The Pennsylvania State College Schools of Language and Literature, History, Mathematics and Philosophy, Agri cultdre, Natural Science, Engineering, Mines and Metallurgy, offering courses of study in altbranches of the Arts' and Sciences. For further information address President Sparks spoke before the East End - Woinan's Club at Pitts burg•on Wednesday night. The'Pregident and hi s s wife gave a rec4tion On: Friday night. for the new' members of the faculty to meet the Old' meMbeis. The following ex-'O9 men have retuned ands Will continue the work in their courses-• With 1910: A. T. BroVitt, ' It.‘. H. ' Mobley, W. R. Mollison, E. K. Mentier, and H. A. Pearce.' ' The trustees of the college are looking - 16i a suitable man to take the 'position of college physician. It is expected that one will be se cured before the beginning of the winter months. The - Mandolin club extends an urgent . invitation for all men who can, play either the mandolin or guitar to come out for thri trials which will be held within a few days, the'tirne . and place to be posted. The unknown student who sent a two-dollar bill to the President's Office to pay for lumber taken from the Mining building during last year may be interested in knowing that the money was turned into the stu dent's' -beneficiary loan fund.' The report that has been so per sisthntli circulated that the college . will , be closed within ten days unless we have rain is without foundation. It has not been necessary to start the pumps villi C h -draw water from the two big wells on the campus; water THE STATE COLLEGIAN FOR THE FREE EDUCATION OF BOTH SEXES THE REGISTRAR, State Col from the reservoir is still supplying the needs of the College. During the summer vacation the growth of attendance of The Penn sylvania State college was pldtted and the curve shows that at the rate of increase for the past ten years the college will have 1250 students in 1910 and 2400 students in. 1920. In vievL; of the total registration for the present year, which on Wednesday of this week reached 11 I 4, it is seen that the normal growth is to become an abnormal one, and to increase much faster than the growth would indicate. At the joint meeting of the two upper classes held after chapel WedneSday morning the rules regulating the Freshman-Sophomore wrestling match were changed. In stead of three weights as heretofore there are to be five weights. The bet two out of three bouts wins each weight as before, but a time limit of nine minutes is set for each bout with an additional three min utes if there is no fall. At tae end of the twelve minutes the referee is to give the decision. The weights are 125, 135, 148, 160 and over 160. During the summer months just passed, a number of the instructors saw fit to forswear the joys of bachelor lite in State College. Mr. E. A. Cottrell brought back as his bride, Miss Louise Homer of Concordville, Pa. Chartered 1855 Marriages of Instructors. ege, Pennsylvania Mr. G. K. Pattee married Miss Colon Smith, of Pensacola, Fla: - , On June 24. Mr. W. R. McConnell married Miss Nelle McClune on June 30.'` Mr. C. L. Goodling was married to Miss Mae Park on the evening' of Commencement Day last June. Mr. B. G. Fogg was married on July 15 to Miss Katherine E. Knight, of West Newbury, Mass. A Distinguished Guest. Prof. F. Zuntz, • who visited the college last week, is connected with the Royal College of Agriculture, Berlin. He heads the Physiological Institute of the college and is regard ed as one of the leading physiol ogists of Germany, having done much ~ ork on the physiology of muscular work, especially of the horse. He came to this country primarily to deliver a course of lec tures at the Graduate School of Agriculture at Cornell University and came to the college to see the calorimeter work. "Mother" Dunn Leaves W. T. Dunn, 'OB, left Monday for Harrisburg to take up his work as Director of Athletics at the Harrisburg Academy. "Mother" will still have general supervision over affairs at McAllister hall and will make frequent trips back to State. Prof. J. B. Churchill wears a smile, all on account of a son born on Monday.
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