State Co
Vil. 111, No 7
Calendar
FRIDAY NOV., 2
6.30 P. M. Mechanical Engineer-
ing Society. 20 Eng. Bldg
7.00 PM. Transit club.
SATURDAY NOV. 3
2.30 P. M. Annual Toothpick
Tumbler foot ball game.
State vs. Navy at Annapolis.
Scrubs vs. Lock Haven at Lock
Haven.
8.00 P. M. Y.M.C.A. Entertain
ment. Temple Quartet, Audi•
torium
SUNDAY NOV. 4
11.00 A. M. Chapel. Rev. J.
Allison Platts will speak.
6.15 P. M. Y.M.C.A. 529 Main.
A discussion meeting—Sub
ject: • 'Helps to Right Living—
Prayer.
4.30 P. M. Episcopal Service
130 Main.
TUESDAY NOV. 6
6.30 P. M. Y.M.C.A. 529 Main.
WEDNESDAY NOV. 7
6.30 P. M. Electrical Engineering
Society
7.15 P. M.
205 Main
Natural History Club
The Temple Quartet
The first of the Y.M.C.A. course
of entertainments will be held on
Saturday evening of this week at 8
o'clock in the Auditorium. It will
be given by the Temple Quartet, of
Boston, Mass., assisted by Miss
Catharine Coles, reader. This
quartet is held by many to be the
best in the Eastern states, and Miss
Coles has established an enviable
reputation as a reader, so a most ex
cellent entertainment is assured.
The admission will be thirty-five
ents.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., NOVEMBER 1, 1906
In the first cider scrap under the
newly adopted rules, the Freshmen
defeated the Sophomores last Sat
urday on Beaver Field. That the
fight was close is shown by the fact
that the Freshmen had twenty-seven
hands on the barrel. while their op
ponents had only twenty-five.
Long before one-thirty the grand
stand was filled with a large audience
and Beaver Field was overrun by
upper classmen and waiting Sopho
mores.
In a body the Freshmen came
from the Armory, each with a daub
of green paint on his left shoulder
as a distinctive class mark. When
the Sophomores perceived this, they
immediately proceeded to mark
themselves in a similar manner,
rendering futile the scheme of the
Freshmen. Each class lined up on
its half of the circumference of the
forty foot circle. Three burly
Sophomores were stationed on each
end of their line; these were to rush
in at the signal, fall down before the
in-rushing Freshmen and attempt to
trip them, thus hindering their ad
vance toward the barrel. The
Freshmen had their heavy men on
each end of their line. Those on
the right extremity intended to rush
in and around the barrel on the
Sophomore territory, while the other
Freshmen should advance directly
from their own side. At the signal,
the two classes came together with
a terrific crush.
By a vote of the two classes, the
duration of the scrap had previously
been changed to one half of twenty
minutes and for this length of time
the mixture of Sophomores and
Freshmen was a struggling mass.
The strength of the latter consisted
in their numbers, and when the
signal to close was given, it was
found that the overwhelming num
bers had told.
legian.
Cider Scrap
A Petition to Name the Town
Atherton
A large portion of the citizens of
State College, who were desirous of
changing the name of this town to
Atherton in honor of our late presi
dent, Dr. Atherton, have recently
signed a petition to that effect. This
paper has been in the hands of Post
master Stuart for the past week and
ample opportunity has been thus
extended to those who wished to
place their names upon it. Many
of the citizens have signed and in all
probability there will be no difficulty
in having the petition granted.
Dr. George W. Atherton deserves
all the credit for making the college
and the town what they are to-day.
It was through his untiring efforts
and high purposes that The Penn
sylvania State College has become a
univet sity, and it is a just desert
that the town in which his college is
located should be named after him.
An appreciation of his life work
could thus be shown. This petition
has met with approval by the stu
dents and the proposed change is
hailed with appreciation.
The petition states "That we have
been long under much disadvantage
because the name State College is
so easily and generally confused
with The Pennsylvania State Col
lege."
The petition supports the name
Atherton for the following reasons :
"1. It is distinctive
"2. It fittingly commemorates
the life and labors of our most
worthy citizen who, for nearly a
quarter of a century, did more to
build The Pennsylvania State Col
lege than any other man . . .
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Price Five Cents.