Penn State

Author : Ken Rappoport,Barry Wilner
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781616731045

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Penn State Football by Ken Rappoport,Barry Wilner Pdf

From an AP sports writer and author, a history of Pennsylvania State University’s Nittany Lions, with personal stories from coaches and players. In Tales from Penn State Football, Ken Rappoport puts you on the fifty-yard line and sometimes gets you a seat on the bench or a stall in the locker room. From the first team in the 1880s to the celebrated Joe Paterno teams of the 20th century, Penn State’s most entertaining—and legendary—football stories are chronicled here. And there is plenty to tell, considering the history of the Penn State football program. Penn State football started in 1881. These early pioneers could hardly envision the future popularity of the game, where crowds of more than 100,000 would fill Beaver Stadium to see Paterno’s nationally ranked powers play in the second-largest football stadium in America. In between, there have been plenty of colorful stories and characters at Penn State to fill a book. There was a coach who held up a Rose Bowl game over a violent argument and another who credited a mule for his success. Also, a player who impersonated the legendary Jim Thorpe and another nicknamed “Riverboat Richie” for his gambling instincts on the football field. For many of the stories in this book, Rappoport went right to the source. In an earlier interview at the Nittany Lion Inn, Joe Paterno talked about his famous “Grand Experiment.” At about the same time, Rip Engle discussed his most treasured moments at Penn State. Football aficionados will relish every tale. The perfect gift for college football buffs and Penn State fans.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780271045252

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This Is Penn State: An Insider's Guide to the University Park Campus by Anonim Pdf

Author : Tommy A. Phillips
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476643502

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Penn State Bowl Games by Tommy A. Phillips Pdf

With play-by-play coverage of every Nittany Lion bowl game, this book chronicles Penn State football's vibrant history all the way back to the 1923 Rose Bowl. The team broke the color barrier at the Cotton Bowl in 1948, finished undefeated after back-to-back Orange Bowl victories in 1969 and 1970, and reigned over the college football world with national championships in the 1983 Sugar Bowl and 1987 Fiesta Bowl.

Author : Roger L. Williams
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780271082646

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Evan Pugh’s Penn State by Roger L. Williams Pdf

When Evan Pugh became the first president of Pennsylvania’s Farmers’ High School—later to be known as The Pennsylvania State University—the small campus was in disrepair and in dire need of leadership. Pugh was young, barely into his 30s, but he was energetic, educated, and visionary. During his tenure as president he molded the school into a model institution of its kind: America’s first scientifically based agricultural college. In this volume, Roger Williams gives Pugh his first book-length biographical treatment. Williams recounts Pugh’s short life and impressive career, from his early days studying science in the United States and Europe to his fellowship in the London Chemical Society, during which he laid the foundations of the modern ammonium nitrate fertilizer industry, and back to Pennsylvania, where he set about developing “upon the soil of Pennsylvania the best agricultural college in the world” and worked to build an American academic system mirroring Germany’s state-sponsored agricultural colleges. This last goal came to fruition with the passage of the Morrill Act in 1862, just two years prior to Pugh’s death. Drawing on the scientist-academic administrator’s own writings and taking a wide focus on the history of higher education during his lifetime, Evan Pugh’s Penn State tells the compelling story of Pugh’s advocacy and success on behalf of both Penn State and land-grant colleges nationwide. Despite his short life and career, Evan Pugh’s vision for Penn State made him a leader in higher education. This engaging biography restores Pugh to his rightful place in the history of scientific agriculture and education in the United States.

Author : Lori J. Bechtel-Wherry,Kenneth Womack
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0738565997

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Penn State Altoona by Lori J. Bechtel-Wherry,Kenneth Womack Pdf

Founded in 1939, Penn State Altoona began its life as the Altoona Undergraduate Center, owing its genesis to an inspired group of local citizens who built, financed, and nurtured the college through the economic woes of the Great Depression, an enrollment collapse engendered by World War II, and the rise and fall of the region's railroad fortunes. After relocating to the site of an abandoned amusement park in the late 1940s, Penn State Altoona enjoyed a rapid postwar growth spurt that culminated in 1997 with its newly minted charter as a four-year college in the Penn State University system. Using lively period photographs from the school's archives, Penn State Altoona chronicles the school's transformation into a flourishing teaching and research institution of national acclaim.

Author : Michael Bezilla,Jack Rudnicki
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0811702316

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Rails to Penn State by Michael Bezilla,Jack Rudnicki Pdf

More than five hundred short line railroads existed in the United States at the industry's height, and Pennsylvania had more than any other state. The history of the Bellefonte Central, which operated in central Pennsylvania from the 1880s until 1982, is a classic story of the rise and decline of short line railroads nationwide. Connecting with the Pennsylvania Railroad--a company that proved to be both friend and foe--the Bellefonte Central played an important role in developing the region's renowned limestone and hot-blast ironmaking industries and was Penn State University's economic lifeline for generations.

Author : Gordon Owens
Publisher : Weigl Publishers
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781791100827

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Penn State Nittany Lions by Gordon Owens Pdf

Did you know that the Penn State Nittany Lions joined the Big Ten Conference in 1990? In 2018, the Nittany Lions were the top team in the Big Ten East Division. Learn more about this college team’s history, traditions, uniforms, team records, coaches, and legendary players in Penn State Nittany Lions, part of the Inside College Football series.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 0271038829

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The Penn State Blue Band: A Century of Pride and Precision by Anonim Pdf

"Ten chapters follow, each devoted to a single decade covering the major events in the band's development over the next hundred years, such as the adoption of the name "Blue Band" in 1923."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Roger L. Williams
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780271090474

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Frederick Watts and the Founding of Penn State by Roger L. Williams Pdf

Frederick Watts came to prominence during the nineteenth century as a lawyer and a railroad company president, but his true interests lay in agricultural improvement and in raising the economic, social, and political standing of Pennsylvania’s farmers. After being elected founding president of The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society in 1851, he used his position to advocate vigorously for the establishment of an agricultural college that would employ science to improve farming practices. He went on to secure the charter for the Farmers’ High School of Pennsylvania, which would eventually become the Pennsylvania State University. This biography explores Watts’s role in founding and leading Penn State through its formative years. Watts adroitly directed the school as it was sited, built, and financed, opening for students in 1859. He hired the brilliant Evan Pugh as founding president, who, with Watts, quickly made it the first successful agricultural college in America. But for all his success in launching the institution, Watts nearly brought it to the brink of closure through a series of ruinous presidential appointments that led to an abandonment of the land-grant focus on agriculture and engineering. Watts’s influence in the agricultural modernization movement and his impact on land-grant education in the United States—both in his role with Penn State and later as US commissioner of agriculture—made him a leader in the history of agricultural and higher education. Roger L. Williams’s compelling biography of Watts reestablishes him in this legacy, providing a balanced analysis of his missteps and accomplishments.

Author : Lou Prato
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781633193635

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100 Things Penn State Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die by Lou Prato Pdf

Perfect for Penn State fans who think they already know everything With traditions, records, and Nittany Lions lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Penn State fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by singular players. From trivia on legendary players—such as John Cappelletti, Kerry Collins, Larry Johnson, LaVar Arrington, and Paul Posluszny—to knowing the best places to catch a game, 100 Things Penn State Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the ultimate resource guide for true fans of the Nittany Lions.

Author : Roger L. Williams
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780271090498

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Frederick Watts and the Founding of Penn State by Roger L. Williams Pdf

Frederick Watts came to prominence during the nineteenth century as a lawyer and a railroad company president, but his true interests lay in agricultural improvement and in raising the economic, social, and political standing of Pennsylvania’s farmers. After being elected founding president of The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society in 1851, he used his position to advocate vigorously for the establishment of an agricultural college that would employ science to improve farming practices. He went on to secure the charter for the Farmers’ High School of Pennsylvania, which would eventually become the Pennsylvania State University. This biography explores Watts’s role in founding and leading Penn State through its formative years. Watts adroitly directed the school as it was sited, built, and financed, opening for students in 1859. He hired the brilliant Evan Pugh as founding president, who, with Watts, quickly made it the first successful agricultural college in America. But for all his success in launching the institution, Watts nearly brought it to the brink of closure through a series of ruinous presidential appointments that led to an abandonment of the land-grant focus on agriculture and engineering. Watts’s influence in the agricultural modernization movement and his impact on land-grant education in the United States—both in his role with Penn State and later as US commissioner of agriculture—made him a leader in the history of agricultural and higher education. Roger L. Williams’s compelling biography of Watts reestablishes him in this legacy, providing a balanced analysis of his missteps and accomplishments.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Board books
ISBN : 1932530118

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Name of University 101: Purdue University by Anonim Pdf

Simple text and illustrations explain university life.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0271039108

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The Nittany Lion: An Illustrated Tale by Anonim Pdf

What is a Nittany Lion? The most frequently asked question about Penn State University is answered definitively for the first time in this beautifully illustrated book. Penn State librarians Jackie Esposito and Steven Herb have devoted hundreds of hours of research to uncover the fascinating and colorful history behind the beloved Penn State icon. Elements of the tale include the tragic legend of Indian Princess Nita-nee, for whom the majestic mountain in Central Pennsylvania is named; the story of the Original Nittany Lion, the elusive mountain lion that once roamed the hills of Pennsylvania; the 1904 Penn State baseball game at Princeton University, where the idea of a school mascot was born; the creation of the famous limestone Nittany Lion Shrine on Penn State's University Park campus; and the "Men in the Suit," the many Penn State students who have played the role of the Nittany Lion Mascot. This tale is also the story of many important figures in Penn State and Pennsylvania history, including folklorist Henry Shoemaker, baseball player and student leader H. D. "Joe" Mason, sculptor Heinz Warneke, famous mascot Norm Constantine, and football coaching legends "Rip" Engle and Joe Paterno. Sure to be of interest to Penn State's 340,000 living alumni and the countless numbers of Nittany Lion fans all over the world, this book will also appeal to folklorists and Pennsylvania historians.

Author : Bill Moushey,Robert Dvorchak
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780062201140

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Game Over by Bill Moushey,Robert Dvorchak Pdf

The most comprehensive and explosive book on the worst scandal in the history of sports, Game Over investigates the devastating sexual abuse case that brought down Joe Paterno and forever tarnished the name of Penn State. In this incisive work of investigative journalism, Bill Moushey and Bob Dvorchak, along with Lisa Pulitzer, go behind the headlines, official statements, and court transcripts to tell the full story of the sexual abuse scandal that has rocked the nation—a tale of power, privilege, money, and politics that leads from the football building on the Penn State campus to the administration’s boardroom to the highest echelons of the state capital and beyond. Eye-opening and fast-paced, Game Over exposes the lies, willful ignorance, and cover-ups that may have allowed a sexual predator to use his position and status to prey on vulnerable young victims for years. Its explosive new discoveries shatter the illustrious image of “Happy Valley”—State College, Pennsylvania, home to one of the nation’s most successful and highly lucrative college football programs. Moushey, Dvorchak, and Pulitzer craft a story that is as compelling as it is unsettling. Probing beneath the male-dominated football culture, they share the untold stories of the mothers and wives, the sisters and daughters associated with the scandal. They trace the rise and fall of hometown hero and national icon Joe Paterno—the Nittany Lion’s legendary head coach with the most wins in the history of college football, including two national championship titles—juxtaposing Penn State’s success and glory with the hidden anguish of former coach Jerry Sandusky’s accusers. As it details the rise and fall of the individuals associated with the scandal, it also makes clear the larger implications for the university, its vaunted football program, the community, and all of us. An exploration of the messy morality of pride and loyalty, silence and bearing witness, Game Over will leave readers pondering their own values and their beliefs in right and wrong.

Author : R. A. Fisher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:708743171

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Statistical Tables by R. A. Fisher Pdf