THE FREE LANCE.
VOL. VIII
THE FREE LANCE.
Published monthly during the college year by the Students
of The Pennsylvania State College,
STAFF:
EDITOR,
D. L. PATTERSON, ’95
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THE recent issues of the Lance have contained
numerous notices of graduates securing
good positions. This may be taken as an
indication of reviving business, and cheers the
members of the present Senior class who had be
gun to think that they would meet with the same
reception as did the classes ’93 and ’94. The
outlook at the beginning of this college year was
certainly far from inspiring, but now there is evi
dently going on a change for the better. Gradu
ates from State and other colleges are assuming
positions with reliable companies. The rust,
coated “wheels of industry” are beginning to
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move slowly and the stir of awakening enterprise
is an incentive to harder work on the part of the
student. It is much easier to make exertions
when they seem likely to lead to the fulfillment of
one’s desires.
To all attending technical schools, the recent
speech of Hon. Thos. B. Reed carries encourage
ment. He says that statesmen and warriors have
rendered and are still doing valuable services, but
they are no longer the chief figures in a progres
sive nation. “The engineer, the projector, the
manufacturer, the railroad man, the merchant
have placed before them the highest prizes of our
day.” He concludes with, “hence what I may
call 'business’ is more- and more absorbing the
brains of the country.” A prophesy likely to
prove true, and one supported by many prominent
men of. the day ; carrying a message of encourage
ment to the promoters of and to those pursuing
technical educations.
TOO much cannot be said against the practice
of wearing paths on the campus. It has
become more noticeable of late, and before
tlie injury is beyond repair, we wish to enter a
word of protest against the continuance of such a
careless and useless course of action. It is
surely carelessness on the part of the persons mak
ing the paths, for we cannot imagine that anyone
would deliberately mar the beauty of our campus,
which, we are told, has not a superior in the
country. But it cannot continue to hold this
high position, unless we immediately stop the
wearing of beaten tracks and prevent it from be
ing.overrun with a network of paths. Especially
during the long winter months of this term should
great care be exercised in this direction, and the
gain of one or two minutes of time should not be
a sufficient consideration to warrant the marring