Industrialist from Manhattan, Kansas • 15

THE INDUSTRIALIST. 495 Groome, was united in marriage to A. C. Ferris. Only the immediate relatives witnessed the ceremony.

Miss Groome and Mr. Ferris became acquainted with each other when they were students of K. S. A. about three years ago.

He graduated from the electrical engineering course in '06, after which he was with an electrical company in Chicago, and is now located at Syracuse, N. Y. They departed Wednesday noon for their new home in Syracuse, where Mr. Ferris is manager of a telephone company. Republic.

College circles were sadly shocked by the news that Ethel Alexander, former student and sister of several graduates, with Walter West, of Phillipsburg, was drowned in Willow Gulch near Mattison, Sunday, June 6. They were caught in a cloudburst. Considerable difficulty was experienced in recovering the bodies. The funeral services of Miss Alexander were held at the residence of her parents in Manhattan Thursday evening. The interment was at Welda, Anderson county, the former home of the family.

Miss Alexander was well known in this locality as a teacher and had recently gone to Colorado to live on a claim which she had taken. Geo. E. Hopper, '85, has been awarded the contract for the construction of the Marshall Theater building, which is to be one of the finest structures in the city, accommodating not only the theater proper, but several commodious storerooms and offices. It will be located across the street east of the Gillett Hotel.

Changes of address: Mamie Hassebroek, '04, 620 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, A. J. White, '74, 1084 Harrison street, Chicago, A. H. Wright, '08, Fowler, Myrtle (Harrington) Deibler, '91, 135 East 10th street, Grand Junction, Kate (Paddock) Hess, '00, 2815 Lawn, Kansas City, E.

S. Adams, Ft. Douglas, Utah; W. L. Harvey, '02, R.

F. D. No. 1, care of Ben. Kessler, Topeka, Kan.

E. A. Wright, '06, and Augusta Amos, former student, were married at the home of the bride in this city Monday, June 7, at 10:00 A. M. The ceremony was performed by the Reverend Doctor Bright, of the Methodist church.

A pleasing feature of the occasion was the rendition of the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin by Laura Lyman, '06, Grace Smith, '08, and Florence (Sweet) Evans, '07, who with Miss Amos had made up the Cueer Cuartette. Ernest Fox Nichols, '88, professor of experimental physics in Columbia University, has been elected President of Dartmouth College. This is certainly the highest academic honor that has fallen upon any of the alumni, and those who met Professor Nichols last year and heard his scholarly and thoughtful address before the alumni will realize that Dartmouth has secured a polished and able president, while Columbia has lost a brilliant investigator. A quiet wedding occurred Wednesday, June 2, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

W. W. Groome, when their daughter, Miss Blanche.