State
Vol. 11, No. 15
THE MAKING OF
STATE COLLEGE
The Abstract of a Paper Read
by Mrs. J. P. Jackson, ’9O State,
before the Women’s Club,
The early record of The Pennsyl
vania State College may be omitted
in this abstract as the great develop
ment occurred during the past
quarter century. Until President
Atherton was appointed to take
charge of the College, it had been
somewhat unprogressive. Rather
than gaining students and a constit
uency of friends, the opposition of
the people of Pennsylvania became
greater and greater and in some
■ cases quite bitter. When his strong
hand laid hold of the reins he in
stantly instilled new life; and indeed
a true history of the College must
be, to a large extent, a biography of
the life work of its present President.
At the time of Dr. Atherton’s ap
pointment, there were less than fifty
regular college and slightly more
preparatory students. The build
ings consisted of the “Old Main’’
which was then most dismal; three
or four residences; the college barns
with the pig styes located just back
of the present armory; andthepump
house. The village contained seven
or eight buildings.
The courses of study offered were
general science, latin science, agri
culture, and chemistry and physics.
However, Piofessor Josiah Jackson
who came to the college in 1880 and
saw the trend of the times, had or
ganized and equipped, with the aid
of the Trustees, a small beginning in
the way of shops and draughting
rooms. This work was turned over
to Professor Reber at about the time
of Dr. Atherton’s arrival. Profess-
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STATE COLLEGE, PA., JANUARY 18, 19C6,
Senior Electricals’ Sleigh Ride.
On Tuesday morning, January 9,
immediately after chapel the senior
electricals started on a sleighride to
Bellefonte for the purpose of taking
an inspection tour through the fac
tories and electrical works there.
There were twenty-thi'ee seniois be
sides the two instructors, Professor
Wood and Dr. Meyers. On their
arrival in Bellefonte they went to the
Blast Furnaces and then had everyth
ing explained to them by the superin
tendent and his assistant. Next they
went through the Pennsylvania
Match Factory and had dinner. Af
ter dinner they inspected the Com
mercial Telephone Exchange and
also the Bell, and studied the ap
partus. They were next shown
through the Bellefonte Electric Light
Plant and after this they had the
rest of the time to themselves. In
the evening they went to the theater,
to witness “The Office Boy” aftre
which they started home. They
reached the College a little after one.
Town Plant in Operation
The town electric light plant,
after a delay of several months, is at
last in operation. The first cause of
delay lay with the manufadures
who failed to ship the alternator on
time. Then second cause is also
to the factory. On starting up the
plant it was found that the aranative
windings of one of the two phases
heated up considerably. On being
inspected the windings were found to
be shorter circuited through the in
sulation. The defect was lemedied
and the plant was put in operation.
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Athlectics
The question of the hour here is:—
“Will State and Bucknell renew
athletic relations?” In the fall of
1900 a disputed football game at
Williamsport completly severed all
athletic relations between these old
college rivals, and for six yeais
neither side has manifested any de
sire to adjust this difficulty, until
quite recently Bucknell made some
reasonable advances towards a
reconciliation.
The probable renewal of athletic
relations with State’s most ancient
rival, Bucknell, has been an animated
topic of discussion among the stu
dents here during the past week, and
the general sentiment seems favor
able to the re-establishment of this
athletic rivalry which was of such a
decidedly warm variety as to excite
interested comment all through the
East.
In the past 20 battles on both
gridiron and diamond, State cariied
off the laurels in no less than 15, the
remaining 5 being Bucknell’s share.
The summary of these football and
baseball records is of interest. Here
are the lists. Football record —
SCORE PLACE
State 12, Bucknell 0. State Collene
1 Game forfeited to State
Total names played—ll. Games won by State, S
won by Bucknell, 3 'lotal points soured —
State 153, Bucknell 55
BASEBALL RECORD
SCORE
State Bucknell 0, Stale College
" 5, Lewisburj;
I*|. " J, Slate College
YEAK
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Total names played V Games, won by Stale, 7
Games won by Bucknell ?.
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12, Lewisbuir
0. Stale College
IS, Lewisburj'
6, Williamsport
0,
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0, LeuisburK
5, Williamsport
N* Leuisburi;
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3. Stale College
3, Lewisburi:
*l, Stale Coliei'e