£hnraday,> January 15* ; 1620 ifeaeki^t Probably no pedagogical eubjoct la no (I oquontly attacked us tho teaching or English. CiUICH ask why it la that Cnglluh la given tho largest share o£ time from tho kindergarten to tho Jun ior clnttH in collego and yot collego kruduntea (Iml dilllculty In writing, spelling or speaking tho mother ton gue Usually a foreigner who has luirnod English In Ills nutho country surpasses tho Aomrlcan born In the purity of the English he uses The col logo places the blume largely on tho high school and so It Is passod down through tho grades to the home I often huvo employers return let ters of application written by graduates with tho suggestion that wo should teach spelling and composition with our oihct arts In tho fault In tho homo and local cnMromont where Incorrect usage. In more common limn correct form? Is It due to the constant do poHlt of a foielgn stratum of speech which rmrupts oui English? Doos the fault lie with the carelessness— yes, even slovenliness, of the student who makes no upoclal effort to keop his speech.pure? Is the blame to bo put on thu method of teaching w'hlch by intenso classification and mmlllcu tlon has made such a complex subject out of English that tho slmplo art Is lost in u mazo of technicalities’ The one who can llnd it remedy will tank with the famous dlacovcrcta of qul nine, Inocculatlon, nutleoptlus and other moans of saving victims of contagious und dcndl) dbtense I wonder whether the formation of societies, say tho S. U O B (Society for Using Good Eng lish) with a ti promise to obey would work the miracle Do you look with udmlratton or with wonder on those faithful pooplo who havo tend tho Dlhlo "from cover to covet” three or moro times? I must confess Hint I could novor got up much enthusiasm foi reading tho genealogi cal tables ami parts of the prophets Yot theio arc portions of tho Script uics w'hlch are always frosh. The first chapter of Genesis and parts of Reve lations cause mo to feol ns if my fin ite oxlstcnco woro bordering on the margins of infinity; os If I woro get ting glimpses of tho beginning of llfo ' and of its end Also I love thoso por tions which Involve the rhetorical flg uro caltod Vision, for Instanco whore Elisha saw Elijah ascending into tho hoa\ons in n chariot of fire and could only cry out "My father, my father, the chariot of Isrcat and tho horseman thereof”, or tho pathos of tho cry of King David who went Into tho chamber over tho gate to mourn alone* "O my NonAbsalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom*, my son, my son'*' Ex-Presldont Eliot, of Harvard, has recently ovalutod certain portions of tho Scriptures. Tho first threo vorsoo In Geneals arc the most superb sen tences In tho English language, tho of Job the most unsurpassable os literature; tho 19th Psalm the most magnificent of sacred songs, and the 160th Psalm tho most glorious ascrip tion of praleo ever written. Look thorn over. MILITARY NOTES The Military’ Department announces tho addition of two now members to tho military staff of tho college. Ser geants Harry Loan and James Mc- Donald arc the men ndded to tho staff and thoy will assist in tho various In structional couraos tho dopartmont Is planning Tho requisition to tho War Depart ment has boon entirely rtllod and tho material is hero now. It consists of automatic rifles, machlno guns, small arms and othor oupplloo Applications are now bolng received for antnanco to the advanced courso of tho R. O. T C All man who havo completed two yoars of training In a basic courso and will sign an agree ment to take training for tho balance nf .tho courso and also botwoon their Junior and Sentoi years In collcgo aro eligible PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Pies—Bread —Cakes 5 Ice Cream a Specialty g State College Bakery GROCERIES MEATS DRYGOODS Fine Assortment of Fancy Cakes Candies McEachren’s Special attention given to Fraternities and Cubs INTERESTING MATERIAL IN-COLLEGE COLLECTION Humorous Advertisements in Old Time Newspapers Donation Made by Alumnus. Mr. C F Hooves *7B. of Seattle, Wash, has contributed to tho collego Museum In tho Library un Intuiestlng collection of mutcrlals relating to tho curly history of this Institution, Includ ing copies of tho annual nowupaper Issued by lh ff Treason Literary Society In 1873 mid 1871 Tho former was da ted at "Agricultural Collego” and tho lattor at "State Collego” Tho 1 name had been changed In tho meantime. On the two pages dovoted to adver tising. ull tho tlrms mentioned aru lo cated In Bellofonte oxcopt throu One of these firms, W J Jackson, Agri cultural College, ndvcitlHUtf anything from dry goods to agricultural Imple ments and adds "No need of going to Bcllcfonto” John H. Neldtgh wunu to well tobacco and "Negara” and will re pair watches and clocks Ho nlso has tx foot-note—" Produce taken In ex change " Tho third advertisement Is worth quoting In full VISITORS TO THE COLLEGE aio Informed that the HOTEL at the foot of the College lane First-Class Acroinodntloiia A Careful Attention nt Moderate Rates Dally Stage to BeUcfonta JAMKS JACK, I’rop’r. Tho ni lidos printed ill tho p.fpers Include oilginat conti Ibutlonn from inombois of tho Society on "Can Grav ity net through a Vacuum 9 " "The Vahio of Literary Societies", "Deni Gently", "Memory", "Give tho Boy a Chance", "Our Native Silk Worms", and ••Man'B Influence upon Man" Tho col lection Includes a pamphlet containing a copy of tho nddrosnes glvon by Pro fessor John Hamilton, still a resident, of State Collcgo. and Gov. James A. Beaver, at tho dedication of the Mech anic Arts building on February 10th, 188 C Tho building cost about fl. Boo was of wood, with two rooms on the first and two on tho second floor It Ktood between tho presont boiler house and tho street, about opposite the COL LEGIAN olflco. It accomodated all tho work dono In wood and Iron, In pattern making, forging, drawing and the like onglncorlng subjects. It w’as roplacod In 1891 by tho Englnoorlng Building which was burned In November, 1018 The concluding sentence of tho pam phlot has a familiar sound although written thirty-four years ago "It was a pleasant occasion and greatly enjoyed by all present, tho only dis couraging feature being the long wait at Lomont, tho train bolng ono hour und a half behind timo" The gift of these valuable papers by Mr. Reeves, onco professor of Modern Languages In tho college, will Incrcaso the Intorost in tho Musoum which Is now placed In the rear room on tho second floor of tho Carneglo Library It-ls hoped In time to havo & building in which tho collodion can bo ap propriately' housed and "worthily dis played. ' COUNTRY LIFE CLUB NEW STUDENT ORGANIZATION A now collcgo organization come in to extstonco on December eighth when tho studonts In Agricultural Education and Vocational Homo Economics de cided to unlto their interests In the "Country Life Club" Tho purpose of tho club Is tw-fold* to promote the acquaintance of thoso studonts whose work will bo In rural schoolsr and to moot and koop In touch with tho lead ers of tho country life movemont . Ofilctors woro elected to guide the now organization and tho following wero the onou choson. R M Colo '2l, presi dent; P. O. VanNoss '2l, vice-president; Miss Ellzoboth McWilliams '2O. secre tary. The next mooting of tho club will be hold in 100 Horticulture building on Tuesday, January twentieth. An in teresting program has boon arranged and all mombers aro urgod to attond Right training wins the race. PENN STATE'S WIRELEH{3, TOWER WIRELESS STATION IS • AGAIN IN OPERATION The winders Hiiiiloii which Is located west of the cngincci ing buildings on the campus hus again started opera tions after a potlod of rotative Inac tivity. Thu Htntlon wan closed down ovei a year ago duo to the stringent iulon enacted by the government dur ing the wnr, by* which all but govern ment elation*, were prohibited ,rom op erating The experimental station at this "col lege has had a rapid growth. In 1910 tho Department of Electrical Engineer ing installed tho first wireless station at the south end of Engineering F Tho antenna consisted of four wires strotchod horlzontlally betw con two Iron poles that wero erected on tho roof of tho same building In will'll tho apparatus was located. At this time, Mr. N. H. Slawtcr .who was a lieu tenant-colonel in tho Signal Corps dur ing tho war, was lnsturctor In radio communication Shortly after tho es tablishment of tho station, it coopui uted with tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company In emergency means of com munication for operating tralni In case of Impairment oflho telegraph lines. Tho railroad company erected a station nt Harrisburg and one at Philadelphia for this samo purposo In tho fall of 1911 tho collego authori ties learned o fthe intention of tho At lantic and Pacific Wireless Company to sell a wlrcloss tower which had been used at Graver's Station,- Philadelphia It was found that tho tower In ques tion was a bolted structure and as It was sold nt Its scrap value, tho college docldod to purchase ft and moyo it here for oxpcrlmontal purposes The Porn C. B. Shuey JEWELER Repairing a Specialty oice of adO CIGARETTES, CIGARS TOBACCO Fine Assortment of Candy and Conlections Exclusive Agency for JAPANESE . UNITED CIGAR CO. TEAROOM THE VARSITY STORE WILBUR F. LEITZELL RICHARD C. HARLOW PENN STATE COLLEGIAN sylvnnln Railroad Company m ranged foi Hu transportation fiom Philadelphia to Stule College. While In tho course of vroctloln, the class of 1912 decided to pay for the cost of the towor and alio foi the erection of a small brick building near tho base of It to housu tho stutlon equipment Doth tho tower and the brick building were then donated to the college to sme as a memorial to tho clnss of 191.* The station uns ofllclnlly des ignated as tho Pennsylvania Stnto Col lege Wireless Station and its subsequent operation Ims boon undor the supervis ion- of tho Deportment of Electrical Engineering The tower la about 203 feet high and Is entirely of atecl with tho exception of the lowest soetton which Is built of wood, which sorvea ns an Insulator An estimate of tho weight of the towo can bo gained from tho fact that two tons of concrete wero required for each one of the plora on which It rests A two-klllowatt sondlng outilt la Installed in tho station house, although there aro facilities for a five-kilowatt outfit. No permanent hook-up Is maintained for tho receiving sot ns this part of tho equipment Is always being experiment ed with In order to secure best results $ ?c X About two huhdred satisfied customers are ;i; | now wealing my shoes. “THERE MUST j I .BE A REASON.” | I WALT SPURRIER f I at L. K. Metzgers. ■ | *H**H~X**X-X~l--X--H~X~X"X**X-H“X-X-X-i"X"l i 'I"X-H-*X~XX-X"I"K-I"X- LONE STAR GAS & OIL CO. $lOO buys an interest in 5 wells Shares now Our 4 leases are located in tbe great McKeesport G-as "Belt, surrounded by producing gushers. TRUSTEES L. A. Kendall R. B. Parkins STOCK NOW ON SALE J. K. Ruby, Agent Phi Sigma Kappa Bell Phone 48 GIRL STUDENT HEARS FROM LOST BROTHER Miss Rose Ilrind ’2l Receives Let ter After American Consul In vestigates in Vain. Afd'i rovcinl years of waiting, wilh no vvoid from Hi" wai-stricken world o\cr the Atlantic, Miss Rohu Drlnd, u member of the Senior class, has at last received word from her brother, now* iiimmil to his notlvc land, that i he Ih well and has escaped the hor ' rora of the German Inurnment campy, but no word of her luucnts, a slstui Mini two other blathers, who, it In fear ed hnvr not survived the privations and cruelties of thul terror-stricken coun ty. At the close of tho war. Miss Blind attempted to locate her Inothei, bill after, repeated falltuoi learned noth ing new The Iml reply to her com munications c unu from the American Consul at Const uillnoplc. Hinting that no unco of him coulil be found. The ury next day, ax foi tunc would hu\e it, Miss Riind leceivcd a letter fiom ■ thin brother from Jerusalem, to whleh city, after two yearn of Internment in HulgmU, as a Russian subject, he and two bundled others, thrc‘e months pre cious had returned, having been freed mul given passage to Palestine Ah to her purentH, Miss Brlnd ban learned nothing, except that they, during the first period of the war, hud returned to Russia Further than that, she has no knowledge as to whether they are nlive or not In December 1914, Mlhs Brlnd with her family left Jerusalem to return to RnsHlar but Him stopped to hcu her brother who nt that Ume was in Greece At the invitation of some American fi lends, she came to this country to complete hoi education. Her brotlun later went to Bulgaria to better his position and remained there until he wuh Interned Mlhs Brlnd will com plete her coutse nt this Institution In June, 1920 Aftci that time, she pinna returning to Palestine and turning her education to practical value Another sister, who Is nt present a trained nurse In New York City, will accompany her to the homoland i rimpn 11 rr»iiriiinmrffp»» 111 mn mm I OUR AIMS %E3k I Penn State Cafe | College Avenue ami Pugh Street J. M. Glass A. H. Clark AMERICA FACES CRISIS IN EDUCATION (Continued from Page Two) should feel called upon In tills emer gency Their numbed Is lens than ono per cent of our total population Tho other millions have lienollttod directly <>i Indhectly ftnm the work done by our colleges. In every activity of our normal llvc-h wo are foiccd to rely up on trained minds, School teachers, doctors, law jj»rs, dentists, rnlulstoifc, tiUHtcd public otllclals, have beam able to carry on for the community thoh Individual work because of what tho colleges guvi« them Without these educulcd men, how could we have ad vanced us a nation to our piesent posi tion In the world/ America's place Is mil husdoicl oped in foui >ears bejoud unythlnß we uouhl haio hoped without the stim ulus of war demands W u hate learn ed to unite In our efforts toward for eign trade, lather than to dectco such unlt> an offense. Wy lm\e become the miin lelianec of millions of poop! for food ami raw material with wide thej maj make a new start Wo ha\ a hoiitako fiom this worlil catoseroph which stiiKKors the imak’lnatloi Whethei wo do well or 111 with 1 deiremls on each of us and on our col locllvc L .ffm L LI .Ilco un nrm>, uo munt tuivo oflU Ii Ih upon the t>po of men v,h re ailuwvd to lend during the neJ ii is it! BERWICK- Hi irt \ GORDON VA >n. Arrow jivinJitCOllAßS curve cut toJitjlwuLLn peefictly CLUETT PEABODY Cf CO Stale College IMTURADS are as different from ' Vv - t IVi ordinary cigarettes as morning is from midnight. If you want to economize you’d better do it in some other way than by smoking cheap cigarettes. • The trifling additional cost of Murads will bring bigger returns in Quality than any in vestment you ever made. i\ , maae. J Because Murads are j /■ 100-: PURE TURKISH—THE WORLD'S MOST <*£?}s FAMOUS TOBACCO FOR CIGARETTES i. U-v Judge for 7/>{/*!&£ i -lUgc Five few >uus, In cilucttluii, In coinmcicc. In b mltlriK and In politics, that out I’utujo b'K.itmiH will depend Thu colleges tire asking fot funds which must he considered us the In. t Insur ant c fin the futtno tint the union can pint Me In whit wi> other than l>> education ctn w\j lit thu coming Kemsatlon to do the woiL of th u na tion ' All told, the atnotmts ushid are not much moie than the tint v.m fund naked b\ the Aimrlntu Hud Cross— liou.tioo OOU Anus it I race tils fund Klndlv, and In less thm a >utr na\o another fund of SI7C ono.iiuo to the Hed Crass Tliu need to tditto HUffcrlnic, the ilesptrate not«sit> of winning tho wai. brought forth those gifts Toda> we tie ftutvd b> another form of emuKomv On mci'llng that emu- M*»iA ilepends much of out future If the people will undtialand, if tho imm of meat wealth will rcall/o tho true meaning of these Lollego campilgns for endow mint, theio tan ho no ques tion of the outcome Ameilctn busi ness success, meat Inditidiitl wcilth piled up in safe deposit hoxi s. will mean little If wo of this j enentlon allow the nation to turn hack on tho path of eduettion and social ndtnnco inent which it has sti idih followed since the Minima Urst landed at l'l>- mouth Men’s Clothes a Specialty CLEANING PRESSING REPAIRING Smith’s TAILOR SHOP