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Penn State Collegian
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1920.
A DISGRACEFUL POSTER NIGHT
Student activities in the vicinity of Co-op corner last Friday evening
and early Suturday morning capped the climax of what have been the
most disgraceful days at Penn State for some years. Groups of
students lost all regard of their individuality, their college and the
rights of others Coarseness, buffoonery and shallowness were the
types of character displayed. The first bit of ungentlemanly actions
began with petty indiscriminate huztng about the Co-op This brought
forth language of a most dishonorable kind and showed the mean,
self-debasing types of conduct of which these men were capable.
Things were done which are regarded in the most part as belonging
to prep.school days and which should be forgotten when men come to
college. Yet these activities, bad as they were, were greatly eclipsed
by what occurred on the occasion of the annual Poster Night. Then
some students lowered themselves even more. Property was dam
aged, buildings defaced, sidewalks painted, signs displayed and in
generul type of conduct participated in which was far below that
expected of the average college man .
Average college man! We wonder how many were in that mad
mob which gathered about the Co-op late Friday night and early Satur
day morning. Not many, we venture to say. No college man, and d
real college man is a gentleman, could have done the things which
occurred there. No real man, with the honest regard for his fellows
and love of his Alma Mater at heart could have participated in the
small town stunts committed at that time. No gentleman, with home
tics which keep him strong in his critical hours, could have acted as
that howling, tearing, fighting mob did We must grant that at times
class spirit justifies one group in enforcing on another the ideals of
college spirit, but surely there need be no occasion for such demon
strations as those which did occur. The general impression at Penn
State has been that the entire student body was composed of real
men There was an illusion that no such things would happen as have
-•occurred at otheif'institutions and which occur frequently at prep
schools. Yet* we have been forced to realize that there are men at
Penn State who have not yet received enough real college spirit that
would drown forever the small minded desires and deeds perpretated
heic. We realize, of course, that the great majority of students have
received a sufficient amount of our beloved Penn State spirit and
ideals and that they would’ not indulge in the committed on
Poster Night, and it is to be deeply regretted that the'entire student
body must suffer because 1 of the misdemeanors of the few. These
students are the kind who make college life worth while and who bene
fit most from the better associations received at Penn State. For
those few who so belittled themselves on that night we have only to
say that they are not real Penn State men and that they are not on the
same level as the great minority of students at this college.
This matter must not be faced from the individual's standpoint
alone Nor must it be looked on from the view of the college and its
authorities alone We must took further, to the standpoint of the
citizens and business men of the town, and to the people of the state
and the great organizations which are at present laying such great
plans for the betterment of Penn State. The individual stands alone
in this matter. He is a goat who has been separated from the sheep,
by no otheragencics than his own The college cannot look at this
matter but with disfavor, nor can the better members of the student
body. No one desires to see nnothers property recklessly and wanton
ly destroyed. The business men of State College have builded them
selves attractive looktng places in which to conduct their trade and
naturally do not like to sec them defaced They are trying to make
this borough an attractive; wide-awake place to live in and have in
vested amounts of money to make it so. They and the remainder of
the citizens have tried to make better ways of traffic and entrance to
the town. Alii have worked for the betterment of the town, its oc
cupants, and this includes the sudents, and the college.- Yet there arc
some among our numbers who have so tittle pride in civic welfare
that they delight in working out such infamies as we have seen. This
matter further deflects itself from a local view to a state-wide view.
Would it not be benificial to the growth of Penn State if all the news
papers in the state were o publish a graphic account of last week
end’s activities Would these serious minded business men of the
state not delight in learning how Penn State students defaced the
business property of others, marked college property and painted
shameful signs? And all this some call college spirit. Some may call
it the playfulness of the college boy, but to those who know what a col
lege student should be like and what he should be seriously thinking
of accomplishing in future life, this has been nothing short of damn
able. How mnny fathers and mothers, do you suppose, will be de
lighted with tales of what their sons did on that night? There is
only one way out of this difficulty. If these actviitics are indicative of
whnt Poster Night means, then it were far better we had no such
thing in our college customs. Poster night is certainly not a time
ior students to turn their liberties into ltcenses for doing their will
upon what is rightfully anothers. If Poster Night is conducted in a
sane, proper manner, making of it a time when the underclassmen
entertain the remainder of the college in a clean way, then we want
it. we fail to see where it can be possible to do this.
From all evidences, the worst activities occurred at the Co-op. The
vanous groups which left the town were gathered up quietly and taken
some distance away. It is what occurred at the junction of College
and Alien streets and on the campus which has been so decidedly dis
honorable.
Students were warned beforehand in regard to their conduct on
this evening. They failed to observe the warning. Now it is the time
for student action on the matter. Some definite law should be laid
down regarding whnt may and what may not be done on Poster Night,
nnd if the law takes all the delight out of some men’s hearts as re
gards the custom, then it were better we did away with it altogether. *
THE USE OF SIGNS
From all evidences penn l State is again being troubled-with an old
evil left over from last year. ■ This is the matter of placing signs about
the 'campus. Last spring the trees and signboards and in fact all
places where a nail’would take" hold were infested with signs. As a
result Student Council had the number of college notices boards in
creased nnd it was thought that the matter would be taken care of.
This has, however, not been the ease. The old evil of placing signs
about trees is ngnm prevalent. This makes a Very bad appearance
r.nd should be discontinued at once. As regards the signboards, a
suggestion might remedy that matter There is no sense
in placing a sign on these boards which almost covers the entire
structure A sign less than the size of some which have
been used would adequately do the same service. It is not the size of
the sign wlmch counts, but the method in which the information con
tained has been arranged upon it. Again, there is no use in placing
a different sign containing the the same information on almost every
board on the campus The COLLEGIAN is glad to see that Student
Council has taken the matter in hand and that some remedy will be
forthcoming. Certainly the size nnd number of the signs should be;
limited. In addition it might be wise for those making the signs to be 1
more careful in the use of their language. It inny be attractive to
the reader if the sign carries mispclled words, or words used in the
wrong sense, but it is certainly not good policy for a college man to
go into that sort of thing. The majority of students read the.signs
anyhow, and so it is more advisable to striker happy medium than
to use the glaring, fancily prepared signs or their exact opposite asjias
often been the ease.
Editor
_____ ...jvaalstant Editor
\V D Lelnbnch '2l
J W. Selovcr *22
..Miss Holon E. Field '2l
A, B Post *23 D It. Moll! '23
B. B. Wutklns '23
.Business Manager
Advertising Manager
....... ....Circulation Manager
E. S Yocum *22
The Letter Box
State College, Pa
Sept 2l>. 11)20.
Dear Editor
Notices have appeared In the COL
LEGIAN that letter** fiom student** arc
acceptable and 1 take thla opportunity
to \ulcu my opinion** of certain mat
te* x which pertain to the interests of
all student** and the college In parti
cular lam sjicuking directly concern
ing the disgraceful actions of last Frl
*l *y night The dictionary docs not
provide ample woids nnd phrases with
which to condemn and criticise tho ac
tions of the students at that time I
have been a student at this colllege for
several ye.us and have visited colleges
both larger nnd smaller than tills one
and In all thnt time I have never en
countered a bod) of college students
who acted so childish, so much like
high school hoys, so much like rowdies
and rough-necks as the so-called Penn
St itc students did on Poster night I
hesitate to call them Penn State men
because it Is disgraceful to Penn Slate
manhood. Is not In accordance with
Penn State standard and traditions,
nnd In a disgrace to the collcgo It
self I sn> the men who wero parti
cipants in the nlTalr of Inst week arc
not Penn State men but some "who
have escaped the eyes of tho otllclnls
and seeped into the college nnd arc liv
ing up to their own standards nnd
tearing down the college standards,
which It has taken )cnrs to build.
Penn State is rapidly becoming the
largest collcgo In tho country and the
fnmo of Penn State is spreading rap
idly But we do not have nil friends In
thlsl world and there arc nlways those
who are looking for those things which
mn) hinder the developcmcnt of some
thing good and those people had their
opportunity Friday night. XVe tho\gh*
that we were rid of pests nnd trouble
producers but we sec thnt they are
still in our midst and tho sooner wo
get rid of them the better. Truly Pos
ter Night Is a custom at Penn Stato
and when conducted In the right wny
has Its advantage but the Sophomores
undouhtedi) desired to !>o Inventors
and creutc something new nnd the con
duct of Friday night was the result.
Tho Sophomores arc not entlroly to
blame and I nrp not speaking t) and
about them alono but all those who
took an nctlve interest In the affair
Not onl) will tho effects he noticed in
the low'd ing of the college standards
but the destruction of property is an
added disgrace and expense which
could have onsll) been omitted
Bv doing the things which they did
do the upperclassmen have set an ex
ample to the Freshmen and I nm hop
ing thnt this will, In a. way, discredit
the feeling that they should do the
same thing next )cnr. If tho student;
council does not think that this Is
possible. I think the-liest thing to do
is to stop Poster night uitogother It
Is m) sincere hope am) the hope of the
good thinking students of tho collcgo
that in the future nnd even the rest
of the >u*r that the men will consider
all plnsis and the results which their
actions mn> produce l>cforo they net.
Yours Truly,
A SENIOR
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Editor COLLEGIAN-
Dear Sir*—-
It seems thnt Penn Shite Is doomed
to an eteinal annual outbreak of n
disease which may he termed “ndver-
UhlUh" For the past four )ears it
has appealed at vailous nnd numerous
limit* duilng the college >onr and the
organizations which hnvc been guilt)
of spi catling tho malady have been ns
numinous and as varied ns tho occas
ions Advet Using Is a neccsslt). there
Is a limit to the time, place ami amount
No one objects to legitimate ndver.
Using In legitimate and recognized
places about the campus 'Students
with a sense of pride, however, do ob
ject to the litter of advertising which
fiom time to time is perpetrated on
the students fiom the Hunks of the
trees about the campus and the var
ious buildings which arc so unfoi lun
ate ns tn be made of material capable
of holding tucks. The Studefit Coun
cil has gone on record several times
within the mat thiec )ears condemning
the polio and practice of placarding
the trees and buildings with advertis
ing matter ami posters In the course
of the last few months, guile a'few new
bulletin boards have been placed nt
conspicuous points about the'eompus,
hoping thus to supply space enough
for advertising without reverting to
Mother Nature
One cannot help but wonder If some
persons have lost their pride'ln ePnn
Stnlo. Tim appearance of the trees
‘dong the Main Drive is such ns to re.
mind one of a man who has not shav
ed for several weeks Let's take heed
to the ruling of the Student 1 Council
and tie no more signs on the trees of
the campus.
Yours for the best at Penn State,
A SENIOR.
OLD MAIN STUDENTS HOLD
ORGANIZATION MEETING
The students living In the old Main
Dormitory met on Wednesday even
ing. September twenty-second, for or
ganization purposes Election l of old
cers was held and G W. Supplco ’22
was chosen "Miyor” An executive
commitleo was Instructed to prepare
plans for mjdlng to the furnishings of
the clubroom and consider plans for a
dance or sliint night. Protest was also
made ngfllnat the practice on the part
pf outsidcnLpf pending,Freshmen to
-the dormitories to lie hazed
This yenrj secs a largo Increase In
the population of the Main Building
nnd for the first time in yenrs over)
loom Is occupied
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STUDENT ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE
CoiirM* Sr. Jr. Soph. Fresh. Twn»yr. Spru Total
Agricultural Education 5 8 17 II
Agronomy 14 26
Animal Husbandry 28 27 s
Botany .. I 1
Chemical Agriculture 31 23 113
Dairy Husbandry 22 28
Horticulture 18 30
Forestry 3 17
Landscape Gnidening ...3 _ 1
Ist Agriculture
2d. Agriculture
Special
Total
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Architectural Engineering.... 0 0 14 12
Civil Engineering 22 53 47
Highway Engineering 0 3 I 50
Sanitary Engineering 57 7 0
Electrical Engineering .... 57 83 114 128 J
Elcctro-Chcniicn I 12 10 13 8
Industrial Engineering 36 30 CO 37
Industrial Education 0 1 0 1
Mechnnicnl Engineering .... 44 51 01
Rwy. Mechanical Engineering 4 4 0 86
Milling Engineering I I 0
Total - 183 263 310 322
SCHOOL OF THE LIBERAL ARTS
Classical '0 1 2 3
Commerce and Finance '43 68
Education and Psychology... 8 7
Modern Language 8 10 113 06
Prc-Lcgril ....'. 11 20
Mathematics 1 6 3
Total t 71 121 118 00 11 420
Metallurgy
Mining
Mining Geology
Special
Total . ..
SCHOOL OF NATURAL* SCIENCE
Chemistry 10 17 14 21
Industrial Chemistry . ..22 42 65 30
Entomology 1 0 II
Natural Science ' 4 0 3 22
Pre*Mcdicnl 0 17 23
Physics 0 1 0 1
Total 46 83 116 74 310
DEPARTMENT OF HOME ECONOMICS
Domestic Art 2 2
Domestic Science 5 0 32 20
Domestic Science (Inst.) I!
Vocational HE 0 15 II 26
Total 27 26 43 46 - 142
Grand Total 476 685 703 752 201 SO 2057
Mrs. Fox was bragging one day about the large
number of her cubs.
“How many cubs do you bring into the world at
one time?” she asked the LIONESS.-
“Only ONE,” replied the Lioness —“but iris a
LION.” “ |
MURADS COST 20 CENTS for a BOX !
of 10 —BUT THEY’RE MURADS! |
j
MURADS would be lower priced if we left out' j
all or part of the J 00# Turldsh tobaccos of the purest ]
and best varieties grown —or if we substituted,inferior
grades of Turkish tobacco. |
But they wouldn’t beMURADS —they’d only be j
Foxes!
“Judge for yourself—!” \
Special attention is called
toMurad2osinTinßoxes . £0 andEjtjpttanQ^cSalnii*VixU
Tuesday, September 28, 1920
168 201
SCHOOL OF MINES
.. 13 13 23 43
7 12 23
4 6 5
24 31 51 43
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8 BIS
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