Page Four SAMOSET CHOCOLATES Park & Tilford Chocolates, Candies GRAHAM & SONS On the Corner SOLE AGENTS STATE CHAMBER HEARS PENN STATE REPORT (Continued from first page) tourKCH fur students nblo to dovoto only u shoit poilod to study on the (.-itnpus, The School of Agriculture gives a two-year course In practical ugticukuml subjects draw n from tlio ; material of the larger curriculum, de signed to projmro men and women for tlio matmgcmenl of farms. livestock, market gardens, orchards and gtcen housiH, also, a three-months winter com so In vailous branches of ngrlcul tuial activity for practical farmers "Tin* six-weeks Summer Session for Teachers affords teachers in our pub lic schools a splendid opportunity to 'n cruise thcii professional ctllclency at i modest cost Other successful fea tures of the Summer Session are a six weeks couise In Practical Cool Mining fur men around (ho mines: and an In tensive course in Industrial Engineer ing for factory executives, in which factoty organization, manufacturing methods, employment, inductrial better ment, planning ami production, control, purcbaslug, cost accounting and kin dred subjects are studied "The total number of graduates fiom the four-yeir courses Is 4744, of whom 92 per cent were residents of Pennsyl vania Since 1899 there have been ap proximately 12,000 non-graefuntes at tho college Out of a total Summer School registration of 0704 nearly 0000 have come from Pennsylvania. Of the IJIG students at State College In 1919- 20, 9S per cent weie citizens of Penn sylvania representing every county In tile State The distribution of tho four year students among vnrious schools Is ns follows Agriculture, 083, Engined- Ing, 1139, Liberal Arts, 4G2, Mining, 108, Natural Science, 398: and Home Economics. 141 With tho exception of the School of Agriculture most of tho residents nro from city homes. "As a public institution tho college recognizes Us duty to reach the people beyond its own walls and therefore ex tends its campus to tho limits of the State through extension work and cor respondence courses "Organized ns a department of tho School of Agilculture In 1907. with u staff composed of one individual until 1912, the Agricultural Extension Ser vice now has on its rolls 130 people and roaches more than three-quarters of a million people In a single year. Funds tor this purpose nro provided by Con ;i chm under the Smith-Lever Act of 1914 and equivalent State appropria tions. “Tho work hns been developed thru ic placing of trained mon In the coun cs ns, permanent resident representn ves County farm bureaus, ropro local people, hnvo been or ■ ptmod Jn sixty c6untics,' aro now op- ntlng In flfty-nlno and will'soon be Uiblished In tlio others. Supporting id loading the work of thoso resident Ivlsers nro men, specially trained and jullfled in their particular lines, who o located at 'the collcgo. Tiio lines ’ work In which such specialists arc nployed Include agronomy', animal jsbatidry, agricultural club work, liry husbandry, dlscaso control, farm nnngcmcnts and accounts, fruit cul ire, homo economics, Insect control, mltry, rural organization nnd market g, nnd vegetable gardening. "In co-opcmtlon with local citizens' immittecM, manufacturing concerns, bor unions, V. M. C. A's, and cduca •rnsil societies for Engineering Ex nslon Division organizes nnd super ses classes for Instruction In subjects Inptcd to tho needs of industrial rakers, power plant engineers, olec- Icnl workers, mechanics and foremen, t present there nro 200 such classes 30 cities with an cnrollomnt of 00 Under tlio Smith-Hughes Act u Englncciing School also co-operat with the State Department of Edu tllon In giving extension courses for e training of vocational teachers r the schools of tho state "A year ago tho School of Mines tried extension classes for coal mln k, featuring practical lessons In min g technique, safety and rescue work. Tho extension work of tho School Liberal Arts hits resulted In tho or .nlzatlon of public-speaking contests thirty-four counties nnd a final ntest at the college last spring with 0 contestants participating “Tho School of Agriculture has tho lest ami largest department of Cor ipondonco courses In America. I'rnm u first offering in 1899 to date, moro \n .215,000 students have enrolled in esc courses In the current year 00 students vvera Instructed in 39 feront courses •Correspondence study rouiscs afford tellers who hnvo attended ihc, Sam- ir Session of tho college an eppor nlty to complete subjects begun In 3 sessions, thereby obtaining full *dlt for tho.rclnted college) courses. ‘Vital to tlio success of tho oxlen n service and tho systematic Im vvomont of agricultural and Indus n! production Is tho research work thn college now sustained chiefly federal appropriations ‘The School of Agriculture nnd Ex iment Station have 120 nctivo cx •lmontnl projects covering every Itno agriculture, including fertilizer —the cst In America. In scvornl counties d laboratories In ontomology nnd ,»t disenaos are maintained, also tlllzor experiments with apples. By iiiiaiiiiiiimiioiimiimiioiiitiiiimintimiiiiiunmimmiiDiiiiu W. L. FOSTER DAVID F. KAPP President Cashier First National Bank OF. State College, Pa. Capital, $50,000 Surplus, $50,000 its Investigations the Institute of Ani mal Munition makes possible a moro simplified and accurato methods of, com puling rations for farm animals "The Engineering Experiment Sta tion Is attached to the School of Eng ineering and enjoys the use of Its ex perts and equipment It Is propirod to test road materials, brick, stone, steel and other materials; to tent me chanical devices, engines, electrical ap paratus. and to assist la developing new pioilucts from raw inateilais. in Its Thermal Testing Plant the trans mission of heal through various build ing materials lias Iwon studied. "Tlie School of Mines gives free In formation nnd advice on minerals and rocks to hundreds of people In the State “Inadequate funds for class rooms, laboratories, equipment, dormitories, servlco buildings, and staff bumper State College in the most efllcient dis charge of its services and their full est extension to the people of tho Com monwealth. "A general measure of tho grow ing Inadequacy of the college facili ties Is afforded by the i ejection of ov ei 2000 qualified students for the four year courses ‘n the years 1913-1919, This year ncnrly 1100 applicants wore denied admission to tho Freshman clnss If all tho accepted Freshmen matricu late. tho present student body will num ber more thnn 3,000, In the table of refusals prepared by the Jteglstrar, August 10th. Philadelphia County lends with a total of 90 and Allegheny Is second with SI Other counties with large totnls nro Luzerne, 38. Fayette. 28; Lacknvvnnnn, 27; Dauphin, 20; Schuylkill, 23, Montgomery, 21, North ampton, 19, Blair, 18, Lycominig, 10, Berks nnd Westmoreland. 10 each; Bradford, Cambiii, Erie, Lancaster, Mercer nnd York, 14 each, Chester. 13. Delaware, 12 nnd Lehigh 10. “State College derives the bulk of Us revenue from three major sources rated In the order of tlielr Import ance ns State appropriations, general student fees and Federal funds “The general student fees bear no relation to the actual cost, of Instruc tion Since Uie college Is a public In stitution, it hns aimed to keep Us fees at a minimum, thus enabling tho stud ent with modest means to, gain high er cdifcntlnn largely at Stato expenso. With Federal funds limited to 180,000 available for resident instruction and 330,000 for research, biennially, nnd student fees kept at a minimum, State College depends mainly upon Stato ap propriations for now buildings, equip ment and general maintenance Tho Legislature has equalled the Smiths Lever apportionment for agricultural extension nnd provided funds for engineering -nnd_< qtber extension. Summer Session, maintenance and equipment, buildings and land. "Stntc College’s financial dlfllcultleg are easily grasped. > While tho regular studont body* Increased 104 per cent. In the period 1910-1919, tho available Federal revenue per student diminished fifty per cent, student fees remained stationary, and the available State rev enue per student increased only twenty per cent This disparity between the growth In studont numbers and an nual income, with the consequent cramping of college fncUlUlcs. hns been accentuated by tho sharp dccllno in the purchasing power of the dollar,. The effective value of the college reven ue since 1914 tins been less than half tho nomlnnl vnluo. “To give maximum service to tho people of the State certain wants of, Something to Think About J. C. SMITH & SON DEALERS IN GENERAL HARDWARE Builders’ Materials, Oils, Paints, Glass, Cement, Stoves, Roofing, Spouting, Etc. STATE COLLEGE, PA. THE HOOVER I It Beats, as It Sweeps, as It Cleans :: Let Us Give You a Demonstration In Your Own Home Sold on Cash or Easy Payments ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO. Recently Taken Over the Merchan dise Business of the' STATE CENTRE ELECTRIC CO. .123 FRAZIER STREET LIGHT CO. OFFICE tho School of Agriculture must ho -sup plied Tlio soils, farm crops und farm mechanics laboratories of tho depart ment of Agronomy nro quite inndequato llkowisc tho instruction possible in farm management and xnnrkotlng. Im mediate needs of Animal Husbandry aro a non cattle barn, a water system for its hog paddocks, more paddocks nnd a hog houoo. more purc-brcd Iho utock; and a general feed storage. Tho Botany department has entirely out grown Its present building nnd requir es moro laboratories and offices as well as now greenhouses Chemical Agri culture is without suiltdont laborator ies Dnlrj Husbandry is hnndicappcd by lack of milk equipment, a dairy by products laboratory, ice-cream* labora tory and storage, a condensing pan, storage room for chccso nnd butter, and proper creamery space This de partment needs five more laboratories nnd additional stair to meet all de mands for Instruction in bnctcrlology. The department of Forestry works with Insufficient class rooms, laboratories and equipment. Moro greenhouses nnd nursery stock nro essential in tho work V>f Horticulture Besides pioro hens of Mirious stock, shelter houses nnd n range, thu new Poultry* department de mands a shop room, class nnd labora tory* spneo “It Is oxlomntic that agriculture nnd Industry complement each other nnd that both must prosper to croute a sy mmetrical nnd hcnlthy* economic dev elopment Tho prosperous nnd scien tific farmer strengthens the home mar ket of American industry* and sustains t)>t> Industrial army* with food econo mically produced; while thriving In dustries assure the farmer of n profit able market in the cities and econo mical mechanisms for raising nnd mar keting his crops "In order that the engineering cours es may function most effectively In pt'omoting intelligent Industrial pro duction, additional facilities arc re quired A new main building Is need ed to house tho dean’s office nnd pro vide more, ofllccs, class and laboratory spneo to various departments of the School of Engineering Threo nnd four men now share tiio same office Drawing rooms nrc crowded nnd nt times a single room is occupied by two to four classes under as many instruc tors Mechanical Engineering will need extensive equipment for the new laboratory unit under construction, n trnnspoi tntlon building for Hs loco motive nnd tost car. and spneo for fur ther milling equipment. Civil Engin eering wants, besides drawing nnd class rooms, a now hydraulic laboratory properly equipped and more apparatus for its masonry laboratory Valuable property of Architectural Engineer ing nnd the surveying equipment of Civil Engineering arc stored In Engin eering r, a framo building that is vir tually n flro-trap The department of Industrial Engineering must linvo ad ditional spneo for forge, machine nnd wood working shops; also, a now foun dry and more apparatus for impact tests nnd the heat treatment of steel. < "Tho facilities of the School of Mines nro not In keeping with tho Im portance of Pennsylvania's mineral production, which In 101? exceeded tho total vnluo of Us agricultural products This school is now* quartered in tem porary framo buildings thnt aro in llnmmnblc, leaky and, unsightly. Such buildings, far removed ,from tho mam mining .building, left .unfinished since 1011, endanger valuable equipment and caqpot accommodate now oqulpmont necessitated by technical progress and Increased enrollment' ••Laboratory* and office space arc wholly inadequate'ln overy department of ,tl\c School of Natural' Science. , "in tho School of Liberal Arts'thc number of rooms for instructional pur poses should bo doubled and flvo tlpiot the present offico space provided. . "Not only docs tho Home Economic! Most Good Dressers Bring* Their clothes to us for cleaning, pres sing nnd repairing. They have forb ed a habit which is hard to break. You ought to Join thorn—why don't you do It today? UNIQBR TAILORING CO. E. W. Gornard PENN STATE COLLEGIAN department contend with small nnd un suitable lnborntotJea nnd class rooriH hut Us enrollment Is arbitrnrly limited by* tho dormitory accommodations av ailable fur girls at tho collogu. “The Library, built In 1901, is in great need of moro stacks and rending rooms to bouse Ilrf books, properly nnd serve tho increased studont body nnd faculty. To enlarge its scopo and efficiency tho college extension service requires greater support. For tho execution of its program in co-operation with coun ty farm bureaus in tho next biennium, tho Agricultural Extension department will receive over $500,000 from tho Fed eral government, provided the State ap propriates an equivalent amount. At present the Mining Extension depart ment cannot meet one-half of tho re quests for classes nt tho mines. The Engineering Extension department de mands moro funds to develop its sec ondary classes in industrial centers and to offer more work of oolleglato giado •‘Resenrch is pnrnmnunt, funda mental to alt other functions of the college It givea n fresh nnd systema tic content to lnstwictlfln, 'in spires tho teacher, provides a touchstone of tenchlnlg efficiency, and furnishes tho extension worker with f«cu*> of -In calculable benefit to' tho pefjplo *gf tie Commonwealth No better investment can be matty, thnjj the provision of mope money for the Investigation of vexing agricultural nnd Industrial problems by tho established research agencies of the college. "A college is as good as its faculty. Material equipment however adequate does not automatically educate the student, it only becomes an effective tool in the educative process when used by tlio experienced, sacrificing and zeal ous teacher. Honcc tho substantial turnover In the college faculty, owing to insufficient salaries, should bo elim inated to secure the needed stability for the instructional staff "Tho mnny social advantages accru ing to the resident stfidcnt should not obscure prosont opportunities for im proving life nt tho college.. The frat ernity houses accommodate about 800 men, or 24 per cent of the prospective enrollment. With only two floors of barely hnbltnblo dormitory rooms in Old Main, most of tho men must bo housed in the town. This situation has occasioned dangerous congestion in tho rooming houses and forced some studonts to seek shelter nt outlaying farms nnd In the gymnasium There are no college commons nnd dormit ories to set proper prices and stand ards for board room in the town. Nor do the men havo a building devoted to club and recreation rooms Last year the college turned away ns many girls ns it admitted, owing to the limitation of Us dormitory space to 206. Tho girls Justly expect n building for gym nasium, club nnd rccrcntlonnl activi ties "This survey of college services nnd wants is offered for tljo Information of our citizens, who eventually determine tho degree of support which our State Collego receives. Surely a State which ranks second in tho union in tho value of Its manufacturing products, first In mineral output; and whose agricultural products In 1919 were vnlucd at 5451,000 000, Is vitally interested in tlib Con ditions affecting the efficiency of a pub lic institution-devoted to the improve ment of agrlculturo and tho mechanic al Arts. , Mmamia&nMwiaitaßiamMMa i FROMM'S ECONOMY STBR El i s ■ We Can Save You Money on Your ■ • Fall Clothing, Shoes g i and Gents’ Furnishings | S Store Open Every Evening Until 8:30 S H H j Fromm’s Economy Store j | . OPPOSITE CAMPUS g EAT AS YOU DID AT HOME Just Ask Our Old Patrons CRYSTAL CAFE Everything Possible Home-made Special Rates on Meal Tickets A. B. DIET RICH Penn State 1920 : HAVE YOU SEEN THE . “MTTANY LION” Scrap Book Size on Sale Now ~ Also a Complete Line of Athletic Pictures, Views, Etc. Just the size to adorn your Memory Book With • TTLi/* DENN OTATE • i ine Jthoto oh op I 212 E. COLLEGE AVE. I VARSITY ELEVEN MEETS GETTYSBURG TEAM NEXT (Continued from first page) not boon playing tho same brand of ball ns ho did Inst year. During tho week Bocdok shifted Rauch and Gri-: lithu but whether this chnngu will hold for tho next gnmo is not known. Tho tncklcs linvo been showing up much bolter Bncr hnu been working con scientiously to fill tho shoes of Cub lutge. but has not displnycd -tho abil ity nt tho latter. Beck plnycd a fair game Inst Saturday, nnd Ims Improved somewhat during tho week Tho lino men do not seem to hnvo tho samo staying power ns did tho lino last year hut it Is hoped thnt this will soon bo received. Tho ends. Brown nnd Mc- Collum. have been getting down the field much better than before but there Is considerable room for impiovcmont In their work Several of tho second string men linvo been showing up bet ter nnd during tho week thcro were numcious shifts from tho second team to- the varsity. The men nro nil work ing their hardest but it has not been good enough to mnko them real oppo sition for tho Dartmouth game. The big green tonm Is almost tho same as the ono which played tho Blue nnd White nt Hanover last year nnd is n much heavier team, The prospects for n Penn Stato victory on October ninth do not look very favorable be cause of this However tho gnmo with Gettysburg will tell much nnd It Is hoped thnt the student body* will bo present in sucii force nnd with such demonstrations ns to show tho varsity 'men thnt they are backing them to the limit Tho men'require more confi dence in their work and student spirit can and should glvo It STAR CINDER ARTIST LOST TO PENN STATE (Continued from first pago) American Olympic track team, while thn opposing side was composed of teams from England and many of hci dolonics throughout tho world. That it was an exceptionally interesting meet may be seen in tho fact tho (Inal ncora was a tlo between tho two op posing sides. Tho Inst event on the program was tho four mllo relay In which Shields ran ns anchor man for the American tonm. and \v hicli ho and his team mates won. Had tho British captured this race tho (Inal ■‘core would 'have been In favor of Great Britain Every olTort wns mndc by the Englls to show their visitors a roynl good tlm and they; succeeded admirably]. Thi progrnm Included a line buriquet and ; slght-acelng tour through tho vnrlou colleges of Oxford University It Is unquestionably a mn grot for every Penn Stnti to know Hint ••Lorry” will not returr to college this fall He has decided t< enter the world of business, and In thli way Penn State has lost ono of th< best athletes In her history ns well m one of tho most popular students. .WANTED—Furnished- apartment .1 or 4 rooms and bathor to share house. References given and ex* changed. Address A. ‘l*. C cato Penn Stnto Collegian. . ' * JUNIOR CLASS HAS LOST MANY MEMBERS One Hundred and, Seventy Men Enrolled os Sophomores Last Spring Fail to Return. According to a report from the Re- KlKtmr's ofllcc. tho present'Junior class has lost one of the laigest percentages of members over tho summer vacation that has ovci been tocordod in tho his tory of tho college. Exactly ono hun dred and seventy students who wero onrollcd Inst year ns Sophomores have failed to return to this Institution out of a total of eight hurfdred und fifty five. From thoso lias been subtracted all those who withdrew sometime dur ing tho year and those who obtained a Junior rating at tho beginning of thu second semester. Ah is the case in numerous instances tho main cause for tho situation is at tributed to the recent war, Inasmuch as there has been a very noticeable amount of restlessness present in the student bodies all over tlio country during the Inst few years. This Is forcibly evidenced, by tho fact that there has been n great amount of changing around both In courses and in schools. According to Registrar Es penshade tho changing from ono col lege to another docs not* necessarily mean a criticism of the school In which the student was originally en rolled but merely means tho finding of a school where the student ngiy pur- Something to Think About Fresh Fish Poultry OYSTERS AT j Pishf Market 11© Frazer Street H. HI. EVE Y, Prop. GOLF EQUIPMENT XUZ. THE ATEETIOITiE On Co-op Corner Samuel Goldwyn & Rex Beach PRESENT GOUVERNEUR MORRIS’ FAMOUS STORY THE PENALTY “BLIZZARD” playcd by LON CHANEY * whose character work ns "The Frog" in "The Miracle Man" will never be forgotten. In "The Penalty" he has a part that is unique in the annals of the screen. Bliz zard, the legless master of San Francisco’s underworld, whose satanic hatred <jf humanity is tinged with the fantastic cruelty of an un balanced mind, is perhaps the most unusual hero over presented in a motion picture pro duction. Lon Chancy's marvelous characterize- ' tion is sure to be greeted as one of the finest pieces of acting ever done before the camera. Thursday and Friday, Oct. 7 and 8 • Also Mermaid Comedy “DUCK IN” PASTIME THEATRE Friday, October 1, 1920. Htio his course to the beat advantage. The high cost of living also cornea In for its share of tho btumo as does tho fact that higher wages nro now being paid for men wfth a lUtlo education iban e\er before In tho big Jndust ilnl districts whore salnrlcn havo Jump ed to threo and four times their origin al proportions can bo found many stu dents who havo completed but a few > cars of their education and havo drop ped out of college In order to draw at tractive pay.. Tho School of Agrlcul tuio has especially suffered this jour |on this account for tho reason that farm labor is receiving nearly ns much morioj as is labor in tho cities and also because a large numbci of workmon mo .needed to harvest tho-bumpor crops that havo boon raised In practically e\grj stuto of tho union. Matters, however, are gradually get ting lmclc to normal und within a few ycais, tho Resist! nr declared, tho num bei of thoao dropping out of college would bo materially reduced That this condition is rapidly approaching Is attested to by the fact that only sov entj-four members of last j car’s Fresh man class did not return to Penn Stato when college opened this fall, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT HhDhSulhlhihihihihihi f Fellow Wants Room-Mate f " Second Floor Front Room " J Rate $2.50 Per Week J “ 526 EAST COLLEGE ■
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