VA. 111, No 8
Great Victory at Annapolis.
For the first time in three years,
Penn State last Saturday downed
the sturdy midshipmen. By fine
generalship and a remarkable series
of line plunges by Hirshman, this
victory was effected, the score be
ing 5 to 0, small but sufficient.
State and Princeton are the only
teams that have defeated Annapolis
this year, the scores in both in
stances being the same.
It will, no doubt, be gratifying to
all State men to notice the report
sent out from Annapolis, as con
tained in the Philadelphia Piess.
"The game was a good one and
the State College players did noth
ing to justify the reports of their
rough playing sent out from Yale.
In fact, the game with State is re
garded as one of the most desirable
on the Navy schedule on account of
the sportsmanlike manner in which
the members of this team play the
game.
"In the second half to-day, the
game was marred by the frequent
penalties imposed by Umpire
Stauffer. Both the Navy and
State suffered heavily. Nearly
every penalty piescribed in the rule
book was brought into use during
the half. However, the infractions
were not deliberate, and in no case
was' there the slightest show of ill
feeling.
"State received about thirty yai ds
in one instance, half the distance to
the Navy's goal-line, because North
croft charged into Hirshman after
the latter had punted. Twice State
received fifteen yards because
Dague, the Navy's swift end, dived
-into State's halt back before he
had touched the ball he was about
to catch."
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STATE COLLEGE, PA., NOVEMBER 8, 1906
The Petition to Name the Town
Atherton Fails.
Last week, the Collegian stated
that the majority of the voters in
State College had - signed the petition
to change the name of the town to
Atherton. At the same time, how
ever, a counter-petition, which had
the power to kill the first paper, was
in circulation among the citizens, but
no one ever supposed that it would
meet with much approval. Never
theless, the voters have largely de
clared themselves in favor of this
counter-petition and the attempt to
change the name of the town has
thus proved a failure.
In order to have a petition
granted, it is first necessary that the
paper be endorsed by at least two
thirds of the voters. State College
contains about 225 voters and there
fate the names of 150 such men
would be required. This necessary
number was almost reached when
the counter petition was launched,
and thus a considerable number of
those persons, who had attached
their names to the first paper, turned
around and endorsed the second one.
The chief objection to the change
was the necessary expense in which
the bank and other corporations of
the borough of State College would
be involved. It would cost the bank
about $250 to have all of the sta
tionery reprinted, and other busi
ness firms of the town would be put
to a like expense The old story of
"town and gown" also had a great
- effect upon the citizens.
The "Collegian" is informed that
G. F. Merris, 'O7, has recently been
married to one of the young ladies
of State College.
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Civil Engineering Society.
The Senior and Junior Civils at a
recent meeting re-organized the
Civil Engineering Society. This
society was in existence about three
years ago, but its meetings were
discontinued because of the lack of
interest shown by the members.
However, through the influence of
J. C. Gotwals, 'O6, and the Transit
Club, the old society was resurrected
and it now stands on a much firmer
basis. The plans, which Mr. Got
wals has suggested for the transac
tion of the business of the society
have met with the approval of all
the members, and from the interest
shown the organization will un
doubtedly be a success. All those,
who have at any time been engaged
in practical work outside of the Col
lege, will be given the first oppor
tunity to take part in the discussion
of subjects, and in this manner the
members hope to be greatly bene
fitted. Meetings will be held at
least once a month.
The officers are the following :
President, L. C. Shank, 'O7;
Vice President, J. S. Richey, 'OB ;
Secretary, R. W. Krise, '08; Treas
urer, G. P. Searight, '08; Executive
Committee, J. C. Gotwals, 'O6, L.
C. Shank,'o7 and H. S. Stanton,'oB.
The Agricultural Society
The Agricultural Society held its
regular meeting on Monday; Oct.
29th. "Farmer" White,' 08, talked
on "Apples," and Bennitch, 'O9,
read a paper on current events.
White discussed, among other things,
the best locations for apple orchards,
the different kinds of fruit, and the
care of the trees. His talk was well
appreciated by all who were present.
Price Five Cents.