Penn State University - La Vie Yearbook (University Park, PA)

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k u.- mllt-gcs to offer :1 course in clcctrical citginccring. . appropriiltiuns came, 110w buildings wcrc crcctctl and the whole :1t111osphcrc of the phicc was changed. 13mm :1 hack woods, Country collt-gc. it tlcwlopcd, under Dr. Athertonk guiding 11:11111 into :1 cullcg't- whusc worth and merit wcrc not to he denied. In 1902, the inmortunt buildings 011 the campus were 0111 Main, th' Engineering Build- ing, the Natural Scicncc Building. the Annury, and the intany Building. The prumrutory school 11:11! hccn discuntinncd. :11111 the clown college cuurscs climllcd :1 1111:11 of four hun- drcd :11111 twcnty-t'our mun, onc hnmlrcd :md thirty-cight of whom were pmspcctivc engi- nccrs, The faculty numbered fnrty-tix'u :11111 0111 Main mutinm-ll to prm'ith' hmm-s fur 21 fcw of them. The pcrimd from that timt- until this, from 1902 111 1511.3, 1K comparatively shun. Yt-t. in thusc thirteen y 1:1rs. 1111- number of 0111' buildings has increased frum tivt' tn :1111111st thirty; the total enrollment of 1.002 has hccn multiplied by live; and thv faculty has incrcuswl pro- portionally from forty-Iivc to over two hundred fifty. XVL- hnvc nmv Sunlc thirly-threc courses loading to Luchclor degrees, with additional short enurws fur lilnsc 11-111. 111111 :1 full college education i111possihlc. This grunt institution :15 it now 511111115. is the outward, thu tangihlc result 111' :1 great struggle. 0111 111' y 111's of hope, of fur, 11f dimourngcnicnt. of 111-111, out of neglect. nppogi- lion, doubt, has come :1 success brighter 111:111 those 1111-11 of sixty years ago even drcmncd of. Penn State stands :15 :1 mnntnncnt to foresight and high stutcsnianship, :15 :111 1-vcrlast- inkr memorial to the lives of great 21nd noble men gladly given that she might prosper; but thc greater 11101111111c11t, the higher memorial is the body of 1111-11 she sends forth into the world, in their veins the rich warm Mom! of youth. tht-ir faces tmmrd tlw S1111

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LUNG, hright. rihhum nf gultl. hlcnding'. graying. into the deep hlue 0f :1 twilight sky. set :ttnp nt' :1 moun- tain line, rugged. irregular; IiIL' ht'cztth mi :1 night wind. suit. uncertain. rustling faintly zternss the hruud ex- pzmsv of tree tttps; :1 thread Hf shining white in the vulh-y just hclnw her. all this Nittnny saw and was thankful. Many were the mmms and lung. since her warrior went nut to hnttle. Many were the Iincks of wihl geese that had tlnwn nm-thwztril ziml muthwztrd :thm't- her. and still, he had nut returned. Mztliitutt. Munitnn the Mighty, wzts cruel. and yt-tr-the smith wind grew lmlder and kissed her hmwn Check. with- t-rul now and old; the dying: light in the west lingered un her face. kimllul answering lights in her eythae :mntht-r day WilS gum: Down in the valley. lived 1m ohl wzn'riur and his xqtiziw, thttk. iu-hlc. smrculy :thle In grind the cum w gather the hurries which were their fnmL they lived mimic, the remnant nf Zl peuple mice great and pnwcr- fut. Frequently it had happened that just when the mnize they had planted with so much hthnr was ready tn i'eztp. then lht' nurth wind hztd Come, bending the uuk trees in his strt'mg lingers, and had wrested it frnm them sn that in the lung winter there was little tn eat. Ami this lmliutl IllZliti. since xthe was 5.10er and kind. hzui cume dnwn frmm her hilltup into the valley when all Wits dark. and had built :1 shield for them :lgztinst tho nnrthwiml, :1 barrier that even his strung iingcrs could not brink. The nhl people saw with wander the thing that she had IIUIIC, and called her Nittztny, which means wind breaker. Then a griztt sickness came upon hr and she died, and the old wzu'riw and his Squaw mourned her. and all whn hzul known her mourned her; called her pious, called her good, And thev built :1 mound tWCI' the place where she lay that her resting place might In: remem- :IVIICH in the night came the tir-ztt Spirit with thnndut'ings zmd lightnings: the -:trth bored. . . Alter :1 time. the shook, grunt trees came crashing down and the penplc were sure afraid. thttnders grc v tillilL 21ml duller, the lightnings tiztshul ltss ltllli less nftcn. and trace, dark. silent. hmoderl m'er the valley. then the tlzlwn Came. the til'st pale light of tnnrning. the people came fut'th zmd marveled: for in the place where they hftd htiilded the mound, how rose a griztt mountain. And they called it Nittztny 1n hnnnr mt hur who was called pious and good. The snows of many winters had 1min on the valley. many summers had come and gone. A new people had cume up from tho southward uml hml taken pusscssion of the hind Men with white faces had come from the cztstwm'rl. There :tmst- :tmtmfl 11119 110W Del'lpie :1 grlztt warrior chief named XVuztp-a-lanne, whom the men with white faces called Halt! Jingle. He lived in this same brand valley. and he extended his httntint.r grounds far tn the north- ward. Brave was 110 and led his warriors to victory. and many were the songs that the singers made in honor of his ht'zlvcry and his daring. W'unp-u-lzume hwed his brothers with