Page Fora GRAHAM & SONS (Dr' the Oorrier For SAMOSET CHOCOLATES l and Lovell & Covell Chocolates NEWSPAPERS PRAISE COLLEGE'S NEW HEAD the busy bees did On Friday of - each week he would walk the seventeen mil es home and then walk back Sunday afternoon, utilizing the intervening time to take care of his Ives Another inter esting bit of personelle in connection wit. President Thomas is that his fath er, himself, and his son, ashen In Middle bury College, all won the prize given for the best declamation by a member of the freshman class. The piece on each occasion was Poe'. "Raven" In the speech he delivered before the student body at Middlebury, at the opening of the second semester of this Near, Dr Thomas said in part, "I have told you, that it is tho duty of a man to live be his best to render the great est service possible to the world, to ac cept the hardest and most trying res ponsibilities. Acting on that principle, I did not see how I could refuse the nea amt. I may fail, but I would not be worthy of Middlebury if I did not try I want to assure you that the future of Middlebury is very bright in deed. I know perfectly well that I am ]saving a very attractive opening here. If Middlebury forges ahead rapidly in the future, you must not then think that I made a mistake, for I know now that her progress Is assured There are problems ahead, but they can be solved, and there are' always problems anyev here If anyone feels that I have been of service to Middlebury, his duty note Is to stork for the old college all the more earnestly and devotedly. This Is my appeal to you and to all our al umni and friends" The wonderful personality of tho man and his ram executive ability, as w ell as full appreciation of his work for the state of Vermont in well set forth in the following editorial from the Burlington Proe-Press and Times of January thirty-firatt The announcement of the resignation of President Sohn Martin Thomas as head of Middlebury College comes as a shock to the whole state. It is always a distinct blow to - a commonwealth 'to lose a strong nice and President Thom as has long been recognized as one of the virile men of Vermont. life and dev elopment and growth. All other Insti tutions felt the wholsesome impetus bred of his commendable desire to ex cell in well-doing Co-workers found then:l9ol%es keeping pace with his rest less energy and his zeal in educational expansion As a result be made him self felt throughout Vermont in no un certain way We shall miss his bound less energy and his constant endeavor to avoid a rut Under the administration of Presid ent Thomas, which began In 1995, Mid dlebury College has had a material graze th as noteworthy as It is gratify ing. His applied idealism appealed to men of stealth. and the moult is the addition to the Middlebury campus. of cartons structures Hepburn Hall, the Mead Memorial Chapel. the McCullough gymnasium and other fine monuments to the benefactors lets gate them, and to the zeal and efficient persuattivenees of President Thomas. The educational development of Mid dlebury College has kept pace with Its material expansion and its multiplica tion of fine edifices under President Thomas The Bch.' of language and the humanities and music and other al t have either come Into being or have been enlarged and intensified in their work under Ms inspiration. The Mid dlebury School of Romance Languages In particular has won wide recognition among a host of Institutions appealing to the American public - In a statement to the Free Press In response to our Query, President Thom as said• 'Pennsylvania State College is ono of the largest and strongest Insti tutions In the United States and as the recognized State institution of the second state in the Union in population and wealth offers very largo. possibili ties of development. Desp'te my at tachment to Vermont and Middlebury, I think I ought to accept this now res ponsibility:. FOR SALE 15-ROOM UP-TO-DATE FRATERNITY HOUSE • CORNER ATHERTON and FOSTER Lot 127x188 Building in Splendid Repair For Further Particulars Inquire of W. O. - HECKMAN 415 S. Pugh Street Pennsylvania State is one of the Merrill Act land grant ronegts It has over 3,000 students and more than 500 professor, and instructors It has a College of Engineering as v. ell as one of agriculture and other departments Its art department has been ne.rlerted, however. and In this as hell as in other fields we confidently expect, if the people of Pennsylvania support their State institution as it deserves, there will be pronounced development and es pansion under r. Thomas Th Is en reason why Pennsylvania ere State should not be made as broad in its de partments as Cornell University, ano ther Morrill land grand institution, or the great State unit/ ersities of the West This will inevitably be the case, -'lf the people of the State toilets the lead of Dr. Thomas and give him the neces sary financial and moral support President Thomas still be at home In his new and larger field In Pennsyl vania because one of his duties hill be the presentation of claims of this State educational Institution to the Pennss I stmts. Legislature In rivalry with Pitts burgh and Pennsylvania University shich are not State institutions His democratic hays and his genial pres ence and his persuasive powers will serve Pennsylvania State to good Par pose and effect We aro genuinely sorry to lose Dr Thomas from Vermont educational cir cles.' We rejoice, however, that his ab ility as an educational executive has won deserved recognition by a call to this larger field of service We are confident that If he reed,. the sup port he will seek. Pennsylvania State will take leading , rank among the Mer rill land grant institutions of the coun try in breadth as nen as comprehen siveness of training, and become a still greater pester for good in the develop ment of young and agressive American elthenshiP —(The Burlington Free Press and Thnes ) January .31, 1921 The Collegian wishes to take this means of thanking those of our read ers and friends whose kindness has made possible this article O. OF PENN MATMEN -TO CONTEST VARSITY (Continued from first MUM mainder of the season Another pos sible change - In the Penn State team may occur In the 145 pound class, where the berth rests between Rum berger and Oehrie The former has been doing some good stork In the Practice latoisrand Is giving Ochrie a fight for the position Otherwise,' the team will be the same as appeared at Ithaca last Saturda3. The 'complete line-up is as follows 115 pound class, TSfatson 125 pound class, Garbet 135 pound class, Captain Deus 145 pound class, Oehrle or Hum!). get 158 pound class, Mentor 175 pound class, Spangler Heavyweight class, Mcllnhon _ - Penn Tenet Strong Notnithstanding the fact that the Quakers have been compelled to change their line-up considerably during the' present season, they present a difficult proposition to meremne Thu season for the Philadelphian, began en the twenty-ninth of Sanuaty, when for the fir,t time In thirteen )ears. a Red and Blue team donned a Cornell team on the mats The score was It to 10 In Penn's favor: One neck later, the Quakers proved to be too much for West Virginia, the Mountaineers losing QUICK AND EFFICIENT SERVICE OUR STANDARD PENN STATE CAFE PENN STATE CALLEtgIAti by a mote of 17 to 12 The nose bout resulted In the first defeat for the Penn glapplers. and the only one suffered by them so far The Navy team prov ed to be decidedly superior to their pennselvanio opponents, capturing Gr oin bout but one, the score belng..27 to 4 Penn won her fourth meet by the scant margin of one point. With an almost entirely remodeled team. most of the members of which et ere compar atively green material, the Quakers de feated PrirICCUM by the score of 1G to 15 Last Saturday, with another team composed foe the large part of "numbs" Penn won tier fourth victory ovet Col umbia, to the tune of 18 to 13 - It is this record that the Quakers will bring rapt[ them to Penn State, and oAth e ouch a preelous Mowing, theta Is no doubt that thee will give the blltiany-gnapp lets a laud rub fro the supremacy. Captain Ashby. In the 145 pound class is the only Qualm al ostler also has appeased in mem meet of the seaon up to the pi esent time, and It is rumored that banav not be in the contest to o In the 115 pound class. Chaos sans took part in three of the meets aWM his berth ass filled by Gift in the West Virginia and Navy contests It is possible that one of. the two will appsal here tomorrow Grant and Dacia ale mainstays M the 125 pound class Grant is perhaps, the most re liable man, but he has been prevented Irons taking mat in the recent meets Smith, of the Quaker aggregation will most likcly meet Captain Deter in the 15 laund Lilt. while Bishop or Rolland aid perform in the 143 pound class These has been the greatest amount at dicersity in the 175 pound class Street lets Pendleton commended the seas on, but was temporarily forced to re tire Scan the game because of injuries His place has been taken by Strife and Betas Myers Hill, in all probability. represent the Quakers in the heacs4 a eight clash tomorrow,as he has upheld the tied and Blue honors In the unihnit : Cd class in the last two meets Ward had this bet th during the early Past of the season, and had a record of love bouts net and one lost. Last Home Meet of Season The meet tomorrow will mark the last appearaneebf the Nittany Lion on the Armor) seats for the present seas on. Next -v. eek the team Tourneys to Annapolis, where a spirited contest *pith the middles le expected This meet will he tenoned by the Totes collegiate° at Princeton University, on the eighteenth and nineteenth of this month. -After these hate been concluded, the team .111 talcs' its .extern trip, meeting In- Warm and LOWS State Universities in dual contests The meet tomorroq will mark tho final appearance here of four of the members of the team who will graduate next June These are Garber, Detar, Alowrer, and Spangler. Tho departure of these men still leave large gaps In the wrestling squad that must be filled next u, but considerable promising tnaterlql exists at the present here hick will no doubt develop Into var sity the coming mentions. OIL PAIISTING TO 1111USEIIII Harrington Fltsgemld, of the Phila delphia Item and a staunch frl6nd of Penn Sate, has rerently - expresscd his desire to place an all palntinglda the Art Museum. Mr Fitzgerald' has ox- Whited at all the prominent exhlbltiom cad at several World Fairs, add has ecelved bronze, and gold. med als for Ms uotic. BE= L K. MetzgOr - '..L. K Melzger: . The Fastest Growing Store 1 in-State College :-LW-A-W SHOE.S FOR COLLEGIANS Are Eictra Value Shoes ~: .1. Seems as though J. they never , , .- .. . • 1 J. wear out. -:- _ 1111111 3 : 41111 - — ,... . -1611litililltillili :1: . . ... In adding a line of Shoes for Penn State Students, I selected W-A-W Shoes for Men, manufictured by the W. A. Withers Shoe Co., Elizabethtown, Pa.' There is quality in,these Penn State-made Shoes, ' which is out of proportion to the low prices placed on them by the makers. Style, material, comfort, finish, fit, wear, are all present in fullest degree. A wide price range from which to select $6.50, $7.50, $8.50, $9.00 and $lO.OO Quality which compares with Shoes priced one third higher. Every W-A-W Shoe is soled with the ma terial advertised Korri-Krom'e Waterproof Sole Leather, which outwears two soles of ordinary leather. _ • This is but one of many similar advertised materials used by W-A-W shoe makers, as being the only materials good enough for their stases. L. K. - METZGER 111-115 Allen Street: _ N.uut WOMEN STUDENTS TO -- - HAVE-CONFERENCES (Continued from that page) ngs and the reply recehed recently co lored that a representative group quid attend The program Is as follows: ➢foods), March 7th. Presiding 01neer—Irene A Reislam '2l 8 20-9 20—Opening Address Women and ,Work. (Old ChaPeD— Miss Bennett 9 20-9 60 , —Vocations in Chemistry. Dr. Margaret B. McDonald State College, Pa. , 9.50-10 20-oilortunitlea In Hordeul nine and Agriculture— :lll3s Elizabeth Leighton Lee. Ambler School of Horticulture. 10.20-10 00—Medicine Dr Gertrude A Walket, Formerly Profes sor of Ophthalmology, now a member of the Board of Trustees, Women's Medi - cal College, Phila 10,50-11 20—Accountancy.—Mrs. L. 3 Bradford, State College Pa. Formerly Institution Cost _ Accountant with Ontario Government. 11 20-12 00—Round Table: Presiding . Officer—Grace Locum •22` 1. 30- 2 30--General Survey of the Home Economics Field. Mies Edna N White. The M=lll-Palmer School, De - trolt. 2 30. 3.oo—Cafeteria Work and Man- agement 3.00- 3.3o—Archltecture as a Profes ==l - Anna Reichline, Bella:Int, 3 30- 4 00—Phyal0al Education—Mies Ruth Stanwood, Depart- inept of Physical Educa tion, 'Penn State College 4.00. s,oo—Roception for Miss Ben nett and speakers of the Conference Women's Building Tuesday, Bauch Bth Presiding Officer—Edna Sell •21 9 20-10 00--Opportunlties in Ills Field of &Nal Work (Old Chap el) Mr Pala Beisser. New York School of Social work 10.00-10 30—Child Welfare Work, Mr. Meld Terry, Hsecutive Socretarir, Childrores Ser vice 13ureau, Pittsburgh. 10.30-10:50—Public Health Work. Mrs Nurse, State - College, Pa 10.110-11,10—Homo Service Work of the American Rea Cross Miss Helen I{ Shipps, Execu , tlvo Secretary, State Col .- lege Chapter, American Red Cross 11 10-11 40—Vocational Oyport.unitles In Y N. C - A. Alias A. DEAL Plumbing & Heating FRAZIEIiStREET :-1-:-:÷1-:÷H÷:-X-M-1-1 ,,, -' , " 9 - Eliza R. Butler, National Headquarters,"Now York. 11:40-1T 10—Round Table. _ _ Afternoon Presiding Meer—Helen Ponell '2l 1 30- 2 00—Some Nen. Opportunities In the Teaching Profes sion Dr I_,A. Andersen. Department of Education. Penn State College. 2 00- 2 30—OppottunItles In Educa tional Pviaholog3. ➢lies . Muller Ittown, State De bartmont of Public In struction; Harrisburg. 2.30 -3 00—Oppoi lonitlea for College Wool, i the Field of %II Mt At lbw Duet in L, -of English Pen i : 3 00- 3.3o—Sttlennulnehe, Anse Ellen teeth 133 et, Cnrneglo In ' stltule of - Technology Pittsburgh. 3.10- 4.00--.Tournallsin—llliss Bennett 4 00 o . oo—Round Table DEBATERS READY TO MEET COLGATE TEAM (Continued from first page) ert E. Colo '23, Marcus S Smith '22, Raymond G Gregory '2l, with Arthur W. Riley as alternate. Professor E W Smith will probably accompany the team The Blue and White team that will appear against this strong aggre gation will consist of E E. Overdorf '22, K D. Hart '22, G D. Stodilart '2l, and R. S Adams '23. AS men are seas oiled except Adams who proved himself an able debater In his first - contest of a m eek ago The judges that have been selected are Hon. Archibald Hoagland, Mayor of Williamsport, Supt H J Stockton, of thu Johnstown Public Schools, and Supt. N P Benson, of the Lock Haven Public Schools Dr F L Pattee will officiate as chairman Thu third cornea of the triangle af fair will be the contest at Pittsburgh when a team front State College will uphold the negative side of the argu ment against Penn Stato's old rlsal, the Pitt squad It_is predicted that this contest UM be a hot one fat each team is especially anxious to Nola from the other. The team that will match hits with the Pitt debaters will prob ably be R B Sterner kb Runkle Test the New Edison against your emotions We want to give you Mr. Edi son's Realism Test. We want you to decide for yourself whether the New Edison brings you music as you like to hear it. Think - back to the last time you heard a great. sink*, (or instru mentalist). His art made You feel emotions. .In ,those emotions, you found your• pleasure. - - You want -the New,- Edison to bring _you the- same emotions. The Realism Test helpi you as certain whether it does. It's a scientific bast--fascinating to en joy.. Hear it, and you'll know what a miraculous art the New Edison brings into your hone. Ask about our Budget Plan. It shows you how to organize your dollars on a thrift basis and make easy the purchase of a New Edi son. , L. K. METZGER 111-115 Allen Street 0 Ridgy, Walla 4, 197,1 '22, G. D Supptoo '92, and G L. P,apkrr, 92, as altetnato, whilst opposing thorn a ill be 11. C. Friesinger '22, E. - I. Levy '23, and S D Rosa '23, an alternate not being selected yet Neatly all of these men have taken pan in intercollegiate debating and the strength of the team uhleb they compose la not to he over estimated. , _ _ UNIT MASS MEETING _ GALLED _MONDAY NIGHT Another meeting which 'will In 'all probablilty finally decide whether the Penn State Union will remaln - as It Is ut.the present or whether the various units Will be incorporated tindet- one cential goy ernment Into ti so-called Penn State Club, has been called for Monday night-at six-thirty o'clock In Old Chapel. If the club ides Is adopted at the meeting It Is expected that Im mediate steps trill be taken toward its organisation in order that as little time may'be lost as possible and also that the - club may have a firm foundation upon uhich to work when college re sumes next fall. The idea of the club plan received nee impetus recently whorl it was learn ed that them may be some possibility of securing the present track house as a club house in case the proposed new home for Penn State athletes is ready for occupancy by next year. PATRONIZE OIIR ADVERTISING aine in and -
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