An event of more than usual importance and interest to the
college was the winning by Messrs. Strayer and Wagner of
the prizes offered by the Pennsylvania Historical Society of
New York. This society offered two prizes, one of seventy
five dollars and one of twenty-five dollars, for the two best
essays on historical topics, which should be written in open
competition, between the Seniors of State College, Lafayette,
Lehigh, University of Pennsylvania, and Western University
of Pennsylvania. The subject chosen by the society for this
year's essays was "The Influences that Laid the Foundations
in Pennsylvania."
It was hardly to be expected that either of the prizes would
come to State, in view of the rank of some of the other Col
leges, and when it was announced that State's men had won
both prizes there was much rejoicing. In no other class of
contests can more honor be brought to a man, class, or college.
The true test'of a college education is the ability to do some
thing, an,d in such contests one's ability is thoroughly tested.
Much credit is due Messrs. Strayer and Wagner for the able
manner in which they have held up the banners of their Col
lege. While the prizes are valuable in themselves, there is a
greater value in the successful termination of their labors, in
that these men now are better acquainted with their own pow
ers, and they will undertake still greater things in the future
because of this knowledge.
We take pleasure in extending to the successful men, not
only our own, but also the hearty congratulations of the whole
college.
There is one matter of vital importance to all our college
publications which should receive the earnest consideration
and concerted action of the student body; this is a matter of
EDITORIALS.