STATE COLLEGIAN Published on Thursday of each week during the college year by the students of The Pennsylvania State College in the interest of the Students, fac ulty, Alumni and friends of the college. Entered at the Post Office, State College, Pa., as second class matter. EDITORS T. F. FOLTZ, *O6, Chief. F. K. BREWSTER, ’O7. F. B. GARRAHAN, ’O7. H. D. MASON, ’O7. A. K. LITTLE, ’O7 R. B. MECKLEY, 08 J. K. BARNES, 'O9. BUSINESS MANAGERS. W. J. DUMM, S. H. YORKS, ’O7. B. W. SCRIBNER, ’OB SUBSCRIPTION. $l. 50 per year or $1.25 if paid within 30 days after date of subscription. THURSDAY, NOV. 30, 1905, EDITORIAL Many young men who contem plate entering college do not judge the value of an education with justice. They look too much at just the financial side. When seeking in formation regarding collegiate train ing they inquire only into the pos sible salary paid the average graduate. After comparing this with the wages they are earning or are capable of earning without the education and considering the price and time paid for the same they hastily form their conclusions. They ask the question, “Is it going to pay?” Thus are men often mis taken. They seldom take into ac count the culture and classical train ing gained. They think nothing of the great character building made possible by a collegiate course. They know nothing of the many pleasant acquaintances and friend ships made, of the enjoyable times possible only at a college and of the honors and prestige which may be acquired. Of course such things as these cannot be considered from a financial standpoint. But that is the reason why they should be serious- THE STATE COLLEGIAN ly thought of. We are not consider ing. the cases of students coming to college for only “college life” in the generally accepted meaning of the expression. Better had such men go to work if they do not wish to be handicapped by four important years of their lives. We mean that men receive the benefit of all phases of college life. The graduate can inform the prospective student of the value of a collegiate training and in many cases decides for him. But it is a fact that the man has to be edu cated before he can realize for him self the vast importance of a college education. This is an unfavorable state of affairs but it is nevertheless a fact. To-morrow, Thanksgiving Day, State plays its last game of the sea son with the Western University of Pennsylvania. Then will we en deavor to wipe out our stinging de feat of last year. While we are not sure of winning this game there is every reason for believing that the team will make a better showing than papers and critics think. We expect a large delegation of western students at this game as well as many easterners. Pittsburg is an exceptionally strong alumr.i centre for State and it is not necessary to say that any student who finds it convenient to attend the game will find things far from lonely. Last year the college band attended the game and with the large number of stu dents and alumni present found plenty of material for having a parade before the game. The band will attend again this year as W. U. P. has organized a musical organiza tion whose ambition is to out-do our famous cadet musicians. All of you who find it in any way possible should attend this last game of the season and show the Varsity that we are there to help them make up for that defeat of last year, COLLEGE ORBIT Yale has a total attendance this year of 3,300. The college authorities of Union have abolished chapel rushes. After this year the custom of hav ing graduation theses will beabolish ed at Columbia. A new Fraternity rule at Lehigh forbids Freshmen to live at their chapter houses until after ihe,first term. Bowdoin College has begun its one hundred and third year with a Freshman class of seventy-seven students. Williams is spending over SSO,CCO in improving her gymnasium. A large swimming pool and a new cage will be constructed. Purdue University has a $40,000 appropriation for a civil engineering building, which is available on and after November, 1905. Every class at Harvard has a mandolin club and the University mandolin club is composed of the best men from the class clubs. The athletes of the University of California will hereafter receive credit toward graduation for their work on the gridiron, diamond and track. A new fire-house has been built on the campus at Stanford Univer sity. It will be manned by a corps of students, who will be trained in practical f : re-fighting. The University Field House at Princeton was recently destroyed by fire. The building which was fully covered by insurance was damaged to the extent of $9OOO. A course in journalism has been established at the University of North Dakota. Credit will be given to the editors of the college daily in proportion to the amount of work they do.
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