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News Editor this Issue W. L. Pratt
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1923
PROFESSOR ESRENSRApE
The COLLEGIAN takes_ this occasion to ;record the sentiments
of Penn State students on the retirement in June of Professor A. H.
Espenshade as Registrar. A work of ifoarteen leers. so vital to , the
institution and so intimately connected with its personnel, invites
the attention of the entire student body.
Professor Espenshade came to Penn State in 4898 as instructor
in Rhetoric In 1909, the Registrarship became—vacant. The -office
was in a semi-chaotic state, the work needed organizing, and Professor
Espenshade was chosen for the task. About eighty-five - per cent - of the
total number of students who have entered Penn' State, have been
admitted during his term of service , The office records have been
simplified and systematized, and, the policy of the, Registrar's office
so formulated that,it becarhe not only, a reliable recording office but.
also served in advisory and administrative ways.
Two outstanding principles have consistently characterized his
fourteen years of service.—first, to unceasingly work that-actual
standards shall tally with, published statements, and second, to se
cure an equitable distribution in admission of students in the several
schools of the college. Both of these tasks,have„so many .issues, so
many inter-acting and entangling influences, that to succeed in prin
ciple and practice is no small achievement ; "Official gateke.per ,and
recorder" of an institution such as Penn State-has problems and dif
ficulties that call out the,keenest judgment and broadest sympathies.
Professor Espenshade was-one of ithe organizers of,the„Associa-,
tion of Registrars and for two years Iserved..asjts..president. Ever+
concerned with the best interests oLPenn Stale at home and abroad,
the COLLEGIAN wishes to voice-the gratitude,and appreciation of
the students for services so freely given The words .of...commenda
tion from the president of the Board of-Trustees, ;JudgeH.. Walton
Mitchell, on a prominent ,public occasion, spoke the sentiments of the
students as well.
Professor Espenshade is acting as vice director of- the welfare
campaign and retains his chair, as ~pinfessor of Rhetoric. "Acting"
is the word advisedly used* for when the goal ia r reached„as,itiwill be,
its critical, crucial stages will have been-met-and -conquered -largely
because of the versatile, persistent, many-sided activities of Profes
sor Espenshade The COLLEGIAN congratulates .him upon. his past
services, and pledges full co-operation in the larger tasks "for the
glory of Old State" yet before him.
HANDS OFF'
With the founding ,uf zcollegets.and , universities throughout the
country and the division of students into classes, came a spirit of
friendly rivalry, 'known us-class sPirit which has,grown in, magnitude
and importance even as the institutions themselves have developed
and grown. Class spirit is today in evidence to an unmistakable de-
gree at Penn State and is of particular significance,,as.it,effects :the
two lower classes.
For many years, class scraps so designed as to give adequate
outlet to the spirited rivalry of the underclassmen have been a feature
at this institution. They are, in themselves, of It harmless nature• and
should be encouraged. But there is an aspect-of class scraps at Penn
State which is not altogether pleasing , to the impartial observer It
is the repeated and uncalled-for interference of upperclassmen.
Time and again have scraps and class fights, been won for the
freshmen with the unsolicited aid of upperclassmen, supposedly. only
observers. Discouraging indeed, is this interference to the second
year men whose ranks are usually depleted at any,rate by, one year
in college and a certain decline in spirit.
The initial scrap of the year and one of the most important, oc
casioned by the first freshman class meeting, is pot far distant. It
is the Juniors and seniors who, bear watching. Fair play_ is ,closely
associated with Penn State's history and growth. Let student senti
ment demand "hands off" for the upperclassmen.
GET THE HABIT ~
A word of friendly warning to ,Penn State's'ilrst year men might
not be amiss at this, the beginning of the.college par. .lt,is with ref
erence to a custom at this institution ofilong standing and oaf peculiar
benefit to those who observe it; likewise of pectiliar harm to those
who do, not honor it.
The custom referred to is productive , of -more 'good,- perhaps,
than any of the others,—the custom of isaying "fiend" 'to other 'Penn
State men. That it is not being observed whole 7 lieFtedly„by this
year's newcomers can not be attributed (justly to ignorance of the ex
isting custom on their part. Perhaps it 'is 'forgetfulness.„ But „fresh.
men can not afford to be forgetful.
It is a custom for all Penn State men, regardless of class orsta
tion, to say "hello" to each other when passing t on the„street or in the
halls or on the campus. But it is more ithani‘a custom,as applied to
freshmen; it is a rule,—a law not to be broken 'without, punishment.
A cheery "hello" to all passersby, whether they be freshmen or
members oP the three upper classes is regtiired,ol all,Arstnyear men.
It is a custom, which if observed -in the freshman ,yeas, ibecomes a
habit. Penn State is a democratic institution. Get - the habit of - saying
"hello."
. _ Editor-in-Chled
_ Managing Editor
_lLantoring Editor
H. S. Morris, W L. Pratt, 15
—Mlee E Lawry, '24
H. Parlay, '2O
Musings.. Managor
_Advertislog, Manager.
—Circulation Manager
/V,lpny:•Ti t oe - §
Tho PelinnylVanla ..Stateli• College
campus contains.ae largo an assortment
of trees as any other campus In Penn
sylvania or probably any other state
There are trees stilUivlng-which-were
planted by the first preeldent of the
college There are a_ number of •treee
planted in memory of certain World
War heroes It is the ambition of. any
Institution to possess a large nasort
anent of campus trees, it not only adds
to beauty but attracts many species add
to
Many alumni return in later
years and remark that certain trees
were only saplings when they attend
ed, college, they, recall, the many hap
py hours spent In study under the vet
eran shade trees which are still stand
ing
Trees are among the most common
'things of nature. They .are,oji.-abeut
us. roni the campus., and can be noon
and studied almost everywhere. They
are interesting at all times and In any
location They present an inflnlto va
riety of size, fawn, color and texture.,
and vary from day to day and tram
week to week In spring -time the buds
unfold and develop into leaves and
flowers Which we see nature awaking
from apparent death to life In summer
note die profusion of foliage and
igradeal increase in alto and sub
stance, it Is the period of growth In
autumn, we see the bright rich color
of .tho leaves and the long sleep which
is akin to death; in winter, the bold
'outlines of the naked trees, the char
acteristic division of the branches, the
somber but, vari-colorod, trunk.. and
.storna, almost equally interesting and
We recall that the elmis anid to live
350 yearn, the white oak, 500 yearot the
oliye, 700 ,years; the English oak. 1,000
years. the yew, 2,000 years; the bald
elTress„ 2,500 learn, the giant ,redwood
or emanate, 3.000 years, and authentic
ated eneasuremeats show that CaMorn
la's big trees have reaohed.a diameter
of over thirty-sixdoet, heights cat' morn
than 350 test. and same of the redwoods
have been traced .to the time B C.,
Lading a microacoplc view of a cross
sectton, we can not ,but have pride In
our ,campus trem whiott Are In, some
way orosther.related to those, trees
Every one of us levee, the sight of
green things growing, and especially
trees It is natural that trees„ which,
are' greatest In all the plant.kingdom,
ehould,,lnspire „ha us, the highest ad-
Indrawn. Their terms .of life so far
outrun the puny human, span! They
stand ,no high, and spread so far their
4sheitering arms , We„ bleat' them for
they gifts they bring to supply to our
bodily needs, and for their beauty,
tallish feeds our souls!
V. .0. Heys
PENN STATE ENGINEERS •
, _ AID FACYGREMANAGER
The isadership of Penn State In •In
dustrlal ,Engineerinfr. wasdndlosted_last
we*, by the visit .to State, College of
Mr W. A. Minar„Pactory_ 3fanager.for
the !Lam Weller Pumping, Engine Com
pany, of Rochester, Nem,York. Mr.
Minor, spent .0 week here. consulting
with, Professors J. , 0.,11 - ellor, C. W
Beeee, and C., E Bellinger, seeking
the !solution of various problems which
confronted him and his tacterY
Previous to his visit to Penn State.
Mr , Minor had consulted with 'several
1,011-known firms of consulting engi
neers, but the advice offered hod.neven
Proved very satisfactory.. Lack of un
derstanding of Into problems seemed, to
be the chief difficulty. Mr. Miner
brought -with . -the- records of • the
company, on the ,of which [were
worked out charts which—showed the
procedure In a revised system of cost'
accounting The new system Is to be ,
Put Mato operation at once, And, two, I
of , Mc., Miner's assistants are to, be,
sent, to the Industrial-Engineering De-,
partment In the near ttrture fon inetruc-,
Boni In „particular phases of manage
ment.
G. F. MELLEN COMES TO
LE DEPARTMENTSTAFE
Mr George F. Mollen.,,formerly- ofd
the ,Automatic, Electric Company, , of
Chicano, hoe Just Joined the teaching ,
staff of.thesPonn,State Departuentuf ,
Industrial Engineering as an assistant
professor. Mr Mellen Ma graduate , of
the lowa State, College- in mechanical
engineering, ,and ,had , extensive .exTer
lence In manufacturing previous to
taking,hisocollegm,work., ,
For the post three Yeara. ,, Mr"hhllien
hes been an executive to Atha fprodue
tion and cost.dopmtmentaofsthe Auto
matic Electric. ComiamY• when , ho hoe
been engaged dit improving their meth-'
ads of_mansgement. Duringuthie ,, tlmo..
ho has-dono,,exceptlonally tnoteworthr
work do / cost accounting , and , 1).-
ticularly well, qualliled,,to take , aver
the inetructlonta work.M. this dine
Mr Mellen,ls a member of Tanateta
Pi. Phi Kappa phi, and the ,American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
DAL(
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. itemsster —. chaaveracir,
,ipr'',p-
THE PENN , STAPI. COi,LEGIAN
FIRST YEARIM MEET
TO4lfilitttlilßLE CLASS
. Under tlie , dfroctlon of W. Eastman
'24, chairmrth'of freerman.worlc on the
"V' Cabinet.'a groMP of fifty Cal lingit
met in the'''D'alut,last Thursday eve
ning to discuss NAM for a freshman
Bible class Those men formerly took
-an active part no-T hi. C A. work in
tbele home towns and upon coming to
Penn State signified their desks of
'continuing the work.
Followlngo. light supper at fiVe-thlr
ty, the men:n ere first addressed by Dr
Foster, president of the Y hi C
A. Advisory Board.,who welcomed them
to a bigger opportunity for service
Rev. D W Carruthers, Student Pallor
at, the Presbyterian Church, next out
lined the Droposed.work Professor W
V Dennis. the last one titer, emphasis
edi the necessity, for spiritual and mor
al 1 training on the campus
After the talks, 'each freshman was
given a number of curds with the names
and.addressea.of other treehmen ahem
he, Is to visit and invite out to the
class.
BOTANY:EXPEDITION TO
ROCKIESIS'PROFITABLE
L.l C. Overholts and Two Penn
State StAideiti,Journey 5000
Mies, in Search of Plants
During.. the, past summer, Dr 1., C
Overholts, of the Botany Department,
P. 'P. Shope 23, and C hI Roberts '24
made a, seventy-day plant collection
trip-to the Ponkteli-in Colorado The
party left hero on June thirteenth and
JoUrneyed with,rtenr, stopovers to them
limit camp at Tolland, Colorado
Prom this camp on the east side of
the Continental Divide, frequent ex
cm-slons were made up the slopes of the
mountains, mainly In search of speci
mens of the bright-hued Alpine flowers
that grow_ In the cold altitudes above
the timber line. The collectors lived in
tents, and at night acre compelled to
use live or six blankets because of the
low temperature,of those regions.
After a rather,disagreeable stay in
thLi Met ramp, due to the continued
rain, the expedition - sashed on to the
foot of the Araphoe Peaks, which thm
climbed visiting the Arapahoe Glacier,
the largest in 'the southern Rockies
Prom there they went to the camp of
the University" of Colorado, and then
,to Estes Park,-climbing Longs Peak,
14,250 feet- high and collecting plants
and fungi as - they , wont This brought
their stay in Colorado about to an end
and they soon journeyed homeward,
making the 'return- trip In nine days,
beating the time out by almost two
days
The trip covered about 4.500 miles,
and approximately six hundred timer-
Ing, plants and •an equal number of
iungl wore
cogitate for the department
veibolts a`leo4zia about one 'hun
dred seventy-llve photographs, some
of Uhldh be will use 'for lantern elides
He also intends to publish the full re
sults of the trip and of his study of
Amyl
PENN STATE PROFESSOR
IS AUTHOR, OF NEW BOOK
Another piece of literature comes
the y Century Publishing Corn
,pany's press In the form of a volume
in Century Readings In the Old Test
ament, prepared and edited by Pro
fessor IL, M. Piattenhouse, of the De
partment of English at Penn 'Rate.
in association with, Professor .1 3v.
Cunliffe, of the .-School..of ...lento di im
In Columbia University.
The book nontales one hundred and
seventy-four representative selections
from the Old Testament , a general in
trodpction, special introductions to the
thirty-nine Books, and notes It has
been prepared with -a view to its use
In the college .claits;room„ln—he en k
of the Sunday School class, and In the
hoar.
A companion volume of Now Testa
ment Readings is to follow, the con
tract calling 'for its completion by
'January lint At mosent, Professor
Battonhouse is in' charge of the courses
in }Milani Literature nt Penn State
"Ilave you tried Pureteet Rub
'blng -Alcohol? . 4 'We 'consider It
' ' tlie beet of all the medicinal al
ellial preparation., bonnimo it
fttlntalne a larger percentage of
eParor grain, alcohol—St per cent
emet—and for all external
ums, la ea good m any Duro
~ , a lcohol ever mold. Of comae, It
L Mnnot be taken internally, but
le i thoroughly efficient for overt'
other .purpose for which alcohol
As ! used, and notwlthatandlng its
13 tiporior quality , It, coats . lean."
50c.
Pint Bottle,
1
illexall.dDnig Storei
! Between the Movies
r t
t ! :'
PENN STATE; OPP -
CLUIrjOi OPENIEASON
Trials Will Be Held on Friday
Night—Concert Planned for
Pennsylvania Day
Tidel9 for the InUndolln club and
washy mandate quartet will be held
haiday evening In the Old Chapel All
melt who piny mandoline or gallant
rre urged to be present
Much new material. is needed fo; the
s he
and guitar sections, owing to
:he graduation at. maay..meoribers of
I Ist year's club The management also
Is calling or mandolas, and_mando- ,
cellos, acoompanying inetruMonts,
which ate needed' to fill out the. per
sonnel of the organlsittlOn.
The club cahoot' a. successful season
last year and appeared several times
before the - student body. Plans are now
under ♦ray for a concert to be given
Pennsylvania Day, November tenth,
tad H L Puttee, 15, manager, has
two trips In view for the latter part
of October.
A vacancy In the varsity mandolin
quartet, caused by- the graduation of,
H. r H Gieseoke. "23, guitarist, must al.
set be filled. The, remaining membem
efithe quartet who are back this year
are Z al. K. Fulton, '24,11 L, Parker,'
25, and Hugh Warner, IS Trials for
the quartet-alibtake,place,Friday,eve
ning at the same time that the trials'
for the club will be held.
The officers for 'O to coming year are
asjollows Z. 51 IC. Fulton '24, pres
ident, H. L. Parker '25, vice president.,
O Rusday 25, advertising,manager.
All men Who play instruments need
.ll in the mandolin club are urged to
be. present at the meeting In the Old
Chapel Friday evening The exact time'
alb be announced In Friday's aoL
LEIGLAN
DR. HUGH,BLACK TALKS
ON SELF.CENTEREDUFE
"The World Versus Giotr was the
subject of the Sunday evening chapel
service In the Auditorium presided ov
er by Doctor Hugh Black, Professor
of .Practical Theology in the Union
Theological Seminary. New Turk.
Dr Black defined the World as any
force that shackled the soul of man
and prevented It - from developing God
mad He then sketched the develop
ment of the World-principle In Christ
endom. In the earliest days It vms or
ganised force. Later It evolved Into
self-indulgence and a self-centered life:
Todny It Is to be - found In the vulgar
and commercialistic worship of money
and the commodities that It will Pur
, chase'
These too principles, the World and ,
rßighteousness, are in mortal conflict
To, belong to one in to be outlawed
by ,the other. There is ono solution
amid Doctor Black, the -love of the
World In scrammed by the love Of dod.
1 "he that doeth the will of God,
bldeth forever."
F Y E_S-5. .
FOR,
Groceries,
Notion& .
Dr3i,Goods
THE QHALTTY SHOP
Opposite Front-Campus
The , Smart . EitglishZut:
The man who likes the loose,,Enzlidhlinekwill welcomer the ~
new Society Brand iNtodels. ~Sinait.and.C.orrect, it lcombines =
grace.with that, ea..9ydoungpeffect.l -,
Society litattddelothes-s4oAlaito
Other Makes,with.2.Pejr Trousers,. $25 tb $35
Our Overcoats are di/Arent—, Frona.ll4e,Aang,pf, the,sleeve.to,
the,shape.Of the label.-they're , correct Eto.thedasti detail.•. ,
Society Beand,. .$4CU10xt0.545.04,
, Other Makes, -§25,.00 to $.14.00, . ,
Schoble Hate and Crushers
SportSwe4ere,Knickere and
Golf HOlie., .
THE I QUAVITY:SHOR
M. FRONLNI:.;
'Opposite) Wont-Campus-
11411EastsAllen Street i
f THE= QUALITY SHOP.
iOppositeTrollteampus
COLLEGE HEALTIPSERVICE
TREATS, .MANY= PATIENTS
The Penn State Health Service De
partment hoe been kept busy since
the opening of the college At pres
ent there are four patients at the hos
' WWI and there have been two hundred
and four dispensary calls These figures
-sheer - that the - students-ere - begaming"
to realise the value of the health ser
vice. The college physician, Dr. d P
ITltenour, nuke every student to go to
the dispensary at the , that signs of
any illness.
No excuses will be granted this year
for absence from classes =lmps , per
sonal knowlebge of the, Illness haebbeerb
'made by the college doctor or upon the
plesentation of an excuse from a phy
sician , Students..shouldp.edso. observe
'the office hours:as meanest
The Health, Service asks: the eta
dents to take care In selecting their
rooms and boarding.homee, to see that,
they aro well heated; ventilated; light- .
edJ and mared,for on nlnanitaryamsle.
'CATTLE JUDGING TEPAI
LEAVES-FOR-EXPOSITION
,• Leaving State College Saturday af
tenmam, the Penn State Cattle Judging
team set out for the fourth annual
EMrtern States Exposition, from which
the Nittany representatives-have nev
er returned with a ranking other than
first. The. contestla to take. place at
Springfield, Massachusetts, as usual,
starting yesterday and terminating on
Friday, September twenty -nest. ,
Thin judging wmtost, which yearly
attracts the - cream of the judging tal
ent found to the - eastern colleges, will
be, more keenly contested than ever,
because with the - return of another
summer there la always 'found to be
more teams entered 'than before, The
sextet of men from the senior class
who will represent Perm State this year
e• E R. Baker, H. D 'Eckert, E. V
Kirsh, H R McCulloch, H E Warner,
and .7 P. Willman. Professor F. L.
Bentley of the Animal Husbandry De
partment accompanied the merrand - he
will have charge of them on this trip
FreAt Fruit- and , Cider-.
Specudlintes to,
SmokerS and Feeds
51W41.5. an - O,S'OA4FOSS
Gernerd Bldg.,
"The .One„.Cigarette,S6/d the WoriatOver'!,
'Florthehn and Czawford Shoes
Emory Shirts, Arrow,mud, „
Van Heinen collars i
Tuesday, September 18,1929
PENNSYLVANIA SEEDMEN ,
CONVENE! AT fusta,STATE
&edam. from all parts of the state
of Pennsylvania , convened at , Penn
State on Friday and - Saturday - for tho
purpose of looking over the scientific
plant work of both the college and sur
rounding farnis and estates. Since
ninny of - theee men - were very_liberal_
contributors to the Building.Campolun ,
Fund, their visit hoic had'a double In
terest to them.
On Friday, evening, a dinner, was held.
we theoCextexAlllse Country Club: . -
where Doctor S. W Fletcher and other
faculty membersupake., Saturday fore
noel...was went ,ovor the
plant Improvement work of Profeeeore
C E:lllyerinanden it Knoll The need.-
men—ciosed• titelr•nhort , "lett , herdron
Saturday afternoon with O. morn exten
sive, Investigation, or. the college, Plant ,
Improvement work.
PATRONIZE OUR- ADVIIRTIBEIRB
'O4. BillitiffliabC(o.
9'•,'
Nittany To-day
Mentriee Joy and Owen Moore
Ins "THE SILENT , PAILTNER"
Pastime To-day
ANITA. STEWSIBT
Is .The Lave Piker^
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Drosday.nd Tuesday
POLA‘NEGIII
la:oThe,gltest^
I=l
Wednesday
PAULINE' GALION-
In "The Catloaf Age"
OUR GANG COMEDY
- "The Big Shove.
, Thuraday and Friday
JACQUELINE - LOGAN
AND MAURICE FLYNN
In "Solomy Jane"
BEN TIJERINk
do 'Whore le My Wandering-Boy
Thin .Evening"
;Opposite Front Campus., •
THE,QUALITY,SHOR.
Opposite Front Campus'
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