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.'•'J.i 'luring the Co'k-gc your by students of the PennayJ
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KDITOIIIAL STAFF
ASSOCIATE l-.TJITu/lS
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BLSIXESS STAFF
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ASSISTANT UKSINKS'S MANAGKUH
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*L<-r.«Ta Ui'isi l**-ar in*- signatures of the '.vriiers.
Subw-riptiou Kico: JiSO. if l«ia before October IS. 1952. After October 15.
Kir.V-i *-d .!•- Hi*: IViSloffl-.e. Hlale Coll'--*;'-. I'*.. = ,;tor:(1
Niuauy Print.ns and PuMithins Co. Building.
.McmltiT of Eastern Intercollegiate Xew*|iai>er A-'ociation
TUESDAV. SEPTEMBER 25,^9 22
WE CAN NOT AFFORD TO FAIL
No matter how hard pressed we may be for funds, we can not af
ford to reiuse to subscribe to the 52,000,000 Emergency Building Fund.
It will he more costly for us to fail to pledge our support to the cam
paign than it will be to save one hundred dollars by not suscribing.
We who are most vitally interested in the welfare of the college must
stamp the campaign with our mark of approval.
Before we can prevail upon our friends to subscribe, we must
prove to them that we believe in the Future of Penn State. A one hun
dred percent participation on our part will be of inestimable value to the
success of the state-wide campaign. The citizens of the commonwealth
are watching us. We are a barometer for the big campaign that fol
lows on the second of October. We cannot afford to fail.
The faculty drive has blazed the way for us, and we can now do
nothing but follow the example which has been set by it. About forty
thousand dollars have been pledge by that group and the percentage
of response has surpassed ninety-eight. When complete returns have
been made the officials predict that the number of non-subscribers
will be almost negligible. Those loyal older members of the faculty
who have grown with the college and who have spent every ounce of
energy in striving for its advancement did not hesitate to back it in
this new undertaking. The newer members of the instructional staff
were quick to grasp the vision of the Possibilities of the Pennsylvania
State University in becoming one of the leading educational institu
tions of the country and they have pledged their support to the cam
paign.
If the members of the Faculty back the campaign of their adopted
Alma Mater so heartily, should not we who are Penn State men give
still greater support to a task wffch concerns Penn State? Three hun
dred thousancf'dollars, the quota set for the students, seems tike a
paltry sum when we stop to consider our debt to the college. With
mnm •yiZug'd 'VUTifej* *‘VrtC
place of the class endowment which it is customary for the seniors to
give, we see that the college is asking us for nothing more than it
usually does. This is a combined senior memorial of four classes into
one great memorial.
Are we content to see Penn State stand still and remain a college
fore'er handicapped while every commonwealth to the west and
south of Pennsylvania has helped its state educational institution
grow into a large university.? Do you want the unbusinesslike finan
cial support of the state legislature to continue?
The appalling need of Pennsylvania for a state educational insti
tution of higher learning is adequately expressed by President War
ren G. Harding:
I have learned with surprise that it is necessary for one
or our national colleges to refuse a thousand qualified
students each year because of lack of facilities and 1
trust that your efforts to remedy this situation both by
private gifts and public support may meet with success."
It is unthinkable to consider what the failure of the student cam
paign would mean. We must set the example for the people of Penn
sylvania. All eyes are upon us. We cannot afford to fail.
FOOTBALL AND BETTING
Is it wrong to bet on a college football game? Is wagering a per
sonal matter or does the act of one student affect others? Does the
placing of money on the Penn State team hurt that team? If gam
bling in this form does not harm the team, does it impair the one who
gambles? • .-3j
These questions have been raised as the result of a resolution
which Student Council has endorsed opposing gambling and betting in
connection with football games. Was it justfied j n doing such a
thing? Has that body the right to express its opinion in a matter which
seems at first thought to be one of a purely personal and individual
nature? The fact that the council without a dissenting or protesting
voice, passed this resolution indicates that there must be some just
reason for the action.
This resolution states that public interest has been focused upon
gambling in connection with football games through comments and
discussions in the newspapers and magazines. Would such interest
be aroused by anything which is an accepted fact? There must be
something out of the ordinary about gambling which does not meet
the approval of the ordinary man to cause such comment. We find
that the king sport of them all, horse racing, was killed because of ex
cessive betting. Would it not then be safe to conclude that betting
and gambling, if not restrained, will seriously injure the standing of
intercollegiate football?
Upon reading further, we find the statement that gambling pre
vents the development of the best type of college spirit by substitut
ing the expectation of personal loss or gain, by making it less easy to
appreciate and applaud the good work of the opposing team, and by
making it difficult for those who bet to lose with the good feeling 01
true sportsmanship.
What is your opinion on gambling? Can you do it with a clear
conscience? Do you believe that it violates the spirit of true brother
hood which chould characterize relationships betweetn Christian insti
tutions?
TKXX STATE IS VISITED
HY FOUMEIt FACULTY MKMBKU
Doctor Sherman anti Ur. Albus were
visitors in State College last Thurs.
tlay. Doctor Sherman was formerlly
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is. Tikon.
E. M. J lfllO.SOli
.livaiuv&.-i
._A<l\eriwirss;
W. W. Stahl *:M
a professor in the school of Agrieul.
ture here five years ago. Mr. Albus
graduated from Penn State in 1919.
They are Imth now in the Department
of Agriculture at Washington D. C.
clean pair of pajamas. With fireworks
, 'ih-jt mu> uiul everything, they’re going to start
I would not venture •«» m*‘t one • “ , , ,
.t. , . . ~ rtr „,» to give us our three hundred dollars
p ] , '£ in the present generation. Area t»> me *
tducation * line enthusiasm of a Lincoln. could not ' v,,lth at onf °- #( ,
i edncntc Wnurff. b»t 1 »"> certain that The „ f „ allege education
lh ‘ m > ,wlly nt , lUt ; ra ;;!- ,„a„v. Upon reviewing our nccom
”*"****•'*' "l" „ hivg co.no to the con-,
cone, „r the world, an,l the m-mcn,!,,..* f h „ a „ hyalcal lm „o a8 ibll- ,
- In tin- iwonilot , century ,, y t ,,,. !t B „ e n freshman make i
;u-at;on. Move than Half of the group m:lk ** 1 J'K-re:isiii«l.t diiheiilt fm one Ah; CMo:.” sound like "Shlioomi- j
,i ; fl .v „ y „„o -
ilo.rliy tin- most successful men in h , element.-, ~t In,nil,age. s, i. l'*-,‘ 111 c - j
A„i-ric:,„ ill-1,1.ni-y ~,,'t husim-ss ,11,1 nuvornnn-m. liislorv. amt other . ", . .
not have till,- a.tvantaitt-a of „ higher ~ejects ot slu n s - " V !111 I ’ , ' nlm " t aloa at Saturilay a
«1„e„.i..„. Those tad .UBl« the „ . . ! im'ne. After roasting m the hot sun. we
as to Whether or not „ college; besire hillli-st.ot, 1 biinglH » hag of l„-:,m>ts. When tl cuttle
.■•iijcatioii is essential tu success. Tin* tlm- of surest progress t" success . f t„ cheer wv discovered that we
«*n». third of the presidents of the
of 11,.- urn- prwl.l...nw who did ho-omlna »,w and moiv cloirly de.,
I ~011..5 0 . four ~i lout uru num- «»«1- T »<-- urthoilox ruutu lo h- B lu.-r,
1,.,r0l ih„ 1,.-ai chief oxuouilvoul out Is u firm u.muluwm 01,
v..- luivo hsul.. Wushimllon and! kmovlodut. -Ami that firm foundation
l.notln. lh- only two presidents whose | Is built best by the curriculum of the
mrihdays We celebrate. never shared j college.
the advantages of the training given, The world has long since passed the
•y the colleges. Jackson and Clove- time when any such discussion as this
ijtjid. whom most historians would serves any purpose than to add to our
probably pla»‘e aim'iis our greatest conviction as to the value of higher ed.
ten presidents, were without the. back- i neation. Our chic/ concern at the pres,
ground given by a college course. lent time Is how shall we make it pos.
Moi eneVer, if we consider men of I slide for more men and women to ae.
the present generation, we have an 1 cure a college education.
.•ven better argument ns to the pos-. j n j 300 Lincoln would find scholar.,
-ihle failure of the colleges to Justify K hips and opportunities of self-support
themselves in the production of sue- • so available to a hoy of his do.
•essful men. It is diflicult to define- Vol j on to intellectual development that
what constitutes success and even t j }yre j s ,j o ubt that he would he
nmre ditlicult to determine what men cni . o jj o( j j,, one 0 f ;h e American colleg
•umy within the bounds olf our defln- ; cs Jn a< jdUion, in all hut a few states,
;ti«.n. it. C. ponies, tue e itoi. would t\,nl free state university. I'or-
Mis -election upon the opinion of bu.s-; h . jjjs u WUfJ tho , lnlkat | tuls of hiß own
iness »‘<-* n in all i»artß of the country, whil-h made him sign the
"«>' S Morrill Act. the basis at most of those
i » business and tinunce whom he calls
he ••men who are making America.”'
The group does not include statesmen,
-demists, artists, or authors, or even
on* great railroad executive's. It is
-•onllned to business and financial men.
Yet it will servo well as n selection
‘nun which to make a study of the
part played hy the college In the edu.
railon of successful men of this type.
Tvvemy.nine of the tlfty never en-,
ered college. while the remaining;
twenty-one had a year or more of col-t
lege training. Among the leaders
whose education was terminated he-1
fore they reached the doors of an In-j
stltution of higher learning are such
men as Andrew Carnegie. George East
man. Thomas Edison, Henry Ford
John D. Koekerfeller. and F. W. Wool
worth. On the other side, among the
men in the group who have received the
benefits of a college course. are-J. Og
den Armour. Alexander Graham Bell,
George W. Goethals. J. P. Morgan,
Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Frank A.
Vanderllp. ' Between the two groups
there is little io choose In the character
or comparative success of the men.
Hut the non-college men outnumber
the college men almost three to one.
And/on the face of things, our first
argument might seem to indicate that
i college education is not essential for
success.
College vs. .Self Training
Hut some further considerations are
iuawssary. ,\Ve Jiaye.not.been fair to the
>f the country. The wonder is that
hey have come anywhere near supply,
ng one half of what we have agreed
to call our “successful" .business men
and two thirds of our presidents. For.
after all, a college training need not
difTer in great degree from the sort of
diligent training that Lincoln and Edl.
sou laid out for themselves. Of equal
importance to an opportunity for ed.
oration is Lite receptivity of the indi.
vidua! to he educated. Lincoln sue.
oeedod because he was Lincoln. He
succeeded in sidle of his failure to have
my definite schooling and not because
)f it.
And the same deduction has been
drawn hy one who made a study of the
211,000 names in the volume of “Who's
Who in America". College men are
there in higher percentage by far than
their general percentage among ail
men.
More and more a college education
will come to play Us part in the life of
the man who attains success. The men
of the past generation who climbed the
topmost rung of that dillleult ladder
without college educations have sent
their own sons to college. When thoy,
themselves, have not had a college ed.
ucatlon, the reason in the majority of
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THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
'of cases been a financial one.
Free Universities
All of our young men and women may
not be inspired by the Intense spirit
of that outstanding example of a sue.
cessful non.college man. Hut there are
thousands yearly taking advantage of
the scholarships and opportunities for
self-support provided by the colleges.
, In the specific case of the Pennsylvan.
in state College, which Is seeking now
j to become a state university in nunc ns
In fact, hundreds of students who. in
! an earlier generation, might have had to
j routine their educations to the farm or
shop are now finding it possible to earn
a large part of the cost of their eduoa.
tion. •
Hut the State College is not doing ns
much as it ought to be doing. Each
year it is finding it necessary to turn a.
way a thousand men and women who
seek college education. To take care
of those who must be turned back, and
to provide for an eventual enrollment of
10.000. the college is now undertaking
■a two.miliion-dollar campaign as the
first step of a program of expnsion.
If the colleges provide presidents and
leaders in industry in greater prnpor.
fion than the actual general propor
tion of college men and women, then
the colleges a# jusitled! and wo owe it
to the new generation to provide ade.
quote means of education for all who
deserve it.
■. • - .
Campus Gossip
We can’t give one hundred dollars to
the college. We never had that much
money all at once in our life.
Hut the canvasser who came to sei
us had a good line. He explained how
it didn't take any money to subscribe
to the campaign. .So we signed the
dotted line and now we’ll gladly makt
payments for the rest of our life.
The editor said that when we sub
scribed, the campaign ought to coma
out one hundred per cent. If our sub
scription will do such a thing, wo arc
of the opinion that we might be per
suaded lo sign away our life for an
other hundred.
When the stunts come off Thursday
night, wo don’t want to see our class
colors on that goat. But if our worst
expectations come true, we want to be
the one to lead the animal. We have
to get our two hundred dollars worth
out of the campaign Rome way. We
wouldn’t be nt nlf adverse to be able to
lend the lion around, either.
And. speaking'of the Thursday night
stunts, we hnvc been advised to save a
had swallowed our voice with the pea- j
nuts uml the cheer wouldn't conn*. W*-
were then forced to lnw.fi it ilhtio in a
bottle ot pop to get some relief. This
all could have been averted If we had
! bought a package of Smith Rros. or
i some other voice lubricator. The boys
I at the game ought*to be instructed to
Sell them.
Tor the most original letters on the
reason why freshmen have to paint
their numerals on the sidewalk with
road oil that sticks to the shoes, the
COLLEGIAN will offer an unlimited
number of prizes valued at live cents
each. The only rule of the contest ir:
that the letters be short and snappy.
Sign your name so that we know where
to deliver the prize, which we guarantee
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■ ALL over the country the whistle is blowing for
±\. the kick-off, the start of that great game —
another college year. -
Be on your toes when the whistle blows. A good
start will carry you well on toward your goal.
Let the football candidate start by working
away till his muscles ache from bucking the line.
Let the aspirant for manager put in careful
study of his team’s needs, always eager to help
arranging a trip or carrying a pail of water.
Let the publications man be alert for news and
tireless in learning the details of editorial work.
Whatever activity you come out for, crowd a
lot of energy into these early Fail days.
And if a good start helps win campus honors,
it helps win class room honors, too. The sure way
to be up in your work is to aim now for regularity
at lectures, up-to-date note-books and particular
attention to the early chapters of text-books, thus
getting a grip on the basics.
This is best in the long run, and—selfishly—it is
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