Page Two Penn State Collegian Published weekly during the College year by students of the Pennsylvania State College In the Intel cots of the Students, PacoltY, altuuni and VI lends of the College D Crestmell 'lB Cl. L Wtlght . 18 . . ASSOCIATE EDITORS 1=1:1 M:IEIIM3 =EI S 31 Washburn 'lB S M Lowry 'ls .. T. N Reektn 'ls . Tilt Collegian lmltes all communications on tiny subject of college interest Letters must bear signatures of a titer Subset 'Mien pa lee El GO after Not I Entered at the Postotlice, State College, Pa, tit second clout mattes °lnce. Nittany Printing and Publishing Co Building 011100 bows, 120 to 5 20 0000 atiolnoon °Nowt Saturday, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1917 THE CHEER LEADING One of the biggest problems that faces the Penn State Athletic Association is the provision of .i st.iit of Leer leaders for the coming year. It has already been proposed that the captains of the 'varsity athletic teams act in this capacity, and the association will be called up on to consider such a plan at its nest meeting. There are some good features embodied in the proposed plan, and on the other hand, there are some difficulties in getting such a system installed at Penn State. With the proposed system in effect here, it would doubtless gain its chief objective, that of having well-known and respected men to lead the cheering—men who know of the terrific grind that an athlete goes through in the bitter contest, and who can carry the crowd with a timely cheer When an athlete wins the leadership of his teammates, he wins it on his own merit and ability to lead and command, In a col lege, such a man gains the respect of the student body, and is looked upon by them as the best all-around man in his specialty that the col lege can produce. The application of this ability to one of the most important phases of athletic contest at Penn State is well worth con sideration. The varieties of cheer leader selection that have been in vogue at Penn State during the past few years, have not proved entirely satis factory. It will be necessary very soon to make some arrangement for the provision of additional cheer lenders. If for - no other reason, the 'varsity captain system should receive grave consideration at this time. If adopted even as an experiment for this year, it would be of great value, not only from the standpoint of filling a dire need, but it would also determine the success or failure of the system for Penn State's future. That part of the plan which calls for the Freshman class president to lead in their cheering is most commendable But the entire success of it all lies in the personal ability of this man and the 'varsity captains to properly lead the student cheering with respect to their voice and action. Constant practice and experience makes the most successful cheer leader. Penn State now has two experienced cheer leaders, and if the institution of the system at this time would cause any inconven iences, these men will be on hand to conduct the work. Then, by the end of the year, the 'varsity captains as they are chosen will be able to prepare themselves for this duty during the following year, and the system could move successfully on (lilt is now known to do in many of the other eastern colleges It looks ns though the present is a most opportune tune for a careful consideration of this system. A NEW BASIS OF MEMBERSHIP In the columns of this issue of the "Collegian" there are outlined plans for membership in the Y. M. C. A. which differ somewhat from those in practice last year. They are well-worth reading by every stu dent because of their feature in extending Y. M. C. A. privileges to ev ery undergraduate, regardless of his religious proclivities. It is at once evident, at least to the thinking college man, that the Young Men's Christian Association throughout the world, is fast be coming a very effective organization for spreading the slogan, "the other fellow" One has only to visit, at any hour these days, the city or town Y M C A. building to observe that the men in uniform are finding there a place which is at their service in any way which tends to develop the man toward his best The local Y. M. C. A. has for a number of years continued in ex tending service to Penn State men in a manner which no other organi zation could properly handle so completely. The plan for new basis of membership is a consistent and definite move in the direction of im provement along these lines of service; and the advantages should be taken by all men in college. GET BEHIND THE TEAM Although the football preparatory season is only one week old, fre quent comment has already been heard bemoaning the fact that Penn State would have a weak team this year. Fortunately, these gloomy forebodings have been limited to a small minority, and we believe that they have been offered more because of disappointment than through disloyalty to the college It is true that the football team will not be as good as in former years, but that is no reason why we should be discouraged. Otheriol leges are in the same predicament, some of them being even worse off than Penn State The coaches are optimistic over the outlook, and the men who are striving to represent Penn State arc not a bit discour- aged. It is up to the students to get behind the team. Do not think how badly off we are athletically, but instead, encourage the men by your presence, and the team that wears the Blue and White this fall will surely prove its mettle. Boost all you can, but if you can't boost, at least don't knock! The success of the campus, singing at the reception last Friday, again draws attention to the need of more mass singing : Although this matter was frequently referred to last year, because of the ex citement and unrest caused by so many students leaving in the spring, nothing was accomplished of any account. At least one evening a week should be devoted to singing on the front campus while the weather permits and in the Auditorium, or Old. Chapel, thereafter. CHAPEL SINGING TO BE IN CHARGE OF CHORUS An innovation Is tieing Introduced this year In the signing at the Sunday chapels. In place of the mule choir that led the singing In previous years, the College Chorus will have charge. It Is planned to have tx 0 separate teams to sign on alternate Sundays. Dean Robinson has already received several candidates for solo Paris. and he also expects to have a mixed quar tette to assist. Editor-In-chief Managing Editor firnlol Ansoclato I=l .7 F g.ell TO A D 'MacKinnon TO Basilicas Manager Ad et Using Mannget elt notation Manager I=l GIRLS' GLEE CLUB TO SING AT PHILADELPHIA With a loss of lint four members by I graduation, the Glee Club bas bright prospects for a no less success• ful year than list. especially when the excellent showing of the new ma terial Is taken into consideration. It is expected that a trip will soon be made by the Club to the William Penn High School at Philadelphia, al ''though nothing definite has boon or ranged as yet. ENGINEERING FACULTY BUSY DURING SUMMER In addition to tho military service which members of the faculty of the School of Engineering wise to the gm ernment during the summer, and nillell nits mentioned in last week's Collegian, nn unusual number of the teaching staff were employed in re• sponsiblo Industrial positions during the summer, Professor S P. Caldera ood mat; with the lateyboro Railways of New York City, and after his resignation from the college, accepted a position with the Hartfoid Steam Boller Works in the inspection lilt Won. Professor A, J Wood, of the Depart ment of Mechanical Engineering, was employed on special intestigations of nett refrigeration machinery and pro posed methods of Installation to gain higher efficiencies. He was with the Calbondalo Machine Company. Professor W H Mullin, of the De pertinent of klecitanical Engineering, tons employed by the York Mfg. Co. as erecting and operating engineer on new refrigeration machinery installed at Chester and Hoboken J. W. Haney, instructor In Mechani cal Engineering, was employed by the ' West Penn Rallwa) Es Co., Councils. 1111 e, Pa, on boiler loom efficiency problems Professor A I Brown, of the Me. elmnieni Engineering Department, was teaching in the government aviation schools nt Columbus, 0., during the summer. A. T. /Iron n, Instructor In Machold cal Engineering, wan with the Went- Walloons Electric Co in the Switch. board Department, and resigned to re main with them C. F. Kopp, of the Mechanical Engi neering Department, was employed during the summer on patent offlce draw legs and special nork In Clnclie natl. Professor 10 L. Waterman returns to the Department of Civil Engineer ing after an absence of one and a half >eats as Sanitary Engineer for the Michigan State Board of Health Plottmsor it O'Donnell, of the Civil Engineering Department, was with Parisi Gannett, Sanitary Engineer, of Harrisburg Professor Cnughey was in the Tteayttry Department, Washington, D C , on the design of postofflee build. legs kir E. It Minshall, of the Civil En gineeting Department, returns sites a year's leave of absence, during which time he was employed by Chester & Fleming, Water Works Engineers, of Pittsburgh A L. Dierstein, of the Department of Civil Engineering, was employed on the construction of a water works res ettoir in Colorado Professor Prank Torrence, of the Department of Architectural Engineer. Ins, was employed at. the plant of the Ands ale Steel Co. Professor A. L. Kocher, of the De portment of Architectural Engineering, way employed at Greensboro, N. C, on the design of a $400,000 Court House building Professor C. L Harris, of the Arch!. tectural Engineering Department, was employed at the Steelton plant of the Bethlehem Steel Co - \V S Hoffman, of Engineering Drawing, was employed in mining en gineering work at Beckley, W. Va Mr. Ross Shumuker, instructor In En gineering Drawing, resigned, was cm- Rimed on the same work. Prof J 0 Kanunerman, of the De partment of Electrical Engineering, nas employed by the IV. E Moore Company, Mechanical Engineers, Pitts burgh, on the design and construction of electric furnaces for the production of steel. C E Gorier, Associate Professor of Telephone Engineering, was with E. I , Houghton & Co., Philadelphia, on plant installation. J. Orvis Keller, of the Industrial En gineering Department, was with the Austin Company, of Cleveland, 0, on factory layouts and Um designing of steel work for factory construction. Grant Forbush, instructor In Indus trial Engineering, was employed, first, at Syracuse, N. Y, and later at the American Tool Works, Cincinnati, 0., in the study of shop methods. Dean It, L Sackett, of the School of Engineering, during the summer months attended the annual convon ' lion of the American Society for Tent ing Materials in Atlantic City, the Conference of the Land Grant College Association In Washington, and the So. clety for the Promotion of Engineer ing Education in Washington. Ho also ins estigated the experience of Buffalo mills with explosions of their grinding apparatus when handling var ious cereals. The Dean also advised concerning sewage purification and on certain government matters. The following material improve ments have been made In the Engi neering Equipment: A new unillow engine to replace ob solete apparatus line been set up In the steam laboratory, ready for ex perimental use This engine operates on a very different mechanical prin ciple from the ordinary slide valve en gine. A cooling tower has been erected In the rear of Eng. A to coal condensing water used In experimental engineer ing This water has heretofore been run into the Rower. It will now be used repeatedly and not wasted. FOREST L. STRUBLE Plumbing and Heating Both Phones ,SEE Harvey Bros, FOR Baked Goods AND Ice Cream Special Rates to Clubs and Fraternities PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Budget System (Continued be levied for the budget at the open lag of the college. To get around this, an assessment of $1 has been placed on all classes. The outstanding bills against the unlor class will probably make tile assessment of that class the highest, and when all facts in the mat- ter can be taken Into account another assessment will be levied, if It 113 found necessary, Ilowovel, further as sessments will be small, for all classes have regained their feet In financial standing The memorial fund of the 1917 class, money remaining from last year's damage fund, lies been placed In trust and will be combined with the 1918 fund for the erection of an Imposing gateway at the Pugh street entrance of the campus. The 1920 class set aside $lOO for the purchase of Liberty Bonds last spring, and tills will after be convert- ed and made a part of the Senior class memorial fund In 1920. The surplus balance In the 1917 class Assets:— Cash on checking account Ist, Daak•at S. C (Class).. $ 38.06 $ 3.60 $ 14.80 $ 06.4 G (La Vie) 300.01 300 11 Savings on deposit at 3% lat. Plan Dank at S. C (La Vie) 1,000.00 Dal in IC. Sports treasury.. 11.11 1.00 Accounts Receivable -1918 La Vie . Delinquent dues Liabilities:— Accounts payable (La Vie) 52,195 46 5 359 50 $ 52,554 98 Surplus balanco . ..,. 66 57 37660 305.80 648,97 $2,262 03 $ 636 10 $ 305 80 $3.203 93 Note—The surplus balance In the 1917 class treasury of $lBl 55 has been turned over to IV D Kroll, 'l7 ChM Secretary. Certified to Sept. 14, 1917. D. X. PENT, C. P. A. tf-2-2-2-2-24-2-4-2 2 2 I 1-2-2-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-1 1. • it On the Corner '• $ As Par Usual, Just a Litho Tills sod That , 144-: I I I 111 I: I WELL, hero Ivo aro uguln: AND It one more dub asks us It we had a "good summer . ' there'll be some flowers sent to ills room that Ito can't smell THAT well known pest Is as bad as the other w k. pest who always greets >on In mid-summer with "Is It hot enough for your SURE ma had a good summer—Play- In' around on tho farm from 4 O. M. 'till 7 and 8 g m. Oh ha a great life' SORRY we could'at break into the news last wook with this colyum, but the Chief had a grouch on and said this Pilo of Junk nos no good anyway But no nabbed an ice cream cone for him at the Froeh reception last wk and he promised to give us the once over for this time THE CORNER has been a pretty Pop place for the past week or so. The "rail birds . " ore as prominent as ever. FOR a few days there we had a dose of the original ''small town stuff' . when everybody seemed to arrive from no where whenever the B Fonts Central or the busses blew In with more etudes WE note with groat concern that Parker's Boat alai so pop. as It used to was. One trip per day about plays It out. Try sand on tho grades% Parker Wintry! Wuxtry India lamp those now fandangled carpet bags affairs that the busily knitting co•ods are toting 'round with 'em those deist Don't know what they're for, exactly, but It seems the louder they look, the bettor they like 'em. THEY would make good things to take along on a trip to the apple or chard. OUR SHIPMENTS OF , - Crawford, Nettleton and Bostonian Shoes ARE HERE SHOES PRICED FROM $4 to $ll - We Will Save You from $1 to $5 on Your Shoes State College Boot Shop All Text Books All Student Su I . lies Pennants, Stationery,. Fountain Pens, Etc. Penn State Book Store L. K. METZGFR 'l6, Prop. Great Success ca First Page) treasury, amounting to $18166, has been turned over to the permanent class secretary, IV. l Kroll, and will be used In making arrangements for the third and fifth year reunions. Junior Prom Paid. , While the report on the 1918 junior Prom shows a deficit of $33 75, the class treasurer retains credit for $5O with the contracting jewelers for the nom favors that were not ordered de livered This shows that in reality the 1918 class cleared a small sum on the dance. The $5O represents part of the deposit made at the time the favors were ordered, and after wards the order had to be cancelled. But the grin had already done some sorb on the favors, and had allowed the class credit In that sum Tor any future orders Tints will probably be taken advantage of for the Pennsyl vanla Day dance The balance sheet of the Inter climes treasurer's report for the year ending August 31, 1917, follows: BALANCE SHEET. 1918 1920 Total 763 45 631.50 20100 1,067.40 82,262 03 $ 036.10 $ 305.80 $3,203.93 We win award a handsome Weide en graving of the w It American Bison to tho first co-ed who Informs us of the proper name and use of thew flaring, naming sacks. THE best use for them that we can think of now In to cut 'em up and make this for the Freshies to wear on tile next trip home THAT mournful looking tie etuff mey be 0 lk", but it deprives the naughty Soph's of soma good fun In picking out the loud ones as they go by our come We mho] the sport of yesteryear. THIS year's crop or Freshles looks pretty good to us And they're acting P g. too, for their little ''ones-and-a quarter'. are rolling In for subscriptions in line style AS we hustle along to press, we won der how noon the Froth will ho dratted. 'TWAS EVER THUS Friend of Prospective Freshman "Whore aro you going to college this fall?" Prospective Flesh:—"Stato College" F. of P. F—"Oh, yes. And where Is that?" P F—" State College•" F. of P. P—"Whore?' P F—" State College" F. of P. r.-. 1 know, but where to State College'. P —"State College F. of p F—"Oh thunder! You don't get me' What's the name of the town whore the college Is located?' P F— State College. F of P n—..oh• WE thought Student Council passe ruling had year barring the use of al 'stickers'• and posters on luggage. Bring Your Suits to iiURWiTZ & SMITH Preseing,Cleaning,Repairing Neatly Done Satisfaction Guaranteed Yet wo lumped a couple of the Dear Old Seniors yesterday wearing the college colors as a dome covering—Prep skull caps. Is Penn State slipping back? We sincerely hope we have a college here, and not a "Leh roll" prep school. SNICK.DR STUFF—A Freshman trying to get rid of Ids chum , hands THIS scor's clop of incen link rlb bons looks Ilko a nno one BET the ..regularal . will be wishing More than over that Mao Hall had nix or eight telephunea Widow] of a meaaleY 11 , you want to take a stroll on the gram, get the camouflage Idea—wear a green null, Rocks and tie, drink a•bottle or green Ink, and stroll about the cam mai 'till the cows come home, DON'T known how you feel about it, but Its a pretty poor upperclassman alio Mega/ahem himself no a Freshman Just to get a little notoriety Would ad vise such felleas to see our Dos. Mgr about "Collegian" advertising rates SOME of the btos who Clotted our corner the other nito received an Unex pected ehower bath Guess they know now how it feels to be a Freshman and "pray for rain." How three hundred Sophs are going handle -that mob of 700 Freshmen on Poste& night. -- WllO said Penn State rvould'nt flour ish this year? That enrollment of 2000 etudes sure does look good. THE more the merrier: Jeweler & Optician Repairing A Specialty C. E. Shuey 133 S. Allen St. .-:-:-:-:-:-H-H-:-7,4-:-:-H÷:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-1 STATE CENTRE E Y I* Store Closes 6 p. m, I* 14+i -x-x -4.4-:4+4-t-:•444 -x -1.1.4-:-:-x , ,:-: ! .. (conornad) SPECIAL SHOWING OF FALL FOOTWEAR - s Buy your shoes now and save at least $l.OO or $2.00 on a pair. • Men's Shirts $l.OO to $2.00 Fall Suits and Overcoats $lO to $25 GIVE US A CALL M. HURWITZ 123 Allen Street Notwithstanding the high cost of material, we are using the same high grade material in all our photo graphs, at the same price. - _ The 5 MITH TUDIO • R. H. Breon . Wednesday, Sept. 19, 1917 PRESIDENT SPARKS WELCOMES FRESHMEN ;"..'r,-,,p; Penn State was officially_ opened ~* last Wednesday when the entire stn. dent-body met in the Auditorium receive the new men and meet the new members of the faculty. Contrary Vie to expectations the assembly room was just as crowded this year as last, with an even larger Freshman class in at tendnuce Dean Holmes presided hod extended the first welcome to the class of 1921. President Sparks In his address laid , emphasis upon the fact that, although .?7... 4 5 -J., conditions are so unsettled, the motto of Penn State has been "Business as Usual" Therefore with the largest ,71,1„ .. 1 Freshman class that Penn State hos over known and so many upper class men back, the outlook Is very prom's, ,',..7.P.A`4 1 leg. Mrs H. L. Ridenour, the new teacher of the violin, rendered a vio- - lln solo after the new members of the faculty were introduced - KISSES Home-made, freah cream cocoa nut klesea—vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. Special price, 26c per pound. Our famous cream Wafers. Peppermint and Wintergreen. Also Na can make to order other kinds, flavors or colors. Candy made In the forenoon van ho on the counter In the af ternoon. Gregory Bros. Candymakers CANDYLAND STORES Bellefonte State College 1.4-x-R.;-:-m-x-x-:»xwei-1-24.• LECTRIC COMPANY Headquarters for Everything Electric Frazier Street \ "'" • . 91
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