PENN STATE VOLUME 10 NUMBER 3 THE STUDENTS' CAMP The Camp Conducted by the War Depai tment a Great Success Over One Hundred and Fifty Col- lege Men Enroll The students' camp which was held at Gettysburg last summer met with great success, and in con sequence the war department will probably establish a number of such camps mound the country next summer. The principal func tion of them being to interest the young American in military affairs and also to pt epaie•him to eventu ally serve as au officer in the great national military reserve which is to be established in this country. President H• S. Drinker of Le high University speaks of this new institution in the following way: "When in May last I received the letter sent out by General Leonard Wood, Chiel of Staff of the United States Army, to the presidents of our American Universities and Col leges, stating that the Secretary of War had decided to hold during the following summer two experi mental military camps of instruc tion for students of such institu tions, I received the word with hearty appreciation of the immense good to out young men likely to le suit from such an establishment. Of all things that the American youth of today needs, and needs most, is the advantage resulting from an experience of rigorous, self-imposed discipline, and this would hr self-imprlscd discipline. as the young men joining these camps would go of their own motion. Among young men there are espe cially two classes to whom such an experience would be most valu able—those coming from well-to-do indulgent parents, and those who, lacking parental control, have de veloped an independence of ac tion not consistent in all respects with the proper conventions of society and life. Nothing could be better• for these men or• for any other of our youths, than to be thrown together for a time in a body under the careful supervision of the splendid men to whom have been delegated the care and super vision of our boys in these camps— officers of the army, gentlemen of high ideals, thorough training and intensely and patriotically interest ed in the work. I have had the pleasure of visit ing the instruction camp at Gettys burg and again the second camp for target practice, at Mount Gret na, to which the boys marched from Gettysbuig, camping by the way, and learning practically how to care for themselves by day and night while living in the open air. The country owes a great debt of gratitude to the men who devised and put into effect this experiment for the benefit of our youth, and it is generally to be hoped that it may go on and be developed. Out university and college bled youths should develop as a class into lead ers of our people; surely in their training nothing can be more valu able than this hard clisciplinaly expelience in obedience and regular clean living." Di. thinker has made a study of these camps instituted by the gov ernment, and as he is closely asso ciated with the college man, his verdict is most valuable to those interested in the military policy of this country. The purpose of this article is again to call the attei.tion of our readers to the fact that the government will very probably greatly enhance the possibilities of these camps in the coming summer, and it is very possible that the financial status will be made favor able to the student. If you make your plans for next summer far in advance, give this commendable proposition your careful considera tion and give the Penn State regi ment moie of a representation at the camp than it had this yeal. -- - -- ----- VARSITY SOCCER NEWS Hard Schedule Confronts Team Prospects Good On Wednesday evening, at a meeting of the soccer squad, the following men were elected to office for the school year: Assist ant Managers, Bishop 'l5, and Vol mer 'l5; Captain, Savery, 'l4. Vigorous efforts are being put f oith by these new men and Mana ger Gregg to make this season sur pass all previous ones both in the popularity of the sport and the achievement of the varsity team. The schedule that confronts the team as it appears at present is by far the best ever di awn up here. Games with teams such as Prince ton, Cornell, Columbia, Pennsyl vania, Washington and Jefferson, and Havetford ate already practi cally assured, while negotiations with other similarly strong teams are well advanced. Six games at least will be placed on the schedule. Pout of there will be played on for eign fields. With the exception of the I resh man class, all classes have respond ed well to the call for candidates. Up to date a squad of over thirty five men have reported with new ad ditions coming in at each practice. It is the desire of Manager Gregg that new men, especialty freshmen, who have not reported do so at once or leave their names with him or with "Doe" Lewis at the Ar mory. Twenty-five old men have thus far shown up for regular practice and as last year's graduating class left several vacancies in the lineup, competition for a varsity berth should be keen. For the new men this is an exceptional opportunity to come out and make good as sev eral of the regulars will not report until agter football season is over and by that time new candidates should have become well advanced in the game. Practice is held daily at 4:20 p. m. on New Beaver Field. ' Soccer was introduced at Penn State in the spring of 1911 and since that time its growth has been so rapid and consistent that it bids fair in time to become one of the leading sports of our institution. Reporters Note I A meeting is called by Graduate Manager Smith of all men who are reporting lot city papers. Meeting to be held in the office of the Athletic Association, Tlinisclay evening, Oct. 2, 1913, at 7: o'clock shat p. Arthur L Auman, of Wilkes barre, a member of the electrical engineering class of 1914 died at his home on September 15th. He is survived by his wife and one claughtei, Eleanor, La Vie dues ate payable on Thuisday and niday evenings of this week at. the Co-op beginning 6:45 p. m. , ,---: " ''''l,,. • ti c A ;WI ' 4,1 - 4, A ti ts ~' (xl 49 , t• Wl§ot.) ;' e.e..--, q•,:-.. , ,,.—. i: , ' :,:-- 4 ' . STATE COLLEGE, PA., OCTOBER 1, 1913 THE ONE-YEAR RULE The Time is Here for Penn State Athletics to Keep Apace With the Progress of Other Phases of the College—What Statistics Show. During the past two or three years progressive leaci - ns among the Penn State alumni and within the student body have discussed to a considerable extent the advisibility of establishing the one -,/ear rule at Penn State. A few went so far as to agitate a movement to attempt the passage of such a rule. The result was the ainencleitint which limited representatives' in varsity athletics to regularly e!nolled stu dents of any four year cJurse, while the one year residence' is also re quired of new men entering from another college. This helped mat ters somewhat, but we now think that the time has come or tor Penn State men to decide .vhere Penn State shall stand in 'he College Athletic World. Your vote, when the issue is presented will count either for progress or against it. Which will it be? Statistics show that Liming the seventeen years, beifinning with the class of 1901, h) men have won their letter on the loot ball field. This includes thirteen classes complete to dat.s and makes an average of seven mtn horn each class. Doting this time 29 men won their letter in th•ir freshman year, or an average of ...v i vo men per class. Thus we have two men out of seven in each clasp 'who would have been baited Irom the team and must have been lepla••cd by upperclassmen, had the o,ie-year rule been in effect. But in 1900 Penn State had an enrollu ent of less than 400; in 1910 it had reach ed 1200, while at present the enroll ment in foul year classes totals °vet 1800. The present senior class numbers slightly over 300. which will leave a total of neatly 1500 eligible men should the one year rule go into effect at the open ing of the college yea' 1914-15. With the added facilities to follow as a result of the last appi opriation, them is no doubt but that the num ber of men will increase each year for at least a few years in the future. I•he number of eligible men next year will be almost as great as the total enrollment of some of the colleges that have the one-yea' 'tile in juice. Let us look at the matter from another angle. With the larger en rollment it is becoming almost im possible for a freshman to win his letter, especially in football, the sport with which we are most con concerned. Last year not a fresh man won his letter while this year, after the loss of six varsity men from last year's team, matci ial is so plentiful that the coaches ‘xould not be seriously embalassed if they should be denied the use of fresh men. In fact, it is safe to piedict that not mole than one I i eshman will win his letter. And yet, many candidates with good piep school reputations came in with the pres ent ft eshman class. Another thing which has been done with the one year rule in view is the seeming of a schedule foi the freshman team. Last year's freshman class WIS the first to have a regular schedule. Although only a short one the effects are easily noticeable this year in thu work of such men as McDowell, Wood, e 1 / 1 4 ? . 0 44 4 , • C OLLEGIANI':c°z , t , 0 0z1. ' 6 4 4.4,G James, Craig, and Yerger on the varsity squad. This year the fi esh men have even a better schedule and there's no doubt but that they'll produce a numbtr of varsity calibre men for next year's team as a result. Taking the subject from another tack we must remember that no men advertise Penn State quite so much of in just the same way as do her athletes. Of the 89 men who won their "S" in football, thirty dropped out of college for one season or another before complet ing their course. Twenty-one of these men won their letter in their freshman yea:, ten 01 whom re mained in college one 3 ear or less and seventeen of whom remained only two years or less. It must be admitted that this is not the best advertisement in the world foi Penn State and her ideals, It is also a notewarthy fact that many of Penn State's stars did not win their letter until they evidently found themselves or were found by the coaches in their junior or senior year. Men like White 'O5 Gotwalls and McGee 'O6, Kunkle and Henry 'O7, Burns 'OB, Johnson and Wat son 'll, Harlow 'l2, and Wilson, and Page 'l3 are examples of this type of men, and these is no doubt but that more men equally as good will be found in the future in the upper classes, with the necessity for more men occasimecl by the one-year rule. Cornell, Pennsylvania, Yale, Princeton, Syracuse, Harvard and Dartmouth and all the teams of the Western conference, have the one year rule. Penn State teams have consistently and repeatedly proven themselves to be on a par with the best in the country but recognition is lacking or given grudgingly—a compromising clause often coming with the praise or comment, while games with the big teams are hard to get. We are constantly forced to cater to their demands. Shall our Very's and Mauthe's and Miller's and Harlow's of the future be placed on the honor roll with unstinted praise ? Shall our eligibility rules be the excuse for denying us games and recognition where we truly belong ? Shall we continue to be the butt of our opponents, rivals, or critics be cause of conditions we can remedy? Do you believe in the uniform growth and development of Penn State in her activities, her institu tions, her ideals ? Do you believe in pulling against the current or floating with the stream. Are you a progressive ? Sidelights on First Game Tech's eleven is much heavier than last year; the team averages 20 lbs. more per man. With three guards tipping the scales over the 185 mark, a pair of tackles almost as weighty, they will present a very formidable line The backfield is much lighter but the weight of the line men will offset this deficiency. 'l'ech's adherents feel very op timistic. Dean Jackson, who is at present on a leave of absence, occupying the position of state commissioner of labor, was in town on the 26th. It is the intention of the dean to visit the college frequently and in a meastnc keep in touch with the do ings of his department. The class of 1917 now has a total enrollment of 648, of which 52 were matriculated a year ago. PRICE FIVE CENTS FIRST GAME SATURDAY Hollenback's Charges Fast Round- ing Into Shape—Team Looks Strong—Carnegie Tech First Op- The local football season will open on Saturday when the 1913 Blue and White eleven will try con clusions with Carnegie Tech. The boys from the western end of the state are said to constitute the heaviest eleven that Tech has ever had while her backs are given cred it for being fast. There is no doubt that Penn State will have a chance to show what may be ex pected of her representatives on the gridiron this season. The Blue and White warriors are fast rounding into shape and indi cations point.to the fact that all the regulars will be in shape to enter the fray at the whistle of the referee. Lamb's knee is mending fast, and the big fellow is again in the scrimmage. "Big" Clark has likewise got into the harness, as has also Tobin, and both are com ing fast. At present it looks as if only two of the candidates of promise w;11 Le unable to get in the first game. These two are Quirk, who is a candidate for end. and the big freshman guard Foery. The former sustained a badly wrenched knee in scrimmage, while the latter received a sprained ankle which has rendered him "hors de combat" for the time being. One important change, which looks as if it were to be a perma nent one, is the playing of Berry man at left end on the varsity. Berryman, a star in the backfield, promises to even be of more serv ice at one of the wing positions. His speed, weight and strength, to gether with his hard tackling all combine to make him an ideal end, while his pcwer to carry the ball can still be utilized by calling him back of the line, running from his position, or catching forward passes. His presence at end seems to go a long way -toward solving the end problem. The other wing position seems to lie between Vogt and Weston, although the former will probably get first call. With Berryman and Vogt at ends, and Weston and Shupe to take their places when occasion demands, it looks as if "Big Bill" need not worry any longer about the ends. Three halfbacks with a sub end from last year have solved the problem. The placing and using of Berry man, Vogt and Shupe as end men has given the coach a chance to use some of his good surplus backfield candidates as regulars. This has been noticeable in the playing of Tobin at full and Yerger and Craig at halves, or Tobin and Welty at halves with Clark or Barron at full back. Welty has also been used at fullback while Tobin has been given some experience at calling signals so that he can substitute for Cap tain Miller should occasion demand. James is also acting as understudy to Shorty, and is showing up as a capable man in that position. Lamb will be the one tackle: while McVean will probably start the game at the other. Welling and McDowell are also strong tackle candidates, while Allen has shown more than ordinary ability as a lineman at guard or tackle. Bebout and Vogel look like the regular guards with Miller as sub- 'Continued nn page 4