STATE COLLEGIAN
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college year in the interest of The Pennsylvania
State College.
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EDITORS,
ALEX. HART, Jr., ’O5, Chief,
F. M. TORRENCE, ’O5,
T. F. FOLTZ, ’O6,
W. J. DUMM, ’O6,
ED. FAWKES, ’O6,
F. K. BREWSTER, 'O7
F. B. GARRAHAN, ’O7
BUSINESS MANAGER.
P. A. RAINEY, 'O7
CIRCULATION MANAGER.
H. P. DAWSON, 'O7
ASSISTANT.
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Thursday, Feb 23, 1905
EDITORIAL
Have any of the fellows who en
gage in the “rough house,’’ which is
becoming more and more marked
at every basketball game in the
Armory, ever stopped to think what
kind of an opinion a visitorto the Col
lege must have of the quality of the
men who attend this institution, from
such an exhibition ? Have they ever
stopped to think that instead of ap
pearing like college “men,” they are
acting like a lot of six year olds just
off the farm ? We refer not so
much to the basketball playing of
the Seniors, which seems to have be
come a sort of custom here, but to
the senseless shoving and rushing in
dulged in by the underclassmen be
tween the halves. There is a time
and place for all things, but in the
Armory, when a large number of
people have collected to witness a
game, is certainly neither the time
nor the place to rush around like a
crowd of burly bears. We understand
that any normal healthy man does
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not mind a little shoving around, but
there are often small fellows and crip
ples in the audience whose safety is
greatly imperilled by the fierce
rushes which are rapidly becoming
more general. It is the duty of the
General Athletic Marshal to pre
serve order at all contests in his de
partment. It is full time that some
steps were taken to put a stop to
these disturbances.
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Editor of The Collegian,
Dear sir:—
A matter that has been particular
ly noticeable in the last two years, or
indeed since the completion of the
Schwab Auditorium, is the fact,
that the use of the building has been
refused to all, or practically all col
lege organizations, unless the sum
of twenty dollars be paid for its use.
Our College is influenced by geo
graphical and physical conditions to
such an extent that we are unable to
attend plays and entertainments as
we would if situated in or near a
city. For this reason, if for no oth
er, the authorities in charge of this
meeting place should foster rather
than discourage the introduction of
these amusements.
The Young Men’s Christian Asso
ciation, which has done a great deal
for our students and everyone direct
ly connected with the College, has
attempted and fully succeeded in
maintaining a lecture and entertain
ment course of high standard. How
have they been able to do it ? The
answer is, ‘‘By playing in the Old
Chapel and saving five times twenty,
or one hundred dollars a season.”
The chapel is not only too small and
inconvenient for an audience but the
entertainers are cooped up in a small
corner of the stage, protected by
draperies which “have seen better
days.” The course this season has
been an exceptionally good one but
the chances are that those who
played in it will never again allow
themselves to be subjected to the
same disadvantages. The strangers
who come here and leave are the
ones who make the reputation of the
College a good or a bad one. Al
though a small influence like this
may not materially affect the repu
tation, yet the little things count and
all these impressions gained are for
or against our institution.
The Thespians, our own Dramatic
Organization, composed entirely of
students, in order to use the Audi
torium for their annual presentation,
mustpucup the “twenty,” before
they are allowed to do it. There is
no question but that the Thespians
and the Y. M. C. A. course do the
students a great deal of good, yet
they receive no encouragement
whatever.
It hardly seems reasonable that
the class of people, attending these
entertainments, would be guilty of
destroying the furniture or marring
the beauty of the building.
The question of cost in furnishing
heating and light, may be considered
and can be easily calculated. As
the Auditorium is heated all the
time on account of holding chapel
exercises every morning, we might
eliminate the heat factor. When
lighted there are 242—8 candle pow
er. 5 —32 candle power and 10 —16
candle power incandescent lamps in
use. In one hour 8460 watts of pow
er are used and in an evening of four
hours, 31,583 watt hours or 31.6
kilo watt hours is required. The
State College rate is seven cents per
k. w. hour, which makes the cost of
lighting $2.21.
The general opinion among the
students is that the Auditorium was
built for their benefit, for the com
mon good of all, and for their use as
long as they retain it for reasonable
and legitimate purposes.
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