State Vo.. 111, No 29 The George W. Atherton Me. morial Alcove The class of 1907 will place in the library of their Alma Mater the li brary of books relating to Economics and Political History which belonged to our late president, Dr. Atherton. This gift is in accordance with the custom of the graduating classes for several years, and will make a fine addition to our beautiful library. Dr. Atherton's collection is one of the most valuable in the country on Economics and Political History. For twenty-four years, while he was president of our college, he made a specialty of this subject and came to be recognized as an authority. He wrote and published many es says, and collected the best books on the subject. Taken all together his library aggregates fifteen hun dred volumes. One thousand dollars have been pledged by the seniors, including their surplus from the damage fund. The place chosen for the collection is the Seminar Room of History and Political Science, on the eastern side of the library, directly over the office of Dr. Runkle. Cases have been ordered for the room, and will be in place by Com mencement week. At that time, also, a bronze tablet in the shape of a keystone, bearing an appropriate inscription, will be in place at the ent.ance of the alcove. The following letter to the Senior class acknowledges the gift on be half of the Library: Mr. W. A. Slater, Chairman of Committee, and Members of the Senior Class: Gentlemen: I have rare pleasure in tendering STATE COLLEGE, PA., MAY 16, 1907 the most cordial and hearty thanks of the Library to the Class of 1907 for the magnificent gift, '1 he George W. Atherton Memorial s Alcove. May I congratulate you that you have so self- sacrificingly and wisely planned your gift? It will mean more to the college and to your selves than a mere collection of books. The alcove founded by the Class of 1907 will always enshrine a great personality, a great personal force; but it will also lead to a larger alumni interest in the library, a fact which has made the college libraries of our land strong. Your gift emphasizes the need of other special collections, since no institution can nourish scholarship without great libraries, strong in special lines. Your action will, moreover, be a perpetual memorial to your own foresight and wisdom, and I congratulate you most sincere ly upon the consummation of the plan. May I express the hope (one you. no doubt cherish) that the class take tne lead in the endowment of the alcove, and in the years to come build up a yet greater memorial. Very cordially yours, Erwin W. Runkle, Librarian. Senior Agricultural Theses G. W. Groff--A Study of the Ornamental Trees and Shrubs on the Campus. C. L. Goodling—An Investiga tion of the Herds of the Patrons of the College Creamery. Seats for Y. W. C. A. entertain ment on sale Thursday and Friday afternoons from 3:30 to 5:00 at the Nittany Printing office. Only a few reserved seats for this occasion. Secure yours early. ollegian. Price Five Cents. A Splendid Gift The Western Electric Company has presented the college with a very valuable set of experimental apparatus for use in the study of telephone systems. This gift is the outcome of a request made of the company last summer. The appara tus in this equipment consists of bony mounted pieces manufactured by the Western Electric Company for use with eight or nine instru ments of the American Bell Tele phone and Te.egraph Company The parts may be arranged in any de sired combination, from the simple magneto exchange circuit in use at the State 'College exchange to the most complicated trunking system which requires three operators and a large numoer of electromagnetic signals and switches for a single call. This generous gift forms a most de sirable nucleus for a telephone en gineering laboratory and its purchase would have cost the college a large Bellefonte Academy vs. Kiski. One of the best "prep. school" baseball games of the present season will take place on Beaver Field Mon day afternoon May 20th, when Bellefonte Academy plays Kiski minetas school, the strongest ath letic academy in Western Pennsyl vania. Next fall a football game will be played here betwecn Mer cersburg academy and Bellefonte academy if our students support this coming baseball game. Penn State has already obtained many good athletes from Bellefonte acade my and it is hoped that in the near future more will come here from that school as well as a large num ber from Mercersburg and Kiski.
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