Page TWO Penn State (Eollegian Published Send-ceekly during the College year by students of the PenneYl vanla State College, in the intemg of the, Students, Faculty. Alumni and Friends of the College. I=l F H. Leusehner '2l__. IL S Davie '2l EL M. Sheffer '2l SENIOR ASSOCIATES_ ASSOCIATE EDITORS A. 0 Pratt T 2 Woman's Editor- C II Landefeld T 3 C D. Scilly° T 3 W. R. Aumon '23 A. E. Post '23 I=3l R. L. Parker '2l Fred Hazelwood '2l A. R. Enteral '2l EL R. Workhelser .22 W. F, Perry. Jr '22 The Collegian Invites all communication. on anymubjeot of college interest Letter. must bear signature. at writer.. Subscription price 12.75, if paid before October 16, 1920. Alter October 16, 1920, $3.00. .. Entered 'at the Posterns°. Stoic College. Pa., as second class matter. °Mee, bilttany Printing and Publishing Co. Building Office bourn. 420 to 5 . 20 every afternoon except Saturday., Member of Intercollegiate Newspaper Association FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1921 J. W. Selover M=I!! A PENN STATE FATHER'S DAY Student Council's decision last Tuesday evening regarding the establishment, as a yearly affair, of a "Father's Day" at Penn State should certainly meet with the hearty approval of the entire student body. A number of the fraternities have already instituted such a custom or tried it out with varying degrees of success during the past few years, and in each case the result was a large amount of satisfac tion on the part of all concerned. Consequently, from the social aspect alone, it is safe to assume that such a celebration at Penn State would be a pronounced success. In addition to the very enjoyable period that would be thus pro vided for both father and son, there would be offered to the former an opportunity to study the college, the conditions under which it is operating and he would then be able to return home with a fuller conception of the fundamentals which the institution has as its frame work for the education of the young of the state. Such a survey from a father, after a sojourn at Penn State that has made him enthusiastic over the college and what it should be and do, would carry quite a sentiment among acquaintances and legislators, and so, in the final analysis, there would be a great amount of good come to the college it is a very hne plan and finer yet is the intention to begin it this spring. ine relationships that do and unquestionably shouia exist between fatheis and sons are the kind that make the latter into men of character, sett-reliance and strengtn and we should greet vita pleasure this opportunity to enlarge upon the scope of such a relation ship. _ THE STATUS OF DEBATING The very meagreness of the audiences which attended the two iritercollegiate „debates held t here rcently 4 impels,, the , COI,LEOIAN to ask, •'What is the' status of debating among the student activities at this college and what should it be?" . That the student body has been very uncomplimentary in its-non attendance is only too true. Consider the outline of a debater's task He is usually one of a small group that responds to the call for candi- dates to uphold the forensic honors of the college. A question of national or international importance, which should be of vital interest to every wide-awake American is choosen, and a schedule of meets with other colleges arranged. The candidates for the squad commence active preparations months ahead of the time set for the initial con tests. They work, and work hard. There are few activities that re quire such minute care, such tireless labory such a sacrifice of time and such an extent of brain power used in preparation as does debating. And what is the reward from the student standpoint? A mere handful attends the discussion and this characterizes the whole season. Yet, notwithstanding such non-support, Penn State debating teams year after year have been winning a gratifying number of contests en gaged in, adding further to the glory of the institution. Without question of doubt there should be more interest main-, tested by the students along this line of activity. Attendance at oc damns where this twin of collegiate activity is the attraction, is, to some extent at least, as essential to a well rounded college career as attendance at athletic contests College students, especially those who attend institutions away trom the centers of large population, are living in comparative seclusion trom the lives and problems of the nation at large. Debates otter them the opportunity of deriving in. ormation on the questions tnat are confronting the country and its leaders. College spirit does not end on the atnietic: held. it snoula show itself in tne class room, on the campus,•and in the non-atmetu. phases 01 college lite as wet!, as donating. II it means anything at all to us, we shown endeavor to give it at alt times'our undivided support. Conduct certainly is not improving in all directions as has been hoped. Other cases that require disciplining have arisen. One in particular is that infringement of gentlemanliness and propriety that has continually occurred at the entertainments that have'been given by the Y. M C A Will some students never learn to grow out of the rowdy stages Will some never learn what the real type of Penn State man is" . The Y M C. A. is to be commended on their endeavors to enter tain the students on Saturday evenings in the Old Chapel, entertain ment that is absolutely without charge to the students and so it is assumed that the students should reciprocate and give in _return gentlemanliness of conduct. As has been stated time and again, al though desparingly so, there is no room at this college for anyone who is not a gentleman. Get that word and make it a slogan. Penn State, first, last and always a place for none but gentlemen. ' U. S. ARMY TO CONDUCT OFFICERS• EXAMINATIONS The Department or Military Science and Tactics recently received a circular Dona the War Department at ;Washing ton, announcing examinations that are to be conducted in the near future to fill vacancies in the regular army of this country, which may be of interest to some Penn State students. Approx imately 2600 second lieutenancies In every branch of the army are to be filled by m of competitive exam inations that eans will be conducted In varl. ous parts of tho United States and its territories on April , twenty-fifth. Tho various kinds of army service In which Positions are open in these examina tions Include the infantry, cavalry, field and coast artillery, engineers, air service, signal corps, quartermaster corps, ordinance department and chem ical warfare service. All the vacancies now existing In the army will not bo filled by means of these examinations, but as many as it Is deemed expedient at the present time to provide for. —Editor . .._-Aselatorit Editor ...W. D Lelobach '2l T. W. Selover '22 Mize Helen E Field '2l ... -Businesa Manager ________Advertleing Manager Circulation Manager Students who are Interested In taking part In these examinations may Pro dencure application forms at the Comman t's omen In the Armory TO ORGANIZE NEW CLUB At a inneting held In 'the Orderly Mom of the Armory on Tuesday ev ening, plans for the formation of a training camp club were discussed. 'Membership In the new organization will be open to all who have attended any 11. 0. T C summer camp. The object of the club Is along, social lines and for the promotion of Interest among the students in the advanced officers' training course. Another ineeting lap bo'held on 'next Tuesday evening at seven o'clock in the Sigma PI house whore - further steps toward organization will take place. As soon as definite plane can be made, a smoker and - dance will be held under the auspices of the club. All camp men are urged to be present at the meeting as matters of interest to them will be dealt with. PENN STATE COLLEGIAN GRADUATE OPPOSED TO HONOR SYSTEM To the DIRot of thu Collegian:— Sh • The recent al,tlalon of the Homo System, and, more poi tleularl), the floe diesel tattoo of Pt ofessol - Davy' Crock ett on that oulticct lertda me to add a fen of do to. MIN of emlt.avly, IC nnv la needed, to ',hat hat Ith Cady keen sald , During my undetmaduate days I ob served the uotklngs ot rather the lddllngs" of the Honor System with much concern I think there was no one In the entire school echo did not realize that them a is something wrong with it—and 'something Its!. It is only the dishonest man stho suspects his Cellos, nryn of dishonesty before absolute moot of his dishonesty Is brought to his flee As Professed Crockett E111)5, it Is only the "prig'. or the 'b... who vs ill 0.131 C a fellow student to quit cheating and Nth° will report a classmate for cheating And may I add that It is only the lunkhesd who will continue to chest after he has once been warned—a fellow who Is sharp enough to try to get away smith some thing crooked is too sharp for that In my opinion. multi sincerely hope that three-fourths of two-thirds of the student bedy agtee st Ith me, the worthy Editors of the Collegian base arrived at the gist of the mattel If a man Is honest he needs no sy stem to keep film honest and if he is dishonest no system 'will make him honest . unless it is systernatlc ostracism Item the soc iety of honest men which may or may not, according to the degtee of his de generation, create In him a desire to better himself and rise to a higher plane of honesty The only “system" of honor that the student body of the Pennsylvania State College needs it that of example Let each honest student (and there are many) so condutt himself as to he an a mpl e to his %soaker brother In stead of having an llonot System, throwing an the burden on It and blatnlng it fob all diahoneatv, let it be abolished and then thole will be only one to blame and that tt 11l be each one who is dishonest Instead of hyingto convince the student that he is res ponsible fat the nothing of the Honor System. expend a equal aunt of energy in convincin n g him that mo he Is Individually I esponsible for Ills one honor and, by Ills eyample, the honot of the entire student bode which Is synonymous to the hence of tile Penn sy Iyanla State College =l= CALVIN W MOORE '2O PLAYERS HOLD TRIALS .' FOR NEXT PRODUCTION Pt °Salina, tt lids for the cast of "The Man Who Mat tied a 'Dumb Wife" the play ohleb 0111 be caroled bylthe Penn State Players 'sonic time in, arty April, woe held in Old Main last Tues day e,ening and judging ftomthe large number Of candidates who ,un .swered the Initial call, little dlMetlity should be experienced In 'Belectil4an 'able-mut Additional Ir1.119"lb 17d do the near future when a further pro cess of elimination will be carried out The play Is a farce front the pen of 4 BARBERS PENN STATE BARBER SHOP G. L. SMITYI, Prop The College Man's Shop Showing this Week at the New Spring Prices Menite Hose SUperior Shirts Pioneer Belts We expect to be able to show our Spring Line of Hats and Caps by, the , end,ofthe week. We still have a few Top Coats at Bargain Prices Keep in mind at all times that here .is where your dol lar goes farther. Men's Wear Cleaning Pressing Repairing H. W. SAUERS Robison Block State College, Pa. Anatole Fiance and it is by far the boat comedy that this internationally famous play.right.' haw ever produc ed It Is especially nen adapted for inoductlon by such an etgnntoation as the Penn State Players for little seen el y Is inquired while the action in fast and extremely amusing and is of the kind that will appeal to a college au dience. AD. Arthur Cloetingh, of the Department of EngUtah' who had charge ,of the production of "Seven Keys to Baldpate." will ItSSUlllti the dltection of the forthcoming iilay An soon as the cxst has been definitely selected ieheatsals will be lucid very evening up until the evening of the pi esentation . OUTLAWS OF PLANT WORLD ' DISCUSSED BY PROF. KERN The yeggs, robbers, and other crim hmls of the plant world vs 111 hereafter hide In vain from prying eyes since their darkest secrets were laid hare last Tuesday evening by Professor P. D Kern, one of the leading deteetit es of the Botany Department, In the third of , the second semester Tuesday even ing lectures Their cunning methods of thieving and their ways of disguis ing themsoltea from view mereall dis cussed and, illustrated-by a series of lantern slides Professor Kern started his lecture with anerd concerning the lack of attention that these plant criminals re ceive "And yet," he said, "if the pap re to publish an account to the effect that a foreign power - had stolen thousands of bushels of our wheat, everyone would be very much excited. But this is exactly what plant parasit es nre doing every year" The set of lantern-slides. whleh tel- lees ed Professor Kern's opening remarks showed how these three criminals of the plant world conceal themselves and their work of destruction. Professor Kern spoke of the cedar and apple parasite as an example of the parasite which attacks two different kinds of plants and thus Presents a complicated life cycle In addition to this parasite, many of the diseases Nl h !eh attack the potato, wheat fruits, and trees were shown The lecture, concluded his talk, with a film of mocing pictures, furnished by the Deput [moot of Agriculture, to edu cate fatineis about the barberry and wheat rust, which comes from the bar berry shrub. Professor urged the peo ple to pull out and. 1.121 all he barberry bushes, for, without them, there will be no mole destructive wheat rust that causes so much damage to the 0 heat crop eveiy Year PUBLICITY OFFICE WANTS COUNTY CLUB INFORITATION The Publicity Office announces that them ale sevcsal county clubs abuse pictures have not been Identified. As these pictures are to be.printed in the home papers, those clubs which have not identified their photograph are re quested to do so as soon as possible at the Publicity Office on the first floor of Old Main. The clubs concerned are the following Blair. Fayette, Lecke uanna, Lycoming, Chester, and the Harrlsburg club The Office also announces that all county clubs Intending to hold - dances, partlaAeot , almilar events durlng_tlM omGg vacation and' wishing to have notices put In the home papers should notify the Publicity Office In the near future Stiff Competition In Thespian Trials he clanus for the flint Thespian pt °citation of the 1921 season has been practically selected altos a week of ttials and arrangements are torpidlyeras Ina completion for the theatrical one' Mg to be presented to the student body as as possible after East. " mess son Thespian rehearsals are being hold egulat ly la, Old Chapel and, now that the cam us hna been decided upon, Pn om.s 10111 math the "sorb of ea. eek, Al a meeting of the otganization held last Thursday night, it was decided to secure professional costumes from Pittsburgh so as to, let nothing go un done to Maul e.the best. At the same time, the purchase of a new back col late was approved It was brought to the attention of .all present that more Intelsat is being taken this year by members of the student - body. In Thes pian netivitles than has ever been shown before as proved by the fact that over three hundred tried out for posi tions on the chorus and among these there were dissevered persons possess ing remarkable talent. It was said that the ee ealth of material was great enough to furnish talent for three such pro ductions As soon as the cast is de finitely picked, It it planned to hold some sort of a social event In hone, of those who mere successful in the trials This will most likely be a dance or a banquet 'There la an ever Increasing degree of expectancy all over the campus as the date of the announcement of the name of the Thespian offering for this year draws' near The organization has not as yet divulged the title of the play, as the parts and songs are not, yet com plete, and it Is thought best to wait until conditions %arrant. However, It has been announced that the,musical comedy will b e ofthe same tpe as a number of American 'productions, such as 'llitchy Hoc" This play is still meeting with great success on the,pth fesslonal stage, and several years ago It clue produced at Penn State, making a big hit. There is no sson, then, 'thy 'the renting - Th e spia nproduction. being of the 1311.11112 general chameteria tics, should not be a huge success, es pecially with the Inttoduction of a dis tinctly Penn State atmosphere by means of original milts and ly rice composed recently by members of the student and faculty bodies. SIRLOIN MEMBERS HEAR TWO INTERESTING TALKS The Sirloin Club held a rely inter esting and educational alerting net Tuesday evening in the Agricultural , Building The et ening a plogram con sisted of several lively discussions on ,the inogress of the club and plans for the future, besides too good talks A noticrAble.feattne of the meeting tias the large number ohich attended and the icons Interest that ties exhibited The PY-Vp S TATS A Z EASTMAN AGENCY . , . . Friday, March 11, 1921 among the inemboto In upbullel , keeping the club on a high nit, The plans fel a mock Block . be held not later than the thltd day In Ain II 11010 Nought up 00 sldetation, and .many suggestion - Chen as to 110 at the students can the most benefit [tom such an It will be temenfbefcd that a lel 000,101 sale of this kln,l was con by the club last silting. The main pa* of the Prom nn ghen elm. to "DM" Connell. th lege sheep CN1.1.11011 rein esentuti 'Pete' Mcblenrie, the college 1 lnnThe felinet lectuted on tl l hushualty induldf y, pointin Its muly Cecil features. while th ter talked on sheep PediMees • sallot* blonds Ile [faced the J , heep famillett and Meedem and 5 , hi* th* Buie successful Ire gave a l.ei‘ Intelesting lire hist Tom Matbm 0110, who lathe It authotlh on Slum/shire sheep It mum. today Both speakms bele benefit* , membcrs of the Shloln as also pas .Toe Robinson. The State College Woman's CI planning a very interesting meet! be held in the Pt cab) terian Chord Tuesday evening, no hen an thus lecture on. "The Pathway sof th. grans' . will be presented by the section of the organization The meet Is one cc bleb should appe every American, and all member mged to be loosest to learn, th eat and one, something of this in of our national history Aside fro lecture, there will be the bnp , procedure, of electing officers, straw vote will be_ taken 'hroon, embers to detec mine nhother th& .of the olOb should 100 raised IGLE - We eat too fast-we eat too much. Eat teas-chew It more. WRIGLIEYS after even , meal-etee dASIIIIIII. deans= The l e mouth and teeth and sweetens breath. mayor= •010.111:011 5. Everywhere --- Sated lightly THE FLU —fteat RIM CASTS
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers