Page Two Penn State Collegian Published during the College y ear by students of the Pennsyl vania Stale College In the Interest of the Students. Faculty, Alumni and ’•’rlcnds of the College EDITORIAL STAFF A G Prutt ’22 . - G fl. Lysle.'Jr, '22 __ J W Selover ‘22 ASSOCIATE EDITORS y? Ji Auman ‘23 D R. Mehl ‘23 Women's Editor - - Assistant Women's Editor REPORTERS G W Boyet '-M R. B CoKln '24 H B. Prinsky '24 J F Mullins '2-1 N. O Watterson '24 BUSINESS STAFF W E Pony, Jr.’22 H. R. Wcrkhelser ’22 _ . E. S Yocum ’22 ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS W. G Davis '23 H T. Axford '23 The Collegian invites all communications on any subject of college interest fitters must Dear signatures of writers. Subscription price $2 50, it paid before October 15, 1921. After October 15. 1921, $2 75 Entered at the Postofllce, State College Pa., aa second class matter Oliice. Nittany Printing and Publishing Co Building Office Hours: 5:00 to 6*45 every afternoon except Saturday Member of Intercollegiate Newspaper AssoclaUon News Editor This Issue—— —-———- TUESDAY, NOVEMBER l, 1921 Penn State is practically helpless in case of a serious conflagra tion, and with our present system of fire fighting practically any,small fire can develop into a serious one and very little can be done to pre vent it. The student fire company does what it can and makes a creditable showing when the fact that it does not have adequate equip ment and very little training, is considered. The fire last Friday in the Horticultural Building should be enough of an example. Starting in a laboratory in the upper floor, the fire spread unhindered through the whole upper part of the building and only the concrete ceiling on the third floor prevented the whole structure, one of the finest on the campus, from being reduced to smouldering rums. The college can not afford to be thus unprotected Buildings are scarce enough with our increasing student body without allowing them to burn on account of not having thep roper fire fighting equipment. When the engineering building burned in the fall of 1918, the fire danger was forcibly brought home to the college Classes were dismissed for over a week and the college work was seriously dis rupted As a result everyone thought that something would be done toward building up a modern fire fighting force, either by the town or by the college There was a great deal of discussion, but nothing developed The community is still without fire protection, and as a result, nothing could be done to save the Horticultural Building. There will probably be some attention paid to the fire apparatus now for several weeks Wg wonder if anything will come of it. THE “S” ON MT. NITTANY The discussion raised at a recent Senior class meeting concerning the construction of a large “S” on Mt Nittany resurrected an idea which was proposed here some time ago but which has failed to mat erialize because of the possible lack of initiative on the part of the student body No one has wished to shoulder the responsibility of starting the plan and hence # nothing definite has been accomplished despite a seeming evidence of approval by the majority of the students Hitherto, the mam objection to the plan has been that it would re quire the expenditure of money which might be used to better ad vantage in some other situation, such as building a recreation hall. A novel suggestion, made at the Senior meeting, however, practically wipes out this objection inasmuch as it will reduce the cost to a small amount. It was suggested that stones gathered on the mountain side or in the nearby vicinity, be used in the construction of the "S”, in place of concrete, the material usually employed for such work The students themselves could collect the stones and could do so in a comparatively short time. Two or three coats of whitewash applied to the mass would undoubtedly give the insignia an appearance equal to that produced by whitewashed concrete. As at other institutions, the students would be called upon to do the actual labor and thus the cost ot the work would be confined to the purchasing of a few tools, the luring of three or four trucks for hauling, and the possible pur chasing of concrete with which to line the sides of the letter in order to prevent washing out by the ram. The problem of raising the necessary funds for carrying out the plan could probably be solved by the staging of a tag day or of a campaign sometime during the winter. In either case, the amount uskea from the students would be small in order that every Penn State man and woman could have a share in the project and feel that he or she had contributed toward something emblemic of Penn State *lhc interest already displayed in the plan by the students would indi cate that the campaign would be successful. The close proximity of winter, of course, makes it inadvisable to begin actual work on the mountain but steps could be taken so that the ground may be broken in the early spring. MEMORIAL TREES Within a few days the entire world will be celebrating the third anniversary of the Armistice of 1918 and millions of people on every continent will pause for a moment to pay tribute to the glorious dead. Thousands and thousands of soldiers who fought in the World War will turn aside from their ordinary occupations to think of their fal len comrades of the field Penn State too, can well afford to pause at this time and think for a moment of her seventy-seven sons who died for the United States. Time is the one big factor that is gradually healing the wound inflicted by the war. Three years have flown by rapidly since the signing of the Armistice. Three more years will come and go just as quickly Three years have gone and yet there is no war memorial on our campus. To be sure, one is coming and we are certain that it will be a fitting one. Penn State however, canhot pay too high a tribute to those who were with us but yesterday, but who made the supreme sacrifice when duty called. The suggestion that each of the seventy-seven Penn State heroes receive a tribute in the form of a memorial tree is certainly worthy of consideration. The Tipion Society, which is composed of landscape gardening students, in cooperation with the college, has issued in vitations to alumni clubs to participate in the planting of memorial trees on Armistice Day. Fraternities and clubs are permitted to j'om m on the matter and many will dedicate memorial trees to their broth ers who were killed in the war. What could be more appropriate than a mighty elm, oak or a pine as a living monument to the Penn State heroes! Students to come, on seeing such trees, will remember them for what they stand and will think of the heroes who gave their lives to a glorious cause. „ . _ Editor Assistant Editor - . Senior Associate A E. Post ’23 E D Schivo’23 „ Miss Doris Browning '23 ..Miss Sarah E Croll E E Holm ’24 E M Jameson ’2l C B Tilton '24 „„„ „ _ „ Business Manage: _ Manager , , Circulation Manager C. D Herbert '23 ,__D . R.. Mehl BULLETIN Tui*«uluy. Not ember 1 30 p m —Student Council. 14 L A .00 i> in —Glee Club, Audltoiium 00 l> m—Mandolin Club, Auditorium \\ edui'sduy C 45 p m—Hazleton County Club, 214 Main 7 00 p m —Glee Club, Auditorium 4 30 p m—Faculty Lecture, R R Jones, Foyer, Audltoiium 7 00 p m—Mercer County Club, 315 Main 7 00 p m—Lycoming County Club, 11 L A 7 00 p m—Choir A, Auditorium S 00 p. m—Choir B, Auditorium MEMORIAL TREES TO BE PLANTED ARMISTICE DAY Alumni, Fraternities, and Clubs Invited to Honor Men Who Died in the*World War Ponn State alumni, all fraternities and clubs have been invited by the Tip ion Society, composed of landscape gur -1 donlng students, to partclipate in the planting of memorial trees to the nien of Penn State who died in the World War Seventy-seven Penn State men died in the vvai and tho Tipion Soci ety la hoping that every one of these men will soon have a mmorlal tree lo cated on tho campus The alumni have already entered into the project, the first action being taken in the mattei being that of the Harrisburg Alumni who planted three trees on the fiont campus just within the college gates on Alumni Homecoming Day On each tree Is a small brass plate dedi cating the tiee to a Harrisburg alumn us who died In the World War A number of fiaternlties and clubs have been desirous of planting mem oilnl trees on the campus The col lege Is encouraging all such prospects and suggests that such planting be done on Armistice Day, November 11 Memorl il u ees may ibe secured thru the Tipion Society, which organization offers'to be lesponsiblc for tho order ing and planting of the trees and also the securing of the brass name plate Tho entire cost for one memorial tree amounts to somewhere between seven and ten dollars Ten days are re quired for ordering and receiving the j HOY & NEIDIGH High Grade Groceries a Specialty | Fruits and Vegetables in Season. | Special This Week —Grape Fruit and Grapes. i I THOR ELECTRIC WASHER and AUTOMATIC IRONER | Takes All Drudgery Out of Washday. | Let Us Show You How It Can Be Done. 0 | ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO. | Both Phones 123 Frazier Street X~X'X*X**I*X*X*X~H*X*X*X'X*X'X*X*X*X~H“J“X* THE PENN-STATE:GOLLEGIAN trees and all fraternities, clubs and othci organizations, wishing to parti cipate in the Armistice Day plan must get in communication with the Tipion Society at once POUI/fRI DEPARTMENT STARTS ON VITAMINS EXPERIMENTS The Investigation! as to tho value of yeast aa a,souice of vitamlnea In tho development of poAltry as provided for by the Noith West Yeast’Co, will-be started next week' under the Depart ment of Poultry Husbandry. The ex periment will be carried on by the aid of cloven pens of -White Lcghorncs of forty-five hens each Each bird Is to be trap-nested throughout the year and weighed once a jweek A record will be kept of tho siae and weight of each egg of each hen land of all food con sumed Severat of tho pens will be installed with electric lights to seo-the effect on egg .production by the aid of a longer day This experiment is to be run for a year ahd if necessary,'may be continued several I yearH more The Department'of Poultry Husband ry Is selling-about one-hundred fine pedigreed cockerels, to the farmers thioughout the slato These cockerels are of very chofcej breeds’and are being sold to the farmers in order to aid them improve their stodkß WOMEN’S BUILDING GIRLS HOLD HALLOWE’EN DANCE Hallowe'en moons- and cornstalks found their way 1 Into the parlors of Che Woman’s Building- last'Friday ev ening when the girls living In that building decided to' give their 'usual semester dance ~ Ghostly figures in white were seen during the-early part of the evening, but they soon yielded to the Influence ( of the peppy music and sought to present a less melancholy appearance by doffing their white rob- The numbers who enjoyed the dance were augmented lby_ the Diemer House girls and their guests joining the Wo men's Building girls in tho party PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS The Varsity Pool Room 1 Pool arid ‘Billiards ~''C Cigars, Cigarettes and Candy H. G. MORRELL, PROP. URAD JE turkish'cigarette ;very day MURADS, ate held ter in the estimation of the men , iO smoke them. They are the standard of Taste. They never disappoint—never' fail— Turkish tty '.ties grown. smoke them iy occasion.' selling‘high* orld. of America Quantity. wndf~i" “PREXY? READS,POEMS AT' “REHAB”' MEETING Selections Taken from Volumes Which Dr. Thomas Used While a*Chaplaindn "France By“attendlng-a meeting"of the Re habilitation-Club last Friday evening and giving his views on the Penn State —Harvard game and reading a num ber of poems, President John M. Tho mas’protlded the varsity members'of the club with one of the most enjoy able evenings* pleasure in tho history of the organization Dr Thomas had been in Harrisburg on an expectedly extended business trip 1 during 'the preceding'days of the week, tout, keeping the promise he had made to the “Rehabs** to attend their meeting-Friday evening, he came and brought with him several volumes of poems - which *he had" carried' aboufin his travels whfle serving as a chaplain In the United States Arms during the late war Dr Thomas has read these poems many times before soldier au diences in -France and has been highly commended on the beneficent influ ence the verses exerted on the "dough boys ” *Prexy” described his ‘ feelings while witnessing > the Hanaid-Penn State battle and said that the game furnish ed as exciting a period as he had ever experienced. v Dr then proceeded to read several of Kipling’s \crscs Tho first'of these was "The 25 Per Ct. 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THE ATHLETIC STORE Here are FINE SHIRTS Mad Amf new mat* qua] BATH Rl $550 to, HEADI THE ilntlion in ’ls Blindings.” and it was ling In which he corn.)„-es himself and ‘Gunga Din” Dr - Thomas recited -fiom meinor y the slrnt poem of Klp- Hnj in which ho com ares himself and Homer'in'that the> both reproduce in th *ir poems the same old stories that have been'told since the world began Othci poets Horn works Proxy read wete T A Duly, a picsent day poet philosophci who writes the well known Italian-Ameiic m dialect pooma, and Paul Li Dunbar who writes % cry real istic and humorous negro dialect vers es Dr Thom is' audience derived a great deal of enjoyment from the read-' Ing of these authots and especially from hearing -some selections from the woi ks of Dr ‘William H Drummond, of Montreal The next'-big numbei on the Club ipiogram will occur this coming Satur day night when they will hold a ban quet . • GRANGE MEETING POSTPONED The Penn State Giange will not moot In Room 100 Hoi t tonight - The date and place of the regular November meeting will bo announced later PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS f E. 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