STATE COLLEGIAN
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college year by the students of The Pennsylvania
State College in the interest of the Students. Fac
ulty, Alumni and Friends of the college.
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EDITORS.
A. K. LITTLE, 'O7, Chief.
H. D. MASON, ’O7.
H. J.DICK, 'O7.
R. B. MECKLEY, 08.
R.W.’KRISE, ’OB.
J. K. BARNES, ’O9.
C. N. FLEMING, ’O9.
H. A. HEY,’O9.
BUSINESS MANAGER.
F. K. BREWSTER, ’O7.
ASSISTANTS.
J. D. WOODWARD, ’OB.
S. W. BLOOM, ’OB.
N.-B. HIGGINS, ’O9.
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THURSDAY. FEB. 7, 1907.
EDITORIAL.
The honor system is a living issue
at State. At the present time no
question occupies so prominent a
position in the minds of our student
body as this much mooted propo
sition. In fact it has received more
or less attention at every other col
lege in the country until it has by
this time pushed itself to the
fore as an important problem of col
lege life.
, Some institutions have found the
honor system satisfactory, som'e
have rejected it after .a .trial, while
others have refused it peremptorily.
We do not know just what grounds
have justified the action in any of
these three cases, but it does seem
advisable that State take up the pro
position and test its worth.
There seem to be several forms of
the honor system in vogue at the
present time but the most generally
accepted one puts every man on his
honor not to cheat and then attempts
to strengthen itself by requiring
every other'%nan to keep his eye on?
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his fellow classmate for fear that he
will ‘‘crib” in spite of his pledge.
Many men advocate such an honor
system; others do not.
Since the recent examinations there
has been agreat,deal of private discus
sion along this line. It is high time
that action be taken, either to adopt
some method of eradicating ‘‘crib
bing” or else to drop the honor
system altogether, at least for the
present.
The large number of candidates
for positions on the baseball team
seems to indicate that the organiza
tion will be a strong one this year.
With only a few men left from last
season Captain Mason has recruited
his ranks until now it appears that
the team will be as good as, if not
better than, the one which had such
a successful season in 1905.
Although the schedule was an ex
ceedingly difficult and trying one
nevertheless every player entered
into the contests with a will and suc
ceeded in gaining prominent victories,
notably the one at Princeton, which
was a shut-out. . The sixteen inning
game at .Ithaca confers as much
glory on Penn State as it does on
Cornell,and the close struggle at Yale
bears witness to the assertion that
State is as good as any in the land.
We hope to have some outdoor
practice this year preliminary to the
opening game but should such ah
opportunity be prevented we have
confidence that the team of -1907
will nevertheless come up to our ex
pectations.
Calendar.
THURSDAY FEB. 7
6.30 P. M. Class in parliamentary
law, 384 Main.
FRIDAY FEB. 8.
8.00 P. M. Basketball —State vs
N. Y. University Law School,
Armory.
SATURDAY FEB. 9.
7.00 P. M. Debating Club. 340
■ Main. -
7.00 P. M. Civil Engineering So
ciety Banquet.
7.30 P. M. Indoor Athletic Meet.
Armory.
SUNDAY-FEB. 10,
11.00 A. M. Chapel. Dr. Gill will
speak.
4.i30 P. M. Episcopal Service.
130 Main.
6.15 P. M. Y.M.C.A. 529 Main.
Subject. ‘‘The • Church Mili
tant.
MONDAY FEB. 11,
Basketball —State vs. Harrisburg at
Harrisburg.
TUESDAY FEB. 12.
6.15 P. M. Y.M.C.A.. 529 Main.
7.00 P. M. Camera Club. 20
t
Engineering Bldg.
Basketball —State vs. Swarthmore at
Swarthmore.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13,
6.30 P. M. Electrical Engineering
Society
8.00 P. M.
205 Main
Basketball —State vs. Lehigh, at
Bethlehem.
Natural History Club,
ALUMNI NOTES
R. B. Arnold ’O6, has left East
Orange, N. J., where he has been
with the Sprague Co., and is now
woriringfor the Greensburg Machine
Co , at Jeannette, Pa.
R. M. Caswell, ’O6, has left the
Davis Coal and Coke Co. to accept
a position'with the Davis Colliery
Co. at Coulton,'-W. Va.
Natural History Club
Under the title of “The San Jose
Scale and its Control, ” Mr. C. H.
Graves spoke of his work along this
line at the West Chester nurseries,
with which he has been connected
since completing a special course in
agriculture last year. The fact that
Mr. Graves was formerly a member
of the club made his remarks doubiy
interesting to all the members of the
organization.' ' '