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SMITH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1925 THE DISTURBING ELEMENT Ever since Student Council made a ruling to curb unruly con duct in the Armory with provision to have offenders turned over to the Tribunal, ,e have kept our mes and ears open rod have come to the conclusion that the larger disturbing element is not the under graduates, it is not the followers of the Nisiting teams, but it is the multitude of %ming boys rho so arm into every indoor meet and pro ceed to raise 'cam" While see condemn these young town crehms for being respon sible fer much of the disorder, the} ale not solely to blame, for they learned then art fro.n the Penn State undergraduate msny months, yes, years ago Some students still persist in voicing their opinions while the Band is playing and while the contest is in progress, but their ungepticmanly conduct is in the minority. Similar and ever worse conditions prevail in the movies Night alter night there are loud and obscene demonstrations that make a gentleman think twice before escorting n lady to the show But here, however, it is net the small boys who start to shout and use indecent language Fiore it is the offending undergraduates—college MEN—who lend their voices freely to the titter disgust of those who have any sense of prophet} in their personality It is admitted that conditions at the Armory are not altogether suitable fcr comfort The poor ventilation and the small seating ca pacity arc sadly inadequete to care for crowds such as Jammed the building last Saturday All these things render sane conduct hard for those y ho are impulsive and for those who do not think It is suggested that the managers of the various sports instruct their assistants to allow no boys to enter the Armory who do not have tickets This will elumnate much of the disorder that has here tofore arisen If it does not, then we shall endeavor to seek out those offenders among the undergraduates who are the leaders of the dis turbing element. INDIVIDUALITY AGAIN When Chailcs Lawson stated in his book on "Human Nature" that "mcst people are too mere or tamely imitative to do any changing on themsehcs or their sun oundings in response to anything less than the Jarring or thrilling of dangerous threats of mar," he was probably thinking of college students and what critics call "the students' lack of [lid', &Livia) " Time and again, the ccllege man has been the sabject or ridicule because he !allows the path made by his predeces sot s He is laughed 't because he takes up the yellow slicker when it is introduced, and because he adopts wide trousers Cynics hold him up to scorn when lie follows, pessimists throw up their hands to dis may when he departs irom the coat entional This lack of individuality should nct fill our hypocrites with too much concern Perhaps it is a good omen It is inconceivable to think of a world in which everybody attempted to lead and where there was nailed , / to follow When the Lord created man, He saw to it that no two should have the same finger prints, that no two faces should be exactly alike If we cared to he sarcastic, we could ask Mr Lawson and his contemporaries what they hate to say about these apparent signs of cutward indiyidualit)—if they are looking for such signs If they are not searching for these es.ternal manifestations, we might refer them to an oft-quoted statement which claims that "every individual is made up of a group of individualities" It is not a preblem—this lack of individualit)—it is merely means to an end A means by which those men and women who have always been in the habit of attacking the ccllege student for one thing or another mat' continue then ciiticism when all other channels run dry Thomas Edison "broke away" a few years ago when he present ed prospective emplo)ecs with his now famous question list and those critics who ccnso, the college student fer his lack of originality are probably the same ones who ridiculed Edison for an attempt at some thing different It cannot he denied that the majority of our great leaders today come Irani colleges and universities. and as long as wo, are to have leaders, We must lime followers Russia suffered because her people possessed an overabundance of individuality and made haste to follow others who held the same ideals. But let the critics go unrestrained for, as long as they ecntinue, they feed the multitude who do not care to think for themselves DR. MARION LEROY BURTON In behalf of the Penn State student body, the COLLEGIAN ex tends to the undergraduates of the University of Michigan its pro lound sympathy on the death of their president, Dr. Marion Leroy Burton. V. ho passed away at his home in Ann Arbor last week after a long illness. An exemplification at the noblest qualities of man; courteous, open and straightfomard in all his affairs, scornful of sub terfuge and design, Dr Burton's passing will prove not only an irre parable loss to the University of Mithigan but to the entire country and collegiate world. Born of poor parents who were unablt to provide for his edu cation, Dr. Burton waged a game battle against great odds and the story of his lite and ultimate success should he an inspiration to every college student today A newsboy on the streets of Minneapolis at an early age, Dr Burton determined to make his way in the world and years later, he returned to the same city, not as a newsboy, but as the head of the University of Minnesota! An uncanny insight into the human nature enabled the great educator to make friends wherever he appeared and within a few wears, Dr Burton went to the University of Michigan as its president 'There followed a period of e pansion for Michigan. a period of new educational ideals which shall continue even now in memory of the love and esteem with which Dr Burton's students and co-workers held him Editor-In-Chief A..l.tant Editor ltlnutng . TAR°, Modest and unassuming, the Michigan president first attracted national attention last summer when he, delivered the speech nomin ating Calvin Coolidge for president Despite the years in which he v,as before the public previous to this time, little was known of the Marion Lei oy Burton behind the scenes for his was a life devoted to the semice of humanity without thought of recognition I=l A K ,Smith TG M 144 11 113 '2,3 I=l Ads t/vlng 11 in Imn --I It ul 111.01 AI mar. ; 41 . 1VE Y • ts ' A 1,10145 - Izitl9 L ;e 3, DA• WELL GEE= W I. W Ignr r '27 71 CI Wonigloy '27 ncttn In.ontlot If me mittt the ut,titleev of the I.+ Illtedue lOC IN ate to b netted n tn gnel • 1001.4 rnt 111/4 1111 110 (SO 111 Slip go, to n d men nod hill-1 log N., outdo% oho unil iii Ii If 'lit soffit t h e , Ne t Let s tttt tthe Jtett t in t tuollt nhtn tile Ilubto to out nil •Ilt—ottl rhr Ilnist't lion! to Into them itat to on Intl tte nil Ottn teu tte Te