Page Two Penn State Pollecsian fubtlMiud xeinl-woekly during the College >'iir by students of the Penney! «inln State College, In the interest of StudentH Faculty. Alumni and Friend, u! the College EDITORIAL STAFF C D Schlve, '-3 A U Po->t. ’3l .. ll R Mehl, 23 W R nlinwn ’Ji- ASSOCIATE EDITORS E 12 Helm '24 D SI Jameson. '24 ,C U Tilton. Miss s> 13 Ci nil lt 1? Colvin, 24 *’ - i>nn’n s Editor. BUSINESS STAFF 11 T Axford '23 C D Her hert. '2l \V C Dav is, '23 ASSISTANT BUSINESS M WAGERS H R McClittnrli '24 REPORTERS L M Aronson '24 r ,\\ers, H S MorrU. ’23 T V George *23 3 H Uim '25 H I. Firing ’2 r > ,v T * Prria ' 2r ' The Penn state Collegian t ivltos commimh atlons on any Riih’tx t of ( ollege In terest liettera must bear tn« signatures of the wrltei* Subscription price $2 50 If paid befoie October 16. 1322 After Octooar 15. 1022 $2 75 Rnf! red at the PnHoffr e State College Pa us jneond class m ttter Office* NUlanv Printing and Publishing Co Building Member nf Fiwcrn Tntemillnrlnte Newspaper Aoßnrlntlnn FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1923 AN OLD QUESTION The student body will await with interest any developments in the Point System, that may reasonably be expected when Student Council hegins work on this important issue For many years, it-has been discussed to no avail, for it has beemtreated to neglect after the first sensational announcement had lost its brilliance Even last year, work was started on collecting data from other institutions where it worked and it is understood that the committee labored long and faith fully. Then came the end of the college term and the information was lost At an early meeting of the Council this year, a committee was ap pointed to begin again the task of accumulating all the “dope” possi ble. The committee has submitted a gratifying report, showing that authentic information has been gathered from numerous colleges and university papers, responsible men from various student governments have written descuptions of the different systems as they are in vogue elsewhere, opinions have been gathered from all sections of the coun try The work has been well done arid, so far, so good It is not expected that the President of Student Council will ap point a committee immediately to draft a system that would be well odapted to Penn State and which will include all commendable fea tures of other systems without absorbing their undesirable character istics Such an act would be folly in view of the fact that there are far more important issues to claim the attention of Council at the present time Let that body do one thing at a time well and then at tack the other problems of lesser importance. But in the course of time and before the end of the term, some dependable workers will probably be asked to make a Point System for Penn State. If it is considered to be good after a careful and thorough examination, then let it receive the support it deserves THE INTERCOLLEGIATE CONFERENCE There is no little doubt in the minds of those acquainted with con ferences that no little amount of benefit is derived, from an attendance at a meeting called for the purpose of earnest discussion. A study is made of problems from all possible angles and the viewpoints of dif "fererrf persona^lrfes'^g^vee-thc—participant or listener~a"broadened vision of the matter The final outcome in a great many instances is a solution This general procedure is not the exception but rather it is the rule. Therefore, it is of little wonder that college officials are anxious to have Penn State represented at the Intercollegiate Conference wmch is being held at the University of Pennsylvania the latter part of the month The initial program called for sessions to consider sep arately each of the four great questions; student government, publi cations, dramatics and music and debating, and athletics. After the representatives to these different sections have discussed the many problems connected with each, a session will convene with all delegates attending An idea of the thoroughness' with which the conference has been planned is seen in the fact that questionnaires were sent out before hand to all institutions sending delegations. These questionnaires suggested what might be contained m a report to the sections of the assembly Thus the convention officers learned in advance what the more important problems are in each college or university. Indeed, the Student Council for next year will be fortunate in gaining the fruits of such a conference The delegates will come back with a wealth of information and a new outlook gained through con tact with those who face similar problems. - FOREST FIRES A general request has gone out .to all lovers of the out-of-doors to take especial care during the spring months to preserve Che forest land, which easily -falls prey to the ravages of that dread enemy, Fire, during this season of the year. As the Nittany Valley is blessed with beautiful timber land, this call should find a responsive! will m the student The natural beauty to be found in the vicinity of Penn State com pares favorably with any other part of the country and is such to merit zealous protection. Fields of arbutus, the like of which is difficult to find elsewhere, are within hiking distance of the campus; high mount ains covered with state forests and providing the home for wild ani mals are a never ending source of delight; small streams and torrents flow through quiet, cool glades or down rocky slopes to the valley be low—all this makes a huge playground, full, of the marvels of a boun teous nature Carelessness can transform this picture into that of a barren waste, covered with charred stumps and smoldering logs. If each one would but give a thought to the consequences, he would be ex tremely careful to obey in every detail the instructions that have been prepared by the Department of Forestry Greatest of all sins is to throw a lighted match, or cigarette or cigar into the woods with no thought as to where it may fall Next greatest is to enjoy the exper ience of a forest-cooked lunch beneath a large spreading tree and then to leave the place with no thought of the fate in store, for that same tree when the fire is slowly kindled into a raging forest fire A CHANGE OF STAFF The annual elections of the Penn State Collegian Board have been held with the result that a group of men have been selected with whom the outgoing staff is going to intrust the solemn and exacting duty of ratsing the already high standards of the paper. We are pleased to announce the new staff as follows* Editor-in- Chief, E. E Helm ’24, Assistant Editor, E. M. Jameson ’24; Managing Editors R. B. Colvin ’24 and C. B Tilton ’24; Business Manager, H. R McCulloch *24; Advertising Manager, W. W. Stahl ’24; Circulation Manager, L. M. Aronson ’24, Junior Associate Editors, F. P. George '25, J H. Lum ’25; H. S Morris ’25, and W. L. Pratt ’25; Assistant Business Managers, J M Eisler ’25, J. H. McCulloch ’2s,'and‘R. C.' Body *25. The freshmen on the staff will continue in competition until the end of the college term, when an election will be held to ohoose sophomore reporters and sophomore business managers. STUDES OF OLDEN TIMES I HAD MODERN METHODS Money, Clothes, Books and Good Cheer as Important in Middle Ages as at Present Edltor-in-Clili.i' Munuging Editor ..Managing Edltoi . Assistant Editor Many Interesting facts concerning college life during the Middle Ages were brought, out by Bean Haskins of Harvard In a recent lecture Money, clothing, books, companion ship, anil good cheer played .is import ant a part in the lite of the mediae* U college student as they do in the life of the average student today Much of their personal life Is rev euled by student handbooks which hive been preserved, some of which contain much amusing, though not very instructive Information The following are a few specimens of advice contained in them Wash your hands in the morning, if time, your face Don't pick your teeth with a knife Don't stare at your neighbor at tho table Scrape bones with a knife, don’t know them, when Business Manager ..Advertising Manage! ...Circulation Manager W W Rtalti ’2l done with bones, put them in a bowl oi throw them on the floor. Preachers of tho time found it most provoking and discouraging that men would study law (the classes of which mot in the afternoon), for tho sole purpoge of sleeping in tho morning Most Interesting of all,- however, are tho personal letters of student to fath er or father to student Requests for money predominated tho letters "ad dressed to fathers In fact, rhetoric inns made a respectable Income by vvrlUng for students letters guaranteed to arouse compassion Ono student added to the end of his letter “With out Ceres md Ricchus Apolo grows cold,” while another wiotc that the messenger from homo bringing money had been robbed Another astonishing fact Is that.tho good find vhtuous students of tho day followed the unusual custom of fining professors whenever they cut a lec ture Thoughts of Others j No worlds revolve on 1 conjecture; no discoveries follow guoaswork, no a chlovements aro tho product of minds that wander aimlessly from one sub ject to another Tho modern world demands Ideas —those unexplainable thoughts which take definite shape only after a period of thinking, an ac tive exercise of tho mind Campus or ganizations aro crowded with men who aro ready to follow, who can carry, out brilliantly tho program of a soci ety, who can assume the position of an. executive and steer an organization in tho sune wide, straight channel that it has followed over since it was founded, and tho University will go on and on and its organizations will go-’on dnd oir, * and - alOnHil J-vHb' return will And no trouble in finding the marks of tho organization which they left—because they aro doing tho same things year after year. Originality has provided us automo biles to rido In. it has built us houses heated and lighted In tho most conven ient manner, It has given us rapid and comfortable transportation to tho far thest points of civilization, It.has glv ctFus wonderful savings In tlmo, won deiful improvements man-made processes, it has harnessed rivers, Jt has exploited tho air—it has proved over and over again that '‘ldeas alone can alter”—and wo must realize that what we aro in Jifo win depend main ly on what Ideas wo have So with Purduo, its students, cam pus, and organizations Wo don’t care to merely "carry on” It is no honor to leave conditions tho same year af ter year, evon though those conditions aro good What wo want is bettor conditions Perfection is far beyond tho vision of the most agllo mind—wo have no conception -of what perfec tion really is—yet we instinctively move In directions which we believe aro for tho genoral Improvement, and which wo beliove lead -toward that in visible Utopia—perfection It is for progress that we must place men in of fice —it is for- progress that we must form budgets, that we must outline plans, that wo must draw up now con stitutions Why should societies con tJnuo in tho same grooves year after year? Break- loose. Lot your instincts carry you toward that invisible perfec tion;— as long as they aro right—go ahead No one over succeeded who didn’t try, and no achievement ever shook the world Into recognition un- 1 less It started with an Idea. Try it 1 Speak It 1 Don't let .custom and con vention rule forever Just because they aro ,custom and convention. Ideas! EXTENSION WORK .ENLARGED TO INCLUDE NORMAL SCHOOLS Co-operating with eight normal schools of Pennsylvania, Penn State has greatly increased the number of Its ex tension students throughout the state, and jthe enrollment this year bids fair to almost double that of last year. THE PENN-STATE COLLEGIAN LAND GRANT FUND GOES TO BOND SUBSCRIPTION Penn State's. $500,000, resulting from the fodora! grunt of lands for founda tion and maintenance of an agricul tural college mdre than a half cen tury ago, Is to bo Invested In bonds Instead of bolng’put out among depos itories of state funds which It is cal culated will save the stato from $lO,OOO to $15,000 annually Auditor General Lewis outlined the purpose of the Beaver Bill Introduced In the House, in a statement which Indicates tho state has had the money out at two per-cent Interest and was paying tho college.six, tho other four tper-cont being made up of genoral funds The grant was to promote agricul tural education, and the donation was found to liavo been made in lands and land script In 1862, tho Interest to be paid to the collcgo and tho state to ' o'tl the principal It is calculated that in the half century the stato has obtained an average of two per-cent from tho deposits and has paid the Nittany Institution-nearly 5t,000,000 to make up the difference. Under-the new* plan the college will get five per-cent from the oarnings of Its endowment which Is the poicentage the stato must pay under the fedor.il net, the state only being called upon to meet what difference may arise be tween tho Income from tho invest ments and that rate frills plain has met with the approval of otlleinls, and will prove beneficial to both stato and college PENN STATE DEVELOPS THREE NEW TOMATOES This year tho tomatoes that have been perfected at Penn Stato will be given n real commercial testing For sov cm! years the Division of Plant Breeding of the Department of Horti culture has been working on three varieties of tomatoes with marked success The "Matiflium” and "Nittany" breeds aro the results of crosses and selection while tho "Penn State Eai lianna" is a perfected variety These plants have done well In the experi mental plots here at the college, and tills year they are being tried by mar ket gardeners and others all over the slate' and In other states It will de pend on tho results obtained by these growers, whether tho work can be con sidered a success TOUR IDEAS (The Purduo Exponent) A tew weeks ago Professor C E Moy ers learned Jn a letter from the Czech oslavak Legation-that these three var ieties had been tried in tho Experi ment Station at tho Czechoslovak Ministry of Agriculture They found that the "Penn State Earlianna" did not thrive under’their conditions, but that the other two did well CHEMISTS RETURN FROM ANNUAL GET-TOGETHER Dr D S E Haley and Professor H. B Pierce have jufltf returned t from New '£uiverj,**tonnocueut, “wfiere~lKey at tended the'sixty-fifth annual meeting oZ tho American .Chemical Society held lost week JThls meeting is the get together of all of tho leading chemists of ‘ tho world It is then that they picsont tho strides their country Is •making and tell of their own most re cent researches Representatives from all of the different branches of chemi cal activities were present, and told of their own work Dr Haley and Pro fessor Pierce presented papers on their own work here at Ponn State During tho convention tho now Chemistry Building at Yale, was dedicated This building, which cost two million dol lais, is the most moderrf chemistry lab oratory In tho world, and also * tho largest building on the Yale campus FOR SALE— A child’s reed sulky and a high chair, .nearly now Phon< 102-R. Addrosj 300 S Atherton St' RADIO A complete line of parts to build your own sets. 201 A Tubes, were $9.00, now $6.50 ■ New-price on West inghouse' sets with dry cells. ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO. A FRAME For every picture. Let us help you . make a selection. ThP P E N N QTATE Ane Jthoto ohop 212 E. College Ave. Perm State Prexys DR. EDWIN EARLE SPARES Following the death of Dr. Ather ton In 130 C, Penn State was fortunate to find in Dr. Edwin Earle Sparks a man fully capable of carrying out tho great Work that his predecessor hud begun For twelve years Dr Sparks labored Incessantly to develop the col lege and under Ills administration Penn State reached its highest devel opment as a college The outstanding features of Ills reglrpo w ere a growth it the student body from SOS to 1316 students, tho development of compre hensive building plans for each school, 'tho moulding of the student body n democratic government and , new* im petus to tho policy of carrying tho college to the people of the State Edwin Sparks was born in: 18G0 In Licking County, Ohio His parents were both of English descent His early years were spent on his parents farm but at the age of ten. he moved tn London, a town in the midst of a thriving agricultural community In that town he completed Ills grammar school training and began his high school course Family circumstances compelled him to leave high school, however, and he obtained work ns a jurnallstic apprentice At the age of ID he entered Ohio Wesleyan Univer sity. but the following year changed to the Ohio State University His col lege careci was occupied by his stud ies and his efforts to support himself as a reporter for the local ncvvspipor His scholarship at Ohio State was of a high older and his newspapei work kept him in close touch with the prac ticil affaire of the state and nation Following Ills graduation Dr Sparks went to Portsmouth, Ohio, and a yeat later was elected principal of tho high school In 1890 he married Miss Katherine Cotton and that year was called to tho prlnclpalshlp the Pre paratory Department of this college While at Penn State Dr Sparks be came more and more Interested In history and in 1893 he accepted a pos ition In the Extension Division of the Chicago University Tho period from 1895 to 1908 was marked by the rapid Use of Dr Sparks He took an Im portant part in tho organization of Chicago University and during that lime he wrote numerous books on historical subjects In 1907, following tho death of Dr Atherton, Di* Sparks was called to Penn State and in Juno 1908 was in augurated os president of tho college Foi twolvo years he served as presi dent but during the war the strain of his position seriously -affected his health In 1920 ho suffered a nervous break-down and in Juno was compol fed to resign the presidency. Dr Spark’s still resides on tho Ponn Stato campus and his figure is a fam iliar ono to the students of the college His strong personality, his regard for fair play and above all hie love for Pehn State ’will always stamp him *as the most' popular and best loved of Penn State’s Prexys | X • you want real ;; | HOME COOKED FOOD I t * come to the <; I Penn State Cafe j ■M-*i**fr*X**fr*M,*X*frfrfr,l**lK~M»*£**>*S**l**H**fr k-X'-m-S 1 *;* 1 -j* *l* '*' 'i* *’* *1 j 1 ‘j* ‘i* "'SURPLUS STOCKS!!: | U. S. ARMY 1 MEN’S RAINCOATS Sale Price $3.95 Value $lO.OO These raincoats are made of Gas * Mask material, same as was used ’ in the U' S Army during the late < war. We guarantee them to be absolutely rainproof and they can be worn ram or shine. Sizes 34 to • 48, color, dark tan. Send correct chest and length measurements Fay Postman $3 95 on delivery, or send us a money order If, after examining coat, you are not satisfied/ we will cheerfully refund your money U. S. DISTRIBUTING & SALES CO. 20-22-24-26 West 22nd St New York City, N. Y. SIRLOIN CLUB TO HOLD MOCK SALE TOMORROW Tomorrow afternoon at one-thftry tho Sirlin Club will hold its sixth an nual Stock Show and Mock Sale In tho Sirloin Club will hold Its sixth annual Stock Show* and Mock Solo In tho Stock Pavilion Animals of oil four classes of livestock will be fitted and shown by A, H students, and then auctioned Although anyone may fit an animal, only members of tho Sir loin Club will bo permitted to bid A giand champion prize will bo award; ed to tho man hav Ing the host fitted | animal of any class, and another' to tho man who shows tho best Judgment ip his bidding First and second prizes will be awarded for tho fitting in each class, and also first and second prizes j for the bidding In each class j The show is In charge of a general, committee consisting of It L Burrus '23 chairman, W S Miller '23 In charge of horses, S. B Buckley '23 In charge of swine, XV E Hunt ’23 In chaTge of sheep, and B F Coleman ’23 in charge of beef cattle BOTANY DEPT. STARTS SPECIMEN EXPEDITION The Botany Department has -start ed its annual collection and inspection expeditions By these expeditions tho department expects to find specimens of all of tho plants that are to be found in the state* They also add to their collection, vvhlch now contains more than thirty thousand specimens, any new plant that they find At present it is only possible for thorn to take members of the staff and the ad vance students, but in the near fu ture it is planned to Invite all who are interested FOR RENT—I 2 room house for ront September 3 Carolyn Dale, 303 Fclrmount 801 l phone 194-W. Rich Ice Cream GANDYLAND Clothes for College Men LOOK for style first in your clothes. It’s the mark, of quality. Good style always mean careful tailoring and, good fabrics. College men favor our four button Norfolk mod el—each suit carries two pair trousers. Priced at $35.00 Spring Styles, in Crawford Shoes can’t be heat. COME IN‘AND-SEE THEM. THE QUALITY SHOP Opposite»Front Campus Open Evenings Friday, April 13,192* s VOTES TO BE TAKEN ' ON A. A. AMENDMENTS The following "amendments to the constitution of the Athletic Associa tion will be voted on by* Hie students at tho election of the A. A. officers this month. Section D. Article 15 Number 23 GOLF —Tho minor sports *‘S" -gSt shall bo awarded to any member of ithe varsity golf squad who' places within the first four of tho Penn State entries in four regularly scheduled matches In case there are more than [five such matches, ho shall be requir ,od.to play two-thirds of tho total num ibor of matches This award Is sub ject to the approval of the committee j on golf awards Section D Article 17 Number 6 2 The Minor Sports shall bo Wrest ling, Basketball. Lacrosse, Soccer, * Tennis, Boxing, Ride shoot ing and Golf. AO PROFESSORS ATTEND ANNUAL TOBACCO MEETING Professors F. D Gardner nnd C. R Orton, of the Agronomy and Botany Departments, attended the annual meeting of the Clinton and Lycoming tobacco growers last week. @TfplMan!}Tlipa?i’eGci. Tt NITTANY—TODAY First Penna. Showing of All Star Cast in “Tho Go Getter” MERMAID COMEDY 1 SATURDAY— MARY MILES MINTED and ANTONIO MORENO ip “The Trail of Tho Lonesome Pines’ ’ -NEWS WEEKLY PASTIME—FRL and SAT First Penna. Showing of JOHNNY HINES In “Luck” CHRISTIE COMEDY MONDAY and TUESDAY— D. W. GRIFFITH’S “Ono Exciting Night” COMING—WED and TECURS fffTA-PT.TF CHAPLIN in “The Pilgrim'
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