Wednesday, January 9, 1918 LETTERS FROM THE FRONT GERMAN I'IRISONERS 'I'HI\ IC AM ERIC %NS ARE ENGLISH NOember 21, 191 T Somewhot o in Pi ;Ince Penn State welts to be on the map again this year. es en with a numbei of us that have been called to war The COLLEGIAN. which leaches me inter mittently, gii es me a touch of attans whole my heals hes. lint much as I ..would enjoy_ being back in college to f in ish my last year is ith the lest of you men, nevertheless I am glad that lam over bele The exel !mice is worth far more than can he (ism essed lit•mere money values We ale well fed and live quite corn foitably in our tents Or course it is necessary to woi It rain or shine so many Junes we get wet and muddy. especially as we have had 111111 the eatet pal t of the last two months (live F or egaids to all my f! lends who are fortunate enough to be back at the deal old Alma - Mater The Kaiser is gUllig to have the sur prise of his life nest spring. Mete are a nu mber of pi isonel 5 working' near us, and at 'list they I efused to believe that we were Ameocans but thought. wm v eie hutishets dlessed like Amen cans to fool them Othei wise you know mole about the war than we do. It is peculiar how little t soldier at the front knows about general conditions. Last week some French aeroplanes visited us and some time we were able to distinguish a "Zep" in the distance. timeei ely (Corp:Hal) naneis 11. CRithile 'lB Cu E. 16th Reg Kaigq. RN A.E.F =l=3l "IFFIE" DAVIS TF.I.S OF - WOllli IN FIIANCI Dear Collegian' The post cud winch I am rettnning "tout de suete" was teeetved yesterday. I notice you sent it September 15, and whet e you e‘er got that address is be yond me. Fiat it got here—thank the Lm d —Much is mote than most thihgs do I cannot tell y uu nvhei e I am, or how, or what. But I can tell you I am "all hard" as rte used to say in the Ambu lance %%hen we would go rushing down from the poste to the rust hospital, with a load of wounded Healthy and halms, and fairly well supplied with all the necessities of life, including money Theze was a tune, I used to think, that - if one had a pocket full of money—and could go down and afford to make sev eral selections from Sun's stock 01 buy half of Graham's stock, life was just what it ought to be in the twentieth ` century. - Well, here conditions ale a little changed. One walks mound with ,sevelal hundred dollars in has pockets and walks and walks—that's all there is to do. There is not even a Chlistmas _pest card to hue and at pi esent o u r elarters rue under qualantine and we I'_;an't even leave the camp to go to a toss n near here. However one doesn't miss much for these French towns ale not what they seem to be from metute post cards or when you look down on them from 5000 or 10000 feet in an airplane "Whitey" Thomas and "Casey" .tones and one • c,.cr - ,o were here on.chfferent occasions. They base mostly gone to other schools whelp beginners are taught the ele mentm•y principles llut it surely did seem good to see old "Whitey" and as he just came ()ye' iecently he had all the dope ft OM borne aml told me all about the old place. You see when one is oven hei e for about nme months he begins- to feel much as the Junior or Senior feels toward the fieshman who just enters the great game I am more fortunate than most of the nice, and a group of us have had considerable flying experience during the past four months. I have passed the Pi ench _Bret et 'rests and am li censed under the French System. Just now we ala on perfection work on the faster types of planes and one is never quite sine what will happen as you fold pout self being passed along from smaller to smaller machines with less and less supporting stu face and more and mule pow et ful motors Perhaps when you get this I will he changed again—pwhaps to the front but it does not seem possible as so much depends On the weather Don't forget the Col legian and send the bill to my home as I can't send $125 from here. Faithfully, Richard Stanley Who) Davis, LT. S Air Service, Amelican Expeditionary Poke Wm AMERIEXN FORESTERS ON THE IVESTERN FRONT My Dear Dean Watts I ant writing this letter under rather difficult conditions. 1 am seated on the ground of a hut somewhere in France. - Thole is a nice log file burning and the light horn it supplemented with a small candle Is all the light that we have in the hut. I have certainly had quite a lot of _ expel [duces since our regiment left Washington on the ninth of last month. The voyage across the Atlantic was un eventful It took sex eral days longer to make the ti ip than it does in normal times. I \Nas ',camel: for seven clays so you see I am not a very good sailor•. However for the most part I enjoyed the time winch I. spent on bom d ship. ,) It was full moon foi a part of the time and I slept on deck eves y night except • one A pal t of out company was quaran tined in England for a time and though ae were not allowed to leave camp, we were fortunate enough to have been re leased for a couple of days before we were sent on. This enabled us to visit - the city near our camp Here E saw s.everal points of historic interest. I saw King lien' v ieifth court and also the court yaid wheie he was hanged. A part of the old city wall was still standing and several of the gates were unchanged. The landscape about the suburban homes was really wonderful. I soon got toed of formal grounds and began to sort of long for the natural and wild growth of the old Seven :genii- The trip to Fiance though short was rather rough - and I was sea-sick the 'whole time. _ I do not behove I ever saw so many sick men in my life. It -seemed that about half of the men were so sick that they did not care what be cattle of then:. We were held for several days at a rest camp. here, again, we were near large WWII but were not given passes to - visit it. Several men who were -fortunate enough to get passes said it ;1?:--- . was -a wonderful city. They were struck in particular with the size of the store" and e eally beautiful window_ dui- I plans. . One morning we were routed out of bed at- four o'clock and packed into thud class passenger curs and started on our way to join otn company. The cars were attached to a freight train and we staited on the trip. Some times we scarcely made five miles to hour I did not mind it much as we - passed through a beautiful country. After a time, we finallj , arrived at our destination and established ourselves at another rest camp. Here we got our first coolly cooked dinner In over seven weeks. They had bully beef hash ready for us and you should have seen it dis come tr. I believe it was the most en joyal 4c meal I have crime eaten. We also had coffee served instead of tea which shows that this place is a real Amer me a t of gan iza don. _llre were issued passes here and so have had a chance to vhat the town It is filled with places of historic inter est I have visited one cathedral which must be several hundred years old. The eves are lined with griffins that have all sorts of grotesque faces. The tower has dozens of statues inserted in niches in the wall. A lot of them are broken and defaced and they tell me that they were Woken during the revolution There Is also a flying buttress at one end. - The - hours, quarters, and half hours are sounded with a set of chimes. While walking through some of the , quaint, narrow old streets I ran across an_ oil building which was in use in 1401 :is a government building of some kind. During the i evolution it was used as a prison On the same street we ran across an old tower partly in ruins. We were unable to learn its history. Almost every street which we explored had at least one old building These is an American Y. M. C. A. here. In fact we have not stopped at a single place in which there was not a Chi is tiara organization of some kind At the last place then c were tin cc: Y. M. C A , Salvation Ai my, and Soldiers Christian Association. Every one of their' has a canteen where soldiers can bm, coffee, tea. cocoa, malted milk, cake, candy, tobacco and cigarettes at i eason able pc Of course, they all hold services on Sabbath and several times during the week So you see that the Cht istians ate doing their share in the wai Novembei 21. 1917 As I was on guard for six hours last night and only got two hours of sleep I will close Please give my best re ga 1(1.4 to Airs Watts. Very ti uly yours, \Vm. G. Edwards. S IL has been rumored that Simpson 'l5. died in a hospital in England. thilan '2O, is also in some hospital in Englaml but I understand that he is getting along nicely. W 0. Edwards. Co. C, 10th Engineers, Forestry, - American Expeditionary Forces. MORILAN WITH. TILE MINERS' - HEIIIMENT IN CAME' MEADE Aly dear Di. Crane:— I . o n taking this chance to report, so ouotain, New York, last June I did pretty well thei e us fat as experience went and cet tainly better than I had expected as to salary. I would have stayed there a few years at least had 1 not been drafted. Rather than be put in some infantry regiment, I asked to be inducted into the 27th Regiment of Engineers' in training here at Camp Meade. f suppose you have read all about us in the Journal. At present the regiment is filled up to only one company, 250 men strong, but they ate coming in by bunches every day. We are anxious to see the regiment illled..up quickly, as the quick er we are full the quicker we move. Cantonment life is too dull to suit a lively ciowd like this, especially as the Company is under quarantine for measles, We are allowed to enter no buildings other than our own. I ex pected a dull Christmas, as we are denied passes, or even the hospitality of the Y. M C. A., but it is not bad at all. On Saturday we hiked. it out into the woods for holly to use in decorating the mess-hall. Yesterday the decorat ing-work took up what spare time we had and last night a luncheon of fruit, nuts, etc , with entertainment furnished by the talented members made it very Jolly Christmas Eve. _ There were some homesick boys around the bar racks. but it didn't bother me. Today we are to have a regular Christmas dinner, and gifts from the Red Cross Society are to be handed out this after noon The Company Is made up of all classes of miners from all over the Western Continent. It looks like a tenable bunch and should make the Regiment famous if given a chance. At present the work is mostly Infan try drill. The Bureau of Mines has a car here giving the Usual courses to classes of fifteen men at a time. The only facilities for work in smoke are in_ a small tunnel 50 or 60 feet long, built for the purpose With fifteen men in that small space, practically nothing can be done in the way of training a man to do wink with the apparatus on - . It does not begin to compare with the course we got at State College We are quartered in the new part of Camp Meade where four two-story bai racks and a mess hall are given to each company. We have now plenty- of loom, good heating stoves and conven ient baths, At first the heating stoves were too small, and that, combined with _the change of climate for these high-altitude men, resulted in colds, Sabbath, 10-2 S-17 Army Shoes We are prepared to give you the best quality shoe for the least money They're on Display at FROMM'S Economy Stoke 130 E. ',College Avenue - Camp Meade, Md December 25th 1917 All Miners measles and - -'pneumonia - all_ around. I Outside of that the ,life is healthy—, plenty of: exercise,• regular sleep, and the proper• mess to keep a man m good • condition. Oui officers are a splendid bunch of men, clean and human. They have the confidence of the men generally. On the whole, I am well satisfied with the life myself. There is the mining atmos phere, at least, and I suppose we will get tonic lea! mining to do In France. I'd hate to think of being in the infan ta y and having to stick a bay onet thiough even the Kaiser himself. I'd rather blow him up in a more gentle manly fashion. If any of the boys want information ;thou*, the 27th, I'll be glad to write them statme, facts, but I am not_advis ing anybody either way. I have kept pretty well in touch with school thrOugh the COLLEGIAN Our itutrantine has kept me from — visiting us ninny of the Penn State boys as) would like to. "Chuck" Feledy is here, but I have not seen him yet Faust was attached to the 304th Regiment, Engineers, but has gone to France Owe my regards to the school faculty is ho are left. I supose there have been a good many changes I want to wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year. Sincerely yews, George D. Morgan 'IT CI. A, 27th Engineers BoosTs V. M. C. A. WORK N WESTERN FR ONT Copy of a Postal receivect from Har leigh Fatzinger, 102 Aero Squadron, American Expeditionary Force. now in England Dear Mr. Webber. Ari wed in England safely after a tire , ,orne trip, but we are all In good health and spirits. Met some fellows here from home. Don't fail to impress the good of a Y. M. C. A. to the boys. They are doing a wonderful - work and then• camps are our second best home Remember me to all. Dec 11, 1917 11=111113:1151 STATE HOLDS PLACE IN AG. REGISTRATION Figures on Number of Students In Agriculture Show Penn State Well In Lead I. will no doubt be of interest to Penn State students. particularly those in Agriculture, to know how this school stands when compared With other state Institutions as to the number of stu dents enrolled In the accompanying table. submitted by Dean Watts of the School of Agriculture, Pennsylvania will be seen to occupy MTh place, which has been her position fur the last five years -If the men in the two-yetis• course are included. then Illinois loses fourth place to Penn State. Following are Agricultural registration figures of various institutions for this and the preceding college years: ' 16-17 17-18 'ew Yw k (Col nell) 1462 _ 1007 Ilehigan 1169 791 owa 973 648 Illinois Pennsylvania Indiana Ohio Kansas Massa chu561.123 Oregon Nebraska. California Missouri Wisconsin Maine Tennessee Kentucky Now Ramp4hire Vermont New Jersey Take a Look at Our Line of Targara Fabric and Symphony Lawn -STATIONERY It includes everything that is correct in color shape - and texture. • hull -Store SPECIAL PRICES on Our Line of LEATHER PUTTEES Buy your Tennis Shoes Now Good - Bargains in Shoes. Invest' gate The College Boot hop mimummaimmummamilim Athletic Our Business is to o Supply Your Every College Need; we are Prepared to Do It, '1 On. the C 6- Op Cori,'"4. PENN STATE COLLEGIAN ATHLETIC REVENUE IS GREATLY DECREASED Falling Off Is Due To Losses In Baseball and Track Last Spring, -According To Treasurer f, The financial statement of the Athletic Association for the Year ending August 31, 1917, as compiled - by Gradu ate-Manager R 11. Smith, shows that the income during the past - year has been greatly reduced over that of the previous year. .According to Mr. Smith, this was clue entirely to the falling oil' in 'avenues In _both baseball and track last spring when Venn State was en de tearing to carry on these sports in slate of war handicaps. Vontball proved to be the only paying sport. all of the others showing losses. An income of almost $3OOO was derived front the gridiron season, while baseball lost approximately $3OO and track $OOO. In toe minor spot ts, even wrestling pi Dyed is failure financially and the loss was over $2OO Basketball was the heaviest loser among the minor sports, while lacrosse, - soccer and _ tennis all failed to pay for themselves. These Ic,:•es were made up by an appropria tion from the Major Sports Association. The report follows: Summary of Inconnb and Expense - Income Expense (iris. A:,so. Acct. $ 5426.04 $ 5426.04 1916 Vootball Acet 22235 85 19755 99 1917 Elageball Acct. 4359.32 4682.84 1917 Track Acet 3093 23 3913.26 .111 nm Sports App'n Wrestling I::c4kethall Larrmsc Soccer Tennis 34547.33 (lilin fur 1916-17 $ 567.11 '3l [nor Sports 1917 IVrestling Lo , :s for Season 1917 I laslietball Los fo, Octson Ln-s for Section 1917 Some' Loss for Sekoti 1917 Tennis I.u•a for Season Sun)lte, Sept.] 1917 ;10343.79 Ambled by D K. Peet, C. P A For the Best i 1!;==1111 Bread, Pies and Cakes State College Bakery 1951 611 k 796 _ 529 644 463 693 462 707 425 586 405 576 400 592 337 565 - 337 556 315 428 225 272 171 196 148 181 120 1411 _ 108 130 106 57 73 Our Ice Cream Has No Equal Groceries and Meats And the Best Quality Dry Goods No matter what you need in the above line, we have it and at the right price. IMcEachreds Frazier St. Store News From Other Colleges i: v+++++++++++++++•:.÷÷++.l.oo.:-:-:•++.:•+•:•+•:-:•0.-:-:•+•:-:-:•+•:-:-: MICHIO AN At: RICI , IAT A I.—The or the But e.tu over 5000 men have been establishment of the Ite,eive Office! , i e«nntnended lot ct \lee, chiefly of Training Classes •It the Michtgan_Agii- elthei a setentine or - tit...twat nattily. cultural College. making eompul- wry for all the hand men It the 1 -‘ O, :‘,11( . 1111; .\I:ill('1"1.'1'1"I 101.- 10‘Ner clashes, has so threatened the life LrAir,—The death of Albert fuller Al of the band that the college authorities lee of the (lass Of 0;1 of the Ma ingan have deemed it advisable to pa:s. each Agricultural College List month maike.l member of the band a yearly salaiy of the p.issing of the sole hal viiing mem toentc-ftve dollar`, In mdel 1 - 0 Provide her of the first giaduating oho., Rini an incentiVe for the continuation of the the institution. There um e set en men band's actiNitv. _ in the clahs at the outbreak of the °iv° ‘ V " . ev e" Man enlisting - in th e 01 the 1:111011 PRI MI:TON—At the e10 , ,e or the year, the 'yew fht of Pi theeten Vint - nits yhott• that a total of 2,539 Prince- - ..., . . . . - ton men cue in the SerVICP of the ger- Ll l' -‘ Y I: . I . TI: — Uee"gn l7l,, g the et tun en t. Of this number 675 at e now """1-"de nece,,it v of con,ol ving on dute in Europe _ „lid 1,.;51,„ C ,„ ' 111 and fuel. the faetiltV and ' , lndent:, this country or I.,:trit cite College have rot :nett .t. ciinservatioa League to assist in the The 1910 lirie-a-lhae, the Class Year government program for onsin va Don !look of the University, has the , year been dedicated to the men in the set vice. and Prev""""il of we'te The a"'-'l - Of all the frateinities and boarding clubs on the campus la , ‘ought. V ILE—Su - tee list .pang before the carrying out the Club's pr o e,iam outbreak of the war, time has been maintamed at Yale limvei SIIN M 111- ofes.sor .10m, for truce tary - fntellegenee Bureau it Inch has yens professor of German al Lafayette been compiling information about the College and harm:lly of the faculi‘ of various undergraduates and giadua les Penn State, hat, tesigned las nocattim at who,might he useful to the government Lafayette in order to t Ike ehiuge of an in time of wet. Since the establishment atm\ N' M. C A. Station in I%iais PENN STATE REPRESENTED - AT EDUCATIONAL MEETING Penn State was well represented the meeting of the Penn viva nia State Educational Association - Pmesident Sparks, Dean IBaisdell, lh. A I. Ander son, Professor Resides and Pm ofessor It Ernest' The meetang was held in Johnstown during the holiday pet iod Dean _Holmes wrote a piper on "Athletics in Colleges," -which -was read by Dr. Anderson because a husines engagement presented Dean lfolines from attending Dean-Blaisdell lead a paper on "High School Cut riculum," advocating that all required wot k in the first two years should be t‘ork- ma lung directlN for communitt - development. efficiency. and citizenship: thus leaving till the last two years reliuu ed unrk in foreign languages, mathematics and other subjects taught prima train and discipline the mind 205.93 350.45 33.55 137.69 41.18 $3454 - .33 $35114 44 111xpen , ,e I neome 1501 47 1282.25 $1282.25 $ 'l9 22 $137,1.40 $1702 25 1351.40 TUE,IAV E ES I SfrI.ECITHES Since there will be no final examina tions, dliangements are being made to fill the dates of -January 15th and 22nd as part of the Tuesday evening lecture course. Notice of the lecttn ee will lie posted. 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