STATE COLLEGIAN
Published en 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 Postoffice, State College, Pa., as
second class matter
Editor in Chief
C. N. FLEMING, 'O9
Assistant Editor
H. A. HEY, 'O9
Associate Editors
R. W. KRISE, 'OB.
S. W. BLOOM, 'OB.
G. E. MILLER, 'OB
A. W. FISHER, 'lO.
K. B. LOHMANN, 'lO.
J. F. MATTERN, 'lO
Business Manager
J D. WOODWARD, 'OB
Assistants
N. B. HIGGINS, 'O9.
c P. B. BENNETCH, 'O9.
F. H. BERKEBILE, 'lO
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THURSDAY, JAN. 16, 1908
EDITORIAL.
In this the first issue of 1908, the
Collegian extends greetings to its
friends, and the hope that this may
be a prosperous and happy new
year. May our work prove more
pleasant, our pleasures more enjoy
able. As another has said, "To the
poor and the rich, envying each the
others' freedom from the cares of
too little •and too much, yet learning
year by year that without health and
enthusiasm and faith and love, none
can be rich, and with them none can
be poor—to these A Happy New
Year !
To the workers, the vast fortunate
majority, in humble places and in
high, often baffled and dishearten-
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ed, questioning if there is not some
where for them a greater work with
a greater reward ; yet happy at the
the last, if they will have it so, in
seeing the figure they have wrought
in the fabric of living, a figure drawn
by the great Designer for their
weaving and none other's—to all of
these, A Happy New Year I"
College activities have recently
been enlarged by a new publication,
the first number of which has just
been issued. It is to be published
monthly by the Agricultural society
and is very appropriately entitled
"The Penn State Farmer." As the
name indicates, it is devoted to
agricultural interests, especially as
related to our school of Agriculture
and to the state of Pennsylvania.
Through its columns the work of
the department will be brought to
the attention of the farmers of the
state and it is hoped that a greater
interest in scientific agriculture will
be aroused.
The initial number is very taste
fully printed and bound, and is full
of interesting articles on agricultural
subjects. A special feature is made
of the dedication of the new build
ings and the reorganization of the
School of Agriculture. If the
standard set by the first issue be
maintained "The Penn State
Farmer" should pi ove a worthy ad
dition to its chosen field. To our
new contemporary, the "Collegian"
extends coroial wishes for unbound
ed success.
Announcement has been made of
the marriage on New Year's Day of
Cari H. Graves, a former special
agricultural student, and Miss Eva
S. Johnson.
Prof. Hugo Diemer.
The new head of our Mechanical
department, Prof. Diemer, assumed
his duties with the opening of the
winter session last Tuesday. He
comes to us as a graduate of Ohio
State University, having received
the degree of M. E. in 1897. For
several years he was in charge of
the mechanical departments of North
Carolina Agricultural and Mechanics
college, of Michigan Agricultural
college, and of the University of
Kansas, nut more recently he has
been a consulting engineer in the
West for the organization and syste
matizing of shops. For the last
year and a half he has been with the
Goodman Mamufacturing company,
of Chicago, makers of electrical
mining machinery, as consulting
engineer in charge of shop systema
tizating.
He is a member of the prominent
engineering societies and has written
numerous articles for engineering
magazines. Among his most promi
nent works are: Functions and
Organization of the Purchasing De
partment, Eng. Mag. March, 1900 ;
Commercial Organization of the
Machine Shop, Eng. Mag. Nov.,
1900 ; Aids in Taking the Machine
Shop Inventory, Eng. Mag. Feb.
1902 ; A Successful Example.of the
Premium Wage System, Eng. Mag.
Jan. 1903 ; The Fixing of Piece-
Work Rates, Eng. Mag. Nov. 1903 ;
Staff and Departmental Organiza
tion, Iron Trade Review, May 5,
1904 ; The Planning of Factory
Buildings and the Influence of De
sign on Their Productive Capacity,
Eng. News March 24, 1904 ; Educa
tion . for Factory Management,
Rociety for the Promotion of Engi
neering Education, 1903. During
1906-1907 he was connected with
the magazine "System" as head of
the Factory Economics Department,
and just recently he finished for the
American School of Correspondence,
"Automobiles," a text for operators