SHORT TERM CLASS HH IS ABOVE AVERAGE High School Graduates and For mer Normal School Students Enrolled for Study of Agricul ture Tlmt ii Mights type of moil and wom en are Interesting themselves In the winter course In Agriculture ut Penn State Is manifest by the statistics show ing the relative amount of jnevlous education enjoyed by the student*! In these con rues This year there are ninety -seven out of the total hundred registered vvhr. have finished their com mon-school education, the remaining thus* having Ronu uh far as the end of the sixth (trade Thlrty-ono are high school ifridunten. while thirty-live have ujwnt from one to throe years In high School, rive have attended nor mal school from qno to threo years, while eleven havo spent some time ut college, three hiving graduated, having had degreca conferred upon them, eight students are classified as specials Thorn weiu throo hundred actual ap plications for admission to the short < nurses, hut owing to (he congested conditions In nnd about Slnto College It wax necessary to limit the enroll ment to an even hundred, four of thise being women All but four of the new students found accomodations In State College, but not without considerable difficulty. The average ago In fiom eighteen to _ twcnty-lluee, and of the younger ones, about forty have ex messed nn.lrttorost two nnd four year courses In agriculture. The most popular courses arc those in dairying and animal husbandry Notable nmong the student!) In the latter courso Is the gentleman often scon around State College In n Prince Albert and a som hroro—"Buck" Taylor, familiarly known as ‘'Buffalo 13111”. from his affiliation with that notable In tbc show business The men in charge of the short courses agree that the majority of the “Short hot ns" uro good students, and are In (trusting to-work with Undei the direction of their presi dent, R F Olenn. of Port Matilda, Pn, the short-coin sc students havo formed their dnss organisation, which moots overt Tuesday* ovciting at 7 30. in 200 Kort. Saturday afternoons nre spent in tho Stock-Judging pavilion indul ging In sports, and In 100 Hort every Sunday morlng at 9 30 for Sunday School work Tho Alumni OIPco wants your War Servlco Record STUDENT PERILS ARE NAMED BY DR. BRYAN •The Perils of tho Student” was the theme of a forceful address delivered by Dr E. B Bryan, President of Colgate University,’at the chapel exercises on Sunday morning. Dr Bryan considered In order five perils' which beset students—the peril of much gottlng and llttlo giving; tho peril of approximation, tho peril of the lock step: the peril of segregation; \ tho perl) of believing only that which can bo demonstrated Ho cxplalnod that studonts got no much moro than they glvo that they are apt to forgot that In the outsldo world they must glvo abundantly In order to achieve grew out of tho system In vogue where success Tho porll of approximation by studonts take the attitude that it Is only necessary to “got by" and henco fall Into the habit of. approximating results and qot working at the highest point of otTldoncy. lie stated that the peril of tho lock step arose from largo classes whero the good student was forced to keep paco with thp rest of tho sectloln and that tho peril of segregation camo from bolng detached for four years from the rest of the world with the attendant danger of losing sympathy with those who havo not received the sumo edu cational advantages Dr. Bryun con cluded with the appeal that students should not fall Into that frame of mind where they only botlovo what cun be logically demonstrated, for It Is appar ent tlmt the -demonstrator Is bigger than tho thing demonstrated and there fore religion to hold Uh grip upon the minds of men must remain undemon strutod AGRICULTURAL NOTES The annual whiter conference of the agricultural extension departm«nt*be gall lust Suturduy and has continued through tho week 'All of tbo county agents unit u> tension specialists took p ii t A stock Judging content wan held lust Saturday afternoon ut one thirty o'clock by all xtudentH taking the freshman courso In Animal Husband ly. Throo prises worn awarded, a gold medal tor tho student having tho high est score, a silver medal for tho second and a bronzd modal for tho third All students enrolled in A 11. 1, who nre regularly classified In four years agri cultural course were eligible No atu dent, hovvover, who had ever particip ated In a similar college contest was permitted to compoto. Miss Williams roslgus Mlus H. M WllUnms, who was for ton yearn secretary to Dean Watts of the School of Agriculture has resigned and will take up now duties with a manufacturing concern Her new posi tion Is that of n private uecrotnry to Edwin 8 Phillips, a piomlnont manu facturer In Kcnnctt S<tunro, Chester Co Miss Williams will leave th« col lege on tho first of February Turn In your photo nnd War Record to tho Alumni Ortlce. DISTRICT 17 MEETS District 17 (Coliotrc, Foster. Alton, Pugh) held an organized meelng last Friday. Arrangements are bolng made to hold a smoker early next semester. The': Pennsylvania : State : College EDWIN ERLK SPARES, Ph.D„ L. 1.. D- PRESIDENT Established and mnlntulnod by the Joint action of the United States Government amt the Commonwealth ~ of Pennsylvania FIVE GREAT SCHOOLS—Agriculture, Engineering, Lltc-nl Arts, Mining nnd Natural Sclonce', offorlng tflj thirty-eight courses of four yearn each—Also oouises In Homo Economics, Industrial Art, and IMiysl cal Education. TUITION FREE to both sexes. Incidental charges moderate First semostor begins mlddlo of September; second semester tho first of February; Summer Session for Teachers about tbe third Monday In June of each year For cataloguo, bulletins, announcements, eto., address THE REGISTRAR, Stute College, Pennsylvania PENN STATE ALUMNUS NOW IN .CZECHO-SLOVAKIA M. Mattseo, Penn Stale ’lB, Writes Interesting and Thrilling Letter Concerning His Fatherland—Republic of “Daddy” MasaryU Standing Firm in SpltJT of Terrors and Menace of Bolshevism in Surrounding Countries A vciy lulorextlnj: Ivtur hus ie ccntly been received by Mr. R H. Smith, ftirniorly Secretary - treasurer nf the Alumni Association and now college comptroller. from.M. Mallow, i Penn Slate alumnus class of 1918, of Crerho-Slovnkla di scent Mr Mi tlxkn fought with tho I‘ranch KDr- I'igu Legion In the i event war and !m now back In bln irntlvu land with the American Expudltkmuiy Poice. He writes as fultowN Y M. C. A. Kosice Dccemboi 11, 1919 My duir Mr. Smith After reading thoxu stmles nnd let ter! In the Alumni Quartet lies (tint 1 received. I certainly was proud that my Alma Muter had repiescntntlveH on nil of tin* fronts nnd perhaps all of the armlex concerned By tlmt I mixuP’tlml I feel certain we had Penn Stale men In the Uiltlah,' French, l inllsin, nnd Russian armies, for I met n few Hlnti' men In m> rambles with Czecho-Slovak Blue D< vll Division, the l-'i«licit Foreign Legion In tho Tills is some outfit, composed most ly of Czechs and Slovaks (Bohemians) and usixl as Piench shock troops There Is guile a deal of romance con nected with this Republic and Uh much-scattered armies, for they had lepreseniatlves on every fiont; and what lx more within the rank and filn of the enemy Itself where they inado themselves mont felt. These legions were Units of Death. No prisoners *«ml no iiuurtcr To be captured meant swinging merrily on a gallows lice, so to offset such pos sibilities wo curried the so-culled "Gre nade of Mercy" The hardest points were ns a rule allotted to ux Our “Hosl" laid the Vosges for France, Ddomltes for Italy, the Urals foi Rus- PENN STATE MAY SEND CONVENTION DELEGATE (Continued from first page) versily men for tho performance of their duties ns good citizens" The work of organizations like the Michigan Union has grown so tremend ously within the last few years that the Union Dhectors feel It would be foi the best Interests of ull such or ganizations that u Convention bo held this year An Interchange of Ideas and experiences would be mutually help ful, not only to tho Institutions of thin type nhcady In existence, but es pecially to representatives from colleges nnd universities whero steps uro being ! taken to organize such institutions I And In view of tbo fact that tho Mich igan Union will have completed Its new I building by spring, It will be amply able ‘to entertain such a Convention and 1 ufTord facilities for Its work, and doubt less an opportunity to Inspect the new building will prove Intet eating. The oxpenso connected with utteml anca at such a convention would not bo large. The Union has accommoda tions for CS persons In tho alumni quarters In tho building and tho rates there vary frpra 8100 to 33 00 per day, and any number abovo 08 can be pro vided for by converting society and meeting rooms Into sleeping Quarters as Is done for conventions and track meets Tho Union also maintains din ing room nnd cafctetla service at rea sonable prices There are two good hotels In Ann Arbor where rates vary from 31.00 to 30 00 per day, and like wise thu fraternities would assist In enlertulalng delegates attending tho Convention who are members of other chapters. In the event that you nre favorably Inclined toward a Convention to be held In Ann Arbor In the Spring, would you please Infoinj us to that effect The date tontullvely sot Is the period of April ninth to the eleventh, 1921) imuomiiiiiimniiiiiiimiitinitmiiiiitiiiiiiiitminiiiiimimtimmiiitii | IF IT IS A PHOTO FRAME-- A SHINGLE FRAME— AN ART FRAME— WE FRAME THEM ALLI PENN QTATE j HOTO O HOP I iitjmntimitmiiiniimiDiimituiiiummiiminifliiiiiiiiioiuiiitiiiiiaiimiiimitJiiiiiiimiiniiumiiiiintmiiiiiiiiamiiimmummiuiiiaiiNrri -f*ENN STATE*COLLEG] sli, ib) 1 Illtnnhiyns fm the Allies, broke the Austrians in the Tyrols, ami beat tin* Bolsheviks In the Car pathian and Tntiy Mountains Time lx a lot to snv about how Austria, the back door of Get many, eiitmblul hcrnuHo hei right arm, good obi Crechy and Morula, failed to co op<tnti< with her. how "Taticek" Man uyk (Daddy Maxaryk, now* our first I'n sbU-itl) and out helovid Dr. Milan Stefnnik worktxl for tin* Allhs and pa ganized legions, how these units prov )•! their worth, often exceeding the home troaps In Italy and Russia, ami how we became succissful nnd. with out shielding one unnecessary drop of blood In out revolution, got otu Re public. bold It, and kept it In good m ,bi when Berlin, Budapest, and Vien na were consumed In Bolshevism However, the Job Is only well be gun, the real vvotk Is yet to be start ed nnd we look to our big sister, the U S A, to Just give us a little en couragement. not so much material help as spiritual uplift ami confidence That Is why I upped In the name of a big work well stuitul, to .til Penn State men of Czcchu-Slovak descent, nnd men fiom otlici colleges too to "come across" mid do what they con scientiously know Is their duty to themselves nnd to the greatest stan dard they huve In their most sneted slnlnes within themsdves As a suggestion 1 could say the Y. M C A. is the best plucf* to Inquire, as It Is the "mnkins" of our nrmy nnd am) Hi public "Nnzdnr" (Signed) M Matisko Tho letter was enclosed in nn en velope which bore the unuaunl ad iltess M: R 11. Smith. Alumni Quar- Urly. Penn Stats, God's Country It Is the week boforo Spring vacation, nnd at that time there are many Inter esting University activities going on for the entertainment of the delegates. The new building, moreover, will then be ready for tbc Convention tVo nre sending a similar enclosure to tho schools named In tho accompany ing list, nnd if a number sufllclcnt to mnke un enthusiastic Convention do favorably reply, the Mlcldgun Union; will Issue u formal Invitation to attend such a conference We trust that this meets with youi The Board of Directors, GEORGE 12 HURLEY. General Secretary, Sew! In y our War Service Record now. 1021 CLASS MFF.TINU Tho Junior class'held a short moot ing last Thursdays evening In the Chem ist! y Amplthcatre Tho election of M T Warner us basketball manager of tlm class for this season was lliu moat Important business transacted J Dimming gave 'a report of tbo class finances and tho meeting udjourned after a short discussion of tho class pennant sltuutlon. Pies—Bread—Cakes Ice Cream a Specialty State College Bakery iiauimimiiniiimutiiiauiatKiiiinmiimtmaiuimMuitJtmmtmi am FBFQMVItiN I7AVIY |v.mtm,o nvu the Fix-dmum In the first riYLiMIMLH LrlulLl jround but in the second by i uprated 117111 nnvniP n/vry •|\ **i ih«‘H his opponent oveiconic Mil- WIN BOXING SCRAPiI 1 1"" , " iinJ [ w in knocked Into the lopes and Tutu [ wa aiwaid.d the decision The Freshmen hoxcis won a i ithci | ’I be Fo-dimm also won tbc 130- imcxpitted victiuy him the .Si.plio- pound class ns I. f Ultima ‘22 was mures in the annual class huup lujcb.nh mitt lassed by Ills opponent, G Annul > last Saturday night uflu thej I’ 1 ihd Ilium i was aided by his basketball garni 'l In 1 loxli vletmy i ».n itu In Igltt ami rtacli but the was eliai cut. altbougli not overwhelm-j I ■'"hnian a tbllliy won all three lug, the seme of live bouts to tlm< ' i*>mid* fm him by a good margin displaying their supufmltv Thej in the Hr,-pound class, W. 12 At scrap was a vast imptovt ini ut ovu mulsh ‘2,! won an easy victory over those of fmmri yctrs and Coach lint-, I W \un Gchicn '22 The Freshman low's plot egos iin tninly showed a ( fm*« d thi fh htlng all the time nnd his givati i knowlitlgi m the gontl. hud punching and ctovu boxing won att than i\.i beim< The mctnbtis! tin* bout fm him. The hitter part of of both te nns hlmw.sl ii.hi i pom Judy,-! the bout uiin a slugging match with im ut nf dlstaui e in I indlitir the h him s , Muni bli s < midillon keeping him In the hut had ph my of lighting s|diit ami h ah Tin* Fi* simian.s winning stiealc fm tbe most pm who In cx< elb nt ]' as cmitluuid In tltc ICti-pouml class comllUun Tin* bouts inn* limited to whin H 1. Ilordnei '2l i asly defeated; three rounds of two minutes ilui iiimi 1. ( * Ihowu 2.’ Tin So(ihmnorc* was with the refine and two Judges pick- j hum heel down for the count of nine lug the* wlunci Fiofcssot C 12 Bei-jhi tin flint louml and the hist round ger filled the position of referee and, "as mati.d l>\ imnieious clinches with was assisted la ’Dutch" Herman and I B"idn**i piovlng himself to be tile belter Hugo Bezdi k is Judges The showing 1 man mudr by th. Sophmnmis was dlsaji-j j| s \\«Ns '22 bmlo* the suing of pointing and men v(hom Coach Unilow | n**shimiti vlctmi-s bv gaining the de hu<l (licked as almost sure winnets d-lou uv« i It H. Gleshe '2.1 In the 178- were badly beaten. Atimilsh, Fried. | pound c! iss UeNs was much sbortei and Hoidn)'! gave tin last exhibitions| than his opiioucsil hut forced tbc fight fm the Freshmen while Stein and I2b- 1 lug and win n the bout In came a slugg -ile prnvcxl to be the Inst box.is a-'|„g match the dclslmi by his "follow mung tin* bopliomorcs . ■■]> ’ tutl*» Almost nil tlu ciowd who attended , 11..- I. iskctlmll Mtnu, rL'ini.lm il t m tho ,„ TI I ‘" J V ’ i'"L” 1 ’ “' l “' ,e„.„ miciK i,„„ ....... ls 1 „■ to Its capacity. The new »ul« of Intel -! 1, ' „ , U colbginte boxing which piohiblts cheu-' L l,l< heavyweight class lug while the bouts at. In prngics* 1 m - —— were well ob<*yisl and comparative . --- ~ ~ (|Ulet reigned duiing the i minds In the UIS-pnuiid class A .M Kalsei '23 won the decision mu P H. Mowiy '22 In a fast and c\e-nt\ contested bout Thu two men weie In excellent condi tion and tlu lighting w is so fast nnd tho men so evenly matelud that an e*x tra round was necisstuy to deckle the winm r In the 115-pmiml cl iss C I I2b**i]e! i) pifHvniing the SoidimnoUs, won the' d.-elslnn ov« i F. P Jloinck '3J In a well contested Ismt TP.th men showed skill and some of the* best boxing of the evening wax dispt-iwd In these i minds The tilled bout ,ln the 121-pound ass. howcvoi. went to the i roxluncn when II O Mlllei '22 was outpointed hv IV D T«ito -’.I Millet liad the ad- Forest L. Struble Plumbing & Heating BOTH - - PHONES . 4, * -i gg^ r>. i "£fs*SfSsT 'V\ s Allpcrfcct v v -Vri . «*&,. \S. v, <" \mcricnn Lend Pencil Co. '■' - Now York r §§£&&& Where General Washington Camped General Washington and his Colon ial Troops once camped in the little val ley now occupied by the town of East Pittsburgh. About a century and a half later, another general—a leader and organizer ot industry—George Westinghousc, en tered this same valley, and on the same site established one of the largest sin gle manufacturing organizations in the v> orld—the' Westinghousc Electric &. Manufacturing Company. Page Five stHti lx nn htmr anil had Sclitinti-r covi-ritiß most of th« time, atU'iiiptltiK lu »I<klm* hit* blown Hau- you turned In lorn War Ser vlet? Iticord' Hurwitz Store Just received a large shipment of Bostonians and E. T. Wright & Co. Cor dovan Shoes. Fall and Winter over coatsnowondisplay. Look 'em over. Your Patronage Appreciated. Give Us a Trial M. Hurwitz Allen St.
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