Penn State(dllegian Published Wednesday of each week durins the college rear br the students of The 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 Alumni Editor. P. S BRALLIER Editor in Chief. J. R. MATHERS 'IS Assistant Editor, W. S. PARKINSON, Jr 'IS Snorting Editor, D. McKay ‘ld Exchange Editor. R. E. Geary. 'l6. Associate Editors Miss Luella Smith, 'l7 P, S. Brallier 'l6 F. F. Linlnger. 'l7 A. R. Chambers, ‘l7 R S. Dunkle, ‘l7 Business Manager, J. M. HORNER, 'll* Circulation Manager, M. TRUMPER *l5 Advertising Manager, W, R. MILLER T 5 Auoci&te Manager* G. G. Bias* *l6 J. F. Harvey *lO A. B. Muir, *l6 The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the editorial policy of the paper, the Assistant Editor for news items nndgeneral make-up. The Coll-gian invites all communications on any subject of college interest, Letters must bear the signature of writer. Office in Nittany Printing Company Building. SUBSCRIPTION After October 15. SI 50 Office hours—4:3o p. m. to 5:30 p. in., at office of the Nittany Printing and Publishing Co. November 18, 1914 On Friday night Intercollegiate of this week the Debating trials for the de bating team will be held in the Old Chapel. The ques tion, method of try-out and all necessary details have been thor oughly advertised,and it now remains for the students to take advantage of the intervening time and thor oughly prepare for the trials. It seems futile at this time to recapit- ulate the various advantages to be derived from participation in this form of activity. Every man real izes that no better training can be found than that which trains a man to stand on his feet and adequately express his opinions. . This is a. training which makes one self reli ant and self confident, and just as the athletic contest gives to the athlete quick and absolute control of his muscles, so debating trains the mind to quick thinking and ready expression. Not only from the standpoint of personal development should we look at this question, but also from the standpoint of a college activity. We want good athletic teams and in the same way—if not in as great a degree—we should want good debating teams. The greater num ber of men there are out for the team the more representative that team will be and the call is urgent for every man who feels any inclin- ation toward debasing to go out at least and gain the experience offer ed in the trials. It seems the time has Student come when the wage- Labor scale for common labor paid to students by the college and townspeople should be raised. The recent increase in price of board, cost of college necessities, and in some cases rent of rooms, together with the general poor circumstances due to the war, a certain class of students who are compelled to do common labor affords the opportune moment for a change to take place. Students who have worked have found that 15 cents an hour for housework, janitor work on the campus, field work on the agricultural farms, and in some cases in clerical work of the college, is not worth the time, but through sheer necessity they have unthinkingly abided by this rate. Penn State is making strides of reform in regard to scholarship and athletic requirements, and it is only natural that she should reform an old custom that is detrimental to a small but yet very strong and fund amental part of her student body. We look into the scholastic and athletic regulations of other colleges and universities as guides to our re forms, and so we look to them for information concerning the student labor problem. At Cornell, stud ents are paid 20 cents an hour for ordinary work and 25 cents for heavy work; at Princeton 25 cents is the minimum rate for general work, and at Yale, general clerical work pays the same. Students at Pennsylvania earn as high as 35 cents an hour for shovelling snow, while at Michigan quick competent men get 25 cents for odd jobs, and others get 20 cents. Students at Bucknell earn 15 cents for the easy job of raking leaves in the fall while at Ohio State they receive 20 cents for odd jobs, and at the lat ter place a year ago the price paid was only 15 cents. The increase raised no protest from the em ployees nor did it decrease the de mand for student help. This data is by no means exhaustive, but it brings clearly before us con ditions at a few other representative colleges. And if the common laborers on the campus receive 20 cents an hour at the present time is it not fair that the worthy little group of student laborers should receive at least the same or more compensation for labor spent dur ing time more valuable to them J Y. M. C. A. Entertainment 1 The next number on the Y. M. C. A. course program, Mr .Bingham will appear among us next Satur day evening. Mr. Bingham comes to us highly recommended. He has been enterraining the general public and entertaining them well for the past 35 years, and still he is in the prime of life. At the age of MR. BINGHAM six, he made his finest public ap pearance on the platform as the "Boy Orator of America” and since that happy date, his reputation as a funmaker has increased by leaps and bounds. Among other things, he is an impersonator, a humorist, a violnist, a pianist, and a vocalist. His wife travels with him and plays the accompaniments to his violin and vocal selections. 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