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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1923
THE PATH (OF PROGRESS
Perfection is far beyond the vision of the most active mind
With no tangible conception of what perfection really is, , the Tirol
gressive individual instinctively moves in directions which he believes
are for the general improvement. And so it should be. For-progress,
the outstanding characteristic of the modern world, follows paths
that lead toward that invisible Utopia—perfection.
The college man who cares to think about such matters, some
times wonders where it is all going to end. He sees each fraternity
and club on the campus striving to build a more palatial home; he
sees each college function made better from year to year; he sees
more and more conveniences introduced for personal comfort and
enjoyment. And he wonders what the final outcome will be. It is
natural for him to do so But the wonderful improvements in. man
made processes are not to be questioned by mortals.
The modern world demands ideas—those unexplainable thoughts,
constructive or inspirational in nature, which take definite shape
only after a period of thinking Ideas alone insure progress, and
it is for progress that men should be placed in office. Campus or
ganizations are crowded with individuals who can assume the posi
tion of an executive and carry out in a brilliant manner the program
that a society has been in the habit of observing, 'who can steer
a group of men in the same groove that has been followed year
after year
Custom and convention are all r i ght in their places, but they
should not be allowed to rule just because they are custom, and con
vention. It is no honor to leave conditions the same year after year,
even though these conditions are good. It is not enough to merely
"carry on". Men of progressive minds should be elected to offices
and societies for undergraduate development,—men who can con
ceive and formulate ideas.
THE LION 1 RAIVIPANT
It is a thoroughly disappointed but, withal, untamed Lion that
licks his chops on the Nittany mountains these days. He is disap
pointed to an unmistakable degree that the toothsome morsel in the
form of the Orange gridders was snatched so rudely from his clutches
But he is hungrier and more savage as a result and daily stalks the
hillsides impatiently awaiting his coming battles with the Tornado,
the Quaker and the Panther, none of which he means to lose as his
appetite is becoming hard to appease.
Without making any excuses for the loss of the first football
game this season, it may safely be stated that Coach Meehan and
his doughty Syracuse warriors might be singing a different sang had
Penn State not been seriously handicapped by injitries to two of
her stars.
But that is a mere incident in the realm of sport, a part of the
game, and does not detract in any way from the glory of the Orange
victory. It was a mighty battle and a mighty team to which the Lion
succumbed. It is hard to acknowledge defeat at any time, but defeat,
in itself, is much easier to bear when it comes at the hands of such'
worthy opponents.
The Lion has been worsted before Even the most mighty suffer
reverses at some time or other. But never for an instant has the
dauntless king of the jungles lost any of his prestige or fearsomeness.
Nor has his recent taste of bitter defeat at the hands of the Syracuse
warriors caused more serious ills than a transient feeling of depres
sion, rapidly being replaced by one of determination for,atonement
Well, indeed, may the Tornado flinch in its northward course, the
Quaker quake in his boots, the Panther pant in his den,for the
Lion is becoming ravaneously hungry.
Every undergraduate, every faculty member, every friend of
the college has faith in Coach Bezdek and his assistants Wand con
fidence in the team of which they all are proud. Penn State has been
worsted, not beaten.
Ob:MlNlDitiplasil
There is a tendency among upperclassmen at this institution to
deplore the ever-increasing indifference of the majority of the
students in regard to campus affairs and problems. That such a
condition exists is undeniably true. But the reason for its be
nign existence can be traced directly to the upperclassmen them
selves.
It is quite natural for juniors and seniors to associate the damp
ened spirit and ardor of the student body with the indifference of the
underclassmen On the surface this astute interpretation of the evi
dent decline in spirit seems entirely correct. For it is, in truth, a
certainty that the efficiency of campus administration is impeded,by
the predominance of the two lower classes, the freshmen and soph
mores who through sheer weight of numbers, Are shaping the domi
nant tone of college life.
But the fact that their efforts are usually indiffqrent and inef
fectual and misdirected can not be, attributed justly te.any,inherent
fault of the underclassmen themselves. They come to college, a place
of comparative bewilderment, anxious to become acquainted with the
institution and to take part in its activities. They are as clay to be
moulded and directed along the proper channels by the positive ef
forts and influence of the juniors and seniors.
And herein lies the secret of the decline or indications of decline
of Penn State spirit. The upperclassmen are falling down on the
job; they are not fulfilling the trust imposed in them, by, their prede
cessors from the halls of Old Main.l It is easy enough to fasten the
blame on lowly freshmen and indifferent so'phomdres.But it is not'
just. Nor is it conducive to better results.
Let those upperclassmen bemoaning the fate of the old-time
Penn State spirit begin in their own ranks by arousing their,lethargic
classmates to the importance of setting an example through correcting
their own indifference to campus affairs.
Editor-in-Chleir
. Managing Editor
Managing Editor
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IL 9 Morris, '25 W. L. Pratt, '25
... Mi. E. FL Lowry. '2 4
—3Slas M.-Farley. '25
_-__ F. P. GEORGE
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Penn State Collegian
Dear Sir
In these modern data elien 'titer
and .. punch" are 'common qualities, theta
is' one Institution at Ponn State that
hi lucking In these qualities I refer to
the class tells
It would appear that there are styles
In yells just as there tro sty les In
clothes and the trend of present day
OMse yells seems to be nosy tram the
pop•Ptoducers that were in vogue a tow
years,ago.
The truth of this statement was clear
ly shown at the alumni smokei In the
Armory after the Navy game Small
groups of alumni from aged veterans
of the nineties to the younger grads
'who were students but a few years ago,
gathered together and gave their cllss
cells These groups as a rule were small
but much noise u. Produced for al
most without exception they were of the
rickets-rack, sins-boom-ath-coo sarlety
Compare these with the cheers of the
'present class. The Juniors rally to
the slogan "For Blue and White we'll
ever strive, Penney State twenty-Ilve"
The 13 ophomore 3. eli Is "To Alma Mater
nett ever stick, Pennsy State twenty
' el:" Freshmen gather to the call of
"Old Penn State will win the race when
twenty-seven sets the Pace"
All of these yells express admirable
nentiments and gnea which should be
heartily endorsed by every total Penn
State student But to my mind they
fall short of the primary Purpose of a
)ell and that Is to produce noise and
"Pep"
Ann last word I would like to sug
gest that those sophomores to w hom
alit be entrusted the task of organizing
the freshman class neat year, see to
It that the yearlings begin their col
lege careers with a class yell that is a
)011 and not a sonnet
lEEZIEEM
Thoughts of Others
THE CHAPERON
(OREGON EMERALD)
There Is periodically In every com
munity a growth of popular miscon
ception of the chaperon idea Chap
eronage Is not an implication of lach
of trust in the fine instincts of Youth
It is not intended to protect the young
woman from her oseort nor to act as
a check against conduct unbecoming
ladles and gentlemen. If this miscon
eOption were true, the Ideal chaperon
a mild wear a blue Uniform and a star
Chaperonage Is not an institution im
posed upon one or tno isolated uni
versity communities to be abolished
from the face of the earth by flat It
his grown up and endured through
hundreds of years to fill a need of
cultured society It has been modified
from generation to generation to fit
changing needs, taking on a broader
and more lenient form as each succeed
ing‘generation of young men and WO
men has proved itself more self-reliant
It stilt fulfils its original functions
in spite of the modifications in mani
festation Them functions I take to
be, first—protection in emergency An
older person thy virtue of the dignity
and good judgment gnined by oePorl-
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It Is a development of the chivalric
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It alao affords a talutuble social re
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STUDENT (FELLOWSHIP
WILL - PRESENT OPERAS
Metropolitan Stars Mill Appear in
"I Pagliaecr" and An Amer
ican Ballet
Under the auspices of the Student
Folloaship of the Y M C A, Leon
cavallo's "1 Pagliacci", one of the
tiraid's most fatuous short operas and
"An Hour Before the Cock Crows", a
New American ballet will be given in the
Auditmlum on Saturday, November
twenti-fouith at 8:15 p m
C M Smink '25 has charge of bring
ing this production, which is under the
management of lOngeberrY Foster, to
Penn State The opera is very Popular,
liming been produced by both the Met
ropolitan and Chicago Opera C0m1..-
lee. Ind she present production contains
some of the new young American state
who hate been doing things this past
season Marie Stagg, who will sing the
leading soprano part, is from the Mu
nicipal Opera of Cincinnati, while the
other members come from the Munic
ipal Opera of Baltimore, the Metropol
itan Opera and other great musical or
ganizations
The settings were deviled by Roth
and Tkhener who have designed sets
for the "Music Boa Review", with stage
management by MacDonald who vies
general manager of the Boston Opera
Company for five Swim The orchestra
will be composed of New York sym
phony manians engaged for the tour
Added to this Isathe New American
Ballet, "An Hour Before The Cock
Crowe", 'which is constructed along the
lines of the Pavlova pantominic dances
and divertissement The cast of this
production contains some of the best
dancing girls from the Follies In ad
dition te Helen Hayes, premier detain
use of the Chicago Opera Company.
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OPEN . EVENINGS
Gridiron,. Gossip
'Oho first defeat of the season Is al
on3s a bitten 1411 but let's leek forward
to the coniedilok that the Nittnn3 Lion
30111 stage In Its remaining game,
Some %Inoue° etude rem:tilted that
this Wilson must be a popular guy
because there .ere about six or sewn
Orange pla3mc lunging around him alt
the time
'Thick' . Meehan has to gang of grid. '
Icon that should go through the season
vithout a mark against their record
0 Mcßride, Coach Meehan has one of
he bent baLltg in collegiate Circles.
Penn students note believe the
proterh "Ever) thing comes to those
watt" They waited for eight years
to see a game like Saturday's Penn-Pitt
encounter.
"Can't ooln 'em all", some Pitt root
er said utter the game Of course not,
but they can at least win a majority
pt them,
"Mike Palm N waked In the Auditor
ium Just as S'racuse made their tri
umphant march goaluard and someone
pelted out 'Tut Mike in"'
West Virginia again Invades Now
Yolk ty hen they meet Rutgers today at
.he Polo Grounds in an Election Day
battle,
We can get a little consolation In
the fact that Penn State was not the
only undefeated team to sustain a
licking Dartmouth woe upset by Cor
nell by a 32-7 count
over two thousand male students are
commencing to polish up on Spaidingh
football rides in order to be able to
acquaint their H P Q's with ;Walter
Camp's great game on Saturday.
Which rem i nds us that our Pennsyl
vania Day opponent, Georgia Tech, vris
held to Iscoreless tie iby Alabama on
Saturday Alabama was halloped by
Syracuse earlier In the season
Someone asked EMI House when h.
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ROL oft the bun Sunday afternoon If ho
hfia - heelsdn'the battle of the Marne
The blg guard's face looked tho part.
Carnegie Tech lost to Lehigh Satur
day but the Plaid supportere don't care
if they lose all the remaining games
on their schedule The reason Is self
evident,—they've already beaten Pitt
Will somebody somebody please page the Sinn-
Feiners Those fighting 'lrishmen from
Nobs Dame haven't been stopped yet,
Purdue being their most recent victims.
Jost tmagloo .. .13111 . ' Wood going up to
r"Joe" Lightner after the Gettysburg-
Dickinson game on Saturday and say
ling “Sorry, old man, I'd rather it would
hate been mt , team" Yee, JIM Im
agine
r Waidort-Starobin sounds like a hotel
,but It happens to ho the names elle two
Sy!muse tackles who broke up more
Penn State plays ,per square that tha n
any others In the Orange line
The Yale Bull, dos routed Uncle Sam's
future generals on Saturday at New
Han en 'while this name Unole Sammy's
future admirals stem taking the meas
ure of Dick Harlow's Colgate elm..
down in Annapolis
Atlantic City is meking a strong bid
for the Army-Navy game next year
Poilvyll's crew is perfectly satisfied be
cause they're right at home near the
water
And then an Ag viante to know if
Thanksgiving Day to a legal holiday
Jest beeause,Pitt and Tenn State play
at that time
FA,CULTY.MEMBERS ARE
GIVEN SABBATICAL LEAVE
The board of trustees of Penn State
has voted to grant sabbatical leave of
absence to members of the faculty be
ginning this year This lease means
that a faculty member leaches ale
1 ears and can have the , seventh or
"sabbnth" year off Many of the col
leges and universales of the country
have already adopted this system, It
being so current 'a ionic as to be con
sidered for discussion at the national
convention of the American Association
of University Professors
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Tuesday, November 6, 1923
CALIFORNIA STUDENTS
INITIATE UNIQUE FUND
to order that the many hepollt and
charity drives that are frequently made
on the campus might be dono away
with ,the student body of the UniversitY
of California has organized a "Com
munity Chest . ' This will be a sum of
money raised by subseriptlon among
the students and faculty, that will meet
all benefits that the Students might be
expected to meet.
This consolidation of all campusdrives
for charitable purposes is intended to
do away with the individuals haviak to
meet each benefit as it comes
Have You Had
"Aunt Mary"
Today?
%Nig TEatire Get.
.4 I , vh,i,v4o eQually
'WEDNESDAY & TITURSDAY,-_
RENEE ADOREE, EARL WILL_
MANS, BARBARA LA MAR.-
PAT O'MALLEY
In 'The Eternal Struggle"
Sunshine Comedy
FRIDAY and SATURDAY—
DOUGLAS MeCLEAN
In "Golns. Up" •
Mack Sennett Comedy
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