Page Two Penn State Collegian Published seml-neekly during the College year by students of the Pennsyl anle State College, In the interest of Students, Faculty, Alumni, and Friends of the College _ _ DDITORIAL STAFF E B Helm, '24 R. 13 Colvin, '24 C. B Tilton, '24 ASSOCIATE EDITORS Is P °some, '25 3 H. Lum, '25 Womon'a Editor ... .... ..... Assistant Women's Editor _ I=l R. McCulloch, W TV Stahl '24 L. M Aronson, '24 ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS J. M. Dialer, T 1 J H McCulloch, '26 REPORTERS R C. Body. •25 WR. Anthony,'26 W 7 Durbin. 26 G C Richert, '26 R. T Kriebel, '26 .7 R. Dunlap, '26 B Butler, '26 H J Tindall, '26 S. Rosenfeld, '26 ft. A. Shaner, '26 H. L. Kellner, '26 HB' Cohen, '26 A. H. Smith, '26 The Penn State Collegian Invites communications on any subject of college Interest Lettere must bear the signatures of the writers All copy for Tues day's issue must ho In the office by noon on Monday, and for Friday's Issue, by noon Thursday. Subscription price $2 SO, if paid be fore January Ist, 1924. After.Tanuary lot, 1924, $2 75 Entered at the Postorlice, State College, Pa as second claw matter Office. Nittany Printing and Pubhehlng Co Building ilomber of Eastern luteroolloglato S.oitopapor Ao.oolatlon News Editor this issue F. P. GEORGE 1 UESDAY, OCrOBER 9, 1923 ALUMNI ROIVIErCOMING With the annual celebration and yearly renewal of acquaintance ships incident to Alumni Home-Coming less than two weeks distant, students, college officials and blends of the institution are busy planning to make this, the fourth occurrence of its nature in the history of Penn State, an unqUalified success. But to do this re quires the undivided interest a d support of the undergraduates. For there is no doubt that the access of the week-end depends di rectly upon the attitude of the tudent - body. For three successive years, a week-end has been designated when Penn State puts aside eve ything else to assume the responsi bility of host to the alumni wh return to their Alma Mater. Each year this social event has grow in popularity, each year more and more guests hate been entertain d; each year favorable criticism of this annual reunion has been fo thcoming in ever-increasing volume. It speaks well for the home-coming idea and insures the continued success of the event. Probably the greatest desire on the part of alumni returning to their Alma Mater is to see classmates and friends of their respective undergraduate days, with opportunity to sit down and really become acquainted again. For it is in these individuals that they are most interested. An examination of the college as it is today, a visit to familiar scenes, an opportunity to meet and converse with the un dergraduates when they can give them their undivided attention,— these things furnish the of timers with thrills aplenty. In keeping with this idea, the program for Alumni Home-Coming week-end will be as plain and simple as possible; the occasion will be made stag with no social activities of any other nature. It is well. The day belongs to Penn State's 'plums% not her undergraduates. To much emphasis can not be placed upon th'e Importance of keeping the event stag. Ample opportunity will be given for future visits of wives and families of old grads This idea does not apply to women graduates of the institution. It is the earnest desire of the students and college officials 'to have as many alumnae back as pos sible. And it is the right and privilege of the women students to en tertain their guests. Penn State means to have a banner Alumni Home-Coming this year. It is up to the undergraduates to make this possible. AN IMPROVEMENT It was with an added feeling of confidence in the abilities of Penn State's song leaders and those directly and actively interested in the improvement of mass singing as regards college songs that the majority of the undergraduates listened to and joined in the rendering of "Victory" between ,the halves of last Saturday's grid iron encounter. It was a new and improved rendition and met with popular favor The idea, put to practical test on last Saturday, of embodying more snap and zest in the singing of college airs, can be trailed di rectly to one R \V Grant, director of the college music. The co operative efforts of the song leaders made possible the open mani festation of this interest for the betterment of Penn State's sing ing. It was noted that the band, contrary to previous similar occas ions, took its stand in the center of the field, midway between the student sections. This was a decided improvement and enabled the students in both sections to keep better time as the echo, in evidence on former occasions, was reduced to a minimum Another improvement is the idea of having the Nittany cheer leaders act in the capacity of song leaders as well. These relations with the undergraduates in leading yells are such that they command the respect of the students to a fuller extent than would be possible in the case of any individual song leader. It is planned to introduce more precision and snap into others of Penn State's songs in addition to "Victory". Saturday's demon stration was but a beginning. It is a step in the right direction and IS worthy of commendation. A LAST REMINDER Tomorrow night marks the observance of the first freshman class meeting for this year. Again it might be well to call the attention of Penn State's students, particularly her underclassmen, to the fact that there will be no scrap of any nature after the meeting. Student Council, ever working for the best interests of the un dergraduate, has ordained that there be no fighting. And no fight ing will there be. To insure this, the cooperation of all undergrad uates, both upper and lower classmen, is earnestly desired and so ? limed. But should this cooperation not be forthcoming in full? It must be understood by all that sternermethods of enforcement will be im posed. Violators of the resolution for the abolishment of the scrap are promised well-deserved punishment. And the punishment, in it self, will not be light. Let this be fair warning to anyone anticipating the breaking of college law and order tomorrow night. But it is hoped and sincerely believed that no such thoughts are ranking in the minds of Penn State men. Editor-In-Chi& Managing EditOr al.naging Editor H. S Morris, '25 W. L. Pratt, .25 _ _ Tike E. R. Lowry, ' 24 Miss M. Farley, '2G -Business Manager Advertising Manager - Circulation Manager Gridiron Gosiip Those North Carolina Tar. Heels incited to ho morthy opponents and New Beitt.er field enthusiasts were n groan) surprised bunch at the showing or the "Aggies" ITomever, they mere treated kindlier by the lions than mere their southern brothers by Yale. Old Ell walloping the Unitersity of North Carolina, 63-0 We nonder what diarry Wilson said when they called the ball back after Ile had made that sensational dash for a touchdown Onyx looked daggers at the time keeper The official bleu his Whistle be fore the big tackle had a chance to get his weekly ninety-yard kick, The Old Po-c, none other-than 'Top" Warner, triumphed over his veramtlio pupil, "Jock" Sutherland, Saturday when Pitt vanquished Lo. Pr. ett; The game ells a typical "Pop"-"Jock" strug gle A lowly substitute, Injected Into the Penn-Mar3land fray In the lost quart spelt defeat for the lied and Blue n hen he dropkleked for three points In the final stages of the game Cornell rolled up the highest score of the day on Saturday when Gil Gob le's 'earriors broke through the Sus quehanna defense for eighty-foul points The North Carolina line couldn't see antthing but - Dutch" Bedenk. ' The Nittany leader was In every play and nothing could atop him "When We Nearly Sank the Novi" has been accepted as Dickinson's of- Hotel anthem atter last week's game The Carlisle gridders held the Goat to a 13-7 score .Tev.” Hamer, captain of the Penn footimil team, didn't start Saturday's game Lou Young must have very good substitutes Which reminds 1.19 that an excellent method of quick-death would be to go to Philadelphia and suggest that they Bing "Maryland, My Maryland WO understand that Washington and Jefferson In contemplating the purchase of a crutch factory Three Red and Black reguleree are limping and have not been able to take part in practice Those Georgia TeCh Yellow-Jackets carry a wicked sting this year accord ing to advance reports No less than nine letter men are back in school and the firmer Helsman coached grldders are rorin• to go We're glad they're going to be at Penn State on Pennsylvania Day for the sake of the FL P Gra who don't un- Arstandi -football. They can at least admire their uniforms' This O'Connell lad who is leading the quarterback aspirants for "Dutch" Her manns yearling team, certainly has been flashing a fine brand of football With a couple of seasons' es - Orions° and a liberal education In the Des&h ien school of football, ho should be ripe for big things Ono of the moot educated toes on the Nlttany squad Is possessed by Larry Faulkner, right end of the second team His punts often travel over sixty tattle and ft is not at all unlikely that the blonde 3outh ,111 be given a chance to display his ability this season. Reports state that the Navy football players will give up their Christmas vacation in order to meet the Univer sity of California at Pasadena In the Tournament of Roses on Nen Year's Day Which makes us wonder , who mouldnit prefer a trip to the Hollywood section niter Booing the moving picture of the same name Thoughts of Others ARE WE OVER-ORGANIZED? (The Dully Princetonlan) It la not ancommon criticism of Campus life that un It Is over-organized, over-specialized.—hence, confused. It Is contended ,that In the complexity of our undergraduate existence we lose sight of true values In a maze of de tails mole-hills look like mountains and a poPgun seems to be the crack of doom A casual glance at the feverish rush of •the Campus In these days when all organizations pro getting under way would almost prove this contention. The opposing contention Is that the present situation Is praiseworthy,—a situation in which the variegated In terests and needs of our communal life aro satisfied. The result theoretically obtained by this state of affairs Is de sirable, but only to an extent which is limited by the number of organiza tions, clubs, et cetera which the Campus can support with success The questions of support and sense of proportion ore the threads which lead to a solution of the argument:, The first is practical, the second, philoooph lc. ,Two factors determine the life of an organization. Its activity and the num ber of mon Interested in that gold, the emit depending, upon the second. As long as a body has vitality and a sub stantial membership list, the question of support is answered., Our danger is not that we have too many organiza tions, but that wo do not realize the proper thou for a graceful demise, No Commie Institution In so venerable that, It can justify Its existence solely by' the fact of Its establishment, THE„E4N . NATAT i 4,9PLLEGIAN In seeking the newer to the ques tion of support wo have hit upon the volution of ,the. other question, that of worse of proportion. If, In glancing casually about the Campus, us see dead' organizations still living, then we have lost our commune] sense of proportion We believe a Casual glance will disci.° fen such bodies; a closer scrutiny lends us to - behove that while there moo Ne no dead wood, there ere a num ber of splinters Which would have greater corporate strength If merged In a single, solid log A WORD= FROM EXPERIENCE / (The.. 7 / a rtmoulle) Last evening.the fr.hmln class sat thrilled by the drama of college ro cameo and - college acthities This morning It Is fitting that they have a peep behind the scenes If ono would he a successful and satisfied actor In the drama of college life, one must know of back-stage aorries as well as up-stage glories, and it seems to fail to our 'lot to Juggle the tourist-guide megaphone We do bot suieepingly denounce ,ampus activities They do not deserve denunciation' To be a captain of an athletic team to manage a brisk aril thriving ..pus enterprise. to direct the destinletiof any one of a dozen or gantmtions-I..perhaps cone to be an ed itor—such-ambitions are the stuff that dreams arelnade of And they nro northy dreams. Romance will have Its inning in college life, or college Is col lege no longer But there Is such 'a thing as too much "college life:" and, there Is the misery' of finding one's self 'n senior yew-loaded down with anises end watch charms and duties an that ,life amounts to nothing but a round of business rather than a year of growth Ind satisfaction and keen enjoyment If one's 'Ambitions are colored with a desire to leuil In the life of the college, fine! Batter one's energies go In one direction . and in one direction only When campus activities Interfere with ho more essential things of one's col lege years, then they are evils. and they need not be evils if one takes his campus activities in small If concen trated doses. YOUR SOPHOMORES PASS , RE-EXAMS IN R. 0. T. C The following sophomores passed off their conditions In the re-examination in Unitary - Drlll 2 given on October first - H Alsdorf, F L Foerster, D Jenkins, and .7 Stokes The sophomores nho failed will drop R. 0 T C this semester and mill be required to Sake R. 0 T. C. 2 next semester It has come to the notice of the com mandant of cadets that a certain num ber 'of sophomores mho failed to pass It. 0. T. C 2 last year have scheduled military drill this semester, but in so curdance with the college ruling it is', Impossible to got credit for It. 0 T 2 or 4 during the first semester. Any sophomores who come under this rul ing e onloopp Drill 2 immediately. ,Fresher. who hays not already `ob tained their nillitary unLforms may get them from W. 0 Thompson In the base ment of McAllister_Hall drom nine to tnelvo In the morning and from tewo to floe in the afternoon No more uniforms will be issued to sophomores until ti n> freshmen aro completely equipped VISIT - THE St4e College Hotel -, Teuldoom 8:00 A. M. Till Midnight Open After All Dances BUY YOUR COAL WHOLESALE (Sold In Car Lots Only) ; Pittsburgh Run of Mine ,70-Pereent Lump At, Mine - - - -.- $2.10 „Freight (approximate) - 2.46 . Drayage (approximate) - .75 Total Delivered - . $5.31 MILLER IL. SMITH i '206 'IV: Beaver •Thphe 189;M Facts ,and-:Figures INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING The department of Industrial Engi neering has supPlled the COLLEGIAN with a fenv outstanding items in the work of the department at Penn State In an institution of such-large-scope and broad program, It often happens that even those most familiar with the college fall to inform themselves concerning figures not directly connect ed with their own ,work Hence the value of the following mmamary, - The Industrial Engineering Depart ment is the oldest of its kind In any college In the United States It was started fifteen poem ego by Hugo Delmer who gained an international reputation for himself in this kind of pork. it has graduated two hundred and twenty-four men and one woman be ',des having the only freshman girl at the present time who Is regular') scheduled In an engineering course The department is operating three smashups, a forge shop. a - machine shop and a foundry. During the pres ent term seventy-live students are tak ing stork each week In the shops The foundry makes approcimatolY thirty thousand pounds of casting each year Some of these go to the machine chop to form exercises In machine ork The iron manholes and rings for the now sewer system that is being Install ed in State College are being furnished by the Industrial Engineers. The campus lamp posts , ahleh carry the Inserted ,lights were made in the foundry. Approximately one ton of Iron Is turned Into chips each year Iby tho ma chine shop In turning out Its product Students in the machine shop when taking advanced work snake gages of such high degree of accuracy that-the dcpsrtment ham purchased a measuring device that , vetil give measurements of a millionth of an inch The machine shop is engaged In per fecting a testing machine •tool of a new kind that is expected, If successful, to hate a big Influence on machine tool design and operation A furniture factory that makes ono thousand dollars worth of furniture each month is operated by the depart ment. This utilizes about twenty-fl4e thousand feet of lumber each year The factory is now engaged In malt ing up a complete lino of cedar chests In addition to tables, chiffoniers, dress ers, bookcases, desks and other stand- PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS -Crawford• and' Florsheim Shog,7 tord The longer you know the ,CRAWYORD and FLORSHEIM Shoes the more you will appreciate their refined qualities. The shoe for the man who cares. , Quality- Shop M. FROMM Opposite the Front Campus ard articles of -furniture. During the summer, fifty chiffoniers and twenty fire dressers were turned out. , In connection with the factory and the wood shops. , the department oper ates the only dry kiln for the curing of lumber In thlswleinlty This Insures that all the lumber used In the shops Is absolutely dry PENN STATE' PROFESSORS DISCOVER NEW POTATO Returning from Luzern° County IN litre they harvested a new variety of potato, Professors C. B. Orton and J P Kelly of the Botany department have reported that a nee, typo of the tuber hes been found which acme to be im mune from the wart disease attacking the potatoes of this state This disease is prevalent among the rural. type of potatoes, which typo is grown mostly In the state of 'Penney). cants. Eighty-five per cent of Abe dis ease is confined to this state, and so the problem had to ho oohed by Penn sylvania agriculturalists For the past liner years the Botany department. of Penn State has co-operated with the United States Department of Agricul ture in testing a large number of com mercial varieties to obtain a strain which will be immune to the wart dis ease and which can be grown under the soil and climatic conditions of Penn nlvanin This year they have Produc ed a variety which Is immune to the disease but which will have to be test ed .other year before it can be de clared entirely successful PROF. DEDRICK ATTENDS HARRISBURG CONFERENCE At the request of the Pennsylvania State Department of Pnblic Welfare Professor B W Dedrlck of the Milling Engineering Division, department of Mechanical Engineering, attended a conference held in the Capitol art Yin, risburg lost week The conference pro gnun- Included a paper ley Professor Dedrick on "State College and the Ser %ice It can Render to State Institu tions" He discussed the specifications of purchasing for hospitals, asylums, and Other public Institutions. Through the Milling Engineering Division the col lege is rendering special service In the manufacture of flour to many Inter ests In the state Students 'we halo 18 cars at your nervlce, Mormons, Fords, closed cars. Runt ono and drlle It yourself. Math, reservations for special days; for the game days. - Drlve•lt-Yourself Auto Company Phooo 376 234 E. College Stedo College Lewisburg and •'' lA/AL:TERI' Art ® H :GFULDE. GRQC-E , R-I ES, szt, Specialty 107 S. Allen St. Phone 23-J /‘• / "f i 1 9el/t e ie bo \ r i - - r g 1 9 Written with a Parker by Olean W.lSlMennanrd on !ows Lunn@ tenrn Old and non: conten , 11 PARKER ANNOUNCES 7,.,, ' : .., , „A a new One ---L -----1 ufoieStuldlentt: 10 -. 1 Parker D-Q—the Note-taker Pen, $3; - -,.... , ' 1 - tl ~..Strongmetal girdle reinforces cap 1: i 1 = --I I . ; rm ocrell d links to not r e e pook . rto extra ch P ar lf ge y f o or u efther er NIUE asked about 1000 e students at sev- Y V enteen universities and colleges the .v kind of pen they wanted. ~ The majority preferred the Parker, but 7:, ~jr„: not all could afford to pay the Parker Duo fold price. So we set to workl End produced this . black beauty—the Porker D. Q.—formed on Duofold's classic lines and made by the - ~ same crafts-guild. ,We gave it a 14k gold point tipped with polished,lndium, and a good healthy ink ~ - capacity; then we added two things we ~ could,find on no othen pen of this size be low five dollars—a metal girdle to reinforce the. cap;. and an extra large ring link to , . • p --fasten to the students note-book. , These features are mcluded free, or a pocket-clip • instead of nng-end. • The Parkor D. (2.10 art ink-tight pon. Attic to 800 -it—note its abopolinoss and balance. Try mbar pone too, and aim bow super-smooth the Parkor is in comparison. THE PARKER PEN CONIPANYJANESVILLE, WIS. , Muulf.turore Also of Parkor"Lacky Loak"Peneils icih e p e - , vie (I 0 RamtedCap—Laneßingoraip—DuofordStartdards For Sala by L. W. itIETZGER THE ATHLETIC STORE TILE ;VARSITY STORE Tuesday, October 9, 1923 Boys, how about going llUmn 070; week-onds. Spacial rate for long &let once trips.. Rent a car for the wook•on nod drlie It yourself. Drlvo•lt•Youraelf Auto Company 'Phone 870 234 E. College Leii Mum and • , State College PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS %tire GO • 414' . . . 1 3- 6%4CPLIP f QUAY' 51.•0:44".111 PASTIALE— TODAY— MIIion Sills, Annn Q. Nilsson, Barbaro Bedford, Noah limit Mitchell Lends, Ford Ster• -ling. ond'llohort Edeson. in Ilex Bench's "The Spoilers^ NEWS WEEKLY . WEDNESDAY— . DOUGLAS HaeLEAN M ' , Going Up^ • The Spat Family Comedy ' , Healy Seas.* THURSDAY. and FRIDAY— Wm. Do 311110 presents AGNES AIDES d JACK MOLT In 'The Marriage Maker^ , Meek Sennett Comedy 'Sky Larking" FRIDAY and 6ATU/IDAY— First Pennsylvania Showing of ) pir Anthony /lope's "RUPERT OF HENTZAII" A sequel to "Prisoner of Zenda' Elaine Ilammerstein, Bert Lyle% Low Cody, Claire Mindsor, Mo. bort Bosworth, ,Bryant 'Wash. burn, Marjorie Dan, .Mitchell Lewis, Adolphe 31enjon, ,Elmo Lincoln, 'min Commine, Jo• soh'. Crowell, Nigel Do Brui lier, Gertrude Astor. Aunt 'Mary will be-introduced to you Thursdaynight =ED
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