Penn State(gllegian Published Wednesday of each ireek during the eollege year by the students of Tne 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 R. M. EVANS, 'l3 Assistant Editor M. A. KRIMMEL, ’l3 Associate Editors G. A. BARKER, ’l3 J. D. HOGARTH, ’l4 P. C. DOSE, ’l4 D. HESS, ’l4 J. R. MATHERS, ’l5 W. S. PARKINSON, Jr., ’l5 Business Manager M. M. GRUBBS, ’l3 Assistant Manager - B. R. HENDERSON, ’l3 Associate Manager. L. B. KEELAN, ’l4 W. H. SAVERY ’l4 E. B. MOYER ’l4 SUBSCRIPTION. $1.50 per peer or $1.25 If paid within 30 d.yi after date of .übieription. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20, 1912 Ever since its The New erection, Old Main Terrace has been minus some fitting ap proach or steps at any of the en trances, and until lately such a feat ure has been noticeably lacking. The new stone terrace at the west entrance to Old Main has been completed recently, and it serves, admirably, the two-fold purpose of providing a much needed entrance and of beautifying the building. A new concrete walk leading from the steps to the main walk contributes to the beauty of the portion of the campus surrounding it as well as to the terrace. During the process of construc tion of the terrace, some discussion concerning the necessity of such an addition in a time of so many needs, resulted. However, since its completion, there seems to be no doubt of the urgent need of such an improvement, and of the advisabili ty of making the same. The cost of building was some what increased, and completion was delayed by the breaking of a col lege custom —that of the confining of class numerals to the Armory roof. Someone inscribed class nu merals upon the newly lain cement, and thus necessitated the expendi ture of extra labor and expense to remove them. In the future, for the sake of keeping college customs and of lessening improvement ex pense, such acts should be abolish ed. Because of the The Contest fact of the interest shown in the cou pon contest of the last two weeks, and since there still remains over a week before the close of the same, the "Collegian” contains a third series this week. Remember the two students, who secure the high est number of votes get their trans portation and expenses to the game with the University of Pittsburgh. The contest closes next Monday. Our guests Sunday Evening and the student Concerts body of Penn State will be giv en what promises to be a concert of unusual quality next Sunday even ing. Concerts given in churches or held in auditoriums at other places on Sunday are not necessarily ap proved of by the audience with out bursts of applause. Furthermore, in previous years this was not the custom in our own magnificent Auditorium. An earnest appeal is made that in the future, and especi ally next Sunday evening, we re frain from this act. Penn State has For Us been unduly criticiz to Remember ed,especially this fall for her standard of athletics. From our opponents many knocks have been forthcom ing. The majority of these causes of misrepresentation have been true where the writer of such artic les knew absolutely nothing of the true, conditions, which now exist at our college. Nevertheless, whether true or not, they did our standing no special good. In a college community, as in any other, a small story will quickly spread and and just as quickly mul tiply in its charge. We have learned a lesson by realizing how hard it is to wear the wrong shoe. Should we not apply this lesson? Let the consensus of opinion of the student body increase in fairness as as has our athletics. No story about another institution, however probable, should be circulated and believed until its truth is establish ed. The game with the University of Pittsburgh is just a week away. Stories have frequently come to us of the misuse of Forbes Field pre vious to games on it. These are continually told without the author ity of oftr Graduate Manager- and the Alumni Advisory Committee. Forbes Field, being new and having a poor system of drainage, has been very hard to drain. The con dition is now being looked after by the Pittsburgh Board of Control and prominent alumni of that institution, who are making every effort to put Pitt athletics on a high plane. Those new in control of our ath letics at Penn State have confidence that these men will succeed and that athletic relations between the two institutions will be on a high standard. Let us, as a student body, therefore put forth every ef fort in the future to be fair minded in connection with what we may hear said of others. The Student Coun- The Student cil has taken another Council step in regulation of student matters by adopting a motion that in future students who do not attend games on the trips, shall go to classes. This action will do away with hard feeling that exists sometimes be tween fellows who do take trips and those who are less fortunate and who are not excused from classes as are the former. Henceforth classes will not have the power to prohibit men from at tending classes at the time of athle tic trips or banquets. The student body of Ohio State Ohio State University, Game due to the result of the unfortunate ending of last Saturday’s game with Penn State, was placed in a very embar- PENN r STATE COLLEGIAN The High Standard haundry The Student’s Laundry Y Co\\t