STATE COLLEGIAN
Published on Thursday of each week during the
college year by the students of The Pennsylvania
State College in the interest of the Students, Fac
ulty, Alumni and Friends of the college.
Entered at the Post Office, State College, Pa.,
as second class matter.
EDITORS.
A. K. LITTLE, ’O7, Chief.
H. D. MASON, ’O7.
H. J.DICK, 'O7.
R. B. MECKLEY, 08.
R. W. KRISE, ’OB.
J. K. BARNES, ’O9.
C. N. FLEMING, ’O9.
H. A. HEY, ’O9.
BUSINESS MANAGER,
F. K. BREWSTER, ’O7.
ASSISTANTS.
J. D. WOODWARD, ’OB.
S. W. BLOOM, ’OB.
N. HIGGINS, ’O9,
SUBSCRIPTION.
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THURSDAY, JAN. 10, 1907
EDITORIAL
With the opening of the year of
1907 State looks forward to an era
of further prosperity and progress,
and hopes for even greater advance
ment and success than have attend
ed her growth in 1906 and previous
years. In scholastic and athletic
standing great strides forward
have been taken, placing our insti-
tution in a position where it rightly
belongs as the State College of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
And yet we are not satisfied and
snou'ld not be until this institution, is
the equal of every other college and
university in the country! It is a
rather optimistic statement, but
there is no reason why the Keystone
State, one of the richest in the
Union,should send her sons to other
institutions outside her borders to
acquire a technical education in order
that they may develop her great
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mineral resources, take' charge of
her mechanical and electrical indus
tries and assume their work' in other,
lines of business activity.
The administration of the' College
is doing its work; engaging financial
support and building up the several
departments. Itis up to usfalSoyl'the
student body, to d 6 our little" shar’d
as strong and loyal sons’of 1 “6fd
State.”
Not merely in scholastic ■ pursuits
but in athletic abilities- as- well ' has
the vigorous and growing-; “small
college” forced the‘‘large- college?”
with all its tradition-and past.’hiSfey
to look to-its laurels.- The - ddyihas
passed when the big universities-- of
the East and' West could send;out
football and baseball'teams too strong
for the athletes of - smaller-an'd- less
noted institutions. In the - struggle
for recognition and supremacy,
which is only the natural trend of
all human activities, these despised
competitors have come to the front
with a rapidity that is astonishing.
Not many years ago a football game
between one of the “big four” and
some small institution such as Get
tysburg or Swarthmore or; State
would have been looked upon as
merely a practice game for the large
institution. To-day, however, the
situation is changed, forcing the
former giants to put forth every en-,
ergy if a victory is to be won..
This steady increase, in ; athletic
strength of the small institutiomas
serts itself in no more forcible way
than in the appointment .of !.m'en~of
her football teams to the All-Ameri
ca teams, selected by Walter Camp
of Yale, and recognized by-the in-:
ter-collegiate football world as the
official choice. Uhtil. this year
J Stdte, dneiof ttfe stalled ‘‘minor
1 colleges/”- has; neverr been repre
sented on the All-America; the
pefsistent 'ahd 'steady' work' of'Cap
tain Dunn, however', n'ow gives'Stkfe
I a football honor, of which she” is
> justly proud. Although Dunn may
i take if as a great personaT honor,
- yet the College and' dll' those, infer"
: ested. in State! s i athletics.., share, a
;part of the gratification arising.outroL
this recognition of.the - ability.'of;one!
of State’s football men; It is a" fit
ting climax to' a" most successful
•year, the best, takein ail-in-aHTtHat '
we have, ever enjoyed,
congratulations'of the “Collegian,’*
voicing thersentiment ;of all
ed in the’ College, - are given to'
State’s captain, W. T. Dunn; Ail-'
America center fot'l9o7l
Calendar;
FRIDAY'JAN, 11
7.00 P. M. Betzelms'Club, Ch'era
. istry-- ‘
8.00“ P/M.*'' Fdsifoetbkll. State c vs:
Wyoming^ein. 1 Arinb'ryT •
SATURDAY JAN, 12.
8.00 B.M. Alton. Packard—The
Cartoonist in.the,Auditorium-,
SUNDAY-JAN>-13,
11.00 A. M. Chapel:: . Dr. -Gill will
speak.
4.30 P; M:' Episcopal Service’.*
130 Main;.
6.15 P. M; YvM.C.A.. 529-Main;
TUESDAY. 'JAN 15,
6JS'P.--M. 1 ; Y.M/CA:- 529 Mairi:
WEDNESDAY, JAN.' i 6.
6.30 P.-M., Electrical Engineering.
.Society.
7.30 P, M. . Natural; History.,Club,
205,,Maim
The "Buttermilks ”■ are-, now-with;
us once more..