Basketball News. Tomorrow our basketball five will play Wyoming Seminary in the first of six home games that should prove the best series that ever took place on the Armory floor. Buck nell, Allegheny, F. & M., the Pitts burg Collegians and Swarthmore in the order named are the other fives whibh will "meet the white and blue here after the Wyoming aggrega tion appears on Friday night. With Captain Funston out of the game and several other players in a crippled condition our team lost three games on its first eastern journey. The University of Penn sylvania triumphed 30 to 23 on Dec. 15th at Philadelphia, Georgetown won from Captain Funston's five 42 to 26 one night later and the Har risburg Athletic Club returned the compliment handed it on our own floor earlier in the season by win ning 28 to 26 over the white and blue on Dec. 17th at the Capitol City. With a record of winning only one of the first four games played, manager Lindemuth's team, is now determined to finish the sea son strongly in true State fashion and interesting developments can be expected in the approaching games. Dr. McAllister Here. The electrical department is for tunate in securing for this week Dr. A S. McAlliSter, of New York, as sociate editor of the Electrical World. He is lecturing • each day before the seniors and juniors of the dipar . m :nt . Dr. McAllister, a member of the State class of '9B, has become weir knolri as a writer and lecturer on , engineering subjects. Three years after graduation here he re ceived the- - degree of E. E. and about the same time the degree of M. E. at Cornell. where he taught for four years. Since 1905 he has been with the Electrical World. He..has made a „number of inven- THE STATE COLLEGIAN tions in electrical machinery, and is the author of the text book on "Al ternating Current Motors" which is used here. He is a member of a number of engineering societies. "Tommy" Fennell Secures Good Appointment. The many friends of Coach Thomas F. Fennell will be pleased to learn that he has been chosen deputy secretary of state for the state of New York, with headquarters in Albany. The position is a good one, and the new deputy is to be congratulated on securing it. Library News and Notes. From Mr. Kline, InstrUCtOr in Physics, the Library has :eCiiyl:o the First Annual Report of the ew York Public Service Commission.' Mr. J. E Quigley sends "Ameri ca" and items of Spanish American .._ •.,.. interest. The Library hasade peatedly profited by the gene;_9Aity of Messers..Quigley and Affelder. ~.......„, The Historians' History of) the Woiid, 25 volumes, hanaio'mely bound,• has been placed . upok the Library shelves. The set •is dike ,t t gift of Mr. S. W. Niederhonsetr,
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