Page Two porn rtate Xollegian r-utdi-lied rdmi-treel-lv during the College year by students or the I'ennsyl ranin State College, in the interest of Students, Fuuuliy. Alumni, and Friends ol the Collette EDITOIUAL STAFF t£. D. Seluv*!. .i !•:. '23- O It. Mohl. '2l 5: \u:u»n. ASSOCIATE EDITORS E ‘24 E. .M. .fameson. ’24 C. B. Tilton. i .Miss S. E. CroU, ’2? K. U. C«*lvisi. Women's ICtlitor BUSINESS STAFF t T »> H , (J iJ.VIft. A.SSJ.-T.tX r MISIXESS m.axageks H H McCulloch. *24 REPORTERS t. \1 Armif.M. it S MorrU, '25 P. P. George. 25 P. W. Qoltl. 2.*» *l! L. Kit mu. 2:. W. U Pratt. '25 "'..1. \Vurd. .ir.. .. /iif ivuti Slat** Cobt-irian nvltes communications on any subject of college m Mj-t.et ii.-ar tn* «rurint»rf-5 of the writer .» .•tiit,>rji|»:ion price. f2.5'J, if paid before October 15. 1922. After Ociooer U j at til- Pnstoffi -,e. sv.no CulleKi.-. ra. as second class murn-c. tiffiee: NiUiiny Prill* *ntf mill Publishing Co. Building. It A\-TS '!'• T. H Uitn "25 Metiiixr of k»m'«m Inlm'olleiruitc X>ivs|m|>rr Association FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1923 News Editor this Issue CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION Announcement that the Welfare Campaign Fund had passed the million dollar mark and that the thermometer on Old Main was stead ily going up instead of down as are the other temperature recorders in the town brought joy to the hearts of the students and all those interested in the success of the campaign. It has. taken the zip ot winter weather to warm the alumni and campaign workers to’active endeavor and the result is a promising future. But the most note worthy development of the week was the gift of the Athletic Associa tion, which was the largest single subscription that has been received S 0 fB penn State has always had sufficient cause to be proud of the college athletic association. Victories at home and abroad, clean cut fighting teams composed of the best manhood the country and state can.produce, generous support or all worthy student activities, eager participation in any building campaign that would add- to welfare or sport’s activities, these are but a few of the virtues of the associa tion. When negotiations were in progress for the California-Penn State game, the net proceeds of the trip were offered to the college as a subscription to the welfare campaign. This week, Graduate Manager Neil Fleming gave to Professor Espenshade over twenty one thousand dollars. In truth, this is a splendid-gift. No word need be spoken assuring the association that the student body is thankful for the interest that is taken in the campaign and that stronger support of the association will be forthcoming in the future. It borders on the ridiculous to think of such a thing for never have the students failed to show their appreciation to the coaches, to the teams, or to the public. The student body is certainly back of the A. A. Another announcement which made the average, st.iident smile with satisfaction and pride is that the alumni are getting back of the drive and that the latest figures show, that over thirty, percent have contributed. The stude was disappointed at first, because it seemed to take a long time to get started, but the organization is getting un-. der way and "big things" may now be expcted. • The friends of the college have every reason to be elated over the progress of the two million dollar drive. The weekly total returns are slowly increasing in size as the county organizations begin to work in earnest and this growth apparently is a healthy one. The fund is growing and when the State Legislature meets in the spring, it will be confronted with conclusive proof that the people of the state are in terested in the college and-that the appropriation of the spm asked by the officials \Vould be endorsed by the citizenry. The inauguration of the present basketball season has witnessed a tendency on the part of the student body to disregard any wishes of the sport management in regard to the reservation of sections for the various classes, for th' students, and for the letter men. Per haps, it is due to ignorance on the part of new students that any sem blance of orderly arrangement is scorned. This practice has caused many complaints and may lead to vigorous action on the part of the offended parties. Let it be understood by the freshmen that they .must sit in those sections. This applies to members of the other classes, who are as sured that the management intends to enforce the regulations. A word should beaddcd in regard to the sections reserved for the co-eds and for the letter men. No one will begrudge the location and the size of the section retained for the girls, but a few men students have been seen sitting there when they were not serving in the capacity of an escort. Let them remember that such action on their part deprives ♦he co-eds of what rightly belongs to them. The letter men also have just cause for'complaint. For the las lew years, it has been the custom to reserve a small, section expressl for the letter men of the college. In view of the fact that these men have repeatedly brought glory to the name of the college, it was thought that the least the student body could do to honor them would be to allot them some advantageous position where they might be as sured of a seat and where they might witness each contest, interestec as they are in sports. There has been a slight tendency in the past ol a few who are interested in some sport and who have not yet been awarded a letter to take advantage of this reservation to secure a seat. Let it be understood that the section reserved for letter men is for the use of letter men only. All trouble can be avoided by having the cooperation of all con cerned. The short course agricultural students are reminded that they are not free to select any section but that they will also be expect-: ed to conform to the wishes of the management.' STRAIGHT IS THE WAY But a few days remain before the semester examinations will claim the attention of the student. Only a few more recitations must be given and then each one will be called to account for: the work of: eighteen weeks. It is high time that each one on the campus examine himself arid decide those problems which must be faced. M< Will 1 play] the game fairly or will I resort to cribbing? Will l'face the. issue] squarely as a man or.will 1 steal the work of someone else like q'.thief? These are the questions that face every college man arid'must Devolv ed by the individual. We are assured that “What a man sows, that shall he also reap." This is a truth that has stood the test of time and is an inexorable law that cannot be evaded. Why will men persist in disrgarding the funda mental decrees of creation? Why will the students not take'the\ad vice of the older men who have “gbne through the" mill" and prefer to “put one over on the prof." He might be able to stedl the work] with out detection, pass the course, and get a diploma but’he may be sure that his conscience will not let him forget it. : ' .’T ‘ / * The writer.was a member of the Honor Committee for three years and during that time helped judge many cases. ’Many of. those in volved were acquitted, several were found.guilty arid.sentenced accord ingly. No doubt, a few escaped punishment,'.but only. for.- the time be ing. On many occasions, touching scenes have been enacted before this committee when the acquitted have returned to acknowledge their guilt for the sake of putting their consciences at rest. Little consola tion could be obtained from such an act because the stealing had been committed and the student had chosen the path of dishonor, a decision that is hard to retract. Consider the heritage that is given each college student. At home, his parents work that he might gain the benefits of a higher educa tion. Their wisdom has guided him through "the days of] his youth when the precepts of a Christian hometrainirig, pre iiripressed upon him. When he reaches the proper agei 'they confidently entrust him with the future and trust that he will conquer the world; What grief and pain it must cause when they learn he cannot-even conquer him self! Editor-in-Chlfi. ..Managing EdUu. ..Managing EdUo ..Assistant Editor ... Business Manog' ..Advertising Mimagi ...Circulation Manage C. B. Tilton RESERVED SEATS PROFESSOR WRITES ] ADVICE ON HOW TO ; TAKE EXAMINATIONS 1 Written ior tile COLLKtiIAN by Pro itssor J. It. Hill, Although Penn State hua thua'fur taken but little part, olliuiully .it least. The Final K.-camination Period sa. tl . <; or thn pr«»sont-djy trend of education in thin .viih us. I have often given my class- { country, the college has watched with, considerable interest the discussions of s some of *iny ideas ahout writing an 1 mhers along this ‘line. - In a recent - issue of thu-"New York- University Umi> vnniiri-iTiiiii ..ml tin.. COULI2UIYN cd- Nows", ati extract .from the "New York Globe” presented the subject .11 a d..* xanmi.aion anil Ha corn- uuia. ; entitled "Afore and Belter Colleges-, ami the fol .or hts asked me to make them atu 1- ; •' ilile to till the students. ; Higher educatlun in America is ho exception to the rule that those who mttvely the questions of U»e purpose* ii uu examination ami the fairness of .•xamitmtioH grades, I will coniine my .iticussion to : the question of the me>'n id of writing :tn examination, that Is. the “Technique of Wrltlug an Exam. Illation." W. W. staid *2 The students* aim in the examin- 1 ulon, of course. Is to write an examin- j turn that Is good enough to represent' vhm he knows of the subject. I have! »f ten told students, that a knowledge of j how to write an examination, was al-! .lost as Important for the purpose of j ecuring a fair grade as ■ their know edge of the subject. Noiv let us look into the problem of the examination a little further In order to understand the "Technique of Writing an Examin ation." First, what about the question? The question.. Is a "hint" or "cue" to the student to show him where in the sub-? ;ect to begin his discussion and often .t indicates both the trend and the ob-' active point of the discussion. There ore, one of tho first things a student should do in an examination Is to read we question and with all of his powers to. learning, but there is no such thoroughfare, there, is no sugar-coated pill of concentration think about the or knbwdedge. tlWe Is only one way to learn and, that la by study. Only by mennlna- of that question. Let him concentration and application can the problem be solved. We no oftqn hear m ?ui 9 if , , i nou M,„ inuiniptor It remarked, that most students do not know how to study, and it may be true ask himself, what does the instructo that the average person lacks the will'power necessary to make him a student., suggest l write about on this topic 7 i3 elei . m tnntlon iH-what wins, scholarships, procrastination brings Hunks, to put Most questions ure straight questions; u lepson means that it w;lll. not; be : dojie,- because the program: Is full; the not one in ton is u “catch” question! daily assignments keep piling up, so na ta make it., impossible for the average ilt - is of prime importance that the individual to catch up. Do it today, tomorrow may. bo too late, and remember, question bo thoroughly .understood, that tho lesson unstudied is n distinct loss, for only by study dq wo lßirn.. because it revests the viewpoint of.the WHAT. SHALL WK DO.ABOUT CRIBBIXG instructor and it is essential that the ' (Michigan Agricultural College): jtudent and the instructor have similar in 1861 the Union, unable to continue half slave and hoif freo, was plunged points for proper co-operatln In the {into the Civil War. Can any college In 1923 continue half, crooked ,nnd half subject. 'straight?'' t # . ~ « ! Xo. one can deny that cribbing is a disease. It attacks every college nl When the meaning of the question lR; HOroi j time..or other. .The. cribbing.germ, is.' always iin wait 1 to lodge-in. broken clear—do not begin to - write at once j down, tissued Opinion seems to. be unajnimoup/that colleges are in a —but first thluk out the . main points j diseased condition right now—perhaps no worse .than many,.other schools and ofr- your answer! ■ When you htive| not so bad t as some. . J -lmi.Lrht out the miin noints of the! It is human nature to be lazy. The cribber is simply an intellectjinl loafer. : !l!lJt!; r!irrnK nnd "Wo must get through'Hs the cry. Yesi we ALL want to-get through, hut is! answer, write them j t « . .p > • merely, “getting, through” wbat we are here for? College then and women ought dearly- as you can,! keeping this idea! (|J character If nothing else.’ To exchange'honesty and realmentnldevcl ln mlndr that it is your task to con-j opmvtu for n f(\vv. credits is poor bargaining, to say. the. least, vince the instructor that.you under-i Mnny studen'ts insist that the prevalence great mea- Ntaud the i>olnt perfectly and clearly.} sure to the type of exama.glven by the.faculty.and,to the!unwarranted systemai ind further understand it in its mlaJ i of policing. Where there is,so much tmtoke, quite likely there Is some fire.-: ‘,, ' . .. ‘ . . tU Some of the profs are waking up and preparing to-remedy conditions. Jlonship to ®ther foots. This . tQ| But should-not the. students come, halfway? Are the exnms really unfair? H-icntitlc attitude. A subject consists- jj- student knows.his,subject, does he have trouble in.passing?' And.if the nut of isolated facts but of facts re-j exams are unfair, why’not say so to the-pjrofs? U they refuse to better them, ated to other facts! * I whv not refuse to write? At any rate, why. crib?. These are. questions, that It Is well tb discuss the topic rath- ; ° u b' h V to.bewelt^carofully by every man.>nd..womaa before the, eiams. , „ , . .. * , It.docsn t matter much who .has been responsible-in the past. Most of us. er fully, but never carry the discussion, [)ro f s and students alike, must shoulder some, of-tho '-blame.’ iioyoud the extent of your certain I perhaps-cribbing is tho concern of the Individual conscience, since the knowledge. If it becomes necessary; rribbot- primarily hurts himself. Perhaps the men or women- who crib are to stale your uncertainty on the' an-, ‘above all untrue to their Alma Mater. Perhaps we need a-new. tradition, that: Hwcr to a question state St frankly ini the college students play cleansin'the classroom, as well •as on the gridiron, vuur miner and irive vour reiHii.m for' Traditions; to be-effective, must be tested by time; Yet every tradition * A,, , S A i .u has Us moment of launching, .Th?;time^seeinB ; to have come to launch a non the attitude ypu may take on the ,.np tradition, .if so, it needs. tho support -of .every loyal man and women, tlon; often ( the reasoning may be a.! Freshmen' entlHhg this fall*must be;given to understand that college men valuable bit of evidence of your know-; and women don’t crib. They must tell succeeding freshmnti. of, the ledge of the topic. Now do not mis- i the classes of'2B'and '29 and *3O, and bn indefinitely, construe this into meaning that I ad-i A houso divided against itself cannot, stand., - What shall we do about vise “bluffing” an'answer to a ques-.|^|A—fi lion you do not.know .There, are .methods pf making the examination paper effective. Natural-, !y the most important element In this .kind of effective writing is covered In :he above paragraph, namely, a clear, ilrect answer. Other things which, may aid are a neat, looking examina tion paper and proper outlines, dlvls-J tons, sub-heads,' and the Hko in the bcMly of ’ the - paper. In addition to' this, I‘have advised students to under score the key thoughts in the discuss-' ion. ’ v There Ts one more Idea and that la one on:, mental attitude toward the. examination. ‘ You should enter upon, the examination determined, to do yourj best. You’ should work' hard, on the! answerk at the time, of the examina-' tlon. Remember 'that the work of two* thort hours counts for a large percent-, ago of the.final grade and that tHoaej two hours should be. utilized to the ut- t most of your ability.. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS - - - T T V T - T,. * * f v V f v,v V v f.V W W V.V W P.V V V « w w Our Annual January Clear ance Sal? Now Going On Our entire stock of High'. Grade Merchandise, including Society Brand .Clothes, Crawford Shoes, Schoble Hats, Fownes,.Gloves,. ■J-. Faultless Pajamas,, and B. If:. Goodrich Footwear, can. be bought at Real Reductions.. , $35... 4-piece Sport. Suits - $28.50 - > 18.50.2-piece Corduroy Suit. -. 1317^,11 ‘ 7.so.Men’sSportandGolf.Oxford<i 4.95 i ■' 25perct. off on all Golf Hose and Knickers !: 4-Buckle v Goloshes - - i- i •T • • “ ' 1 ! li: These are but a few of the many values to be . gotten at sale. THE SH(® Open eveningsuntil'9:oo' STATE ? COLtEGE;i PA; THE PENN' STATE* COEtEGI AN THOUGHTS OF OTHERS Umnv a'thing beat are often Its harshest critics. Presidents' of a dozen unl i versities contributed the other, day to u symposium* on the theme. ‘"What's Wrong •'With the Colleges?” and mentioned a number of problems which the ijiinn in the street probably did hot know existed. These, college, presidents, (whose views 'are published in a recent ! issue of the Hi. 1/duls Star) endorse ilhe Junior college movement and tin* six* f year high school. ’ ' * I With facilities limited and applicants still Increasing In numbers, w« ■•. till make room for the society loafer who-goes to colleKO merely to meet the sight people, and for the dolt whose, mental*capacity.-does*not make it worth while to educate him no matter how serious his purpose. * They demand more mature and belter prepared students, and would like to see a curtailment) of recreational student activities, such ah athletics;' This is a handsome • prescription, of which the chief criticism must la titat it does not recognize the relatioa.between the,.college and .tin* state of society. Schools exist to give the people who support them what, they want. Is there any evidence that the people to-day want better and more serious edu cation than'they are getting? In an era of jazz! movies, joy rides, and a cheap and widespread popular press, is it possible’ to turn the colleges- to the culm, devoted contemplation of the, things of the spirit.’ How many of the existing alumni would continue their’ financial and moral support-of institutions from which the amusement features, the intercollegiate, football games, and; the maze of social activities were eliminated? The stream cun rise .no higher than :ts source;,. we may need more colleges, hut it Is quixotic to expect them to -bo. bettor-and more serious-minded than-the country itself. STUDY TO LBAKN (Carnegie Tartan) Ptolemy,-an Egyptian ruler, hud engaged Euclid. to teach hint geometry, hut. his royal pupil-did not. enjoy memorizing, theorems; he therefore went to his teacher and inquired if there*was no easier way to learn the propositions; to this, the, geometrician answered,: “There is-no royal road-to geometry." • Today wo find thousands of'students in : colleges , seeking tho royal road The Letter Box, Editor, Collegian. Dear Sir: •' In a recent ilssue of the COLLEG IAN there appeared an. article con cerning a certain "young mun" who 'was a ‘'member of. the local,' high school", and who, was, brought, before the' student tribunal, for; impersonating a' freshman. Upop ipypstigat4on ) ..we ( .afe, informed that a’cofuiin'iJersoii one of tho local stores was. th^.perpetrator of the deed. *Ho is not a member of the State' ! College High School, nor connected with It. We will be grateful, to lfyou wlllpublish’ this statement Inthe COL LEGIAN, since' the. of that false' 'report would prove, detrimental 'to the. name of our high school. (Signed) J. Ben Hill MORE COLLEGEHNEKPKn (New York Globe) WINTER SPORTS SCHEDULE The Athletic Association'-will dis tribute schedules of the winter sports at the athletic, events tomorrow in the January 16,1923 PASTIME THEATRE Yours truly. High .School;Boys. { Campus Gossip Wo might have devoted this column ♦.» the aubjeot of final exams if it weren't for our strict policy to avoid Aw darker side of life. ! Anyway. we're all agreed that ex ams ire useless, no good, unnecessary .work, etc., etc., ad infinitum, so why talk about them? The Point of View We hereby . hesitate and scowl On Clarence Percy Peggie Crowell Who knows' hie books from A* to Earn; While we sit up all night to cram. We duly stop and laugh and smile At William * Edward Dan McDow ell, ; Who worries because he's ignorant; While we recline in sweet content. In answer to the question us to how* a dinner was going to last, we. were! told that: it all deponded on how. tough the meat was. Speaking of getting in college, a sophomore asked us In all seriousness at what time the secohd hour starts. And.he.was neither an Ag or a Lib eral Artist. We like the spirit that the Short Horns , show. We .make, this state ment, after reading that they devoted a part of a meeting to learning Penn. State songs. Incidentally, we remember with; pleasure the Short Horn? banquet, which we attended two. years, ago in our official capacity as a reporter. And. we wouldn’t object If we, were, asked to attend another, one, either. Wo submitted, me votlowlng. letter! to the local. Post Office - complaint let ter contest to the* United. State Sena-: tors, from Pennsylvania but got it back; immediately^ . The, Judges said that wo would hrivo won tho prize If- we hadn’t, exceeded, the word limit.. It follows:. "Dear Hon. Sen.: I take, the hon. pleasure of directing your hon. attention towards 1 P. O. at State College which w*e don’t have. The above, statement as to the lack-of a. P. 0., may astonish your hon. sir but It is a fact, since we have only 1: b;id imitation of tho same. "Us students at this Jnst., suffer: ninny hardships including- the Insys tematic system of tho P. O. We ore, forced to wear semester shirts ten (10) weeks past schedule when our other one gets tangled up in the red tape of the parcels post and when we : got it we don’t know If it is ours or : the dish cloth from the Greasy Spoon. And when girls sends us candy we. can’t tell if it is candy or bricks after: it dehydrates within the instateiy P. O. walls several wks. “And tiie present P. O. is very in-> sanitary. T let my dog lick my post-, age stamps always fervently hoping that they won’t give him hydrophobia.' I might also tell your hon. sir about; the inconvenience of trying to get into, the T\, O. thru an imitation door and: about-our indoor sport-of standing-in line at the samp window- and about, guessing when last weeks' letters will; get- here, but I will write yoo vividly. MONDAY and TUESDAY, JANUARY 22-23 Matinee.Monday at. Two. DIRECT FROM ITS . TRIUMPHANT RUN AT THE LYRIC THEATRE IN; NEW! YORK WjLLIAM,FOX presents Special > prices—Adults 40c, Children 20c, arid , tax iilluin a*Hnu these fuels. Tours liatrioUeali, Xutmi,hun«C" The lime fur nr! I hie lel|e r ,t 0 Pennsylvania senulors alieut tho iS ufllee Is extended mill llir « nrltTl. si 111 tillered for the IhM «n,». - TfiVaffe Qq That Awful P. 0. Friday, January 19, 1925 PLEASE XOTEt—Next matinees dully at two.’ Theatre in addition to Pasting, will lie open evi-j-v evening ex.'- cepting Monday. PASTIME / TODAY and TOMORROW •’'< Matinee tomorrow at two MAK .MURRAY- '• hi "Hrnmlwuy Rose” STAN LAUREL in “The IVst’ MONDAY and TUESDAY Matinee Monday at two The Amazing Spectacle "NERO” Adults 40c, Children 20c and Tu WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY Matinee Wednesday at two - v •All Star Cast in -TRIFLING WOMEN*.- f - CHRISTIE COMEDY "Hazel From Hollywood" - FRIDAY and SATURDAY, Matinee Friday at two Bert Lyteli and Hetty Compton' In “KICK IN” BULL MONTANA .in “Glad Rags” v^y NITTANY TODAY Robert Loois Stevenson’s ‘♦EBB TIDE” CHRISTIE COMEDY TOMORROW . v SHIRLEY. MA.SON . .iu ♦Shirley, of the Circus ... NEW’S WEEKLY ’ TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY• Matinee Tuesday at two- '•/ First l’oiina. Showing of * * MARIE FREVOST , in ♦‘The Beautiful and Damned”. MERMAID COMEDT THURSDAY and FRIDAY ■> •' Matinee Friday at two First Polina. Showing of** LATIKTTE TAYLOR •/.«■■ ” in “Peg O’ My Heart”' f DUSTER KEATON * in "Day Dreams” .SATURDAY _ Matinee, at .two . “ , JACK PICKFORD *■ , in “Garrison’s Finish . „ ■ NEWS WEEKLY COMING:— v,; MARION DAVIES:In “When Knighthood. Was Irfv j.. Flower”
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