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Penn State Pollecsian
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Good style always mean
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College men favor our
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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.
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