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The : Pennsylvania : State •. , College
EDWIN ERLE SPARKS, Ph.D., L.L. I D., PRESIDENT ,
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Established and maintained, by the joint action Of the United States Government and the Commonwealth.of
Pennsylvania
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gli FIVE GREAT CHOOLS offering twenty-eight courses of four years each—Liberal Arts, Naturgl Science, 1
'IJ Agriculture, Engineering, Mines and Metallurgy, and Courses in Home Economics, Inchistrial Arr I
and Physical Education for women ... TUITION FREE to both sexes• incide'ntal charges moderate • !
First semester begins middle of September and seco n d semester the first of Febrrary of each year • For
catalogue, bulletins, announcements, etc , address i - The Registrar, ' State College, Pennsylvania
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Early Days at State.
Of the many members of Con
gress who in 1862, voted for the,
passage of the bill to establish a free
college in each state and territory of
the Union, only two now survive—
the Hon. Shelby M. Cullom of Illi
nois.l and the Hon. S. E Anc na of
Reading, Pennsylvania. In a cept
ing an invitation to_ be present t the
Morrill celebration to be held uring
the coming Commencement Mr. An
conasa)is: "Mr Hale the Representa
tive in Congress of your district, se
cured the allotment o f that portion of
the public land grant homing to Penn
sylvala for the state college. I was
able t aid him in securing passage
of the bill in the , HouS , e by securing
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the votes of the mino7ty generally.
If I sh uld have the privilege of be
ing wi h you on the 15th of June, I
may give you some account of the
early history of the institution. My
first visit was in 1857 with General
George M. Keim' as representative of
the Bucks CoUuty Agrictiltural Soci
ety to a meeting of the Pennsylvania
State Agricultural SoOiety. The
lams
meeting was held in a barn, the only
building thereat that ti e, and was
presided over by Judge Watts of
Carlisle as President of ti State So
ciety, I believe. The n t 'rail
road point then was Spruce Creek
on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Gov
,ernor Curtin, then - Secretary of -the
Commonwealth, . was present and
with me occupied a seat on top of a
stage coach to Spruce Creek that
THE STATE COLLEGIAN
night after the meeting.
ued an acquaintance an ,
aasociation'
time of his
Prof. Fn 7 _ 13: the head
of the I?epartment o English in this
institution, who is now on leave of
abien, has recently placed in the
hands of the publishers his new book
entitled, "Elements of Religio9,
Pedagogy". It is an exceptio e 7ll*
good course in Sunday School t ch
er-training, and as such it has been
approved ,as an advance standard
course by the Committee 011 ,Educa
tion of the International Sunday
School Association.
Perhaps no better c mment'can be
made upon it than that made by
the Christian Standard :
"T day more than yesterday, and
tomorrow more 'than today, the im
portance of the work of, the Sunday
School is to be emphasized. And one
of the greatest needs of the Sunday
School of toda)i is a well-trained,
thoroughly equipped teaching force.
. . . The book is worth many times
its price tbany Sunday School teach-'
er who is 'seeking to snow bow t•
do his or her work more effectively.'
gulations for Graduation, Theses.
' All theses shall be " type-written or
printed on pages 8% x 11 inches.
The inside title page to Fontain - the
name of the , nstitution, the subject
of the thesis, riame'or names of the
the writers, applied• for, the
at contin-
year, and shall bear the name and
approval of the Head of the Depart
ment in which the work has been
done.
pleasant
uP 'to the
Theses shall be bound in black
flexible or stiff cloth - or leather cov
ers, with title, year, and name of
writer stamped in gold •lettering onk
first page of cover. A l a fee of $l.OO
per thesis is required .en• same is,
deposited to cowl ( cos. of binding
and lettering"., ' ,
A true, and perfect c
thesis ",niust< be delivl,
College Librarian not I
Saturday preceding Co
and before the student
his de!!
Minin'
Fork the purpose of giving the
sophomore miners , practical experi
ence and a thorough "understanding
of both mine and surface surveying,
the Deparimeht has determined Oil
having 1 their summer school work
under [ the" instructlors of both the
Mining and Civil Engineering
Schools. The men will take the
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course in Mine Surireying this sum
mer at - the mines -in the Snowshoe
Region, 1
The Mining Engineering Museum
has recently teceived exhibits from
the Noith Star Mine, Grass ;Valley.
Califotcip., and the Harbison Walk
er Refractories Company, of Pitts
burg. [The North Star exhibit con
sists of large specimens of , gold-
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,py of each:
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ter than the
mencement
can receive
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