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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1921
News editor this issue__
THE WORK IN HAND
Now that the half-way mark in the college year has been reached
it might be wise for students to pause just a brief while and consider
what the past semester has given them, what its effect ultimately may
be as the result of too little or too strenuous application to the work
in hand. Many of us are prone to begin a new semester in whirlwind
fashion, that speed sooner or later culminating in a slump out of
which many may fail to reappear, with the result that the close of
semester finds them in woeful condition. ~T 1 he number of below, grades
that are issued during a semester and especially mose announceinenis
that close all expectation when the untortunate finds he is not on
a par with his classmates at the end of the period, give summent in
dication of the necessity of students applyang,themselves to their worn
in earnest when the proper time is at hand.
We hear too much idle boasting during the college year,
students declare there a no necessity to worry over a certain course
because tney feel satistied over the attitude of tne instructor It ia
idle talk. in many cases, as is Waimea motel wilt[ sorrow, it is out lb,
work of some imaginative mind. ho be not coerced into believing
there are easy ways to knowledge in a subject by the prating of soi
short-witted classmate 11 it is his desire to learn only through tke
most bitter methods oftered by experience, let him do so. Look on.
for yourself, that you be not forced to learn the same way.
The past semester is no exception to the rule nor are students of
today any different from those of other years in this respect Men
will throw away, valuable time, moments that an the final summing
up would undoubtedly have meant their passing a course success
fully or even making' a good grade in it. Of course after the
semester is over ibis too late. The consequence must be met Most
often it is the instructor who is blamed, whether the fault lay with
him or not, and in most cases it may safely be said that the real
reason for failure was the student's own disinterestedness. The In
convenience that faces one, the bitter moments of sorrow and self
lashing that follow, are all the result of too little application when
the proper time was at hand.
It is not the intention•ce this article to state that all men shoulu
be grinds. That is the other extreme. A grind finds no place among
college men, men who really do things while at college, both for
themselves, their fellow students and the college, and who are really
big men in future life. The grind is mostly a solitary chap, unfor
tunate and without knowledge of the cause. There is a happy medium
between the two. It is the course followed by the student who, with
common sense prepares his work when he has it at hand, who con
scientiously fulfills his every duty, neglecting not one iota of the
work that is thus given to him to do, nor the numerous phases of
college life that are open to him. The man who follows this middle
course will get something out of college
,He will profit by his in
struction and others will find him a man among men when lie enters
the work of the world without his college sphere. He has time for
many things because he neither overdoes one nor wilfully neglects
another. He is the man who has learned while at college that to be
successful means application, earnest and concentrated on the matter
in hand, at the proper time
It might be wise for more students to follow such a plan It
would result in less below grades, better relationship instructor to
student, more satisfaction at the close of the semester on the part
of both parties and a better knowledge of the value that rests upon
each piece of work that has been done'and that remains yet to be
done.
Now that winter evidently has decided to remain with us for
a short space, it might be wise for all persons to be careful with
their health. Colds are very easily contracted during weather such
as we have, been having. There is no excuse for the person who
witlessly refuses to go about properly clad to meet the exigencies of
the weather. Again, the practice of making slides on sidewalks
should be discouraged. It is most disconcerting to elderly people
and certainly is a very dangerous habit since it endangers life and
kinbOf all who traverse them. "Safety First" is the watchword
that we should all try to emphasize while weather of this type con
tinues.
THESPIANS TO ANNOUNCE
TRIALS FOR CAST SOON
Competition for parts in the cast of
the musical comedy which the Thes
pians are planning to produce in the
near future will be held within seven
or eight days The trials for the cast
will bo held sepemtely from the trails
far the chorus - Those students who
posers any ability along theatrical lines,
whether it boas amateur Hamlets or
vocally as Carusos or Amatos are re
quested to be present at the try-outs
As soon as the competition has been
held a period of intensive rehearsing
will follow In order that the play will
be ready for staging directly after the
close of the Easter vacation. When
the play has been successfully Intro-
Editor
Assistant Editor
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Business Manager
—Advertising Manager
Circulation Manager
A. G Pratt
take It on the rand and produce it dur
ing week-ends, in several of the larger
cities of Pennsylvania
The comedy is being prepared, with
the aid of several members of the Thes
pian Club, for presentation at Penn
State. and will he submitted to the
college authorities in the near future
for their stamp of approval. The cast
will include some thirty-five charac
ters, all of which will be interpreted
by men student.
'A production of this kind calls for
a great amount of managerial work,
some of which is of a very pleasant
nature. Freshmen who are interested
in this kind of service and who mould
like to become members of the man
ngnlg staff aro invited to try out for
the positions by meeting the present
manager tonight at ne - ven-thirty In
PENN,STATE COLLSCHAN
"THE BOOKMAN" PRAISES
PLAYERS' NEXT COMEDY
Mr. Clav ton Hamilton, o riling tot
I "The Bookman,' entleavoied to chow
I in the following article just why the
populio melodramatic farce, "Seven
Kevs to Baldpate." Mae such an In
stantaneous laughing success. He
writes, in part
"A popular novelist has made a bet
lb it he van Invent and write a pub
lishable book In the Inlet space co.
nasal)-four hours To accomplish this
task he retires In the dead of whiter,
to a deserted swum. hotel -on the
top of Baldpate Mountain. The care
takei Inst ills him, pit es-him what he
Insists is the only Ivey to 13aldpute, and
leaves him to his solitude But during
the next how, six other people, each
of whom supposes that he has the onl3
key to Baldpate, let themselves In Sep
erately and suireptitiousiv. and involve
the hero in a tangled mesh of men)
plots The resultant action Is equall;,
compounded of the elements of farce and
melodrama. There Is a wild whirl of
Incidents, a brutal murder, among other
mutters, being enacted In the middle of
scene of laughter
"Since this piece is both exciting , and
ninety-nine stage-directors
out of a handled would have assumed,
as a matter of COMSC, that it should be
',laved — ln a rapid tempo But. Mr.
Cohan is a better artist than the other
nlnetv -nine He has conducted the
pia) ulth an unprecedented slowness,
and thereby doubled Its value as an
entertainment.
"The exposition is worthy and ra:
dundant, but In the end of the first
act, it becomes evident to the spectator
that these apparent defects have been
deliberately admitted to the fabric in
order to slake the action move more
Moab By this extreme slowness at
the opening Mr Cohan has managed to
work up a cumulative sense of mystery
uhich genies exceedingly acute at the
first curtain-fail
"Again, in the second act, the hum
aspect of the melodrama is en
hanced by the deliberate pace at which
the piece Is pla3ed In many Passages,
the audience laughs heartily, not at
chat has happened In the preceeding
,moment, but at c hat Is going to hap
pen in the next moment, and that ef
fect is exceedingly rare in the theatre
There is an admirable scene at the out-
set of the second act All of the In
truders are sitting around the hotel of
fice, under cover the hero's pistol
The young man has just informed them
that there they must sit for many hours
and none of them shows a tendency to
talk Only now and then a dlsgrun
ted remark Is ejaculated by one oil the
sedentaty sufferers; and this is follow
ed, in each case, by a pause that SOWN
at least a minute before a retort Is
wt Ling from another of the characters
Outing these long pauses the audience
des slops an excitement of humorous
espectane3 that grows so potent that
each of these delayed remarks Is re
sponded to at once with roars of laugh
ter. The very same dialogue, if It were
conducted In a doublo-quick tempo
would call forth hardly any laughter,
and this fact is, in Itself, sufficient
proof that Mr. Cohan is a craftsman
of extraordinar3 talent"
The ability of the Penn State Players
to reproduce Mr Cohan's workyfalth
fully has been shown by the Manner
in which their other productions have
been staged. If )our first sgmseter has
been hard and dreary and you have ae-
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POOL and BILLIARDS
CIGARS, CIGARETTES and CANDY
H. G. MORRELL, Prop.
All County, Clubs who have
not returned proofs or iden
tified same, are urged to do
so at ‘ once, to the PENN
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quired, as result, an acute sonsecof
shines .. take a a
trip to Baldpate Inn on
Irelnuats, eleventh and let -the seven
sets in the hands of seven clover play
°. unlot.lt sufficient zn,sstery„ thrills
and laughtel to keel , you refreshed
loud happy for heeks to come
TlLlcets Inna still be procured by malt
(tote D-D Mason They will also be
on sale at the Co-op Wednesday and
Thmsdo.elenings, rehrualy ninth
and tenth.
CRAB APPLE CLUB HAS =
HEARD GOOD SPEAKERS
Within the last tee nee'. the Crab
Apple Club has had US 11111300.11P1 hon
ored IA 010 noted speakers "Daddy . '
Utah and Dr U P Hedrick
On January 25, DI Hedrick, !void
eultul ist of the Now York State Ex
pel Imola Station St Geneva, addressed
a Nine assemblage of the horticultural
students on the subject of plant breed
ing DI Hedrick Is one of the best
known plant breeders, especially of
Oaks. In the country and has succeed
ed in producing several varieties of
value He pointed out in his talk the
oppoltunitlea offered in horticultural
teseateh and the gt eat clerk that needs
to be done in the scientific breeding of
plants
"Daddy" Groff gave a very interest
ing and instomtive Illustrated talk on
the methods which are followed by
Chinese gardners and at the Canton
Chtistian College, where he Is located
He brought out the contrast. In his
talk, between the American and the
Chinese methods of cultivating their
srops He said that practically all the
field mops in China are grown in
mum, raised beds, which makes the
use of hmse drawn machinery impos
sible For that reason all the work is
done by hand He also .stated that
the Chinese know nothing at all about
Moen manuring as practiced in Am
erica The scarcity of wood fuel makes
It necessary for them to cut the grass
In the fields and wild herbage to.use
as fuel and do not plow It under an is
done in this country
"Daddy" Groff's trip to Penn State
was initnarily to interest students in
the cork of Penn State,in China. From
the latest reports, eight men have .vol
mitten ed to take up agricultural mis
sionary work In China alter gradua
tion
Most Good Dressers Bring
Thtir clothes to us for cleaning, pros-.
sing and repairing They have forb
ed a Ind.* which Is hard to break
You ought to join them—why don't
3.0 do it today?
E. W. GERNARD
QUICK AND'.
EFFICIENT 'SERVICE''
OUR STANDARD -
i PENN STATE CAFE
MEAT -MARKET
' ALL KINDS OF
Fresh ' Meats
J. D. KELLER'
ALLEN STREET
DOEWART BIBLE CLASS
PLANS BOOSTER iffEETINE
An enthusiastic meeting was heldiAm
the • Y" Hut Monday.evening to discuss
planes for the developinentoof. a real
live Bible' class from the present Dor
a:tit Bible Class. Ono nO the import
ant matters discussed was a social
entertainment to be hold In the Old
Chapel sometime In the near future.
W hi Sharp TI, chairman oo tht soc
ial committee of the Y DI. C. A ;gave
a short talk In which he offered several
tameable suggestions for the social end
of the Bible class's work Dr S W.
'Fletcher. , Rho ,conducts ithe meetings
of the class ; also-gave-a brlefrtalklin
whLh he endorsed - kir Sharp's-sug
gestions Prom the appearances of
this meeting conditions polnOto a.very
vuccessful year for the class
Savo tho,Dato
The Sonlor , glrletalll ,hold an all
.llege eubeeription dance In_the Arm
-3 on Friday. March 4,,Admleslonrwlll
one dollawand a half, plus the war
t. Further announcement , of partl-
MA • R. ,f, c ,
ARROW'
COLLARS
Cluetc.Peabo • • &Coal:le:II , N.Y.
Quick, and Eff
OMR'
PENN STATE BARBER SHOP
G. L. SMITH; Prop
::„ Men; Women and Children
HIGH SHOES
, • 1-3,t0 I=2 Off'
ALSO':SHOWING-."
NEW-SPRING. STYLES'
i , College Boot. Shop
Our February Offer
Genai neßedu'otior
Shirts Caps- Hosiery
Neckwear
SHIRTS' $1'.45::
, Reduced frcim $2.00, $2.50 acid $3.00, ,
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' HOSIERY -Interwoveh and Phoenix
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Reducedlromsl.so, $2.00 and $2.50 ,
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Friday, Febriary 4, 1921
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