Vol. 111, No 14,
Great Football Honor I
Penn State recently achieved the
most signal football honor in her en
tire athletic history and our great
center-rush and Varsity captain,
“Mother” Dunn, won the proudest
laurel that may come to any college
player, Walter Camp of Yale in
his official selection of an All-
American eleven for the season of
1905, unhesitatingly picked Dunn
for his fiist All-American team.
We all know full well how much
Captain Dunn deserved this honor,
and every State man, the country
over, is proud of the record made
by Dunn, and happy that the White
and Blue has at length been recog
nized by the foremost Eastern grid
iron ci'itic.as worthy of All-Ameri
ca. Naturally,, the wonderful suc
cess of State’s eleven during the
season just past is in large measure
responsible for this honor ; with this
point in mind, every man on our
Varsity squad deserves his share of
this grand Xmas gift to our College.
It has "been a magnificent season and
this honor coming to Captain Dunn
at its close puts a fitting climax to
the year’s good work.
The following is the estimate of
the work of Captain Dunn, given by
Walter Camp in Collier’s Weekly,
issue of December 22nd :
“Dunn of Penn Stale was the best
center of the season, and it was he
who led his team to such remarkable
results, a good deal cf it depending
upon Dunn himself. He weighs just
under two hundred, is something
over six feet in height, and abso
lutely reliable in his passing, secure
in blocking, active in breaking
through, and in diagnozing plays.
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STATE COLLEGE, PA., JANUARY 10, 1907
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ante's Captain an 1 the AU-.Unerican Centei
Harrisburg Club Banquet
The Harrisburg club held its an
nual banquet at the Lochiel hotel,
Harrisburg, on the night of Decem
ber 2ist. This is one of the largest
clubs here at State and as there are
a number cf graduates located at
Harrisburg, there were about fifty
men present to help in the good
cheer. A number of prospective
students were the guests oftheeven-
W. G. Child, ’O3 acted as toast
master and called for the following
toasts: “Our Club," G. W. Groff,
’O7; “State,” Shank, ’O7, “Ath
letics,” B. D. Kunkle, ’O7, “Alum
nae,’’ V. M. Weaver, '99.
Dr. Wadsworth was present as
the guest of the club and gave an
impromtu talk commending the
Harrisburg men on their work.
ol egian
tor 1906.
Price Five Cents
Franklin & Marshall vs. State.
Once more has State upheld her
reputation on the debating platform
by defeating the team which repre
sented Franklin & Marshall college
in Lancaster on Saturday evening,
Dec. 15th. The disputed question
was, “Resolved, That the Fifteenth
Amendment to the Constitution
should be repealed.”
F. and M. upheld .the affirmative,
while our side argued for the nega
tive. The decision of the the judges
who voted two to one in favor of
State, seemed to be entirely satis
factory. The judges were L. S.
McGintes, Supt. of the Steeltcn
schools, President Aikens of Sus
quehanna University, and Pi of.
Simonis, of the Pottsville schools.
F. and M. was represented by A.
W. Bailey, ’O7, L. L. Reist, ’O7,
and W. A. Schneder, ’OB. Our
representatives, of whom we have
every reason to be proud, were G.
W. Groff, ’O7, W. Wentzel, ’OB,
and H. M. Braucher, ’OB. with A.
A. Borland,’o9,as alternate. The de
bate had been scheduled for Friday
evening, but because of difficulty in
securing judges, was postponed un
til the following evening. An inter
esting feature was the cheering at
different times throughout the even
ing, for the members of both teams.
Immediately following the debate a
reception for our debaters was held
by the literary societies of F. and
M. college.
The next event of this character
will be the contest between State
and the winner of the Dickinson-
Swarthmore debate. Our men de
serve great praise for the earn
est work they have done, and
we hope that the result of the final
contest will be same as it was last
year.