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

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To . The Penn State Men in War Service this book is dedicated by The Class of Nineteen-Nineteen ,ii

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. , P E1iis SI1eu'e 132 w 42' erm State men in War Service I llv lfmcn l,1':w1s f'.x'1 1'1c1f: .N Vlli estends botl1 l1a11ds to tl1e soldier boys of .l'enn State. twig XY XV1 1 1 ' lth't 1 tl 1 1 f'l -wr fd' l' 1t'110' ' ' 1 l 111e ,Q , Ui ea epiour .1 o11 s is 1c p 111 c,,c 1. cc 1c. 1 5 Ulll xo u to tl1e111,-to their manhood, tl1C1I' patriotism, their loyalty to fg ifd f the flag, tl1eir glory which is to come. All that LA Xllli can do for them we do,---we wish we could do 1no1'e. God bless you, b1'ave heartsg you l1ave p1'oved yourselves wo1'tl1y of your .Nlma Mater Zlllil your flag'-the 1nost noble Alma Mater a man CVCI' left behind him Plllfl the most glorious flag' afloat today in all the wo1'ld. State is a young' college wl1en compared witl1 tl1e older i11stit11tio11s in tl1c ffiast, but no other college l1as a l7l'UllClCl' war l1isto1'y. StllClCIltS were 11ot ad- mitted until ISSQ, and the attendance at first was small, yet for the 2lI'I11lCS of tl1e Civil XVar sl1e contributed altogether one hundred Zlllfl ninety-six officers and men. From the first five classes-1861-1865-fifty-five per Cellt. enlisted Zlllll served their time, a remarkable percentage when it is remembered that a large number of tl1e StllflC1'ltS of tl1at period we1'e boys too young' to be ac- cepted. .lt was for serious -work that they volunteeredg they came hack shat- tered Zlllfl maimed: many of tl1em gave to their COL1l1ll'y tl1e last full measure of devotion. 'lfheir blood on all the battle fields of tl1e South baptized the young' college in its Cl'2lCllC Zlllll set for it that high sta11dard of l1'lZ1l1l1OOCl Zlllfl won1anl1ood wl1icl1 all State students have kno1wn so well. Penn State has been fortunate i11 l1e1' lCZlIlCI'S-YCIUZll'liZllJlC men, all of? them. lfour of her presidents have been military leaders. Dr. John lfrazer, the third in order, was the Colonel of the 140th Pennsylvania Volunteers, and at the end of the war had risen to the rank of Brigadier General: Dr. 'l'homas H. llurrows. the fourth, 1869-l87l, had bee11 a commander of cavalry: Dr. George W. .fXtherton, President, 1882-1906, who more than Zllly othe1' man laid the foundations of tl1e college, had been a captain of volunteers. No man ever loved the Hag' more than he. 'lt was his request tl1at when he died his body be wrapped i11 tl1e folds of Old Glory, a11d in its folds he lies today, just o11tside the walls of the Penn State AllClltOl'll1l'l'I, a lesson of patriotism forever to the g'enerations of State l'l'lCll. And who that eve1' saw llllll can for- get General James QX. l3eaver. for many years Chairman of the Board of Trus- tees. and for o11e year acting' li'resident of the College? llis military reco1'd is a part of the glorious history of 1 ennsy1vania. For years he ca111e l1e1'e monthly to attend tl1e meetings of tl1e Committee of Trustees. His brisk fig'- ure, on crutches-he had lost a leg' in battle-his vi1'ile personality, l1is ringing words of lJZll1l'l0tlSl11 and 0lJlIlllllStlC cl1ee1', we1'e 'familiar to forty classes. He is a part of the spirit of Penn State. ffroin their l'Il'llS these stalwart men of the past still 1'lllC tl1e college. - ' riuiiii i if 'ki I S