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.
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