season in a listless, half-hearted way. The vic
tory over Bucknell was decisive and added anoth
er pill to the already bitter dose administered to
the Lewisburg college by old State.
That a review of the season reflects all honor on
State College is apparent. Her playing never
failed to excite favorable comment. The season
has closed and State has met no superior. For
three seasons, there has been but one college in
the State to whom we acknowledge precedence.
State assumes the position of second team in the
State, not boastfully or without cause ; she natur
ally falls into that place as a result of honors
faithfully contended for and won from all oppo
nents.
* )I
ARE the expenses of a college education really
increasing at many of our institutions, or
is this idea, discussed by some of the lead
ing periodicals of the day, totally erroneous? It
is stated in a recent issue of the Yale Review that
the difficulties confronting a poor man attempting
to get his education in that institution are no
more now than they were twenty years ago. And
yet in one of the annuals of this institution the
editor says, "it is a recognized fact that, slowly
but surely, it is getting harder and harder for a
poor man to get through Yale. And whether this
is just so for Yale alone, that she is gradually giv
ing up her name for being the 'poor man's col
lege,' or whether it is that life is growing more
complex, and that the price of a collegiate educa
tion has risen proportionately at all other institu
tions, is a question that we are not fully prepared
to answer."
These conflicting statements are worthy of more
than passing notice. It cannot be said that as
yet a due proportion of the citizens of this country
are not college graduates, on the contrary we are
led to believe that the percentage is on the in
crease. The western part of our country, al
though recently settled, can boast of institutions
well fitted to compete With the Oder ones of the
THE FREE LANCE.
East. The expenses of an education in the West
may even be said to be less than in any other
part of our country. The generosity of Senator
Stanford might well be imitated in other sections.
of the U. S. The State. Universities of all the
states, east or west, offer reasonable rates to any
one desiring an education. Aside from boarding
and lodging the expenses are very low. The of
fer of our college of "free tuition" is somewhat
misleading as under that head should be classed
bills now known as "practicum fees." Although
the bills amount to probably less than seventy
five or one hundred dollars in four years, yet the
impression given is sometimes misleading. But
considering the institutions of the U. S. as a
whole, the LANCE is not willing to concede that
education is comparatively any 'more expensive
now than in former years and contends that the
opportunities for gaining an education are increas
ing.
SOMETHING has occurred twice during the
foot ball season just passed which should, if
possible, be avoided in the the future. Ref
erence is made to what occurred just before the
games in Williamsport and Pittsburg; selection of
officials. Fortunately in the game with Bucknell
the "wrangling" was all done in the morning,
and, although it threatened to stop the sgame en
tirely, the question was finally settled and the
game played, even though the arrangement was
not all that could be wished. At Pittsburg the
officials were not decided upon until the teams
were on the field, and as a consequence the game
was delayed quite a while. Every attempt should
be made to arrange the officials beforehand.' Of
course there is a chance that circumstances will
arise between the time this arrangement is made
and the date of the game that may necessitate a
slight change when the teams arrive on the field,
but this would cause less trouble and delay than
if the entire business was left until the last min-
The officials should be neutral_men, well
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