The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08

two-story frame building with three rooms and a hallway and is surmounted by an immense tank which supplies water for the college buildings and grounds. Immediately over the vestl- blue stands the windmill, whirring around with every wind that blows. At first and especially during the winter gales we were somewhat alarmed as the great fan spun around, causing the building to creak and tremble, but by and by we became used to it and 10 the strange clanking noise which 1t made, until now it's click, click, click, cling, has a certain music for us.
 On the outside of this strange dining hall various classes have painted the years of their graduation, and certain wit, now a law student in San Fran cisco, thinking that the tank house commanded an excellent view or the back of the college, painted on 1t in large brown letters College Observa- tory, windmill extension" and below, in smaller letters in Latin, "Sic iter ad astra.''
 The first room off the hallway on tie ground floor is where all the cooking operations are carried on. The first thing one sees on opening the door is a medium sized table covered with red oil cloth and beyond this, next to the window, is the stand for the dishes. In the right-hand corner is the stove, around which hang an imposing array of tea pots, coffee pots, stew1ng pans and skillets. Behind the door stand the vegetable boxes and over these is the dog proof, rat proof, cat proof, put not student proof cupboard
 Occasionally we get some shots in the college publications as to our manner of living and our ability in the cul1- nary art Sometimes group of the co-etis. whose poverty of knowledge Tn rJ fn nnnlxinO iS QnDAll1nP. Wlll stick their heads in at our window, while our cook is preparing some choice decoction, and ask in the sweetest way imaginable for a recipe for biscuit, or how he makes such nice cuStard pies. Another thing which initiates against our happiness, is when the tank runs over This is liable to occur at any time, especially when some one leaves the city water turned on, and as the roofing is not on the waterproof or der we sometimes have small inunda- tions to contend with. Lately this evil has to some extent been overcome by putting tar paper along the cracks.
 Sometimes our ears are narrowed and our meals interrupted by the most ex- cruciating sounds with which the wind mill expresses it's desire for more grease.
 We experienced great difficulty at first in getting biscuits to suit our taste. The llISl We llldIC lldQ d Ccto- ing on them strong enough to protect a cruiser On consulting some emi- nent authorities we found that this was due to two much kneading. The next time we flew to the opposite extreme, and did not knead them enough, and furthermore forgot to put salt in. We have at the present time, however, de- veloped a proficiency in this line.
 It took us some time before we could make the proper allowances for swell ing on the part, not only of the beans but also of the rice. Many times we would put, as we thought, the proper quantity in the pan. but before those beans got through with their expansion several other pans would be called into reQuisition. Once a careless cook left the dish water on the fire, together with the swab, which happened to be in the dishpan at the time. The re- suit was disastrous to gasoline, dish water, pan and swab. The one was burned out, the dish water had gone up in steam, the pan was twisted out of all shape, and the swab was a charred stick.
 Sometimes the hearts of our neigh bors warmed toward us and many dainty specimens of cookery found the