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Penn State Collegian
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vania State College, In the interest of Students, Faculty, Alumni, and Friends
of the College.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1923
TIME FOR ACTION
There is need for some influence or movement in student gov
ernment for recognizing and taking steps to secure a more gen
eral leadership in student affairs and activities about the campus.
At the present time, practically the whole burden of campus govern
ment and management of undergraduate affairs - is being carried by
a few student officials who work unceasingly and tirelessly that
student activity may secure its minimum of success. It is an un
healthy condition
Every movement for the welfare of college affairs pertaining
to the undergraduate can be traced usually to the activity of a few
overworked men and women. Every new undertaking, no matter
how trivial, must be identified, supposedly, with the efforts of
a student leader in order to insure its success It is not
long before an individual who has made a success in some
major form of undergraduate activity finds hiMself so over
burdened with the many trivial attending duties and so-called hon
ors that life becomes for him a sort of nightmare.
An individual to be pitied and, at the same time, respected,
is the senior who finds his last year in college so taken up with
meetings and movements for the betterment of undergraduate
affairs that he finds little if any time for the proper pursuance
of scholastic work, his primaryi object in coming to college.
As a result, he of Mime suffers failure in one or more subjects
through no direct fault of his own. Nor does the individual thus
mentioned have any time for the personal enjoyment of the
finer things of life, so essential to mankind This is not as it
should be.
True, this situation is but a reflection of similar 'Con
ditions in the outside world. But it is, withal, unfortunate
in connection with college life. For concentration of un
degraduate activity on a few students is detrimental to the col
lege, unfair to the individuals concerned, and unfair to their class
mates.
The junior and senior classes offer a large body of potential
leaders who should be actively trained and enlisted in behalf of col
lege government and movements for the betterment of the institu
tion and its students. Thus, and only thus, can the benefits derived
from efforts expended in connection with student affairs be mhde
more widespread. And the likelihood of a few undergraduate of
ficials suffering scholastic reverses can be reduced, thereby, to a
minimum.
The solution of the problem as it presents itself seems to he in
the introduction at Penn State of a workable Point System. It is
time for intelligent and directed effort toward this end.
ANNOYING PRACTICES
There are several annoying practices indulged in by students
at Penn State which have no doubt existed in varying proportion
since the earliest days of group education To hope to eliminate
them is absurd To hope to reduce them to a reasonable minimum
with the aid of student sentiment is within the realm of prob
ability.
One of these practices to which reference is made is consist
ent and inconsiderate talking in class. It is often necessary
to address a neighbor in connection with class room recitation or
lecture hall discourse, but there is a limit to the effectiveness of
repeated whisperings Side laughter and chattering of a nature en
tirely foreign to the discussion is disrespectful to the instructor and
distracts the attention of other more serious-minded students from
the matter at hand.
Perhaps the lecture is dull and uninteresting, but that in
itself, should not occasion betrayal of the fact to the extent of
impoliteness Nor is it within the capabilities of one individual to
classify a lecture as dull and relegate the instructor to a place of
ill-repute among the students by repeated acknowledgments of his
belief. Perchance the individual concerned is not interested in that
particular subject. Such being the case, he can best prove himself
a true and courteous gentleman by keeping the musings and rumin
ations in his mind for his own contemplation and not indulging in
the childish practice of thinking out! loud.
Another disconcerting practice is that of copying from a
neighbor's note book. To take notes and include therein the
full meaning of an involved letcure is, in itself, an ac
complishment resulting from prtictice. Witness the annoyance,
therefore, to be individual whose notes are copied verbat
im or in part with simian aptness by the laggard or dullard
neighbor.
Practices of the nature mentioned, while trivial in them
selves, are annoying and distra t eting to both students and
instructors. Undergraduate sentiment should prevail against
them.
DR. STECKER
It is with a feeling of remorse and deepest sympathy for friends
in bereavement that the COLLEGIAN wisheS to add its sentiment to
the countless expressions eulogizing 'the late Dr. H. Freeman Steck
er and bemoanicx •he extreme loss to the college, to the state, and
to the nation ha .. -atimely death.
... Editor-in-Chief
Atatotging Editor
Managing Editor
H. S Morris, '25 N L. Pratt. '25
.... Mire E. R. Lowry, '24
—.Miss H. Partoy, '25
Business Manage
Advortlaing Manage
—Circulation Manage
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Origin of Nittany
Lion is Revealed
The origin of the far-famed Nittany
Lion which is unknoun to mreft of the
Penn State students of today, sins re
tolled by II D Mason 'O7, president
of Die Penn State Varsity Club. In a
letter to the COLLEGIAN. With . the
fame that has Lome to the Satan)
Lion In recent years this letter takes
on an added significance and an added
Interest to the students of the college
According to Mr Mason's letter, ten
students, Including the writer, were In
ott umental in circulating a small semi
monthly booklet. called "The Lemon",
among the students and townspeople
In 1907 The proceeds obtained from
the sale of this booklet were used to
Purchase a new flag for the cadet regi
ment
In one of the first hisues of "Th•
Lemon." the folloning editorial no
mated
"Do We Suit Steele"
"Coe* College the 0 cold over of any
comequence, hos a college emblem of
oome.klnd, all but Penn State Our
Institution, or bellme, Is of some eon
seellellee, and from present Indications
0111, In ten team take place with the
leading educatlenal Institutions of the
country
"We are willing to bank about one
hundred to one on that But whet about
a college emblem? Why not got for
Penn State, our college, the best In all
the menagerie of college pets? Our Col
lege la the best of all then Ithy not
select for ours the Llon, the King of
Scoots',
.1/Wulfled. courageous magnificent.
the Lion allegorically represents all
that out college spirit should he Penn
State is big and strong enough to de
cide on some permanent guardian of
her traditions Step into Princeton's
splendid gymnasium and see there the
mounted figure of the stately, inspiring
Tiger echo stands guard oaer the stair
atty• Why cannot 'old State' have the
king!), all conquering Lion, as the
eternal sentinel guarding the entrance
to our Auditorium?.
This suggestion that tho Lion b.
adopted es the college emblem vet -
nell recehed and within a short Urn ,
nag officially selected. Today, ea n •
I.lsualized more [lnn ten years ago
the Nittan} Lion, undaunted and In
splrlng, represents all that Penn State:
gplilt and traditions gland for and h •
become a nationally known figure o
the athletic field
Letter Box
To the Milton,
Penn State Collegian
I with to make a few comments o
the editorial on . Scholarship" in th , -
',Ale of the Collegian for Friday. Oc
[ober twenty-meth
If I correctly interpret the editorial,
the writer feels that the John W White
Ind Louise Carnegie Scholarships
should be awarded to those students
whose scholarships places them in the
upper quarter of their respective class
and phove financial need is the
greatest On the other hand there are
some alto believe that these anards
Mould go to those students who stand
highest in scholarship mithout regard
to an, other considerations
The Committee on Academic Stand
ards with whom the final selection
rests, subject to the approval of the
President of the College. Is charged
with a trust and must make the awards
not in accordance with either of the
views referred to above but according
to the terms prescribed by the donors
I which are outlined In the college cata
log Briefly, the conditions are that
the candidates must be In the upper
quarter of the class and must be elect
ed by tho claw Then from those se
lected by the class the Committee is
required to make its selection taking
Into account not only scholarship and
financial need, but also character and
attitude toward the college
If scholarship rind need were the on
ly consideration there would be no rea
son for an election by the class This
was prescribed by the donors, however,
to insure that the awards should not
bo made to mere grinds who sacrificed
the development of certnln pernonal
qualities In the effort to attain high
scholastic standing but that they should
he made to students who had qualities
tending to make all round men and
leaders. The same idea Is found In
the conditions under which the Rhodes
Scholarships are given to students in
American colleges for study at Oxford,
the awaids being based on scholarship
and certain personal qualities without
reference in that case, however, to
financial condition
The Committee makes every possible
THE ,PENN STATE,COLLEGaAN
chat t. 00001 Min the facto tegaidlita
each candidate and to this end seeks
Information train those members of the
facultt alto nra Presumable best ac
quainted with the yttrium: candidates
and then bases Its selection on the In
foim ttion available taking into consid
er Won the tour pointy pieserlbed by
the donors
In conclusion. let me soy tint I am
m heart) agreement •tlth ahat I ho
tree to be the obfoct of the editorial,
namely, tho stimulation of a greater
Interest In neholarnhip,
.DLTON D mrALKEn,
Chaim., Committee on Academic
Standards
Thoughts of Others
SPORTS, AND ENTHUSIASM—
AND EDUCATION
Tni: DAILY. ILLESI
Ca err sleek or so seine yell known
stlucator gets up and announces that
the 3oting man and 5% on, In of the pres
ent is wasting time 111 school, bad bet
er be out of college We think of noth
ing but football, they Os). we back our
team and forget our history lessons,
ue study the intricscies of the to--
usrd ',ass and fail to note the differ
ence bent een the sine and the cosine,
ue come here to get an education and
remain to conduct Stadium drives
We are not timid about placing our-
Selves In opposition to these who op
pose opens so strenuously True, no
are young. and they are old, but we see
students ham, companionable, and
getting Just as good grad. Is tthen
Chicago used to defolt us 48 to 0 We
see some GO,OOO people corning to see
that game in the Stadium nest Satu
rday, and those people aren't opposed
to football Surely an many Poop/e can
not he all m rang about this menace of
sports
Sports are one of the finest forms of
acthity for the human race, and the
Joyous enthusiasm and desite to win
that they create are far from being the
least of the benefits they bring to us
all True, the sports Of a school can
be carried too far, but the) line not
been at Illinois When George Ruff
begins to eliminate intta-mural ath
letics and think of nothing, but build
ing championship teams that will al
ways win, when the Board of Ti ustees
and the Senate begins to make It easy
for the athletic star to remain eligible
from a scholastic standpoint; then MC
Will be opposed to athletics at Illi
nois
But this spontenity shigh has made
itself so manifest this tall is'sholesome
and testis to a more companionable feel
ing betseen the various sections of our
students Ws need more of these things
which sill bring the engineer, Otto as
ricultyge, the liberal arts students to
gether Athletic% does It a bit; not
neatly as much as it should be done,
but more than anything else we have
TWO EXHIBITS SCHEDULED
TO APPEAR TIES FALL
The following exhibits are scheduled
to appear In tho Mee Arts Gallery of
Old Main during the rest of this Year
An exhibition of Rockwood Pottery
and Moraxian Tile still be held daring
the last two neehe of November The
second exhibit will be n colleotion of
Sensen} Color Prints which old be on
display during the two weeks preceding
the Christmas vacation
PENN STATE BARBER SHOP
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Solicit Your Patronage
• Ladies' Beauty Parlor Annex
G. L. SMITH
"For that 8:45
sprint against time
Gridiron Gossip
ne undecatctl eleven, mill etnek up
against each other tomorrow afternoon
in Archbold Stadium when Penn State
and Syracuse clash
Dezdek fed hls grldders oranges at
the Track Mouse 3esterdny morning In
order to acquaint them silk a relish
they sill learn more of Morrow
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What's the use of having ends when
Sou hot, n hooter .ho can place his
klelto like Chnillo Light?
Too other undefeated teams V, in meet
tomorrow o hen Dartmouth and Cornell
take the held
Ballinger, the lad Pho scored Navy
points against the Nittany Lion, Hayed
the Mithres from a humilating defeat
at the handy of Princeton last Saturday
niter] he dropkicked for three points
In the 1 Int minute, giving PoltvellN
eleven a tie with the Tiger
Gridiron gossip has made its official
all-American selection - At end eve have
Arteit and Frank, at tackle, Prevost
and McCann, at guard, Captain 130-
dank and Michalski, and Das Gray at
center
Mike Palm drawn the quarterback
assignment with Ray Johnston and
Harry Wilson at halfback and Charlle
Light at fullback Elaberg and Nor
daccl get honorable mention.
Johnny Patton's selection of .plays In
last Saturday's game uns all that could
be expected of any quarterback.
Red Osborne, a Nlttnny grid star of
former days Is to ming up things In
old-time style for the Canton Bulldogs,
professional gild champions of the
n ol ld
Newspaper report states that Car
negie Tech students, beautiful co-eds
and all, paraded over seven miles of the
Pittsburg duo ntown section celebrating
their victory over Pitt
Which leads us to wonder who
uouldn't parade seven mites uith a
beautiful co-ed
A duo of former Penn State football
stars, now In the coaching ranks, will
pit their teams against each other to
morrow V. hen Joe Lightner's Dickinson
eleven meets Bill Wood's Gettysburg
griddcrs
Lightner was appointed conch at the
Carlisle institution only a short time
ago gad the plunging fullback of two
years ngo has made good with a venge
ance
Wither Coma sat on the West Vir
ginia bench at last Saturdas's gam.
FELLOWS
. - Come in and let us
show you some
thing in TUXEDOS
at REASONABLE
PRICES.
GERNERD, The Tailor
He was coutloned to watch Nardacet
but esuldn't bLeouse he had Ills hands
.ull ualLhlng Bedenk, Wilson. Johnsto 1
and the rest of the Isattany team -
"Pop" Warner end "Lou' . Young wilt
lime they Pitt and Perin elevens primed
'or tentortOWS annual clash A victory
fot either team means a reenters of
prestige lost In early season defeats,
Professors. Take notice , West Vir
ginia students celebrated their tie ulth
Penn State by Ulnas meetings on Mon
day and combining away from classes
Syracuse has been scored upon but
once thin season William and Mary
managed to squeeze three points across
:utter "Chicle' Meehan had Injected sub
stitutesvinto the tray
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Penn State next Saturday, although
decisively beaten by Notre Dame, man
the first aggregation to wore a touch
down-against Nnuto Rocknes Irishmen
this season
Today's ever popular question Is
"Hey, mister, how many miles to Syr
acuse?"
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servauvly correct, yet with
life &youth an every line.
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colors are rich and popular—that the style
is the last word - in up•to•date men's
fashions.
The name CHENEY on the neckband
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You'll Find Style and rValue
Here As Always
It is the cut of your clothes that counts—that makes
them ordinary' or otherwise. The SOCIETY BRAND
SUITS and OVERCOATS are faultless:
In every model their cut is perfedtion.
Once you try them you will be convinced.
I , Sheep Lined Coats 1 ' Schoeble Hats [
IKnickers and Golf Hose MacGregor Caps '. I
THE QUALITY SHOP
OPPOSITE FRONT CAMPUS
M. FROMM _
Friday, Nimember '2, '1923
UNIVERSITY WOMEN WILL , '
MEET SATURDAY EVENING
The American Assn - elation of Univer
ility„:Women will meet on Saturday eve
ning. October third, at eight o'clock, at
the /tome of Mrs. It. L Sackett on the
campus She Aurelia H. Reinhardt,
nations president of the association.
ulli be the guest of honor and the
ve.ticer of the evening
- Mrs Reinhardt is the president of
Mills College. situated at Oakland, Cal
ifornia._ She Is an educator of national
reputation
Thle special meeting will be substlttd
eil (Or the regular Igoveniber meeting
of the ...mei glen
PA TtrEOiN6ITi.I.DVERTZ-i3EfR.9
TailitiagMake Ga.
n4let. 'h am ea*
EZESEI
CORIINNE GILIFI:ITII
CONWAY TEARLE
ELLIOT - DEXTER
in Robert' W. Chamber's
"The Common Law"
,111111 Dorris 'Mu; Ifobort Boss
Miss Dupont, Bryant
11 asObnrn, Ph3Ns Miser, Ear•
r ) Myers, Wally Damn.
Goilimsky
IMPERIAL COMEDY
SCCIICY of State-Navy Game
and rho Attending. Crowd.
DOROTHY HAREM,
In 4 Tho Fair Chant"
NEWS WEEKLY
PASTIME
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PRIDAY and, SAT,URDAY—
MAY XcAYOY
In "Her Reputation"
NEWS WEI:KIX
MONDAY and TUESDAY—
First Palma Showing or
WALLACE BEERY
In “Rlehard the Lion*Warted.
CLYDE COORE
in "WeV and Weary"
RCM SALE—Reo the fifth Roadster. A
good car to ram around In. Inquire
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