State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1904-1911, March 10, 1910, Image 1

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Vol. VI, No. 21
DO WE NEED IT ?
Why a . Student
Needed - at Penn
Seven Reasons
Builiding ,is
The project of a student club
house at the Pennsylvania State Col-
lege is not new. For the past ten
years it has been ~ ; :lvoc!itted and at
one time coMpetitive plans' were
drawn and a booklet issued in its be
half. The arguments then advanced
considered a: luxury has become
through growth in numbers-and ex-
STATE COLLEGE, P
Room. At certai
in tie readinr roo
is occupied by st
classes and taking
erly belongs to libr ,
those desiring to t.
a . - tildentladle I
Iv - roams
The number of
' ments grows with
I'
college. At pre•
seven organiF.atio
corfUcts are num
inadf:quate,,
;ed'by Constan
:he mtisigal cl
for their egul
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rl stage and pra
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,egitimate ga
-s area necess
, MARCH 10, 1910
i l hours, every seat
of the Library
dents await*
:pace which prop
lz ry readers and to
.1 e notes. We need
lit h study and wart
student entertain-
he grOwth of the
nt H
uo less than
1
give amateur
I-rous, rithearsais
nd the stage is
use. Especially
111;s require guar
/r practice.
tiding containing a
rice rooms for the
s.
!es for .recreation
l ity if illegitiinate
Price Five Cents
games are to be prevented i The stu
dent now has no place to , indulge in
games except the publiC pool rooms
of the village. We nee a - Student
,
Building with ifachtles fai.unobjection
able:games. 1 ‘
The growtl of the college is due
in large measure to the county and
city clubs which look up prospective
students and care for them on arri
val at the college. These clubs are
dependent I upon an unoccupied
class room is a place of 'meeting.
We need , a Student Building with a num
ber of club rooms.
The Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation, one of the most active or
ganizations in the college has out,
grown and abandoned the room on ,
the fifth floor in Old Main: it must
depend upon the — Old. Chapel and
the Auditorium for - its' assemblies.
Its business must be transacte.d in
two small rooms' in Old Main and"
these must also serve as a , club
room. It "has no place in which to
entertain the 'guests that come at va
rious times to address its , Sunday
meetings. The Young Men's Chrisliail
Association needs a Student Buildinz.
The increasing number of frater
nity houses, each forming a little
ciub,' tends to break the student
body into groups. Tlie men living in
the large dormitories have small
means of coming into contact with , a
fraternity house and consequently
they miss the pleasures i of the club
life of its members. The democrati
spirit of '"Penn State' s heeds a club
open tolall students. Class meet
ings are held 'in the Old Chapel, 'a
room frequently, rendered uncom
fortable in cold weather; secrecy in