three weeks enroute, one of them took the red ribbon. He will have them all on exhibition at the County Fair.—(Sept. 9, 1885.)
On Friday night burglars tried to get into the safe in the freight office here, but were frightened away before they got any booty. The safe was badly used and a new one will be needed.—(Sept. 11, 1885.)
IOWA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Commencement exercises will be held on Wednesday, November 11. The present class will outnumber any that has yet graduated. Quite a marked change has been made in the courses of study, making the Junior and Senior years almost entirely elective with a fixed minimum and maximum amount of work. Other changes have been made and some new studies added. Altogether it will be a decided improvement and of great advantage to the students.
Last Sunday Mrs. Julia Ward Howe lectured on "Human Appearance, Experience and Influence." Her lecture was highly appreciated and all feel grateful to President HUNT for taking advantage of the opportunity to secure this address.
Our batallion and band, under the direction of Captain Lincoln, visited Boone last Friday and took part in the sham battle.
Yesterday morning, between three and four o'clock, the alarm of fire was given, and it was soon discovered that the hog barn was on fire and under such headway that nothing could be done to save it.
Kilbourn, the photographer, from Marshalltown, visited the Iowa Agricultural College again and took some very fine pictures of our good looking (?) Seniors. We hope next time he comes he will take the mustaches that grace the Junior class.
The erection of a Ladies' Boarding Hall is one of the improvements now being contemplated. Admission cards for '86 are already issued to more students than can possibly be accommodated by the present capacity.—Ames Intelligencer.—(Oct. 21, 1885.)
Final examinations are now the order of the day.
The Baccalaureate sermon will be preached next Sunday; Class Day exercises will be held next Tuesday afternoon, and Commencement Wednesday following.
The Senior session and graduation, of the Agricultural Society, was a marked success. The establishment of this society, with museum and library was the first enterprise of the kind in the West and that it should be so successful is highly gratifying to our agriculturists.
J. E. Durkee was the successful contestant of the Oratorical