STATE COLLEGIAN
Published on Thursday of each week during
the college year in the inleiestof The Pennsyl
vania State College.
EDITORS.
\V. B. Hoke, ’O5, Chief,
Alex. Hart, Jr., ’O5,
T. F. Foltz, ’O6,
F. K. Brewster, ’O7
BUSINESS MANAGER,
W. G. Hecicathorne, ’O6
SUBSCRIPTION,
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after date of subscription.
Kntered at the Post Office. State College, Pa
as second class matter.
The death of the Free Dance
predicted in an editorial last year
was not long in coining. That
magazine expired with the stroke
of Number i, Volume XVIII. The
case could not have been pronounc
ed other than an incurable one
when such alarming symptoms as a
very irregular publication, weak
stories, and an almost complete dis
integration of the board, a very
delicate Organ, appeared. The
publication might have recovered
had there been a change of literary
climate but under the existing state
of financial collapse this was im
possible. With scarcely a friend
to take an interest in its welfare the
Lance has gone out into the realm
of the past.
Its successor —and one is neces
sary to keep us in the rank of col
leges—is the State Collegian,
the first number of which you now
hold in your hand. We claim that
with proper care and loyal support
this publication can be made as in
teresting and newsy as the other
was dry and stale. It will be regu
lar in its habits, coming out on
Thursday of each week. The pages
will contain official news, notices of
meetings and reports of the actions
of all clubs, societies and organiza
tions of the college, alumni notes
that will be of interest to all gradu
ates, athletics, and all matters of
interest concerning colleges in gen
eral and State College in particular.
We have tried to cover these points
in this issue but it will take some
time to get them well in hand. The
Lance failed as literature because
State has a practical and technical
atmosphere rather than a literary
one. Fact and not literary effort
is to be the basis of this publication.
The old method of selecting a
board was not a satisfactory one.
When a class elected its members
little thought was given to fitness.
Men recommended by the English
department were not always chosen.
The new board will be self-per
petuating and when completed, will
consist of two Seniors, two Juniors,
one Sophomore and one Freshman.
A business manager will be selected
by the board from the Junior class
and two assistants from the Sopho
more class. This board will need
the hearty co-operation of each stu
dent of the college and his subscrip
tion. See to it that your name is
on the paid list.
The comparatively small Fresh
man class entered this year can be
accounted for to some extend by
the fact that the preparatory
schools, especially the High schools,
have not had quite time enough to
prepare for the raise in the stand
ard of entrance. Also the hard
times prevalent at this period in
business circles has also had its in
fluence at such work in keeping
down the enrolment of a record
breaking class.
The Sophomores seem to be a lit
tle more anxious in their care for
the verdant new-comer than has
been the custom for two years past.
There is such a condition of affairs
as “running a good thing into the
ground.’’ “A word to the wise is
sufficient.
The rush between the Sopho
mores and Freshmen on the after
noon of Sept. 16th, after the Fresh
man class meeting, was a deplorable
affair. One freshman, Heaton, had
his collar-bone broken. It seems
that the Sophomores had agreed
among themselves beforehand not
to molest the new men, unless they
misbehaved. The Freshmen how
ever, acting under the advice of a
few light headed tipper class men
marched over the campus in a body
and were there attacked by the
Sophs. It would be moreiin keep
ing with the traditional dignity of
upper classmen if the Seniors and
Juniors would take a less active
part in the hostilities between the
two lower classes.
The college has been particular
ly unfortunate during the past few
months in the loss of two of its best
friends, Senator Patton, of Clear
field, and Col. Wilbur F. Reeder,
of Bellefonte. Both were very
popular among the older students
of the college and their loss, par
ticularly that of Senator Patton,
will be severely felt in the -very
near future.
That time worn as well as much
trodden topic “Paths Across the
Campus,’’ is again up for discus
sion. The routes that are being
slowly but surely marked out, es
pecially the one down the front
campus, are eye-sores, but if the
evil is to be stopped, it must be by
more vigorous methods than have
been used in the past.
QUERY.
Now that the students have re
turned to State College, in how
many Pennsylvania newspapers did
the following or its equivalent ap
pear.
Mr. who has been spending his
vacation with his parents returned to Bellefonte
where he attends the Agi {cultural College