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, 'lO
Business Manager
J D. WOODWARD, 'OB
Assistants
N. B. HIGGINS, 'O9.
P. B. BEN NETCH, 'O9.
F. H. BERKEBILE, 'lO
SUBSCRIPTION.
01. 50 per year or $1.25 if paid within 30 days after
late of subscription.
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1908
EDITORIAL.
The action of the senior class in
deciding to re-establish the old cus-
torn of wearing caps and gowns at
Sunday chapel during the last few
weeks of the college year is a most
commendable one. As a whole, State
has an abundance of customs and
traditions, but very few are of an
academic nature. As such, this
new departure forms a distinct and
welcothe addition to our college life.
In this connection many expres
sions of regret have been heard that
the faculty has this year ceased
wearing gowns on anniversary occa
sions. They lend an air of dignity
to the services which can be gained
in no other way.
IHE STATE COLLEGIAN
With the Delaware college game
last Friday the basketball season
came to a fitting close with a record
that has not been equalled in recent
years. A total' of four defeats, not
one of which was on our own floor,
sets a standard tor future teams
which will be hard to excell. The
faithful, consistent work of Captain
Dußarry and his squad has made
this splendid achievement possible
and it is all the more commendable
because accomplished in the face of
adverse conditions and with prac
tically no outside coaching. All
honor to the team!
Sophomore-Freshman Basbetball.
This week marked the beginning
of practice by the sophomore and
freshman squads. The managers
decided that the Sophomores should
have Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day nights of each week for prac
tice, and the freshmen the other
three.
The calls for candidates brought
out a large field to pick from in each
class. The sophomore candidates
are the four varsity men, Hermann,
Reed, Ross, and Funston, the
scrubs, Wickham and Armstrong,
and the sophomore league stars,
Humes, McKee, Sloan, Schein,
Parke, Buka, Davies, and Bitten
bender.
The freshmen have a larger hum
ber to choose from. So far this
week there has been twenty six men
on the squad, but from these the
squad will soon be cut down to
nearly half. The following men are
out: McClellan, Brown, Barnett,
Harrington, Yeckley, Steitfurth,
E. F. Davi;, Main, A. D. Miller,
Rogers, McEntire, Long Kepner,
Towell. Page, Obert, J. H. Miller,
Mathers, Nelson, Campbell, Lud•
wig, H. D. Davis, J. W. Miller,
Ressell, Amidon, and Lemith. The
captain of the freshman team will be
elected at the Friday night practice.
The date of the game has not
been finally decided, but the senti
ment is that it should be played
before the end of next week so that
the account can be put in the 1909
La Vie.
"Daddy" Groff.
A movement has been started in
college to raise among the. under
graduates the salary of G. W.
Groff, 'O7, who is teaching in the
Canton Christian College, China.
Canton is the largest city of the
Orient, the lo est possible estimate
of its population being two million.
Five million would probably be
nea:er the truth. The college is
located on the bank of the Pearl
River, three miles from the city,
and is a thoroughly modern institu
tion with a faculty of ten and a stu
dent body of 110. It is bound to
grow rapidly, and the plans now laid
contemplate a magnificent university
of the American type. The Uni
versity of Pennsylvania now main
tains two alumni at the college as
teachers of medicine, and is pro
viding for a medical building.
The amount to be raised for
Groff's salary alone is $850.00, and
of this amount $439.50 was sub
scribed on last Sunday evening. If
every undergraduate would sub
scribe a dollar, the amount would be
reached easily. A large majority
of the men seen last Sunday were
glad to make their subscription, and
the spirit shown by men who are
working their way through college
was splendid. More than one such
subscribed his ten dollars. State
certainly may be proud to be repre
sented in China by such a man as
Groff..and our college could do no
better than to guarantee his entire
support as long as he is at Canton.
This year is an experiment, and if
the college rallies to the support of
its alumnus, we can assume his
salary as a yearly thing. _