reached; and then it was found that the advertis
ing had been entirely neglected, and the only one
who kneW of the club's coining was the manager
of the theatre. Had it not been for this the trip
would have been in every way a grand success.
We have the material here, plenty of it in both
vocal and instrumental music, and if we have no
stars it is also true, that it is not necessary to have
them to produce good music. Proper training
and good judgment on the part of the leader will
make up for the absence of phenomenal musi
cians. The orchestra we have had for several
years back will show that.
The plain fact of the case is that the students
are in a state of apathy from which it will take
hard work to arouse them. Occasionally some
one will mention the subject; but some one else
will laugh at it, and the matter will pass on and
be forgotten. What is wanted is a strong, ener
getic, enthusiastic man that is not afraid of hard
work, who will take the lead and get the move
ment well started. It will then be an easy matter,
for the club will be carried along by its own
momentum. It is true that an effort was made
last year to form a glee club. An organization
was actually effected, and several meetings were
held ; but the club sank back exhausted by the
tremendous effort, and all that was accomplished
was the insertion of the names of its members in
the La Vie.
If we are going to do anything this year, now
is the time to do it. Now before the new men
have settled down to the old way of thinking, and
before it is too late to train for the Christmas va
cation The man who takes the helm and bends
his efforts to the work will receive the heartfelt
thanks of the whole student body. Where is the
man who will undertake the task ?
—All Students should attend the foot ball game,
on Beaver field, on Saturday, November 4th. The
Western University of Pennsylvania will be here
to play our eleVe??
and a large turn out is desired.
THE FREE LANCE.
WHEREAS, It has seemed best to Almighty God,
in his inscrutable wisdom, to remove from our
midst our beloved professor, Josiah Jackson ;
therefore, be it
Resolved, that we, the students of Pennsylvania
State College, deeply mourn our irreparable loss
and extend our heartfelt sympathies to the be
reaved family in their sorrow; that a copy of
these resolutions be sent to the family of our de
parted friend, and printed in "THE LANCE" and
in the "La Fie".
State College Oct. I ith, 1893.
SHALL AMERICA BE FOREIGNIZED,
OR FOREIGNERS AMERICANIZED/
When these United States achieved their inde
pendence, their population was almost wholly of
Anglo-Saxon blood, the best and bluest blood of
all nations. But no sooner had this country be
come "the Land of the Free", than a tide of im
migration set in toward it from other and less
favored lands, and this tide has steadily been in
creasing in volume with each succeeding decade,
until it has now reached abnormal if not indeed
alarming proportions.
While our nation was struggling in its infancy,
our vast resources and undeveloped territory, the
equality of man, and the charm of our free insti
tutions, all combined to bring to our shores, men
who rendered this country services which all true
Americans duly prize.' But with the advent of
the nineteenth century civilization a great change
has taken.place in the character of our foreign ele-
IN MEMORIAM.
JOSIAH. JACKSON,
Died October loth, 1893.
/ABRAM D. BELT '94.
U. C. PATTERSON Jr.' 95
MAURICE N. TRONE '96.