Page Two Poim State Collegian .'ijUMicii during Uu» College >«?ur b> mudeutH or lUe Fcunsjl rinii* Si-in Culiogo. In tho luifiixiot Student** Fatuity Alumni and Frlendi oi Hie College EDITORIAL STAFF C D bthhe, 2 1 * l. VI D R Mehl. M 3 \\ It \umun -i..- - ASSOCIATE EDITORS L, h. Iklm. it E M umiwon, 24 C B Tilton, ’i . _ .Mitts S E Croll. 2J PUbI\ESb STAFF t| 1 ANfonl J {_. O l> il. ilit it 2«. \\ 15 iml. 2. ASxjj.TAVI BUSINESS MAWOBRP H R McCulloch 2-1 REPORTERS L M Aronson V 4 B A>ei« 2* 'I S -Morris. '25 F P. Oeorge *25 J H Lum '2B H I Firing. '25 W. l> Prim. '25 llu Penn st ui* Cnll.’ci in nvlt*«* toinmunlcaUons* on nnv sub'oi i of tulles- In '.rest lalUis must luur tin signatures ot the writers Snivel Iptlon piiec $2 C'l. if paid befoie October 15, 1922 After October 16. 1922 $2 75 entered at the Poslotfr e Suite College Pa ns second class matter Office XUlan> Pi Inline and Publishing Co Building Member of |>i«. ern Inlen nil. irinte Newspaper Afisoelntlnn TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1923. News Editor this Issue ANOTHER SIDE OF COLLEGE SPIRIT The observation of conventionalities is but one phase of college spirit Another aspect, less tangible and more important, is that of our attitude toward the physical welfare of Penn State as affected by the action of our state legislature Oftentimes, students who do not get what they u.inr from the college officials solicit, or permit their parents to solicit, t.ie help of state legislators and other state officials m uiging their case with the college administration. Such students e\pcct that state legislators will have some influ ence witn the college authorities because they believe that college ap piopriations aie dependent on the good will of these legislators. By seeking the interest ot members of the legislature these students hope to gam a scllish desire, since they believe that there is a supposed re luctance on the part of college officers to turn down a personal re quest of the legislator Thus, these students are willing to endanger the appropriation bills ot the college in the hands of the state govern ment. They are putting self ahead of the welfare of the college and their fellow students It is probably true that state officials are honest and broadminded and are not influenced in their attitude toward the college by their treatment m these personal matters It is hoped that tfoe college ad mimstiators are honest and courageous enough to decide student questions on their merits uninfluenced by political pressure. Never theless, when such a request comes from a legislator to a college of ficer, a very embaiassmg situation is created, all because of the selfish acts of a student lacking true Penn State spirit. Penn State is a democratic school where we believe that a man gets ahead on merit alone The student who tries to advance self by favors and political influences is not living up to this democratic stan dard. If, after a fair presentation of his case here m the college, he fails to gain his uish, he should accept his fate. Above all, he should not hamper the college otficals and make their task harder m the leg islature by soliciting the help of any man who is m a position to vote on or influence college legislative askings , ADVERTISE PENN STATE forJstaKiwide publicitjr_will bd afforded Penn State during the next few days when over three thous and students of this institution return home to every corner of Penn sylvania tor the Easter vacation Will the student body as individuals use this chance to “sell" Penn State for its true worth, and a worth ot which the majority of citizens of the Commonwealth are ignorant? If each student would talk ‘‘Penn.State" everytime the opportun ity arose, he could do inucii to make known what Penn State really is and its importance as one of the greatest educational institutions of Pennsylvania 100 many citizens of this state are under the miscon ception that Penn State is purely an agricultural school; others have referred to it as a preparatory school, while some confuse it with other colleges and universities of Pennsylvania How few outside of this institution realize that the Engineering School is the largest in Penn sylvania and is larger than the engineering schools of Penn and Pitt combined’ The high rating of the Liberal Arts School in comparison with those of other institutions of Pennsylvania is only slightly known. Here is the job facing Penn State men and women. Advertise Penn State in asking the legislature to act favorably for the college As Piesuient Thomas suggested last week ar the mass meeting, much could be done if students would assume the responsibility of vis iting their legislative representatives during vacation and bringing de finitely before them the tacts oi Penn State’s needs. The need of $3,- 200,352 ror general maintenance, $590,000 for extension work, $71,040 loi summer sessions tor the next two years and the proposed bond issue ol $8,000,000 for buildings which has been recently introduced in the legislatuie are facts which must serve to centralize the attention of the legislators and others on the importance of careful and immed iate consideraiton of tne needs ot the college. THE R. 0. T. C. The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps has come to occupy a most important place m the student life at Penn State. It is one of ninety such units established in the colleges and universities throughout the United States. The federal government has not organized and supported the R 0. T. C merely to give the college men the opportunity of adding mili tary instruction to their schedules it has a firm and definite place in the scheme of national defense of our country, in that it is the prin cipal source of supply for officers of our reserve forces A student enrolling in the advance course of the R 0 T C is made a commis sioned officer in the cadet regiment. Upon his successful comple tion of the advanced course, he is offered a commission as Second Lieutenant in the Officers’ Reserve Corps of the United States Army, and is privileged to join one of the new reserve divisions built around the traditions of the old units that fought so gallantly during the World War. Enrollment in the advanced R O. T. C course is a visable expres sion of the patriotism of the undergraduate. Patriotism at Penn State is not decadent, and yet when less than five per-cent of the available students enroll for the advanced course, what must the out side world think’ The average enrollment throughout the colleges and universities of the United States is a little better than twenty per cent. At Penn State this would mean approximately one hundred and sixty men from the present sophomore class Why not get behind this worthy cause and place Penn State in the rightful class? FORESTRY EXTENSION DEFT. ln« a. course In "Nature Study" for (iiVKS AA’fUBK blVl>y COURSE j erna ° ftnd high school teachers this r\.„ v, | ’’tmeater This course will extend over Thoughts of Others j COLLEGE RISK-TAKERS j (The l’onnsyliuniun) ! The other day. Harry Young, famous j /'human fly” plunged a hundred Cceti to his death while attempting to scale the side of a New York hotel His courageous though foolhardy _ death could not be classed ns a distinct loss to society because his occupation did not contain the essential elements of social benellt In other words he staked his life on an achievement of no value through the mete expedient of taking a chance Young was only one of a largo fraternity of speculators in llfo whoso careers are short-lived (and whose ad vantage to society Is practically neg ligible But outside this brotherhood of pro fessional "bad-risks” Young has a counterpart In the common flgure of the college risk-taker In the class room the stake is scarcely os high but it Is nevertheless of the utmost impor tance through Its ability to change the whole course of a career The college risk-taker is the man who trusts to luck to supply tho deficiency created by his kick of preparation In daily i collation luck more than onco rises to the occasion but its edlcioncy Is singu larly daunted by tho more formidable advance of the monthly or final, exam ination But the "human fly" of col lege ranks still pcrlsts In his attempt to scale tho sleep walls of the curricu lum trusting to chance for the vic tory In many casus his efforts moot with success but in the vast majority of Instances ho'finds himself a mem ber of the "bad-rlsk” element .and his opportunity for a college education la lost THE DAGGER OF “RUTS’* (Daily Californian) Many philosophers have character ized man's life as a series of ”rut 3”. We seem to have a tendency to settle down Into ono pathway and rest there contented for the remainder of our days The tendency would not be so bad if the so-called "rut" led upward. But observation shows that the man who slides along easily with tho cur rent without striking out for points up-stream Is soon carried to the son of Ignominy. Tho same might be hold true of a University campus where the number of students make it Impossible for per sonal contact with tho working affairs! of tho student body. In order to ad vance wo tnu9t have Interest, and in order to have interest, we must have, frequent and diverse expression of In dividual opinions There is no more evidence of deter ioration tlttm tho provalnco of prob lems which arc let slide with little or no discussion on the part of those who should bo most interested, the students themselves The Daily Californian has ‘ reserved a space on its editorial page whore students may voice, their opin ions on any question regarding tho University It is urged that more avail themselves of .this opportunity not only ! th»lr„ own (Ideas, but also to help the campus in general by ‘ “boosting us out of the rut." . AGRICULTURAL PROFESSORS PUBLISH EXPERIMENT REPORTS Professor F D Gardner, C F. Noll and R. D Lewis, all of the School of . Agriculture, have recently published a valuable and Interesting pamphlet on 1 “Forty Years Results with Fertilizers ” This Is n summary of results obtained , from experiments conducted at Penn State with commercial fertilizers, born -1 yard manure, lime and land plaster • They are tho oldest and most exten sive experiments of their kind in the United States, having begun In 1881 BROWN UNIVERSITY TO GET LIFE-SIZE BROWN BEAR Tho campus of Brown University will soon bo, graced by a life-sized bronze,bear, tho traditional emblem of Brown spirit, which Is to bo erected by subscriptions from tho student body Bruin, modeled from life at tho Bronx Zoo, is the work of Eli Harvey, the well-known animal sculptor, and, although not yot cast, will bo complet ed In time for dedication at Commence ment in Juno. piBERTDEAL&SONI 8 Heating 8 I Plumbing | | 117 • Frazier Street | PUBLIC SALE We have purchased 122,000 pair of U. S. Army Munson last shoes, sizes s*/£ to 12 which was ,the entire surplus stock of one of the largest ’ U. S. Government shoe con tractors This shoe is guaranteed one hundred' percent solid leather, color dark tan, bel lows tongue, dirt and water proof. The actual value of this shoe is $6 00, Owing to this tremendous buy we,can offer same to the public at $2.95. Send correct -• size. Pay postman on delivery'or send money order. If shoes are not as represented we will cheerfully, refund your mon ey promptly upon request. National Bay State Shoe Co, 296 Broadway, New York, N.Y. Editor.ln-Chlei ..Managing Edltoi ..Managing Edltoi Editor Business Manager Advertising Manager Circulation ll <uug<. \V W Stahl *2' E. M. Jameson THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN AG HVMtUET TO UK lIKLII - IN MAC HALL APRIL 20, A buiquot foi tho entire School of Agriculture will be hotd in Mac Hall on April twentieth Tho chief speaker will be Mi. Baird, editor of the "Stock man and Farmer” AU tho arrange ments hive not yet been completed, however, and'further particulars will be published later in the COLLEGIAN. \ossip j ampus We have hesitated and vvondeied about tho topic to be iwaided first plate in this Issue and have finally de cided upon the notorious path it tlio r e ir of the Now Mining Building After writing about said path off and on for almost'a year It has finally been given the needed repairs Thus passos away another topic upon which vve can heap our wrath and we are thankful . And speaking of subjects, an “Ob serving Senior" writes, "With the melting of snow*, one of the best topics has become uncovered Ho then call 3 our attention to the fact that unsightly paths are appear ing on the front campus, at the locker room entrance and In front of the Üb ornl Arts Building We, too, have noticed them and sug gest that guilty ones avoid collecting mud on their shoes by using the le gitimate cinder paths How uin \Vo tell that it is spring when most of tho bare-headed seniors have loft on Inspection trips? Wc have refrained from Using April Fool's Day and Easter Day coinci dence until this last Issue before va cation. Now we stato that the two days are one and the same, and thus Mother Na ture cheats us out of a holiday Speaking of April Fools, there are, some profs that you can foot all of the time and others that you can fool, moat of tho time— But you get fooled when you try to. fool the rest of them. The fact that the Salesmanship Club’j Is being organized hero by a conuner- t clal firm is meeting in the Bull Pen l ' is a significant fact, wo believe Wo would add .that the Bull Pen is a very fitting 'place for all salesmen While at home, don’t forget to risk "pop" If you can go to tho R. O T. C cam)> this summer Wo wore 'a. Plattsburg recruit two] Hummer’9"ago and can't say that it harmed us any. In. fact, we look back to with fond memories. And we have never met anybody who, rttended an R. O T C Camp who did i not speak with pleasure of his sum-, mcr's experiences. ' Put In a good word for Penn State while you’re home You’d be surprised how much ‘influence your statements En j°iJtW- _ rv There’s zest like winning J r a race when you— ,/ BS IS ! § ; Three Yearsfor a Start 1 ® J m H TOHN HANCOCK experience shows that f§| - lif you sell life insurance for three years you g |g */•' will continue for your entire active busi- wa | ness life. ' ! l gj' Why? Because you, will ifind. lt the most j§| t ga- pleasant and remunerative business you can gn i« ' choose. It is constructive work, it produces !“j' « B self-reliance and independence and affords.the H •B ; greatest satisfaction in! every-way. To be a B ; John Hancock representative in your, com- s Q,* : g - munity is to stand for the,best there is. B" Before making any decision,regarding your N 0 | career write the “Agency Department.” gg B | ■ i • |1 « I- 1 op Boston. Massachusetts != B ' • Largest Fiduciary Institution m tie* England ■■ ■. Bi ' n. L’liropi* All pluvious attempt!, to Pann Qt.jfp PrpVIIK l " mb running ulth college aJl’Vlttf I /CA.yj> ii.s.iuuion had failed hut Dr Pugh un- di>rl>jOk lo demonstrate Us purctleabll- Today very row Penn Suite students I ' He had previouslv visltcdand stud would recognize the name of Di Ev in ’«! the chief agiiculumi) academies and Pugh, yet. as tho first president of this *<houlH in Butopo nnd with 1 chatac ti-tltution, ho did much to firmly es- .eristic energy, oiganiml a system of tniillsli tho reputation that it now holds » notion. planned the erection of col imong the agricultural nnd engineering ’tge building l * -secured endowments ■ schools of the country More thin) 11 <J b*‘-(Ks taking cue of the general n,rty years ago when tho college was Mild into of the institution, gave instruc in dire need of a man to direct and Got in chemlstiy, scientific ngrlcnl idnpe Its ‘future polices, Dr Pugh rose Aite .mineralogy and geology. t • the occasion by his earnest and en- Tho first three ve.irs of the college thusiostic efforts, laid the foundation were dark. Indeed with unfinished toi the rem-u kable progress that m«, buildings, a shortage of funds and a lifted Penn ‘State from a "Farmers | steady decrease in tho enrollment of High School" to the place It now holes the college By„ September 1862, Dr in the educational world * I’ugh had succeeded in establishing a Evan Pugh was born In Chester coun* scientific institution on a broad and ty in 1828 At nineteen lie was uppien- ‘mund basis and in that yctai tho bulld tlced to a blacksmith but soon abtnd- ! ' Ka "®re completed and tho first cata -1 oned that trade and, entering the Man- '°S t b® college issued. tul Labor School at Whitcstovvn, New At tho height of his career, however, York, supported himself by m'inual la- death cut short Ills work On April bor while receiving a years Instruction twenty-ninth, 1864, Dr. Pugh died at at that school. He then fell heir hw home In BelleConte Thus ended ’c. a small citato, including an aendemv, the life of one of ihe men, most prom ir Chester county and for tho next two j inent in tho founding and development years successfully conducted the school o, Penn Stato College At that time Pugh becamo vory much interested in educational reform ana in 1853, sold his estate, and academy In oider to seem*- a Europeas course of scientific Instruction He went to Gei- trftny and pruned the He'd four >car<, .n the universities of Leipaic. Gotlng-j hum, Heidelberg, and Purls. In lSsi> he received the degree of Doctor of j b Phllouophy nt the University of Cot- 1 °J tingham Following his univerabj -* 1 course ho mustered tJjG higher math-l on cjnatloH and made a number of lmpor- j tint ahemlettl Investigations In the I *° laboratory of'J. B Lowes, the English agriculturist Dr Pugh worked for n threo years on an Investigation of tno assimilation of free nitrogen by plants ' and as b- result of his experiments ptoved conclusively that plants do rot j assimilate nitrogen and , in addition.. gained much valuable information on crop rotation Hearing of, his success abroad. the tiustees of tho Pennsylvania Agricul tural College offered Dr Pugh the t residency, and recognlx ng his duty to bis country, he returned home in th» autumn of 1859, renouncing the bril liant scientflc career that awaited him Every Day in Every Way We're making it .‘Better and Better. Not by tion but by constant ly employing the best materials and meth ods available. ; HARVEYS’ ice Cream : THE BETTER KIND. Along Sport Lines AN ALL-STAK FIVE “Dutch' Hermnnn, in reviewing the tuketbali season at the mass mooting n "Wednesday .night, remarked that the sittnny quintet flayed Its best game m a foreign court against Syracuse TnUeislty on February twenty-third, blowing the Cornell defeat He avtts \idently right for the Penn State five nude a very fu\orable Impression on 'Cddla" Dollaid, coach of the Syracuse judging from an extract that >vas gleaned from a local newspaper The Syracuse coach when asked to Now Biggs Gets to Class On Time! AN exciting tale of adventure might be written about the hunting expeditions Biggs used to make after the elusive cap of his old tube of shaving cream. For months Biggs was late to class because he spent valuable minutes scouring the corners of the bathroom for a cap that persisted in getting lost But those troubles are over. For Biggs has started using Williams’ Shaving Cream, which comes in a tube with a hinged cap that can't get lost You see pictured here this cap which saves, his time and patience and - which will do the same for you. The convenience of the Hinged Cap would alone be'ample reason for your using Williams’. But when cap c y%u l can ,d t you consider that in addition \Vbchang»'vp t i he . i Williams* is good-for-your " ' n 1 -■ i -gJ r skin, and is the most remark- - - - able beard softener known, - - then it does seem that you /&//* would be missing a good deal - / y *•*// in getting along without it lf Buy a tube and see if it isn’t / vastly better. / , William^ Shaving Cream "Towering Masses” JLTERE the new architecture Expresses itself in great vig x orous masses which climb upward into the sky with a" pyramidal profile—gigantic, irrcguiar.arresung. Anearhcr, conventional building on the near comer is overshadowed, engulfed in towering masses of the newer building which are prophetic of an architecture of the future which is vividly stimulating to the imagination. Certainly modern invention—modern engineering skill and organization, will prove more than equal to the de mands-of the architecture of the future. "Tuesday, March 27, 1923 name the bent live college, basketball players that ho'had soon In action this winter, responded with the following all-star combination Luther of Cor dell was his choice at center and for the rest of his team, Dollard placed Reed and Gorlmrdt, tho Nittnny for wards, for the front line and Koehler and Loefller, the Penn State guards, behind the center. A Now Basketball League The grndu'ate managers of tlvo col leges In the Middle Atlantic States dis trict recent!} met In Now-York City to to discus? the •formation of a "six-team baskcbull league The new leaguo will Include New York University, Swarth moio, Lehigh, Lafayette and Rutgers An invitation to become the sixth mem ber of the new organization will be extended to either Muhlenberg, C C. iN Y, or Fordham The organizers plan a ton gome sche dule on a homo-nnd-home basis with games on every Wednesday and Satur day; night Since all of the colleges are within a small district, overnight trips will bo eliminated Tho main ob ject of tho league Is to arouse Interest in the court game which faces a deficit a. several of the institutions entering tho league SENIOR FORESTERS TAKE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS Tho Seniors of the Forestry School have been taking, during the last two days, the Civil Service examination for Forest Assistant The Post Office De partment Is conducting the eammlna tlon and also picks the students fit for the position, which pays $1,740 for the first year The work of tho Asslst tant Foresters is more or leas technical In nature They have charge of Umber sales in the national forest, mark trees for cutting, supervise lumber crews, mnko ( roads and trails, and do survey ing - W/kti SBjggGSKl Tit Garmnt Center ButUtnti Ntw Yeri City WALTER M MASON, Architect Drawn by Kush Eeaiu
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