Penn StateQllegian
Published Wednesday of each week during the
college year hr the student* of The Pcnniylvania
State College In the inteie»i of the Student*. Fae*
ilty. Alumni and Friend* of the college.
Entered at the Po*tofflce, State College. Pa . a*
.te*ond cla*» matter
Edttdr in Chief, D. Mt'KAY. Jr. 16
Managing Editor, R. E. GEARY, 16
Senior Associate Editor, P. S BRALLIER. ’l6
Associate Editors:
Miss Luclta Smith. 17 F. F. Linincer. 17
A. R. Chambers, 17 R. S. Dunkle. 17
Bnsiness Manager. J. F. HARVEY. 16
Assistant Manugcr. C. G. BLASS. 16
Associate Managers:
C. R. Mason, 17 C. B. Patterson. 17
J. A. Garber. *l7
R. T. Bright. 17
Reporters
T. F. Elliffe 'l7
E. J. Kenney 'l7
A. S. Aloe 17
G. C. Broadbcntli
G. A. Doj le 17 W. E. Kroll 17
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March 24, 1915
The vigorous cam-
The Full paign being waged by
Crew Bill the railroads to repeal
the Full Crew Bill has
even reached State College and has
caused considerable discussion
among the student body. A paper
has been circulated among the en
gineering students and a large num
ber of men who, no doubt, have
studied the question thoroughly
and know the working conditions
of the railroad men, have signed
the petition" 1 asking for the repeal
of the bill. In so far as the methods
of the railroad's are concerned', the
effort to secure the repeal of the
bill is certainly commendable for it
is an appeal to "public opinions and
not an effort to gain other ends by
lobbying at Harrisburg. But in
regard to the argument put forth in
these appeals, there are fallacies
that the thoughtful man who looks
below the surface of things, will at
once detect.
In the first place we find that the
railroads, in spite of their plausible
assumption of the slogan of “Safe-
ty First” have always vigorously
objected to legislation that com
pelled "them to support their words
by deeds. There was a long sus
tained cry of indignation when
they were compelled to equip their
rolling stock with air brakes and
the people were told that the rail
roads faced ruination if the legis
lation was enforced. So it was
with other improvements. Instead
of bankruptcy the roads have made
money and are in a better financial
condition today, despite the fact
that they have expended millions
for new stock, equipment and new
stations, than they have been for
Another statement that is made
is that the railroads, since their own
interests demand safety in hauling
trains, will put on an extra man if
he is needed. Theoretically the
argument is very good but anyone
who knows the conditions on a rail
road knows that the option of put-
ting an extra man on a train is
largely up to the yardmastcr at the
terminal station.
From the standpoint of the
traveling public which is the better
policy to pursue, compel the rail
roads to have safe operation of
trains or leave it up to one man
whose job depends to a certain ex-
text on economical operation oi
trains ? For the benefit of some it
might be added that not only are
trains run with more than 29 cars
but that some trains are made up
of 125 cars. The one extra man
which the present law compels the
railroads to provide for is a guar
antee of the safe operation of trains
and as such the traveling public
should demand its retention.
To a large number of
History people history is com
posed of statistics and
dry comments on past events.
There are always some incidents,
however, which interests even the
most casual reader. Patriotism to
a large extent is built from these
few facts. In a colleg , patriotism,
which is termed “spirit,” is also
based on interesting bits of past
history. It is surprising that in
view of the lack of student knowl
edge of Penn State history
that our spirit has been kept burn
ing so brilliantly.
In endeavoring to discover where
the fault lies for our lack of this
knowledge it seems that it rests
with the faculty, at least to some
extent. “Froth" in its recent issue
pointed out that a student petition
was necessary to obtain a one-hour
vacation on Lincoln’s birthday and
a half day on Washington’s birth
day. More important, however, to
us is the fact that Penn State was
60 years old on Washington’s birth
day and that event was entirely
overlooked. The only commemor-
ation of it was a singularly fine
anniversary number of the Alumni
Quarterly. >
Cannot some lasting action be
taken to insure the celebration of
this event annually ? Our history
is as interesting as that of any other
similar institution, Why let it die ?
In conclusion we recommend to
every Penn State student the read
ing of the first three articles in the
last issue of the Alumni Quarterly.
Ball Team Quits the Gym
Coach Harley is taking advan
tage of the mild weather and has
permanently transferred the base
ball practice To outdoors. Although
New Beaver field is not in condition
to warrant its use for practice, the
field behind McAllister Hall is be
ing used to good advantage.
Harley confines his men to long
batting drills. For nearly two
hours every afternoon, the players
are kept bangirg away, while the
entire pitching staff is called into
service to supply ammunition to
the batters. Hatley expressed the
opinion that the players protit as
much from batting practice as from
prrctice games. These tactics how
ever will be discontinued. From
now on a daily practice game will
be staged.
Last week practice culminated in
a fast six inning game between the
regulars and the colts. It was an
interesting scrap while it lasted.
Of course the game ended official
ly in the well known tie,but it is be
ing secretly whispered about that
the colts trounced their opponents.
The pitchers are rapidly passing
the limbering up stage and are now
ready to enter the period of real
baseball. Wardwell took a long
workout Saturday and said that his
arm felt better than any time this
spring, while Hesselbacher and
■ Liebert were well satisfied with the
condition of their arms and felt
’ strong enough to pitch an entire
: game.
, Capt. Vogt personally is tutoring
his two assistants, Moore and Mil
' ler. Both show speed, a good bat
f ting eye and fine generalship.
The infield is still uncertain and
the outfield problem has not been
solved.
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