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'WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1919
News Editor for this Issue
NOT MERELY A VISION
Several weeks ago, the COLLEGIAN started the idea of a large
social hall as a memorial to_the boys from Penn State who fought
and died in the great struggle for democracy which ended last fall
the plan met with much favor and the Senior Class appointed a com
mittee to,take up the matter with a view to starting such a fund as a
class memorial. It was felt that once such a Fund was started, it
would continue to grow if it were only pushed properly, and the COL
LEGIAN even suggested a committee to - handle the proposition.
Outing the past week, the idea has been talked over to a con
siderable extent, with the result that a new plan has been proposed—
a plan which if it is carried out will make Penn State unique among
the colleges of the country. The plan is simply this—to establish
not only a social hall as a memorial, but to establish an enormous
Union which would include, not only a social hall but also a new and
up-to-date gymnasium with everything that goes with it.
The need for a social hall has been admitted for some time,
but the need for a real gynnsium is perhaps even more keenly felt.
At the present time, a fifth-rate armory is being used for a first rate
gym—n thing that would be laughable if it were not so serious
the locker and shower facilities were devised for it student body of
about one-third the size of the present enrollment, Mnd no arrange
ments were made for the woman students at all
What do we need? In the first place, we need the gymnasium
itself with complete apparatus and with a floor large enough to accom
modate the increasng number of students. We need a swimming pool
sad enough showers to encourage the use of the gym by the students,
and we need special showers an lockers for the woman students.
We need, • •• .00r running tract and_supcient !low, for tlxinte
. ' Cthletie - team . ha lastiyT - m - cTurszerarhall
%,nere students and faculty can mingle on the same basis and wi - tx"..
the spirit of democracy would be fostered.
Now we see what we need: How could such a union be estab
lisheds While no plans have been drawn up as yet, informal dis
cussion has brought out the following suggested plan. The location
could be on the field to the rear of the Armory, with the front fac
ing toward the President's House, and the building extending back
towartl New Beaver Field.
Adjoining the road and affording the main entrance would be the
social hall, three stories high In the basement would be kitchen
facilities and a small hall where organization dances and dinners
could be held. On the other two floors would be rooms for the
Athletic Association, the Alumni Secretary, the Department of Physical
Education, the Y. Al. C. A., the student governing bodies, the college
publications, and for various society and committee meetings.
E'.tending back from this main building, could be three wings
In the centre, with ii — high sky-light, the swimming pool could be
located, with all of the necessary steps and entrances. One of the
other wings could be fitted up with showers and locker rooms for
the men students, while the other could be similarly arranged for
the women. Still further to the rear, and with entrance from both
locker rooms, would be the gynosium proper.
In the basement of this building could be built the indoor run
ning track, and by the use of high windows, ample light would enter
for the indoor training required by the athletic teams. The main
floor would be the gym with all of the apparatus required, with courts
for basketball and mats for the wrestlers Sliding doors could be
so arranged as to divide off th . o one end of the gym for the use of
the girls, so that the gym could be used at all times. These could
be thrown back for games and meets and portable bleachers could
be brought in for seating the crowd., This large gym floor would
also serve as a dance floor for the few big all-college dances.
And now you say come back to earth and talk plain English. Very
well, but this scheme is far from being a vision, if we understand
the students, alumni and friends of Penn State. And let us not
forget that this is to be a memorial to those Penn State boys who
offered all they had to their country in time of need. Moreover,
it will be a lasting memorial and one in which everyone can have
a personal interest
How cad such a proposition be financed? ,Simply by two methods
—the one, by legislative appropriation and the other by popular
subscription. A committee will certainly have to be appointed to
boom the proposition both at home and in the legislature. However,
Penn State has earned such a building, for her record in the great
war has brought nothing but credit to the great state which she
represents. We feel that the state owes Penn State a new gymna
sium as a means of fostering the plans of the army for general
physical education, and we also believe that the legislature will be
ready and willing to co-operate in building such a Union as is
here proposed.
We do not feel competent to devise the minute financial _details
that will be necessary, but the COLLEGIAN does believe that if the
state were to appropriate half the amount needed that the students,
alumni, and friends of the college could gather the rest. It is a big
proposition, but the COLLEGIAN believes that Penn State is ac
customed to tackling big 'propositions and that this one can be put
across. But it requires action and it is a challenge to every Penn
State man, regardless of his connection with the college. Are YOU
going to accept it?
ELECTED TO STAFF
It is with great pleasure that the COLLEGIAN announces the
- election of the following Sophomores and Freshmen as reporters on
the Editorial Staff. The Sophomores elected are: W. M. Blaisdell,
H. S. Davis, and F. L. Lcuschner. The Freshmen who were elected
are R. H. Beck, W. A. Brecht, W. Decker, R. Lincoln, R. L. Rogers,
and C. E. Scherer.
These men have been selected after a l competition lasting from
early in January to the present time, and they have shown themselves
to be the best of the men who responded to the first call. Incident
ally, it might be mentioned that almost fifty Freshmen reported for
the competition at first, and of these, only a small number have
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If George' 'Washington only knew
%%hat a good turn ho did us by being
born in reln miry Just think, If ho
had been born In Juno or Job or some
other such time'
WILL 10U11 PARTY BE LIKE THIS-
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HVAVEN the eacond evening.
PROPOSI3 the third evening
And much weeping when the train pulle
out on Monday . morning?
Yen: And there Is going to bo SCAM
CIRCUS In tho Armory on Saturday
night Watch the NITTANY LION
twist tho PITT PANTHER'S tall
Everybody out
Wa harm heard that Valentines were
quite the o. of the d. last week. Even
heard of somo girls who nut their
names on 'em to mako sure ho would
know who sent them
Olt yen, February In quite en Inter
esting month, even If It le a short one
And If It weren't for February, we
would never have any LEAF YEAR
MINING NOTES
00 Friday evening, February 14, the
Mining Society held an interesting meet
ing In the Old Chapel, Old Mule Build
ing. The speaker of the evening was
Mr. R J Porker, Mechanical Engineer
for the Koppers Co, of Pittsburgh,
Pa. His topic was "The By-product
Coke Industry" end was illustrated with
two reels of moving pictures showing
the Nations details of Koppers Company
by-product coking plates
Mr W. It. Chedsey. Professor of Min
ing. la in Now York City attending the
annual meeting of the American In=
stitute of Mining Engineers
The first meeting of the Eloctro-
Chemical Engineering society was hold
Friday night In the Electro-Chemical
laborntories „The main purpose was to
organize and elect officers for tho com
ing year 0n1y . ..a few turned out and
It was decided to postpone this elections
until February 28, when ii. teed will
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DEBATING QUESTION
HAS BEEN CHANGED
It has been found necessary to change
tho question chosen by Ponn State for
the intercolloginto debates, owing to the
Penn State had some objections to tho
theso debates are being arranged Col
gato proposed tho following question
Inch has been accepted by the local
debaters and other colloges: Resolved'
"That, within twenty-one months fol
lowing the declaration of ponce, Con
gress should provide for the govern
ment ownership and operation of the
railroads:.
Pen State had some oblectlons to the
above question on the grounds that it
may bo acted upon In Congress• before
the time of the debate and also because
In a limited sense many of the princl•
pies of the question were debated last
year. But If Congress does not settle
the question too soon, a good debaUng
season Is looked for as some of tho lead
ing colleges in debating circles are on
the schedule for the year.
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STUENTS MEET SATURDAY
Tho agricultural alumni and former
two-year and winter course students In
agriculture xlll meet hero for a lunch
eon and business mooting at noon on
Washington's Birthday, Saturday, Feb
ruary twenty-second. This follows tho
general alumni smoker to be hold - tho
conning Yefore, Tho object of Bits
mooting ha to acquaint the tamer stu
dento with the plans for the dovolop
moat of tho School of Agriculture and
Experimont Station and to enlist their
interest In putting through the appro
priation for tho college, /
ATTENTION SENIORS!
Bear In mind tho Senior dance on
March 34th at Odd Fellows Hall. Ad
mission. ono dollar.
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The students In Industrial Engineer
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