Penn State Collegian Published semi-weekly during the College year by students of the Penney'. •eania State College, in the Interest of =dents. Faculty, Alumni. nod Friends of the College. EDTTOTUAT, STArr L r, alt 2r rditor-In.Chief I If Lunt '25 , Nsqlstsot Edlto: II S 'SI Iglus; I:11101 7' I'. (loom, '2l 111000100 1211101 .1440C1 ITE I.DITOES IT NW Cohen '2O 11 I, Keltnei '24 11 A Sinner TO IT I 1)0,1,10 '2l T Kt b brl 2 A K Smith '2O Women's Editor 211 , 5 17 R Lot r} '24 /.4414tnnt Wenoon'4 tidno, 141 , , , , 21 I'niles '2O 111"SINTSS STAIT IF lleCulloA, rosiness Monomer .1 '2l \O4 in tlobtg I Inn iger 11 C 130‘b '2l Clint] Ilion NI in igei ASSISTANT IILSINI,Ss itAxm.rits T ['sin, Jr . 26 C L Cut 26 11 A I'Vniner '2O The Penn State Collegian Invites communicstloni on any subject of College Interest Letters must bear the slgnstures of the writers All cony for Tues day's Issue must be In the omee by noon on Monday, and for Friday's lasno, by noon Thursday. Subscription price: 92 50, If paid before January let, 1924. After January let, 1924. 9275. Entered at the Postoince, State College, Pa. as second class matter. Ofnce Nittany Printing and Publishing Co. Bubding. Telephones 292 W, Bell. • Member of Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1924 A PLEA FOR ACTION First of all let it be known that Student Council has been one of the most important factors in the progress and evansion that has marked student activities at Penn State. The record of its under takings and the public testimony of college officials furnish ample proof of the worth of this governing body Yet the average under graduate, unfamiliar, perhaps, with the inner workings of campus activities, has found cause for criticism of Student Council in its handling of three important problems. It is in the matter of the Honor Code that the first of these indict ments is concerned Here is a reform that has met with universal favor since it was first proposed more than three years ago Faculty and thinking members of the student body agree on the pressing need for a code of honor that will regulate the Penn State student in his conduct not only in the class ream during ekaminations, but also in every phase of his college life Yet each succeeding Student Council has failed to carry the pro ject to completion To the uninformed student body it has apparently become a permanent item of unfinished business to be handed down, from year to year as a cherished tradition of this governing body. Certainly undergraduates are agreed that there is need for definite action on a reform which has met with such general approval. Then there is the question of the Freshman Handbook Last year it was suggested that a booklet be drawn up, entirely independent of the Freshman Bible published by the Y. 11l C A. and containing information for the incoming freshmen as to the customs and tra ditions that govern their actions at Penn State Student Council heartily endorsed the idea and a committee was appointed to gather material for the new publication Unfortunately the entire task was shouldered by the chairmag of the committee, who, as a prospective graduate, found the burden of studies and numerous other campus activities too great to allow him to complete the Handbook A new Student Council, meeting last fall, discovered that it had no record of the work that had been accomplished during the previous spring and, accordingly, a new start was necessary Now it appears that the class of 1925 will enter Penn State without the guiding precepts of the Freshman Handbook As a final criticism, there is the matter of the Point System, a project that has always been favored by the editorial columns of the COLLEGIAN. Perhaps there are good reasons why Penn State does not need such regulation of student activities. If such is the case, the Point System should be permanently rejected, otherwise it should be put into such shape that it can be handed over to nest year's Student Council in a workable form. With a little over two weeks before the end of the semester, final action can hardly be taken on these projects Certainly Student Conned should leave them in some denim shape so that next year Penn State students can be assured that they will be carried to com pletion FRESHMAN TRAINING The task of moulding the freshmen to the ideals and traditions of Penn State is one that has become more difficult with each succeed ing year. Next fall approximately one thousand new students will he admitted to the College and it is in order that some provision be made for the suitable upbringing of this addition to the Nittany family It has been suggested that the new men be invited to come to Penn State several days before the official registration period. Dur ing this time the yearlings could be put through a course in Nittany traditions and customs. Addresses from leading members of the faculty and student body would do much to make the new men ac quainted with their college and give them a good start on the road to a successful college career. The belated freshman who arrives barely in time to register and buy his dunk is plunged into the midst of college activities before lie has become acquainted with his new surroundings. Many upper classmen recognize the advantages of returning to college a few days before the rush Surely the newcomer would profit by n similar program. The idea is not a new one for it has proven successful at other colleges and universities. Student government might well consider the suggestion and the possibility of arranging a program that would be of benefit to the incoming class. CLASS DUES The recent action of the senior class in regard to the collection of class dues is cause .for further comment on a question that has al ready been given much consideration by student leaders. raced with the problem of devising some means to raise the funds necessary to meet its obligations, the senior class voted, as a penalty for non payment of dues, that the offender's name should be omitted from the Commencement program. And there was a real necessity for this drastic action. A junior to receive his La Vie must be paid up in his dues. As a result of this threat, seventy-live per cent. of the third year men have squared their financial obligations to their class. Prior to the recent action of the senior class, there was no similar inducement for a prospective grad uate to pay his class dues Of course, there is always the alternative of making class dues compulsory and payable to the College. Student government has considered this course but there are obvious disadvantages to such a plan The ideal solution, of course, would be for each individual stu dent to realize his financial obligations to his class. OLD MAIN DORMITORIES TO BE VACATED IN JUNE Upper Floors of Oldest Building on Campus Deemed Unsafe by Trustees The mono nn the 111 , 11 of fin.. or Olil AI tin 'landing 0111 not lie toed tot ilormltra Iva nfte: the ateaent eol -11 ge Noll :In then hale been Ileemed unwife and ttonnaltnt) . 11l the Mord of 1 1 1 1 uateot The OM Thin toner hog been c demned lot the pint three he ten n on od 1. let eat meeting the trt-lemn made nubile the folionam .MM - twig: 'The Ito It ti of Thence. hat toted to dome the It tin 'MIMI= dm mho, after the tennt (nutter %en, Thu It lion. tak er I elurt Intl% ha the T 1 miter, 0.14 the esult of Omit con, ietion that the up per linty of the building Ind become too nun tfe and unnunitntt to art mit their u‘e in I (11111111100 Tide action In 11 ha the to mlnation or t tote of o`ll Math SI hit la began in IS9I The one hit mh ed and WO e t non non neeups Inn the Old Main to t-ohm les 111,e boon naked to lentme tholt belongings its .1 une fourteenth and its ;menet is found in the ronms after that date stilt be deattalod 'FIIO In event occupants are nitro requested to tetra n the l r 1,03 a to the °Mee of - Hostetter. Dnertor of Ilortni tot ion It 219 It tin Building after ultloh the T 1 ensut er still tettt n all AI pmt of the depositol fee, depending an the t large rot Bo flatting° that nos haot boon done MONTHLY REPORT GIVEN BY COLLEGE INFIRMARY The follow ing In the repot t of the Penn St Ito I Tellth So, lee for the month of Anti! 9 mot numb,: of 5191t9 to the In 111 ni in 095 Tot rt number of nee• entulll'ons Wetted 271 Tortd number of obi rendition, 19 elf -09 191 Totnl ormber of ovouoe9 granted 207 Tot9l number of School llnul 9 n 1199 rd 2912 131=1 COMMITTEE WORKS HARD ON FRESHMAN HANDBOOK Will Be Similar to Publications of Other Years—Schedule Sheet Added -I_rommlttee PI working energeticol to complete the Freqhmon Hand lemkg nlthlo the next tine° smolo, In that tlat nit, be sent to the cooling leatllngs mills In September IlUnditooks uhich hate been changed ulth other college, hole been faulted mith a dolt to inereaslng the cliblenel of the Penn Stite puldlea thin Finding It Impossible to Publish mouthing thst is Of impottnnee, the committee has sties - S.l the most sli t:able inlet malice and lifts It shipped Into flit shape far presentation In at`tlltlon to the customs. nrgunlzatinns. set los etirndm, alto and alit er t'srments 9 feu nett plc tures, group a pot and tztit, n sehedule sheet stele stilled and I troun map is also under considetstion The ' ho's Who it Penn Stste" seetion, under the that ge of A K. Smith Tl, mill not be finished until allot the close of the college test beenuse of the late elec tion In tatteini Si gsnisallons Ano totreetions In phone numbers or stlairesses of the fraternities should be lepotted to either it 12 Fouillp oil '2l on In I: Maurer '2; at once. AnY suggestlons for the implotentent of the honk sill also be welcomed RE A 'NEWSPAPER CORRESPOND ENT with the Heacock Plan and earn a good Income whsle learning; no show you how, begin actual Work at once, all or spare time; ...Perim.. unncoossarY: no canvassing; send for particulars Newswriters Train ' Ing Barons Buffalo, N Y. Talk No. 4 QUESTIONS It may seem amusing, but new acquaintances ask us questions like these: 'Are the) all nool , .\\ 111 these suits shrink" 'Will the color 4 un e, • suit to $37 GO, thhen he hat e to pay $6O to $7O foe this glade rises, het 0" Why shouldn't we be able to give a good suit for the price, when we sell on a cash basis only, without any charge accounts, no deivenes, no bad debts, or sundry e‘penseo ('co I of o veil., of Mllcit with tins for men uho dime, To take care of our growing trade, we have been compelled to aped branches at il 17 7 Bro.d , rnY , 'New Inrk nig 868 Brood Street, Newark, N..T. Home store, as always— t4l liroudno), Nem York City NAT LUXENBERG & BROS THE_ PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Dr. Puttee To Resume Duties at Penn State After Year's Leave of Absence Di Fled Leal. Patter I,nrosin to thou.ando or Penn State students snit alumni no the author of the Alum t let and as one of the line.l, ethic:lto, of ultlelt the college can moist. and to the field of letter. I. the gleate.t Ile. log authority on Amellean literature re.tune Isis dudes as Veld of the Illngll.ll Deportment here nest Sort tetubei During the met t ear Dr Patine has anent his lene tat alirenee as n pinfossor of American Ilterattne al the Unit erslty of Illinois and It Is to - ',retail that In Winning in Penn State he is mil.lng a .114iInct Ilninclal one- Mice inlicve Di William S The Si , nmt acting bead of the de partment. In addition to his teaching Dr Put tee has publiiihed many books fluting this t) I ears at Penn State 'A Hlstoty of Anurlesti Liternture" In Isla. "roundntions of Rnglivlt Luton .htuts- in 1900 'Mar, 0111,111 ' t lint el of Neu Tingisnil Life. In 1002, 'The Mouse of the Slick Ring." a not el of the Pennsylsanla Go mans laid In .t district which hews masked rescind' , once to the Nitta.' Valle,. In 1901. "The Dresiang Point." rinothet nmel. presenting a problem in ',tactics! mot alit), 1911, a "Illstory of Amok in Literature since 1670," and "Centutv Moulin. In American Litelatine.' In 1919 'What Is considered Ills most si lininrly stork n. Ills editing of the 'Poetical \\ - or. of Phillip noneau This work viss published In tinterol times in 1907 1), the Ptlnceton scrolls Pte. Ills roost terent publl- enticing hose been "Side Lights nn Antolenn Llteriturc' nml y of the Amoican Such Steno " That DI maitre posse'ses real M eier, genius cannot be denied, men by his fen aisles, and etch of his pub-, Hoskins has met nith unifoon suc cess One crab) says of him, "Thete Is a slmplielo of style snd minor. In Ills writing which reflects the m in et stiength, confidence in othos filth the human slrtugs and nn intuithe tense of the worth of life Ills writ ing Is free from ill forms of Iffeeta- Utah is uttetly slnrete and [rink. Ind he seems to retool himself to ill—to those alto may lie Instilled to °tali - NC him as well is to his Mends Hie hhmor is davit° - frequently shac loos and always clean nnil relined ' Those who bite 1105111 Di Patten In els. or In the chsitelser,lres uhlih he frequently enniltieted before the coming of Citipinln Met/ger clinnot fill to h.), 41 high tegard for hint as a man, without thought of his Mo nty ability Ono of his associates among the older members of the !le nity snys of him. "Literature his nev o been- his Owl roe Dr Patten art and Milli are sables of distinctly spir itual nature. never net for art's sake alone Thought of himself comes lasts If st all, ant] he Is clearly devoted to ideals and to persons of idylls Ile has been unable to wry "No" to any north , . appeal and to that I attribute his re: spouse to the call In taunting to Psnn State, a response ,thick h. been CRC 1111u.al " ror tueno4lte lesrs Dr Pollee has been superintendent of the Sunda) School of the Methodist Church end a tcnrher .of n claim He hoe set °III Dines been n representathe at Import ant religious contentions, being at once a inominent lay member of the Ati : Kgit.fkk* R efresh 7 "ts.x , . o ' , yourself -tee 7 .4 e ( • Drink p . i• 7 Delicious and . Refreshing IfieCocia.Cala Comport," Adanto.o9. , IC H E V R 0 IL Ed T - ' 7 ' - . . TIIE - SUMMER'S` ' BEST . 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State College = , Opposite -.., Front Campus Front Campus ebuich and on 1111 c student of, relig ion, hosing Fern the leaeltet of the enoreca of DMlcal Met/Ante offered M the ITttgllalt Department until Th. IT :NI. TT ittenhouae took finer the lerturea tinter Seam ago An example of Dr Pattre'q foresight end thnotlon to Penn State matt shonn seternt 1,114 000 a hen amotement otte n tile eantpus to blare "P S n o the o Ole of Maga Nutt Inv by fell ing Dee, to fa m the letteta In a tarring appeal to the students, publish ed In the COL.T.TIOTANI, Dr Patter. pointed out the cheapening, effertligeh the a.tion boulti Ii the on the name of Prnn State mut the motement died men more quickly than It boil been born. The announcement of Di . . Patten . . return to Penn State nest Sall hay etiteied great s Witt tenon among the thentbeto of the tomtits a% to e etudent lords In the mortis of Dr Ii ittenhou , tot eeserll set, an In timate toimeinte of DI. PIS,. "he Is konun and regarded (if not in the 'Mlle ma, and tot Flnttin tevinnii) alike be literals Rebel-Ito of lialNerti, Pt ineeton and Yale. and is Pennoyl sedi t fatmere whose song Imo sore Id his Store, ht need him at Penn State" AMERICAN COLLI.GE CHESS TV nr MDR C IDLED M MU An American College chess teem, composed of WIN ere [tom Tale, Pllnee ton II in mil old Columbia mon the clot enllt Cnhle Cheat "Match fin gilts I:dash opponents 1n n , Tore cif tin en 0111 one-h Of to ten -toil one-bllf The Ttrltitthets plot, cid ft out the Unhersity of Laotian Athletics Union albino the Amt I, nos more It t h e Hat Minn is ir ten ]oil. The It Ittroph tot tic doe ulna for the United Stites tteunst tin ee fun the To 'doh TlPP.iifajgßaire ca 41. A. vhdco.y3 ?ca.* TIMSD IY— ALMA RUBE 's S and CONRAD In "Thr HePried R nman . Spin tllght Intl NI I,i Weel,l% IBM:\ MD VI - - rrn co mPSON - Ili "11 0111 1111 o Online . Cht Istle ContellY , ' Xot y Blues' TIII , IIS - DIY & PRIDAT -111:11I: DANIET,%, tinr.sT TI/111tL \ CI; and ' In Zane preys ''The Heeling° of The Desert" .Stan Laurel Comed‘ NITT \ FRI o \ SATI-11DAY— AII,IIIIN PRINGLE and CON• It ill AC PI, In Elinor Gb tqltree IN Mott' Cl} de Cooke Corned—" Prone ho txpl ego" CONITV(I-111% & 20— HAROLD 1.1,01 In grenleql oined3 of off 111110 , + "(llti Sil)^ ,4 FRESHMEN MEET TOMORROW PAGHT There trill he a meeting ;of the fres.inmin chess tomnsrnu night nt ele forts-flee In sloe VlAit'Peos for the nomination unit l