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Penn State (Collegian
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S. Davis *2l
H* M.’ Sheffer *2l SENIOR ASSOCIATES W. D Lclnbnch *2l
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A. G. Pmtt *22
O. II Lysle, Jr. *22
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XV. R. Auman ’23 C 13. Gross '23
C. 11. Landofcld *23 13 D.-Scl)lvo ’23
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1920
WHAT DOES AN HOUR MEAN TO YOU?
At several instances this year the COLLEGIAN has advocated
that the students make more use of the extra hour granted by the
college for the sole use of providing a time for student mass athletics.
There has been much discussion recently about the advisability of
allowing'this extra hour inasmuch as the students evidently have made
no appreciative response to the opportunity thus afforded. On the
contrary it has resulted in on almost universal movement forward of
the evening meal hour, so that such a thing ns coordinate student
athletics has been impossible. Many of the sports have suffered con
sequently and the reason has been more because of the rearrangement
of the meal hour than from a lack of desire on the part of the stud
ents to participate in the athletics offered. Now the situation that
faces the students is that unless they make a united effort to make this
hour worth while to themselves, there will be a change made in the
daily program. This extra hour will be taken away and in its place
substituted the former routine day of fifty minute class periods.
As advocated before, there is only one way .to make this hour
worth while. It is through the cooperation of the students for whose
sole benefit it was first instituted. The students must see to it that
th&meal hours throughout the town be changed from the present time
of anywhere from five to six o’clock in the evening to a set time The
classes for the day close at four-thirty o’clock. From then on till
five-thirty, is set a time for pursuit of athletics. Consequently six
o’clock is the most suitable time for the evening meal hour.
The students must consider this matter seriously. It means just
this, that unless they do make use or the extra hour, it will be taken
away from them. We all realize ; the importance of the period set
aside for mtra-mural athletics and so it is our duty to cooperate and
make it a success
SUPPORT LOCAL MERCHANTS
Many students do not realize just what the merchants of State
College arc doing for the town and college. They do not realize that
the support given by them is a large factor in the existence of many
student publications and activities State College merchants are re
quested to advertise and support many student propositions and in
most cases their aid is readily forthcoming In return they have re
ceived student support in the purchase of the articles they have for
sale. However, during the past several years, and especially this year,
the support has fallen bff, due largely'to the invasion of representa
tives of out-of-town firms who have offered goods for sale. These
dealers have given little or no support to the students. They have
only taken. They have no expenses to bear in the same proportion
as do the local merchants Consequently many of their articles have
been offered at lower prices and have been readily accepted. That
there is much in this that is unjust to the local men may be readily
seen. There arc many arguments pro and con and we shall.attempt
to consider a few at this time.
For a better and bigger State College we must in large measure
depend on the merchants. Their aid has meant much to student af
fairs as well as has student support meant added life to their busi
nesses. The two must work hand in hand for mutual benefft. Stud
ents arc always exacting in their wishes and often selfish. The same
is often true of those in business. It is agreed that there is room for
more cooperation on the part of both. Many complaints have been
raised against the prices merchants have been asking for their goods.
For this reason much of the trade has been diverted to channels where
prices arc not so high. In this respect, the merchants must consider
a change, one which will undoubtedly mean more to them in the end.
Students must also realize that their reciprocity to merchant aid is as
essential to better relations all around. So, as prices should be per
haps rearranged, so should student patronage return to the home mer
chant. We believe that the two will work hond in hand. One must
give ns much ns the other.
There is much good to be gotten from o “trade at home’’ policy.
By this is meant, however, a support of those merchants whose busi
ness means added conveniences to the town and college and whose
support is such an essential to civic improvements and students activi
ties. No good comes to the town by a support of dealers who do not
have an active interest in the town’s welfare, but whose interest centers
alone on what they arc able to extract from a college town population.
And so it is cooperation that is needed. Why should students support
merchants who do not in return give aid to the college and town? Why
should student patronage extend beyond that of the local merchant
whose sole interest is centered in this community? We believe thnt
through the agency of the new Chamber of Commerce, relations be
tween the students and merchants will' become better as time passes,
but it is also necessary that this relation, as far as patronage is con
cerned, be made better now. Support the local merchant first. He
is a vital part of the town and its growth. He deserves your support
much more than any outsider who has no interest in the welfare of
this college town. Let’s be fair to him. It is assured that he will
return to us in like fashion.
Situated on the campus, near the main drive, is a large pine tree that
for many years has served ns a community tree at the time of the
annual Christmas celebration. This festivity, however, always comes
when the students have departed to their respective homes and con'
sequent!}' has always been solely a town affair. Penn State has never
had a real Christmas celebration of its own. , The women students
and the fraternities hai)c always, as a rule, had some sort of celebrn
tion during the closing days of school for the old year, but it is behev'
cd by many that the entire college should unite at such a time in a
celebration distinctly its own. The large tree could be very prettily
decorated with lights, the college band could furnish several members,
trumpeters for instance, to furnish appropriate music. The Glee Club
could render several Christmas carols. Students, both men and wo
men could produce a pageant illustrative of the occasion. -About all
of it might be wrapped the spirit of the entire college over the ap
proaching occasion, a spirit of thanksgiving to God for the gift he
made the world on that day of days in the world's history; a spirit of
realization of the power produced and the effect of that birth on the
peoples of the world. It would be a period of rejoicing over the col
lege's success during the present school year, one full of hope for
the future. It would not, ns some cynics might suppose, be a time of
childishness, and buffoncry, but one of happy union of the entire stud
ent body for the last time in the old year. The spirit of Christmas
and its meaning would predominate and in it would be woven the
magic, the eagerness, the expectation, the thankfulness and the hope
which is a part of each one’s life when the Christmas period approach
es. Let us all unite at this time for a better and closer relationship
with Him from whom alt good gifts come and to whom we arc all in
debted for what we have received of life. Let this be a time of "Peace
and Good Will” at Penn State*
Editor
______ Assistant Editor
J W. Solovor *22
Mian Helen E Field ’2l
A. D Pout '23 D. It Mchl *23
B E. Watkins '23
Bualne33 Manager
.——Advertising Mannger
—Circulation Manager
E. S. "Yocum *22
PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
A PENN STATE CELEBRATION
! IRST LADY OF LAND
LECTURES ARE POPULAR
Last Tuesday evening Dr. Sparks do-
Ih creel the fifth lecture of the Liberal
Arts series in Old Chapel on tho sub-
ject “Ruche! Jackson, the Frontier
Woman" He portra>c<l vividly the
ll\ eft of Rachel and Audi o\v Jackson and
Incidentally gave a remnrkublo plcturo
of frontier life in general at that time,
lie also gave a splendid tulle on the
pi ogress of Anieiium polities by con
trasting the methods of political pro
cedute In IS2O with those of tho pre
sent time
Dr Spatks told his audience that
Rachel Donaldson was born of a family
of fionllci people In North Caiollna
When sho was onlj twolvo jeara old,
hoi father, Captain Donaldson, set out
on a two thousand mile journo* over
perilous waterway a to Nashville, Tenn
essee, taking his \vlfe and daughter
with hint, Rachel grow* uii In Nash
ville amid wild and tugged suriound-
Ings and very llltlo Ik known regard
ing her enrl.v education Ono sovero
wlntei, Donaldson took hla family to
Kentucky, which was then a part of
Vhghfla, and hole Rachel, then grown
to womanhood, mot and later married
a man named nobnrts After the
death of her husband, Mrs. Donaldson
sent fot Rachel and her husband to
coino to Nashville and live with her
which the* did Their mnirlcd life!
was very unhnppy and Roharts Is said!
to hnv o abused his w ife a great deal. J
Dr Sparks then w ent on to tell some-;
thing of the life of Andsew lackson and
Its subsequent telusions with that of
Rachel Donaldson *Ho said Jackson
also was (torn of a fiontier fmnllj In
North Carolina. Ills mother sent him
to collego to stud) for the ministry but
Jackson decided that he vvas never in-,
tended for a preacher, so, at thd hgjsj
The Varsity Pool Room
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HARRY W. SAUERS
ALLEN STREET.
of thh Icon, he Joined Colonel Davies'
regiment for military sei vice. After the
win was over, lie taught school for a
tiino and iutci studied law At tho
age of twenty ho was admitted to tho
liar and, having received an appoint-,
jnent as Justlco of the pence, ho started
for Nashville, Tennessee in 1788 to prac
tice hlx profession
When ho airived at Nashville, Jack
son seemed board and lodging at tho
home of Mrs Donaldson nnd ho and
Rachel became good friends Robarta
was very Jealous of Jackson and finally
left Ills wife mid secured a dlvorco
fiom her. Rachel then wont to Missi
ssippi to live because Rohnrts had
threatened to kill her Immediate!}
after tho divorce was grunted, Jackson
also went to Mississippi tyid ho and
Rachel vvuro man led.
After 1870 Jackson began to rlso In
politics. He was a member of both
houses of tho legislature at different
Whiles and a Judgu In suveral courts be
sides being a prosperous faroior. In
the war of 18115. Jackson mndo himself
a heio nnd tire Idol of the pcoplo In
tho southwest by winning tho battle of
New Orleans After war was -over
and poaco declared, Jackson travelled
In Mississippi and Floilda nnd tho peo
ple everywhere hailed him ns a hero,
By this tlmo tho southwestern states
wero beginning to get some political
power and In 1821 Jnckson was nomln-
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work.
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Ann Arbor. Mich.
UMBRELLAS
uled b) them foi President. JIo was
defeated in tho election by John Quincy
Adams but in 18828 his campaign was
successful and. ho was elected Presi
dent l»> an overwhelming majority
During tills campaign, attacks wero
mndo on tho chnrnctot of Jackson's wlfo
by political onemles and, a short tlmo
after Ills election to olllco, his wlfo
died. Jackson believed tlmt she was
killed by slander lie was always de-
ted to ItlH u ifo and after hci death
had a nioniiiiu>nt erected with the
follow Ing Inscription upon It, “A Be
ing so gentle nnd vhtuous that slandor
might wound, but cuold not defame her"
Dr. Sparks pointed out that woild de
mocrat} was started and largely In
fluenced by the lives of such pcoplo us
Andrew and Rachel Jackson
elections to i*j:xn state
MISSION BOARD ANNOUNCED
The lecent vote Last by the student
body to determnio the members of the
Penn State Mission Board icsulted In
the election of Piofessoi F. if. Torienco
of the Department of Mechanical Rn
glneering. ns the faculty representative,
nnd II M. Grittner '22. R. II Rauch '22
and C. E. Mow ter ‘2l. as tho student
members This board will have active
Hupot vision of all money sent to China
by tho college In support of "Daddy"
Gioff and thu Penn Stuto Missions.
PATRONIZR OUR ADVERTISERS
MEAT MARKET
Six kinds of
Fresh Meats
J. D. KELLER
ALLEN STREET'
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DRESS SUIT FOR SALE
Worn only two or three times. One
half the cost of a new one. Coat 38
breast. Trousers 321-2. Apply to
D. I. WILL ARD
Bellefoijte, for Particulars.
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| If you want your Xmas gift to |
| make a lasting impression, give |
| something sensible and practical. |
I The presentation of a fine piece of |
| furniture will prove a delightful |
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| FURNITURE
| Gate Leg, Davenport
| and Sewing Tables
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| Cedar Chests
| Reed Chairs and Rockers
| Floor and Table Lamps
I Livingroom and
| Bedroom Suites
| Everything in furniture from a
| matched diningroom suite to a
I child’s rocker. All appropriate for
| Xmas gifts here for your selection.
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Spring Street . . Bellefonte, Pa.
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Friday, December'■lo, 1920.
HUM)AI CONCERT POSTPONED
UNTIL AI'TKH THU HOLIDAY:
DeciiUKo of tho fact that an Important
conference In connection with tho Wll-
Hon World Merlon liiih boon nchcdulcd
to take place In tho Auditorium at tlr
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.time time uh \vuh iilntmcd to hold Sun
day afterloon ooncertH by tho Collette
Orchestra, ll has been doomed wise to
linHt|>one tlio latter uffali until Home
date In tlio future Dhcctor ThomhHon
of tho oiehoHtm, however, linn piomlH
ed to hold tho concert uh noon after tho
ChtlmmaH liolldiiyH uh poHHiblc. In nil
’piohabilU}, tho etent will take place the
fit Ht Sumlny aftet tho iccchh, or on
Jumiuiy ninth.
CANDY GIFTS
We can mail your candy
box two or three days before
Xmas so it will reach the
time you want it there.
You're assured of fresh
candy here at reasonable
price.
Our Milk Chocolate Nut
at $l.OO per lb. cannot
be equaled.
'fake along some good can
dy that is made in State
College.
Candyland & Cafeteria
Established :j:
1841 I
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