Xams!—Xmas! The Same Letters, Only Different ■■ ... «■ VOL. XVII. No. 25 JUNIATA QUINTET IWILL OPEN CAGE SEASON THURSDAY Inability of Captain Wilson To Play Leaves No Veterans In Penn State Line-Up VARSITY NOT SELECTED Coach Herman Will Pick Team From Large Group of Inex perienced Candidates With the Juniata eagre contest scheduled for next Thursday, less than a week away, Coach Hermann has still hesitated to select even a 1 tentative varsity basketball line-up : To pick on entirely new quintet from a large group of equally excellent candidates, with some of the most logical contenders just returning from the western football trip, Is the prob lem that Is puzzling “Dutch” Her- Thc last hope for o. nucleus about which to build a«team was shattered when a ruling was passed that Cap tain-elect “Andy” Wilson, the only remaining member of last year’s var-, slty line-up, was ineligible to play at; the present time because of'scholastic difficulties Koehler, a guard of the 1921 varsity squad, has been appoint ed as acting captain , Many Varsity Possibilities From a. list of about seventeen ex cellent tossers, the coach will -select his final varsity combination Of this number, the Nittany cage mentor bos only selected two candidates who may start in the contest next Thurs dayday These are Acting-Captain •ICoohlor and Reed, a Sophomore show ing unusual ability because of his speed and ability to shoot from • the scrimmage or the foul ‘lino Koehler Is still maintaining the excellent stand ard which he set last year and will prove a valuable asset at the guard ing position Two teams of seemingly equal abil ity are fighting for positions, and to avoid any misunderstanding as to their "TSStfuttavo iuvrrts, - tho •coach hair-label led them only as team number one and two On team number one are Reed and Miller at forward, Shair at center, and Koehler and Loeffler at guards Team number two consists of Fatzing cr, Euwer, Rltts and Warner at for ward, Fixter at centor, and Huston, Marshall and Hunter at guard With Koehler and Reed, cither of these teams or a combination of the two may start the game Shair and Fixter are still fighting for the central position and neither seems to have an advantage over the other Shair holds a slight advantage over Fixter because of his weight Football Men To Rest Four members of the varsity squad who travelled to“ Washington are ex pected to report to Coach Hermann when they return from tho trip Rit nor who was awarded his letter last year in basketball 'should offer the coach a possible solution for one of t/he berths at forward Frank and Cornwall, both forwards on last year's Freshman team will also report for tryouts at forward, although Cornwall may be shifted to compete at center Harry Wilson, tho best guard on the Freshman squad last winter, should 'mako the competition among tho guards still keener 3 None of the football men will appear in tho Juniata game however, since they will be given a complcto rest until January after the long football grind They will then bo Jn the best possible physical condition before starting Intensive basketball training Until they have displayed their ability, the final selection of tho varsity bas ketball team will bo In doubt' Juniata Always Strong For many years Penn State has met Juniata for, tho opening game of tho season, and this scrappy little aggre gation has never failed to put up a good fight Although nothing defin ite is known concerning them, Coach Hermann is taking no chances and is preparing his men for tho fast-ap proaching contest Because of tho in experience of any team which ho will put on tho floor for this contest, “Dutoh” •will be pleased If tho Bluo and White combination can score a victory. KILLINGER AND WILSON ON ALL-STADIUM ELEVEN Harvard has again made up an All- Stadium team, and has placed Kill ingor at quarterback and Wilson at halfback on tho first team On the second team wore placed MoMahon at tackle, Bontz at centor, and Llghtnor at half This custom of picking an All-Stadium team -was begun last fall. I PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS Freshmen may learn the re sults of the Psychological test by inquiring at tho office of their respective deans STOCK JUDGING TEAM WINS AT CHICAGO SHOW Penn Stale Representatives Get - First Prize in Pig Judging— M. P. Tait Places High , . Penn State's live stock judging team composed of M iL Flack '22, M P. Talt ’22, K G Bailey ’22, M T Fost er ’22, J F Kcim '22 and W A. Ross” '22 ranked seventh in the International Live Stock Judging' Contest held at Chicago, November 2C, in competition with twenty other teams of five men each from agricultural colleges In the United States and Canada. The Penn State team was awarded first in judg ing swine, seventh in judging horses, fourteenth In judging cattle and fif-. toenth In judging sheep M P Tait was the high man on the State team,; ranking eleventh as Individual in the contest M L Flack was next highest and ranked fourteenth J F Kelm was third In swine judging, K G Bailev fourth and M. T Foster fifth (Continued on last pagb) PENN STATE TEAM WAS BEST IN EAST Football Authorities Hand Grid Supremacy to Lions Because Of Difficult Schedule MADE REMARKABLE RECORD The 1921 football season is over, a sldc from two or three intersectlonal which are of little relative importance, and today Penn State stands on a pinnacle of Its own, ac claimed by practically every sports writer, coach, and gridiron official as the champion eleven of the East. Playing by 'far ,Uhe most difficult schedule In the country, a schedule which necessitated over nine thousand, miles of travel and , caused engage ments .with some of the season’s best teams, the Nittany Lions emerged un defeated Victories over Lebanon Valley, Gettysburg, Lehigh, North Carolina State, Lehigh, Georgia Tech, _Carnpffif* ‘•Tocb_ Nnvy—and the i-TJniv ersity of Washington, and ties with Harvard and Pittsburgh, were chalked up to their credit and of such a record, not a team can boost an equal Rare ly has such, a feat over been accom plished Football teams have travel ed far but It has been very seldom that they have gone so far or have met so many strong foes on foreign gridirons Penn State locked horns on an un familiar field with Harvard, Georgia Tech, Navy, Pitt and Washington, tho first four being among the best elevens in tho entire country. Two of these games resulted in tics, but tho big Bluo and White cloven clearly out played the Crimson at Cambridge and would have' won at home, while tho muddy battle at Pittsburgh should nev er have been played The field was in such miserable condition that neither opponent had a chance to do anything Flayers Put on Mythlcul Eleven Penn State's honors though do not ccaso with its eleven being classed as tho season's best Tho individual play ers come in for the loudest of praise and are placed on numerous mythical combinations created by followers of the grid game Kllllngcr, one of tho gieatest backs Penn State has ever had, is found at the quarterback posi tion on almost every eleven chosen, no matter what Its nature may bo Writ ers are practically unanimous in their choice of Killinger as All-American quarterback McCollum, Baer, Bo donk, McMahon, Lightner. and Wilson also have boon mentioned frequently Cor honeys. McCollum and Bedcnk par ticularly getting great credit “Tiny” Maxwell, the well-known referee, and Thorpe, also an official, rate McCollum on their All-Eastern teams and Be donk has been given a borth on ’’alt" teams chosen by many newspapermen Baer holds a jiromlnont position on these picked teams too. Comments By Authorities In order to Illustrate more fully tho high regard which football authori ties have for Penn State’s cloven this year, wo wish to publish tho following clippings “Tiny” Maxwell, Referee, said: "Penn State ended a transcontinen tal season in Seattle, Saturday, winning from tho University of Washington 21 to 7 This victory gives State a clear title to any championship it wishes to Claim, for tho best teams In tho East, South, and Far West have cither been defeated or tied State also traveled moro than any other team and faced a harder schedule Taking all in all, Penn State met all comers, dodged no opponent, -wont through a stiff sche dule and has yet to lose a game A record like -that la worthy of recogni tion and wo believe tho Nittany Nom ads are entitled to all championship honors that aro lying around loose ” From New York Times "In tho ranks of the critics there is almost, but not quite, complote agreement as to Penn State's right to tho mythical championship In the cast This Is based not alone on the fact (Continued on'lost page) STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1921 FAMOUS VIOLINIST WILL APPEAR HERE TOMORROW EVENING Young Genius, Grisha Monasevitch, Coining Under Auspices Of Local Y. M. C. A. APPEARS IN AUDITORIUM Past Performances Stamp Him As One of Best Musicians—ls Master Of Instrument It Is not often that the music lovers of Penn State and tho vicinity have the opportunity of having such a rc- now nod artist presented to them as Grisha Monasevitch, the young Rus- sian violinist, who is to appeal* here tomorrow night in the Schwab Audit orium as the fourth number of the popular Y M. C A. entertainment course Critics have been most lavish in their praise of this young genius, speaking of him as a revelation bo cuase he overcomes what have been considered practically Impossible ob-, staclcs in technique ( Tho breadth of style with which this young violinist ploys is unusual In one of his youth and has been characterized os nothing short of amazing Tho volume of the violin under Monasevitch is undreamed of In pow er The astounding variety and sur prising effects are of groat Importance In making his playing what it is Hla tone and his phrasing Is excellent while he plays with a warmth of feeling and tho expression of a master His Interpretations are musically correct and interesting, while at the same time he exhibits strong individuality which makes his concerts so pleasing to his audiences Monasevitch was born in Philadel -I>hia in 1903 of Russian parentage funds and food forced him to give url'-hla violin study and go to work In a naval aircraft factory dur ing the war Despite many hardships ho has pursued his studies diligently, his teacher being Frederick E Hahn, of 'tho - Zeckwcr-Hahn /Musical-Acad emy. At present he is studying- under the greatest of all violin teachers, Professor Otokar Sevick, at the Ithaca Conservatory of Music Tho young genius receives a year’s personal in struction under Professor Sevcilc as a reward for winning the Kubelik- Sovcik Scholarship which was awarded to tho most talented violinist in, the country, and tho award was bestowed upon this young artist on January twenty-second of last year Monasevitch made his Initial ap pearance before the American music public when ho gave a concert in Witherspoon Hall, Philadelphia, a little more than a year ago Since that time ho ha 3 given numerous re citals throughout tho eastern states, astonishing his audiences on each oc casion by his masterful playing. His performance in local music circl es will be characterized by a wide range of selections each of which has been carefully chosen as a suitable vehicle for his message The pro gram Is os follows: 1 Violin, Ciaccona Vitall 2 Violin Concerto Mcnrclssohn . AUcgrota \olto appassionato Andanto, allegreta non troffo Allegreto volto vivace 3 Piano , (a) Les Jeaux DiLau—Pavel (b) Harmonies du Soir—Liszt 4 Violin (a) Minuet (In old style) Hahn (b) “At the Fountain’’—Sterlng (c) Canzonetta —Tscbalhowsky (d) Scherzo Tarantella—Wien HEALTH LECTURE SERIES STARTS NEXT MONDAY The Department of Education and Psychology has arranged for a series of four lectures on health education to bo given on Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday, and Thursday of next week While given especially for the bene fit of prospective teachers, these lec tures will be of Interest and value to any others who care to attend Dr. C H Keene, Director, Bureau of Health Education of tho State Depart ment of Public Instruction, Harris burg, Pennsylvania, has been secured to give these addresses Ho comes highly recommended and without question his piresentations will be of gioat worth. Tho first of tho series will bo given In Room 200, Engineering D and tho others In Old Chapel; all at 4 30 p. m CO-EDS AT TOLEDO ENGAGE IN UNDERCLASSMAN SCRAP At the University of Toledo the Freshman and Sophomore' girls mixed it up In their annual class fight. The Sophs caught tho unsuspecting Frosh early one morning and tied them to chaira and then pointed their faces with cither ink or lodine Tho Sophomores had a good time and the Freshmen are biding their time till next year when they can do the point ing. SOPHOMORES AND FROSH ARE READY FOR ANNUAL GAME Men Who Made the Trip to Seattle May Not Return in Time To Aid Classmates SOPHS - CHOOSE LINE-UP „ams Will'Battle to Break Re cord of-Scoreless Ties Of Last/Five Years Tomonow” ''Jttcrnoon, when the Freshman - and Sophomore football teams meet on ; ‘Ncw Beaver Field at two o’clock, a battle promises to take place/_for among the under classmen, enthusiasm over the game Is now at the high' water mark and both teams are cqua]| r determined to break <the record ties that has existed for. the {past five years In case “the Fres&m'en win, present Penn State undergraduates will have the 1 opportunity > .of, witnessing something thing which they have never seen be fore—fi eshmen “ carrying canes for tho remainder of tho day, a privilege which Is granted to the yearlings only In case of victory vlf the Sophs triumph they will have the honor of winning the first underclass football scrap since 1915 and will also have defeated a Freshman team, which, although rated as somewhat inferior to those which have been developed at Penn State during the last fow years, Is nevertheless, a' powerful grid ma chine, having ‘•boea defeated on but two occasions—when they played the Pitt and Dartmouth first year teams— and in each case the score was close Since 1 Dick” Harlow and his squad, which Is returning from Seattle, are not expected to. arrive until Saturday noon, it Is quite .probable that the Sophomores will be minus the servic- es of Frank, Cornwall, Crowthors, Hamilton and Johnson In view of thl3, "Dick" .Rauch, the coach of the Sophomore team, is building up a less experienced lincpand backflcld to meet the Freshman At. present It looks as though will* line up-his team as follows. Mahoney and Grosworth, f ointcr-tac k-03, Feoster and Runser, guards, Bair, center, Patton,' quarterback, Hines, right halfback, Ewing, fullback, and Lafferty, left halfback. The Sopho mores went through a hard workout on Wednesday evening, and last night and will get Into action again today Tho Frosh will no doubt, line up the same as In the Dartmouth game They have not been practicing as hard as the Sophomores, but tho fact that they have been working together all sea son should count considerably In their favor At present all tho odds seem to favor the Freshman, but if ihe cold weather continues throughout tomorrow, football conditions will be far from ideal and the possibilities for fumbling and receiving other fortun ate "and unfortunate breaks of tho game bo greatly Increased and alihost anything might happen Almost invariably, the annual Frosh Soph football scrap Is played under such unfavorable weather conditions In 1918 tho contest took place in six inches of snow and on each of tho fol lowing years tho field was a regular mud hole XMAS MUSIC PLANNED . FOR CHAPEL SERVICES The combined College Chorus will render special Christmas music at both Chapel services on Sunday • The music will consist of anthems and traditional carols which are appro priate for tho present season Tho anthem that Jhey, will sing Is "O Zion That Bi ingoth Good Tidings” by Sir John Stainer The carols are those which are sung at every fireside dur ing 'the Christmas season, such os "Silent Night,” "It Came Upon A Mfd nlght Clear" and "Tho First Nowell ” Dr Sparks will also talte part 'in the services, and will bring to the students a message whioh Is in keep ing with 'the occasion It has boon tradition at Penn State to hold these special services each year, Just before the Christmas holi days, and they have always been look ed forward to .by the students The Chorus has boon preparing for this occasion for somo time, and will bo sure to please every one who attends tho services DR. TIIOMAS SPEAKS BEFORE ROTARY CLUB OF MILTON President John Martin Thomas del ivered an address before tho Rotary Club In Milton last Tuesday evening Dr. Thomas took as the subject of hla talk the work of the Pennsylvania State College On Saturday evening, Dr Thomas will speak to tho Pennsylvania Society at New York. BIG MASS MEETING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AUDITORIUM (EiillrgtaiL COLLEGIAN PICKS ALL STAR ELEVEN FOR 1921 Penn State And Opponents Form Group From Which Team is Chosen—Four Nittany Players Selected COLLEGIAN’S ALL-STAR ELEVENS Chosen from Penn State and Teams Met By Penn State SECOND Macomhcr, Han aril McMahon, Penn State Baer, Penn State ... Stein, Pittsburgh Bails, Georgia Teuli Comfort, Carnegie Tech - _ Adams, Lehigh _ „ Buell, Jlanurd _ Bmles, Pittsburgh Wilson, Penn State ilenltt, Pittsburgh FIJtST Jjiirkln, Lehigh King l , Xinj . Bodonk, l‘c ,,l n State Larsen, >'avj „ _ Broun, Harvard Kano, Harvard _ .McCollum, Penn Stale Kllllnger, Penn Stuto Llglitucr, Penn State Itarchet, >uv> Owen, Harvard _ right (>tn| right tuiklc right guard _ venter . _ left guard Jelt tackle .. left end _ quark-rlmel: . right halfback.. .. left halfback fUllbllLh. > __ Choosing un All-Star clo\cn of some description Is one of the many odd jobs chat a newspaper man is con fronted with every year and ono that; always brings forth untold criticisms The person who picks the team is as assailed from all sides, ho is invari ably wrong in his choice despite all consideration which he gate the play er in question, and ho is called every thing from a bonohead to a fool Ev ery follower of the gildhon game has his or her favorite and any slighting of this Individual causes a storm of pro tost It is therefore, with great apprehen sion that vve attempt to pick an “all” team for the past season It is not an All-American, an All-Eastern, or an All-Soctloni team, but simply a col- BASKETBALL SEASON IS OPENED BY UNITS Two-Year Ags Admitted to Inter- Unit Athletics—League Will Be Formed Soon At Us (regular Tuesday overling meet ing, the Executive Committee of the 'l*onn f State Ciab~-Ir-tangoJ to have, the Intei-Umt basketball guinea placed on Wednesday and Friday nights, instead of .Monday and Wednesday nights as previously arranged, and also voted to admit tire Two Year Ags into Inter- Unit athletics The reason for tire change iu the time of playing the games Is the result of a request by tile women students for lire use of the fleet on Monday nights As the arrangement now stands, the games will be played on Monday and Friday, providing there is no othor use for the floor oil the latter night It the floor is not available on Fridays tho games will bq postponed until the following Saturday The Two Year Ags wore admitted to tho organization after repeated re quests They are now elegible for participation in ail Inter-Unit ath letics, and the Second Year Class will be known as Unit Jo, while the Fiist Year Class will be designated as Unit 27. The season is already under vvsry and several units have played their first games The plan which is being car ried out is to have each unit play one game, and after every unit has affect ed a permanent organization, leagues w'ill bo formed. Each league will con sist of a certain number of units, and the winners of tire various leagues will be pitted agiinst each other in the fin al eliminations In all, twenty-two teams make up the organization, and after the formation of the leagues some keen competition is expected among tire rival units The games which were scheduled for Monday. December 12 .have been post poned. but those arranged for Wednes day, December I*l will be placed ac cording to the schedule, as follows Unit 21 vs Unit 19 vs Unit 4 In order to complete the first round before tho leagues are formed, the fol lowing games will he played Friday, January 6 Unit 17 vs Unit lfi Unit 24 vs Unit 13 Unit 22 vs Unit 8 Unit 18 vs Unit 1C ■Wednesday, January 11 Unit 27 vs Unit 7 Unit 20 vs Unit 10 Unit 20 vs Unit 23 Starting after the Christmas vaca tion, the not will bo used on the floor and four games will be played each night instead of two ns is tho cast now This will allow a large number of games to be -scheduled and will also make the scries moro interesting by making competition keener. SYRACUSE GIRLS APPEAR ON STREET IN KNICKERS Quite a sensation was caused tire students at Syracuse a fow days ago when two young ladies appeared on the stlcct in knickers Tho Co eds became qulto excited and envious, for here’s tho truth—knickers are taboo for the Co-eds. lection of tho best gi Id players of eastern teams met by Penn Stato dur ing the year In other words, it con tains otily men whom wc have seen In uclion and ure familial with Wo feel it would be foolish to even attempt to late players Just by reports Our choice is confined to Ponn State and to institutions encountered by Penn State with tho exception of the Univeisity of Washington Wc be lieve, howevei, that this picked eleven would be praclie-allj on a par with any AJI-Amerluiii uggiegation which might be selected It contains stars of the first mugniude, many of whom ore iated as All-American by good authori ties In making up the personnel of the (Continued on third page) WINTER COURSE IN AGRI. BEGINS JANUARY FIFTH Eight Week Session Will Furnish Instruction in Poultry, Hor ticulture, Dairying, etc. The Department of Agriculture an nounced recently that the formal open ing- of-the- winter -cession. la scheduled lor fanuary the fifth The course of fcied will luinlsh instiuction in Poul try, Dairying, General Farming and Hoillcultuic and will continue for eight weeks Thus fai eighty-eight students ha\e been admitted to the courao and trom the leceivod it is evident that the couises in General Firming and Horticulture are the ones which are most in demand Applica tions aie being leeched at the rate of about tout a day so that It will not be long beloie the quota of one hun dred will have been attained Because of the file which destroyed tho Hor ticultural building, the scheduling of classes foi these winter students will be* somewhat difficult. Nevertheless, the Dcinumont is leaving no stone unturned to make this the best win tei couise it has over offered Hand in hand with this comes the one-week extension course in Poultry This course was intended primarily foi concspondcncc students but has been thrown open to all Penn Stato students taking the couise The date foi this shoit couise in poultry is set foi the week of February twentieth '.luiiy of the resident students will have an opportunity to gain some piactieii fiist hand knowledge of poul try raislig during this week GIRLS WIND UP FALL SPORTS WITH BANQUET Hockey and Volley Ball Teams Honored—Faculty Members Make Addresses The Until wind-up of the season of guls fall sports was celebrated last Wednesday evening by a banquot in Me Ulistcr Hull, at which all members of the class tejims in hockey and vol ley ball woio present Tho program of spcikeis included Dean Margaret A. Knight, Miss Ruth Stamvood, Dlroc toi of Physical Education' for Women, Miss Elizabeth Wheeler, of tho Homo Economies faculty, and several stud ents Miss Alvorna Burdick '24, Miss Agnes Newman '22, Miss Betty Shelton ’22, Miss Marlon Thompson '22. Miss Fruncos Gibbons ’22, Miss Laura Crick' ’22, Miss Fiances Sackett '24, and Miss Margaret Hart '23 gave short addresses to members of the teams Tho big sui prise of tho evening was the announcement of tho varsity teams in hockey and volley ball The num inous Interclass contests in both sports throughout November gave nmplo opportunity for good material to bo developed, and from tho best Players of all class toaniß, the varsity line-ups have been chosen. Those who hive made the varsity hockey eleven .uo ns follows* T Young '24, center forward, L. Click 23, inside forward, M Hollo burgh '2l, inside forward, E Smith '22, wing, A. Mllson '24, wing, M. (Continued on Fourth Page) f Will The I Frosh Carry Canes | Saturday? PRICE FIVE CENTS DELEGATES MAY NOT BE SENT TO ARMS CONFERENCE Executive Committee Meeting in New York to Decide Upon Plan of Action TWO PLANS ARE PROPOSED Penn State Proposes That Each State Conference Send Dele gate to Washington The second meeting of the Exe- cutive Committee for the Eastern Re- gion .connected with the student move- ment in the interest of immediate and absolute limitation of aimamont met last Wednesday in Now York City for the una! consideration of tho plan as proposed by Penn State for the pur- pose of uystallzing student thought Since tiiie movement was first inau gurated in the eastern port of tho country, two general plans weie pro posed by two different institutions In the mannei ascertaining student opinion, both wete essentially the some, but in ihu manner of presenting this opinion to the world, the methods vary Tile one provides that a straw vote be taken at the mass meetings hold simultaneously throughout the coun try and that the results of the polls be transmitted to Washington by tele phone or tele-graph. Tho Penn State plan provides for the selection of u delegate to represent the many state conferences that compose the regional departments and that these delegates be sent to Washington for the purpose of presenting student opinion to the plenipotontaiics assembled there at the call of Piesidcnt Harding The ad vantages of the latter plan ore theo retical and are substantially based on past experience The originators and exponents of the Penn Stato plan are hopeful of having their plan accepted it is known that, if the opinion of the many student bodies is presented to the armament conferees by student delegates, they will command more at tention than i[ a wj-ltten message per formed this most important function Organization About Completed Tho fact that a meeting of the Exe cutive Committee has been called in dicates that -the machinery in the east ern region is about to be sot in motion and that -the organization In this part of the countiy is completed Lottery have been received daily fiom institu tions in the state, in tho eastern le gion and in extreme parts of tho na tion telling that the different stud ent-bodies are whole •hoartcdly Inter ested in tho movement- and that or ganization plans are progressing favorably. Oftentimes tho letters have been from officers of the state con ferences telling that they* are prepar ed to call the stato conferences at the command of the general Executive Committee This state of affairs, no doubt, has served to speed up efforts in all quarters of tho country with tho result that the final details of the plan of action must be decided upon so that results may bo forth coming before tho last oi next month As Secretary of the Executive Com mittee for the Eastern Region, E E Overdorf '22 left for New Y'ork last Tuesday night to take part in tho de liberations of this body lrycidont to accepting the most suitable plan for student action, tho result of which is of the utmost lmpoi tnnee at tho pre sent time Supplementing the action and decision of the committee, a call for the State of Pennsylvania Confer ence will bo Issued immediately by Secretary Overdorf and the location of the conference designated At the same time, the officers of tho other stato conferences in the country will bo notified of the decision arrived at in order that they may plan to con form to the wishes that seem to be representative of tho students of Am erica DEAN STODDART SPEAKS AT PRE-LEGAL MEETING At a meeting of the Pre-Legal Club held last Friday evening in the Liberal. Arts Building, Dean C W Stoddart, of tho School of Liberal Arts was the -.peakor Ilia Interesting talk dealt with tho need and value of the trans formation of tills Institution from a stato college to a stato university and the part that can be playod by tho students in tho courses in Political Scionco and History in making Ponn State a university In name as well as in fact. lie montioned several of tho rusponslbiUties which would i+sult from tho widening of the functions of tho college to Include graduate work, such as the necessity of higher schol astic standards and the revision of the collcgo calendar Dean Stoddart em phasized tho part that tho student body must play in tho attainment of a Ponnsy lvtrnia Stato University by spreading knowledge of the’ institution throughout tho stato and by cooperat ing with tho faculty in making the collcgo more worthy of the ends In view in its present ambitious program.
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