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Penn State Collegian
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Yember of Eastern Intoroolleginte Newspaper Association
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1923
News Editor this issue W. L. PRATT
A RESOLUTION
The recent resolution adopted unanimously and without a dis
senting voice by the Student Council of Penn State is worthy of
note. The resolution embodies an official student protest against
all illegal traffic in alcoholic beverages, and heartily endorses any
action on the part of the college administration in punishing stu.
dents committing such offenses in violation of the Eighteenth
Amendment to the National Constitution. It's meaning is clear
and concise and marks a step forward in student thought and senti
ment.
Originating in the undergraduate body, the idea took definite
form in a resolution of the students, by the students and, for the
students, without any suggestions pro or con from - the administra
tion, It germinated from a seed planted in the minds of undergrad
uates who gathered to hear President Thomas deliver his annual
address to the freshmen in which he incorporated the idea of law and
order for college students
The resolution, as adopted, is a strictly cooperative measure and
eliminates in its entirety a condition which bordered on injustice to
apprehended offenders. Prior to the adoption of this resolution, the
student body had taken no definite stand for or against undergrad
uate participation in any practice or transaction in violation of the
Eighteenth Amendment Ideas as regards student sentiment in this
respect were rather vague. A hazy understanding, and sometimes
total misunderstanding, of the seriousness of the offense in the eyes
of the college was entertained by the majority of the offenders. The
matter, was regarded too lightly, in general for the drastic; measures
that usually followed in the case of an apprehended and convicted
miscreant.
~
Flagrant and open violations of the amendment are accorded
corporate and decisive action in proportion to their seriousness from
the viewpoint of the college administration. Too often it means
the untimely termination of a college man's career, brought about
by enforced resignation. It is the only course of action left open to
the officials of the institution, men directly responsible for the en
forcement of law and order to the state•and to the nation But
these supposedly stern measures no longer can be acclaimed unjust
by sympathetic undergraduates For the sentiment of the student
body is clearly defined in the new resolution adopted by its Student
Council.
Undergraduate offenders will continue to be severely punished,
but they will know in advance that Student Council, invested with
the authority to express the sentiment of the student body, is sup
porting the administration in meting out such just punishment.
Let it serve as fair warning to all Penn State students anticipating
unlawful violation of the Eighteenth Amendment to the National
Constitution.
OUR TRADITIONS,
In listening to discussions on the campus, concerning the evi
dent lapse of Penn State Spirit, one finds that at least two opin
ions have become manifest Although practically all individuals, in
terested enough to think about the situation, admit that Penn State
Spirit has weakened, some say that it can and should be revived;
others ask, "Why try to revive it?" Penn State, say these dubious
ones, is in thetransitional stage from a small institution to a large
university. And because Penn State is now a university in all but
name, she must pay the price; she must sacrifice her most cherished
traditions.
Traditions form the foundation of Penn State Spirit, and Penn
State Spirit is the most valuable thing that Penn State possesses.
It is this intangible spirit that has made possible the realization of
the words of our Alma Mater, "Thou didst mould us, Dear Old State,
into men, into men." Ancient and honorable families cherish and
vigorously uphold their traditions. The same is true of fraternities.
To what do the oldest and most respected national frate'rnities of the
country owe their prestige if not to traditions, and are not the younger
fraternities constantly establishing precedents that will some day be
regarded by them as traditions to be jealously guarded and zealous-.
ly followed?
Penn State is a college, not a commercial institution, and as a
college, she has the same right to maintain her time-honored tra
ditions as does any other college. If men are to be moulded
with
in her portals, men who will love Penn State and who will enter the
world's work with the distinctive stamp of their Alma Mater, Penn
State Spirit is indispensable.
That which has taken years to build up is being destroyed in a
day. Poster Night was the first custom to go. Student Council did
its best to provide a substitute, but Stunt Night is admittedly a
failure. Through the lethargy and carelessness of upperclassmen, the
old-time class scraps are dying out; freshmen who are allowed to
"get away with" breaches of class customs are missing something of
which they will feel the need in later years. Even the familiar
"hello," the cornerstone of Penn State Spirit, is endangered.
This condition does not have to exist. Penn State does not have
to surrender her traditions because she is being made into a uni.
versity. Freshmen are still freshmen; customs are still customs;
Penn State Spirit is still the most essential factor in the moulding
of li Penn State man.
__ Editor-In-Chief
Managing Editor
Managing Editor
H S. Morris, '26 W L. Pratt, '25
Mies E. R. Lowry, '24
.... -- Mies M. Farley, '213
Thoughts ofDthers
WHAT ARE PROFESSORS FORT
Rtventit a question n. asked of
liner Hopkins men and three dittoesst
answers were obtained
"What" ens the query, "Is the I , of
pose of professors',"
"Ti m's milk" replied student A "to
make our Ilse, miserable, of course '
Student B did not hmitate long before
he ansuered .. To tench us courses In
carious subjects"
Student C thought a uhile "Well," lie
finally unuttered, "I mould say to guide
WI In out studies"
Eath of these replies was somewhat
disappointing tot, although all three
max contain an element of truth, it
seems c as if something is lacking
If one turns to page two of the 17 M
C A handbook, he mill see that Presi
dent Goodness . , In speaking of the UM
tetchy, has thin to say " The oldet
members of this association to which
ISO insti actors and students belong—"
What does this mean' Simply this
that tthile your professing may be in
strumental In making your life miser
able, that stifle they may be here mere
ly to teach you, and that while their
pm pose may be to guide you In your
studies, nevei theless you and your in
- itructors are both members of the same
association and a more Intimate'rela-
Son should exist beMeen the mo typos
of members
Why n more intimate relation'
You, professors, to a man, are old•
er, more experienced And have seen
more of the world than 3OU Some
experienced teachers, some fairly new
at the game. all ate anxious to help
the students The) Call tell lou much
toe hate 'weer heard of. they can help
3ou suite problems which crop up in
sour life. thee can Inspire Sou But
not with the present state of relations
existing between faculty and students
How a more Intimate relation?
Go to you Instructor .hen he hasn't
a clam Sit down and talk to him If
you hat ent anything In particular on
your mind, engage him in conversa
tion He may be busy at the time, and
if he Is he .111 not hesitate to tell you
str If he Isn't he .111 probably be on
ly too glad to talk
There to a big purply,. which pro
feseont can fulfill besides those of teach-
Mg and guiding Us In our etudles—
namely,—to Inspire us
Such an Intimate relation between
faculty should and could exist Wei
up to the students True, some .111 ac
cuse you of handshaking Why worry
about that , Columbus soot accused of
being crabby
Facts and Figures
The department of Botany had its In
ception in 1859 .hen Jalub
man um appointed professor of Natural
Science upon the opening of the Farm
ers High School an February sixteenth,
1859 Botany scan one of the first sub
jects taught at Penn State an records
show that at a meeting of the Board
of Trtisteee on December seventh, 1859,
Mr Whitman was appointed professor
of Botany and he served In this ca.-1
pacity until 1866 He also taught Phys..
lology, Zoology, Geology. Veterinary
Science, Horticulture and Gmdening
Following Professor 'Whitman, Dr J
T Rothrock was appointed professor of
Botany and he held this office for two
)eats In 1870, Dr. Rothrock resigned
and he recommended William A. Buck
bout '6B for the position left vacant by
Ills resignation The recommendation
'nos followed and Dr Buckhout was
up-
Pol
„Anted to the post in 1871 and served
until his death on December third, 1912
Dr Buckhout was succeeded in 1913
by Dr Frank D Kern, present head of
the department.
During the early years of Dr Buck
out's service, ho taught Geology, For
stry and Horticulture but one by on L
hese subjects were taken over by sop
to departments, leaving him as pro
• soot of Botany and from 1902 to 1900
was Acting Dean of the school 0.
grlculture Penn State alumni xna
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Imported Moor GI(
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THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
oell be proud of Dr fluelthout, on the
life of this plonerfr rrhonnus oner ooe
of the greatest devotion nod of. lc*al
nod inestho ride pert Ito to the col
lege
The mall' of the deli irtment began to
Invieme In numbera In 1908 0 hen the
rim ollinent In the .hool of Agrlcul.
tole t eat bed the handled.; From that
aloe on for stoma! )care one or tote
member. here added to the staff
earl] year until at Pre'Tot. the doirirt
molt start eonalsta of fourteen members,
Including too maduate maim/Into,
half-time aolentlfie aiodstant and the
gardner
Since its foundation the deportment
of Bourne has been otlte in re.te troll
as Well as teaching The first bulletin
Bole the Agtieultutal Expel meet Sta-1
lien front the department etas Issued in
lifoo and since then fifteen Experiment
Station Bulletins hate been contalbut-,
ed and nice My sett:Attic Rob
liqhcd In technical Journals h) this
single department Tidily-six rose itch
projects Inc being carried on at the
present time .A.de Item the at
work of the department, there me mu
munch Jabot l torte., one at Bustleton
Philadelphia Counti, and one at Ar
entitstille, Adorns count). LIP...Wm,
dons of diseases of truck clops are be
ing carried out at Bustleton and dis
eases of apples nt Arendtsville
In addition to the plant pathologists
In these tuo stations, an entomologist
is located In each laboratory Since
1918, a btanth I.tboratm v has been
maintained at n eoknd for the Invest
igation of the potato nart and although
some of this troth Is to be continued,
the laboratory has been discontinued
For the past ten years, the depart
ment of Botany h ts tnught nn average
of from four hundred to flee hundred.
students each semester, although the
students speclializing In the 73otan9
Course has never been many. About
three of tour students are graduated
in this option each year, moat of IN horn
ate follouing plant pathology or hot
tn) us a life vault Plant pathologY
and genet'ea are tlosely allied lines
uhILIt arc at present still Included In
the mother department of Botany
ENG. EXT. DEPT. CONTOUES
In=
A short business meeting uns held
In the Engineering Council recently
and a dance comMittee non appoint
ed constmlng of E R Enders . 25, cloth
man, C E Foreman '25 and T
Comobell '24 This committee will ar
lange tot the dame to be ghen by the
Combined Engineering Yodel% %%tacit
oil! be held sometime In Feltrunry
The Engineering Council In the ...-
tithe body of the organlzatlnn and has
opened an office on the third floor of
Engineering Er oilers the routine of
business will be eirried out The meet
: Ingo of the body still be held each first
and third Monday afternoons of each
month.' f,"
Put one over
on your beard
Gridiron Goskp
Thanhagh Ins man a groat day for
dacha and Pitt but a dltmatroux one
fin tto hots nod Penn Stair
We got the retain via radio and when
.hings began to happen in that hectic
second quarter we thought our signals
were et ossed
We floor been naked by nmnS for
the tenson of the complete reNereal of
the Nittane eleven
Trying to find the answer to such
questions is one reason why conches
hots gtay hairs
'lt sas Just ae of an "Old Fox"
pleading pith his team to "come across"
in the game that marked the clone of
Ilk coaching care. at Pitt
And his team responded with a brand
of football that gained a well-deserted
S intor!,
The rain uas coming down in
stead,. dounpour when Gootden tell
on the ball for the third touchdown.
But the Pitt students knew nothing of
It until the,. read the weather report
In the neuspapers that evening.
And regarding that third touchdown,
ae might remark that it was the arst
time and also the most disastrous time
1.1119 year that a Penn State punt has
Men blocked
Someone' remarked that the feature
of the same was n hundred yard dash
between Wilson and Bohren.
Would that the dash had been in the
other direction with Harry out in front
Burly Wilson and "Dutch" Bedenk
aete given a place an the alt-American
Warn chosen 1,3 the Bolton Post re
conch
The Quakers showed a complete re
tersal of Ram directly opposite to that
of the Blue and White reversal
When Thomas crashed through for
the Penn toushdottn, It marked the
that time since 1920 that a Red and
Blue team had scored against Cornell
West Virginia lost its first game In
MO feats on Thureda, when the great
Washington and Jefferson team gleaned
i 7-.1 ,letore.
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Choice of a-Career
From the Yale News
EM= 0
Someone, probably an insurance
agent, was quoted recently as saying
that from the mass of one hundred
college graduates one individual only
rose to the Polo and butler class, peril
ously near the top of the financial lad
der. Five others became comfortably
off and found themselves after twenty
years at the small yacht and chauffeur
stage. The other ninety-four presum
ably congregate to the great - section of
the American people who drive their
own Mucks to the golf club. In other
words, dreaming about being a rich
man is one thing, and making the grade
is "something else again."
Yet the ninety-four presumably work
just as hard as the sumptuous six. Their
business is the axis on which a small
and uninteresting world revolves They
have become devotees of the dollar
and when that fickle deity deserts, have
nowhere else to turn. Jammed in a
dull, straight rut of business they can
never leave the road and jump the fence
into finer fields of life. This, then, is
the portion of ninety-four men out of
every hundred now on the campus.
The answer to the problem lies to
the proper choice of a career.'
between now and Commencement we
shall have something to offer on "the
subject of "Careers." Watch for the space
with the Famous Signature.
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TON KM
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Bon Teeple In "The Daredevil"
COMING—
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