W. S. Brown Wood St. and Oliver Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Dealer in Sporting and Athletic Goods Cutlery- Hunting and Athletic Clothing IN THE COLLEGE WORLD. From a daily paper we clip the following interesting account of some real Penn spirit: .“A dozen large brown hats, with the numerals “17” on the crowns in bright red figures, worn by a dozen “coeds” have caused much trouble at the University of Penn sylvania. Since the 12 leaders of the second-year women students began to wear them, a month ago, the entire sophomoie class has been in open rebellion against the fac ulty. Yesterday it became known that the wearing of the hats on the campus had been prohibited.” "The faculty objects to the hats on the ground that they are man nish and unbecoming. The “co eds’ say a fundamental blow has been struck at their liberty and they mean to fight for their rights. ‘lf we want to wear funny hats' said one of the girls yesterday, 'why shouldn’t we be permitted to do so? The men wear just what they want, and we think we should be subject to the same rules.’ “Even the graduate students, who seldom concern themselves with the activities of undergrad uates, are provoked at the ruling. It’s a principle they are fighting for, they say. Of course, they don’t care so much about the hats. Nobody does. But why should a special set of rules be set down fOl women students? Aren’t they just as much a part of Penn as the men? Why, certainly they are, they say. “There’s another side to the question. The hats are downright economical. ‘Why, we had plan ned to wear them all year,’ said a junior coed. ‘They’ll be just as good in the spring as they are now. Think of the money we would save.’ “Since the beginning of the term the ‘Coeds’ have been making his tory. They’ve elected a senior cheer leader, to lead them at their affairs; have formed dramatic clubs, similar to those organized by the men, and have been doing many other things well regulated coeds formerly would have been shocked at. “ ‘Why, we are showing more spirit than the boys are,’ said one of the graduate students recently. ‘We even haze our freshwomen. The fault we’re finding is that we have to do all of these things cov ertly.’ “Early in the term the women startled the faculty by posting a series of freshmen regulations similar to those enforced among the first year men regulations, similar to those enforced among the first year men students. Then came the hats, and a plan was under way to have the first year women wear green bonnets.” The University of Michigan has just completed one side of a pro posed concrete football stand that seats 13,000 people. When en tirely finished they will have a seat ing capacity of 52,000 at a cost of $275,000. Quoting from the Michigan Ag gies Record on the Penn State game: “The playing was hard and fast on both sides. The ref eree’s final whistle was the only signal assuring Capt. “Carp” Julian that his team had won, and con vincing the Penn State eleven that their chance of winning had passed. That the game was free from rough or illegal playing is shown by the fact that only two penalties were inflicted during the entire period, one of five yards against Penn State, and one of fifteen yards against M. A. C.” Lehigh students contributed more than a thousand dollars for the Belgium relief fund. Recently classes were broken up at Penn because the students want ed to watch the Lubin Motion Picture players make scenes in the "College Widow.” Professors talked to empty rooms while the students helped make the pictures taken at different spots on the campus. At Washington & Lee the stu dent body have put the ban on arm bands, and hereafter no bands bearing the insignia “W. & L.” will be worn. The action was taken because a number of persons who were not W. & L. students wore the university insignia. University of Pittsburg sup ports seven branches of inter-col legiate athletics: Football, basket ball, baseball, track, tennis, wrest ling and swimming. Fellows, let’s take a crack at their football dope next Thursday. Because they locked forty Fresh men m the state farm silo and held them prisoners there half a day, four Sophomores of the University of Missouri were arrested, fined and then suspended from the uni versity. PEACE ORATORICAL CON TEST. Competition Open for Peace So ciety Contest —Greatest Orator ical Opportunity of Year—State and National Encounters —$300 Offered in Prizes. The Pennsylvania Arbitration and Peace Society has for five years conducted among _ the col leges and universities of the State an oratorical contest, believing that the hope of peace lay in an intel ligently directed public opinion, and recognizing in the college students of today, the leaders of that opin ion tomorrow, they have sought to stimulate their interest in interna tional peace through a prize com petition. The breakdown of di plomacy at the hour of trial in Eu rope and the stampede of millions of men into a gigantic conflict when sane leadership might have averted the awful catastrophe con firms this belief and makes it more than ever desirable that every col lege and university in Pennsylvania shall take part in the sixth contest. No contest can possibly offer a more wondrous opportunity to the college man than this contest. The winner of the state contest enters an interstate encounter and the winner then enters a national con test, which if he wins, surely pro claims him the premier college ora tor of America. It will be recalled that a University of Pittsburgh man was returned second prize winner in the national contest last year and it should give added zest to the contest when one realizes that a man from one of our west ern Pennsylvania colleges was able to secure so high a position. It cannot be urged too strongly that the student body here, at Penn State, appreciate and realize the vista of opportunities open to them in this contest. There is no rea son why we cannot have a spirited contest here at the college and have a man in the peace contests who fHE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN will reflect credit uoon the student body he represents. CONDITIONS i. Any undergraduate student in a Pennsylvania college or univer sity who has not previously won the first prize in a state contest is eli gible to write and submit an oration upon international, peace for the contest to be held in April, 1915 2 Where there is more than one contestant in any college or uni versity, a local competition shall be held and the winder’s oration sub mitted for the state contest. 3. All orations must be received at the state head-quarters, 1000 Bailey Bldg., Philadelphia, not la ter than March 10, 1915. 4. All orations must be limited to sixteen minutes m delivery. 5. A board of,judges will select the best six orations from those submitted to enter the final oral competition at a centrally located place on a convenient date about the middle of April. 6. The winner, of the state con test shall receive a prize of $75.00 and shall represent the State in a group contest of, the winners of contests in nearly states for the selection of a represcnative to the national contest held at Lake Mo honk the middle of May. The winner of the second award shah receive $25.00. , 7. Where possible all orations should be typewritten and the name of the author and institution plac ed on a separate sheet of paper, and not appear elswheie, References which may be help ful: Bulletins of American Asso ciation for Xnteinational Concilia tion and World Peace Foundation; Two Hague Conferences (Hull); Blood of a Nation (Jordan) ; The Human Harvest Jordan); Unseen Empire (Jordan),; A Short History of War and Peace (Perris): Inter national Mind (Butler) ; The Peace Problem (Lynch) ; Swords and Ploughshares (Mead) ; The Great Illusion (Angell); The Federation of the World (Trueblood). DEPARTMENTAL NOTES. Prof. C. R. Orton, of the Botony Department, spent the last week in Bedford county conducting a Fanner’s Institu*s. .. . W. 1-landschin of the University of Illinois, who has charge of the farms at that place, visited the college this last week and spent much time looking over the farms and new buildings. Prof. F. S. Putney, of the Dairy Husbandry Department, conducted Farmer’s Institute in Washington and Greene counties last week. On Dec. 8, FI. B. Fullerton, manager of the Long Island Rail road experimentiil farms, will lec ture to the Seniors and Juniors. 1-Ie has had a wide practical ex perience. Dr. Hubner conferred with Dr. Marshall of Harrisburg last week on tiie increased spread of the mouth and foot disease in this sec tion. The report of the standing com mittee on statistics of engineering education of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Edu cation presented at the last annual meeting of that society by Profes sor Wood, contains many interest ing facts. This meeting was held at Princeton University in June, 1914. In May, 1914, there were 24,740 students taking courses leading to engineering degrees in 69 institu tions, an average of 358 in each. Attendance statistics indicate that attendance in 55 institutions reached a maximum about 1909 and then fell off until 1913, but is now on the increase. Professor Hugo Diemer led the discussion of Mr. Dooley’s paper on Scientific Education at the State Welfare Convention held in Harrisburg, November i6-iBth. Professor E. D. Walker, Acting Dean, School of, Engineering, and Professor J. A." Moyer attended the annual meeting of the deans of the School of Engineering of the Land Grant Colleges. This meet ing was held in Washington, D. C., during the week,of November 9th. DANGER OF’ INFECTION. With the close proximity of a vacation the authorities in charge of the live stock of the college are taking the best and wisest step in asking the student body individual ly and collectively to co-operate The Leading Hotel in the City Fort Pitt Hotel Pittsburgh, Pa. “State” Headquarters Tables may be reserved for dinner after the game. with them in keeping the stock of the college free from the mouth and foot disease. Although there is no sign of the disease among the cattle the farms east of the campus have been put under a strict quarantine. This was done merely as a precautionary step as the disease is easily carried by persons and the inflow of vis itors last week increased the dan ger very much. The authorities ask the student body individually to keep away from all places infected with this disease and it is one of the great est contageous diseases known and could be carried on one’s clothes for miles. In case one of the cattle becomes infected all the other cattle in that barn must be killed and this would be a material loss indeed, as some of the college cattle are worth enormous prices and each one has been kept on record for many years. ACROSS THE WAY. At the “House-meeting” Tues day night, Nov. 17, Sarah Sweeton, one of the delegates who attended the annual convention of the Na tional Women Student Govern ment association at Radcliff Col lege, gave a report of the confer ence. We learned of problems, similar to ours, that confront girls of other colleges. We were pleased to know that we have never been annoyed by thefts among the girls as are some of the other women student bodies. Two new rules were passed by our student council to be added to the “House Regula tions.” Girls are allowed to at tend the Nittany theater unchap eroned in the day time, but chaper oned at night or any time that they go with a man. Driving and au tomobile riding are permitted on Sundays, but the girls must lie chaperoned and must not go driv ing or automobile-riding with men. Give This Programme the “Once Over” Wednesday JANE GRAY “THE LITTLE GRAY LADY” A Paramount Feature 4 Reels Thursday “PERILS OF PAULINE” J. WARREN KERRIGAN LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE’S “TERRANCE O’ROUKE GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER" LAST EPISODE “THE TREY O’ HEARTS” 3 Reels Saturday “HEARTS OF OAK" Another Paramount Feature We would better this program if it could be bettered. THE NITTANY THEATRE
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