THE PENNSYLVANIA ELEVEN.

The chief topic of discussion here since last Saturday has been Pennsylvania's defeat in football by Lafayette. To say that it was a bitter disappointment to Pennsylvania men, as well as a thorough surprise, is to put it mildly. While the team lost the game by poor generalship and by fumbling, it must be freely admitted that Lafayette played a magnificent game and deserved all the laurels she won. Her playing throughtout was consistent; her men were quick to see and take advantage of every opportunity, and not once did she cease to play a clean, hard game. Last evening about six hundred students went to the Pennsylvania training house singing songs and cheering the team. Coach Woodruff and nearly all the members of the team made short speeches, and today just before the Brown game a mass meeting which was attended by about a thousand students was held in the dormitory quadrangle, at which speeches were made by alumni and undergraduates, and resolutions drawn up pledging to the team the loyal support and confidence of the student body. The cheering at the Brown game this afternoon was probably the best ever heard on Franklin field. Pensylvania's playing showed a decided improvement, though there still remains a vast amount to be accomplished before the big games later in the season. Henceforth Woodruff will resume his place at guard and Morice will play at right halfback.

Interest in rowing this fall at Pennsylvania has been remarkable. Eighty-four men have been in training for the last three weeks, and next week an interclass regatta will be held on the Schuylkill Rive. About eight crews will compete.

The fall novice games held last Saturday were successful in bringing out a large number of new men. The most promising of these, judging from the form shown in these games, are Grant, a long distance runner; Williams, who won the 100-yards dash close to 10s., and Stevenson, who took second place in the 100 and 440-yard dash.

Several new buildings are in course of construction at the university. One of the most important of these, the Flower Astronomical Observatory, will probably be ready for use in a few weeks. Owing to the lack of such a building in the past, the courses in astronomy have been limited almost entirely to theoretical work, and consequently have not been very popular. The completion of the Observatory with its imporved facilities for practical work, and the securing by Pennsylvania of Dr. Doolittle, recently of Lehigh University, should do much toward arousing more interest in this branch of study. Dr. Doolittle has been placed at the head of the Mathematical Department of the University.

Pennsylvania students have naturally taken a great interest in the present campaign. Several political clubs have been very active, by far the most important of these, however, being the Sound Money Club of the University, which numbers about one thousand membes. The club has held several mass meetings during the past few weeks, which have been addressed by prominent speakers of Philadelphia and from other parts of the country.

In conclusion it may be of interest to note the unusual success which has attended the opening of the University Dormitories. The dormitories have been open only about three weeks, but already all of the rooms are occupied, and there is a waiting list of applicants for the rooms which are not yet ready for occupancy. There is little doubt that before long work will be begun upon a new block of dormitories.

THE PENNSYLVANIAN.