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Penn State Collegian
Published Semi-weekly during the College year by students of the Ponnsyl
.anla State College, In the Interest of the Students. Faculty, Alumni and
friends ot the College.
EDITORIAL STAFF
A G Pratt *22 ----- - - • ~ Editor
GH. L,sic, Jr, ‘22 - -- - - - Assistant Editor
.1 W Selover - - 6e “ lor Asaoclmo
v ASSOCIATE EDITORS
yr R Auman ’23 - DR. Mehl ’23 A E Post *23 ED Schlve ’23
Women’s Editor - -Miss Doris Browning '23
’ _ • REPORTERS
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N. O. Wattorson ’24 R. C Welch ’24
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TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1921
THE POINT SYSTEM
One method of limiting the number of outside activities in which
a student may engage, which has worked out very well in a number
of American colleges and universities is known as the point system.
By this method every office and position open to a student is rated
with a certain number of points, according to the amount of time and
energy that must be devoted to it A position which requires a large
amount of the student’s time and thought will carry a large number
of points, while an activity which does not take up much of the man’s
time will receive a low rating. A certain number of points is then to
be set as the maximum which a man can carry during the college.year
and his activities will be limited so as not to exceed the maximum
number of points which has been set as the limit This number will
be such as not to allow a man to devote time to ouside activities that
should be spent on academic work The system will take into con
sideration the amount of time which a man has available for extra
curriculum activities and the maximum will insure that a man’s ac
tivities do not encroach on that spare time.
' ' The average college today in which there is no restriction upon
the amount of work a man may do outside of his regular college work
finds itself in a situation in which the majority of the activities of the
institution are centered in the hands of a few outstanding and pre
sumably capable men. This group practically runs the college as far
as activities are concerned Moreover they are burdened with more
work than they can rightly handle along with their academic studies.
The result is that they do one thing well and. let the other slide, and
usually the outside work comes to be considered the more important.
The extia curriculum activities receive .an undue emphasis and the
student devotes only enough time to his lessons to stay in college and
be able to carry on the activities.
The college work comes to be more important in the eyes of the
student than his outside activities, the purpose for which he came to
college—to gam an education in some line of work or profession is
lost to sight and a college course becomes merely a means of engaging
in the outside activities The falacious statement is often made that a
man gams more from his activities than from his books, and this is
undoubtedly true when the books are neglected
The primary purpose of a man in coming to college is to gain an
education, to become a lawyer, a farmer, an engineer or to attain
some other position Which requires a large amount of scientific knowl
edge that can only be profitably gotten in a college or university He
comes with this aim in view and all means should be employed in
keeping this goal continually in mind The lure of so-called honors
to be gained through the outside activities often Ims its effect and
in some cases the man loses sight of his primary ambition. He goes
out for this and that and as a result he attempts more than he can do
In a case like this a point system would limit the number of things
to which a man could devote his attention and as a result his work
would not suffer from the diffusion of effort.
Another phase of the question which would be corrected to a
large extent by a point system is the overloading of men who have
shown a capacity for efficient work Under the present haphazard
method, when a man succeeds in one piece of work in a capable way,
his success is noted and when another job is to be awarded he is chosen
to shoulder the responsibility. It does not stop here but one after the
other new burdens are heaped upon him. His early success brings
him the attention of his classmates and naturally when a piece of
work is to be done, it is given to the man who has proved his ability.
The fact that there are others in the class just as capable but who have,
not been fortunate enough to come before the public eye, is not con
sidered. The known man is overloaded, while the unknown man, de
prived of his opportunity of showing his ability, is prevented from
relieving the known man of some of the burdens and at the same
time is kept from sharing the honors
The unregulated method can not help’ but centralize the activi
ties of a colllege and to some extent violate the democratic spirit
which most colleges strive to maintain. Under the point system the
offices are spread more widely among the student body, more men re
ceive an opportunity to share in the activities, and, most important of
all, a man is prevented from giving too much of his time to his ac
tivities to the detriment to his studies The proven capable man is
not overburdened and the capable but unnoticed individual has more
of an opportunity for displaying his powers.
Perhaps the greatest difficulty to be encountered with a point
system would be the classification of offices and activities according
to the number of points and the corresponding amount of time re
quired by each separate job. But this difficult task has been accomp
lished in many schools and the point system has worked-out very
successfully. The classification would require a great amount of
thoughtful consideration before the system could go into effect, but
it has been done in other institutions and can be done at Penn State.
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| News From Other Colleges
RUTGERS—A course in life-saving,
undci tlio direction of one ot'tho coach
ins staff, has proved to ho immensely
popular Anyone completing the course
Is eligible to take the Red Cross Life
Saving examination.
CORNELL —Princeton and Cornell Un
iversities cabled an invitation to Ox
foid and Cambridge for a track and
field moot to be held In New York about
Tuly twenty-ninth. The American
universities plan to comblno their teams
against the combined teams of the
English schools This meet would take
the place of two dual meets between
Princeton and Oxford ,and Cornell and
Cambi Idgo.
MICHIGAN TJNIY.—Tba second chart
er over given to a university post will
be granted by the American Legion to
the University of Michigan Tho first
chaitor of this kind was given to Sy
racuse University
UNIV. OF TEXAS—OnIy one of forty
of tho Freshman class at tho Univers
ity of Txcas -was found to bo physically
defective This percentage Is declared
to bo unusually low
IV. AND J.—The graduating class of
this year plan to present tho college
with a bronze tablet on which,will bo
engraved the names of all W. and J.
men who died in the service during tho
war.
PENN-STATE COLLEGIAN
On the Comer
It has come to our attention
That this here high Institution
Of learning ain't got somethin’
What it needs v«r> badly
For a long time objections have
Been raised about present day
College life, space Is so valuable
Wo cun only comment on a few
One lane I*s not enough Thej sez
To put In.more apple orchards
Whore tho Physics group and the
Auditorium is It would be handy.
Wal, the military department Is
Slipping Only one vacation spoilt
By drill* Tho undorgrads would
Like to have more reviews
Many complaints have been heard
That the library Is deficient
As rcgai ds noctural business
Tho fussers want more ttlcloves 1
They sez as how traffiek rules
Aro disregarded on tho lake Wo
Insist that violators should
Be locked up In the town coop.
It la said that an Instructor
Thought of cutting his class
Last week. A committee of studes
Should investigate this here outrage
Home work has been Increased but
Not enough Four hours_for each
Subject Is not enuf Also
The exams should be much longer.
The co-ed 3 complain of tho late
Hours they are forced to keep
It Is proposed to conclude all
Dances and house-parties at ten
INTEREST IN SILVER BAY
CONFERENCE HEIGHTENED
The presidents, or their representa
tives, of all the fraternities of State
College were invited to a dinner given
at the University Club last Sunday cv-_
cnlng, under tho auspices of the Y MT
C A C T. Douds '22, the President
elect of tho Penn, State Y M C A
presided The aim of the meeting was
to bring the Silver Bay Conference
direct to each'fraternity with a view to
having each fraternity represented by
a delegate at this conference this sum
mer.
The Silver Bay Conference.. Is the
greatest religious summer school hold
in the United States It Is attended by
men from all the leading colleges of the
country and offers wonderful opport
unities for the'exchange of Ideas The
fact that leading men of tho colleges
of first rank In tho country is suffi
cient inducement to'obtain the very
best speakers the country affords The
summer school Idea was originated in
Northfleld, Massachusetts, the home of
Dwight L. Moody Throughout the
world there aro seventy-one such con
ferences, of which number seven, are
located In the United States.' '*
W H Tinker, Secretarj of tho Mid
dle Atlantic Section, George Irving,
and Godfrey Buxton, an Englishman
with a wonderful personality, a gradu
ate ot Cambridge UnivoraltyUrnd a'com
mlssloned officer In tho English Army,
wore the speakers of note, at this din
ner.
COMMERCE AND FINANCE
CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS
Last Wednesday aflernoon, the Com
merce and Finance Club held a meeting
for the purpose of electing officers for
year 1921-1922 After the meeting had
been called to order by the retiring
President, M. T. Warner ’2l, Dr Mar
tin, head ot the History Department,
gave a short talk outlining the plans
for the Commerce and Finance course
for next year and the plans for tflie
Commerce and Finance Club for same
period The officers elected were C.
F Morgan ’22, president, L II Logue
’22, vice-president, W L. Lowe ’22,
Secretary, W. T Shocker ’22 treasurer.
Tho Club lias enjoyed a very suc
cessful year under the direction of the
retiring regime, and a similarly .suc
cessful year can be expected under the
direction of the newly elected officers’
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A. S. M. E. DISCUSSES
PRESENT DAY-PROBLEMS
Series of Interesting Lectures De
livered to Central Penna. Section
at “U” Club'Over Week-end
The Central Pennsylvania Section of
the A S M E held a series of meetings
the post week end which a number of
prominent engineers from nearby ■
towns,-as also a group of students and
Instructors from Bucknell University
attended The general topic ot the lec
tures was the "Present Day Duties and
Opportunities of the Engineer ’* This
topic was discussed from different
angles by Major Fred Miller, Dr I C
Hollis, and Dean Sackett.
Major Fred Miller, tho first speaker
of the series, spoke Saturday morning
at Engineering D on the "New Duties
ut tho Engineer "One ot tho main
Issues set forth by tho speaker’was tho
necessity of training tho modern en
gineers to deal with the human ele
ment In handling labor To quote the
speaker "Behind the porsonel depart
ment must be the realization that the
work Is being done by human beings”
At the same time he brought out the
value of the unions In negotiations
between employer and employee.
After luncheon at the University
Club, Dean Sackett spoke on the “New
Opportunities for Engineers” His dis
cussion of the topic showed the vast
opportunities for engineers In the poll
llcnl life of thd country Dean Sack
ett showed how lawyers were at pres
ent the most Influential class In the
political world when It Is really the
position that should rightly go to the
engineer, who is one of tho chief pro
tectors of the country One of the
most important phases was brought out
In the words “The engineer’s mission Is
to bring us back from Radicalism, social
lsni, sovietism, and all of the other
extremes.*’
Following Dean Snckett, Dr I C
Hollis, president of the Worcester Poly
technic Institute, and also past-presi
dent of tho A S M E spoke on “The
Engineers Responsibility In tho El
imination of Waste In Industries ’’ Dr.
Hollis divided the resources of the
country into two classes, the replace
able resources, and tho non-replaceable
He placed coal, lumber, wood, and Iron
among our nonreplacoable resources
and Indicated where It was the duty of
the engineer to conserve these resourc
es as far ns possible
The convention was a great success
and speaks well for the organization
, which promoted it.
DEAN SACKETT TO °
ATTEND CONVENTIONS
This week Dean R L Sackett of the
Engineering School Is attending the
convention of the American Associa
tion of Mechanical Engineers in Chi
cago The subject of education in the
industries occupies one entire program
This subject 13 closely related to our
engineering extension work This col
lege probabl> conducts the largest num
ber of extension classes in industry of
*hn> Institution In the United States
During the week of Juno sixth. Dean
Sackett will present'the report ot the
technical committee at the annual con
vention of-tho National Association of
Corporation Training which Is hold at
Niagara Falls from Juno sixth to
twelfth
This Association consists of the most
Important industries, employing tech
nical graduates and conducting schools
for their- instruction During the same
week, the Dean will attend a confer
ence of American Water Works As
sociation In Cleveland .;
COLONEL BOAT. ENTERTAINS
SCABBARD-AND BLADE
Colonol Theodore Boal entertained the
members of the Penn State Company
of Scabbard* and Blade, the honorary
fraternity foi military men. Colonel 1
Comly, Major and Mis Johnson, E Nj
Sullivan, Alumni Secretary, and wife,
at a dinner and dance at the Military;
reservation, Boalsburg, on
night May seventeenth Dinner was
served In the mess hall, and was a very
delightful affair The dance was held
In the Ofllcers’ Club Room Music was
furnished by Thompson’s Orchestra j
Golf Column
Some Instructions Concerning the
Mashie Shots—lts Importance
on the Approach '
Moshie allots are of utmost import
ance to the golfei and he should take
great pains to master the use ot this
club On the approach shot to tho
green, the mashie is generally used ef
tectlvely. The purpose of this shot Is
to accurately place- the ball near the
hole To do this It is necessary that
the ball should full "dead,” that is, It
not roll upon hitting tho ground
A well lifted shot will not roll-and this
is what Is mcantiusually by the mash
ie stroke. This moans that the sphere
should be lifted some distance In tho
air so that It will fall plump within
cosy.puttmg distance of the hole.
The hold for this stroke is practically
tho same as that for tho put and ap
proximately 'this-sumo grip is used< for
all clubs. In addtcsslng- the boll'for
the mashie. tho player should stand
close In to the shot so that ho can use
the club naturally and freely He should
be as near as possible to tho ball as the
lie of his club will allow, keeping his
eye oj nearly over the ball as this will
permit ,Tho grip for all mashie shots
should bo firm The stroke In many
eases Is played principally with the
wrist and forearms
Don't Take the Turf
There is a prevalent misconception
that to pity a good mashie.stroke it Is
necessary to take some turf with the
swing. Some even practice thlß cut
ting of divots in all shots However,
this is>not necessary for a good mash
ie approach, provided that the club Is
Uullt correctly With'many moßhiea It
is unquestionably .eccssary to dig Into
ui .l a player wishes to got
under the ball. But thls’ls'thc fault of
club and the player should look Into it
Agriculture does'not rightly form any
part of the game of golf and hacking
the turf cannot Increase'the accuracy
of a s'troke It Is stated that taking the
divot was a religion once,, but that now
it has gone out ot fashion since cham
pionship players have taken to playing
mashlo ■ shots as cleanly a 3 possible If
the shot *s played really well, the grass
will have been cut clean on the top of
tho roots, but no earth will have 1 been
dub up
In under the ball, it Is first
of all Important to hit it as nearly in
tho middle of the face of the mashie as*
possible both as to height and length.
The angle at which the club 1 slotted
or laid back. Is the main factor that
determines tho elevation of the shot
that comes off it, provided It Is played
correctly. The player must always, or
nearly always trust the loft of his club
tt give the rise to the ball, although
there are cases where he must assist
.t by lay ng the'face back a life
It Is generally fatal If the golfer
tries to lift the ball himself. This Is
really a confession that he Is playing
with the wrong club or it docs not give
tho angle deßlred. The mashie is some
times not lofted enough, but frequently
even then the sole is too broad and the
front edge of It Is' too blunt and the
back edge Is not rounded off enough.
This all, means.that agriculture Is'need
ed to get under tho -ball, whereas If
the mashie is consrtucted on correct
principles It will not only bo unneces
sary but also Inadvisable to go In for
mowing as an aid to 'mashie approach
es .With the proper club the face Is
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well laid back and the front edge ol
tho sole shoud fit closely undo” tho
ball, so that tho force of the blow can
act upwardy. If the edge is ‘sharp
any turf chopping that Is done will
check tho stroke as little as possible.
There are cases where it is necessary
to chop into tho earth, but for all or
dinary shots this Is not really so
When a player has thorough com
mand of the mashie, there is one way In
which extreme accuracy may be obtain
ed. This Is to play tho .ball so that it
will have tho least possible run after
it has landed B> doing this, the golf
er eliminates to a great extent the
puzzling problem of tho differences In
the gieens and tho roll of tho ball on
them
In mashlo shots the great -principle
of keeping well Into the ball so that the
head of the club Is In' the line to the
hole as long as possible should-be kept
In mind, as It should in all golfing
strokes with the exception of put shots.
In playing the runnlng-up shot tho
mashlc, both In the extreme backward
swing and at tho finish, is kept very
close to the ground. As stated before,
tho mashlc Itself will, do tho lofting
and the player plays the stroke The
beginner will find this shot merely a
step beyond the put, only he will use
his arms more and the ball will jump
when ho hits It.
VARIED ‘INTERESTS OP
CO-EDS SHOWN BY TABLE
The following table represents tho
vocational Interests of the -Senior,
Junior and Sophmore girls The fig
ures were obtained as a-rosult'-ot per
sonal Interviews held with each girl
and represent the real vocational
choice at the present‘tlmo 10, a girl
wanting to enter Social Service work
but needing to accept a‘more remun
erative posttin for a year is listed unde
social service work. On the other band
a -number of Senior girls Intending to
bo married within two years are listed
according to their plans for the Imme
diate future. ‘While ln no case nre'tho
girls urged to make plans ‘for work
without considering their duty to their
family or tho likelihood of their marry
ing, each girl is urged so to plan l her
course as to be capable of self-support
whenever It is necessary.
There will doubtless be a number of
changes, certainly among those in tho
present Sophomore class It Is planned
to keep in the office of the Dehn of
Women a record of those changes to
gether with the actual occupation or
profession of tho girls ‘for a period of
five years
Teaching—2B Seniors, 30 Juniors, 2C
Sophomores.
Industrial Management—B Seniors, 4
Juniors, 11 Sophomores
Lab and Research —3 Seniors, 5 Jun
iors, 4 Sophomore's
Graduation Study—l Senior, 7 Jun
iors, 4 Sophomores
Social Service —G Seniors, 4 Juniors,
7 Sophomores.
Agriculture—3 Seniors, 4 Juniors, 2
Sophomores
Library—l Senior, 2 Juniors
Business Employment—G Seniors, 2
‘Juniors, 4 Sophomores
Kindergarten—2 Sophomores
Domestic Art —1 Senior, 2 Sophoes.