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THURSDAY, NOV. 12, 1908
EDITORIAL.
..Xust two, weeks remain until the
close of what has proved thus far to
be an eminently successful football
season. Saturday's game with
Bucknell was another proof of the
fact that in athletics, particularly i 3
football, our teams have set a pace
which can be maintained only by the
hardest kind of work. It is ab
solutely necessary that we stand
back of the team for the remaining
two games. They need our support
and encouragement, and if by con-
sistent playing the team can win
these games, they will have helped
to raise our standard of athletics
higher than it has ever been before.
Three weeks ago the Collegian
called - attention to the fact that
there are many rare treats in store
for the students this year in the
THE STATE COLLEGIAN
form of speakers at Sunday chapel.
Rince that time the prediction has
been well illustrated in the persons
of Tom Fennell and Hon. Fred Ike
ler, who gave two of the most im
pressive addresses ever heard in the
Auditorium. Now we are looking
forward with pleasure to the coming
of Presioent Reed of Dickinson.
In the meantime we must not forget
to give due honor to the man who
conducts our services half of the
Sundays in the year and at other
times when our visitors fail us. His
is not the easiest task in the
college, and great respect should be
shown him for his continued efforts
to help the students.
The cheering from the State side
of the gridiron at the Bucknell game
is worthy of great praise. If we
can cheer like that when we are win •
ning, what could we not do if we
were suffering a defeat. State
spirit always shows strongest when
a team is behind. Much credit is
due the cheer leaders for the way
the fellows kept together down the
whole length of the field. If we
could have such cheering as that at
Pittsburg on Thanksgiving 'Day
there would be no doubt as to the
outcome of the game.
More Honor for State.
On October 8. the new masonry
arch bridge across the Connecticut
river at Hartford was formally dedi
cated. On the commission that
built this 1,192 feet, nine span
bridge Edward W. Bush, of the
class of '92, was assistant engineer,
acting as resident engineer of con•
struction.
The bridge is not excelled in this
country and is probably not excelled
by any of the bridges abroad. The
piers are - all - founded on-solid ..bot
tom by the pneumatic caissonvro-
Dressed,StonY Creek granite
is used for the face work 'atid-is
backed by, heavy rubble concrete.
The architectural treatment is. es
pecially dignified, there being no
superfluous ornament cornices of
any kind.
The bridge has suitable approach
es on each side. .On the citir.:,side
the construction_of the approach in
volved a very great change ip:the
eastern part .of - the city for a -dis
tance of about 3000 feet along - the
river bank and a width of from 500
to 800 feet. Over this area it:was
necessary to tear down tenements,
remove railroad tracks, coal docks,
freight stations, . etc., and construct
a riverside boulevard and adjacent
parkways.
A large share in the design of the
bridge and approaches was given to
Mr. Bush and he. was the engineer
in immediate charge of the construc
tion of all the work. Some of the
methods developed in the construc
tion of the Hartford. bridge were
without precedent, and they were
worked out to a successful com
pletion by Mr. Bush.
Mr. Bush received his B. S. here
in 1892 and his C. E. in ,1897. ' He
is president of ~ the Connecticut So
ciety of Civil Engineers,_ a member
of the New England Water Works
Association and of the American So
ciety of Civil Engineers.
A Letter.
Editor Collegian: „
Two weeks ago . you mentioned
the fact that Dickinson has a "Press
Club." Penn State certainly needs
such a club r happen to-be outside
of Pennsylvania and when I. see the
football-scores of such colleges as
Dickinson, Lehigh, and Lafayette,
and never those of Penn State (un
less we play a big-team) - -I .get • dis
gusted. Let us have a Press Club
that- will send •athletic scotes • , to- the
Associated Press, ,and advertise the
college in every way. -
An Alumnus.