The, • Free Lance.
Vol,. IV
THE FREE LANCE.
Published monthly during the college year by the Students
of The Pennsylvania Slate College.
STAFF
EDITOR,
GEORGE R MEEK, '9O
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J. M. \\TALKER, '9O
J. FRANK SHIELDS, '9i
W. A. BARTLEY, '9l.
N. M. LOYD, ,92
Business Manager, W. H. WALKER, '9O.
Assistant Manager, H. E. GREENWOOD, '93
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THE LANCE desires to speak a word in
reference to the college literary enter
tainments. Though this is a matter for which
we hold ourselves partly responsible, yet, on
the other hand, we do not assume its direct
and entire responsibility. Why do we not
during these long winter months have more
public literary exercises ? We should this
winter have had a course of several such per
formances. Our village is certainly of suffi
cient size and our number of students large
enough to support at proper intervals enter
tainments of this character. The LANCE has
already secured two or three lecturers at dif
ferent times. Why cannot some of the other
STATE COLLEGE, FEBRUARY, 1890
GEORGE S. DEMAIING, '9O
T. A. GILKEY, '9l
C. H. HILE, '92.
college organizations aid in this movement,.
either separately or conjointly, which, if man
aged rightly will not only result in diversion
and benefit, but also pecuniary profit ? The
college authorities also, have doubtless some
influence which could be 'profitably employed
in securing for us for such entertainments
men of State and even National reputation at
diminished expense. We should not allow
another winter to pass without having at least
attempted to arrange some systematic literary
course of lectures and entertainments. Such
a course would prove beneficial in the highest
degree, and its good results would be seen
not only in the greater contentment mani
fested, but by a marked improvement along
the lines of thought and study among the
students.
THE action of the Freshman class, in put
ting their flag on the armory tower on a
Saturday night not long since, was one of th e
most despicable pieces of class business that
130 been clone at our college for many years•
There can be no excuse offered for their work
as they knew full well that the first glimpse
of their colors by the Sophomores would be
the signal for a class fight, and coming as it
did, on Sunday morning, immediately after,
all had participated in the usual devotional
exercises it seems to indicate that the Fresh
man class, though stronger in numbers than
the Sophomore, acknowledge their physical
weakness by trying to float their colors under
the protection of the Sabbath clay. While we.
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