Tate University was once called, fairly accurately, by a newspaper writer "a large football stadium with a college attached."
That this description fitted the place was chiefly due to its development in the five years of its existence under the progressive leadership of Dean Amos Pennypacker. Dr. Pennypacker looked like a college dean. His face was austere, his nose thin. Some of the student body said he had remained a bachelor because he was afraid his wife would call him by his first name.
Dean Pennypacker had a mania for expansion. He believed Tate would be a better place if it were a bigger place. He got donations from millionaires. He put the college on a business basis. New dormitories sprang up like magic. A football stadium finer than anything of its kind anywhere was built. There were additional tennis courts constructed. The alumni began scouring the country for athletic material to augment the glory of the new Tate on gridiron and diamond.
Though the bulk of the student body, which was now increased to three thousand, remained
