Open Letters.
The STATE COLLEGIAN' invites let
but the publication of h commnnieation
not necessarily imply the endorsement of
sentiments contained therein As a gnat
tee of good faith, the writer's name in
signed, but will not be printed if so desir
To the Editor:
Dear Sir :—.
In the last 'issue of the S
Collegian an injLstice was don
the committee in charge of the. f
ball returns.
It should, be g nerally underst
that the handling of football ret ,
is a task surroun' ed with many
ficulties. We ope the stui,
body will appreci to the effort
by the committee in handling th
turns of the Indian game. It
difficult to report this game s:
factorily on account of the su
arguments and disturbances thail
ourred on the field during its p
,
ress: Such ocCurrances are 1i
;
to happen in a y football co 1
In view of the fact that the '.
mittee put fp its best effo
give satisfaction any mitakes w
may have occu ed should be .
looked. ,
ce 'hopes tha
.isatisfaction w
l e fluture and i
operates with'
returns durin ,
are' being rec.
lhave reason to
The commi
such points of
eliminated in t
student body c
in charge of th ,
time that they
few persons will
plain.
In the four.
rangernents ha
addition to the
stalled, a head
tached to the li
will hear the re
In this niariner
the ifollowin=
' e been made
regular desk s•
receiver will .
le, so that two
simultane.
, ch man can
the other. thus insuring more a
ate results.;
The, system , of ' lights has
been 'rearranged, so that the exac
sition of the ball can be shown
cleaily and defirlitly.
The,rson ticket wil
the rem ining returns a
I EG AN.
stead of 50, whiletiiesing
sion will be 25 cents. '
Very respectfully,
' "The Committee."
Thel Collegian would iuggest that
three lights be used ,tb show first,
second, and third downs. iThis, in
connetion virith the light showing
the position iof they ball will be of
great value 1 keePing - track of the
ii
players. I
“The Misfortunes of Mickey.'!
I J
On Saturday evening, Oct. 23,
the first i of; the series of Yc M.
C. A. entertaizm nts will take place
in the Andi/ocii . Judge Ben B.
Lindsey, the "Kids' Judge” Cf . Den
ver, will leOture or "The Misfortunes
of Mickey.''' Als Judge Lindsey
haS gained al national li,eputation by
his work in the Juveviie dcpurt his
lecture will be not only lintensely in•
teresting, bat 'also exceedingly in-
Struc' ive. "ihe "Kids' ' Judge," in .
the short tirrle he his l been serving,
has broken up g ags of young
toughs by Working ' with ' I the indi
vidual members,
,has instituted the
probation system, has cleaned up
the jails, naS found employment for
hundreds of reformed boys, has
originated improvement Clubs, in
fact, has made ihimielf master'
l was
tis
-1 '
any
oc-
og
:ble
est.
ich
VET--
,
Of the boy proble m; -as ,no one else
in the country knows it. None of
us can afforkto miss a lecture,
which is sure to re Full ::.F entertain
merit and pleasur e_
_,'
PressuTe Redu in Valve.
Valve.
The I,4orklbeing thine n tile water
main near the Library is the installa
tion. of a Rressurejed' i cing, valve.
This valve will ! 'r,td4ce the, pressure,
Which iir thei ' winter lmonths ru i ns up
.
1
to one li ndied and fifty, pounds. to
the usiii service of sixty or seventyt.
pounds. For an: emergency, such
;
As fire, ' 1 n electit.-1 c 1 nnection at
the boiler house 7 ill elease the
weight governing t F. pFessure, and
throw full reserv•ir pi l essure into
the mains. Tlii i e s heme is - one of
1 ,
t in-I
e at-
[
men
sly.
eck
also
po--
ore
be sol
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THE STATE CO
...
Mr. P. H. Gentzel's. He is nnwlcorn
pleting his work previous to his de
parture on Dec. 1.
Freshman Physical Examinations.
Physical examinations ,o. the
freshmen will begin• Monday, Oct. 2'5. 1
The names will be pOsted on the I,
bulletin boards the day before such
examinations are due. The order
of , examination will beAlphabetical.
Watch the bulletin boards. ,
Freshrnen will be excused , from
class or drill for thirty minutes to at
tend this examination. All fresh
men are , requested to be punctual
and report at the Physical director's
office at the time scheduled. , .'
..41 1 . ,
C.. L T . - Eshelman 'OS - is located at,
Cleveland, Ohio, as secretary of the
Jandus! Electric
. Co. He has writ
ten I the ; Collegian' an interesting
letter in which he cdrnpares a foot
bal(lkcore of 126 to' 0 made recently
in hioip our score with Lehig,hie
1888. 'ln that year Lehigh, 'de
feated us, by a score of 120 to 0.
It was the year that !Tetie" Meek
of BellefOnte was - manager, and he
was l so ashamed of the defeat that
he got off the train at Oak Hill And
walked around-about wayto coll4ge.
to avoid facing the seething dis
grade. I
In another co'umn will be found
the name's of the new fraternity; men.
Three names were unavciidablyl omit
ted ;- J. S. Miller '1.3. Phi Tau; W,
H. Crawford aria C. W. Ulsh:'l4.
Sigma Chi. "
,
dei s t boa rd
is mind at'
licklister
rD i ini"g Hall
$3 per week
1 Extras at cost
service`.: Alw.
' 8°441 with the "studes"
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Special section for
rofessorSl.and Stenographers
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