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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
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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
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FOR THE FREE EDUCATION OF BOTH SEXES
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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.