Wednesday, January 30, 1918 'LETTERS FROM THE FRONT OFFICIAL REPORT OF REAM OF SIMPSON FROM FRANCE American Expeditionary Force November 2. 1917 Dear Fe! gY It is very probable that by this time, you have received news of the death of Chitties Emerson Simpson Hcmever, J knew that you would lie interested in the official r epo•t of his death and but - IA so having seemed a copy of that report from headquai tern, I am sending it over to you. It might be well to have the same published in the Colle gian and a notice of his death sent to Ray Smith for publication m the_ next quarterly. As !,ou know, "flick" and I weie mighty close friends at college and fol lowing Commencement We corres ponded I egularly I have at home all those letters and I hope that sometime I can g ive You an opportunity to read them, for "Hick" was a master of de scription and his letter s !cad like fic tion. Last fall we planned to spend the winter together in the Northwest, but when about completed, his permanent appointment as Assistant Ranges in District 3, shawl ed our plans. We continued our cos respondence, which became a triangular anal'• when we got in touch with "Alike" Dunn, who for a time had been swallowed by_ "the wide, wide world." Uppermost in our minds there was that despe to get together, and so when the announcement con cerning the Forestry Regiment was made, our slog in became "France by fall, together." Towaid the last of May I received a letter Dom "flick", telling me to be sure to see to it that I enlisted in the Tenth. And a short time later I availed myself of an oppoi tunity to visit "Alike", who had concrete dope concerning enlist ment On July 7th Ben Clippie and I re ceived notices to repot t on July oth to the nearest recruiting Wheel' We were both kept very busy for several days, cleaning up repo] is and getting things in shape to leave, so I was unable to find any time to look up "Mike". IVhen next I heard from "Hick", he was in Williamsport Ile had received word that he was listed as a first class sergeant in the 20th lteg't _However, that didn't suit "Hick". Ile made a flying trip to Washington and arranged a transfei, willingly accepting a reduc tion to private so that he could go with the pioneer regiment In the meantime, "Mike" had enlisted and was shipped to Fort Slocum, where "Hick" later joined him Ben and I had been sent to the Columbus Ban acks. So during Septem ber we got together when our regiment was'mobilized at Camp Amercan Uni versity, Washington. D C. There we had mei e than one little reunion party and had visions of many more in France. It was not until we weie moi e than half way am oss the ocean that "Hick" went into the ship hospital His condi tion became so serious at once that he was allowed no visitors I saw him for the last time shortly after the regiment had landed. I was standing on the dock at attention in formation when he was borne by in a stretcher He seemed pretty far gone, but I Hied to make myself believe that his rugged constitution would -pull him through. It was not until some days later that I heard of his death, which was then officially confirmed. BUJ mg the course of a recent inter view with the Majoi Sul goon of our regiment. I learned that "Hick" was said to have been hurled with the honors accorded to a Major in the British army. The enclosed reTei t tells the rest of the story, Pvt "Hick" Simpson has passed out, but to his many friends his memory will always be a treasure, for a liner, cleaner, sta a ightei chap will not be found n ten thousand, "Flick" was a "moose" in the woods and always com manded respect. He had a host of friends and ejoyed a marked popularity He was indeed a prince of fellows and a man among men. At our recent State banquet "some where in France", I. was called upon to remond to the toast "The Missing Men." At that time I concluded my re marks with the' reading of the enclosed report of the death of Simpson, the first of the State Foresters to be included in the toll of the "World War". It was the wish of all those present that I should pass this report nn to you. "Jimmy" Miller 'l3, as the oldest grad present was assigned the report of the banquet and a letter on "Penn State in the Tenth." Bob Innen '2O was left behind in the hospital. He is convalescing from the same disease which killed "I -lick". He was indeed fortunate and has much for which to thank his lucky star. lie will probably rejoin us soon. The regiment is now on active ser vice somewhere in Fiance. The 1 igid cense' ship pi ohibits my telling much else, so I may just as well close - I sincerely hope that the base censor will pass the report. It was written by the Biltish authority for the comfort of the Mends of the deceased, so there is hope for my attempt to pass it on to the States. Remember me to my old friends. Upon my return to the States I hope to pay a visit to the college. In fact, I think that such a time would be the proper occasion for a general reunion of the Penn State (foresters Coed luck and best wishes Richards 'IG Wagoner H. F.. Richards, Attached C. Co. 10th U. S Engls A. E. F in Fiance P. S. I am in the headquarteis Com- Pany, but at. pi esent I am detached for duty. 191$ MAN TELLS ABOUT QUARTERMASTER'S WORK The following are several extracts from a letter received by Air. 11. B. Shattuck. Associate Ysofessor of Rail %MY Engineering, from Linden V. Fishes, a Cot mei member of the class of 1913. enrolled in the Civil Engdfeei - log course. Sanitary Squad No 2, Camp Hancock, CM January 14, 191 S 'The longer time that one spends in the Army the wise• he becomes of its affair's • At thst thoughts the civilian would hardly know what the Quarter- Master's Dept of the Army actually Was. The rookie only has a slight idea of that branch and other branches of the Army. However I have recently learned that. there are many different branches of the Quartermasters that I had never (hemmed of. We are clothed, sheltered, fed, paid, etc., by the Q 11. Transportation, equipment and various other things are taken care of by them. I have i ecently leaned that an engineei does not`have to be in an Engineering Regiment to practice his chosen pro fession while in the Army "The Q. M. takes care of building these camps and cantonments. They have charge of the maintenance of the water lines, buildings, fire systems, fil tration plants, etc , and it is with the hope that I may be assigned to such work, should I be lucky enough to vin a commission The chances are only fair since that particular branch of the Q. Al is only a small pal t I Topever, as far a•: I have been able to leArn, there ate about a thousand applicants foi half that numbei of positions, and so the chances are about fifty-fifty. "We had quite an experience down here last Friday night. Two wind .orin; or hurricanes I believe they call them down here struck camp one after the other. It reminded me of some of the sand storms that we experienced down on the Border last )car. Our outfit got off rather lucky during the storm. None of our tents was blown clown but they leaned quite badly and it iequo ed the joint efforts of the six fel lows in our tent to hold ours fast to the ground. We certainly were glad of it for a cold snap followed the storms and we were at least under canvas, which in fact is not much protection from the cold winds. Another one Is scheduled foi tonight but T do not want to go out again to hold oar happy home to Mother Earth. If I were in the Aviation Corps f p 1 ohably would not mind going up in the air but since I belong to the Sani tary Corps my place is on the ground. "Ili• the way did you notice that I have a new address. For a Christmas present the Army ti ansferied me from the Hospital Co to the Sanitary Squad. I believe, although I would not stake anything on it, but it is said that we aro the only outfit of this kind in the U. S Army. We do not have a clear idea of what our duties at e going to be. The Division germ, under whose im mediate supervision tie come, does not know Just \sliat tie rue to do In gen el al, however, we are to do general Sanitary Engineering work around this camp and the camp on the other• side We have to take cut e of the sanitary condition of the water supplies, etc. We ahead!: have six men detailed at the filtration plant taking, care of an improvised hypo-chloride machine, and also the chloi mato' The latter was out of commission due to the lack of chlotine and the improvised machine was put in operation a week ago by several medical men from the Navy, sent here by the Government. We also have another detail of twelve men locat ing pi obable breeding places for mos- quitoes and although the weather is quite cold now and the possibilities of that insect bleeding is slight, a little ef fort spent in advance may be worth more than it costs At present lam working with a small detail getting some dope on gat bags incineration and we hope to finally design an incinerator that will be worth N‘bile. The ones that wei e built by the contractor s were not efficient. They consume too much wood for the amount of garbage they incinerate. It certainly is mighty good work and work that requires a little common sense rathei than an extra amount of gray mattes "I suppose that the (list semester is neat lv over by this tittle. I certainly wish that I could have completed my college course before we entered upon this war. As it stands now I must look forward to another year of college work after the wai is over and the chances of getting some mighty good experiences during that year will be lost to me I believe that a young engi neer's chances in the few years after the war ai e going to be mighty good and those who get in on it at the start will have the advantage. ' "How many stars do we now have in oar Service Flag? I suppose that the spaces are gradually being filled up with new stars. We have four Penn State men in our little outfit now and tne possibility of several more. Those who are all eady with us are: Don Cochrane 'OS, "Bill" Brceious 'l6, T. N. P I,:eelan 'lB, and myself. Several State Collcge boys are also with us; among them are Lytle, Thomas and several others from Bellefonte, Miles burg and other places around there." Sincere]} Linden V. Fishes ANOTHER FROM . CAPTAIN E. D. WALKER IN FRANCE "Somewhere in France" December 25, 1917 Dear Shattuck• You• welcome letter of Nov. 17th reached me In the course of time and also the card which you and Mrs. Shat tuck sent. Theso things mean a-lot to us over here. All of the "State" men of my company happen to be away on passes for Christmas but I have given some of them your messages before they left. J A. AN'atson, Civil, is a cor poral in my company and so is Tom Watkins who graduated in Forestry. Jupenlaz who was a soph civil last year and Brenner who I think was a sopho more Ag are under my charge, too, both privates Brenner has proved effi cient as an interpreter and I use him a good deal for various details requiring a speaking knowledge of French, when our official interpreter is not available. D. 0. Davis and Leon Swartz are Mas ter Engineers in the Reg't and Davis is attached to the First Battalion and working under my direction most of the time I haven't seen Swartz for several months and don't know whether he is at a station of the 2nd Iln or on some special detail. Jim Corbett who was a member of 1907 P. S. C., I think during the Fresh man year, is a lieutenant in :!C" corn pally and now in the same camp with me He had a letter aMy or two ago from "Bugs" Arnold, E. E. 1907, if 1 remember right, saying that he was -sending a package for him to divide with "Weary." The package has not turned up yet but the mail is of course especially congested now. The package you mention from the members of the department has not come yet but will be very welcome when it arrives both for the contents and the sentiment which prompted it Our work is very interesting but of course we can not tell about that at present We are located nem a fairly large place and the men are able to get in on Sunday usually and about twice a month besides. The officers are sometimes better and some times worse off in the matter of ab sences depending on the state of work. Of course, we are less numerous and less easily spared on that account as well as others possibly. I have seen a little of France having been stationed in four• places so far but we are so busy that I do not get much time to actually see some things that are within a few miles. There are some interesting things in the city near us which I hope to get a chance to see before we leave this locality. So, far, I have been un able to spend more than a fee• hours at a time theta and then only on husine,-s I hove been - tiding sonic lately and wat.- a tat stiff for a few days. I had in tended to take a ride this morning but chanced my mind when I saw the con dition of the roads We had a few niches of snow fall and my horse is not very surefooted as it is not fully sharp shod yet. We had several falls of snow but. no accumulation yet and work goes on just the same. We had a Christmas tree last night for the kids of the village where we are and invited the people as well as our own men. There were presents and candy for the youngsters and some music and, of course, speeches 1w French and Americans. Everybody seemed to have a good time. To-night there is an entertainment on in the Y. M. C A tent but I decided to write letters instead of taking it in. Among the people whom I have met over here is M. nigly who was M. Bazin's assist ant on the experiments and who later succeeded Bazin. I have an invitation to visit the laboratory which I hope to be able to accept some time if in that neighborhood. Sincerely yours, Elton D. Walker, Capt. Engrs , U. S R RARRISBURG FARM SHOW SUCCESSFUL The exhibit of farm products which was sent to Harrisburg under the aus pices of the Extension Department hat, Tittriicted widespread attention on the part of the farmers of Pennsylvania and other eastern states. The exhibit was in every way the best which the Pennsylvania State College luis sent to the annual farm products show and showel very well the work of the Agi 'cultural school The animals and material which made up the exhibit were of the vet y be..a. The sheep on exhibition were the ones which took the Doze at the International Show The hens in the poultry _exhibit were animals whaeh had been especially bred and reared fot this occasion. One interesting feature Iva , , the comparison between two hens Ono hen was the very best possible and the other was an average bird The records of both animals were placed licsale the exhibit showing the difference in the productivity of the different birds. The tractor exhibit wa , especially well attended and great In tere:t was manifested in the uses to which the,e machines are put. The (lonic Economics Extension depart ment had a varied exhibit of food and clothing adapted to farm weal The Corn Show .and Farm Products Show, of x% Inch the Exhibit formed a part. was.".lietter than any held heretofore. GIRLS' GLEE CLUB AT WORK ON OPERETTA The Owls' Glee Club is working hard on the musical operetta which will be esented on Saturday, March 22 in the Auditorium. The offering this year is chinese production—" The Feast of the Little Lantei ns"—and is again under the supervision of Miss Mary Dunham and C. C. Robinson, who were in charge of "The Feast of the Red Corn" last Fehr, which had to be repeated several times. Miss Dunham -is in charge of the staging and Dean Robinson is ditecting the music. The solo parts will be taken by Misses Anna V. Geist:2o, Anne E. Dreher '2O, Helen Druckman '2l. and ilennette J Weber '2l. MAJOR HUGO DIEMER LOSES THREE FINGERS Late reports concerning Major Hugo Diemer, formerly Head of the Department of Industrial Engineering, state that the little finger of his left luind has been removed - and that two other fingers will have to be taken off to prevent the spread of the infection. Major Dieme• has been doing inspec tion work in one of the government munition plants in Massachusetts, TYPEWRITER SEED REPAIRS, A splendid opportunity will be pre sented -to students and other owners of typewriters during the next two weeks. T. M. Tindall, of Avoa, N. Y., an expel I i epairman of typewriters and adding machines, is staying at the Bush House, Bellefonte, and a phone message there will bring him to your room. —Repairs and adjusts any make of typewriters —Adv. 1647 TEACHERS NEEDED In 24 Hours During twenty-four consecutive work ing days EARLY last season employers asked us to iecommend 1G47 teachers for positions in thirty-two states. No enrollment fee necessary. Easy terMS. Department of Education Western Ref; erence & Bond Association, 742 Scamitt Bldg., Kansas City. Mo. For Friday. and Saturday Only 10 Per Cent Reduction On All Shoes The College- Boot Shop Athletic Store ( Our Business is to Supply Your Every College Need; we are Prepared to Do It; On the- Co=Op Coiner PENN STATE COLLEGIAN BELLEFONTE ACADEMY DOWNED BYFRESHMEN in it'. second game of the season, the Penn State Freshman basketball team de , dmiN ely defeated the Bellefonte Acad emy live.last Saturday evening in the mm y by a score of 4S to 10. thei eby avenging the two defeats suffered by the lb st year men of last year at the hands of the Academy aggregation. The Freshmen pi esented a change _in the line-up from that used in the Bethle hem Prep game, Captain McCollum be ing shifted to forward, and Replogle and Nillinger, new men on the team, the latter from Ham isburg Tech, filling the Positions of center_ and•guard i espect tvely. The game was interesting throughout, but it was evident from the start that the visitors were entirely outclassed. Eight, en double-deckers were regis tered by the first year men, and so close was their guarding that their opponents were unable to score mote than five. McCollum was high scorer for his team, getting five field goals, and mak ing twelve fouls_ out of eighteen tries. His work in the latter department was a decided improvement over that of the former game when he landed but four out of—fifteen attempts Replogle was ~ econti in getting his team's points and he assured himself of a permanent berth by his stellar work from the floor, scoring six field goals. For Bellefonte, Captain Huntzinger was the outstand ing star, with two field goals and five fouls. The first-half was decidedly all Fresh men, for during that period they scored eleven times from the floor and eleven flee a ies were converted into six addi= [tonal points. Bellefonte scored three two-pointeis and one free toss, the score at half time being 28 to 7. The second half found Bentz in place of KIIIIMter at guard. The defense of the vHitor-: stiffened for a time, but soon went to pieces again, and the Freshmen scored almost at will, Replogle getting tin ee two-pointers and each of the othet-i one. Toward the close of the game, several Freshmen substitutes wet e rent In. The line-up:— Freshmen-48 Bellefonte-16 McCol'am. Capt... I.' Hun tzinger, Capt. Pitney .... P. . Reinhold Replogle . C.... . McMaster 'Olinger . . . Voight l'arley . G Barnhart Substitutions:—Freshmen, Bentz for Kiiinwer; Friedman for Farley; Korb for Friedman. Bellefonte Academy:— Hare for Reinhold. Field goals:—Replogle 6, McCollum 5, Ritner 3, Kiflinger 2, Bentz, Korb, Hunt7inger 2, McMaster 2, Reinhold. Foul goals:—McCollum 12 out of 18, Huntzinger 5 out of 19; McMaster 1 out of G. Referee—Fluhrer of Yale. V.iculty and Student Directories are HOW On sale at tile Music Room. (~A I WANTED: E .- MAN to handle, on corn- . mission basis, sale of five- fi cent candy to retail dealers. Li 'Excellent product and good Fi seller. Liberal commission. Sophomore or Junior prefer- '.4 red. Lorient-Cartier Incor porated, E-7 18 East 41st Street, E. 13. New York. 111011111111111113111111111111[71111111111111/11111111111113111111111111[1111111111111C Groceties 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. Mc Eachreds Friizier St. - -.. , HENNEY TO BE IN It . : - : - : -1- : - :-:-:-:-:-:-.:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:•+•:-:-:-.::::::: -: - ::::-..4-:-:t CHARGE OF BOXING ,:t . : News From Other Colleges I The call for boxing candidates for the •. various class team. will soon he made ".:•• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . .. • • • • . • • • . • • ..... • • • • .... by the _ i espective class managers, and sY R API'S E—The S i otiose chapter Triang,ulal Intercollegiate Debate R. I" Ilenney 'l!i trill he in charge of of the ' W C A. has instituted the! League of which Cotnell, Pennsylvan mist' ucting the men in this art It is custom of holding "after examination la and Columbia are members. _ quite probable that the Interclass Box-, tras" (luting examination week The tog Match will be held about the middle object of the tea parties is to provide _S VIIA(' IT S E—Rem esentativea of of March, or .15 soon thei eafter as a means of mental and physical relax_ te.enty-thi ee diffel cot ft aternities at Bentley I'3 able to i mind the men into of examinatio the s Syracuse -Unix el sity met last week and atom horn train ns shape. This phase of wont 13:1S under OVCI fifty ,Ivomen students accepted agi cod to walk to the annual Senior the charge of Di. Kennedy the past the hospitality of the Association on Ball and to persuade thew trate' oily yr,ll. who has enteied the set vice of the the f i t„ day Members of the various bl others in do 'o. The plan is in :Le govelament. and it is .in enmmous task se' mimes act as hostesses at the teas cot dance with the t ecent 1 ecommend to entry on the Wolk successfully. aliens for economy made by the Chan- However, Hemiev is considei ed one of PENNSY L V A N I A—During the cellor of the Unwei say the past masters of the al t at Penn period of the fuelless dai s preset State and with some mato hit that le- I , : the national fuel administrate' six PR IN ( ETO N—Foi instructot aof the mains from other years to work with, ho buildings of the Univeisav of Penn- student battalion during the second is sure to make this sport leave its im- t ama will be closed. semester, the lints el suy has secured presSion with the students The Fresh-' . „, . 11w s`" vices of laeutentant Detour- PR IN CL I ON—ln I °sponse to popu- mi-az aux 14 the French At my, - and man class is believed to have some very likely material, and Much interest will lan demand. the 111101331011 of holding, a h, o a roiled ti ulhcer. Be center on the Interclass Match , the annual Junior Pi can at Ponceton ....1 e „, t h e two foreign ofticeis, Ordnance y, as submitted to the undergraduate "Doc" Holland, the Sophomore boxing Sergeant flank S. Metal will be de manager, has left college and as het nobody ti to decide at a special election : t ai l e d to the Unit eisity by the U. S. one has been chosen to take his place. and the decision was in the atlirma- , Co' ei nment, tive by a vote of 285 to 171. About one half of the students voted THREE SENIOR DANCES , PUNNSYLVANI I—"Reßolved That , - LACROSSE 31EUTINO TOMORROW IN MARCH AND APRIL : The ' g . o ' v:alunent should' -„Resolved c;se the' All lactose players and men expect- The Senior dance committee an- : power to restriet the expression of Inc to play next sin mg at 109 A Main flounced Mai oh 2, Mat oh - :i0. and April i public opinion in N‘: Lane k the Engineering Building at 6•30 tomorrow subject that has been chosen It : the eVenalt; 13 as the dates for the Sento] dances 1 ' t - and reported the lit at one as betng al ____.-----. .. ' - -- financial success at the ClasSMeeting __ __:_•_-- .7 held List Thursday in Old Cnapel C. A Nickle was elected a member ij: of the Student Council to take the place .... el - - ~ of R. S. Clarke, .1r . %O "-. m left college je '"-..• i t -', ... . . • some time ago to enter" the last old- ) '''' • 1 nance course The ?umbel introduced .:. to merease the salary of the _lntel- class treasurer N‘ as passed A tette! ,:i . , from Maurice Baum, asking the co- —!. operation of the students In keeping' i . better order in the aIOVIeR, Was read. [..1.... "WILL PLAY .0 OTHER C:3IE Now is the time you will need that typewriter. We sell Ott mg to the fact that the final score 4. of the basketball game played between them or put them out on rental the Seniors and Sophomores last Wed- nesday_ night was n t:e. there N% 1 be 3. another game played us soon as .t ant nifactory date can be agreed upon The Right Place For the Right Goods . At the Right Price Olewine's Hardware BELLEFONTE, PA. • Dealer In HARDWARE Stoves, Paints, Oils, Glass, Coach Makers' Supplies, Etc. DOCKASH STOVES and RANGES Packa Tens • The Penn State Book Stor'e may not be able to anticipate your every need but no order is_too small nor none too large for us to handle for you. Prompt and efficient service is cur aim. Try us and be convinced. Supplies of all kinds for the student Penn State Book Store L. K. METZGER 'l5, Prop. •:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-..-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: STATE CENTRE ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 Headquarters for Everything Electric Store Closes 6 p. m, ~ - " ieties of pure Turkish Murad ? Turkish cigarette? sales climbed—climbed— ther high-grade cigarettes? ••• ..., v..........t ,2.7.„ ~ _t ; The T a:1 c: 0- ,;---„ Tr . _,.. ~.,.. ce amp ...., 1 ,,• ._,........, , .f..c5 13:' . . :24 -'7 L.. -. .f 1 1 4 . : - f ' i ;f 4 • . A 4-- CI . • — ' 4l 4''.4C3roo'' Sant Page Three I=l .:—:—:—:••:—:—:—:—:—:.•:—:--:•+•:-:•eei- Frazier Street ..aillin4
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