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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1917
A SYSTEM TO REGULATE CUTS
For some time past there seems to have been developing in the
mind of the student body a strong desire to sec inaugurated a certain
dsfinttc cystem which would regulatc the number of cuts allowed a
student in any one subject during a semester As things stand at the
present time there is in the different schools and departments within
the schools, absolutely no uniformit) in du. number of cuts a student
may take in one subject v ithout its efleLting, his final grade in that
subject. Some instructors allow a cci tam number of cuts, others al
low a different number, still others allow no cuts at all, and there the
matter rests
With such a condition of affairs existing in regard to tnis really
important matter it would seem that Penn State is decidedly behind the
times compared with other educational institutions in the country. In
vestigations already made show that a largo number of colleges, in the
eastern part of the country at least, hose sonic system whereby the I
number of cuts allowed a student in a single subject is definitely reg- ,
ulated As examples of institutions where such a system is in force
we might cite Princeton, the Uni‘ersitv of PennsNlvania, or Amherst.
At the latter place, for instance, students may cat ten percent of the
classes in any one subject during a semester Every cut over and
above the prescribed number takes off five percent from the final grade
of the student in that subject. Cuts immediately before and after va
cation periods count double
Such is the general ssstcni whict, is followed in not one, but many.
colleges With iegard to the cutting of classes before and aft,. vaca
tions, Penn State could well take a few pointers from the s‘steni
outlined in the foregoing paragraph and thus eliminate the lime dullai
ruling which now emsts. Certainly if sues iegulation of cuts worked
out successfully in other colleges there is no reason under toe mini wh)
it should not work out equally Weil here In tins connection, then, it
is gratifying to note that the Student Boa; d has already become inter
ested in the matter and that this body will seek the covpei anon of the
faculty in working out a definite system which shall regulate for the
college at large the number of cuts allowed in any subject during a
single,semester.
When the average Penn State graduate gets out and rubs shoul
ders with the world at large, just how dots he stand among men—real
men? Is he the polished, cultured and refined product whom people
in general expect that a college graduate should be? Is he the broad
minded, free thinking, well read individual, who in the future is to be
looked up to by the people of his community, or is he the careless, in
different, sloathful scapegoat that so many undergraduates are
thoughtlessly fitting themselves to be?
Glance backward over your years at Penn State What have you
MADE her do for you' , We have been told by learned men of the
world that a college education consists not only of the knowledegc that
we procure from books by hours of constant study, but that it cosies
also from our own initialise with respect to out associations, our aims,
the varied personalities thrt ,ve meet and the lessons we force them to
give us during our undergraduate days. In other words, it is the polish
that we receive while in college that determines to a large extent the
nature of the character that we will display to the outer world
Polish. Ordinarily we think of the word in the sense of "shine"
or "lustre." But Webster also tells us that the word implies refinement
in the sense of its "removal of social roughness or crudeness." Too
many college students are inclined to be rough and crude in their man
nerisms, and ready at any time for a questionable remark, Joke or story
'I here is no necesity for this at Penn State, regardless of any opinion
that one may have to the contrary Penn State offers every opportu
nity for the most crude to acquire a "polish". She has her up-to-daft.
lectures, her music, her dramatics, her art, her libiary, her visitors of
national fame who conic and leave their messages behind In fact Penn
State possesses all the tools necessary to give the polish, but the big
question remaitis—Do the Penn State students take advantage of the
greatest of all opportunities that she offers' , Observation tells us that
a comparatively small number do so.
Think for a moment. Do you feel that you arc entirely satisfied
with your college course, so far as you have gone with it? The wide
awake man is never satisfied so long as lie has a definite ambition
still ungained. Your college education is what you yourself make it.
Certainly Penn State "has the goods." You have every right to
your share. Go in and get it. There are ninny flint class lectures yet
to be given by competent nice You may say that you do not have time
to attend them. Cut a class, or run a chance on tailing in a recitation
for such things can readily be made up later. But such opportunities
that are presented almost daily never come again Go in for high class
music and the dramatic arts such as arc being presented here so pro
fusely this year. Make yourscll familiar with cut rent events. Culti
vate personalities Branch out from your chosen profession and ac
quire that "polish" which makes the MAN.
Penn State was at her best last week-end. Her athletic teams shone
as they had nrverrdone before; her cadet band was a decided credit
to the Institution; her entertaining ability and outside attractions af
forded a most pleasing setting for the true Penn State hospitality.
The hundreds of visitors who came here for the attractions went away
well pleased and with every reason to be so in the 'varsity wrestling
and baskektball teams especial credit is due for their good work.
Their respective seasons will close this week and if their final efforts
,are executed on the same plan as in last week's demonstration, we can
truthfully say theft hey both have had a most successful season.
The varsity debate with Dickinson in the Auditorium next Friday
evening will mark the opening of this year's debating season. In for
., mer years this form of inter-collegiate competition has not been sup
"ported as it should by the general student body. This year, however,
itls.tobe hoped that every one will line himself up behind the de-
to T..olleccian
zoo by students of the Poonliyhonlii Stale
to, Faculty, A4lllllll and l'rlends of the col-
..11tIltor-111-Chler
.Asslstant
AssuLlato
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..D M Cresswell
POLISH
bating teams and accord them the support they deserve. In this en
lightened age it seems rather peculiar to find people so deeply interest
ed in purely physical contests, and at the same time so entirely neglect
ful of the equally important and interesting contests of brains. .
Just in passing it seems that attention should be called to the ac
tions of a few individuals who reflected anything but credit on the
College last Saturday afternoon by their attempts to break up the
singing of songs at the basketball game. Undoubtedly efforts were
made to sing some songs which were,more or less out of place, but
that fact should never serve as an excuse also to spoil the singing of
the regular college songs. Such a practice is not only poor form but
also a poor way of boosting the genertil idea of college singing which
is being fostered at the present time
THE GREATEST NEED
OF PENN STATE
Stronger Pre-Legal Course
To the illitut of the Collegian
Incommon 0 ith must of he alumni
of Penn State, I lotto been commit].
older tblt intetested in 3 otil koctlon
I eget ding the gt eatest need of Penn
St to and on tnt cotton to to 3 office
.3 ester dat I had .1114 t. 1t minute to
giant e tin Init.'l the ni liele on that
subject in the Collegian of last'
Celt
mock Just enough time. In fact, to
gle In tile idea that 11110C101 person
has come to the SUMO C 0.1014011
CI It I tine leached NI., Cult Penn
State needs alumni in the State
Let:94l;lone to that her claims inn)
be brought to Cle attention of the
Legislature in as strong a for n_tut
possible
I belieto that the pt °sent° Of Penn
State men in the Legislate e is of
gal Imps tante. but It o ate nt
onto court anted with the fact that
it is pi aetiollit impossible to get
an engineer, t tin) man with 0
technical education, to take On 00-
tit e Intel est in 110111114 TIII4 being
the • Ise it appears that the thing
most noes,ao to do at tile present'
11,110 is to stt engthen tlie CIUS`II.II
and Pt c-Legal youctes so that ate
0111 Ito tt tinting men to take their
pto t hi thin line of wont Other
collegcs at e doing this And tire
heta lag escellent results ft om It As
an es unple, I mould cite the Unicer
' sit% of Illinois, wlich ittut IL %hong
Legal anti Classical course and 0 With
I t rein esented lit the chile legisla-
Uwe 10 a yonsidtrable number of its
alumni 1 01. < onnected 011th this
unit etch , . dm ing tile )ears 1911 and
1 , 15, and Imo, that the appropt la
' lion of opts oximatel) 15.000.000
0111 c hI °Leh • d Ia 1111nois in
1915 0 Pi .1110 almost wholly to the
comet tol action of its alumni in
tile Kate legislatut e
C Lee 'ON
shni..it I tilde ut
111C,14 1,. I artl•l lum,q II IS
Ikttnlh 01 ,111i1.1,11 lit 0 100:010 lal to
Ile lat Albert I. Dijonll Al:hough
tin elg.mtlmna to or .1 (010 101.0.0 fla
tin L. It xi, thu him of Deno Rabi
d, II 0110 or Intuited till id., to make
the Ll.r. , ‘ r. la I ;lemma one In order to
ihtro r better me.loo of tarrying the
Imm from one ear to the next,
'ln this rtnl " the Dean nays, "the
motion 101 11 111 bo permanent and the
pin it of Dors..o t tong remembered
it In a Ming one for it man mho Iron
done s 101101, for Penn State Good
freshme o
n, ,00rt ripperclaysmen, and
r better Pt :in Stote, this riot the elm
of Dot trai
The Y C A Cabinet held its reg
Mar meeting list night in the imsocia
tion rooms and transacted lentils, bus
HURWITZ AND SMITH
Tailors
Cleaning and Pressing
Suits made-to-order
Repairing neatly done
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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
ON THE CORNER
0103 ClOO, they non, but
o Penn Stnte Conquered o
ciamyrs to the Bookketlink team
Schick CIUTIO 1101000 In great slw° last
, eek
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AND THAT was SOME meet'
TIM GOLD Dust twins had nothing
on Penn State's clean-up machine)
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IVITVE COT to hand It to the Cor
nell lads They went dons fighting
Mod
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AND RIGHT here It must ho stated
that out next year's football cap'. do
themd the goods and re-established a
ehilin to the title of "Fighting Bob"
IT'S A GOOD thing that the sugar
shortage struck the burg at the time
It did hero's hoping the lingering
sweetness lasts until see can get some
more shipments of the real thing
• • •
OUR CORNER wan thickly popula
ted over the last week-end The boys
collected 'round to see the new antral..
Rather bad taste, coo uould say.
BERTHA NATION 1011 be ulth u.
next Monday
..110W MANY more!" breathlessly
alto the 11 p q as they reach the
fifth floor on the way to the tower
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110 W TO BOOST rclo: STATE
STAGS A potato race as a clean scrap
beta eon the &mho and Freshles the
a Inner to receive the murph)s and the
funds [torn the sale of same to be
turned over to the college to build the
nee arnen y Thls I. a good Plan be-
LOOOO it m 11l nave the state a pile of
money. Andy Lytle says ho thinks
he can eupply two spuds, four more
null be neeessar)
CEMIIM
LATm REPORTS hate It that th ,
I'l t4'11,1 no now manufaehninh It
t. 4 Of h)d. ' , Oen 0.,.
IIAV1: lOU been bunetted on that
nett Id eenhaLk set , Some of our v. It
mcrehantit Moo nhataken the new one
bone alto for a “V".
WE CANT close %Shout pulling that
old wheeze about Pent4tate's surest
xle or Spring.
THE DOG conventions on the front
minims
IMMIEM
The American Student Prayer Dal
Is being observed all over the country
ola3, and special sonic.; will be held
by 01w Y C A in the Old Chapel
this 00ening at 090
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MOTOR LINE TO TYRONE
Car leaves State College 8 a, m. an
330 p. m arriving at Tyrone 945 and
515 respectively.
Morning car connects with main line
East 1031 a. m. Afternoon car connects
with main line East 649 p m. and West
605 p in.
Car leaves Tyrone from Ward House
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SUNDAY SERVICE• Leave State col.
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WHO'S WHO IN ?THE . FACULTY
Henry Prentiss Ormsby D. S., Ph. 8., Ph. D., L. L. D
Henry Prentiss Armaby, director of
the Animal Nutritioe Department, and
former dean of the school of agricul
me, was born M Northbridge, Ida.,
In 1863, and received his early education
there He received his B. S. degree
from the Worchester Polytechnic Insti
tute In 1871 He took up graduate work
at Yale and received the Ph. 13 degree
there In 1874, and the Ph. 1). from the
same institution In 1879 Ho was hon
ored with the degree of LL D by the
University of Wisconsin in 1904.
For the year 1876-77 he was an as
sistant in chemistry at Rutgers college.
and from 1877 to 1881 ho was chemist
with the Conneticut Agriculural Exact.-
iment Station. Ho was vice-principal of
the Connecticut Agricultural College,
from 1881 to 1883, and was a professor
In agricultural chemistry at the Univer
sity of Wisconsin until 1887. That leer
he came to Penn State and has boon
stationed hero ever since For twelve
years, 1890 until 1902, ho woo - dean
of the schoai'of agriculture and from
1887 until 1907 ho was director of the
experiment Motion hero. Ho has held
his present position since 1907
Dr Armaby's knowledge of the oper
ation of the respiration calorimeter was
the chief reason for Its location at the
Pentioylvania Experiment atation, with
the co-operation of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture It Is the only
instrument of Its kind In the United
States that Is capable of measuring the
nutritive needs of domestic animal
Another had been completed and was
In use in Germany before the war. Tho
A well known business man of Phil
adelphia, last week sent 2,500 small
flags to a member of the Sophomore
close for distribution among the stu
dents Ho is a man who has taken a
great Interest In Penn State, and will
send more of the emblems if needed
BALFOUR BLUE BOOK 1917
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individual Badge price lists ,will be mailed on application.
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ment in your home or fraternity which actually recreates
Music. The day of the talking inachine is past.
Buy the new Edison Diamond Disc obcno
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Everybody has a chance to own a
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Two of these machines will be given
away on April 28th, 1917
Contest Opened Sat.Teb. 24th
and votes will be counted and post
ed weekly
See machines in Graham & Sons
window on the Corner •
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Vote for yourself , and get your
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A good chance for fraternities and
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location Of the calorimeter hero gave
Dr. Arinshy the position of an expert
In animal nutrition In the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture. which ho hoe held
since 1898 Ho miss sent to Europe that
year to study calorimeters used for ex
periMents on human beings, ho found
that the American Invention. were su
perior to the foreign, and at once the
erection of the Instrument was begun
here. Much of Dr. Araisby'e work to
: day is centered about tests with_thie
I Instrument and In the general gold of
animal nutrition.
Ho In considered ono of the foremost
authorities on the subject of animal
nutrition In this country. He has com
piled many reports on his experiments
with the calorimeter and Issued them In
bulletin form. Ho wlll soon publish his
latent book on the subject—" Nutrition
of Farm Animals." He has already
published "Principles of Animal Nutri
tion," and "Stock Feeding: .
Ho was president of thu Society of
Animal Nutrition In 1908, was president
of the Associated Agricultural Colleges
In 1890, wan chairman of the agricul
tural experiment station exhibits at the
Colmumbian ExposlUon, and holds
membership In other agricultural or
ganizations Ho Is comidered one of the
biggest mon ever connected blth Penn
State At present ho Is spending the
winter In Florida. where he has gone
for his health, and Is directing the work
of the department from them. Dr
Armnby Is a member of the Sigma Nu
Fraternity and also this Alpha Zola
Fraternity.
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