STATE COLLEGIAN
Published on Thursday of each' week during the
college year by the students of The Pennsylvania
State College in the interest of the Students. Fac
ulty, Alumni and friends of the college.
Entered at the Post Office, State College, Pa.,
as second class matter.
EDITORS
T. F. FOLTZ, ’O6, Chief.
F. R. BREWSTER, ’O7.
F. B. GARRAHAN, ’O7.
H. D. MASON, ’O7.
A. K. LITTLE, ’O7
R. B. MECKLEY,
BUSINESS MANAGERS.
W. J. DUMM, *O6.
W. A. SLATER, ’O7.
B. W. SCRIBNER,
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THURSDAY, NOV. 2, 1905
EDITORIAL.
Several section parodies on “Tam
many,” have been heard around
college the last week or two. The
composers of these masterpieces
might easily stretch their talent a
little further and compose a few
more football songs, for we need
them. This brings up a subject re
garding college songs which we can
call wholly our own. We do not
want 1o steal tunes from other college.
In all the musical organizations at
state there surely ought to be some
who can do something in this line.
Most colleges have songs whose
words and music both have been
composed by undergradates. This
college is fast assuming greater pro
portions and we ought to have • a
worthy collection of songs. Prince
ton has her own peculiar songs,
Harvard, Yale and many other col
leges likewise; but where is State?
If our musicians connot help their
Alma Mater on the Athletic field,
They can surely do so by putting
their heads together and pushing
this matter along. We hope the
Glee Club or the Orchestra will take
up this matter.
THE STATE COLLEGIAN
We are publishing to-day an open
letter from an upper-classman in
regard to the regulation about the
use of tacks in the walls of college
rooms.
We confess that it looks reason
able in a large degree, and from the
frequent kicks that have come to
our attention it is evident that student
sentiment is strongly against the
regulation.
It is an old regulation and has
never been enforced, because it ap
peared to be very unreasonable both
to-Faculty and students. The Col
lege rooms should be made as at
tractive as possible, and the best
plan for decorations is . the one that
students work out for themselves.
It must be acknowledged that the
quantity and quality of .furniture
furnished by the college is inade
quate and unsatisfactory, considering
the prices paid for rooms, and since
we really rent the rooms- for a per
iod of ninemonths, “every student’s
room should be his castle ” to decor
ate as he pleases, subject of course,
only to damage fees.
ALUMNI
W. C. Riddle, ’O4, is working in
the Canal Zone.
Nelson McAllister Lloyd, ’92, the
author, is traveling in Europe.
H. M. Grimm, ’O5, was here last
Saturday to witness the Villanova
game.
F. M. Torrence, ’O5, is with the
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Phila
delphia.
H. C. Ray, ’04,.s with the Whit
e Co., Kerr Lake, Cobalt,
Canada.
W. S. Fife, 'O5, has a position
with the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chi
cago & St. Louis Railway Co. May,
'O3, is also with this company.
W. A.. Smith, 'Ol, Assistant
Chemist at the Experiment Station
will also leave shortly for the same
dace where he will do similar-work.
J. V. R. Evans, ’O4, assistant
chemist for the Elk Tannery Co., at
Ridgwav, Pa., was recently elected
a member of the Society of Chemi
cal Industry.
William H. Walker, ’9O, a mem
ber of the firm of Little & Walker,
Chemical expeits and Engineers,
has written a new book on Industrial
Chemistry.
C. N. Fenstermacher, ’C4, who
has been in the field of Telephone
Construction for the Western Elec
tric Co., has been called to the com
pany offices in Chicago, 111.
Arthur S. Shcffstall, ’OO, until re
cently instructor in Quantitative An
alysis at State College left last week
for Woodbury, N. J., where he will
occupy the position of superinten
dent of the Nitric and Sulphuric
Acid Plant of the Eastern Dynamite
Co.
Get Busy.
Thus far the Mechanicals are the
champions in the Junior Football
League, as no other team has tackled
them as yet. However, some ex
citing battles are looked for in the
near future, as every team is prac
ticing daily to get into shape for the
championship games. Within a
week or so “the Collegian” will pick
a 1907 “All-American” football
eleven, so that we advise every
body to hustle and make the best
possible showing, so that they may
be selected for this aggregation of
’O7 gridiron talent.
Marriages
Mr. M. Earl Lohr, ex-’O4, was
married to Miss Marion Fearl at
Johnstown, Pa., on Wednesday Oct.
fifth. Mr. Lohr is employed by the
Cambria Steel Co., of Johnstown.
The marriage of Mr. James
Franklin Rodgers, '95, to Miss
Katharine C. Cochran of Lancaster,
Pa., has been announced to take
place on Saturday evening, Novem
ber the eleventh.