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PUIDAY, MAY 27, 1921
SUHCItVISKI) ELECTIONS
The ai»italiou and siq»j*csiion ol‘ fraud which arose after the
first election of the Junior class this week has shown the imperative
need for some system of balloting against which no doubt can be
raised. The present system of indiscriminately passing out wads of
paper upon which the class writes the name of its choice for the
election and the later haphazard collection of these same slips of
paper so cbaracierilic of the I'enn Slate system gives no assurance
of honesty and provides no safeguards for the election officers in
case a cry of fraud arises. This system is proof against no form
of dishonesty and is really an in invitation for the wavering man to
be dishonest. On the oilier hand, the election officers are constant
ly liable to suspicion and they have no means of proving the fairness
of the election with this system. They arc required to collect all
ihc ballots offered to them ns they pass through the class and have
no means of knowing whether a man has voted twice or even at all.
This system not only places suspicion upon every election in
which there is a discrepancy in the number of ballots cast for various
offices but it affords an opportunity for disappointed losers to throw
blame upon the tellers who may bc*in no way to blame. This is
obviously unfair to any man who may be asked to take charge of
an election under our present hit-or-miss method and some system
must be introduced which will safeguard the honor of the election
officers as well as care for the interests of the class.
Another disagreable consequence is that the man in charge of the
•-otoction- ift -often accused of appointing tellers who may be swayed
from their duty by i/i opposition. to the interests" or
the class. It is a natural train of thought to suppose that stuffed
ballots involve crooked tellers,, and that crooked tellers are chosen
with the connivance of a dishonest appointing officer. This is liable
to happen at any election held under the system now in use by the
classes and is extremely unfair to the men in charge of the balloting.
The system must go. \\ ; e must have a system with which there can
be no doubts, one that is fool-proof and one which will safeguard
the honor of the men involved.
One system which would minimize to a great extent the evils
of the system now in vogue is the use of printed ballots. The.
could be distributed one to each man as he enters the balloting room,
marked, and then deposited in a locked ballot box on leaving the
room. The box containing the ballots is then taken in charge by
a committee appointed by Student Council or some other agency of
student government, to be counted. The ballots should be recount
ed to prove the first count amj then kept for several days in case of
a contested election. 1 his method will prevent many of the evils
of the present system and will minimize the opportunities for dis
honesty. It would prevent much of the scandal which gathers about
the names of the election officers and keep the name of the class
above suspicion.
There are various systems of voting and various means of safe
guarding the honesty of elections, and other methods may be offered
which will provide less opportunity for fraud. The present system
can not continue. It is a menace to every class which employs it
and a direct invitation for criticism of the honesty of the men in
charge. Penn State’s student government depends upon the abso
lute squareness or the elections and anything which jeopardizes that
student government must go. We can not afford to let any doubts
arise as to the absolute fairness of our elections and all means must
be used to insure a sytein which will be as nearly perfect as possible.
THE SALVATIONISTS
The slogan that "A Man May Be Down But He’s Never Out”
tells in a vivid manner the field of endeavor in which the Salvatipn
Army docs its work. Its aim is-to reach the lowest elements of
society, the downtrodden and neglected and despised creatures, that
other benevolent organizations do not touch. Its aim is to bring
ight to the dark places of the earth, to uplift the weak, and lend a
helping hand to the struggling who would otherwise sink in the
slough of despair. An organization of this character is wholly
dependent upon the support of the more fortunate citizens if it is
to continue its Work of aiding the unfortunate. The Salvation Army
is not a rich philanthropic institution, heavily endowed, but needs
the modest contributions of everyone according to his ability.
The Rehabilitation Club members have gotten vigorously be! j
the Tag Day which will be held on Memorial Day and they deserve
the support of everyone when they offer the Tags for sale at what
ever you wish to contribute. A splendid way in which to celebrate
the day will be to give a generous donation to this cause in the name
of _the soldiers and sailors who gave their lives for the sake of hum-
CHANGE IN TIME OP ISSUE
will aC M°T, Of Memo * ial Day ’ thenext issue of the Collegian
thirty f . pub ** hcd on Wcd " es£ iay, June first, instead of Tuesday, May
thirty-first, the regular day of issue. Y V
A. K. Post ’22
.Miss Doris Browning ’2!
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INDUSTRIAL EN(
ARE HONORE
Penn Stale Society Will be First
Student Branch Recognized by
National Society
Editor
Assistant Editor
The Industrial Eng ncoring Society
at i'enn Statu bus been given Die nun
or of Incoming Die first student brunch
of the Society of Industrial Engineers.
At the recent uaMuuul spring conven
tion of the S J. B. held ul M.lv/nnkce.
Wis’, the mailer u£ Lstubllshmenl of
student hriticin-s was approved largely
thru the efforts of Prof. E. J. Kunze
head of the 'Department of Industrial
Engineering, who introduced and ad
vocated the idea. |
Senior Associate
E. D.Sehive'23
The students in Die Industrial Engin
eering Society here wilt benefit greatly
by this change. They will enjoy ah
of the privileges of the regular memb
ership with the exception of voting am|
holding office. The local society will
receive all publication:! of the organiza
tion which has for its purpose the
advancement of the industrial engin
eering profession. T tru the S. I. E.
Die students will be able to bring in
mure speakers of ex icrlence in their
type of work-to addreks their meetings.
Part of the membership feu attached to
the organisation w 11 revert to the
•Slate College .society bcnufilting the
students still furthei In this way to
carry on their work.
This membership becomes effective at
once and the I. E. Society will un
doubtedly accept it at their first meet
ing. The present Seniors In the course
will benefit by this as Die junior mem
bers may retuin their membership for
two years after graduation when they
may join Die senior society without Die
payment of the membership fee.
Massachusetts institute of Tcchuo
ogy and New York University will
probably be ihe next schools where
student brunches will lie organized. A
southern institution may also organize
a student branch so!m.
C. D. Herbert '2l
Professor ICunze Is] Vice President in
charge of research of the S. I. E. He
introduced Die idea of student branches
at Die meeting Inst year in Philadel
phia which was apptoved at this year's
convention.
Glee Club Holds
Annual Elections
At the weekly mietlng of the Penn
State Glee Club held last Wednesday
evening in the Auditorium, officers for
the coming scholastic year were elect
ed. Results of the election showed that
Dio following men will have charge of
the activities of Uiq musical organiza
tion for the year 1921-1922: President
C. T. Doucls '22; V ce-Prealdent E. Jl.
Oberholser '22; Secretary. E. H. RoL
sti»n '23; Business Manager. U. H.
Noll ‘22; Publicity Manager S. R. Ger
ber '22. D. H. Pomeroy '23. E. H, Rol
slon '23 and E. \v[ Keatley ’23 were,
selected ns First Assistant Managers.
On Its recent trip to Williamsport,
the Glee Club sang before a large ap
preciable audience In the Newberry
High School of tha. place. Plans had
previously been arranged to \aing at.
Shamokln'ana
trip but both requests were Titter can
celled. It' has boon decided to make
the concert at Williamsport an an
nual affair lo take| place In the latter
rpart of each spring. AH efforts are
being directed toward the Commence
ment entertainment for it Is hoped to
make this concert the greatest = suc
cess of the year pn the'Pehn State
musical calendar.
CO-EDS PLAN ERECTION
OF RECREATION HALL
A Joint meeting] of the Women's
Student Government Association ami
the Women's Athletic Association was
held Wednesday evening in Old Chapel.
Dean Knight addressed the girls on
several matters of] importance, one of
which was the necessity of electing
a member of the incoming Senior clnss
to servo on a committee for laying
plans for a Recreation Hall for the
Penn State girls. |a committee of*nl
umnao have started making plans to
raise money to erect the proposed Re
creation Hull, and the co-operation of
the girls now In school is needed to
further their efforts.
Plans for the participation of the wo
meat students In the Inaugural parade
for President Thomas next October
were discussed and It is probable that
there will ho two boats, one depicting
the work of the Home Economics de
partment and the| other representing
the women's activities. The girls will
also take part in| the Memorial Day
parade next Monday.
At the Athletic Association meeting
following speeches' were made by the
managers in charge of the various
sports, briefly reviewing what had been
done this year and.what they hoped to
accomplish mext year. Announcement
was made of a track meet to be held
Saturday afternoon at two-thirty on
Stone House Field. All entrants must
qualify In three events, a girls' base
ball game will take place Immediately
after the track 'meet.
j General Graying
Dump Truck Work
Long Distance Moving
Pianos and Safes
Orders for Emerson Coal
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On the Corner
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Say, If it isn’t too personal would
you mlad telling us how you hit that
quiz that Prof. Edison served the col
lege students with two or threo weeks
ago. You oughta have one or two of
the questions by now. What, you hav
en't? Boy, page Mr. Edison!
Old man Edison certainly can manu
facture fine questions but we wonder
quite seriously whether he can answer
similar ones just as well. You sec
young Edison who is a student at
Massachusetts Tech, was unable to
pass his father's lest and he is a chip
off the old block. Uh-hiih, looks had
for pa, doesn't it?
Well, just to find out whether Pa
Edison can knock any question cold,
wo prepared a list of easy ones and
are willing to het ten to one that he
cannot answer more than five! They
fall under the head of foolish questions
up here and even a Freshman can
answer most of them.
Now don't got in a hurry, you’ll see
them soon enough. Better get your
pencil out so you can get a good start.
Well, here goes.
* • •
Where is Mac Hall?
How high is up?
Will the Penn State baseball team win
every game? j
Who is All Star Cast and what pictures
did he play In?
If a burglar gets In the cellar, will the
eon] shute?
How many stones are there In Old
Main?
Is State College dry yel?
What la a feed?
Who discovered Slate College? (Wo
don't know this one ourselves).
Will the underclassmen have drill nexi
year?
If the bread falls, will the kitchen
sink?
When are we going to get the new
Gym?. '
Will vaeution ever come?
Is a Freshman allowed to wear a dink?
How many home runs has Babe Ruth
knocked?
What record did Penn State's swim
ming team make last year?
Why do they have street cars in State
College?
If Sawdust fills the bases, will Soap
clean up?
When did Red dye?
Is it right to be wrong?
Was Barnutu right?
Which was why, and who?
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PROFESSOR KNIGHT GIVES
LECTURE ON ORE MINING
Three reels of motion pictures se
cured by the Department of Mines
through the courtesy of the U. S. De
partment of Interior, were shown at
a lecture delivered by Professor O. A.
Knight of the Metallurgy Department
in Old Chapel on Tuesday evening.
The pictures Illustrated the open-cut
method of mining Iron ore, and the
various operations woru ably explained
by Professor Knight. In this method,
steam shovels are used to dig the ore
from the earth and to carry It to the
cars. From the mine the ore is trans
ferred to ports on Lake Superior where
it Is loaded by means of steam shovels
into Iron vessels of capacities ranging
from eight to thirteen thousand tons.
When the ore reaches the furnaces,
it Is unloaded from the vessels by
means of electric buckets of seven ton
capacity.
A panoramic view of the blast fur
nace was shown Rnd the methods in
volved in making the finished product
from the crude ore. The ore Is car
ried to the blast furnaces from the
stock pile, and after oxidation the crude
iron is tapped from the furnaces and
poured Into ladel cars, which carry It
to the mixers. Here through several
operations, the crude Iron is made Into
refined steel.
Another proceßß Illustrated was the
Bessemer process in which the crude
iron is formed into steel ingots from
which the molds are stripped. These
ingots are rolled into thin sheets by
means of rollers, and are then shaped
Into pipes and subjected to very high
pressure tests. Various machines are
used in finishing and threading the
product. The machinery in the plant
illustrated are of the must modern type
and the picture Illustrated clearly the
new .nutomatie machines which are
now in use.
Professor Knight gave some figures
relative to the amount of pig iron pro
duced annually in the world. He stated
| The College Man’s Shop \
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wind blows.”
The way our Straws are going in
dicates THEY ARE RIGHT.
No seconds nor inferior goods
Honest Merchandise—Priced Right
all through our line of .furnishings
YOU KNOW THE LINE
Something New Every Week.
HARRY W. SAUERS
Golf
Baseball
Tennis
Track
it has ’em all”
“everything musical”
Starr & Baldwin Pianos
CORONA TYPETRITERS
Friday, May 27, 1921
that the record tor liroduction W
made In 1310 when the United State,
produced forty minion tons, sixteen
and one half million of irhieh came
from the state ot Pennsylvania shine
twenty-two per cent ot the total
amount mined in the world.
AMERICAN LEGION TO
SELL FRENCH POPPIES
May 20, 1021
Tiie American lesion lias chosen
the Poppy of Flanders Fields as a Me
morlal Flower to be worn by everyone
on the thirtieth of .May as a tribute to
the soldiers of the World war who
i M»«*e the supremo sacrifice on the
field ot battle.
In order that the people of state Col
lee might have an opportunity to pay
this tribute to the soldier dead and at
the same time give their support to a
very worthy cause the local post of the
American Legion Is seeulng a supply of
red silk poppies. .These poppies'are
made by the women and children of
France of materials furnished by var
ious organizations and the entire pro
ceeds from their stile arc to be used for
the relief of war orphans in the devas
tated regions of France.
These will be placed on rale as soon
ns they arrive and will be sold as fol
lows:
Small size.
Large size.
You nre urged Jo give your hearty
support to this movement.
Very truly yours
Charles B. Steel
Post Commander
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