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FRIDAY, SEVIRAIBER 28, J 923
HELP THE "Y"
It has always been the policy—it might, indeed, be called a priv
ilege—ot Penn State men to support all worthy student organizations
on the campus with a spirit truly characteristic of the flittany insti
tution. Such a policy, existent at Penn State in a varying degree since
the lounding of the college, is responsible, to a measurable extent,
for the unusual growth and expansion of the institution.
The privilege of helping to support one of the most worthy stu
dent organizations on the campus will be accorded each Penn State
man ne‘t week The local chapter of the Y M. C. A. is planning a
campaign for financial support to begin on Monday morning and con
tinue until Thursday night. Completely dependent upon the gener
osity of the students for tunds to carry on its work on thq campus
and abroad, the "Y" is Justified entirely in seeking student aid.
There should be no hesitation on the part of any man in recog
nizing the worth of the chief welfare organizatidn
. at Penn State.
This can best be done by subscribing to the campaign. The sum to be
asked this year, a five dollar pledge from each student, is not as high
as usual. The "Y" cabinet has set it at as low a figure as possible and
yet provide for the year's work.
The money that is raised this year will not be devoted alone to
Y M. C A projects at the college, but will be utilized in mission
work in the south and overseas This does not mean, however, that
the local branch of the organization will neglect, to any extent, its
work here at the college. The publication of the freshman handbook,
the formation of a lecture course, the annual entertainment course
in the winter, free weekly entertainments, free movies,—these are but
a few of the many projects that have been carried on by the "Y" in
years past and for which some of the proceeds will be allotted again
this year.
The Y M. C A. is truly a student organization. It is controlled
by representatives of the students and is used for undergraduate wel
fare work 'I he student cabinet, elected annually, is representative
of the campus It decides on the policies of the organization, is in
charge of all expenditures and is duly recognized by the college.
Being a student organization, it is but natural that student aid should
be sought.
A five dollar pledge to the Y. M. C. A will entail a small per
sonal sacrifice on the part of each student. But it is not too much
to ask. It is estimated that the total amount spent by Penn,State
students for amusements during the past year was approximately
$361,572 or about $ll6 per man The "Y" asks a little more than one
per cent of this amount.
The work that the "Y" is doing on the campus and abroad com
mends its cause to every undergraduate. It is ever interested in the
betterment of the college and is deeply concerned with the problems
that confront the average Penn State man. It is worthy of student
consideration and help.
A FRESHMAN WEEK
There is a problem, of a more or less troublesome nature, which
crops out at this time of year and annually confronts the members
of Student Council and other Penn State men actively interested
in the welfare of the institution. It is the problem of acquainting
the freshmen, to best advantage and in the least possible time, with
the customs, traditions and workings of the college.
A plan, which might be feasible at this institution and which is
known to be in existence in a similar form at certain other colleges,
is worthy of consideration. It takes the form of a "freshman
week". At the opening of the college year in the fall, all duly adMiiied
freshmen would be required to present themselves at the institution
a full week before the remainder of the students. And during that
week they Would be kept busy by the college.
As soon after arrival as possible, each freshman would matric
ulate and be registered, and each professor and instructor would meet
his future class once and become acquainted with its personnel.. The
first year men would be required to attend lectures on "How to study",
"How to use the library", the workings of all college organizations
such as the Athletic Association, college publications, musical clubs,
dramatic organizations, and so on through the whole apparent maze
of college intracacies which presents itself to the freshmen at this
and any other institution where they are not properly instructed.
During the week, the newcomers would be given psychological
examinations, the various courses and schools and what they repre
sent would be explained to them, and they would be given athletic
tests to determine their physical fitness and acquaint them with the
gymnasium and athletic fields In the evenings they would hold part
ies, get-to-gethers and smokers so that the members of the class might
become acquainted. They might elect temporary officers and perhaps,
solve a problem which is even now troubling the college authorities
and members of Student Council,--the problem of the first freshman
class meeting.
The result of such a "week" is self-evident. -When the - college
year officially opened and the members of the three upper classes
ar
dived, they would find a freshman class duly organized, acquainted
with the college, the buildings, the instructors, the class rooms, the,
various college activities, and altogether prepared to get off to a fly
ing start. A similar plan is productive of excellent results at several
other institutions. It might, at least, merit consideration at Penn
State.
II S. MORRIS
Thoiights'ofOfhers
THE POET LAUREATE
(The Christian Science Monitor)
An ere.•nt of unusual Interest and Im
portance from Mao.. SMlnts of 0100 .1 8
the announcement that Robe, t Bridges,
Poet Laureate of England, Is going
to spend some months at the Universi
ty of Mlchlgan at Ann Arbot It is
o.xtreinelY significant that a successor
of Chanter, Spenser, Dryden, Welds
tern th and Tennyson should leave
England foral extended stay at 11.
Ame/kan Institut/on of leaning It
Is n strong and inspiring appall to the
Imagination
Apart from these considerations, the
?Isit of Mr Bridges is in somenhat
Sniff/sing ref elation of literary and
poetic conditions In Ametica Even
after the Prot shock of the announce
ment that the poet laureate is to make
an extended stay In the United States.
an additional fillip of surliriSe is giv
en by the fact that Inc is to reside at
unherslta beyond the Hudson titer,
,indeed bound the Allegheny Mount-
nine—and not at once of the older and
more famous eoliegas near the At
lantic Ocean Tills rattler astonishing
phase ,of the ease will lead not a few
to gain a new and valued clew of lOW
has been going on in the United States
In ouch matters and nig teach Ameri
cans something It Is send for them
,to know ,about America., A writer in
New England Is moved to expresn his
feelings thus
••lt may be asked In this part of the
country why the academic visit of
Cogland's Poet Laureate should be
lecelVed at a western state university,
not noted dor Its pitronage of letters
nor for Its record and Influence in this
field, rather than at Harvard, Yale and
Princeton
"The answer is two-fold Dvldentis
the representative of Michigan scanted
hint and hnd the enterprise and the
grace to go and get "him And again
It is to be considered that possibly the
abounding and practical west needs a
poet and critic of Mr thidges• culture
and restrain more than the effete east
needs him Like another, he may feel
that he comes rather to the lost sheep
than to the- mased Gopher Prairie is
not-In Michigan. bet It In not far aunt
The leaning of a Bridges should prose
a. corrective to the Ignorance of a
Ford"
The coming of Mr, Bridges and the
discussion that it Is hound to rouse
are sure to do much toward altering
the kind of information and ameliorat
ing the feeling dispht>ed by this writ
er In this n great part of its worth
to Amer/es trill lie It ttl/t remind
those who may have forgotten it, that
the pioneers who creased the Alle
ghenies toolthooks with them and that
one of the first things they did atter
rearing their lag houses was to build
and provide schools.
PLAYERS. HOLD 'FINAL -. '
TRYOUTS 'FOR' "CASTE"
Show To,Be - Prysented,Some Eve
ning- Duffing 'Penns - AiAnis
Day Week-end
Holding additional tryouts all meek
for the Penn State Players' road show,
"Caste", by -Tow W. Robertson, the list
of contestants has been narrowed down
to ten characters, and the final elim
ination will be a careful, discrimin
ating selection by the director.
The play will be presented some eve
ning during the Pennsylvania Day
week-end. This showing will Inaugur
ate the Players' season, and following
this presentation the same east and the
same scenic effects mill be used in the
engagements on the road
' , Caste, a gripping melodrama, tak
en from the nary heart of the English
home, is a tale of English social life,
the story of a man who marries below
his social petition To hint the glitter
of love is more brilliant than the rev
erence to his name and position His
montage Is accompanied by unhappi
ness and trouble for he finds that It is
as Impossible for hie mite's family to
come up to Ills level socially as it Is
for him to go down to theirs.
The wur comes on and ho ,loins the
army to get away from it all. While
he Is away a child Is born to his wife
and ehe,,bravelY foam the tasks of life,
learning many severe lessons and In
the end coming forth the victor.
Report ,comes that her husband has
been killed In action and she accepts
the Inevitable Her, father returns and
makes life unpleasant for her until, In
a climactic scene, her husband, who had
only been made u prisoner, returns and
Is happily reunited to his wife
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SNIPE HUNTERS ON
SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY
The Ancient Order of Snipe Hunters
Increased its membership on Saturday
night when ono of the new members of
the Instructing staff of the Mechanical
Engineering Department held a bag and
a lighted candle well Into the smell
hours of Sunday morning.
There Is no doubt but that the sea
son is about right, for the moonlight
of considerable help to a weary night
,prowling snipe. The Instructor in ques
tion had been duly Informed of the
value of snipe as a game bird by his
fellow Inembers of the University Club,
and 'did not-have any great dilllculty
In getting up a party to take him to a
likely Plano.
A Ford load of hunters with their
bogs and-candles went down to the
,Patoh,of.. woods below Lemont. Alter
doll' Planting tho hunter with hie bog
and candle, and giving him inetructions
pi to the proper mothod of widening.
,tho rent of tho party came back to town.
Tho expedition would probably have
been an entiro oneness if tho candles
died not burned out before tho snipes
Could, be driven into the bog.
THE 'F AIR W . k 44 4 : i ll 6rf.LEGl e' AN
GRANGE MEETING W1L1„, , ,-.
HAVE MANY FEATURES
Prominent Faiuliy Members Will
Speak All College Stu
dents Are Invited
The Penn State Grange will hold tip
se tely own meeting_ next Tuesday eve
ning, at which time several short and
.o-the-point talks will be given by
in eminent men At lthis 'meeting var.
au t rill ins ;of
, entertainment be
offered, at the ,con t usion of which
ligllt refreshments will tie served
This meeting will be the first to be
held by the„Gentiga this year, and it
is c•itected 'to ,marl, 'the inaugural
event 01 a successful year Although
only Agricultural and items Geonom-1
students are eligible to membership'
in the Grabge, yet-tar this meeting all
students in college are invited to at
lend
Professor R G Bressler of the De
partment of Rural poelology ttiti de
liver the main
,talk of the evening
Besides Professor Bressier, there will
be several other spelliers, among which
Professor I L roster may ho numb.-
ed The President Of the Penn State
(Lunge will also glve a short talk on
the histors and benefits of this national
smieultural organization
Gridiro n 'Gosiiii
Hugo Bezdelt and hlseast of embryo
football, stars will clash with Lebanon
Valley ,tomoirow: afternoon on New
Beaver field
We wander how
_many teams "8. 2 7
alit use In tomorrow's Ins Not more
than four Is our guess
Which nould make it seem to the
werage dumb belle - on the canasta.
that Lebanon Valley must have a for
midable eleven If it requires four Penn
State teams to finish the game
"Snaps" nmanuel is back at Gettys
imp this tear as captain of the "bat
tlefield colleglans":and the latesi re
port Is that he will be shifted from end
to complete the backfield
All of which brings forth mentor!es
of how he plekod up a fumble on New
Bearer Field last year and galloped
seventy yards for a touchdown
Down at Ohio Stale they have three
major sports caPtalna on the varelt)
football team
"Pop" . Warne, as In other years, re.
maths that his grldders haven't a
chance In the world to go through the
season undefeated.
And this year we heartily agree with
the rotund mentor. with visions of
Forbes Field on TlyilkeglvinFDay be
fore us.
Carnegie Tech steps outagainst To
ledo University tomorrow afternoon.
"Wally" Steffen has a great first team
this season but good substitutes are
lacking
The students plan to give Steffen the
college If be can defeat the Pitt Panth
ers this year We wander what he will
do with It .hon ho gets ft.
Announcement in a lending daily re
veals the startling feet dint the com
bined weight of the Penn State varsity
team is 1119 pounds
And the remark naturally follows
that they aro Cs orth their weight. in
gold .
Joe Loheeka, famous Lafayette foot
ball (Aar. la coaching Lansdowne High
School and at tho same time playing
for the Fmnkford Yellowjacketa, pro
fessional grid team
The Maroon star will have as one
of his team-mates, Toe Lightner of Na
iling grid fame.
West Virginia clashes with 'Bob'
niggle's Wesleyan aggregation tumor
low. Hero's hoplego...l3ob"
Penn 'has rtn end till.
..year who made
the ell-American third team two years
ago.
His name is Brodlo Stephens and ho
hulls from the University of California
',hero ho ode a team-mate of the ll
lustrous 'Brick" Muller.
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On Display at •
The 'State College Hdiel'
iria6li ' nd Saturday, Oct. 5
'pr;§";011 to wait for our Representative
STATE DAIRY, ,STEWARDS
• ASK' AID OF W. IV COMBS
The conference 'of ;Stirtitards repre
senting the State Institution. of Penn .,.
sylcania held at Harrisburg have re
quested the services of Professor itY
13 Comb% of Penn State In presenting
to the conference the nays In which
the Dairy department may he of an
sistance to the Stewards In charge of
the eerie. State Institution% in Se-
Luting dairy products of higher qual
ity
Thix request comes as a result of the
action of one of the
, Stewarde In send
ing sample , . of dairy products to State
College to be scaled and' criticised as
la bask for the purchase price at which
the Steuart] will be justified In offer
ing Thle service ass BO satisfactory
that the conference is nett welting to
extend the assistance that mad he rend
red to the various State Institutions
hi the College.
THIRD'SCRIPT'RECEIVED
FOR: IItSKAWCONTEST
Byron' W. ‘ll.iapj) '2l subiiiits4m . :
;cal tggedygrAeltNtrii=
ed To Enter 'Contest
The third script- to be submitted to
date fd
reek
the Thespidn comtpt , was ,Fe
celeed In part this eek" ' frodi Byron
W Knapp '2l, es-iiresident'Of the Thes
pians and the Penn' State Players It
Is his Intention to submit the rest of
the.,,cornedy 3vithhe a short time. The
play le
rod an t °IS'nT'72F comedy
nnlitertVtslt=e,
brilliantly written with catchy and at
tractive music'
It is hoped hi the director of the or
ganisation that additional scripts will
come in so that the beat manuscripts
available may be secured If none of the
manuscripts ,nhich,rtre turned In are
suflicientid themselves, to win the con
test they will be combined in part, or
parts, to form a single production It
is probable that at least one song 'from
each, should it measure up to the stand
ard, xill be used It Is the aim — of the
Thespians to put on the boards this
spring n play for the studentß .- and by
the students
The dramatic organizations of Penn
State cannot rank with those of other
inetltutions until they produce their
own work. Esery student is urged to
get behind the ,Thespian Club In its
drive for an original musical comedy "
SEMOR ' CLASS AVERAGES-
TOP PR E VIOUS itteillili .
All Students in Upper Half of
Clasd Have 'Averages 'of Sev
enti-fiveor:Olier-
Three . Y3Cars age Penn 'State adopted
the selective metniSl of chooOlng Its
students, and the memberk of the
present senior class were seleCtefi iroin
the upper and - Middle - thirds of the
senior classes of . preparatory school/3
This system has produced n marked
result, for the ',orogen of the members
of the class of 1941 for the last semi
ester are much higher, according to
unofficial report, than the averages of
any previous class
In the upper fourth of the Ones of,
sit hundred, all but seven of one bun
dred and fifty have averages of eigh
ty or more. r
In a recent publication of the names
of the lending girls, the order was
somewhat reversed The standing of
the first four girls of the classis as
lotions first. Elizabeth W. Mears.
second,llelen E. Cleaver; 4 third, C. E
Ruth: fOiiifth,'.'l3lnry'Renif
'ritoil , t Y. I.ii,i4TiVliW.iirriicts
- AT NEW JERSEY STATE FAIR
Protestor '1 , .. L ' BentlOy is Judging
Aberdeen-Angus and Shorthorn cattle
at the New Jersey State Fair at Tren
ton Professor W H Tomhave left on
Wednesday for the show On Thurs
day Mr. Tomhave attended the Stewards
Conference of tho various State Insti
tutions at Harrleintrg. . .
Do you b'eli'eve - in - LIFE
investment?
The "Y" work deals with life
PENN- STATEiStIHENTS
HEIRTINIati MISHAP
Rothrock Brothers% Motorcycle
Collide with Auto at
Centre Hall
When the motorcycle on whirl, they
torte tiding one sideswiped by en auto
mobile at Centre Hull last Sunday eve
ning, Addison ➢t and Henry A Roth
liult both Penn Stnte students of the
Class of 1925 sustained severe bodily
I injuries They were rustled to the
Seilefontc Hamital whet., examination
allowed that their condition man not
dangerous
Several reports of the accident have
been current One is that the .. twins",
as' they' are commonly known about
the campus; endeavored to
tornado traveling In (he same direr.'
lion and lost control of their vehicle
with the result that it was overturned
„Immedtata , notlee of the accident vas
telaielned to the college . authorities
std to the events of the injured lads
Doctor and Mrs Rothrock of West
tshester motored In all haste on Eton
day to the hospital at Bellefonte An
edictal incv - atge from the hospital on
Wednesday repotted that the general
condition of both 'young' men wan en
cnitrigiag .Marry Rotlirock Is reported
to have received a scalp laceration live
Inehes - 'in length', and lacerations on
the ' left,leg. Addison' fared better than
his binther and hill probably be the
first It entirely recoiet from the oc
cident.
PENN, STATE IS lIL • PRESENTED
AT AGRICULTURAL CONTENTION
Penn State was represented at the
fifteenth annual convention of the Veg
etable Growers. Association of America,
which was held at Buffalo, New York,
by Dean R L Watts, Professor W, B
Nissicy, W B Mack and W. T. Tom
boy, who have charge of the vegetable
work at the Pennsylvania State Col
lege
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Friday, September 28, 1923
On Monday evening, Professor , W. B.
Nl,ley In the aboenee - of Professor C
MI; read the latter's - paper *n
"Research Vegetable 'Production"
Tuesday evening Prufessin 4 R. A Dutch
er gave an Illustrated lecture on "The
Importance of Vegetables as a Feed',
A short balk was given Wednesday by
C. Wattn, a Penn State graduate and
the son - of Dean R. L Watts-
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In "Pitfalls of n Great City"
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which was recently shown here
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