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Penn- State Eollegian
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published weekly during tho College year by etudente of the PenneYhaniu
State College In the Intereet of tho Students., rueult), Alumni and l'i WIWI& of
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the College.
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News Editor For This Issue
Wednesday, March 14, 1917
A LOOPHOLE
There exists in the Penn State Honor System a clause which
should be remedied without delay. It is a defect that detracts much
from the aim of the entire system and renders, in a way, a loophole
for those dishonest students who wish to take advantage of it It is
that section of the rules which requires those men who detect another
cheating in a quizz or examination, to "quietly inform the offending
party of the detection."
The weakness of the clause might be briefly outlined as follows.
The dishonest man will take a chance in cheating in an examination,
after he has done so on several occasions (for such a man will perjure
himself more than once when he gets started) he may be detected by a
classmate, and he is given a "first warning." After that, if he still con
tinues to cheat, the attention of other members of the class is supposed
to be called to the act, and the case is carried to the honor committee
This involves too much "red tape" and unquestionably allows the
cheater too much leeway. There should be no "second chance" The
criminal is not warned when he is detected in the act of "burglarizing"
and told that he is doing wrong and must not do it again. He is cap
tured and punished at once. In a sense, the same facts hold_ true with
regard to Penn State's Honor System. There is no reason why the
cheater in examinations of all kinds should not. be hailed before the
Honor Committee for trial on the first offense.
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The matter of changing this clause in the system is now being con
sidered by members of the Honor Committee and will soon be brought
before the committee for discussion We would urge immediate action
upon an amendment that would do away with this undesirable clause.
In the two years that the Honor System has been in operation at Penn
State, not one of the cases that has been brought to the attention of
the committee has been taken there by a student And in all that time
we have known of but one instance where a student has warned anoth
er detected in cheating. But the greatest of precautions should be
taken in this matter, and the leeway of the cheater cut down to
,a mini
mum. A cheater at Penn State will continue to be one when he gets
out into the world, and it is far better to brand such before they get a
chance to claim this institution as their Alma Mater.
LOST-THREE WEEKS
Announcement was made during the past week that the Depart
ment of Chemistry after a lapse of two years, would resume its custom
of giving a final examination at the end of the semester to the Fresh
men taking the introductory course in chemistry. This fact is Signifi
cant for several reasons.
To begin with, the decision of Dean Pond in reestablishing this
anal examination in no way detracts from the absolute success that the
department has met in the past two years in its abolition In other
words, it is not because of a failure of the plan that the Freshmen this
year will be asked to take a final examination in chemistry. In fact,
the department would prefer to continue its precedent rather than go
back to the old system, but in this it is prevented and the students are
put to no little loss and inconvenience by a most unfortunate circum
stance—a lack of cooperation on the part of other departments in the
college.
In abolishing the examination in chemistry, the intention of the
department was primarily to establish a better course of instruction
for beginners with the hope that other departments would follow suit,
and thereby do away with that dreaded feature of college life—exam
ination week. It was with the hope that the immense amount of time
now devoted to examinations could be eliminated through the abolition
of all final examinations, and that time very profitably devoted to study
and laboratory work which in the end is of far greater benefit to the'
student than a continuous ten-day grind of well named "endurance ,
tests."
Just how many students and faculty members realize that almost
an entire month of the nine college months is wasted, one might say,
in the giving of final examinations and re-examinations at Penn State' ,
More than three weeks are lost during a school year that might well be
devoted where they rightfully belong—to a more complete and satis
factory instruction of the students. By actual count, twenty-two half
days will have been taken up in examination work covering the first
semester before everything is settled in that respect
This waste of time—the student's time, if you please—was real
ized by the chemistry department when it decided to abolish this exam
ination which this year would affect no less than 750 students, should
the custom be continued. But that department could not work alone
In the past two years no further time was gained by the department in
the better instruction of its students. Therefore, it gained nothing by
the change without the cooperation of the other departments.
Points in favor of the entire or partial abolition of final examina
tions by far outnumber those against it. Many students have express
ed a desire for it, and its success in other institutions, and in this one
instance at Penn State, should lead the proper authorities into immedi
ate action.
RING OUT THE OLD-RING IN THE NEW
in taking charge of the publication of the "Penn State Collegian' ,
with this issue, the new staff does so with the express intention of fol
liming, so far as possible, in the footsteps of our predecessors whose
chief aim has been along the line of constructive ideals for Penn State,
her students, her alumni and her friends. And while entering on the
"Collegian Honor Roll" the names of the seven members of the Senior
class,—E. J. Kenney, F. F. Lininger, W. E. Kroll, C. B. Patterson, C R.
Mason, R. G. Bright and J. A. Garber, who have combined in raising the
standard of the paper during the past year,—we take great pleasure in
recording the fact that they have given the "Collegian" and their col
lege the best service possible. Theirs has ever been a most construc
tive and progressive policy, and if we of the new staff are able in any
way to continue it, we shall feel that our efforts arc not in vain.
We can find no better words to express our future hopes and aims
than those inserted in the preamble of the constitution of the "Col
legian Board:"
"To serve Penn State in the true sense of the word, by pro•
senting to her students during the college year, a carefully
and honestly prepared newspaper, an unprejudiced chronicle
'of events worthy of note; to seek after the truth above all
,else, and to endeavor to reflect at all times the sentiment of '
the students of this.college**ol7 . l . ,
Ve would especuilly, lik`e,to eats and alimni of
4 bliihed
Penn Suite that the "Collegian" is 442,114 a b
,benefit. We invite particultiily liqlprtitne . sthn, ion , y !Tam orp •
of the student-body and 'faculty4tlr l QdutUnt,Wll, onlngsl , UntePV. ,
to all. It is almost iiiip'ossible totgs4b.sp.s,soEftlinkrit of Polin , States
vast student body by the thoughts.tansP,Fsk4Of a few individuals,
and at all times the columns of this 1511p.qrciAlYbc open for your bene
fit.
13111 tot -lit-Chler
ltatinging
Semi ol Anvoef ate
WHO'S WHO -IN-T-HE FACULTY
!Townal; Motel> tat; Marti, head of tho .m.oluennaticai, and a few weeks Inter
position of head of
Den:art:mint of Mathematics. comes ' iiitecoeiled to the
tine (team ,moat. ut Dane ninon there
Dom - the oinlest - of American families.
none less than two bundled students In
representing tine ninth generation sineo the college The department nodal' Is
the first d Wand settled in Cambridge i !angel>. of Ills own melting und In w
in line Ilaudannianasetts Day colon> be- 1 ;111100 he hag been of gloat fierVido to
tone It) II lie nil' bon n in Oxfonl. X .the college In manY other lines, °sine-
II , rebt n.O t I, 1000, and anointed for rid/1> is secretary of the Council of Ad-
Dan mouth College at the academy at inninistnation, in position he has held on-
St Johnsbang t. Ile ono gradunted en Ante Ito beginning Ile has been it
[nom Ddrtnuatatit In 1.1107 with Vitt Beta plilaa in the nor)/ of the Y 31 C A
Nana',, vtannallang lie is a member of n bete land Is a deacon in lino Pied.* ter
ns! Delta Nomad Upsilon In eternity, and n inn clam cla
13uslnecs "Manager
Achertluing Munu
Circulation Manager
IMEEITEM
t diarter membet of Plii ICappa Phi. I No better mammary mu, bo given of
For tin re years he oats an instructor I the life of the man tnan blot proooooo
- mathenuttles at the Nuke: ton Aced- ed by IN esldent Nicholas, of Dartmouth
/toy, Dcu y. N 11, nod for three years 0 hors hi June, 1913, he admitted /dm to
mote t taglit and took advanced oork the degreo of Master of Sclence•-"Jo-
In the subject nt Johns Hopkins 1501- seph Moody Willard, student of pure
Jle came to Penn State in the and applied mathematics, gifted teach
fad of 1993 at 9 00 assistant professor of er, onto coUncellor"
G. L. Wright
ON THE CORNER
o .10st 0 1,1100 lIIt 0' this 0
0 tad 0 Little Moro 0' that o
'HAUS >I IT TIM
Th, take out Clint,,
They hake us elan',
They make us Liam:
Those blamed exams
'tussle'
WE ACSIL:I7. beat t. 14 malt "Cute+le".
1111(1 the +1,011,11 Penn State clues tt(l4.*
114th to andent t teitont the better, slit
THE TOW. :Y. In grim Int; A the-ntre
advertlnement ently .1111101111 Cell
Ulm .. 1 . ./•111,11% the only time In
thin eft , " e au e pat tient 1, It ntruelc
IA the ut an," or the it sled ntreetn of
eul Ilttle • ell) '
A , It II 111 Th along to rug ire take
note of the fat.t that manna, union Ii
Mint; hap,. lied In llac Ilall
AND THAT the tt k loud rro_khut
EU , 11 , P.1 Ind; fr o m o ur
miAxt Antl rot ul) thank-
—hot Late of the Mane Liana that for
Inert% au n.len tho ontt.tnee to the "en
pu4
111)" Mould do ulthent our
old ft lend and fellow citizen, "Hey"
Allen If IL hnd to
cyriunt oliegex may lime their nn
glik4h s 6 uis but when too lumped this
one in the P dead letter cake on a
post toll mono limo nein toe were in
clined to hell to that Mete are sunie of
the broil trio at Penn State
.. Dear Motile, —l' 0111 send my
!numb, home before I Rome home
fn it box"
ciitEr tlllTetence betaeen the
College Orchestra and a S)mphony Or
ehesna lies In the Met that the bons of
the ,lellatsts nil move togethm ashen
the latter phwa," 010011 nuoth a stude
as the nubslam+ Negated to grind not
annthe, floater
1)1111 MORGUE
(Ow Oval Forgotten))
Ittogotiong TVII4OII
Ditto for Wregtllng.
Curtlr‘ri nos!, tn °users Also green
oque4
The keg bit of snow (me hone)
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WE WOULD reall3 enjoy Cling nero!
In "The Morgue the "Ankle-deep mud;'
but It tan% be done In State College
OUR ;DnA of the "Greatest Need of
Penn State" Is a pair of canal heath
for the Ag student , * In fording the
lakes un the road to the UM
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“PRIIIRIMEN Kidnap Sophomores at
Dickinson"—headline In a newspaper
last %testi< How could the! do It!
Sounds .dmost unbelletable
GILBERT & BACON
OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS
For 1918 La Vie
H. H. BURRELL, 'lB, Student Representative,
228 Allen Street .
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Hear The
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iri'" - ; , - - . - tt It's a "Phonograph with a Soul"
kl ':' i 4,k il l Arrange Fora FREE demonstration in
r, 0 t :;....... 4 , your home _
4'0,i1 In the near future we will add pianos
i: 1 , 1 "..;13, and player pianos to our rapidly increas.
.: , ' P e l ing stock
1 1:,,l', f i'-: ) ,,e Drop in any time, you are always web.
come
PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
?oseph Moody Willard, B. S., M. S.
"Frank Runkle said I should tell the
people he has bought a new 1917 Ford.
Its Ina. eoelt 00 had In the paper 110 hue
pulehni . aal Ford emu, but did nut say It
nee or an old one It Is a new one."
A CONTI - till came In the °the, day
in competition for the nieltie tteet
on-
Rlntlog of the American Bison. and
something about .. run., pearl) teeh,"
bet oe old hate le nide for a transit,:
thin of the same Into English
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IT LOOICCO like Jennie.. to un
TIM IZOSS In 3 ening fa) more COP).
VI, g 111,4 V, better Clout aft the flow and
vidp It along but not neffn 0 me add—
APPRENTICESHIP COURSE
OFFERED TO ENGINEERS
J I. Minick, '99, In the interests of
the Pennsylvania Rnli. and Company,
/sited Penn State on Friday and et
planned the special apprentlceshlP
course s [rich the unman,' is offering
to the engineers u lin sill be graduated
this June The course, which Is thirtl•
els months in tuntlon. Is open to col
liege graduates only, nlthough students
may hr gin the course doting the no
tiler u orations and reecho credit for
their murk After the completion of
,the app, enticeship comer the grad
rate V. Oen a position with the Penn
-1.11, ann.,. Railroad Company and pro
motion :enured M M
Air htlek also
shooed mining pictures made by the
company Illustrating the abatement of
it tile smoke nultnrice in the smoke re
strictc d dlstricy Other Illms,showed
Carious tests on. de by the company.
With tie Mialch won J A. Sheedy,
I union. lien Sackett knew at Purdue
Unh ersit)
T Wallis, General Stmerintendent
of \lntl, e Power nt Altoona, pa,-and '
trustee of the college. Is reninengibi'''
for the reunion of the apprentice
course, and Is much Interested In the
engineering graduates wino enter the
employ of the Penns} hanla Railroad
Company
WILL TAKE HIKES AND
SPEAK ONLY SPANISH
Plane ale non being teemed b 5 the
Centro Cm Nantes Club by which the
mines all! ;min a. mote thorough
imouledge of the Spanish language.
This is to ho necomplished by taking
hikes in the spring on which nothing
except Spanish 11111 be spoken Tho
plan le quite unique as it is original
01111 the club expects great results from
it
The first of a series of lectures on
Porto Rico now given by Mr M. Cor
don, of the Spanish Department. at
a meeting of the club last Thursday
ening - The speaker gave a brief
outline of the history of tile Island
iand then thselt upon the mei, of people
and the natural conditions that nro to
ho found there At tho noN.t meeting
Mr Coideto 11 ill speak about the cora
morchd feqtaree of the Island and the
I.altio of them to the united States
The Penn State Book Store
L. K. Metzger, 'l5, Prot .
I I 1 Allen St
PLIVIER. FUSS
(Rion the Mlddlotonn Press)
COLLEGE MEN'S ENGLISH
1, 1 •0/AAPRIASPLAY FEATURE
titrad on ono of the department bull
n "bmtrtht, M Copp Hall. at Lehigh
Unleetelty. ate several sentences Mus
t thatitar the English used by members of
I the Sophomore chow 111 the midyear
examinations which have just ended
"Comment." states the bulletin, ..le un
net etren r. tot I espotmlbility finally rests
elth the student" The sentences are
AY follous
"Ile alone traveled over the reful
gent heather"
"Her anxious heart heard out of him
the seoldlngs that had to follow"
"lie starred up at the bleu heavens"
"Bologna sand. Itches "
"l'in Sorge IS to wagorical Individ
uni "
"Both mete aligned In their fullness
and the wrong was supprossed when
he Het lire to his own horn being on
the balance ..•
“When they saw that ho woo bur
dened 1, Ith 0% urat they took It from
him ”
"Ile done It of his own acord "
"Tito (abet hoed on the bed of pain"
"In pale horns ho grasped the hand
of hin elf° "
..(Ter broken heart already gallo forth
its reheating bents l‘bleh.,‘e all must
WEARING AWAY OF COINS
CAUSED BY PERSPIRATION
' According to an Investigation recent
-15 :node by a British official. the chief
cause for the swearing assay of coins
In not the mechanical robing duo to
long-continued use, but Is produced by
the fotts acids contained In the perspir
ation, consoled to coins by the lingers
of the persons handling them These
acids slowly corrode the baser metals.
particularly copper, with which the
precious metal of the money pieces
ore 0110501 The col ration, according to
this authority, given the coins a pitted
spongy surface which easily rube
off, canoeing new portions- of alloy
Populai Science Magazine)
CIIAB AI'I'LE CLUD ACTIITTIE 4 I.
Mr 1) M Wert, Mho ham fur the
NIA (On 3 011/11 succeenfolly operated
Mtge orchard at Wrt)neeboro. Pa,
poke tint WmMonday night before the
rah Apple Society on the commercial
lotting of apples and peaches The
return No in OM. of praLthal benefit
nil Moil intended
On March 20tk Mr I' llorbert Star
. ttr Boatteam. Pa, rill "peak abou
OrportanWen In Vegetable Gardening
tr Starkey Ix n man of great praetlet
t•ierloneo and ban In the lout give
etend ief.ttlre% of meat Nolue to tit
grleulteral otudentn of the College.
BEST
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Groceries
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Special Rates to
Clubs and
Fraternities
L. D. Fye
200.202 W. College Ave.
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05----, 1 n UR Spring and Summer Style Exhibit of the
a- "'', ' ,
latest fashions in ready-to-wear Clothes, Fur-
Cd• 04,
sIAiA% ~, nishings, Hats, ' etc., is now complete and
?,(1141,.
1.90,04,, ; awaits your inspection. A most cordial in
vitation is extended you to call and look over this interest
ing display.
qWe post you on the newest ideas and• introduce you to
the latest novelties. You will find here a large,:variety of
models in the Season's smart styles and patterns, priced
most moderately. ;
4 11 There are:brisk—clever clothes here for Young Men who
want class and distinction.
lilt is our aim to make it a real pleasure for you to trade
here. Every courtesy will be extended and we assure you
that you will enjoy your visit here.
gWe trust to have the pleasure soon of seeing you at our
store and thank you kindly for the courtesy.
MONTGOMERY & CO.
The Toggery Shop
State College - - Bellefonte
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UNBREAKABLE WINDOW I
GLASS NOW TO BE HAD
A now glass, hansparont, tough and
strong. which has all the advantages
and noon or the defects of brittle, fra
gile window-glass, him Been Invented,
A 22-hdlber 1,01101 lannot ponotwite it;
it brick cannot shatter It: a heavy man
duos, 0 ngalnst it under all the.terrille
momentum of a collision would not go_
thru it, but noold he thrown back
form it. uninjured by flying glass, be
ammo none nould II) A Mono thrown
against a would bounce back like - a
golf ball.
The secret of Its strength, onyx the
Popular Selene° Monthly, Is n. sheet of
white tmmiiarent celluloid, twenty-ono
thousandths of an loch thick, which is
placed between two places of glum
The glass and celluloidme simply wel
ded together under high temperature
and tremendous pressure; the resultant
being a solid sheet possessing all the
transparency of the best plate glass,
combined is ith tile strength of a sheet
of meta
ron SALE—A good one horse wagon
Also It two horse etterloge Inquiro
or Met Robert Wed. 803 W College
Ave, 801 l Phone, No 2 W.
14/ The choicest leather goes into our shoes—alw
no matter how scarce or costly they may be. Ski
,workers—Master-craftsmen, always make our sh
aln unity with our Manufacturers, we regret the
s vance in prices, but while costs cannot be control
t ithe quality must be maintained.
q 1 .9. COLLEGE BOOT SHOP
Fifty-eight per clock-tick
Every time the clock ticks, fifty
eight Fatimas are lighted some
where in the United,States. No other
high-grade cigarette has so many
unchanging, unswerving friends.
This shows that men do appre
elate cigarette•comfort.
For nallnas are comfortable. Not
only comfortable while you smoke, but
more than that, comfortable after you
smoke—even though you may smoke
the whole day through.
Get Fatim as and learn what:cigarette
comfort means.
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FATIMA
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20f 3 e15r
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Wednesday Mar
SPECIAL, THIS W
Chocolate Coy
MARSHMELL 1
28c lb. '
DIVINITY fruit
See our Easter spec
other new pieces
Gregory p
Candyland St,
State College Be