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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1918
News Editor For This Issue
THE SPIRIT IS STILL THERE!
We (eel - Confident that the most enthusiastic alumnus, had he
been,-tic hand for the "Get-Together Compaign" last week, would
.--have been convinced that the old college spirit of Penn State is
neither a thing of the past nor diminished in any way, shape or form
from the spirit of former years. All that seemed to be necessary was
the proper method of awakening the student body, and the "Get-
Together Campaign" served this purpose to perfection.
Of course, it was not to be expected that the campaign would
arouse the desired spirit in every student. There were a certain few
who "knocked" the movement before it began; and continued to ply
their hammer during the campaign; and who are still to be,found
discrediting the results obtained. Fortunately for Penn State, they
are in the minority—they are the men who were not even interested
enough to wear a tag during the campaign—and their opinion is
worthless. We feel sure that we express the sentiment of the real
student body when we say that the "Get-Together" week-end was a
success. .
- At the mass meeting on Wednesday night, at the departmental
meetings on Thursday, at the "movies" on Friday night, and at the
big circus in the Armory, the old time spirit of Penn State was seen
at its height. The turn-outs on all four nights were without doubt
the largest for over a year, and this with a decreased student body.
Moreover there seemed to be more of a spirit of good fellowship flow
ing last week-end than has been evident for a long time. There seemed
to develop a closer bond of friendship between the students of Penn
State than ever before.
Now the big problem is to make this effect a lasting one. Do not
stop speaking to your fellow students just because "Get-Together"
week is now over. Make every week, every day, every hour, be a get
together of your own. Freshmen, speak to the men you pass, or at
least answer them when they speak; and the same applies to members
of the other classes. Keep up the good work that was started last
week and don't let the old college spirit get stored away again.
It is to be hoped that the "Get-Together Campaign" will form a
permanent feature of each college year. Perhaps if it were held earlier
in the year, the incoming Freshmen would catch the spirit of Penn
State sooner than they do under present arrangements. It might also
be well to repeat the movement on a somewht smaller scale before
the college year closes in April,, and we offer this as a suggestion to
Student Council.
To the committees who were in charge of the campaign, too much
praise cannot be given for their thoroughness and thoughtfulness in
arranging the three-day program. The men in charge devoted many
hours of their time in preparing the various stunts and other feat
ures that occurred last week, and it is to be hoped that their efforts
have been appreciated and will not have been in vain.
Circumstances of a most unfortunate nature have been brought
before the college and the student body during the past
few days. Events were apparently inevitable, and now that the re
sulting conditions still exist, we can do no more than make the best
of them. The student body and the management of the town amuse
ment houses have chosen to take issue on certain principles of oppo
site natures. Your editor has been granted the privilege of becoming
thoroughly acquainted with both sides of the question, and while it
is natural for the official student publication to side with the majority
of the students, we can nevertheless appreciate the moral point at
issue on the part of the theatre management. Therefore, under the
circumstances, we feel that the student body can see the necessity for
the COLLEGIAN'S stand. We feel that this stand must be taken to
prevent the spreading of unfounded rumors that are rapidly becoming
a detriment and causing the entire question to assume disgraceful
proportions. Our position is therefore a delicate one and we ask your
indulgence in our point of view, which is taken from the standpoint
of looking to the best interests of Penn State. That is ever our aim
from beginning to end, a fact that can readily be appreciated.
While it is. perhaps true that the management had definite in
formation that certain students had intended to create a disturbance
on the night in question, it does seem that they might have taken
other means of prevention than in summoning the State Constabu
larly. This step is excused by the managementon the grounds that
they could get no 'protection from the borough. But it is felt that
more pleasing methods could have been adopted by the management,
such as a direct call upon Student Board of Council members to use
their personal influence when the disturbance was expected. How
ever, wa can now deal only with what has actually happened, and
attempt to clear further difficulties from the _collegestandpoint.
Members of Student Board have cleared the student government,
and desire it be known that no official steps have been taken, or are
contemplated in urging students to resume their patronage of the
theatres. As a part of the agreement made whereby the charges
against the three students would be withdrawn, an effort will be made
by those studects and others called into a conference with their
counsel to effect order in the theatres.
False rumors have been rampant ever since the disturbance
started. Very few, of them are founded on the least particle of
truth. Many are of such a nature that they cannot be ratified by other
than such statements that have already been mentioned here. For
obvious reasons the COLLEGIAN is powerless to offer advice from
either side; we can merely state facts as they appear and have been
pointed out to us; we can only support former statements, and leave
the outcome to the students and the theatre management.
GAI'L'S 1101,Y CITY TO BE
GIVEN BY COLLEGE CHORES
Haul's. "Holy City" is to be rendered
by the College Chorus next Sunday
afternoon at 3:30. This is an elaborate
cantata tot which special programs,
EDITORIAL STAFF
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Cartoonist, It. B. Henschen 'lB
REPORTERS
D. C. Blaisdell '2O
FRESHMAN REPORTERS
H. B. Coon
J. L. Stewart
C. L. White
BUSINESS STAFF
THE "MOVIE" SITUATION
similar to those of the Glee Club re
cital several weeks ago, have been
printed. The Sunday afternoon con
certs have all been very good and the
concert next Sunday promises to he
fully up to the standard.
Senior Associate Editor
A. R. Lelnbach •'i9
Woman's Editor
G. S. Wykoff '2O
W. E. Segel
H. J. Welle'
Business Manager
Advertising Manager
W. L. Eisler 'l9
G. V. Glatfelter 'l9
G. W. SULLIVAN
BUDGET SYSTEM BRINGS
INCREASE IN SURPLUS
Report Of Interclass Treasurer Shows The Success Of Organized
Management Of Class Finances—Delinquencies In Class Dues
Are Decreased
The financial statement of the Inter
class Budget System for the semester
ending January 16, 1918, as compiled
by Interclass Treasurer Neil AI Flem
ing, shows more clearly than ever. that
this method of conducting the class
nances has been a big success. When
the system went into effect in Septem
ber 1916, the three upper classes owed
owid $3500 00, but under the new regime
the last of this was paid off the past
semester, so that there are no out
standing current bills, either of last
semester or to date, to be paid. The
surplus has also been Increased from
$618.97 at the beginning of the year to
$1524.77 at the - present time. Delhi
quincles in payment of class dues,
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF TII
For the First Semester
Assets:
Cash checking account class ...
La Vie .
I. C. S
Savings on deposit at 3 per cent.
Liberty bond, drawing 4 per cent
Bal. I. C Sports trees Sept. 1, 1917
Accounts receivable
1918 La Vie
1919 La Vie..
Delinquent dues ..
Liabilities:
Accounts payable .... .. .
Surplus balance Sept. 1, 1917..
Additional balance, Jan 16, 1918
$1883.57 $4411.65 $355.08 $619.22 $7274.53
...
Total surplus balance to date $19311 $573 91 $138.53 $619.22 $1524.77
Certified to, February 12th, 1913—D. K. Peet, C P. A.
Agricultural News
Miss MacDonald, of the Home Eco
nomic Extension Department went to
Washington yesterday In the interests
of the food conservation movement in
this state. Miss MacDonald has been
asked to speak before the annual meet
ing of the Teacher's College Alumni
Association of Columbia University on
the subject of Home Economics Exten
sion work. This meeting is to be held
on Saturday of this week in New York
City
Professor E. K. Hibshman attended a
meeting of the Trl-State Wool Growers'
Association in Wheeling, West Virginia
las week. Professor J. R. Bechtel spent
part of. last week in and near Phila
delphia, in the interest of the war gar-
This year's short comse ends today.
There have been about one hundred
enrolled In the course, including fifteen
women. The short course In Domestic
Science which lasted but six weeks this
year will be extended to twelve weeks
next year.
PENN STATE MEN ON BOARD
TUSCANIA REPORTED SAVED
Over fifty men have already applied
to the State for jobs planting seedlings
on th,e•State forests after college closes.
The call was issued for one hundred
men about a month ago. Since no past
experience in this line is required, and
since the renumeratlon is to be no less
than two dollars a day and expenses, it
is expected that the quota desired will
be filled up by the time college closes.
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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
which las September amounted to
$1067.40 were reduced to $421 10, but of
this amount $256.25 was lost by men
with unpaid class dues withdrawing
from college.
In the assessment, the decrease in
enrollment has been a large factor. The
Seniors have lost forty-four per cent of
their original enrollment, the Juniors,
twenty-seven per cent; and the Soph
omores, thirty-three per cent. Had
these three classes been up to their full
strength, the assessments for each
would have been: 1918, $2.00 Instead of
$3 50; 1919, $1.75 Instead of $2.50; 1920,
$2.00 instead of $3.00. .
The balance sheet of the financial
statement follows:
E INTERCLASS BUDGET SYSTEM
Ending January 16, 1918
Balance Sheet
1918 1919 1920 1921 Total
$ 63.00 $ 184.41 —526.92 $ 41.22 $ 261 71
i 116.51 - _ 220.94 337.45
195.00 207.00 156.00 419.00 977.00
1000.00 1700.00 2700.00
100.00
16.11
447.45
2013.71 2013.71
84.60 126.00 159.00 421.10
$1888.57 $4411 66 $355 08 $619.22 $7274.53
$1695.46 $3837.75 $216.55 $5749.76
66.57 276.60 405.80 748.97
126.54 297.31 -267.27 619 22 775.80
CERCLE FRANCAIS TO MEET
The Cerele Francais will meet this
evening at seven o'clock in room 226
Main Building. Mr. Mason is tempor
arily in charge of the program altho the
meeting will still presided over by the
President, C. Watson Owings. The
trials for the play are to be continued,
the parts for which will be placed den
nitely within a few days.
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tures, Speaker Eulogizes Eluth
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erios Venizelos
The sixth of the series of Tuesday
evening lectures was given last evening
In the Liberal Arts Assembly Room by
Doctor Harris, his subject being
"Elutherios Venizelos, Statesman "
After recounting the known facts about
the family, birth, and education of Mr.
Venizelos, he traced the statesman's
public career from the time when in
188 C, at the age of Menty-two, he was
elected deputy to the Cretan Assembly
down to the present time when, as
Prime Minister of Greece, he stands
sentinel at the near-eastern outpost of
democracy's far-flung battle-line.
From 1886 to 1897, Mr. Venizelos was
the most influential leader of the
Cretans in their revolt against Turkish
domination From 1897 to 1910 he was
the guide and spokesman of his fellow
countrymen in their dealings with the
powers who guaranteed Cretan auto
nomy. It was he who drafted nearly
the entire constitution of autonomous
Crete. During these years he taught
the hot-blooded and impiusive Cretans
to learn self-restraint and patience,
while at the same time he never allowed
them, or the powers to forget that
autonomy was not final but only a step
on the road toward national unity with
Greece.
After the military revolution m
Greece In 1909-1010, Venizelos was in
vited to Athens to lead the govern
ment and to direct the work of Nation-
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of revising the Greek Constitution. In
this task he accomplished a searching
renovation of the entire governmental
system, political, military, judicial, fi
nancial and educational, thus providing
his country with an enlightened. and
efficient body of institutions. Next
Vemzelos undertook the development of
a firm foreign policy, the keystone of
which was to secure friendships and
union among all the Balkan States.
By 1912, he NlaS so successful in his
erica tt. that Greece, Sei bin, and Bulgaria,
age•long mutual enemies,' united to
gether in a war which resulted in the
absolute defeat of Tun key Before this
war was over he had formed a defen
sive alliance with Serbia and an agree
ment with Rumania whereby the ambi
tions-of Bulgai at were definitely held in
check. At the peace confei ences of
London and Boehm est, he won the ad
miration of Europe by his moderation,
liminess and diplomatic skill.
At the opening of the Great War, he
endeavored to keep Greece true to her
treaty obligations with Serbia, but he
was thwarted at every turn by the pro-
Gel man clique headed by King Cons
tantine. For a ear and a half he tried
to find a basis foi common action with
the King, but in the end In order• to
save his country's honor he was forced
to head a revolt against the crown
which in the end drove Constantine
from the throne. Today, Eleutherios
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Pi ofessor \V. Carver who tta,s.
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day Evening Lecture Course on that
d.tte on the subject. "Some Aspects of
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Tuesday Even lag. Alarch fifth. De an
Blaisdell who nas scheduled to speak
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