State Co
Vol. 11, No. 29
Current Events
THURSDAY, MAY 17.
Base ball—Yale at New Haven.
7.00 P. M. Berzelius Chemical
Society.
FRIDAY, MAY 18
Base ball—Fordham at New York.
College Team vs. Juniata—Beaver
Field.
6.30 P. M. Mechanical Engineer
ing Society.
SATURDAY, MAY 19.
Base ball—Dickinson at Carlisle.
College Team vs. Bellefonte Acad
emy at Bellefonte.
Inter-Class Track Meet—Beaver
Field.
SUNDAY, MAY 20
11.00 A. M. Chapel. Dr. Gill
will preach.
6.00 P. M. Y.M.C.A. on the
campus.
TUESDAY, MAY 22
6.30 P. M. Y.M.C.A. 529 Main
WEDNESDAY, NAY 23.•
6.30 P. M. Electrical Engineering
Society.
Dr. Pond Entertains the Ber=
zelius Society
Last Friday evening Dr. Pond en
tertained the Berzelius Chemical So
ciety at Nittany Inn, having Mr.
Housel prepare a very elaborate ban
quet for them. Although it has
been customary for Dr. Pond to en
tertain the "Berzelians" at his resi
dence, the enlarged membership
made it impossible this year. After
the banquet, Pres. Cope called on
Dr. Pond, Mr. Rentschler and sev
eral of the Society for toasts and
everyone responded ably, all prom
ising to further the interests of the
Berzelius Society.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., MAY 17, 1906
Changes in Class Scraps
For some time there has been
talk of changing or modf ying sev
eral of the annual inter-class scraps.
No action was taken until after the
recent flag scrap. A few days ago,
the Seniors and Juniors appointed
committees from their respective
classes to consider the whole matter,
and make recommendations to the
student body. On Friday morning
after chapel a mass meeting was
held to hear the report of the joint
committee. Nobody seemed to be
in favor of abolishing these class af
fairs entirely ; but that modifications
were advisable was the sentiment of
all.
The first thing considered was the
cider scrap. Owing to the time con
sumed in guarding the campus it was
argued that this scrap was the cause
of many failures in college. Then
again, it has been frequently difficult
to decide which class was victor.
The best way out of these difficul
ties was then presented by the com
mittee. It was decided to abolish
the cider scrap, and in its place to
institute a new contest, similar to the
Bowl Fight of the University of
Pennsylvania.
The main rules governing this new
contest are as follows : The Fresh
men shall, on the afternoon of the
last Saturday in October, place on
Beaver Field a cider barrel five feet
high and containing not less than for
ty gallons. The barrel shall be
placed securely in the centre of a
circle, forty feet in diameter. The
two classes shall line up along the
circumference of this circle, oppo
site each other, and,at a given signal,
shall close in upon the barrel. Af
ter two halves of twenty minutes
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legian.
Last Saturday afternoon a team
representative of Lehigh University
appeared on Beaver Field for the
first time in our history. An ex
cellent ball game was the result of
this meeting between the sons of
Lehigh and State, although by time
ly, consistent batting the victory
was rendered rather easy for our
Varsity nine. Several changes were
made in State's line-up, and they
seemed to work well, as the team
jumped into the game from the
start with an abundance of spirit and
ginger, and did not allow things to
lag until the last Lehigh batsman
was retired. Every man on State's
nine contributed towards the total of
twelve hits and most of these came
when they did the most good.
The game was practically won in
the very first inning. Cree opened
up with a terrific drive to right
center which looked like a home run
to all of State's rooters ; but
Updegraff made a wonderful run
ning catch, which drew a deserved
outburst of applause from all sides.
Then Mason fanned, and Kilmer
singled to middle, and stole second.
Mcllveen set the echoes to booming
by knocking out a triple to left,
Thompon following with a sizzling
home-run, which rolled back of
Pond's residence. It was the first
"homer" of the year on Beaver
Field, and came just when needed.
Pearce singled, and Conklin
fanned, closing the inning. This,
however, proved the finish of the
south paw twirler, Mr. Hesse, who
was called from the box by Coach
Coogan, and replaced by Quinn,
who proceeded to pitch good, steady
ball.
Meanwhile Mitinger was serving
Price Five Cents
State 9—Lehigh 3
Conlinnet/ on page 5,