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Penn State Collegian
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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
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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-
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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. -
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So we set to workl End produced this .
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on Duofold's classic lines and made by the -
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,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
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features are mcluded free, or a pocket-clip •
instead of nng-end.
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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
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