Penn State VOLUME 10 NUMBER 17 GENERAL BEAVER PASSES AWAY The Well Beloved Friend of Penn State, After Many Years of Faith- ful Service, Dies at His Home in Bellefonte At 2:30 o’clock, Saturday after noon, January 31, General James Addams Beaver, president of the Board of Trustees of this institution and former Governor of the State of Pennsylvania, died at his home in Bellefonte, Pa., as an indirect re sult o: a bullet wound of the leg received in the Civil War. The late General Beaver was born on October 21, 1837, at Mill erstown, Perry County, Pa. He was of Pennsylvania-German ances try, sturdy pioneeis who resided in Pennsylvania almost from the time of William Penn. His early edu cation was received in the common schools of his native county, after which he entered Jefferson College (now W. and J.'l and graduated from that institution with honors in 1856 at the age of 18 yeais. He immediately removed to Bellefonte where he resided until his death. After taking up his residence in Bellefonte, he commenced the study of law and was admitted to the bar in 1859. The unsettled condition of the country resulted in his enlistment as Lieutentant in the Bellefonte Fencibles and the out break of the Civil War found him at the head of this organization. .His war_career,\vas a._m.ost notable one. He was wounded at Chancel lorsville; appointed Biigadier Gen eral at Cold Harbor; again wounded at Petersburg and sent north; again was wounded at Ream's Station, which necessitated the amputation of his right leg and forced his re tirement from active service. In the field of politics, General Beaver was for a time a conspicu ous figure. In 1880 he went as chairman of the Pennsylvania dele gation to the Republican National Convention in Chicago and was slated for the Vice-Presidential nomination, He declined to be a candidate for election to the Senate but was defeated. As a guberna torial candidate in 18S2 we find him again to the fore. He was de feated, but four years later he was renominated and was elected by an overwhelming majority. With the creation of the Superior Court, Gen eral Beaver was, in November, 1895, elected to a full term of ten years, at the expiration of which he was re-elected and was on the bench to the time of his death. General Beaver’s relations with the Pennsylvania State College date from 1873 when he became a Trus tee. It was due to his influence as Governor of this Commonwealth that we received our first regular appropriation, which increased un der his administration. The Min ing School stands as a monument to his untiring efforts since it was he who was responsible for its founding. In 1897 he assumed the Presidency of the Board of the Board of Trustees, which position he held up to the time of his death. His loyalty to the student body has endeared him to the heart of every State man and the principles for which he stood will always stand forth as ideals worthy of our en deavor. Penn State has indeed lost a true friend. The Late Cen. James A. Beaver Memorial Exercises. Yesteiday morning memoiial ex ercises were held in the Auditorium for the late General James A. Beaver. The meeting was in charge of Paul Rhinehardt T 4. Reverend Robert Reed and Pro fessor Pattee spoke on the life of General Beaver, and Paul Rhirc hardt and F. C. Dose spoke on the relation of General Beaver to the student body. The Ex governor's favorite hymn "Lead Kindly Light” was sung. The exercises as a whole weie very impressive and the loss of one of the most devoted friends of the college was felt very deeply. EDDY CAMPAIGN BEGUN Men Promiuent in SoGial and Relig ious Work Come to Penn State to Help Individual Students. The campaign which was begun last evening will not terminate until Saturday evening. Meetings will be held every evening at 6.30 in the Auditorium and conferences with individuals will be held during the day. For the convenience of those interested we publish the following list of speakers and theii secre taries, who make arrangements for them. The first man is the speak er, and the second his secretary: Eddy, Welty; Heinzman, Sayre; Ball, Fleming; Edwards, Brush; Douglas and Lloyd, Whetstone, Port er, Leyden; Beaver, Foell; Arm strong, Dowd; Chaplin, Hays; Stuart, Keller; J. 0. Speers, Ball; Tong, Sharp; Foster, Lewis, J. L.; Hart, Bel'; Young, Gallagher; Pat terson, Sarver; Campbell, Jones, S. P.; Miller, F. P., Hammitt; Tomp son, Amador; Grubbs, Ingerson; Mcconnell, Skillman; Guthrie Speers, Lord. New Play to be Presented, “The Honeymoon” is the title of the comedy to be produced for the benefit of the Y. M. C. A. and the Stale College Fire Department on Fiiday, Februaiy 27th, at 8.15 p. m. The play has lots of local color, is rich in humor and full of original situations. The whole play is the story of one afternoon and evening of a honeymoon week, and all the adventures and misad ventures of the characters will be delightfully presented to the audience in an atmosphere familiar to all. The cast will be announced later STATE COLLEGE, PA., FEBRUARY 4, 1914 WRESTLERS FIBSF MEET Blue and White Matmen Will Meet Navy at Annapolis onJSaturday. New Men Showing Up Well -In juries to Promising Candidates Causes Lack of Material—More Men Urged to Report for Practice. The Penn State wrestling team for the season of 1914 will receive its initial test on Saturday afternoon when the team representing the United States Naval Academy will be met at Annapolis. Navy is noted for having strong wrestling teams and this season is „no excep tion to the rule, as shown by the fact that the midshipmen defeated Lafayette in their first meet of the season by seven straight .'alls. The Blue and White team wil be minus the services of such stars as Shol lenberger, Very and Fulhman, but in spite of this fact, will be made up of individuals that will no doubt give a good account of themselves in their attempt to uphold the standard set by teams of the past. Coach Shollenberger has been working hard during the last two weeks to get the team in shape for the opening of the season and his work is very noticeable to the fol lowers of the sport in the improve ment of the men. The trials held during the week have brought out a few facts. In the first place they have shown that there are strong candidates for every position on the team, while on the other hand the trials have shown what proposi tion we are likely to meet in the CSlscticn 22y time, due to the fact that four or five of the most promising candi dates were eliminated, probably for the rest of the season, by injuries. This has helped to bring about a lack of good second rate material, especially in the 158 and 175 pound classes, respectively. During the last few days Baird in the 115 pound class, Captain Jones in the 125 pound class, Gleason in the 158 pound class, and Klapp in the 175 pound class received injcries that will either keep them out of the game indefinitely or at least lessen their ability to do themselves jus tice at the present time. The team is especially in need of more candi dates for the three upper weights on the team. At the time of going to press the squad which Manager Hess and Coach Shollenberger will take to Annapolis has not been finally decided. The 115 pound class lay between Baird and Long, but since the injury to Baird, it is likely that he will not be able to compete in the finals. Hill in the 145 pound class and Lamb in the heavy weight class har e won their places, while in the 125, 135, 158 and 175 pound classes, respectively, com petition has narrowed down to the following pairs: Jones and Crockett, Kirk and Klingensmith, Yerger and Wakeley, Sayre and Stecker, In each case the odds seem to be slightly in favor of the first named although the saying “you can’t always sometimes tell” holds especially true in wrestling, and there is no doubt that every man will have to work hard for his place. The preliminary trials for the next meet which will be held on the local mats with Lafayette Col lege will be held next Saturday afternoon. Six pounds over weight will be allowed in each class, the Collegian. men to weigh in any time on that day previous to the meet. All men who have been working at all are urged to enter these trials. NEW STATE RECORD Hammitt Lowers Middle Atlantic Record for 60 Yard Hurdles State was represented in the In door Middle Atlantic Champion ships by four men. They won three first places and one second place. The meet was held in the Duquesne Garden, Pittsburg, on Saturday night. Hammitt showed his heels to a fast field and was an easy winner in one fifth of a second better time than Thorpe’s record. Leyden, in the 1000 yards, ran a distance new to him and finished first in front of two Pitt men. Keyser, captain of the track team won the two mile event handily in 10 minutes and 29 3-5 seconds. A new M. A. A. record was needed to defeat Lamb in th twelve pound shot event, but he took second place easily. A. T. Meyers’ worlds indoor re cord for 60 yards was broken by Carroll, of Indiana Normal. It is unfortunate that Robinson is out of Mercersburg, for a race between these two men in the Penn State In terscholastics would result no doubt in a new record. CALENDAR. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4. 6:30 p. m. Auditorium. Eddy. THURSDAY, FEB. 5. 6'30 p. m. Auditorium. Eddy. 7:00 p. m. Ag. Building. Thes pian Cast-Trials; - 8:30 p. m. Ag. Building. Thes pian Chorus Trials. FRIDAY, FEB. 6. 6:30 p. m. Auditorium. Eddy. 7:00 p. m. Ag. Building. Thes pians Cast Trials. 8:30 p. m. Ag. Building. Thes pian Chorus Trials. SATURDAY, FEB. 7. 1:30 p. m. Deutscher Verein Picture. Auditorium. 2:00 p. m. Varsity Battery Can didates in the Armory. 2:30 p. m. Armory. Preliminary Wrestling Trials for Lafayette Meet. 6:30 p. m. Auditorium. Eddy. 7:00 p- m. Thespian Cast Trials. 7:30 p. in. Basketball. Carnegie Tech. 8:30 p. m. Thespian Chorus Trials. SUNDAY, FEB. 8. 10:00 a. m. Old Chapel. Fresh- man Service. 11:00 a. m. Auditorium. Chapel 6:30 p. m. Auditorium. Y. M. C. A. Meeting. Glanders Prove Fatal As the result of infection by glanders bacilli while working in the laboratory, A. M. Jansen, in structor in the veterinary college of Ohio State University, died on Jan uary 4. Glanders is a disease com monly found among horses and cat tle, but very few cases are on re cord of the disease affecting man. Mr. Jansen, who was connected with the department of bacteri ology, was engaged in his regular class-room work when he contract ed the disease. His case was first diagnosed by physicians as typhoid fever and not until a blood test had been made was the real nature of the disease known. He lived but a few hours after being infected by the bacilli. PRICE FIVE CENTS STATE SWAMPS GETTYSBURG Team Shows Effect of Experience. Visitors Weak in Passing—Game Fast and Interesting to Watch. Captain Binder’s rejuvenated team set a pace last Friday night that completely bewildered the Gettysburg boys. The trip that our men took was well worth the cost in experience gained. The visitors were completely outclassed and the general work of the Blue and White was by far the best seen so far this season. The final score was 47 to 17. Our men performed well in pass ing as compared with the exhibi tion that the visitors showed. The forwards, Park in particular, work ed better under the baskets. Jester maintained his reputation gained on the western trip and our guards generally broke Gettysburg’s plays before they got started. Lineup: Penn State Gettysburg Binder f Mehaffy Park(Gockley) f Hashinger Jester(Bishop) c Campbell(Monk) Hay(WarrJ g Ikelei Savery(Metzgar)g - Scheffer Substitutions: Penn State —Gock- ley for Park, Bishop for Jester, Warr for Hay, Metzgar for Savery, Williams for Hashinger, Monk for Campbell. Field goals —Jester 7, Binder 6, Park 5, Campbell 4, Sav ery,. Monk, Hashinger, Metzgar. Foul goals—Binder, 7 out of 16; Campbell, 6 out of 13. Referee, Taggart. Timekeeper, Martin. Wr& J. vs Penn State'. ” The W. & J. quintet proved a harder and faster foe than the Westinghouse on the previous night. The game was more fierce ly fought and rougher than the previous one and the frequency of fouls, particularly against our men, was a big factor in the final score. Jester again was in the lead as to scoring, dropping through the basket four of the seven field goals secured. Our forwards were unusually handicapped by the W. & J. system of guard ing as is shown by the fact that each got but one goal apiece, Line up: Penn State 23 Binder Park Jester c (Brady) Broden Hay (Metzgar) g Savery g Substitution —For Penn State, Metzgar for Hay; for W. & J., Brady for Broden, Braden for Brady. Field goals—Jester, 4; F. Nuss, 3; C. Nuss, Fisher, 2; Braden, Savery, Park, Binder, 1. Foul goals —Binder, 11 out of 18; Brady 12 out of 31. Referee —Doubleday of Washington, Pa. Timekeeper— Dr. Kirchner of W. & J. Pittsburg vs Penn State, The final game was characterized by general roughness on the part of both teams. Our men showed the effects of the severe strain of the trip, this being their third game in three consecutive nights. Jester and Binder, the mainstays in the offense, entered the game in poor physical condition; the latter was forced to leave the floor after the first few minutes of play. The Blue and White, however, proved the best of the two and Continued on puce 4 W. & J. 28 F. Nuss Fisher C. Nuss Brady Braden
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