Co-op Comer Sure Is A
Popular Place
These Days
VOL- XVI. No. 2
MANY STUDENTS REFUSED
ADMISSION TO COLLEGE
Lack of Facilities for Handling Bars
Over Eleven Hundred Pros
pective Students
NEW STUDENTS TOTAL
OVER EIGHT HUNDRED
Because of an Inadequate number of
buildings and class rooms; because of
conditions generally more crowded than
erer before In the history of the col
ltge: because of the lack of equipment
necessary for the projicr Instruction of
more students. Penn State commences
„hat promises to be her greatest year
tbus far with a Freshman class small
er than those matriculated for the
past several years and well within the
limits set by the Hoard of Trustees
last spring, at 750 memtera. The num
ber o fmen and women enrolled in the
class of 1924 through the office of the
Registrar up to ten o'clock last Wed
nesday morning, when the regular reg
istration period closed, was 711, while
other new persons enrolled through
tbe same oillce as upperclassmen,
Specials. Two Year Agricultural stu
dents, and graduate students brought
the number of Incoming Penn State
students to 854. Since early last spring,
and eVcn before then, great numbers
of high school graduate have been ap
plying-for membership hi the student
body of this great Institution, and be
cause of the comparatively small
number which could be admitted, the
new Freshman class of 711 Is the re
sult ot a careful selection, on the part
of the college authorities, of those ap
• pUcants who were best fitted by their
previous training In matriculate. The
Abnormal crowded conditions of tho
.college necessitated the rejection of
the applications of over 1100 men
ud women, who; under nor
mal conditions would have been fully
qnilifled to enroll and receive instruc
tions .In this institution. At the same
ttmo, there has been added to the col
lege rolls a class that has been care
fully picked according to scholastic
standards, and consequently of very
Ugh calibre.
<£The School of .Engineering leads the
■taels _oYthf college. In. thq, number
oTSjroUraents with a total of 313.
0( These almost one-halt elected the
cranes In Electrical and Electro
chemical Engineering. 134 students
choosing to follow their college careers
In these departments. Next In order
Is the course in Mechanical Engineer
ing, in which members of the class of
1124 will number 80. Students total
ing 60 and 37 elected courses In Civil
and Industrial Engineering respective
ly. Eleven are enrolled as Architec
tural Engineers, while one lone stu
dent will pursue the Freshman course
in Industrial Education.
Next to the School of Engineering,
the School of Agriculture claims the
largest number of new four year stu
dents, and 159 will pursue courses "on
the hill". Of these, 125 are enrolled
In the various purely agricultural
worses. The Department ot Forestry
tommences the new year with 20 first
Year men, while the courses in Agri
cultural Education and Landscape
Gardening will te pursued, respective
ly, by 11 and 3 Freshmen.
The number of matriculations in tho
School of Literal Arts Is 95. These
fcihmen will all pursue virtually the
course during their first two
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MANY IMPORTANT CHANGES
MADE IN COLLEGE FACULTY
Betigutions of Prominent Educators Among List of Departures From
Penn State—Appointments Numbering Over The Hundred Mark
More Than Offset These Losses
The opening ot college this year Is
worked by many important changes
ja the faculty. Duo to resignations
year, Penn State was bereft of tho
■prices of forty-five prominent faculty
and women, among the list being
T* ■ n, one professor, five associate
Wesson, thirteen assistant professors
twenty-five Instructors. However
r® nu mber of tentative appointments
more than offset this loss, over a
IntM*, having been made.
Uus Ugt are fl Ve professors, five as
2?**® Professors, and twenty-one as
r®*®* Professors, forty-eight instruc
and twenty-four assistants.
«e following Is a list of the resign-
UOu and additions;
HKSIGNATIOXS
Dean of the School of
Arts.
ite Arl* l ilarBhroan » Professor of Pub-
Director of Liberal Arts
SYfazell, Associate Professor of
Struck, Associate Professor of
*sJ*ttural Education.
Randall, Associate Profes
r,*, * Training in Vocational
Economics.
aL Darst * Associate Professor of
7*™ Crops.
Associate Professor of
, Assistant Professor of
Prichard. Assistant Professor of
Analysis.
Assistant Professor of
ifettn A (Hull
FOOTBALL SQUAD BEGINS
INTENSIVE TRAINING
First Secret Practice Held Yester
day—lnjured Men Recovering
Rapidly
Dlue and White wearers of the mole
skin have embarked on the really in
tensive portion of their training sea
son, as evidenced by the fact that yes
terday the first secret practice of the
season took place. The hard work
encountered in the early part of the
preliminary training period, while It
told on some of the candidates, will
stand them all in good stead now.
The finer essentials of football will
now he taught tho men; their spirit
and morale will he built into that
which* characterized Penn Slate grid
iron machines of former days.
This season the amount‘of injuries
sustained by the men has been consid
erably greater than is customary so
early hi the training period and con
sequently Coach Bvzdok dins been
handicapped In beginning his more in
tensive work. Hrown. who sustained
u severe injury on the jaw. as well ns
McCollum, his' running male at pre
sent and who also was forced to with
draw from scrimmage for a time ow
ing to injuries, have recovered suf
ficiently to enter into the game to the
fullest extent. The same is true of
the majority of the men who were on
the crippled list. Hrown and McCol
lum are at present playing left and
right end respectively on the tempo
rary varsity. The tackles are being
taken care of by Heck and Haer .and
"Dick’' Rauch, mu). Captain Jlnrokl
Hess, who was shifted to the line from
the backfleld, suv holding down the
guard portions. “Red" Griffiths at
center completes a fast, weighty line.
In the baekfield "Ruck" Williams Jins
lieen running (lie team at quarter
while Snell occupies .the fullback posi
tion. At the halves Hezdek lias been
using "lihiky" Haines and "Charlie"
Way and lias shifted Joe Llghtner
hack and forth froni the second eleven
at the halfback post. It is altogether
probable tli.it Killinger will lie given
a chnncc at the qiiartcrtmck position
within a short while.
On the second .eleven, the men who
have been appearing for tho most part
are "Casey" Jones and Paul Grimes at
the ends; Roedor and Farley at tho
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IVINS PRESIDENT'S MEDAL
At tile opening mass meeting held
on the front campus tast Wednesday
forenoon. Dr. 13. 13. Sparks presented
the president's medal to tho student
who had achieved the highest grade
for lasi semester's work. George
Lewis Frcar, a son of Dr. Win. Freer
and a member of the Sophomore class,
who received a grade of 95.05 per cent,
was awarded the honor.
Favm Management,
C. G. Watson, Assistant Frofessor of
Physics.
E. R. Wightman, Assistant Professor
of Physics.
• P. E. Dougherty, Assistant Professor
of Animal Husbandry Extension.
Graco M. Morton. Assistant Profes
sor of Teaching Training in Vocational
Home Economics.
E. V. McCullough, Assistant Profes
sor of Economics.
J; S. Gardner. Assistant Professor
of Vegetable Gardening.
D. C. Wimer, Assistant ProCossor of
Soli Technology.
J. M. Cork, Assistant Professor of
Physics.
V. W. Hewlett, Assistant Professor
of Mechanical Engineering.
G. E. Washburn, Assistant Professor
of Spanish.
E. V. Foresman, Instructor in Home
Nursing.
N. 13. Zanc, Instructor in th# In
dustrial and Fine Arts.
Mary R. Fisher, Instructor in Home
Economics Extension.
Ordean Rockey, Instructor in Eng
lish.
Clara T\ Pond. Instructor in Zoology.
C. M. Cummings, Instructor in Dairy
Husbandry.
Israel Benjamins, Instructor In Ma
chine Design.
Eleanor H. Gibbons, Instructor in
English.
C. W. Dorn, Instructor in Chemistry.
M. E. Krcssley, Instructor in Engln-
(Contlnucd from Pago Four)
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 1920
LARGE FRESHMAN
SQUAD REPORTS
Outlook For Yearling Football
Season Bright As Wealth of Ma
terial Starts Practice
Freshmen Football .Schedule
Saturday. October 23
Indiana Normal - - Indiana
Saturday, October 30
Hellefonte Academy - Home
Friday, November 5
E. Stroudsburg Normal - Home
Saturday, November 13
Hloomshurg Normal - Home
Saturday, November 20
Pitt Freshmen - Pittsburgh
Present indications point to a very
favorable season for Penn Sttae’s
Freshman football team. The first
year class has produced a*number of
large men that look like very good
material, more In fact than usual, that
Couch Herman thinks can lie whipped
into such simile as to give the Blue
and White one ot the best yearling
teams In its history. The candidates
are bigger than the general run of
last year's aspirants, and in addition
they appear to be more experienced.
Everything considered. "Dutch" thinks
that tile '24 crop of Freshmen has of
fered die most promising prospects
that he lias had to deal witli since the
sensational 1915 aggregation.
Among Hie men trying out for tho
end positions are; Decker 155 lb., Bar
ringer High School, Newark. N. J.,
Corswlrt. ICO lb., Sehenley High. Pitts
burgh. Hutler, IGS 11).. Indiana Nonna),
Mahoney, ISO lb., Peabody High, Pitts
burgh, Huiictt, ICO H)„ Peabody High,
Pittsburgh. More men 'are turning
out daily and so -tile list is by no
means complete. Tho list of linemen
Is headed by Madeira, the Western
Pennsylvania All-Scholastic tackle of
last year. This 195 lb. gridlroncr is
over six feet tall and is u fortunate
combination of speed and weight, hail
ing from Allegheny iliglu Tho clan
of McKenzie Is represented by a bro
ther of "Red" McKenzie who played
on the 1918 varsity. Another line as
pirant is Frank. 180 it)., wlto was cap
tain last year of the champion Har
risburg Teclt combination. Some of
the other linemen are as follows: Ham
ilton. Erie High, 180 lh.; Runser. 185
II).; Schonfcld, 185 lb., Eric High;
Armbrustor. 220 lb.; Crowtbor. 195 lb., 1
Radnor High; Johnson, 190 Hi., Drcx
el .Institute; Bunion, .190 ite Lebanon
High; Bair, 200 Ib.. Edgewood High;
Ogburn, 170 lb., PhocnixvlUe High;
Everett, 180 lh., McKeesport High;
and Curley, 170 lb., Johnsonburg High.
Among ttie backficld candidates arc:
Singer, 170 Ib., Dover High, N. J., who
was half back on the New Jersey All-
State eleven; Hynes, 165 lh., Blair
Academy, who played on the second
Now Jersey All-State team; Cornwall.
ISS Hi.,. Williamsport High; Carson,
165 lb., Cheltenham High; Palm, 105
lb.. Carlisle High; Wilson. 170 ib.,
Sharon High; Leffier, 155 lh.. Braver
Fltlls High; Rathgeter, 140. lh., Lock
Haven High; Seitz, 165 lb., Red Lion
High: Titzel, 170 lb., Allegheny High;
Heckei, 160 lh., Allegheny High.
The first week or so of training will
be devoted entirely to building up a
solid foundation In the fundamentals
of football. Thero will be no formation
work at all until the preliminaries
have been mastered. The initial prac
tice will consist of tackling the dummy,
falling on the ball, ot cetera. Tho
linemen will use the charging machine
while the hacks will try punting, and
receiving punts.
A schedule that Is very similar to
thoso of tho past few years has teen
arranged for the 1920 season. Tho old
familiar teams, Bcllcfonte Academy
and Pitt Freshmen are on It ns well
as several newcomers. The others
on the card are Indiana Nromal, East
Stroudsburg Normal, and Bloomsburg
Normal. As usual the first game
does not take place until late in Oct
ober, when the Nitlany Freshmen
journey to Indiana Normal to first try
their mettle on foreign soli. Aii the
other matches are home games except
tho one with Pitt Freshmen which is
played in the Smoky City this year.
The coaching staff of the first year
men has been augmented by the ad
dition of Quinlan, captain of the 1918
Springfield Y. Sl*. Cl A. Training
School eleven. “Dutch” Herman as
usual will supervise the training of
the wearers of the green.
Y. M. C. A. TO HOLD
RECEPTION TONIGHT
The annual reception of the Y. M.
C. A. to the new students will he held
this evening on tiie front campus at
seven o'clock. An attractive program
hqs been arranged by the committee in
charge of the affair and promises to
furnish entertainment for the large
number who usually turn out to this
gathering. The main object of tho re
ception Is to make the new student
fee at home and at the same time get
him acquainted with the officials of the
college and the college songs and yells.
Speeches by these officials including
Dr Sparks, E. M. Aiken '2l, president
of the student council, another member
of tho council, the president of the Y.
M. C. A., and songs by the glee club
and the student body will be a part of
the program.
As Is the custom, a reception com
mittee composed of oil the deans of
the various schools and Dean Knight
and Dean Wnrnock will bo on hand to
greet those attending the event. After
the reception refreshments will he
served to all. In order to prevent the
confusion experienced in former years
tho refreshments will be served at one
time.
COLLEGIAN TO CONDUCT
BULLETIN OF DAILY EVENTS
'Owing to tho fact that the
COLLEGIAN will appear semi
weekly tills year, ami that the
Daily Bulletin hits been discon
tinued as a separate enterprise,
tiie COLLEGIAN, through ar
rangement with Mr. A. It. Wnrn
ock, Dean of Men. will take up
that work and providu'the stud
ent body with these announce
ments. Each issue of the COL
LEGIAN will contain notices
which shalt cover several days
of tiie week, anil tiie student body
will lie served us before. Tiie
Tuesday issue will carry notices
for Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, with any advance no
tices for later in tiie week which
may lie necessary; the Friday is
sue will carry notices for Fri
day, Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day, and in the same way convey
advance notices for the following
week. These notices will, as was
the custom formerly, ho received
at tiie oillce ot the Dean of Men
and following tiie Dean's approv
al. be received for publication in
tile COLLEGIAN. Any qotices
which arc necessary for publi
cation and are not taken to tiie
oillce of the Dean of Men before
closing hour each day. may he
delivered to tho COLLEGIAN re
presentatives who will have
charge of that section. W. 13.
Lcinbach *2l at tiie COLLEGIAN
oillce or at the Uhl Delta Theta
bouse, phone 130.
All notices of college affairs,
student activities and especially
notices unfeeling students in
scholastic work will be published
in the COLLEGIAN in this col
umn and the student body will
he held responsible for such. The
receipt of notices for the Tues
day edition will close Monday at
noon ami for tiie Friday msuo
at noon on Thursday. The COL
LEGIAN will begin puldi.shig tiie
bulletin with next Tuesday's
issue.
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE OF
NEW CHAPEL SCHEDULE
Witli tiie large Increase in enroll
ment at I'enn State this year, tile need
of new chape! plans, becomes evident
ami to tills end a fXdiedulo lias been
drawn tqi for chape! attendance As
in former years the services will bo
in charge of the faculty committee on
religious activities art* the records of
attendance will again bo in tho hands
of the Dean of Men and the Dean of
Women. Excuses from chapel ser
vices. necessitated by the student be
ing employed, may he ohiaintd from
cither tho Dean of Men or the Dean
of Women, but in every case suffic
ient proof must be presented that will
warrant such exemption.
There will he two chapel groups
this year, tin* one being designated as
Chapel A and the other as Chapel B.
Chapel A will meet Monday and Thurs
day at 8 a. in., and Sunday at 10 a. m..
while Chapel B is scheduled Tuesday
and Friday at X a. m. and Sunday at
II a. m. Each of these groups will
contain approximately a half of curb
class, including two-year agriculture
students.
Another feature of the now plan is
the holding of a student mass meeting
on Wednesday morning of each week.
This meeting is to he under the sup
ervision of the president of the Senior
class and attendance to it will he vol
untary.
Because of the volume of work that
is being handled Jit the present time
by the faculty members in charge of
the chapel services, only lempoi.iry
seat assignments will lie made. These
assignments will he posted tomorrow
and the first roll of tho year will be
taken by the monitors When elm pel
opens next Monday morning. Perma
nent seats, however, wifi he posted on
October second.
As far as possible n student will be
assigned to the chapel group for which
lie expresses a preference. As in for
mer years students who desire to at
tend Sunday School in a local church
will ho assigned upon their request
to Chape! B while those wishing to go
to morning worship will, upon re
quest, be included in Chapel A. In
addition to this, an excuse from Sun
day Chapel may he obtained by the
student desiring to attend both Sun
day School and morning worship, tip
on tiie filing of a recommendation
from the pastor of the church which
he attends. Those who are employed
in hoarding houses etc. will Jtiso he as
signed to a Sunday Chapel seat al
though they are exempted from daily
services. All excuses from chapel at
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STUDENTS and ALUMNI
FILL THIS OUT AND RETURN A T ONCE
1920
Business Manager, *
PENN STATE COLLEGIAN,
State College, Penna.
Enclosed find $2.75, for which send the PENN STATE
COLLEGIAN for the college year 1920-1921 to
Note: After October 15, 1920, subscription price will be $3.
Fijian.
PENN STATE HEN
STAR IN OLYMPICS
Shields and Barron are First Am
ericans to Place in Their Res
pective Events.
IVnn Stale athletes set higher marks
for themselves in world wide competi
tion when “Larry" Shields' eaptnln and
star miler of last year’s track team fin
ished third in the 1500 metre run. lead
ing the list of American entrants and
Harold Barron former member of the
class of 19JS took second place in the
12a metre high hurdles at the great
Olympic games sit Antwerp, Belgium
this summer. Fivfc l»enn State men
were entrants in various events prelim
inary to choosing tiie American team,
but Shields and Barron were tho only
ones to make tho trip across the at
lantie.
Competition on this side the water
began in Philadelphia and ni that time
.Shields won second place in the mile,
and Ban-on won first in the 120 yard
high hurdles. In Boston Ilarron again
repeated his Quaker City feat, winning
the finals for the plan* on the American
team hi fifteen seconds. In the MUe
run Shields was bested by Joie Kay
and Curtiss, the former winning in four
minutes and sixteen seconds. "Charlie"
Way, the Blue and White's. sterling
broad jumper lost out in Boston, his
instance being twenty-one feet, while
the champion, "Sol” Butler won witli
a twenty-three foot leap. In the Phila
delphia meet. Frank Emory, Penn
States entrant in tiie Javelin throw,
was defeated, eliminating him from fur
ther competition.
In the trials held on foreign soli.
Shields won his heat in tiie ISOU metre
run in four minutes ami twenty-one
seconds and Barron won tho 120 metre
high hurdles nice in fifteen seconds,
a record which eclipsed the one made
in this country. However, in tiie finals
Barron was defeated by Thompson of
Dartmouth, running under Canadian
colors. losing by a matter of a few inch
es in the newest Olympic record of 14.3
seconds. In the 1500 metre finals
Shields won third place, winning the
distinction of being the first American
lo finish. During the t-mirse of this
race Shields held himself in reserve
while still leading the American en
trants hut toward the close gave him
self full sway, only to be nosed out at
the finish by two members of the Bug
list delegation. Critics averred that had
ho a few more metres to run lie would
have undoubtedly won tiie race. How
ever. Shields further distinguished him
self by being a member of the winning
team in tiie four mile race. la this
race, where each man ran approximate
ly 300 metres. Shields was associated
witli Curtiss of the Navy, Conley of
llarvnvd, Brown of Williams and Job*
Kay who van under the colors of (lie
Illinois A. C.
Shields will return to l’etiu State
later in tiie semester following the ar
rival of the American delegation from
abroad and it is to be imped that Bar
ron wifi do likewise.. Barron disting
uished himself several years ago when
lie won the Junior A. A. IT. Champion
ship in tiie high hunldics at St. Louis,
and later won the National A. A. U.
Championship hi tiie same event.
Besides being represented in track.
Penn State hud an entrant in the trisds
for the American wrestling team.
"Dave" Detar, captain-elect of the Blue
ami White grappling team for this
year entered the trials in Now York
last July and successfully fought his
way lo tiie finals. On the eve of the
finals Detar wrestled four bouts prelim
inary to the final one for the champ
ionship mul was naturally at a great
handicap as his opponent had wrestled
hut two. drawing byes in two others.
As it was lie was defeated only by his
opponent obtaining a slight time advan
tage over him.
“PRKXY” TO RFI.IVKR FIRST
SUNDAY UHAI’KI. ABDKKSS
Dr. Edwin 13. Sparks, retiring presi
dent of the Pennsylvania. State College
Will deliver the initial chapel address
of the college year in the Auditorium
next Sunday morning at eleven o'clock.
Tills will he the only service during tiie
day and will lie open to all classes, no
special scats being assigned.
NOTICE TO JUNIORS
Head cheerleader K. ,T. RlunkcuhtUor
lias issued a call for candidates for the
positions of Junior Assistant Cheerlead
ers. All men desiring to try out for
these positions shall report in Old
Chapel Saturday afternoon, Septem
ber eighteenth at onenhlrty o’clock.
O
TRYOUTS FOR SONG LEADER.
The position of Song Leader of tin
college is filled through student com
petition. Alt students desiring to trj
out will report in Old Chhpel, Wednes
day evening at eight o’clock. All class
es are eligible.
STATE COMMERCE BODY TO
LEARN OF CONDITIONS HERE
Dr. Leonard P. Fox Conducts Personal
Investigation of Penn State’s
Critical Situation
REPORT TO BE GIVEN AT
CHAMBER’S NEXT SESSION
PENN STATE RECEIVES
FIRST ENDOWMENT FUND
Institute ot Animal Nutrition Re
ceives Aid From Rneiierfcller
Medical Research Bureau.
For tiie first time in its histnry. the,
Pennsylvania state College has re
ad ved financial aid through a public
-ndowmeiu fund. Tin.- ltockerfclk-r In
stitute for Medical Research, an insti
tution whose work is world-wide*, has
made a grant of s3(mo for the current
rear in aid of the researches in animal
nutrition conducted by the institute
uf Animal Nutrition at this college.
Pile college Ims never before received
•ilippori from outside sources, having
dways existed upon the usual State
tnd Federal maintenanre appropria
tions which are required by law. Until
July first of this year tiie L\ S. De
partment of Agriculture has assisted
tu the research In animal nutrition, but
;il that time Its aid ceased.
For the past twenty years the col
lege Institute of Animal Nutrition,
which is closely allied with the school
of ngvieultuve, tuts been conducting ex
periments and research work under
the direction of Dr. 11. V. Arnisby, one
of the leading scientists of the country.
In this work lie designed and built the:
only animal respiration calorimeter in
the United States which determines the
efficiency of dairy cows and beef
steers as mechanisms for converting
inedible farm crops stud by-products in
to human .food and thus adding to the
total food supply of the country. It
is looked upon as a study of national
economy in food production.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
OF “Y” IS STATE MAN
In order to aid in the carrying out of
tin* enlarged Y. M. C. A. program for
the coming year, Mr. W. J. Kitchen '2O
returns to IVnn State as Associate Sec
retary of that organization. Mr. Kit
chen is well fitted to enter into
his new work. An active "Y"
worker ever since lie entered col
lege he became president of the Ass’St
last' year. He was a popular student
and untiring in ids efforts to promote
the spiritual welfare of Bonn 'State.
After his graduation last Juno he at
tended a social service school in New
York city for six weeks, gaining valu
able experience in social settlement
work in the Navy Yard section of the
city. Following this, lie spent two
weeks in tiie Y. M. C. A. Secretarial
Training School at Lake Fovest, Bfin
uis. He will have charge, during the
coming year, of religious educational
work and Bibte discussion groups.
While a student here, Mr. Kitchen was
; a prominent member of the college de
bating loams and. in his Junior year,
won tiie Junior Oratorical Contest.
SECRETARY BAKER’S SPEECH
PLEASES VAST ASSEMBLAGE
Text of Address To Be Sent To All Colleges In This Country-
Over Four Thousand Students, Faculty Members and Towns
people Present
“The future lies with you. It shall
be your duty to determine the status
of tiie United Slats in reference ter etli
eiency and training of its young men
along military lines." This, in short
was the challenge to iYlin State stud
ents and idi students in state colleges
throughout this land sent forth by
Secretary of War. Honorable Newton
I). Baker tit the opening mass meeting
ushering in the sixty-sixth adminis
trative year of the Pennsylvania State
College. Secretary Baker's speech,
while delivered personally at this col
lege to an assemblage of over fmtr
thousand students, faculty members
ami townspeople, has been transmitted
through print to every land grant col
lege in this country, and presents to
each tbe challenge received here.
Long boofiv the expected arrival of
the distinguished guest, the front cam
pus was thronged with an eager as
semblage. Secretary Baker was ac
companied by Honorable Vance C. Mc-
Cormick. a member of the Board of
Trustees and was met at tiie borough
limits by the college military land
headed by Bandmaster W. O. Thomp
son and a small company of cadet vol
unteers who acted as a guard of honor
to tiie party.
Following Secretary Baker's nppeur
shtging of "Victory" by the student
body. Honorable H. Walton Mitchell,
president of tiie board of Trustees del
ivered tho opening address of the an
uul exorcises. Mr. Mitchell spoke of
BUie conditions under which the col
lege was opening and expressed the
belief that brighter days were ahead
Have You Trimmed The Wick
Of That Midnight Lamp
Of Yours
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Tin* great needs <>f this college., so
long apparent tv* those who have been
most aeiively connected with the in
stitution, haw finally become sufficient
ly known throughout the state that the
business men have been aroused to
■.union, so much so that the IVnnsyi
vanin Chamber of Commerce has taken
up the matter and made an investiga
tion of conditions existing hen*. Dr.
Leonard 1\ Fox. director of the re
search bureau of the Stale Chamber, is
compiling a report following the In
vestigation and it is very evident that
tiie State Chamber will take some ac
tion as a result of this report.
Tin* following article, published In Ji
nuiiiter of prominent newspapers
throughout the stale about August
thirtieth gives a very graphic account
of the situation and also of the work
which the Chamber is doing in order
lo obtain a full light on tiie conditions
witli which this cofiego lias teen con
tending for so long:
"Tin* Pennsylvania State Chamber of
Commerce, desirous of making State
College tiie great institution Pennsyl
vania deserves, has undertaken a study
of the wants now hampering the col
lege in the enlargement of its services
to the Commonwealth.
“Many businessmen feel that not
enough people understand the situa
tion at the Fomisylvania .State College.*
In most other states the university
of the State is considered as a pre
eminent institution and there is a great
deal of sentiment surrounding it.
Klsowln-re i>eople appear more conver-
I sant with the benefits, services and
needs of their state colleges, which
renders simpler the securing of state
interest and state funds.
"At State College fev the past five
years, prospective students have been
refu.-iefFauiiiixaioh; 'thiTychr 4:ava
been turned away and it has been
necessary to limit severely the matric
ulation <*f Pennsylvania boys and girls
win* are clamoring for education.
SVvcral of tiie buildings at Suite arc in
such bad condition that replacement
is vitally iK-cessary. and many additi
ti**n:d structures should be provided;
tin* dormitories are absolutely inade
quate; ami to tell the whole truth of
tin* needs would lequire :i survey.
“This the State Chamber is carrying
mi. Dr. Leonard I*. Fox. dim-tor, ve
.search bureau of tile State Chamber,
and until recently a faculty member
of Carnegie Tech and Princeton, is
making a careful .study of State Col
lege and in co-operation with a special
State Chamber committee'will bring out
a report which will te presented at
the annual meeting to te held In Har
risburg. September 27 and 28.
"Serving on this committee arc: F.
W. Walker. Beaver Falls; It. H. Gar
rahau. Kingston; B. Dawson Coleman.
Philadelphia; 13. .1.. Poole, Bending;
Harry C. Tre.vler. Allentown: Paul D.
Wright. M. T. Philips. Pomeroy, and
C. .1. Tyson. Flora Dale. This commit
tee lias visited State College, taking
cognizance of the needs of the insti
tution and Dr. Fox is pursuing the
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in all activities of Penn State. He then
ntrodin-id Secretary Baker, acclaim
ing the remarkable methods employed
by tho latter during the past war, and
expressed the spirit of the entire as
semblage in reference to the privilege
recognized by nil in the presence of so
distinguished a speaker. The meeting
closed with the presentation of the
president's medal and the singing of
the Alma Mater.
Secretary Baker's speech, reminis
cent of the problems eiicnunlc-ml dur
ing war times, forcefully portrayed the
government's metbotls for obtaining a
required number of physically and in
tellectually capable nfilccrs, and then
the rapid growth of a reserve Imkl.v
wiio.se further growth lie so greatly ad
vocates.
Secretary Baker emphasized the posi
tion of the average college student. Ids
relation lo tho college and the Jt O. T.
O. and also the relationship the latter
hears tu the college. 110 says:
“The student who comes to college
brings with him the eagerness of youth
but usually lie has uncertain and Im
mature objectives. .As he enters the
campus he confronts the ideals of life
fnr which tbe college stands; they soon
In-gin to make certain his uncertain
ties. to settle his doubts, ami to steady
him with definite views :tnd aims.
“The college stands for culture, which
Godkin once called "the ability to d°
easily tiie tilings which one docs not
like to do,” but which is perhaps bet
ter defined as the acquisition of enough
(Continued on Faso Three)