The : Pennsylvania : State : College
EDWIN ERLE SPARKS, Ph.D., L.L. D., PRESIDENT
Established and maintained by the joint action of the United States Government and the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania
£3TT FIVE GREAT SCHOOLS—Agriculture, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Mining, and Natural Science, offering
UN thirty-five courses of four years each—Also courses in Home Economics, Industrial Art and Physical Edu
cation —TUITION FREE to both sexes; incidental charges moderate.
First semester begins middle of September; second semester the first of February; Summer Session for
Teachers about the third Monday in June of each year. For catalogue, bulletins, announcements, etc., address •
THE REGISTRAR, State College, Pennsylvania
PINCHOT LECTURE POSTPONED
Mr. Pinchot Unable to be Present.
President Sparks Lectures In His
Last Friday evening the Audi
torium was well filled by an assem
blage which had come warmly clad
in coats and furs, anticipating a lec
ture which was to be Quite in har
mony with existing environments.
President Sparks announced how
ever, that the Hon. Mr. Pinchot
who was to lecture on "Alaska,"
had been unable to reach the col
lege on account of existing snow
storms. Disappointment was felt
at Mr. Pinchot’s non-arrival, but Dr.
Sparks had a little surprise in re
serve. He took those present into
the realms of the tropics, thus mak
ing all fur coats Incumbrances.
Going back to the historical times
of Columbus, Dr. Sparks, in a most
picturesque and interesting lecture,
traced the development and the in
crease of Spanish conquests. By a
series of maps, he then illustrated,
how Spain, possessing at one time
a maximum amount of territory in
the new woild, giadually lost it,
tract by tiact, until firally, in the
struggle of 189 S, it lost all its pres
tige, and was entirely eliminated
from the Ameiicas.
In picturing existing conditions,
befoie and after the conquest of the
United States, Di. Sparks biought
out in an excellent manner that
illitCK.cy giadually c, riles a ration
to its doom, and that culture and
education cause it to triumph and
flourish.
Although Mr. Pinchot's absence
was keenly regretted, yet the pres
ence of our President was greatly
appieciated, and his lecture was
most enjoyable.
The Senior Cotillion,
The second of the series of three
senior cotillions, held in McAllister
Hall last Saturday night, piovcd to
be a success sociably. About fifty
five couples were in attendance, the
college girls, predominating. Fol
lowing the custom of the first
dance, the hall was prettily decorat
ed with college and class penants.
A well received feature of the cotil
lion was the circle two step held
during the first half of the evening.
The patronesses were, Mrs. E. E.
Sparks, Mrs. G. G. Pond, Mrs. J. P.
Jackson, Mrs. E. A. Fry, Mrs. C. D.
Fehr, Mrs. W. M. Weigle, Mrs. W.
S. Dye, Mrs. J. P. Caldciwood and
Mrs. D. ,0. Etters.
The date of the final dance of
the series has not been decided up
on, but it will be held sometime in
April.
Show Interest in Class. Basketball.
Are the "Moovies” of more inter
est to the men of Penn State than
the Intel class Basketball League ?
This is the question that has con
fronted the managers of the four
teams. Last year and previous
years the support given to the inter
class games was good. In fact the
actual expenses connected with the
purchase of uniforms and other ex
penditures were more than met by
the gate receipts. This year the
maximum attendance at the games
played so far has been less than
fifty supporters. And yet each
class voted to place a team in the
league. There is a probability of
the present schedule being abandon
ed if more interest is not shown.
TRe Royal Union Mutual
of Des Moines, lowa
Has never lost a dollar either i l principal or intciest.
Its policies are protected by a deposit with the state.
They have made the best settlements ever made by any insur-
ance company.
They have the lowest participating premiums.
They earn more money on their invested funds than any othei
company doing business in Pennsylvania.
Landscape Gardening Society Or
ganized.
The students taking the Land
scape Gardening option met in their
room 109 Agri. Bldg, on December
15, 1911 for the purpose of organiz
ing a Landscape Gardening society.
The following executive committee
and officers weie elected'
President R. H Wilcox, vice
piesident E. J Reeves; secretary A.
Q. Plank.
A feature of this first meeting
was an entertaining account, given
by Mr. Wilcox of his motor cycle
tour through France, Belgium, Ger
many and England, last summer, in
which he pointed out the leading
characteristics of landscape gard
ening in the four countries visited.
The main purpose of the Society
shall be the informal discussion of
topics of particular interest to the
landscape gardeners at the same
time avoiding subjects of too tech
nical a nature as to exclude the in
terest of those not pursuing land
scape gardening as a profession.
The Society therefore extends
to the agricultural societies and
other college organizations as well
as to all who should like to take
part in its discussions, the cordial
invita’ion to attend its meetings,
which will be called bi-monthly by
the executive committee.
Three State Men Publishing Jour-
nal in West.
The first power newspaper that
has ever been published west of the
Rocky mountains has recently been
started by E. A. Wilcox ’O9, F. I.
Woltz ’O9, and W. B. Wallis ’ll, of
Penn State. The issue is called
“Power News”. The paper is pub
lished in conjunction with the inter
ests of the Great Shoshone & Twin
Falls Water Power company with
which all three men are located at
Mountain Home, Idaho.
Many Enter Highway Engineering
Courses.
The interest shown in the new
course in Highway Engineering is
evidenced by the fact that nearly
half the number of students who
were taking the straight Civil Engi
neering course have changed to the
Highway course. The ample equip
ment, the Good Roads Train, and
facilities for praciical work should
make this one of the most interest
ing and instructive courses given at
the college.
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JAMES I. THOMPSON
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American Engineers Meet,
Professor Elton D. Walker at
tended the annual meeting of the
American Society of Civil Engi
neers, held at New. York City, on
January 17th. From New York he
will go to Boston, where he will in
vestigate the sewage experiment
stations of the Massachusetts Insti
tute of Technology, and of the
Massachusetts Department of
Health. He will also inspect the
new sanitary laboiatories of Har
vard University, and the laborator
ies of New York City, and will visit
several other interesting works- dur
ing his trip.
“Dad” Elliott Coming.
“Dad" 'Elliott, a former football
star of Northwestern University,
who so successfully led the Cam-
D..ign of last year, will be here for
the closing days of the Men and
Religion Forward Movement. He
has just completed a" remarkable
Campaign at the University of Illi
nois, but he still feels that the Cam
paign of last year exceeded every
record. ,
I larry W. Sauers
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