The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, March 01, 1903, Image 25

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    Besides—and it is in this that they are infinitely superior to
men—whereas many men see their love cooled by possession, wo
men see theirs increased and sealed by it.
The moment a woman is married to the man she loves she be
longs to him, body, heart and soul. Her love is the occupation
of her life, her only thought, and, I may add' without the slight
est idea of irreverence, her religion.
She loves that man as she does God. If all men could only
be sufficiently impressed with this fact, how kind and devoted
they would be
It may not be generally known that the editorial columns are
open to any one who has an opinion about College matters that
he would like to have expressed. All that is necessary is that
the articles be signed. A free use of this chance would be of ad
vantage to all concerned.
There is one view of "sponging" of which we have never heard
any one speak. It is the injustice to the one who is honest in all
his work, both classroom and examination.
At the present time there are cash prizes amounting to over
$BOO for which men may compete during their course, and the
deciding point is almost entirely a question of high grades.
Again, the Faculty is at present making a limited trial of ex
emption from examinations if students attain a certain per cent.
in their classroom work.
Finally, membership in the honorary fraternity Phi Kappa Phi
is almost entirely a question of high grades.
In view of what depends on one's class standing, it seems to us
that, in the first place, no one should be so lost to a sense of
honor as to put a classmate at a disadvantage in order to save
himself. And on the other hand, it seems strange that any man
EDITORIALS.