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Wednesday, Mai 23 1917
DR. VAN RIPER ON
- "WAR PSYCHOLOGY"
-Dispige.s Psickl/ 0 0,0 1 At aßnS
For Submarine Warfare and
Campaign of Terror
"Woes Psychology" was the subject
of a series of two lectures glvon re
cently by Dr. 13. W Vonßiper, professor
of psychology. This series formed a se
quel to that of Dr. Douche on "Financ
ing the War", and was also given under
the auspices of the Liberal Arts School.
A resume of these lectures Se given In
the following.
"The present war Is not tho first one
In which psychological factors, have
been Important. but It Is probably the
first In which those factors have attrac
ted wide Interest and discussion. A cas
ual glance at the war administration In
any of the capitals would give one the
Impression that it was a war of public
opinion, of popular bleu and emotions.
almost altogether. The desperate ef
forts on all elder to ox upon the enemy
the blame for starting the war le a tac
it ncknowledgemont that tho war can
not bo kept up unless a proper feeling
can be malnuilned In the active soul of
the nation
"The campaigns of terror and of
frightfulness, have as a rule defeated
their own ends, but they are interest-
Mg as efforts to use the psychological
weapon. The Invasion of Belgium. as
an example to any small nation that
dared to stand in Germany*s way; the
work of the ZePaellas in England; the
execution of Idles Cavell, the present
wanton devastation of surrendered ter
ritory; all these have had as their ex
press Intention. It not es their effect,
the intimidation of the enemy. The aim
of the submarine campaign was its
much to scare ships off the seas, as to
sink them.
"The arguments In favor of militar
lam; fail, ordinarily, under ono of four
heads. It Is Instinctive; It subdues, cor
rects and disciplined men, It makes for
democracy, and It repreeents .high de
gree of socialization. higher than that
found anywhere In civil life.
Man an Animal
"The irrationality of war is balanced
by the fact that man is not only an ani
mal, but beast of prey Ho is tem only one
of the "higher" animals that aystemat
litany preys upon the other members of
hie own specie. If there wore, on the
planet. a species of animals higher than
man, they would find the most annulla
ble and incurublynavage of all the low
er species. Who thinks he would over
submit to being domesticated by any
such higher race? What would wo think
of an animal in our menageries that lit
orally adopted the principle of "Give me
liberty or give me death?" Would even
tigers light to the death over so slight
an Interference with their Interests as
was the tax on our tea in 1776? From
the standpoint of any Interest external
to his species, man Is an animal of un
mitigated ferocity, It is not to bo won
dered at, therefore If that ferocity on
casionally 'breaks loose within the con
fines of human life Itself.
War Desirable
'James remarks that the main reason
why we do not Bet rid of war is bo
,-,cituse we do not want to Though no
one would start a war for the mere
glory of it. few, on tho other hand, fall
y .
' to glory In the wars of tho past, and
few would vote to undo those wars If
they miraclously could How many, In
deed, have suMcient faith In arbitration
to ho willing to vote, tomorrow, to make
It impossiblo for any nation over, at any
time In all the future, to go to war
again? If any ouch a profound amend
ment could be made to the very nature
and constitution of the world, not oven
kok. a respectable minority of human votes
11/r . would probably bo cast In its favor"'
'Professor Cannon, of Harvard, mug
- — geste that no substitute International
athletics—enormously maintillod OIYM
, plan gamer, But It will be a long time
before Ty Cobb or Charley Brickloy die
;deco Paul Revere and Gen. (hoot In
the nation% memory. Professor Perry
thinks we might got to see all the glory
, of contmd and connuost In tho scientific
and technical project of subduing and
controlling tho forces of nature That
also Is undoubtedly a more , excellent
way; but whether these dignified vic
tories of patience and reflection can
ever stir No popular Imagination to th 6
pitch of much tumult and shouting, re,-
. Mains to be seen. It is a point on
' which akepticism Is not unpardonable."
Will Seek New
College Yell
WANTED —A now "College Yell".
Action hoc boon started, which It it
brings the sought for results, will Dra
vida Penn State with a now and mare
appropriate "college yell". Roallzatlon
hoe dawned upon Penn State that the
present yell is not only antiquated and
Inappropriate for a "live-wire collage.
but that It eeomn to fall In Ito purpose
nod lo apparently quite meaningless to
outsiders ati well es students
Thu soma quostion has been brought
up In the past years together with the
proposal that a new college. song ho
" adopted. The Student Council revived
the Idea at Its last regular meeting. It
, •
bus boon pointed out that on Inyostl.
Sutton of other college yells shows that
the Ponn Plato yell In comparison le
' entirely too complicated. too long and
•• • le lacking in ''punch" and .vine . which
; , : Mt an nocelwary on the gridiron, or on
the diamond.
. -;",
.It Is very difficult for a stranger up.
•,. on hearing the Penn State collage yell
,':. • for the first time, to gather any specific
-- meaning from It, It is claknod. There
"..,
are many who think that the "Triple
IL 1. , . Cheer" Is even more appropriate for
p- the purpose than Is the official collage
- •zi. yell. A Student Council committee will
soon bo appointetd to work up a new
•:. " ye% and It will coal for assistance from
;;the general student body.
, , So get "buoy" and "dope" out a brand
y;`, new college yell with lots of "pep" and
r "ginger" In its Mies .
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,:iz:' , , BUTLER. CLUB BUSY ,
, - Owing to the email number of mom
r'; bore prosont at a meeting toot Thum
&o day evening, the Butler County Club
i" did not hold their election of officers as
1.
'-',. had boon the intention, but elected a
'committoe of mon to - get thing.
,started next fall. The committee le
nit follows: B. S Smith 10; J. 11. Wa
,',. 0 i. , I. Punkhouner 40 The
J.. ~.ans for mooting to be held
, at,th• Butler County fair the 'warner.
Ye,'l'eLA
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Engineering News
At the dtbAnnal PenvflaP°A l' )3(1
brPuQtain 4 4 6. oARPRIatiP. o f CTIWO
Pennsylvania, hold at Look %yen lot
Friday and Saturday, Pretender IteXcles
WOO chairman of the Manual Training
Department. and presided at the Sat
urday session. Professor Hugo Dlomer
presented a pape Indus The of
Airmen! Arts to trial Education"
and M. AI Babcock of the Industrial
Engineering Department, described
.. HOW North Dakota is Meeting the Man
nal Training Problem' Mr. Babcock
formerly taught Manual Training In
North Dakota.
At the election of officers for the
ensuing year, Professor Resides was
elected president. On the invitation
of Professor Verner it was decided to
hold next year's mooting In Surto Col
lege.
The College entertained distinguished
visitors Wednesday When a series of
experiments was continued on the exple.
elvenees of flour milling materials and
duets.
N. C VanGelder. a milling engineer
from Sidney, Australia, was present to
observe the results. Mr. Van Golder had
conducted experimental work on the
propagation of explosions In coal mines,
and Is also Interested In the causes of
explosions In /lour mills.
Mr. Soars. treasurer of Sprout-Wal
dron .4 Co. Money, P., Mr. Notts. man
ager of their Chicago odic. Mr. Helsh
man, manager of their Lancaster of
fice. and Mr Winegardner, their mill
engine., Pero hero to obneno the ex
plosions produced by various materials,
and the effect of certain devices In pre
venting the transmission of explosions
to various parts of a mill.
The Department of Civil Engineering
has four men at the Engineer OMeers'
Training Camps. Besides Professor
Walker. who is a Captain, there are A.
E Bryens. Aseistant In Civil Engineer
ing. Geo. S. Long, and Charles B. Steel
Instructor in Civil Engineering.
Henry Donst. who has boon at 'Wil
kes Barre In charge of the Engineer
ing Extension School there, hoc return
ed to anoint In tho complotlon of the
work In tho Department of Civil En
gineering
SMITH ELECTED 1919
CLASS PRESIDENT
The Class of 1919 elected the follow
ing officers at their meeting held in the
Amphitheatre last Wednesday evening:
president. O. C Smith• vice-president,
W. H Robinson, secretary, 0. W Cu
pit, Sr ; treasurer, El B. Stauffer.
Following is a list of the men chosen
to represent the class on the Student
Council for the coming year:
Engineering Scheel, C. R Beck, Al
W. Grubb and .1. F. Lento
School of Natural Sclanco, E. L
Bartz
School of Mines. V. R Bingham
School of Liberal Arts, J. A Ballade
School of Agriculture, A J, ICrushanli
If D Robb and R A Livingston
C IL Red< was chosen an the class
rent alentutive to the Interclass Sports
Council J. F. Leeto and 73 I'. Webster
acre elected de , egates to the Forensic
Council The ballot for tennis manager
resulted In the election of U. C. Erskine.
GUN CLUB TOURNAMENT
The State College Gun Club Selll hold
the first rogulnr shoot of the Central
Pennsylvania Trap Shooters' League at
their traps. east of the borough, to
morrow, beginning at 0.30 In the morn
ing Tho contest Is open to anyone The
entrance fee Is $2 SO and shells will ho
on solo on the grounds Further In
formation may be obtained from C. N
Fisher, secretary of the club, at the Nit
telly Inn
CANNING DEMONSTRATIONS
The Homo Economics Extension De
partment of the college hen Planned a
series of eight or ten demonstrations
In canning to ho given In every county
in the state that has a county ex
tension representative. There am, at
this time tart)-live such counties and
others will he added later.
Nittany
Printing and
Publishing Company
Publishers of
The T
Stationery
Specialists
Mazda Lamps
Made in America
Hoover Frantz Premier Apex
Electric Cleaners
Horton Electric Washers
State - Center Electric 'Co.
... s ',:.loses at §:00 t M.
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STATE MEN APPLY FOR
Y. M. C. A. ARMY SERVICE
To Be Troinpd in Army Association Work
At Springfield Y. M. C. A.
College
In addition to the numerous other
phases in which the college will bo rep
resented In connection with the proper-
Minns for war there will be a number
of men chosen for the Army Y. bf C. A.
work. Applications have boon received
by the International Committee in New
York ,which hoe charge of this work,
from W. E Kroll, Norman Thomson,
:William Dean. Poster Hockommith,
George Reimer. George MacMillan and
Roy E. Coombe
T. /VI. Horner, secretary of the Penn
State Y M. C A. was in Now York
last week and male arrangements to
have a number of the men called for
service There have been In the neigh
borhood of 10.000 applications received
nt the New York Wilco from men do
siring Army Association Work, but from
this number no more than 1100 Will be
chosen on •tho first call. References of
the men at Penn State have been inves
tigated, with the result that they have
been notified to hold themselves In read
iness for service at any time. Tho Ar
my work will Oral be Instituted in the
different training camps throughout the
country and following this the men will
Lo sent übrotuL
At the Springfield Y. M C A. College
there has been Instituted a special train
leg course for Army work secretaries
and physical directors. This course oc
cupies n month from Juno 10 to July 11
inclusive Instructors will bo taken
from the different college faculties and
others who are experienced In Army
Association work Arthur Rudman, for
8 years Secretary in Army work In
the Philippine Islands, Prof Henry B
Wright, of Yale, Lieutenant John B
Minor - and Fletcher S Brockman are
lamong the number who will have
charge of the program. The men will
receive a course In the Army Associa
tion work, In hygiene, In organization
of religious work, on personal work,
teacher training, history of the war,
Plays and genies, military drill, normal
practice, and the personal life of the
employed .oMeer, Applications for
either the field work or the training
course, are available at the College Y
lif C A. Men desiring to make ap
plication may do no at that place.
Penn State now has Wolter W. Whet
stone 'l5 and Dan Welty 'l5 In the Ar
my work in India and soon will be rep
resented in the European camps by
other men
LACROSSE SEASON ENDS
The lacrosse team schedule has been
ended by the cancellation of a game
booked for Juno 0.
If you want the tmt grade of
uo:Ic done go to
11—tortY GII MM
Cults Made to Order
21G L• College Avc
~..) . 7:,
,CENT
SALE
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Rexall Drug Stork
PENN :STATE COLLEGIAN
News
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from other L,
r
Colleges
LAFAYETTE—At a meeting held
last 'neck the senior class of Lafa>ctte
Cotleigeooted to cancel all plans and
arrangements for the annual claw. da>
exemines. the Seniors Dance and Prom
enade Concert of Commencement
Week.
STET YENS-- Stevens institute of
Technology of flobaken this cm held
their commencement Oxen cases on Mn)
12th, two weeks In ad% once of the
scheduled dote The commencement
totes held end ly In order [lot the se
niors going into mllitnr> sere Ice might
take pert in the oxen Owe
A3tHEßST—Decauhe of unr UOlllll
- the fraternities of Atnherst COII
ego have decided to poStiIMIC the 11.1411-
11011$011 of nosh:eon 011111 nix ueeltv
after college opens nest fall
CORN ELL—The Cornell Cot nemot
School of Aviation opened on 11ne Itch
with about ono hundred nice (rum all
section/. of the country unrolled
YALE—Sixty4tevon men nate signed
appliottlonn to enter the Vole Unit of
the American Ambulance hers it.e In
Prance.
MINERS TOLD OF EARLY
CONDITIONS IN CHINA
Primitive methods of mining' and
metallurgy as practiced In China tot
the past 2.000 years Nthe the subject
of an address to members of the Min
ing Society recently by 21 'r /tend.
professor of geology nt the Impcnial
Chinese University. end the editor of
the Mining and Scientific Press. of
San Francisco. At the enema time
ho is connected with the New Serene
Zinc Company In his oddness. Nt hi els
vacs illustrated, Mr Read spoke about
the Internal condition of tine country
and aloe of the methods used in dril
ling for oil and gas
The other speakers of the mooing
were L. H Pry. of tine Balthcin Loco
motive work.. at Oct Itho spoke
on the economic conditions of .Metal
lurgy. and L Ryan. of Johnstown
;FIFTEEN
CENTS
11 lILLTISLE I V Beginning Stptembet.
1917. elas9es ut cllesley College v.lll
begin at 9 10 and continue throughout,
the day. No time ttlll he nava.' tot
lunch Students gill hate to ar range
to hate elthte toe 11 10 on 12 10 period
'want on their schedule
11,1 , 110 wro:s d JEFI 1:1IS0N—Con.
1101 of 'tot oily athletics at \Snelling
ton A lefferrion College has tecentlt
horn placed In tt. coattail comdetlng of
foul far WIN 'umbels rout undo glade- I
ate, and tour terdtlent flannel
SI ItAlirSt --4)f the orte Imittlltlttl and
tilytt.-eiglit Trion A, 110 !NW° /1111/11011 non, I
St ttt.ttve nntetnulev to, 11(11111,111111 to
the lievette (111,i+1•1illtilttg t• trny
I ti tt nie in Let.tcd, 33 Slre tel..t.lt El /tort
LLOWINI no 11 rln t
(1)/t \ tot Mos 10th 1,111
students Jololng the toilltn, ot nasal
cts of Um United St acts of dn.
rot 00$ of the bolted St , lot 11 111 be dl Lot
ed lease Of absence 'lite (atoll.. Math
I this deelslon Itecausc the) 11 n ,i,kt
the amount of ill(1114tlilli 01,th , (
040 of being code, ed Lett,,,,,tin
pi event thne and 10110 21st of
LI. lit ',nom tans( to stn„lnt the di !da
-1 lint of ti edits In ttosompletell not It
I=l
At it teectit meeting' or the Doti.
CotttitA Club the follottIttl: ofiltt-Itt Oettt
elcctt tI rot Itevt te it A :quiet 'IS, _
1,1 ettltlent 't It lAtltilmtli lee
prevldent, I 11 Smith tit ttattert,
nod It It litttnclott '2O ttectetat
HARVEY BROS.'
1 on o t IiED GOODS and ICE CRLAII
AR. SPARKS' I\IBSSAGE
TO STUD; NT BODY
The to arLd natlodal ghvernmhnth
♦C Um woxiclog for us WI thane
nes. and now nos ate calling upon lin
bs.ll7—and resin State es I eqlsoistliiir.
Pit... Shot Se it b.; in bi
tio I s t n—ooni•l Int of the run,
Ain. Cod sit body, lo ld In the outlltul
lu n fOliO4, lon hl t saute nom it tecent
nip to 1l u,Mlngton Ile 1.; sued /111,1 t. ut
his tells on the menage recently deny
men be Socrettny of It al Bah, to the
etch...ring of college Inesldonts theta
When they get there" ,Ontnnled the
ILndent. tptuklng of the sentee of
mel leans on the firing Ann In France.
It must be potlent—lne must patient
ainalt the actions of Pt esldent IV/I
-n and Congress
- The college man In the one In v.hom
the 00111111) Into mole a nett lot out
moot. old upon hint It still t el) after
the our The count, y must have the
toilette men to tom the 11110010 of In
donut, then, fot Atom len oili be called
upon to feed the otold, If I Mel my
m in 10 , 11,1,1 make tollege tuition east
in en toth goo 111111 1,1‘,1 tile Iftleilti-
I alllll4 fm 111111114 11111) "0 IN it, got no
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I lit11(1,111T et tt full /14 pO.Yibie The
t.t ton It t 1 1101 II rut et.l au to (S hot u
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at, Idu not know u titnt tnt
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till r nl. Ile
I'll lel, at .ouluu th actin 11110 1114
11. •- , a ritt•me or 100,1 lo 11 in tke
a Co,'k lin hlllLinlial the uot 1. ho Iv
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analuui 11110 1.11 it I h it o loom o
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GILBERT & BACON
OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS
For 1918 La Vie
H. H. BURRELL, 'lB, Student Representative,
228 Allen Street
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T. 1! CAN UN
Dr. L. W. Rancor. Processor of Ed
umtton nt. tho Ponnoylvonlo Stato Col
lor., for the !rot 211100 %oars. Ilan boon
111 , nIntolLireColotnnIty Of
1, to I',r. .1 Lb, Pietha, 1 suburb
rr In in 1' Pr I I 1, o 'Flag is 1110
... x .. x on 0. 1, 1 x.l and its
a 001a1 ll tank 0, LI ..1 it %I is PI: krtn,
,3. Lan aml ... I.xt b o high • 01110 i Ulla
elementary school no plactlCo clopart
manta
Dr Rapeo, came to Penn State from
the Utatereity of Ililnoie three years.
ago He will Snack at the University
of Montana tot etc necks after Com
mencement here, making the trip in
his car After hie otitis Is completed
In Montana, he will spend two stook/A
suit!: his tenant.; at Regln. Ho will
Hall for Pinto Rico about September
1)i Rape Lt. 10114 OH r.ith regret tit ,
uork he, e and the many friendship..
e.MreiallY appreciating the encourage
ment and rampart of President Spark:.
nod ni 10 Blaisdell. of the Liberal
1i tv 4ehool.
i oiva'3i a -q Oplcin
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C. E. SHEY
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and .Eslitan OswtVainlltelltril