- STATE COLLEGIAN
Published on Thursday of each week during the
;college year by. the students of The Pennsylvania
i 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
J. K. BARNES, '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
Business Manaper•Elect
N. B. HIGGINS, 'O9
Assistants
P. B. BENNETCH, 'O9.
F. H. BERKEBILE, 'lO
SUBSCRIPTION.
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late of subscription.
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1908
Notice.
There are still a large number of
men who have not paid their sub
scriptions to the Collegian. Within
the next few days an effort will be
made to reach everyone. You can
help the manager very much in
this work by either mailing him the
subscription price of $1.50, or hav
ing the -money ready when he calls.
EDITORIAL.
About forty years -ago Samuel
Francis• Smith, -son of the man who
"America," formed a law
partnership with Judge Grant.
--Grant decided that certain railroad
-bonds; repudiated by lowa counties,
were valid and valuable. Grant and
bought'the' bonds for a few
dollars,' went into the supreme court
and had the bonds declared valid,
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making a fortune by the transaction.
Smith built a mansion. He took
frequent trips to Europe. He was
public spirited and popular.
About two years ago Smith went
into bankruptcy, and within twenty
four hours it was found that not only
had he spent his own fortune, but
he had used up some $150,000 en
trusted to his keeping Every ef
fort was made to save him, but af
ter pleading guilty he was promptly
sentenced to eleven years in the
penitentiary, which at his age, meant
for life. As he sits in his cell his
only pleasant thought must be that
his aged and distinguished father
died a few weeks before the short
age was discovered, believing that
his son was all that he pretended to
be.
The moral is obvious. Smith had
no bad habits. He neither specu
lated nor drank; but he was the vic
tim of his pride, preferring to live a
sham life rather than to take a lower
place. There are men of this type
in college life as well as elsewhere.
Possibly our college is more free
from this spirit than most institu-
tior.s, yet we as college men cannot
afford to forget that after all honesty
and sincerity are the best policies.
CALENDAR.
FRIDAY, MAY 1
Baseball. W. U. P. vs. State at Pitts
burg.
8:15 P. M. Auditorium. Dr. E. A.
Steiner will lecture. Subject,
"On the Trail of the Immi
grant."
SATURDAY, MAY 16
Baseball. Carnegie Tech. vs. State
at Pittsburg.
SUNDAY, MAY 17
11:00 A. M. Chapel. Rev. Samuel
L. Boston will preach.
6:15 P. 'M. - Y. M. C. '529
Main. "The Christian Idea
of Friendship."
MONDAY, MAY 18
6:00-8:00 P. M. Armory. Ath
letic Association elections.
TUESDAY. MAY 19
Baseball. Villanova vs. State on
'Beaver Field.
'COLLEGE NOTES.
According to present plans the
annual Sophomore show will be held
in the Auditorium instead of on
Beaver Field. The show will be
given on Saturday night of Com
mcncement week, immediately atter
the Musidal Clubs concert. About
thirty men will take part. and a
rare show is promised Mr. C. M.
Couch will have charge of the train
ing, and it is likely tnat a small ad
mission price will be charged to help
to defray expenses.
Fair- sized audiences attended the
lectures given on Friday evening by
E. A. Mills and on Monday evening
by W. S. Gregory. 4 1VIr.
ure was to haim'beenilhistrated, but
an accident' to ' the , :plates - preVated
the showing of the 'views. Mr.
Gregory told of the business side of
the making of a book.
A new reservoir to supply water
for the College -and town is being
built in the gap. The ,new reservoir
is further up the run than the old
one, and it will indredserthe pressure
in town to a maximum of ninety
pounds. This will insure • greater
protection against fiie 'thin - the
town or College has had 'hereto
fore.
Arrangements are being made ''to
play BuCknell in baseball - here 'on
Saturday June 13. 'lf 'this 'game:Can
be scheduled the'W. U. P. gaine
will `be played 'on ComMencement
-Day, and the game between ,the
Varsity and the Alumni will take
place on Tuesday, - June 16.
The suggestion has been, made
that the appeafanCe of the'llaraiy
could be' be ''gr6'tly iniprovedliy
having the rear 'wall 'painted' to -dbn
form with the -color-of the rest- of
the building.