State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1904-1911, May 21, 1908, Image 5

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    WATCH OUR WINDOW
THE TOGGERY SHOP
usefulness in the college government,
and he intends to work with them in
every way. He wants the students
themselves to take the initiative in
regulating college customs which
work toward the detriment of our
college.
He spoke enthusiastically of our
athletics. He ended with a plea
that all difficulties be brought to the
mass meetings and discussed by
both sides and settled by com
promise.
Prof. Gilmore to Leave.
Prof. John W. Gilmore of the
School of Agriculture has been ap
pointed President of the College of
Hawaii. This institution was or
ganized by act of legislature in 1907,
and receives a federal grant of :c30,-
000 from the United States govern
ment. The Hawaiian legislature has
also appropriated $25,000 addition 1
for the maintenance of the College.
The faculty for tins new
.institution,
THE STATE COLLEGIAN
UWe have a few Zodiac Stick
‘ilPins on hand and in order to
close them out will sell at 50c.
Soft Shirts at $l. We have at
last succeeded in putting a soft
shirt on the market for $1 that
is worth $1.50. Compare one of
our dollar shirts with one gotten
elsewhere. We'll be assured of
a new customer.
which will consist of about twenty
members, will be selected by Prof.
Gilmore. He will complete his
year here at State and will leave to
take up his new duties about
August 1. The new field of useful
ness into which Prof. Gilmore is go
ing is very great and the salary
which goes with it makes the change
very profitable from a financial
standpoint.
The question chosen for the de
bate with Swarthmore in the first
of the intercollegiate debates for
next year is as follows : "'Resolved,
that all corporations engaged in
interstate commerce shall be required
to take out a federal charter on such
terms as Congress may by law
prescribe, conceded that such legis
lation would be constitutional."
State hi' s the choice of sides and
must notify Swarthmore as to this
choice within two weeks,
Next Year's Debate.
The debating club is very opti
mistic in regard to next year's work.
President Sparks has signified his
desire to see the work progress, and
his name has been presented for
membership. With the hearty co
operation of the English depart
ment and of President Sparks, the
outlook for the future is hopeful.
Association Items.
The Subject for the 6:15 meeting
on Sunday evening is "Christian
Theory and Practice."
All those interested in the work
of the Association are invited to
meet in the Main building at 1:30
p. m. next Sunday. The party will
walk to some suitable place in the
fields near the College and hold an
open air discussion concerning the
woik of the Association for the next
college year. If the weather is un
suitable, this conference will ,be
postponed until the following Sun
day afternoon.