STATE COLLEGIAN
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EDITORS,
T. F. FOLTZ, ’O6, Chief,
W. J. DUMM, ’O6,
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Thursday, JUNE 8, 1905
EDITORIAL
The strenuous week is nearly over;
one by one the text books are placed
up on the shelf, some of them prob
ably never to be consulted again.
Many argue that exams are useless
and a waste of time, just as flies are
good for nothing but tormenting
people. The question has been de
bated pro and con many times but
we do not intend to take up the dis
cussion. For him, who has studied
his lessons and has made successful
“stabs” at his exams, there is a
feeling of self-satisfaction as he
comes out of his last exam and en
ters into the gayities of commence
ment week. He who is positive
that he is among the “flunks,” un
less he is an optimist, takes on a
countenance which is of a gloomy
nature. One more semesters work
is nearly finished; one more eighth
of the college course is almost past.
How time does fly.
To show the success that the
THE STATE COLLEGIAN
Alumni Committee is - having in its
efforts to have class reunions this
Commencement and justify our
claims as repeatedly made in our
columns that we were going to have
the best jubilee in the history of the
college this year, we would like to
give one incident. There are nine
living members of the class of 1862.
Mr. John I. Thompson, of Lemont,
being one; and of these nine, eight
will be here for their class reunion.
That is the proper spirit and would
be a good model for the more recent
classes.
COLLEGE ORBIT
There has grown up, in our
American Colleges of to-day, a
spirit of cynicism which manifests
itself occasionally in the columns of
our exchanges. One writer, in an
article on Commencement, says:
“there are even those whose eyes
grow moist as they throw off their
cap and gown, and who say things
to themselves about leaving, per
haps forever, these old gray walks.”
Of course there are lots of them ;
and for the man who can leave his
college days and his college friends
behind him without a quickening of
the heart and a few other kindred
emotions, for that man, we have no
Aftter the ball, —She —“Do you
know what I should do if you should
try to kiss me ?”
He—“No, why ?”
She —“Oh, nothing; only you
don’t seem to have any curiosity.”
—Ex.
Westminster College has two
Rhodes Scholarships.
The smallest University in the
world has just commenced its
twenty-third year of active work.
This is the American Classical Uni
versity of Athens, The enrollment
is six scholars, all of whom are
Americans engaged in classical re
search work. Another notable thing
about this student body is that each
one holds a fellowship.—Ex.
The Senior class at Cornell is pro
posing to endow, as a class memor
ial a fund for the maintenance of at
least one athlete.—Ex.
This savors somewhat of Profes
sionalism.
Gen. Chaffee not Coming.
We were very sorry to hear that
Lieut. General Chaffee, Command
ing General of the United States
Army, who was to have been here
during Commencement week and was
to have inspected the Battalion, will
be unable to come. He must be at
West Point on June 13th the day of
our ceremonies. This certainly is a
great misfortune and will decrease
very much the interest taken in this
affair, although Maj. Gen. Chas.
Miller, Commander of the National
Guard of Pennsylvania will be here.
Gen. Miller has made us a number
of visits and is well known to the un
dergraduates at State. Last fall a
year he won the respect of all the
students by presenting a sword to
the second best drilled Company of
which N. G. Miiler was captain.
Tennis
On Friday evening Crocker, ’O5,
and Parry. ’O5, won the seml-fnals
in tennis from Barnett, ’O5, and
Stevenson, ’O5. Quite a crowd
gathered at Gills court to see the
contest, and the fight was sharp
from start to finish. Crocker and
Parry took the first set by the score
of 7-5. Barnett and Stevenson ral
lied and secured the second set 6-1,
but the third was another duce-set
and Crocker and Parry won out, 7-5.
Dunn, ’O5, and Stewart, ’O6, played
the semi-finals with Robinson, ’O5,
and Ferguson, ’OB, on Tuesday but
the scores were not in time for this
week’s issue. The finals are to be
contested for on Saturday of this
week.