£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
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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
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adO
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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. ■ |
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$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
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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<iue We ha\o
lew crj think’ Dull we hud before the
uut uml hdlnltel) more. Oui wealth
han k'iown umuzhiKly. The wlinl L » world
Is hi our debt Out industr> 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
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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
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