'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 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, 'IC
Business Manager
J D. WOODWARD, 'OB
Assistants
N: B. HIGGINS, 'O9.
P. B. BENNETCH, .'O9.
F. H. BERKEBILE, 'lO
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THURSDAY, FEB. 13, 1908
EDITORIAL.
The proposed athletic committee
of Harrisburg was recently made a
permanent organization and will be
known hereafter as the Harrisburg
Track Athletic Committee. The
purpose of this committee is to
foster all amatuer sport in Harris
burg, and special stress will be laid
on two events : the interscholastic
meet on May 16 and the intercol
legiate meet on May 30.
The latter will be of great interest
to' all : the colleges of the state and
effOrts are being made to have each
one represented. The committee
has jselected handsome medals of
gold, silver and' bronze, to be given
Elie winners of the three places
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of each event, together with a silver
loving cup for the college capturing
the , most points. These should
prove alluring inducements to all
athletes of the state and especially
to those of our own college. It not
only gives them a chance to win in
dividual glory but also to uphold the
honor of Penn State against her near
rivals.
This event is something which has
long been needed and the committee
is certainly to be congratulated on
the progress it has made. The
minor details are not yet arranged
but enough has been accomplished
to make it certain that May 30 will
be a gala day for the Capitol City
and a meeting place for all college
The University of Virginia has
adopted a student custom known as
"College Hour" whiCh promises
great things for the social life and
undergraduate activities of the in
stitution. At certain intervals all
college exercises are suspended for
one hour to permit every student to
assemble in one of the halls to listen
to talks by men representing various
phases of college life. Questions
affecting every form of student ac
tivity are raised and general discus
sion is open to all. Athletics, col
lege publications, musical organiza
tions, and literary societies all come
in for a share of attention, to the
mutual benefit of the student body.
Such a custom would be of great
value at State. In fact, we have a
pressing need for an organization of
the student body capable of deal
ing with questions outside the pro
vince of the athletic association, the
classes, or any other organizations
existing at present. Many times
during the past year have questions
arisen which demanded united ac
tion, and . .hey have either been taken
up by hasty mass meetings after
chapel or neglected entirely. The
actions of such meetings are really
of little value because they have no
officials no and provision is made for
keeping a record of the proceed
ings. These deficiencies could be cor-
rected by a permanent organization
and many questions needing attend
tion could be taken up and decided
expeditiously. No better time than
the present could be chosen for the
working out of this important prob
lem.
With Our Graduates.
Among the graduates of Penn
State who have won distinction in
the Northwest are Wm. B. Jackson,
'9O, Chicago, consulting engineer;
Walter M. Camp, '9l. Chicago,
editor Railway Review; Chas. W.
Lawrence, '96, Professor of Civil
Engineering in the James Milliken
University, Decatur, Ills.; Harry
P. Wood, 99, Professor of Elec
trical Engineering in the University
of Illinois; Franklin T. Cole, 'OO,
Professor in the Howe School,
Lima, Indiana; Howard C. Johnson,
'OO, Engineer of Peoria Division of
Penn Lines, Decatur, Ills.; Chas.
W. Burkett, '95, Wisconsin Tele
phone Co , Milwaukee; . Rudolph
F. Kelker, '96, Chicago Union
Traction Company, Chicago; How
ard H. Jones, '96. with the Illinois
Steel Company, Chicago; John 'E.
McCulloch, '97, Chicago, Latrobe
Steel Company; Augustus 0.
Hiestet, '9B, Chicago, National
Battery Company.
C. N. Fleming, 'O9, is convales
cing rapidly and expects to leave
the Altoona hospital in a few days.
He will return to college at once.