'Wednesday, January-23, 1918
'LETTERS FROM THE FRONT
rEs s S'l' yr!: .1 v wroit S
ANXIOUS FOR NEWS
U. S. Service, '
A. 1: F., Fiance.
Dec. 19, 1917
Editor of the COLLEGIAN.
A copy of the COLLEGIAN dated No
vember 14, landed in camp sometime
within the past week and is the cause
of this outburst from this side. Mail
over hoe is an event, any mail at all
IS welcome even a letter from a cred
itor; so you can possibly imagine what
the paper flora school meant to the
"bunch" of its from State. It is the
first real loon of news we've had of
school—the latest we've received and we
surely did apin mate it—es en the "ads"
Were of intm est Co us.
This is one of the largest aviation
schools in Fiance and is completely
under U. S coal id with the exception
of the each "Alonitors" The men
hoe whu are tieing taught to ❑y are,
with very few exceptions, college men,
men graduated from wound schools in
time States and then sent here as honor
men of their classes for training.
Penn. State is loth esented here by the
following men' "Whitey" Thomas 'l7;
"Slimly" Mendenhall 'l3. Holland 'l7,
and myself.
We me all in the same squadron,
tame across togethrr and have been to
gether our entire time On this side. We
all started in flying about the first of
November and as yet ale still very
much in the game. :Mendenhall and
Thomas ate waiting for a good day to
make their "flop",—that is, their first
solo flight. Holland is nearly finished
with double conti ol woik which in e
cedes the "Bop". I had a start of a
week on the other fellow's and have
made a number of flights alone, two of
them very disasttous—they picked the
machines up with a mop and vacuum
eleanei!
Like the Work
We are all mot e or less pleased with
this blanch of the service for it is great
sport, to say the least. Besides these
State men her e, there are several others
here in France and Italy in the avia
tion yelps "Casey" Jones and Nutt are
in another squadron in another schoO);
Devoe, a member of mu squadron left
us to go in tiaining . in Italy; while
thee are three others. names unkniswn,
in another squadi on at a bombing
school.
At the finish of the coin se here, we
will be sent to another school to work
with faster machines, after• that a
course in acrobatics, and we are ready
for the Front What we do depends
upon our luck and ability Some of us
Will have scout machines, some will
serve as observers for artillery, and
others as bombers. The r eal feeling is
not what we do, but just that we do and
kill ily. Conmussions await us at the
end of the training. but mo , t of the
squadron would lather fly without
comnussion than not fly at all, so that is
really a minor consideration.
We ate all sorry to heat of the rather
disastrous football season, but under the
circumstances are willing to wait until,
this:mess" is over and then we know
Penn State will come back to her own
We made several donations to W. and J
men as a result of the game, and
Lehigh also collected a few of the coins
of the i calm—but now we't e just wait
ing for the come-back in the future for
we know that it is coming. The Fresh
man team surely points toward some
thing in the futm e unless they also get
mixed up in this affair.
Waiting now fin the list of casualties
from the "Tie-Up Scrap." Pei sonally,
it seems that Lt might make .t fine civil
"Strait" at Penn State, 'egret that
we're not in it—nine exciting than this
big affair.
Want Collegian and Froth
Am starting a special letter with sub
scriptions to the COLLEGIAN and
FROTII—we want them badly over
here. Needless to say now that the
COLLEGIAN is better than ever to us
and —take the ei edit—you deserve a lot
of it for keeping it even up to standiud
under the conditions that must exist
Our hest wishes to "State" and - the
COLLEG TA N.
R. L. - Hartman 'l9
PENN STATE FOR EST ERS ARE
(I EWING INTO 111 E FR A A
Co. C. sth Battery. 20th Eng
Camp lielvoir, Va
Dear Mr. Pergubon
I received your splendid letter several
days ago and certainly was pleased to
hear nom you No doubt you wonder
why t received it at so late a date, but
it is due to the poor mail service that
we have down hole. It is strange that
we cannot have better service. I wrote
home for my boots the first day I spent
here. as this is a very muddy country,
but I did not. receive them until last
evening. We are about ten miles flora
nowhere and it certainly does not im
prove matters to have your mail cut off.
Hal Johns (State 'l6) WWI examined
with me at Washington D C, and is
acting first sergeant of my company I
certainly was mighty glad to see him.
Both of us are pretty busy at the pres
ent tune, but whenever we have any
time off we get together and talk over
old times at State. I had another sur
prise several evenings past. I was writ
ing a letter in the Y. M.'C A., and hap
pened to hear a very familiar voice.
There was no mistaking that voice or
laugh, so I did not have to look twice
to mike sine that it was "Moondog"
Davis 'l7. Tom Buticy left the day I
got here There are quite a number of
State men scattered thru this regiment,
and the old school will be well epre
seated when me go act oss
As I said before, out camp is located
about ten miles ft om nowhere. We are
tucked away in the l% this of Virginia
about seven miles from Mt. Vet non.
The camp is on the south side of the
Potomac River, and we get the benefit
of the gentle (?) sea breezes which
float up from Chesapeake Bay. Before
the liver froze up we received plenty to
eat and our mail. Howevei, the river
froze up four days after we landed, and
since that time our chuck has been very
poor and mail is at a premium. There
are rumors of our moving to American
University soon, and if such should
- prove to be the case, I know there
would be joy throughout the camp.
Well the lights are due to go out in
five minutes so I'll close for the present,
hoping that I will hear from you again.
the Forestry Building, and hope that
I wish to be remembered to Mr. Ander
son and the boys that still assemble in
some day I can come back and see the
building in which I spent so many
hippy hours.
Your old pupil,
FELMS“ TREES IN
FRENCH FORESTS
merican Ex pedi tioharyleorces
Dear \U• Ferguson and boys
I guess you think f - have forgotten
you in the shuffle, but I have been
thinking of you and have lucid good in
tentions of writing.
I guess that I will have to start fi ma
the beginning and give a good account.
of myself The till) across was without
excitement, so this will take little space,
but the fun started when we left Eng
land on our hip across the channel.
Our squad was detached to look after
the regiment's baggage and freight. We
lett early in the evening to make our
dash across she channel, which was
either . to put us safely "somewhere in
Ni anee," or somewhei e in the English
Channel. On the boat was our baggage
and also a detail of Englishmen looking
aftei a battery of artillery. We got into
a Vi ench harbor eel ly nest morning
but had to wait a day and a half, be
cause of the squall that made the old
tub 101 l like a chip. We lrid test class
qua' tors, Inst. deck below the mules. It
ran something like this; office's, horses
and mules, soldiers', and with the only
thing be tAN een Lhe ocean and us being
the engine loom I can never forget
the clay we laid in the harbor, for I was
kept busy carrying .1 few "Sammies" off
Lhe deck. They were too weak to walk
and they laid up against the lad, wish
ing for n wane to wash them over and
end it all- We were at this French port
about ten days We woCked on the
docks din mg the days and slept there
nights. IL was the most comfortable
bed that I have slept in for a good while,
a cobble stone foi a pillow and one in
each rib.
From there w e hail a day and two
nights tide to ‘vhere_we wet e to meet
the rest of the boys it was in these two
nights that I had the most comfortable
bei tit since I left the States. We used
to think ourselves crowded when we
slept two in a bet th, coming up hum
Philadelphia after vacations, but this
wits the first time that I ever slept in
a clothes rack above the seats. l cer
tainl did (we] come Newton's Laws of
gravitation that night.
Well, those days of travel are put
down as "Experience," and now we are
out in one of the French forests. 1
would like to find the hat who said
these forests were like parks without
underbrush Every Lillie you try to fall
a face it hangs up in the beech or oak
sprains. The foi ests ale divided into
sections about a kilimetet square Be
tween each square is a wide fire trail.
We are cutting what the French forest
ranger says ai e Scoth White Pine. The
bark looks like our Scotch, hut the nee
dles do not seem the same as ours.
Most of them are small trees, eight to
twelve inches and running about
twenty logs to the thousand. That is
m hat several lumber Jacks estimate it
at.
At present. I am felling and it is meat
fun We are working in crews of live,
two sawyei s, two swampers and a team.
since I left you last June. So I guess
Well this is about what I have done
my tale is told. Witlt best wishes to
Non all for a successful New Year, I re-
hulled 11. Li%ingst.on, 'l9
Co I , ' 101.1 . 1 Engineers.
1,, IX Al' CAM I' MEADE TELLS
MEN 'ED STAY IN COLLEGE
The following letter recently received
by Lieut. J 0 Keller from a former
Senior is good evidence of the truth of
the statement that the college man
must stay In college and finish his
course it he expects to do the most for
his country when he gets m the army:—
Camp Meade: MI
.Jan. 14, OIL
Aly dear Keller.
I hope to be fortunate enough to be
called before a board of examiners for a
commission in the Q M. Corps. A let
ter of i ecommendatton, stating' that I
‘s ould have received my degree this
spring, would be greatly appreciated.
1 , 1 opal ations are being made here to
move about one hunch ed of us to
France, and those who will go, will in
all probability be commissioned.
Last week I appealed before an ex
amining board at the 30 Rh Engineers
Ileadqual tors. to pass inspection and a
plehmcn:u•y examination for appoint
ment as provisional 2nd lieutenant My
name was among those forwarded to
- Washington. 1 had been, studying up
mechanics, calculus, heat engines, and
other subjects, and felt pretty safe the
exam would not be a difficult one to
pass, from one I had seen, that was
given on a past date.
To day &was informed that L was
disqualified because 1 do not have my
degree A note appended to the letter
quoted a section of a- statute, where a
dem ec from an approved technical
school is essential, with the word "ap
proved" under lined. So tell the boys to
stick it out until they have their sheep
skins It goes a meat way in the army.
I am really sorry now, that I enlisted
so early in the game.
Dec 29, 1917
Remember me to the boys, and tell
Chet to wiite to me I would appreciate
a letter from them;
Trusting to hear from you, I am
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EIGHTEEN DEGREES AT
MID-YEAR CONVOCATION
Dean Holmes Explains the True
Meaning of Commencement to
the Graduates
Eighteen degreM N‘ete conferred at
the annual mid-year convocation held
last Wednesday night in the Auditori
um The candidates for the advanced
degl ees weie presented by Dean Holmes,
it bile the vat ions deans presented the
graduates of their respective schools.
There ‘‘ as no outside speaker pres
ent but Dean Hohnes delivered the ad
dress I fis general topic was the gloat
changes which the country has evpen
enced on account of the war, and he
dwelt nn the way in which the present
condition of the country should affect
both the graduate anti the undergrad
uate.
Ile , :iid in pai t, "We are living in
changing and perilous times The
whole world has grown serious. Our
country has gone through a quiet revo
lution—bloodless—but nevertheless as
much of a revolution as in 1776.
"The extension of the powers of the
govei nment has been wonderful during
recent, times Government management
of the railroads, control of the food and
fuel ximplies, and compulsory military
service are all new thing, to the United
States. Hut, the people ate not merely
submitting, to the changes, but are
clamoring for them."
Dean Holmes then spoke briefly on
the amount of education that must have
been acquired by the graduates during
did] «wise at Penn State. He stated that
since an insti uctor can speak at the
rate of about one thousand words an hour
and considei ing fifteen hours a week
as an avei age for an instructor, in the
four yeais the student hears about 12,
000,000 woi ds, which he is expected to
take in Then, assuming that each
woad is an idea, the student, should ac
quire haelve million ideas. However, he
then pointed out that with six million
brain cells apiece, there was still minor
tuna% for them to continue learning, or
mot e moperly to commence le:tilling.
In speaking to the undeigraduates,
and commentmg on the change in the
semester, he asked that every one do
his utmost to make this semester a sic=
cessful one in all respects, and that
every one try to get the spirit of the
"lio3s it or there."
In elmang. he made a plea that every
one make a vow "that the things that
you daily do shall be high and noble
unto God, who rules the affah., of the
earth "
NEW INSTRUCTOR FOR
SIGNAL CORPS CLASS
Upon the recommendation of Lieu
tenant-Colonel N. Slaughter, who is
in charge of the Radio Division of the
U. S. Signal Corps. Pt ofessor .hunes
Owen Peryine, professor 01 Physics at
the lowa/State Teacher's College, Cedar
Fall',. lowa has ben offered, and has
accepted, a temporary position at Penn
State. as assistant professor of Elec
trical Engineering to give instruction to
the Seniors who have entered the Signal
Training course.
As ever
Bob
Professor Perrme has been granted
a leave of absence from his pi esent
position, and comes to Penn State in
time to assume his new duties not later
than February first Ile is a graduate
of the University of lowa, receiving
the A. 13. degree in 1906, and in 1916
the University - of Michigan conferred
upon him the degree of M S. Ile was
an instructor at the latter institution
before accepting, his present position
at lowa State Teacher's College.
The number of students enrolled at
present in the Signal Training course
is 20. Of this number, 21 are in E. Fl.,
tout in M. E., and one in Electro-
Cheinical Engineering The number of
students in this course is to be lim
ited to thitty. It is planned to have
the course run from February lut to
May ist.
FRENCH SOCIETY TONIGHT
Le Cercle lorancais meets this evening
at seven o'clock in Old Chapel for its
fortnightly hour of entertainment in
French This meeting will be quite dif
ferent from others in that the presi
dent of the society, C. Watson Owings
will Join-in, ati Mimi membeis have pre
viously done, to be one of the entertain
ers of the evening. A review by the
society of some of the Drench folk
songs, under the leadership of Professor
Leslie Burrage will conclude the
ogram after a brief reading by Mer-
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PIVNBURGH—The second semester
of the collegiate year at Pittsburgh
Univer , ,ity has been shortened three
week. - The commencement exercises
mill he held on May :11 , ,t instead of
Juno 19th.
i LAPAT ErrE—lnthrect dispatches
from the Associated Press indicate that
Ambulance Section iled. known as the
1 Lafa ette Unit, is now in France under
the c..mmand of Major Devereaux.-
h'iltArllSE—Fleginning January 14th
the g :innusium of Syracuse University
was in det ed closed for an indefinite
pei iod because of the coal shortage.
The closing of the gymnasium ii gl
sevei c blow to the University athletics,
it 'icing necessary for the 'varsity bas
ketball team to suspend practice until
a suitable door can he secured in the
city. The Library will be closed even
ings.
Syracuse University, together with
Yale Princeton and Cornell has can
celled all scheduled inter-collegiate de-
CAI NEGlE—Military drill was be
gun at the Camelot? Ingtitute of Tech
nology last Thursday.
CORNELL—The hoard of Trustees of
Col ne 1 Univei city has recently i uled
that the 136 Juniors in Sibley College of
Engineering devote the summer of 1918
to a third teem of instruction in order
that they may graduate in Pebruary of
1919 According to present plans ap
proximately ten days will be allowed be
tween terms and a week or more for
Independence Day.
GET A DIRECTORY AND
WORK IT OUT YOURSELF
A Porter, who had i eceived a sound
Rapp on the Knoll, which theiefore was
Aiken was suddenly roused from his
slunil , ei by a Bell. ' lie was a Stout
fello‘‘, and started on his Way West,
which proved to be very Hockey He
had walked a Good ways when he sud
denly met a Rider who was just recov
ering from a Cope with a Miller lie
called the 'Marshall and after a long
Mnick they discovered a Barber and a
Fisher who were having an argument
with a Smith who was both Clever and
Kra ft(y) They passed a Green Glenn
‘thick was full of Junk. The Barber
suggested that they have supper and the
Taylor, who had had nothing to eat for
Weeks said that would be Bliss The
limiter, after having sharpened his
knife killed a Black Bair and a Wolf.
To Kapp the climax the Barber went
after some Wood, and the Rider made
a donation to the mimic' in the form of
some Hamm from Holland. When
their supper was finished and there
was no Moore, they ci ossed a Moat
and there met a Fox. But they finally
reached the inn and %%mit through a
Long Ball. After closing the door with
the Locke, they finally went to sleep to
the music of a Waltz
PRtININO OF 'DEBATING
- TEAMS IS AT STANDSTILL
The training of the several debating
teams by Professor Marshman for par
ticipation in the various intercollegiate
debates is practically at a standstill due •
to the fact that the secretary of the In
tercollegiate Debating League has not
as yet informed Professor Marshman as
to the sides which the remainder of the
colleges composing the League have
chosen. On this account, it is prac
tically impossible for any teal work to
be done other than the preliminary
training which the squad is now going
through. - - The failure to receive this
decision bas set back the training to a,
great extent and as matters inay„;t a i,:A ,
there will not be any rlTie . than suffi
cient time for acTahffig a thorough
knowledge of the p r o,position before the
first of the series lof debates will be
held
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PRINCETON—The Board of Athletic
Control at Pi ineeton University has de
cided upon an immediate iesumption of
intereollegiate sport.. In malting the
ruling . the Born d stipulated that all
sport; be conducted as economically as
possible because the Athletic AbSOCift-
Lion is at present in financial difficul
ties.
The annual prom given by the Junior
Class of Pt mceton University on March
1:5111 will be held as usual this year.
The Department of Economies at
Princeton University has only - too
members remaining at Ptinceton. The
Department recently displayed from its
office., a set vice flag of six stars, but in
this number are not included several
memi,ers a Ito, though not actually in
act:\ c government sem ice, are never
thelers engaged in gin ei•nment wot k
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON—Un
abIe to meet the increasing war prices
on food, the board of trustees of Wash
ington and Jefferson College ordered the
college dining hall closed after the
Christmas holidays.
PI NNSVLVANIA—Over one-thous
and undergraduates of the University of
Pennsylvania gathered in Houston Hall
j on Januat y I.4th and passed a resolution
urging that the faculty present reasons
for the - admission of women to all de
partments of the University before tak
ing action upon the matter, The senti
ment of the student body seemed to
be in favor of the establishment of a
sepal ate institution for the women stu
ff
LECTURE T 4) FRESHM EN
Last. Wednesday evening a reception
was given in the Botany Building by .1.
B. 11111 and L 0. Ovei bolts to the mem
bers of their advise y sections Dr
Ovei !molts gave an illustrated lecture on
some of his experiences on the Conti
nentdl thvide in the Rockies Just west
of Denver, Colorado
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
SOCIETY TO HOLD DANCE
At the meeting of the E E Society
held last Filday ev,ening. it was decided
to hold a dance at a date to be an
nounced later. It will be open to the
students of all foul classes taking
either electrical or electro-chemical en
gineci nig. Alfred Ehrlich 'IS was ap
pomted chairman of a committee to
look after the arrangements for the
event. The election of the officers for
the coming semester resulted in the se
lection of P.. 1. E. Derr 'IS, as president,
C M Skooglund 'l9, vice-president, J.
Nray 'IS sect etary, C M. Tomlinson
'IS, treasurer, E. W Taylor 'l9, junior
assistant treasurer, and 11. A. - 131111 g 'lB,
sergeant-at-arms.
Dr E. C. Woodruff gave an interest
ing talk on magnetic clutches for auto
mobiles. Ile described three distinct
types, pointing out the advantages and
disadvantages of each
iILEE CLUB PLEASES MANI
The Glee Club Concert last Sunday
‘xas very well attended and the
Anditotium etas crowded. The selec
tions by the Glee Club were all vei
well rendered. m bile the two solos by
Miss Emma Kiess and the violin duet
by Charles Bronk 'l9, and Mrs. Riden
our, were greatly appreciated. The pro
gram itself was quite elaborate, as It
contained short sketches on each of
the selections.
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CHAUTAUQUA LECTURES
BY FACULTY MEMBERS
Those fraternities and clubs who last
yeas availed themselves of the oppor
tunity to hear one of the lecture
cow set, in the Chautauqua circuit giv
en by vat ous members of the Faculty,
Hill lie interested to know that, under
the direction of Dean Holmes a similar
'cries of weekly talks is being arranged
for this year These lectut es will be
given Wine any fraternity, club or
group of twenty of mole persons, the
course extending float Febinary Ist to
Apt it Ist
Membei s of the Faculty debiting to
participate in this course ate t espect
fully requested to turn hi their name!
at Dean llohnes' office. Ca oups wish
mg to arrange for spealmi s and sub
jects should make inquiry at the Dean's
Mike as soon as possible, i equests for
speak el s being considered in the ot iler
eceiVlqi
"RILL" 1111111) TO SPCA li
- - Al' COSMOPOLITAN CLUB
W Wood, Dean of the Two
fear Agricultural students, will speak
to the members and guests of the Cos
mopolitan Club at their meeting in
room 220 Main Building tomorrow night
at seven o'clock on the "Philosophy
Cusmopolit.inism." A social meeting of
the club membei, was held last Wed
nesday night in the Old Main Club
loom
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