and private enterprises engaged in, etc.; 3. Marriage, when and to whom; 4. Children, name and date of birth of each; 5. Present OCcupation and Post-office address. A communication to the above effect has been sent to all the members of the class, whose addresses were in the possession of the committee, Oscar J. Harvey, J. Elfreth Watkins, and James A. McKnight. We are also asked to state that all who have ever been connected with '71 are requested to be present at the re-union. A full attendance is expected. LAFAYETTE AND EASTON. The Senior vacation commences on the fourth of June. The Class Day invitations have been ordered from Gavitt. They surpass in elegance those of any previous year, and contain a portrait of Lafayette. A fine flight of stone steps is being constructed in front of Pardee Hall. Workmen are also employed in sodding the terraces, and visitors at commencement will find everything looking delightfully. Nearly all the Seniors have visited Philadelphia, and sat at Gutekunst's for their pictures. The Senior Civil Engineers have Prof. Fox ten times a week. They are also engaged in bridge-construction. The Seniors have been notified to hand in their commencement essays on the 30th of April. Some of the Juniors have begun the preparation for the Senior year by speaking original speeches in the Auditorium. Perhaps it may interest the Alumni to know that the streets of Easton are being cleaned, and the usually pretty town, with the advent of spring, is putting on a more attractive aspect than common. The Juniors in Chemistry, are now obliged to take laboratory practice. Their term bills are increased thereby, but the members of the class seem to like it, and have already smashed a considerable number of retorts, and occasioned lively explosions. Prof. Raymond delivered his lecture on the Seven Senses in the Auditorium of Pardee Hall, on the evening of the 16th inst. A large and appreciative audience was present. The Seniors are thinking seriously of choosing a gooseberry bush for their class-tree. We desire to call attention to the new advertisements of Messrs. Lewis Auch, Grocer (Millard's old stand), George T. Hamman & Co., Book Binders, and Cawley & Gleubler, Merchant Tailors. Give these gentlemen a call. W. S. Kirkpatrick, Esq., class of '63, has received from the Governor, the nomination of Judge of this District. A vacancy occurs on account of the separation of Northampton from Lehigh Counties, both previously having comprised one Judicial District. A letter to Governor Hartranft, asking his appointment, was signed by all the members of the Northampton County Bar, irrespective of party. Mr. Kirkpatrick is but thirty years of age, and will probably be the youngest Judge in the State. Of the classical Seniors, Messrs. Anderson, Baylers, Case, Clark, Davies, Queen, Stiver, and Stonecipher, are taking Hebrew as an elective study; Heller, Sayre, and Warrender have elected German ; Bovard and Nourse, Chemistry; and Dewalt, Evans, Fisher, Keim, Snively, Stewart, and Williams, Blackstone. The Philosophy of Mathamatics, under Prof. Coffin, has also been made elective with the usual Archaeology of Greek Literature, under Prof. Youngman. All of the classicals are taking the latter with the exception of Evans, Nourse, Sayre, and Stiver. The Junior Orator Contest was held on the afternoon of Monday the 23d of March, the time having been changed from the evening, on account of a missionary anniversary held in the Opera House at that hour, at which several eminent speakers, whom many of the stu dents were desirous to hear, delivered addresses. The Auditorium of Pardee Hall was crowded by an appreciative audience, many of the Methodist ministers, beside ladies and gentlemen of Easton, being present. Coates furnished the music, and President Cattell occupied a seat on the platform, and introduced the orators of the afternoon. There were eight speakers, four from each Literary Society. We give the order, with the subjects, of the orations : The Bond of Union-C. Bransby, Our Political Life-W. W. Dale, The Aim of Men-Mont. Evans, Our Mental Indolence—J. R. Henderson, The Great Wall of Anthropatria—J. W. Walk, N. H. Larzelere, Washington Society Washington Franklin Washington 66 แ Franklin The committee to award the prizes was composed as follows: Rev. George R. Crooks, D. D., formerly President of Dickinson College, and now editor of the Methodist; Rev. C. H. Edgar, D. D. ; Rev. John Beck, D. D.; Amos Seip, M. D.; and Hon. Henry D. Maxwell, of Easton. Dr. Crooks acted in the place of Bishop Wiley, the President of the Methodist Conference, who was unable to be present during the afternoon. After the exercises were concluded the judges made the award of prizes; the first, to N. H. Larzelere, the second, to W. C. Shipman, and the third, to W. E. Thomas. Journalistic matters are looking up in Easton. The Express recently appeared in a new dress, the Free Press has reduced its size, and now is a penny paper, considerably improved in its make-up,and manifesting a decided change for the better. Early in May a new morning daily will be started, The Easton Morning Dispatch, of which the editor will be W. Gibson Field, Esq., class of '62. The new daily will take telegraphic news, and its proprietors propose to make it an enterprising journal. During examination week, the Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Church was in session, and many of the students took advantage of the fact to attend its meetings. In the evenings, anniversaries were usually held, at which talented speakers delivered the addresses. On Sunday, the different pulpits in town were occupied by members of the Conference, and a rare opportunity was offered of hearing eloquent discourses. The members of the Conference, on Monday afternoon, on invitation of President Cattell and the Literary Societies, visited College Hill, to attend the Junior Oration Contest, and take a general view of the college. They expressed themselves as much pleased both with Easton and Lafayette. On the first Friday night of the term Mr. R. W. D. Bryan, class of '70, the astronomer and chaplain to the Polaris expedition to the North Pole, gave an interesting account of his adventures in Pardee Hall, to an audience composed of students and ladies and gentlemen of Easton. His remarks were illustrated by two large maps of the arctic regions. "Dick" was looking well, and but little traces of his terrible winter in the frozen North were visible in his physical frame. He wants to go again. When Barnumn's circus was here on Saturday the 25th, a rather verdant Freshman, who was visiting the menagerie and museums, an intensely interested spectator of all he saw, finally asked one of the men, "Where is the mummy? The latter replied, "He is dead; and the inquirer passed on perfectly satisfied, for he couldn't expect that even Barnum could prevent an occasional death among his curiosities. LAFAYETTE PERSONALS. [Matter for this department is earnestly solicited. Send all communications to E. A. Weaver, Lafayette College, who has charge of this department-EDS.] '46. John Sandt, A. M,, M. D., has moved on College Hill. His Post Office address is therefore changed accordingly. Rev. Thos. H. Newton, M. D., D. D., has removed from Carlinville, Illinois, where he has long resided to Kirkwood, Missouri. Conchology is his speciality Died, in Pittsgrove, N. J., on March 9, 1874, Mr. John A. Janvier, in the fiftieth year of his age. Mr. Janvier was widely known as a citizen and greatly respected. He was a man of cultivation and marked intelligence, high-minded and ingenius. For many years he was a trustee of the Presbyterian Church in Pittsgrove. '49. Died, on Tuesday March 17, John C. Fleming, aged forty-one years, eleven months and two days. Mr. Fleming was connected with the Model School in 1845-9. Died, on Sunday night March 15, in Elizabeth, N. J., George Woodin Chid sey Mr. Chidsey was the eldest son of the late Russel R. Chidsey, and was born at Green River, N. Y., May 15, 1832. In his youth he attended school at Nazareth Hall, Dr. Vanderver's school, and the Model School, then connected with Lafayette College. He was for a time shipping clerk for the Thomas Iron Co., and at the time of his death lived in retirement. He is mourned for by none more than the poor. His bounties to the needy were many and large. From the time of Mr. Chidsey's shipwreck while traveling to California, his health had been on the decline. '58. Rev. Oliver S. Dean, pastor of the Church in Indianapolis, (formerly Beecher's), recently lectured in the course at Holland, Mich, on the Golden Age. '59. At the meeting of the Easton Alumni Association, James P. Boyd, Esq., was elected to deliver the address before the Association at Commencement. '62. Horace J. Culbertson, Esq., is District Attorney of Mifflin County, and resides at Lewistown, Pa. '65. Rev. Thos. J. Aiken is pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Port Deposit, Maryland. MARRIED.-In Philadelphia, on the 9th inst., at the Park Avenue Presbyterian church, by the Rev. Matthew Newkirk, assisted by the Rev. Alfred H. Kellogg, the Rev. James Roberts, pastor of the Coatesville Presbyterian Church to Minnie E. Robinson, of Philadelphia, only daughter of the late Cyrus Robinson, Esq., of Chester County, Pa. '64. Jacob H. Holt, Esq., retires fron the position of Town Clerk of South Easton. James K. Dawes ('63) was elected Solicitor, and R. E. Chism ('76) Surveyor. '66. Late advices from China inform us that two of the Presbyterian missionaries have been put in peril of life, by being attacked by certain wandering parties. One of these, the Rev. Leighton A. Eckard, '66, was molested by a party of these, while endeavoring to help his friend and associate Rev. Corbett, (the other missionary), and to rescue if possible Mr. Eckard, was obliged to be very cautious lest his whereabouts be known, and he be slain. A great number of these rioters waited along the roads for his return, but he wisely returned by another route and arrived safely at Cheefoo where he was gladly received by his friends. '69. The Philadelphia Inquirer of recent date says:-"Rev. Walter Q. Scott, pas |