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Vol. 111, No 12
Great Victory Ends the Season
When the State man puffs his trusty
pipe,
Oh ! many years from now,
And his happy child looks up and
asks
The where, and why, and how;
This story will again be told
Of our heroes tried and true,
Who fought with dear old "Mother"
Dunn, .
'Neath our glorious White and
Blue I
Battered and bruised by the
hardest and most trying gridiron cam
paign that any State eleven has
ever experienced, our invincible
Varsity traveled to Pittsburg for
the final battle, and achieved the
glorious Thanksgiving Day triumph
that put a finish to the most success
ful season in our history.
With 10,000 people looking on
at this sensational gridiron strug
gle in Pittsburg, the giants of State
and of W. U. P. grappled with
wondrous skill and speed, but
without result, until but three min
utes of foot ball history remained
for the memorable season of 1906.
Then came State's opportunity,
and her stalwart sons brushed aside
their load of fatigue and injuries,
and with the love of Alma Mater in
their hearts, swept over the goal,
with "Bull" McCleary hugging the
oval ,and every State warrior at his
back, getting every possible ounce
of strength into the final, desperate
charge of the campaign.
It was, perhaps, the finest exhibi
tion of State College methods, and
State College principles, and State
College men, ever shown on any
gridiron. Surprised by W. U. P's
wonderful speed, their best of the
Continued on rage 3
STATE COLLEGE, PA., DECEMBER 6, 1906
H. M. Burns, Our New Captain.
At the annual Varsity foot ball
banquet held last Thursday night at
the Fort Pitt Hotel, Pittsburg, the
unanimous choice for next year's
foot ball captaincy was Harry M.
Burns, '08; of West Chester, Pa.
If any State player has ever earned
the honor of the Varsity captaincy
by exceptionally daring, gritty, bril
liant, consistent foot ball he did not
do more than the little left end has
done this season. The election is
very desen , edly one of the most
popular among State men ever
known. Weighing but 145, Bums
is the lightest man on the Varsity
squad, and he is also the youngest
man elected to a State captaincy for
at least four years. Every man in
our institution, nevertheless, has un
limited confidence in this modest
little fighter, so, "Here's to
"Bobby" Eurns and his successful
eleven next fall ! " -
Basketball Prospects
With the close of the football sea
son, basketball takes its usual place
in the realm of college sport.
State is now facing an unusual con
dition in this branch of athletics.
Captain Waha is the only member
of last year's splendid team now in
college, cud v.i:h only one year of
Varsity experience he will be obliged
to work up a combination to carry
out the hardest schedule ever ar
ranged for State's basketball five.
Practice began last Fi iclay, and
over forty candidates have reported.
Although it is too early to judge
with certainty, there seems to be an
abundance of good material availa
ble. Only the hardest kind of work
can get together a team that will be
able to uphold State's reputation on
the flobr this winter.
Price Five Cents.
Y. M. C. A. Entertainment
The Dunbar Quartet, the second
attraction on the Y.M.C.A. course,
surely lived up to the claim that had
been made for it. A fairly good.
sized audience greeted the appear
ance of these peerless entertainers
last Friday night. The program
from start to finish was remarkably
well rendered and the applause was
generous. The quartet music was
as good as, if not better than, any
ever heard in the Auditorium, and
this with the other accomplishments
made the work of the four men more
pleasing and entertaining. The bell
ringitig "stunt" was remarkably ex
act in its technique and harmony and
the encores for this part of the en
tertainment were repeated again and
again. Ralph Dunbar, the violin
cellist is a special feature of the
company. His renditions were ex
cellent. The readings and witticisms
of Harry Dunbar gave a pleasing
variety to an otherwise musical pro
gram.
The management of the Y. M. C.A.
course is to be congratulated on se
curing such excellent talent. The
splendid quartet music, wonderful
bell-i inging, pleasing character
sketches and the other musical fea
tures formed an evening's entertain
ment that is always appreciated by
college men.
Berzelius Chemical Society
The Berzelius Chemical Society
will meet Friday evening, Dec. 7th,
at 7:00 p.m. in the large lecture
room. Business of much impor
tance is to be transacted, and it is
necessai y that every member of the
society be present. Sophomore
and Fieshman Chemists are also re
quested to attend.