STATE COLLEGIAN Published on Thursday of each week during the college year in the interest of The Pennsylvania State College. Entered at the Post Office, State College, Pa, as second class matter. EDITORS, T. F. FOLTZ, 'O6, Chief, W. J. DUMM, ’O6, F. K. BREWSTER, ’O7 r. B. GARRAHAN, ’O7 H. D. MASON, ’O7 R. B. MECKLEY, ’OB S, S. RIDDLE, ’OB BUSINESS MANAGER. H. P. DAWSON, 'O7 CIRCULATION MANAGER W. A. SLATER, ’O7 ADVERTISING MANAGER, W. N. LE PAGE, 'OB SUBSCRIPTION. $1.50 per year or $1.25 if paid within 30 days, after date of subscription. Thursday, MAY 4, 1905 EDITORIAL According to the action taken in the athletic meeting last week we are to have a new athletic field be tween the Beta Theta Pi house and the Armory. Before going ahead with its building it would be well to consider the following state of affairs. Beaver Field is an excellent athletic field and for all sport is about as good as can be constructed. But is so level that after a rain it takes days for it to dry out. The cancelled Johnstown games will dem onstrate this. To the best of our knowledge all the first class athletic fields, baseball particularly, have some system of underground drain age, such as brick lining, etc. With this system installed it would be but a matter of an hour or so to dry the field. Now when we build our new field this matter should by all means be considered. We [ haven’t any idea what the expense of such an THE STATE COLLEGIAN undertaking would be, but in our way of thinking, the gate receipts taken in at athletic events,heretofore cancelled on account of wet grounds, would in a short time pay what it costs. We don’t know whether or not it is the intention of the authorities to to make a path between the east entrance of the main building and McAllister Hall but we think such a one would be a great convenience. At the same time it would serve to keep the students from breaking the “off the grass” rule. Notice. For self protection we are forced to require that all open letters sent the Collegian must be accom panied by the names of the writers although the latter may not be pub lished if so requested. The publi- cation of open letters does not neces sarily include that their contents are the sentiments of the Collegian. 1907 La Vie Board. The following have been elected to positions on the 1907 La Vie board: Editor-in-chief, H. J. Dick; Busi ness Managers, J. E. Root, P. A. Rainey, J. E. Staud; Assistant Editors, Miss Harrison, Miss Cook, C. R. Stahl, P. W. Babcock, G. C. Cohen, J. M. McDowell, G. W. Groff, F. B. Garrahan, J. C. Ritch ey, F. O. Tawney; Artists, Q. H. Martin, chief, W. E. Ruder, I. V. Goodman, F. L. Lindemuth, W. A. Slater; Photographers, G. E. Mil ler, J. S. Romig, W. C. Powick, D. A. Barnett. Alumni Notes, T. H. Miller, ’Ol, has left his po sition with the States __Steel Company at Newark to takq one with the Solva Process Company, Syracuse, N. Y. Charles Maxwell Green, of the class of ’9l, was married in New York yesterday to Miss Nell Dun can Edgar, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander B. Edgar, of Dan ville, Pa. COLLEGE ORBIT, A remarkable fact in the history of Dartmouth College football is that of the thirty-eight games played during the past four years she has lost but four. —Ex. A freshman at Franklin and Mar shal College shot into a party of Sophomores who were hazing him. One of the, men was wounded. Seventy-five per cent of the students petitioned the faculty to expell the man but the latter caused the with drawal of the Sophomores instead. Andrew Carnegie is reported as promising $500,000 to the University of Virginia provided an equal amount is raised by others.— Ex. Dartmouth now offers a course in the Japanese language. Chicago University will hereafter award “C” pins to the “co-eds” who taxe first place at any athletic meet, or make one of the first teams. The Case Tech gives the opirions of some professional men as to whether employment with a large company is more desirable than with a smaller one. One gentleman says : ‘ ‘The good man does better in a small concern, the exceptional man, in the larger one. Syracuse University is now out of debt for the first time in thirty years as a result of a recent bequest of sso,ooo.—Ex. 4