
Just as good as something higher
priced. But we wore our stockings
till there was almost nothing but the
uppers left, and, since none of us were
skillful with the needle, we were
forced to endure the discomforts of
such a condition with no release save
for an occasional new pair. Aner we
got them back from the laundry every
Saturday night we could experience
none of that most delightful sensation
produced by a pair of whole stockings,
but were compelled to go limping about
painfully week after week, cursing the
fates that brought about such a condi
tion, yet unwilling to deny ourselves
enough of our foolish pleasures to re
lievo it.
"Hut, by a singllar coincidence, It
one day happened that wo each re
ceived a substantial check from home.
We first Indulged In the customary
blow-out. Then we drew lots to see
who should go down to the Oliver and
reserve seats for the next comedy. We
paid our long-standing board-bills.
After the wreck had been cleared away
we each found- that we had a very
spectable sum left. What was to be
done with It?
"It did not take us long to decide.
Almost in unison wo shouted, 'New
socks.' New socks It was. Arm-In-
arm wo tramped down to one of the
lerjlng Btores, singing 'Glory Halle
lula' and 'Heaven Is My Home,' and
almo'st startled the clerks, out of their
senses by investing five dollars apiece
In new stockings.
"When wo got back to our rooms
you never heard of such a clearlng
out. Eac"h of us made a dive for his
bureau drawer and jlug out every old
stocking ho could find. We heaped
them In the middle of the floor, and,
altogether they made no small pile, I
assure you. We Joined hands and per
formed a war dance., around them and
made all sorts of sad farewells. But
when our enthusiasm cooled down a
little wo discovered that wo were faced
by a very perplexing dilemma. What
were we to do with tho things?
"Wo finally determined on a very
unique scheme. Each of us seated him
self on a window sill with a waste,
basket full of socks besldo him. When
some lady with a particularly large hat
passed on tho walk beneath us, each
would carefully and solemnly drop a
sock. Frequently they hit the mark
and If we had taken the projjer palna,
and the headgear happened to bejieavy
enough, tho lady would continue on
hor homowarjd way utterly unconscious
of the decorations wo had bestowed
upon her. If the sock missed Its target
wo would all dodge quickly insldo the
window, and strangely enough, got
Into no trouble over the thing. That
was before the Shirt-tall Paradp be
came an established custom. Tho cops
were not on to us.
"Before we were done, our amuse
ment assumed a very sporty tone. We
would lay beta with each other as to
whether or not we could succeed In
depositing a sock with tho hext passer
by. If I remember correctly, Consid
erable cash passed hands that evening,
but when we finally came to count up
our gains and losses, neither amounted
to much. We each came out about
even.
"I don't know what becamo of the
socks. A high wind came up the next
morning and scattered them down the
street for a long way. I got Into tho
habit of furtively examining tho hos
iery of the men at our restaurant, and
sometimes thought I could distinguish
resomblances to our former darlings,
but, of course, could not be certain.
Anyone could have worn the same
style of hosiery that we did, but for
ours I can say only one thing: May
tho Lord have mercy on their wretched
soleB."
Engineering Noies.
Kendall is working for an electric
railway company In Jollet and Is doing
well.
Mr. Green's class in railroad engin
eering has been studing yard and ter
minal systems for the past week.
O. II. Tim merman was elected sur
veyor of Richardson county. He will
finish the school year before assuming
his duties.
Professor Richards Is considering the
question of an exhilbt at the St. Louis
exposition to represent the mechanical
engineering department.
Professor Richards frequently re
ceives inquiries for teachers of manual
training. Those who have taken the
shop courses and would desire such a
position would do well to confer with
him.
The graphic attachment of the Richie
testing machine was used for the first
time this semester last Tuesday. Pro.
Chatburn assisted a division of students
in civil engineering 27 In Its adjust
ment. The class In electrical measurements
(physics 9) contains the following Il
lustrious members: Edison, Faraday,
HeavyBldes, Dr. Stelnmetz, Couloumb,
re-H"101"1; ?,aV8f ' pKfiP,orff; Hysteresis
Lord Kelvin, or Watts Joule. With
such men it Is not remarkable that the
standard of work is exceptionally high.
Orders have been placed for twenty
new forges and the necessary tools,
for the new forge show at the state
farm. When they are in operation the
agricultural students will not be
obliged to come in each time for shop
work and It will partly relieve the pres
sure on this department.
The most important Improvement In
the mechanical engineering depart
ment is a line shaft in the lecture room
which will be belted from the main
shaft in the machine shop below.
Through an ingenious speed chang
ing countershaft, giving a variation of
speed from 80 to 1,800 revolutions per
minute, this shaft will drive a new
Riehle oil testing machine, from which
tho coefficients of friction and the wear
ing qualities of different lubricants will
bo determined and also the wearing
qualities of different bearing metals.
The shaft will also drive a steel-yard
dynamometer, a belt dynamometer, and
a Lewis dynamoeter, connected to a
bolt testing apparatus, all of which
have been built In tho shops.
Among tho other additions to tho
department are hydrometers, flash test
ers and viscoslmeters, for testing lubri
cants, three new Tabor Indicators with
tho patent outside spring device which
insures greater accuracy at high tem
peratures, and Ave new Amsler's planl
metors. Tho Chemical Journal club will meet
tomorrow at 10:30 in room 4, Chemi
cal Hall.
MIsb Fosslor will report on tho In
fluence of autolytlc ferments on pan
creatic digestion; the Influence of pro
toplasmic poisons on trypsin digestion,
and tho end products of pancreatic and
yeast auto-dlgestlon.
Mr. Crouch will talk on the recent
advances In the bacteriological exam
ination of water, also tho detection and
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estimation of miner acid in acetic add
and will report what II. D. Richmond
thinks of physics In alalytlcal methods.
Mr. Keyser will report on the deter
mination of the boiling points of cop
per and zinc, also also will report on
the apparatus for the liquefaction of
nlr and hydrogen and will alBO give
tho method of transforming a diamond
Into black carbon.
In the Astronomy Department.
The observatory will not be open
to the general public until the new
moon comes around again.
The first year class in astronomy that
meets once a, week are studying the
history of ancient astronomy.
The first year class In astronomy
that meets three times a week are
studying the methods for finding longi
tude and time.
The geodetic astronomy class are
finding-the north and south line by
means of the sun and stars.
The mathematical astronomy class
are determining the sea - captain's
method of finding his way at sea.
Chemistry Notes
The chemistry 1 students are on the
ammonium compounds.
The chemistry A students are at
work with acids, bases and salts and
aro learning to name different salts.
Tho chemistryl students are on the
amonium compounds.
The metallurgy students In chemis
try are determining the metallurgy of
gold.
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Library Notes
The finance ofllco of the University
Iuib JimL reported to the librarian a
credit of $4.2-13.25 for the library fund.
The sum represents the matriculation
fees of nearly 700 new students and tho
proceeds of the library fee of $1 per
semester. These fees are by law, to lie
used for the purchase of books and
periodicals.
Palladian Club Debate
The Palladian Debating club will
debate the following question tonight:
"Resolved. That It is better for the
commercial
Empire for
free trade."
Interests of the British
England to give up her
MoBBrs. Mitchell and
Smitn will support the afllrmatlve, and
I)e Young and Suavely will speak on
the negative.
Union Debate
The Union Debating club will debate
Th6 following question this evening:
"Resohed, That England should adopt
Cha'mberlaln'B tariff policy." The de
baters will be Messrs Miiek and
Schneider on the affirmative and Bru
baker and Mellk on tho negative. Every
body welcome.
Women's Athletics
The Hofkey teams have been formed
for the morning and afternon prac
tices, and as soon as tjiey have learned
enough about the game some contests
will be arranged fpr.
Dr. Beesey has presented the library
with a complete file of, "The Western
Pomologlst,' a horticultural Journal
published In Iowa In 1870. This 1b the
only complete file In existence.
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