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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1923
News Editor this Issue...
GROWING IN POPULARITY
The Penn Stare Players arc fast assuming an important place in
the college life through the quantity and quality of the productions
■they have staged during the past few years. “A Successful Calamity"
as it was given in the Auditorium last Friday and Saturday nights, was
no exception to the rule and was favored with applause by all who wit
nessed it. This organization merits much credit for the type of work
it is doing and for the manner in which it is doing this work. The
members can be proud of the position they have attained.
It is within the power of many ot the undergraduates to recall the
youth of the Penn State Players. Only a few years ago, a few students
came to recognize the need of a wide-awake dramatic organization and
immediately they formed an amateur group to fulfill a difficult role
on the campus. Knowing the critical attitude of the college student,
they realized the task that faced them and knew that the best available
must be secured. A staff of coaches and advisors was selected from
the younger group on the faculty and work was begun. They have
succeeded admirably. '
A feature of their work that deserves passing comment is the
preparation that is given a production before it appears on the stage.
Few realize the intensity and the amount of work that is connected
with a performance of the kind that was given last week. Prepara
tion is started months in advance. After a play has been selected
with due consideration having been given to the merits of the work
and its adaptibility to the audiences which face the organization,
there follows a period marked with sincere application. Night alter
night, the members of the cast faithfully rehearse their parts .before
the judicial eyes of the coaches patiently receive criticism, and try to
incorporate those details, so numerous and important in the work at
hand. Finally, it is ready for a tour or presentation at home. The
publicity and advertising managers come in for their share of the re
sponsibility, the house manager provides for and makes the sale. The
night of the performance is at hand. Then in a few hours, the audi
ence is shown the result bf months of labor; ' >
But the work has its reward. Those who perform creditably re
ceive the satisfaction of work well done. The organization grows in
popularity and each succeeding performance is greeted with an ever
increasing audience. Praise is heard on all corners of the campus,
and Penn' State has receved another boost in collegiate recognition.
The public is brought face to face with the fact that the college is not
wholly a technical school but that’ it also gives emphasis to those other
phases of life so essential to a broad education. We congratulate the
Players.
A GLORIOUS. WEEK-END
Conquest is unusually effective in sending joy to the heart of the
average American and in making his step lighter. It is but natural
that the college student at Penn State should feel a thrill over the in
door victories achieved in winter sports during the past week-end. The
scores themselves are enough to gladden the heart blit when revenge is
involved in these scores, unrestrained joy might be expected to
abound.
How sweet and comforting it was to sit, packed like canned sal
mon, on those hard bleachers and see the Penn wrestling team go down
to defeat! But the Red and Blue warriors furnished worthy opposi
tion. It is with such clean-cut and sportsmanlike contention that the
Nittany men like to meet. However, such a decisive victory does take
some of the sting out of the football defeat.
The boxing meet with the midshipmen proved to be a great dis
appointment to the spectators. Far be it from a Penn State man to
discredit the showing of any opponent, but it is right to demand
justice. It is the firm belief of a great majority that this was denied
in two specific instances. In the 125-pound class, Wirt clearly led the
fighting throughout the three rounds, was cleverer on his feet and with
his mitts than the middy opponent, yet he lost. Such a decision should
not be heard in intercollegiate sport circles. Again, Clark should
have been granted a decision over O'Regan, the Navy captain. Al
though the latter has ah enviable record of three years without a de
feat, he was no match for the Penn State fighter. There exists no
doubt but that Penn State was entitled to four bouts of the meet. It
was purely another case of injustice which should be avenged during
the football season next year.
Both freshman and varsity Pitt basketball teams were unable to
match the Blue and White score. A marked superiority gave Penn
State, both classes.
This is not the first time that an element of injustice has crept
into the judment of those who are honored with responsible positions
at. athletic contests. In particular, this charge has been made before.
It is suggested that measures be taken in the future against a.recur
rence of such decisions before hostile sentiment displaces the feeling
of friendly relationship that now prevails between the two institutions.
ANONYMOUS LETTERS
The editors of the paper wish to.remind their friends that anony
mous letters are banned from publication in the Penn State COLLEG:
lAN. This ruling has not been closely followed in the past, although
it has been enforced in many cases. . . 1
All encouragment possible is given the students, faculty and al
umni and friends of the college to write to the COLLEGIAN on any
topic of interest. But to insure publication, the name should be af-i
fixed. This is but a fair demand to make on all contributors and com
pliance should be forthcoming. Otherwise, the editors may see fif to
route the contribution to a position in the time-honored .waste-paper
basket. So beware!
Htmnrd Walton Mitchell *OO
-Much fume and glory Ims been
..Editor-in-chief brought to l*unn State by the achieve-
......Managing ments of her athletes on the gridiron.'
Manuring EdUoi field, and track, but few men
Assistant Editor | mvo j )een 0 f greater service to their
Alma Mater than Howard Walton
Mitchell. Thirty years ago Mr. Mlt
chell took a-prominent part in cam
pus affairs as an undergraduate and
.-.liu.sim.-ss Muiuigci 3 ince that time he has continued to
“r n 5!;:";:“:" >? • ana ri - ,thtui -•*'-™" t *■
Penn State.
"Mitch" wns a member of the class
of *9O whose achievements we record
ed some time ago in the biography of
l\ Liskaris.* ’25 jJnmes G. Mock. That class founded
the "Free Lance”, the "predecessor of
this paper, established the custom of
the Junior .La . Vie and conferred, a
boon upon future generations of Penn
State students by securing the peiv
jmlsslon of the staid and conservative
'Hoard of. Trustees to hold dances nr
j college social functions. In all or
these activities “Mltcli", along with
J. G. Mock and others, took a prom
inent part as a leader of the class.
But as an alumnus Mr. Mitchell has
jbeen of even greater service U> Penn
'state. Upon leaving college, he ho
jgan practicing law at Pittsburgh and
•gradually worked himself up in that
profession until in July, 1919, he was
appointed Judge of the .Orphan's
Court of Allegheny county.
During these years .Mr. "Mitchell
continued to be one of the most pro
minent workers In Penn State affairs..
In 1902 he wns elected to the Board
t»f Trustees of tho college, and a few
years later was elected a member of
the Executive Committee. In 1914
he succeeded General James A. Beav
er as president of the Board of Trus
tees. # His unfailing interest and ef
ficient and loyal service In that posi
tion -entitles him to a niche In that
mythical Hall of Fame of “Penn
Statesmen."
•M C. Is. THsmi.
S. K. Cr..n.
\V. W. Stahl
I'. I*. (ieurKi*.
\v. 1,. I’mu,
._E. E. Helm
{ „ “When did that guy gel- a letter?'
! Ponn Qintocmari avks tint Indlgiunt one. And his com'
> . . • ♦ • pan Jon answers, “in the noon mall".
Campus Gossip
We arrive in the Armory one hour
before the first meet and find every
seat in the house and most of the floor
space occupied by those" who really
came early.
Wo were preparing to make the
rounds of the Armory requesting nil
those who were not gentlemen to re
move their hats when the cheer lead
er came to our rescue.
The violation of the custom that all
shall remove their hats at indoor ath
letic contests does not seem to trouble
the average student.
Pennsylvania, Mr. Postlewalto rocelv-: A State Institution specifically'related
e<l Ills primary education in the public to industry—"to teach such branches
ivhonls at Huntingdon and for sovo'ral; loarnlng as are related to agriculture
years before entering Penn State ho; lni , the mechanic arts",
was employed by the 801 l Telephone' a State Institution with a broad and
Company ns a lineman on construction jxlenslvo educational program, obli
ivork In control Pennsylvania. In ; gated" to Include all industrial interests
September 1904, Mr. PostlewnUe entoredjt>f the promote the
Penn State and was graduated, from liberal and practical education of the
* tat institution In Electrical Engineer- • industrial classes In the several pur-
Ing with the class of 1900. Immediately. nml professions of life."
after graduation from college, ho took The next article will bring out Just
up the apprentice course offered by tho, u -hat. tile Commonwealth has-dono in
Wagner Electric Corporation and In.the fulfillment of its pledge to Penn
Such arc the crowded conditions of IT l ° ‘"f “a” I st"‘e
-1 clnnuti office ns a salesman where he J 0
The wise, man has discovered that
the only.way to soften bleacher ami
floor seats Is by. the use of a cushion.
One man In the blcachors with a
lx>ok but with no room to hold It di
rectly in front of him entwines It
9bout of the man sitting be
low him to obtain the proper distance
between the eye and the printed page.
our Armory.
Penn State is surely a democratic
college. Even the professors sit on
the floor at indoor athletic'contests.
- The use of the boxing platform to
elevate the wrestlers enabled many.to
gain a better view of the struggling
nintnien. Why hot use It for nil wrest
ling meets?
latecomers other than bandsmen
crou'd Into the band gallery apd take
the best i>osltions while the musicians
leave them to play the march.
We suggest that some sort of
era be provided for tho band gallery.
At the present time the band mem
bers must stand through entire con
tests!
Wo overheard , a conversation which
solved the mystery as to how some
people rate seats in the section re
served for letter men.
Those who have been holding down
seats since noon do a "seventh Inning
stretch" fifteen minutes beforo tho
wrestling meet starts.
The practical student finds oppor
tunity for practice in mental telepa
thy when he tries to catch the atten
tion of a distant friend by looking at
him.
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THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Idle students must *do something to
occupy their minds before tho action
starts. If they can’t throw pennies
they fall back on paper airships. President of the Pennsylvania Stato
0 1 College
The Armory ventilating system was! I.N'OTK: This is the first of a series
ilosigned for a cave when the windows of articles by President ‘.Thomas In
mv opened and the draft starts. j which ho brings out the true relation*
ship between the Commonwealth of
• vnnsylvnnla and The Pennsylvania
•Suite College; the, ways-In-which the
College has .faithfully served'the State;
and the responsibility that the latter
should assume' toward its Institution
o.' higher learning.)
The Pledge
The same system would also please,
a South Sea Islander when the win-J
•.lows are closed-
Some genius hud enough forethought
to foresee that the Red and Blue eol-!
ured posts in honor of the Penn wrest- 1
lers could be changed to Blue and Gold I,
for the Navy boxers. I
And, speaking of boxing, we here- j
by put In our application for the posl-j
lion of judge. .
We openly admit that we know}
nothing about boxing, which is more l
than some judges will confess. |
It's not in our nature to complain, |
but, when an opponent admits after-'
wards that he didn't deserve a decls- i
lon, we think that remedial measures j
should he taken to prevent the recur- {
ronee of the same thing at future \
t meets. '•
s . ;
Do some people never cat? We
leave the Armory at five-thirty and},
return before six-thirty only to find n •
huge crowd ahead of us. }
How many ever noticed that Cap
tain “Pip” Koehler’s "l” is sewed on
backwards?
0 ! ively prescribe, in order to promote the
Thoughtless students still disrospect liberal and practical education of the
the "Alma Mater” by using it ns a, industrial classes in the several pur
period in which to put on their coats. ! H ults and professions of life”
Letter Box
Fb 17 *l9*31 aml lhG ° f * 8 hereb >*
.Editor, Penn State Collegia's' . ' ' i " 1 “ llKed to carry the, same Into eHoct.”
State College, - Penaa. L 1" pledß f lh ® fl s,al “™
My dear Sir* 1 dosisnftted The Pennsylvania State Col
i lego as the instrument of the Common-
After reading an article In a recent! wealth to carry out the terms, of the
issue of tho “Electrical World,” which ; Morrill Act.
recounts the success attained in thej T he taU h ot tho statoi therefore, Is
Industrial realm by one of Penn State’s j |)le(lg< , d t 0 Pcnn st(lte
graduates, Preston B. Postlewjito, re- [ A state Institution chartered by Joint
cently elected Vice-president of ancl eontrnct of the United States
Vagner Electrical Corporation, I aIHI the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
thought it would be of Interest to the one of n nat ional system of public
Btut ents of Penn State. . Tho nrtlcle. institutions to engage In higher edu
neludes a few biographical notes of Cll „ 0n auC b manner as the Legisla
' lures of the State may respectively pre
"JJorn in October 18S3 at Huntingdon, scribe.”
became branch manager in 1915. Mr. j BIOMETRY COURSE OPEN
Postlewiiite was called to tho Wagneri Tfl ATT AP IWCTPITPT'rtDO
Electric factory at St. Louis in Novem- W ALL Afa. INbTKUCTUKS
her, 1915 to organize and take charge of a course in biometry, the study of
the service department, and in 1919 he the calculation of. the probable dura
nlso took over tho Automotive Depart- tion of human life and statistical mea
men including sales in that branch surementa, will be opened .to instruc-
Ile has been Vice President of the.tors and professors in the Agricultur-
Coltn B. Kennedy Company and other t al School, on March second,
subsjdiary companies of the Wagner} • This course is to be preliminary to
Electric Corporation for some time andithe same subject which will, be In
in January, 1923, ho was elected Vico! troduced in the Summer Session this
President of tho reorganized Wagner year and taught by Dr. Love of Cor-
Electrio Corporation". noli University. Plgns. are In charge
E. H. Wetheriil, of Dr. R. D. Anthony, and Charles F.
A COLLEGIAN Reader Noble.
LAUNDRY
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THE .Vice-President ofa great life insurance H'
company who began his career as an agent ■
has this to say to scnlori who are about to .; S
graduate from college: !. H
H "If you love work and desire to pursue an honorably H. .
useful and lucrative mission in life this U the buslnetj Me
for you to take up/- Life insurance —WmawAtp offer*' •
■ ' a fine field for the energies of the splendid young men ' :
in our colleges.; -.Bi
- H "That this is true is demonstrated by chose college men H :
•. w- who have taken up life insurance for they have shown *S !
■ that the college man is fit for this kina of a fob tfnd i ■ .
that the job also is fit for the college:man.
"Theworkofthelifeinsurancesalesmanisdistinguished'. j
; by independenceandopportunityfor directing his own.
It gives all possible opportunity for individual initiative=-
H: and a chanceto make an ample'lncome at an agewhen
['wm- mostfellows are struggling on a wagepittahee." .S 5
That is the story of one who began at the bottom and , .
■ - reached the top without the help of a college educa-. r ■ ;
‘H’ tion. The advantages'are .with ,you.who. graduate.,,;
ffom'college. Before deciding,your, cueer.make in- 5i
: quirles of the “Agency Department” .Hi
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Faith of, a State, and
Future, of a College
tty l)r. John M. Thomux
•• uml the Faith of the State I.h
Hereby Pledged To. Carry the Same Into
hueet.”
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
by an act of Its Legislature approved
April first, 1863, made this pledge!——
“and the faith of the state is hereby
pledged to carry the same into effect.”
What the Commonwealth pledged
;to carry Into effect was the Morrill
fUt of the Congress of the United
' States approved by Abraham Lincoln.
The Morrill Act by its title, was "An
1 Act donating public lands to the several
[States and Territories which may pro
j vide colleges for the benofit of ngrl
| culture and the mechanic arts.”
The. lands were donated to the States
' for "the endowment, support and molp
, tonance of*at least one college where
I the leading object shoutd be, without
j excluding other scientific and classical
; studies, and including military tactics,
i to teach such branches of' learning as
I are related to agriculture and the me*
clmnlc arts in such a manner as the
' Legislatures of the States may respect-
It was this act which' the people o£
Pennsylvania In 1863 through their con*
.■mituted authorities declared “is hereby
nccepted by the State of Pennsylvania,
with all Its provisions and conditions,
ALONG SPORT LINES
YE OLD GAME OF HANDBALL
Xoxt to a rough and tumble fight, featuring bricks and-shtUyaim *wi
Irish sportsman' loves u game of handball. This ancient game
first on the “Ole Sod” more than sixteen hundred years ago. has been
at Penn State and bids fair to become a popular game at this college.*
Vx-..: students have played hnmllwill and not many mure know-'the
rules of the game. The regulation court is a room about sixty by
feet, with walls of cement and a floor of pine • wood. The server"
small rubber ball that is used and serves it against the front wall
returned off any wall on the first bounce and as in tennis, a point
when one of the players fails to return the ball. ' • s*Vi?**d
:• A temporary court has been set up in the Armory and the new-iSpS
that is planned for Penn State will have a separate wing, containing'
lation courts. The coaching staff has taken to the game with much enthM? : ‘
and "Bess" displaying skill worthy of Irish ancestors, has successful
all comers. At a number of colleges the game is played by a large ij&SS!
students. We recently came across an account of the llnals of an
hamlhall tournament in the college newspaper of the University of
game was equally as popular at the University of Oregon when
that college.
TItACK FANS EXPECT A BUI SEASON .
ICaeh succeeding year brings /i bigger and better season for
college sport and, not to .he outtTbne. 1923 offers the prospect of a
Reason for track athletics.
The indoor season will lie brought to an end by the
March third and will he followed by the annual'.outdoor lutercollegUW; v !a ££
Manager George W. Orton has been working on. the annual Penn Reiay"cu£j"
lval, and promises that this famous event will be n greater attraction'' a?'
ever before. The date has been set for April twenty-seventh and twentyUlWv
and a number of foreign entries la re expected to give the Relavs an
tional flavor. *
Tiie showing of Harvard and Yale on the cinder path will be witch
with great interest by track fans for these-two colleges have scheduledV mA?-
wlth the . combined Oxford-Cambridge. track teams. The event will be
near London In the latter part of July and the best athletes from
Harvard will be pickedrepresent the American universities. ..
WINTEU SPOIITS AT DARTMOUTH
A cold wave hit Penn State last week and once more the
dents wondered why State College should be afflicted with ro much sriow'jiad’
zero weather. That; question is never asked at Dartmouth College (or
institution the Outing Club has solved the problem by making
center of winter sports.
i The Dartmouth Outing Club is the foremost organization of itaTlcladla
[college circles. It was founded for the promotion of camping,
tain climbing, and encourages hunting, fishing and canoeing.
tho club is open to any member of the college on the payment of the' ; aSntuj
fee of one dollar. Financial assistance from the alumni has aided ttitt'cw
in acquiring equipment, which includes eleven cabins scattered over one hunfai
iplles and a ski jump,'one hundred and ten-feet In height.
The crowning event of the club’s program is the annua! winter Ccnfo*L
This year the Carnival included three days of revelry, with winter
International intercollegiate ski jumping contest. & costume i«*iV
musical comedy of the Dartmouth Players and fraternity house-parties'artb*'
pr.ncipal features. : ’S_j
The Outing Clubs of several other .colleges have followed DariinoutS’i
lead In encouraging winter sports.* Colgate staged a revival of its traditioail
Carnival this year and Middiebury has taken active steps to encouragelwintar
sports by holding a Carnival and organizing inter-fraternity' and inter-mml
winter sports tournaments. .
Penn State has plenty of snow but no Outing Club. Lost year :wt»“re
member such an organization but this winter we have heard nothing of iCeni
our only conclusion, is that .Penn State’s Outing Club has passed Into'obU&a
and no .one has .even noticed its passing. . 1
GOLF PBOSPECTS
Last week we toUl of the formation
pictured the formidable teams that ,would
ton. Incidentally wo timidly ventured the
would take an active part in college golf.
■Developments during the laßt week have Indicated. that there is a itroßf
possibility of our .prediction coming true. Penn State is attempting to
a series of matches with leading college teams and from the presen t. do
be represented by a strong . links team. - #
• We'were talking the other day with a man who claimed to have'a'pretty
good line on the calibre of the Nittany players as compared to other'coliSp
golfers. In his opinlon -Penn State has golfing talent that will compa&fftT*
orably with the average collego team.' True Harvard has “Bobby” Jo'nes;?Ti&
Jess Swcetster and Princeton, R. Knepper, than whom there Is none .better, ibot
it was his contention that the rank and file of these teams will . flhd dlfflcult
matches in J. W. Kindt,.'24, <“Herb",.Euwor '24 and “Jimmy" Crookston ’2Lwl»
will probably make up. the Nittany. team. *
The’'schedule that is planned'for the Pcrin State team will conchisfwly'
prove the truth of the above statements. If the' showing of the Nittany. golfer*
proves that Penn State has a representative team it Is our hope that the r 'college
will be represented at the -Intercotlegiates this summer. v \' :i v*y.
UXIV. OF* MICHIGAN FRATS
STAGE VAUDEVILLE CONTEST
A fraternity.vaudeville tournament Is
to tie staged at the University of Michi
gan. A cup will bo offered for the best
act. Twenty organizations have enter
ed tho contest.;.
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