PennStateQUegian Published Wedneiday of etch week durine lb* college year by the student! of Tne Pennsylvania State College in the interest of the Students, Fac ulty, Alumni and Friends of the college. Entered at the Postoffiee, State College, Pa., as •eeond class matter Editor in Chief, J« R. MATHERS ’IS. Assistant Editor, W. S. PARKINSON, Jr. 15 Senior Associate Editor, W. W. WEAVER. ’l5 Associate Editors, P. S. BRALLIER. 'l6: D. McKAY, Jr, 'lft R. E GEARY, ’l6, A. R CHAMBERS, 'l7; R. S. DUNKLE, ’l7; F. F. UN2NGER, ’l7. Business Manager, J. M. HORNER, 'l5 Assistant Manager, W. R MILLER. '1& Associate Managers, G. G. BLASS, ’l*>; J. F HARVEY, ’l6: A. B. MUIR. *l6 Office hours—4:3o p, m. to 5:30 p. m., at office of the Nittany Printing and Publishing Co. SUBSCRIPTION Per year, $160; if paid by October 15, $1.25 September 30, 1914 A great man Habits—Virtues once said “It or Viceß costs more to maintain one vice than ten virtues". I£ the average college student were to sit down with a pencil and paper before him and make a list of all the expensive vices, both in the way of money and energy expended, that he has made a part of himself during his college course; and then opposite this list place a number of virtues easily and inexpensively acquired; after this has been done, he will probably be amazed at his extrava gance. In the first list might be found such things as the excessive use of tobacco, certainly a financial and physical expenditure; a habit ual desire to attend the "movies” every evening; carelessness in the matter of personal appearance; carelessness and unconcern in re gard to college property, and thoughtless habits of speech. On -the-other hand-in. the other column might appear, temperate habits of living, which would include such things as food, rest, work, pleasure, etc. In the final analysis the stu dent would probably realize that much of his college life is simply the formation of habits, and that the formation of good habits are essentially as much a virtue as the formation of bad habits are certain a vice. In later years as the same student faces life he will realize that whether good or bad, “Habit is a cable, we weave a thread of it every day until at last we cannot break it.” For several years An Appeal past one of the chief criticisms of this pa per has been the publishing of so called “stale” news. But is the management to blame? We believe we are wholly within our rights in saying that it is not. Cooperation on the part of those in charge of the various college activities at Penn State has been sadly lacking in this respect during the past. This paper should be, and will be if properly supported, the medium through which all news affecting the student body should come to them first hand, but this will not be possible until we come to realize that we must keep news items from the bulletin boards. What the management is striving to accomplish is to have the students of this institution look to the columns of the Collegian to know what is going on in all depart ments of college activities. With the present state of affairs existing this is not possible. We must have the cooperatinn of those in charge. Surely a day or two will not have any effect in the announcing of those who have made a certain team or what the schedule will be in any branch of sport, and the good it would do to ward gaining the support of the stu dent body for this paper would be hard to estimate. Cooperate with us and we will cooperate with you Mr. Manager; give us your news and keep it from the bulletin boards and we will give it the publicity it deserves; no news is of so small importance that it will not receive due consideration. Departmental Notes Prof. Hugo Diemer will speak before the Philadelphia Y. M. C. A. on October 5. His subjectjwill be “Business Organization”. Mr. C. D. Gibbs T 4, E. E., who has been at his home in Hunting don recovering from severe bums received while employed at the General Electric Company’s Schen ectady plant, spent last week in State College. Mr. L. Mussina ’O7, E. E., has graduated from the course in Busi ness Administration and Finance at Harvard University and is now employed by the city of Williams port. The September issue of the Jour nal of the Franklin Institute con tains an article entitled “A Photo graphic Null Method for Measuring Absorption in the Ultra-Violet,” written by Dr. W. R. Ham, Mr. R. B. Fehr and Mr. R. E. Bittner. This article deals with investiga tions made by the writers as to the amount of ultra-violet light trans mitted through given samples of glass. The article has been re pr'nted in bulletin form together with an appendix showing spectro grams for obtaining absorptions and illustrating the transparency of colored glasses to ultra-violet light, and a bibliography. The short course in Milling, which ran from July 6 to August 7, was attended by students from Pennfylvania, New York, Michigan and Wisconsin. The course con sisted of the cleaning of wheat, tempering and conditioning; the grinding, separation, bolting and purifying operations; diagraming of mills and placing machinery; micro scopic examination of wheat and flour, and chemical and baking tests of flour. Three credits were given for the course. Student Volunteers Meet. The first regular meeting of the students at Penn State who expect to become foreign missionaries, was held Saturday evening at 6.45. There were in attendance at this meeting 19 men and women, of whom the most part are volun teers, and the remainder are all seriously considering mission work as a life calling. The meeting was in charge of the president of the band, H. Vigor Cranston. Most of the time was spent in telling of the summer’s ex periences by the various members of the group. It would be hard to find a more active group of aggres sive, Christian workers than the members of our Student Volunteer band. Some of the men were do ing Boy’s Club work, Social work of various kinds, pioneer work in lumber camps, and every one, if not giving his entire time to direct Christian service during the sum mer, was influential in' bettering conditions in his own community The young women who are Student Volunteers were mostly engaged in conducting Eight-Week Clubs for Girls during the summer ThetPenn STATE COLLEGIAN months, in addition to strengthen ing the religious life of the com munities in which they spent the summer. Every one present who had attended the Middle Atlantic Student Conference at Eagles Mere last June, told of the great power that the conference wields in moulding the Christian life of the students in the eastern colleges, and of the great influence it has had in their own lives. Last year the membership of the volunteer band reached 30. A number of these graduated in June, several of whom are now on the mission tield. The members who are in college this year are desirous of having all those interested in Missions attend the regular meetings of the organization; these meetings occur every Saturday evening at 6.45, in 114 Main Build ing. “Two Year Ags” Reception On last Friday evening, the sec ond year men of the two-year coirse in agriculture, gave to the first-year men, a reception in the Assembly Room of the Horticul tural Building. The object of the reception was to bring the men in the two year course in closer touch with each other. During the course of the evening, the men listened to addresses made by Dean Watts, Dr. McDonald, M. S. McDowell, and Professor Anthony. These speak ers pointed out to the men, the opportunities for a practical man in agriculture. No matter how much theory of agriculture one may have; if he can not get out on a farm and put his theory into practice, his education will be use less to him, Many of the men in the two-year course live on farms, and this practical course they re ceive should be of much benefit to them. During the latter part of the meeting, a chairman was elected to preside at future meetings. At th e close of this shor 1 ' business meet ing, refreshments were served. Such meetings as these,which have been conducted for several years, do much to unite the two-year men. The Wireless Station State College’s wireless station operated all year especially at night, under the charge of W. M. Stemple, instructor in electrical en gineering, receives practically all its messages from the Atlantic post stations as far north as Cape Cod and as far south on some occasions as Panama. The time from Wash ington is frequently taken. Various students interested in telegraphy take instructions three nights a week from Mr. Stemple. A class in wireless is available for electrical students and those taking physistf. The class is purely tech nical. The organization of a Wire less club has been attempted with out success due to the fact that not enough students have been interest ed. The National Association of Land Grant Colleges has establish ed a committee that has drawn up a plan wheieby all colleges can be in communication. A plan of all stations has been established. 1916 La Vie Lues La Vie dues can be paid at the Co-op Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights of this week from seven to eight in the evening. The time limit for paying dues is set for November 1 and all persons who do not pay before that date will not be considered as members of the class when the book is made up. Have That Picture framed by C. H. SMITH Finest Work at the Right Price 212 E. College Ave. 1917 v®. 191 S Scrap Shoes Fisher’s Shoe Store Allen Street GYM SHOES REQUIRED $1 Shoes 85c $1.25 Shoes $1.50 $1.50 Shoes $1.35 Until Friday evening, October 2d Tobin, Student Agent We carry a full line of Students’ Supplies Eat to Live or Live to Eat In either case eat at Sheffler’s Res taurant, where the eating is always good and prices are right J. C. SHEFFLER Opposite Hotel Myers’ Two Barber Shops 112 E. College Ave. 102 Allen St. 4 chairs under Nittany Inn Shoe Shining Parlor Longee’s Restaurant East College Ave. OUR MEAL TICKETS will enable you to enjoy good eats at reasonable rates The Idle Hour The place for clean amusements State College B. and B. Co. Under the Movies and Robison Block ROUNTREE’S The Palace Restaurant Corner West College and Frazier * * * REAL EATS! * * * Efficient catering for special feeds Morning, Noon and Night We are always ready to supply pure wholesome food, well cooked and nicely served. Inquire about meal tickets Blue Goose Cafe The Athletic Store G. B. Je-WePev an 3 Opti®ia.T2 Now located at 133 So. Allen street Complete line of College Jewelry and Novelties agent for Sterling Electric Globes Repairing A. DEAL SANITARY PLUMBING, STEAM, HOT WATER, VAPOR AND VACUUM HEATING State College Pennsylvania G. C. HARPER -1 > .w«3f Picture Framing i j Special rates given to group lots 140 E. College Ave. Gentzel & McEachren furnish your room, also "your eats” White Grotto Cafe W. W. Knox PHILIP D. FOSTER i Dealer in all kindß COAL AND WOOD S3B W. College Ave. Both Phones State-Centre Electric Go. Everything Electric 123 Frazier street Saturday Evening Post Ladies’ Home Journal Country Centlemen Delivered to any address. Subscrip tion for Saturday tvening Post eight months $1 00. William H. Foster, agt., 240 Pugh Street, Commercial phone DR. H. E. THORN LEY Osteopathic Physician Nittany Inn
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