Wednesday, January 16, 1918 LETTERS FROM THE FRONT MS MAN ENPErI'S TO (:0 , “OVER TRERE" VERY NOON Co. K -57th U. S. Inf Humble, Texas,- Decembet 21, 1917 My deal Dr. Ciane When I enlisted last May. :15 I mote in my letter to ion of \lad 2lst, I ox peeled to sail soon for fiance—but am still in the United States, although not far from the Node' line. If I am far flout Stall! It is at least good to 'trite back once in a while and keep in touch mth the college. Sometimes I hear nom my foimer roommate, who e; now in the Ambulance Corps at Al lentown, and through him of other friend•. toviott ,, lo Sall When I t%ent to Port. Slocum I changed and entered the Infanti y in slend of the Signal Corps At that time Mete was hope of an eatl3 sailing. I only iemained at Slocum a few days and then with about six hunched others I was shipped to San Antonio, Texas where rte formed pat t of the 57th U. S. Infantry ot gamed on .tune Ist Then our drill began Of course it was not new to me. tot it Was 'nautically the same as the old "dt ill" at State. We left San Antonio and IS ent to Iron Springs, Texas - on July nth 'Miele we received a mole intensive training in the usual drills, and also in grenade tht owing. trench digging, genetal signal murk' and practice in electing barbed woe entanglements It was extremely' hot but I endow(' the heat and the heavy dust quite hell. It was in the moun tains and I managed to go to it for nine hums tt day at land doll followed by attacks and skirmishes in the wooded hills. 1t was 1101 easy and often we returned to camp bruised and bleed ing from the locks and cactus. At times we had problems to solve in evenings; although at tunes they were tiresome they were usually Intel esting We also received about a month of rifle prac tice, in which I was fortunate enough to qualify as a mat ksman Near the end of September the regi ment was divided most of the com panies going to the Mexican border after which they s% etc tiansfoled to the northern part of Texas. Co. K, my Many State Men at 3rd Training Camp Penn State has a total loptesentation of Cot ty-thiee graduates and one under graduate in the Third 011icers"Pi am ing Camp at Cloveinor's Island. N. Y. It had teen the intention to give the preference to the graduates, and as a Jesuit Gem ge Foulkrod, fotmolly a member of the ;resent Senior class, of Philadelphia, is the sole representative of the undei graduate students The major ity of the men chosen wet e gi ad ttted during the last seven ears. In fact, with the single exception of one ex-member of the class of 'OB all the successful candidates ii ere graduated since 1911:. The names of the men ‘Nlio ni e rent e senting Penn state follow in maw of the classes:— Edmund 11 lloye, Ex-'OS, .Juliet, 11l Emerson T Davis 'll, New Yolk City James...Wholland 'll, Pittsbuigh, Pa Charles C. El itz 'l2, "Kansas City, - -Mo Robert L Rhoades 'l2. McGill, Nev Joseph M Snyder 'l2, Altoona, Pa. Hai old M. NVoodward 'l2, Reading, Pa Riehaid K Homer 'l3, Yoi k, Pa Warren A. Xruninel 'l3, Glove Pa. Pat k J. \Vetiver 'l3, Bellefonte Pa. Leonard A. IRAN Icy Ex-'l3, Scranton, Francis 111. Johnston 'l4, Munhall, Pa Thomas A. Jones 'l4, ltenovo, Pa. Lewis A. Lindsay 'l4, Camp Upton N. Y. John 11 Selierrer 'l4, Greensburg, Pa Charles S. Shoemaker 'l4, Greensburg Pa. Milton A. Diehl '1 5. Pittsbut gh, Clint S Fluke 'IS, Williamsburg, Hoi ace .1 Hat tranft 'l5, Bellefonte Pa Frei, 1: Iloehler 'll, Camp Sherman Alit ed S Alanley 'l5. Plainfield, N.. 1 11, Mai*hall Stecl:ei 'l5, Alt. Can mel, Pa Vincent 0 Burns 'l6, Windsor, Conn. - Chitties S. Cies , nnan 'l6. Schenectady, N. Y. Cellos G. Gunder '143, Boswell, Pa. Charles E. Grimm 'lll, Slate College, Pa. Ralph A. Lincoln 'l6, Camp Sherman, Ohio. James Monahan 'l6, Altoona, Pa. Donald W". Semler 'l6, Philipsburg, Pa. , John P. Wilhelm 'l6, Pottsville, Pa. Franklin T. Atmlt 17, Scranton, Pa. Roy E. Coombs 'l7, Broomall, Pa. - Carleton F. Devi 'l7, Washington, D Clair Dufford 'l7, Newton Square, Pa Howard C Fluelc 'l7, Greensburg, Pa Herbert L. 1 lenderson 'l7, Philadel phia, Pa. William I:. Kroll 'l7, Philadelphia, Pa. . Cot don T Malin 'l7, Philadelphia. Pa Samuel E Page 'l7, Pltttbargli, Pa. Archie W RiTherts 'l7, rot t Slocum NT. _Ralph A ‘Vinteman 'l7, Clearfiekl, Pa - Homer L Spangler l7x-'l7, Lebanon Pa. \Varien S Ex-'l7, Wilkens butg, Pa. George M E'-'I S, Phila delphia Pa POOR ATTENDANCE AT FRESHMAN MEETING There was a freshman class meeting on Thursday evening. Jan. 10. but seemed to be known by less than half ~the class. McElfish was the third trial President and made a good impression 48 chairman. lie commented- on the apparent decline of class "pep" since the football season closed, and urged (%, the men to get into all phases of col .llege life. The motion to loci ease the Inter-class Treasurer's salary titan $l5O to $3OO way carried unanimously, J. L. Packer .',vas elected boxing manager. W. C. Shultz, freshman wrestling ,' manager, reviewed the freshman-sopho more map meet, indicating results ob _ talnable in a short time, with good 'coaching, and urged more men to come out. The announcement of the election of E. H. Moore as wrestling captain ...,:rzfras made at this, time. Moore won a `%- decision over/Dale '2O, in the scrap companvtent to Caveman, near Fort. th ‘% here ‘‘e went on guard at a nett avtatton lield which was in con struction when tte arrived and rte saw it glow nom a few sticks to the com plete field with sixteen hangat s, a hos pital Ind lrarrllr•ks. Just as I was be commg used to the cold nights and getting acquainted with the excellent people thet e 1 ‘‘,ts moved again Tins tune I clime to Flumhle which 1s situ ated just a few miles from Huston. Three companies of the 57th ale here doing genetal duty in the 11:1 holds of this region When we au•tved ten thous tnd :nen wet e out 00 the greatest snike the oil Ileitis hat, e ever - seen We wet e to la event. 'lnutile and we did. Headquai tees 11.15 established at Aloon Anne Hill, just three lodes out of town, and detachments wei 0 then scat tered over the fields to guard the [tells, tape lines tanks etc I belong to a detail of twenty-foul men for provost gnat d (a pollee duty, in the town of Humble Itself. Although the /Alike 111 1101. 0:11Cially over most of the men lire Welt at ‘‘ ink and we b.lti e had very little noulde consaleintg t'utt _Humble has tile I eputatton of being the worst town in Texas. Of course the oil men are etty tough cron•d but they show great I espect for army rifles. We are on duty two and a half Mans and Off seven and a half hours. Camp Life Interesting Of course all this is new to me and I ha; e found many parts of the work coy interesting And it does surprise me to Mid that it becomes very cold here in the so-called "SLlnnv South." especially at night. Evei y little while we hem rumors that we ate soon to suit t Prance but usually these tuin out to be nothing but idle talk, but we do hope to go with the next division Twice I have i efused the °ppm tunity to attend the officers' training schools in the hope of reaching the front sooner by temanung with my regiment L shall stick with it now fti, it suiely must go soon. To tell Non in detail of my duties and pleiumt CS would fill a volume—and bore Non greatly I fear. So I. shall close nox% as l_go on duty in a few moments. outs very truly, Win. I'. Collet, ex-'lB COUNTY AGENTS BUSY . DURING HOLIDAYS The annual meeting of the county agents of the carious fai in bureaus was held under the dim cotton of the Depart ment of Agricultural Extension from Saturday, December 20th until Saturday, January sth. Revery one of the agents fi UM the 52 counties of the state having farm Bureaus was present, and repre sentatives of (Ince other counties ex- Pressed their desire to have farm bureaus established in then• respective counties The total number of counties ganized %%ill then lie fifty-live out of the sixty-seven counties of the state. This number places Pennsylvania at the top of the northern and western states ill per cent of counties in the state being so organized The puipo,e of this meeting of the count• agents, which is annual and is always held immediately following Far mers' Week, is to lining the men of the various counties together at the head quai (pis of the extension woik and to have them relate their experiences and give oppoi tunities fur discussion on mutual problems. Over sixty drffeient projects were reported by the various committees which tends to show the benefit winch may be derived from the meeting There were four general ses sions inhere attendance was expected and at these meetings Dr. Sparks, Dean Watts, Prof. McDowell and Prof. Dap enshade gave addresses. The conference was pervaded by a real war-time atmosphere and special attention was given to methods of in -05:0 rig the moduction of grain, pork and beef without requiring any extra help or the expenditure of more money than usual (in Thursday evening, an enter unnment was given by the men in the Stock Judging Pavillon. The show was given for the entertainment of the faculty, the ladies engaged in Home Economics Extension, and (lie Senior Agricultural students, all of whom wee invited. The show was successful in every way and the con- Terence was concluded at noon on Jan y FRENCH CLUB CONSIDERS PLAY The project of the presentation of a Fiemh play during the coining semes ter, was discussed by the French Club at then• meeting last week. The propos ition of joining a national organization of I'i ench clubs was also considered, but no action was taken on either sug ge9tton. Owing to the failure of Rieck '2O, to return to college J. L. Stewart 21, was chosen his successor to the office of treasurer. VACANCIES ARE FILLED BY RECENT ELECTION At a meeting held shortly before the Christmas vacation the following were elected first assistant baseball managers to fill the vacancies which existed be cause of the previous assistants enlist ing in the sei vice: C. P. Moore 'JO, and II M - Stone 'l9. Arnir.„, ritrAt,' _3 uc We have a complete, line of the Munson Last U. S. Army Shoe. Same as we sold to the R• 0.,T. C. Come in, let us measure 'our foot—we will assure _you comfort and perfect fit for less money than else where. They're on Display at FROMM'S Economy Store 130 E. College Avenue AMBULANCE UNIT RETURNS TO CAMP Penn State Unit Left For Allen town Last Thursday—Letter From Lieutenant Lawyer Aftio a stay of not quite two months it St.tte College, the Penn State Ambu lance Unit, now known na Section i 29 of the United States Army Ambulance Servite. left last Thursday morning fat Allentown It Id not known how long will I enatin there, but the fact of then being an dered to retut n, may be taken as an indication that it will not be long bet ore they go "over there." Alt hough they came In their ambulance ti tn. hs, they were supplied with two spec nil cars for then• journey back b.)_. Flip unit, consisting of about forty men. was composed almost wholly of State men, and Wati commanded bv st Lieutenant Edwin B. Lawyer The% assisted very mateually in the military work of the college, and de voted tin ee hours a day to drill and one to conversational French A number of the menthe's also caviled between three and six bonus of regmlai college %Not k. A far ew,ell banquet was given by the Odd Fellows last week. Due to the shot t notice which was given of thew ileum lure: no farewell could be arrang ed bv the students, and as a result but feIN persons were out to see them off Nt hen they left at 5:30 in the mmning. That the ambulance boys were satis fied with their change from the Dem ing camp at Allentown to State College, is evidenced by the following open let ter Dom Lieutenant bawyei: State College, Pa. Jan. 9, 1913 l'o me President, Faculty and Studen ts, State College, Personally and on behalf of the en listed men of Section 529, Army Ambu lance Service, I wish to thank you all tot the splendid way we have been treated during our stay here. Only aftei one has spent several months in a training camp, can he realize what this visit has meant to us. To the Stale men in the section it meant coming home to the test of us, it meant being guests who wet e made to feel vet,. much at home The efforts of evo tare on the campus and in the city Is appieebited far more than met• , word', can c:;ptess. This breathing Spell befoi e emoting* the larger work that is betote us, will make us strive the harder to serve well the ft tends we represent at the front, for sat ely we do represent our friends. • Personally, far Nom home. 1 have made ft lends who will diN\ ays be very close to me, and when I retain to toy home on the other side of the continent, Stale College will lett - bun a loved spot in my memory. It i, with a feeling of regret that we leave, but et a feeling of satisfaction that we ate soon to hate Our oppoi tu nay. So, for every man in the unit 1 can do no more than say, Thank You Sincerely our fi lend, Edwin 11. LiWyet. ltit Lieut A A S ANNOUNCES RULING CON CERNING ORGANIZATIONS On a cco unt of the fai..t that many of the county clubs are continually dis banding and new ones ale being formed without going thioug the necessary pro cedure of notifying the Faculty Com mittee on Student Organizations, this committee desires the following notice to be published: the provisions of Rules 34-37 of Regulations Affecting Students, the Faculty Committee on Student Organi zations and Publications has Jurisdic tion over existing or contemplated stu dent fraternal organizations, County (and similar), clubs, entertainments given by student per for mess to which an admission fee is charged, and all student publications "The Committee requests that all such organizations now existing send to the secretary of the committee the names of its president and secretary. "The formation of any new student organization may he expedited either by formal written application or by personally communicating with the chairman of the committee, Dr. E. S. Moot e." Di AV. P. Winter, See'y 1647 TEACHERS NEEDED In 24 -Hours During twenty-four consecutive work ing days EARLY last season employers asked us to recommend 1647 teachers for positions in thirty-two states No enrollment fee necessary. Easy teems. Department of Education Western Ref erence & Bond Association, 742 Scarritt Bldg., Kansas City Mo. Special for Friday and Saturday BOSTONIAN "Tony Red" $8.50 Values at $6.35 The College Boot Shop Other Reductions More Our Business is to Supply Your Ever'` College Need; we Prepared to Do Athletic On the Co-Op Or PENN STATE 610L1 iIIIAN FRE:3IIMEN,MAY JOIN - -ENGINEERS'-RESERVE Applicants Will Be Enlisted, But Will Be Placed On Inactive List Until Completion of Course The War Depai Intent has just notified l'iesiCept Spat ks that applications for enli , tment in the Engineers' Reserve Coin- xvill lie received ate' January ilith for an indefinite time This is con n,nt to the cambial cede] setting a tine 1.11111. on the enlistments, and it will -_•11a 1, 1, Fieshmen to apply. Under the pi ...yam-, ruling, the Freshmen could not oe given .111 V glades to determine hetlit.r or not they wet e above the reqlllled a‘eiage but with the end of the pi esent semester, such glades will he avaihible. The required grade has liven liguted out to be 82 14. The exten sion of hole for enlistment may also enable SOME. Other students who have pulled their average up during the past iemester to meet the iequirements. Incrder to save both time and money :or the men who ale aeeepted into the joins. an eflort is being made to have \ at Department appoint Major Wylie-, as a recruiting officer to en list the men Otherwise, they v ill lie cod to apply at the nearest. recruit ng which is at Ilartisbui g, and with such uncertain service, the trip to the erpihil city would take considerable Hot% ever, there appeals to be but little doubt that the Commandant will be appointed to - enlist the men, and while suth a task %%ill neeessa throw ,t lot 01 e•tra work upon the induct' y department, they are willing to offer then set vices A number of engineer ing' otnilen to whose scholastic haotk has in:LIMN] them lot membership, have all cad , been I ecommended by eel don I ipa rks, lint is is Impossible as het to ,I,ccl tam whether or not they have been accepted by the War Depai tment .eoa me they will be notified individ ually Tho.e who have been recommended are ie.: t011OWS: EIMPI C. 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PENASVIVANIA—A new honor sys tem has been approved its the College Faculty at the UlllVel city of l'enns)l -vania which will make it neeessai y for the students to sign a pledge V, hen tak ing examinations There will he no pi °etc.'s preSent during examinations and all actions savoring ot dish ust hive been eliminated CORN E LL—The wre.ithog schedule of Cornell Unn'ersity was apps us ed by the 1 'acuity Just week The schedule consul of live meets, two of which are WA R Pl' NI) l' I, E 1)1: ESo An urgent appeal has come from the International Headquarters of the Stu dent Friendship War Fund, asking - that the local Association make a mighty effoi t to gather in all — Wal Fund pledge mone. At Penn State there atie many Pledges still unpaid and the Committee here respectfully ask that students make a special effort to pay these pledge~. 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Only wo of the , to that of 'the highest d of the sleet, trill he held at Ithaca on main ^t'•tt l rte' in those courses of the past ten ems, to enlist in the linginews' sth, oth and 1 the Cornell schedule , Reser% e Cot ps and thus he allowed to is imiticulat ly hat(' for Penn, Navy and , Penn State toll lie met on successive ! complete their courses berme being evenings and hefwe the Penn State "led has enabled the Begisn ' t" efli " to compile sonic interesting figures on 1110e1 the Cornell squad it ill be cunt- to ' , cholas tac scolds of the graduates yelled to travel all night from Annapolis to I thaca. ,of those school, during the yea's 190 to 1917 mehisne I,HINC E T L i N— .4 I,IOhey ., Hake ,. cap _ The recoids show that in the last ten eat the Wass of PM has had the tam of the 1913 Pi ineeton city foot ai et age in ti upper third. The ! kill team, now set ving in the I i>mc hit hest IN NI that :seal is a, 53.7 which is 1.55 Corm, brought doss n his fits[ German Inghei than the - ten ear average of -an plane on Saturday January sth. 1 S 2 1 I nve other classes averaged oval pENNsyLvANlA_F ran m in m e ld S 2 0 %%lute tour classes mete nuclei the will in all probability be the scene of the Mal It The class of 1913 was the lowest T hic k mi d plod ith avetage of '3l 0 An n tut I Intel collegiate Gaines on the days of 24:* 31 and dune' 1 The spot wei e not held last year but this year will see a iesumption of ; the 1 ntercollegia te games in all blanches SI It A e I'S E—Cltneellor James It Day of Syracuse University recently ecommended that to eI bod 3 attending the Sento' Itall walk to the Clinnasium just as the. do to classes. 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