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Chicago Alumni Banquet.
The Chicago Society of the Alum
ni of the Pennsylvania State College
was organized at the University
club on Saturday evening the 14th.
With a charter membership of
thirty, a gratifying number for
Chicago, the club sat down to a din
ner at which Dr. Sparks was guest
of honor. Prof. C. Alfred Smith,
'6l, was the oldest member present,
and Stieg and Garrison, 'O7, were
the youngest, seventeen classes be
ing represented.
After the dinner Dr. Sparks
spoke pleasingly of the work which
he hopes to accomplish in his new
position, and of the importance of
cooperation by the alumni. The
general impression among those
present was that State will not only
hold her own but will advance under
his administration.
C. A. Smith, '6l. followed on the
topic "Pioneer Days at State." He
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told of the time when the front cam
pus was a potato patch and the west
wing of Old . Main was the only
building. He also gave an inter
esting account of the trials and tiibu
lations of the college during the
early seventies and eighties.
W. 13. Jacloon, '9O, spoke of
"State's Alumni and Their Success."
The hearers were made to teel glad
of their membership in the associa
tion, when they heard of the success
not simply of a few, but of such a
large number of State graduates.
T. R Cummins, '95, told of
some of his experiences during the
early days of the digging of the
Panatha Canal by the United States.
W. M. Camp, '9l, editor of the
Railway and Engineering Review,
gave an interesting talk on "The
Daily Press."
C. E. Denny, 'OO, spoke of the
experiences of a man who was
obliged to leave college without
completing his course.
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F. A. Bryan, '9O, spoke of the
opportunities for the engineer and
pleaded for a large attendance at
these meetings.
H. D. Miles, '9B, spoke briefly
of the engineer as a business man,
the gist of his remarks being that an
engineer might become a business
man and be the better for his tech
nical knowledge, but that few busi
ness men could become engineers.
J. C. Mock, '9O, known as the
leading signal engineer of the coun
try, described in a pleasing manner
the necessary versatility of an en
gineer.
C. L. Armsbv, 'O4, gave some
interesting statistics of athletics at
George McKee, 'BB, in "Remin
iscences of the Faculty," told of the
various fadulty members he had
known in his long connection with
the college.
Prof. Louis E. Reber, 'BO, acted
as toastmaster and prefaced each of