VOLUME 7 NUMBER 30
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
Of First Graduating Class at Penn
State to be Celebrated at Com-
mencement. The Seven Surviv
ing Members of the Class of 1861
Expect to Attend—Noted Diplo-
mats to be Present.
Preparations are being made by
the college and the alumni to cele
brate on an extensive scale the
fiftieth an , iversary of the first
graduating class—that of 1861—of
which seven members survive.
This is a wonderful record in as
much as only seven out of the
eleven graduates are still living aft
er a lapse of fifty years. President
Sparks has also completed negoti
ations for the attendance of diplo
mats' and prominent statesmen dur
ing Commencement Week.,
The survivors of the class of 1861
and their addresses are as follows :
John N. Banks, Indiana; A. C.
Church, Luzerne; Milton S. Lytle,
Philadelphia; E. P. McCormick,
Germantown; John W. Eckman,
Pulaski, Va.; C. Alfred Smith, Chi-
cago, Ill.; Clark E. Troutman,
Soldiers' Home, Tennessee. All
of these men, although they took
the agricultural course, which was
the only one offered at that time,
with one or two exceptions have
followed other professions, and have
made a success of whatever they
have undertaken.
The Commencement Week will be
a general alumni reunion in which
members from all classes will take
part. More alumni are expected to
return to see the growth, of their
Alma
, Mater than have ever been
here before at one single gathering.
There will be attractions for all
from the time Commencement Week
begins on Friday afternoon, June 9,
until the night of June 14, when the
juliors give their farewell dance
to the seniors.
Arrangements have been com
pleted for the attendance of His
Excellency, Chang Yin Tang, Min
ister from China to the United
States, who will deliver the Com
mencement address to the gradua
ting class. ' The Minister will spend
a week at the college preparing for
the students who are to come from
China on the Box?r indemnification
fund. In addition to his immediate
family the Minister will be accom
panied by several secretaries and a
retinue of servants. Durint!tiis vis
it, he will live in the stone house on
the east campus, formerly occu
pied by J. P. Welsh, the building
having been refurnished for the oc
casion.
The importance of this particular
Com( hencement celebration 'to
gether with the prominence of
the men attending should do much
to draw many visitors and alumni
to the College, and the large num
ber of men who have promised to
attend outstrips the expectations of
those in charge of the week's fes
tivities. There has been no time in
the past that so much interest has
been taken in a Commencement
Week as in evidert at this time,
mainly because the advancement
made by the college during the
past few years in all of its depart
ments has attract d universal atten
tion. It is fitting that our alumni
should sde just what has occurred
since their graduation, no matter
how many years bac that .may be.
The conditiOns existing in 1861,
when the first class grdadated, will
be compared with those of to-day
From this, some idea can be had
of the advantages an,l Comforts
afforded by present day institutions.
Agriculturists Take Trip.
Members of the senior and junior
classes in the department of Agri
culture left this week for extended
horticulture and agronomy .nspec-
tion trips throughout Pennsylvania
and adjoining states. The agrono
mists will include in their itinerary,
Greensburg, Pittsburg, Sewickley,
Greenville, Girard, Buffalo, Roches
ter and other important stops in the
districts of these cities. At these
places they will be able to study
conditions and methods of manage
ment of some of the best general
farms jn northeastern 'United States.
The horticulturists will visit among
other places, Philadelphia, Balti
more, New York, Boston, and Con
cord. Here some of the best equip
ped and largest truck farms, green
houses and nurseries will come
under the eyes of the observers.
All of these establishmt nts are run
on such an extensive scale that
much practical good can come from
visits to these points of agricultural
interest.
State Scores in,the I. A. 'A. A. A.
, Captain Mathers, Lum and Pier
journeyed last week to Cambridge.
Mass., to take part in the Intercol
legiates. In the preliminaries held
on Friday, Pier ran the 100 yards in
good time, but failed to qualify for
the finals. Lum finished sixth in
the mile run Saturday, which was
done in world's record time, 4 min
utes 12 2-5 seconds. Captain Math
ers took third place in the brord
jump going 21. feet 10 1-2 inches,
thus scoring two points for Penn
State. The meet was one of the
most successful ever held, five inter
collegiate records being broken and
three equalled. Cornell won the
championship with Yale second,
Michigan third and Penr.sylvania
fourth.
Sophomores Are Pennant Winners.
The disputed Senior—Sophomore
game of May 6 was finished last
Saturday. The game began , in the
seventh inning, the inning in which
the dispute over the umpire's deci
sion arose a few weeks ago. The
Seniors were allowed men on first
and third bases with no outs. Bow
man and Glenn, the first two 1911
men coming to bat were struck out
by Heckinger, the Sophomore
pitcher. Diehl was then passed to
first base while Turner, the next
batter, hit to second. Diehl, who
was forced to second, was put out,
which ended the seven inning game.
The score was 7 to 9 in favor of
1913. The winning of this game
cinched the interclass championship
for the Sophomores.
Notice-1911.
All seniors wishing to subcribe
for Froth for next year fill out
subscription cards at Co-op.
Prof. C. W. Larson, of the dairy
husbandry department, will spend
the summer in Europe as a repre
sentative of the United States de
partment of agriculture. He will al
so be a delegate from this
country to the ' Inter-national
Dairy congress to be held at
Stockholm, Sweden, June 28.
At this time dairy topics of inter
national character will be discussed.
Mr. Larson, while on this trip, will
make a study of the dairy industry
throughout a number of European
countries.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., JUNE 1, 1911
STATE TAKES TWO
Two Out of Three the Outcome of
New England Trip. Rain Inter
feres at Amherst. Twenty-nine
Men Strike Out in Lafayette
Game.
Victories over Lehigh and Lafay
ette and a defeat at the hands of
Dartmouth, whom we had conquer
ed earlier this season, is the record
of Captain Kelly's fourth baseball
invasion of the year. At Amherst,
one week ago to-day, the fifth game
during the present season was pre
vented by rain, the others -ailed off
having been with Manhattan (2),
Virginia and Gettysburg. The' re
cent games werc the last7scheduled
during 1911 "on the road," and the
fact that nine out of the fourteen
diamond struggles abroad against
the strongest college nines the east
affords have resulted in triumphs,
means that we have our real Penn
State fighting spirit ever-present on
coach McCleary's present team. In
our own state, Lafayette. Lehigh,
Villa Nova (twice), Grove City,
Dickinson and Bucknell have all
fallen before our batters and.it looks
as though Old Penn would have to
share with us the honors of baseball
champions of the state of P..:nnsyl-
Amnia this spring.
On May 24 at 'Lehigh the final
tally was 6to 2 against the brown'
and white. Klepfer struck out ten
-men and allowed but one hit in
seven innings, while 'Murphy who
finished the game was touched up a
little livelier. There was ~Icvcr any
doubt of the final outcome, how
ever, as the contest was "salted" in
the first round. Workman's home
run and Rose's triple ftatured our
sixth successive baseball triumph
over Lehigh.
At Amherst only one-half inning
was played, Workman hitting for a
triple and scoring on a wild pitch
when two were out before rain pre
vented the continuance of hostilities.
Then Friday a great struggle was
waged with "The Green" of Dart
mouth at Hanover, N. H. Workman
secured our only two hits,one a.three
bagger in the ninth inning, while
Daley's three hits and one, for Ben
nett were all the home nine secured
from Jay Minich. Olsen pitched a
strong game for Dartmouth and the
4 to 2 struggle, which we lost,was one
of the fastest ever played up in the
little White Mountains college town.
Our 3 —to ---2 triumph over La:
fayette at Easton last Saturday
pleased the student body here
greatly, for Lafayette seems anxious
to keep away from our Blue and
White teams so that when a contest
is arranged, we are doubly anxious
to win it. The rivalry was so intense
that some person.] mixups were
just averted in the recent game and
our nine won out only in the ninth
inning when Eberlein singled, stole
second, went to third on Haddow's
out to right field and scored on
Williams' error. In the second
inning Manion's hit with Eberlein
and Haddow on bases had given us
our other two runs, while Lafayette
scored in the second on an error and
in the eighth on Cederquist's home
run. Long struck out fifteen men
while fourteen were found by Klep
fey, who has certainly attained his
last year's form and brought joy to
Old Penn State last Saturday by
downing Lafayette.
May 24 wt South HelhlLliem, Pa
PENN SIAl k.-6
Craig m
Kedv 2
Workman I
Eberle n 1
Haddow 3
Rly ll e s
Carson ,r
Manor c
Yout.g c
MeV. T P
Murphy p
OLLEGIA N
LEHIGH-- 2
Rose in
McH oily 2
Driicoll m
Burden 1
Pi her 3
Sterling 1
Remtnimith r
Bell c .
ShOlenberger p
Penn State
Lehigh
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Home run, Workman Three base hit, Rose
Two base hits Haddow Bid n Stolen base.
B 1 the Sacrifice hits - Kelly. Klepfer, Risher.
K'eropsmith Double play. Bell to McHardv
Struckout. by Klepfer 10, Murphy 4, ShellFnber 2
Bases on balls, 1315 the 3, Craig 1 ; Hits, off Klep
fer lin 7 inninys, Murphy 4in 2 innings. Lett on
Mists, State 5. Lehigh 3 First base on errors. Le
high L Hit by pitcher, Lberlein Time, 2'oo
Umpire, Faller
May 16 at Hanover, bl H. R H E
P nn State
Dartmouth
Batteries, Munch and Young, Olsen and Steen
Three bast hit Workman eases on balls, off
Munch 3 Olsen 3 Struck out, by Munich 5, Ol
sen 6 Wild pitch, Olsen Stolen bases, Craig 2.
Workman Conroy Sacrifice hits, Ktlly, Munch,
Conroy Time, 1 50, Umpire, Gints
May 'a .it Easton, Ea
PENN S I ATE-3
Workman I
Eberltin 1
INICE
Mat ton c
lEEE
LAI. AYET IE-2
Hari 3
Williams 1.
Cederqutst n
Conover c.
Fager 1 .
Melan r .
Fillmore m
Harrison 2
Long p . t • •
Penn State
Lafayette
Home run, Cederquist. Struck out, by Long 15,
by Klepfer 14 Bases on balls, off K epfer 1.
Passed ball, Conover S olen basses, Melan,
Manion. Haddow, Harrison, Eberlein 2. Double
play, Eberlein to Kelly. Hit by pitcher. Melan
Time of gam , 2 home Umpire, Mcßride.
—lf the sight of the birds, flowers
and trees does not, make one glad
one is living.
—lf however,there are not too many
signs of spring in the air.
—lf a directory of students in Old
Main would not be convenient, to
say the least.
—How they, happened to fix that
leak on College avenue.
—Who started that expression
"Good Night".
—Who tore those pictures out of
L'illustration and Life.
—lf it would not be a good idea for
more men to get aboard the "water-
wagon"
—lf you d-, not agree that house
parties are becoming popular.
- -If it will ever be possible to find
a tennis-court free.
:-.-If Sunday isn't a pretty good
day to throw water.
Why reed music sounds so wel
n the late evening.
If the engineering corner is no
I ooking fine these days. °
—lf we should not all make an ef
fort to hear Bishop Darlington
speak in chapel on Sunday.
—How it feels to be a Senior, with
all exams passed.
At a recent meeting of the "Stu
dent Council the following motion
was passed: Moved that two year
specials shall come under the rules
and customs of the freshman class
for their first year, and under the
rules and customs of the 'sophomore
class during their second year.
The Memorial Day, festival held
on the lawn of the Ladies' Cottage for
the benefit of the V. W. C. A. was
very successful. Delicate and satis
fying "eats" were served during the
afternoon and evening. The fete
was a succe•s financially as well L's
an enjoyable function socially.
Domestic Art Exhibit
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will be held at the Woman's build
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6 o'clock All ladies of the town
are invited,
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—We Wonder—
Important Ruling.
Lawn Fete
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MUSICAL CLUBS CONCERT
Commencement Show to Be Big
Success.
,Ori the evening of June 10th the
Combined Musical Clubs , and
Symphony Orchestra will give their
usual commencement concert. The
schedule of. events for commence
ment week arranged by the College
announces that the concert will
start at 8 o'clock. In order that
the concert may be finished promptly
at 10 o'clock this time has been
changed, and the concert will start
promptly at 7:45. Leaders Snavely,
Gray, and Westermann have suc
ceeded in arrangli g a program
which shoeild please every one on
account of its great variety and the
merits of the selections made. The
sale of ticke,ts will be as follows:
For Faculty, Monday evening, June
.sth; For Seniors, Tuesday evening,
June 6th; and for the student body,.
Wednesday evening, June 7th.
Watch the walks for announcements
of time and place.
The price of tickets is to be 35,
50 and 75' cents. Six tickets will
be the limit allowed any one pur
chaser at the advance sales. .
An after dance will be held in the
Armory at 10:30 o'clock to which
any one holding a concert program
is entitled to admission. ,
Confirmation at St. Androvrs.
Sunday morning at 930 o'clock,
in the foyer of the Auditorium, the
Rt. Rev. James Henry Darlington,
bishop of Harrisburg, will confirm a
number of candidates for St. An
drew's, Episcopal church.
' Immediately following the -con
firmation service the Bishop will
administer the Holy Communion,
assisted by the Rev. E. W. Frear.
The evening prayer service will be
field as usual at , four o'clock. -All
are' welcome at all the services. •
Blast Furnace Problem.
On the evening of Friday May 19
and Saturday morning May 20, Mr.
L. K. Varnes, State 'O6, and at pres
ent steam engineer with the Penn
sylvania Steel company, of Steelton
Pa., delivered lectures on the sub
jects of Blast Furnaces', Gas clean
ing and the present status of 'the
steel industry and its probable
future development. On each oc
casion a large number of engineers
were in attendance and greatly
appreciated the interesting talks.
Engineers' Convention Withdrawn.
' The convention of the Engineers'
society of Pennsylvania which was
to be held on June 7,8, 9 and 10,
as announced on another page of
this issue, has been withdrawn. A
recent communication has been re
ceived, stating that no convention
will be held at this time.
Memorial Exercises.
The commemorative services held
annually on Decoration Day over
the grave of Dr. Atherton took
place with impressive and, fitting
ceremony last Tuesday morning
after Chapel. The exercises were
in charge of the sophomore class.
Notice to Seniors
The senior dla%Jing for the Com
mencement sale of tickets will take
place at 7 o'clock tonight in the
Athfetic store.
Oxford university has established
a lectureship on the history and
institutions of the United States, to
be held by American scholars.
The library of Yale university is
open on Sunday to student leaders.