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
F. 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.
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Thursday, MAY 11. 1905
EDITORIAL
Spring’s accompanying necessary
evil, spring fever,has swooped down
upon us and almost before we are
fully aware we have allowed the
above mentioned malady to tighten
its grip upon us. It is “'any old
recitation” these days. Perhaps we
flunk it; perhaps we don’t; perhaps
we don’t care very much whether
we do or not. It is too nice out
side. What is the use of studying,
we ponder. What in our rooms
can we find so coaxing as the trees,
and the grass, and the birds, etc,
etc, etc. The editorial staff is
seized with a violent attack of spring
fever. Hence this rambling. We
don’t know what to write about; we
don’t feel very much like writing
about anything. At present our de
sire is to lie on the campus under a
large spreading shade tree and sleep,
and sleep, and sleep. Our ambition
is on a vacation.
THE STATE COLLEGIAN
There i$ a small matter to which
the State Collegian begs to call
the attention of its subscribers. We
really hate to speak of it, but some
have seemingly allowed it to slip their
minds. To u$ this i$ nec'essary in
our business. We won’t speak fur
ther on the Subject, ‘‘nuff Said.”
PerhapS you have already guessed
the drift of our remarks. —Ex.
Although several new tennis
courts have been constructed this
spring there still appears to be an
insufficient number to satisfy the
large body of students who take an
interest in the sport. Some have
proposed putting the matter into the
hands of the A. A. and have it
stand the expense of building more
courts; but here trouble would arise
pertaining to privileges for playing
on them. Nor would it be practica
ble to have the college construct
them. About the only feasible
plan is the old one; that is, let a
party of fellows obtain privilege
from the correct party and then
build the court themselves.
Why not keep off the grass until
commencement? At the mass meet
ing held some time ago every one
agreed to keep off the grass but
now the old practice of cutting cam
pus is beginning again. It is true
that the grass is grown up pretty
well by this time, but just as sure a
few keep up their habit of cutting
the campus the paths will re
appear before commencement is here.
It is simply a repptition to state that
the coming commencement will no
doubt bring more visitors to the col
lege than any yet held,and at the same
time it is a fact worth considering.
And remember that our campus is,
or should be one of the prettiest
features of the college. Let the
yelling begin again, it is good sport
and it does more to keep the cam
pus clear than any other precaution.
Keep off the grass.
In a celebration of the under-
graduates at the occasion of the
‘‘Senior Ride” in a neighboring in
stitution, through some carelessness
the grand stand of the athletic field
was burned. Besides sustaining a
severe loss, the college has received
a great deal of unpleasant notoriety
in the papers from an act which
could not possibly have been more
than an accident arrising from a
recklessly built bon fire. This inci
dent should, however, serve as an
object lesson to us and teach us
especially at college celebrations to
be very careful for fire. It is natur
al for students to be carried away
by the enthusiasm of the crowd and,
forgetting all thought of safety, in
many ways run into dangers to life
or property.
Right along this line a word as to
care with matches, cigarette stumps,
etc., in the dormitorv rooms would
not be out of place. It is true the
Old Main was not built under the
most modern fire proof design but
how often do we find that those who
are the loudest in their cries that the
building is unsafe, are the most care
less in this particular. An incident
happening just last week will serve
to illustrate. A fellow threw a box
of matches across the room and
they ignited. He succeeded in get
ting them into the tin lined waste
box in the hall, which luckily was
empty and no harm was done. This
is only one thing which shows the
spirit of carelessnes at this school.
Let us hope that we need never have
such a hard lesson as our neighbor
college to teach us reasonable care
fulness in regard to fire.
Oberlin College has now an ‘ ‘as
sistant president” whose business is
to look entirely after the money rais
ing necessary for the institution.
Not a single candidate taking the
qualifying examinations for the 1905
Rhodes Scholarship from New York
state succeeded in passing.—Ex.