State
Vol. V, No 3
The New Athletic Field.
In the last appropriation which the
college received from the state
$15,000 was provided for a new ath
letic field. A contract was awarded
to R. B. Taylor of Bellefonte for
leveling the field, putting in the
ditches, and laying water pipes so
that any part of the field may be
reached with a hose. All this was
done at a cost of $3,000, the work
being finally completed this sum
mer. The college has undertaken to
finish the rest of the field and the
work is progressing rapidly. The
track has been excavated, large
stones were put in the bottom, and
over this will be placed a covering of
loam and cinders. Inside of the
oval in the southwestern corner of
the field will be the gridiron, which
will be covered with sod by next
fall. 'The baseball diamond is lo
cated in the northeastern corner of
the field. The inside of the diamond
will all be solid, with the rest of the
field covered with grass. Tempor
ary bleaches s will be built at the
baseball diamond, and a grandstand
along the woods at the football field.
The Track House will not be moved
for the present. On the east side of
the field will probably be twenty
five tennis courts, all equipped with
good backnets.
The old reservoir, built in 1876 to
supply water, still serves as a stor
age place, and cannot be removed
from the athletic field until an ap
propriation can be secured to build
a standpipe. A good view of the
entire field is obstructed by this
reservoir.
When completed this will no
doubt be the largest as well as the
best athletic field in the country. It
STATE COLLEGE, PA., OC:10BER 22, 1908
covers seventeen ac.es of Liotnici
and is large enough for four base
ball games at the same time.
Much of the success of the IVOI k
is due to Mr A. C. Reed, '92, a
trustee of the College, who loaner!
his wagons and scrape's for use 011
the field this summer, without whiub
the work could not have pi ow. esscel
so rapidly
It has not been decided ye+
whether the name Beaver Field will
be transferred to the new field. If
this is done the old field will be
called East Field, and the field be
yond the Annex, West Field.
Programs of Forestry Society fel
First Semester
October 27 Reclamation 01 OA
Barrens, Chas. Bliss; The Futuic of
Oak Barrens, N. M Goocl , eat,
Current Literature, Chas. H Zreitit
November 10—Dr. Crane.
November 17--Debate
November 24 Prof. Fulton
December 1-- Management cif
Cut over Mountain Land, F. NI
Smith; State Reservations as Rec
reation Grounds for the People, \Alm.
Twaddell; Current Lite' atm e, Fiat I:
Craighead.
December 8 Dr Hunt.
December 15 Utilization of Non
agricultuial Sandy Lands, W. C
Peltot.; Fixation of Sand Dunes, J
R. Brubaker; Current Liteiatuie, B.
D. Williams.
January 12— Piof. McConnell
January 19 Tree Pianting on
Coal Lands, R. C. Walton, Cut lein
Literature, H. G. Bickley; Election
of officers for second semester
All interested in Forestry aie in
vited to attend these meetings.
Signed, J. R. 13rubalcei,
Chairman Program Committee
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Price Five Cents
The Geneva Game
With points to spate, the varsity
defeated Geneva College on Satur
day in the Pout di annual contest
against the Western Pennsylvanians.
Pitty-one was the total number of
poirls piled up by 'Tull" Mc-
Cleat men; but the white and
eit,ven played tagged football
in , pots On the long end runs the
interletence was ineffective and
quit e a lew times the visitors worked
tiick plays for bigger gains than
theil xvoi 1: met iced.
The event that discouraged every
nne, howe‘ei, was the injury which
"captain McCleat y sustained at the
end of ;he first half. When tackled
t.itilt.n a piaer "Bull" broke
shoulder blade in trying not to
tall on his nuht aim which was al
leady hunted. As it was, he came
down \ iointly on his unprotected
lett shoulder and his collar bone was
11,R:oiled Evely student knows
the talue of McCleary to State's
piesent eic‘ en, and to say that the
popuiai leader will be very sadly
mi , ,sed is stating it mildly. There
ale not d .:1 eat many chances
of fulc,Cleat y's letting into the game
,+.2:nn lin., season
Mossei's line plunging was a fine
feature. of the Geneva game. He
"'n ihings — in good style and
via, wondei ully aided by Cyphers,
who liclped e\ i unner to add a
mote yards each time he carried
the hall Piollett received a long
fOl waid pay, once in tiue Indian
fashion liallou can pass the ball
accuracy as well as punt well,
but the ( ential High School Star
/lid not let himself out in Saturday's
over whelming victory. The little
end, Blown and Hippie, played