TilC.sdiijv FUVuAiy 2, i c J2.H
*£AN SACKETT COMMENTS, ON
FLORIDA DEVELOPMENT BOOM
After having passed n delightful
cation in the famous Flondn, R. L.
ckett, dean of the School of Ent
ering, has returned tn State College
th remarkable tales of the alrendj
ich-ndvei tised state.
From un Engineers \icwpomt,
can Snehett i elates his tiip to Flo
du in the following nilicle which
• has named “Orange Blossoms and
lllgators ”
Gr-
Joins south by rail, one secy the
irked improvement m the highways
Noith Caiolina which has been
ide in the last two yems The
ids of South Carolina me not so
od and Georgia is the sticking point
• the auto tinvelcr to Floiidn. All
them are making gieat progiCss
d Floiidn especially has an cx
lent system of state and countv
{hwnys Rock is scarce and ex
nsivc, frost docs not affect the
ids, so sand loads, shell roads,
ich laid on a sand founadtion and
rred roads of vnuous kinds me
nmon, depending on the quantity
traffic
Drainage is the outstanding pio
em both foi good loads and foi ag
cultuial expansion Large dram
re piojects are conspicuous and can
a of considerable’width and oxtend
g miles into the flat countiy aie
*ing constructed
There Is much of Flonda that can
• leclnimcd and the soil of the
lamp lands is especially itch. Just
, present n section of Lake Okecho
ic is being dyked and pumping mn
nreiy will be installed co that the
atei can be pumped out of this
a cd of some -10,000 aeies. In case
drought, water can be pumped
from the lake foi sub-suifnee li
gation Sugai cane will be laised
i this land, not especially for the
igar but more paiticulaily foi the
lluloso fibre which sugai cane con
ins and which will bo made into
aster-bonid foi building purposes
Cities have grown with extiaoidi
uy i.ipidity and leal estnte has
sen to artificial pi ices The offices
’ biokeis and developed occupy on
to blocks in piomment cities The
:ak seems to ha\e been i cached but
’on that is uncoitain as many in
istois thought the peak had been
ached a ycai oi two ycais ago.
The high land thiough the center
1 the state is the finest fiuit land m
ic south and has, thcicfoic, high
tnnsic value Many oichaids, how
ci, ate being cut down and the
opeity divided into lots foi ninth
n investois
Along the coast, land is being ic
limtid which is now fiom tluce to
. feet under watei. Bulkheads me
ilt and then suction di edges dig
unncls along the watei fiont and
ichmgc the excavated material on
i land. Tliete ni<r thousands of
res now undet watei, oi which
no under watei, a few months ago,
nt will be raised about two feet
ove high talc; sticcts will be laid
t, casinos built and the lots sold at
;h puces Some piojects l.vil our
tionnl expositions in the money lu
sted in boulcvnids, pmla, casinos,
ibois, lagoons, hotels, schools,
uiches, golf links and oveiy fonn
attraction
It is a wondeiful fiuit countiy and
eie me still oppoitunities in the
lticultuial and ugucultuml fields,
It is a wondeiful fiuit countiy ami
eie is eonsuleiable oppoitumtv foi
ung city cngineeis although much
the constiuction is mote oi less
mporury—that which is adequate
day is obsolete tomonow The do
snd on the cleettic gcneinting sta
ins, telephone com]innics, watei
uks an gas works is fm bevoml
cu ability to supply Thcic is leal
poitunity in all these’fields
I met two Penn State students, one
the leal estate business and the
hei is load dispatchei foi one of
e large power systems
In spite of all that is «nid concern-
We have a line of the cleverest Val-
tmes you evei saw Also deeoin
ms and favors foi Valentine and
ashington’s bnthday pm ties Old
am Ait Shop John P. Beery, Pio
ictoi.—adv
As in New York
The men from New York are with us this
week. New York the authority on what is
correct for the man to wear. New York, as
does State College, wants the proper apparel
for every occasion. No matter what the oc
casion New York always considers Bostonians
the correct thing.
COLLEGE BOOT SHOP
(Formerly 20th Century Shoe Co.)
A. C. LONGEE, Prop.
125 ALLEN ST. GREGORY BUILDING
ing alhgatois, leal estate shaiks,
swamps and nthei distractions, Fln
iida is a odlightful place an people
me gqmg to go there* in increasing
numbeih They must be fed, housed
and supplied by the vauous utilities
winch call for technical talent.
Nature Students
To Conduct Camp
Following closely upon the an
nouncement of a new Institute ol
Music Education to be launched at
the coming Penn State summer ses
sion, Dean W G. Chambeis vesteidnv
told of anothei impiovement, n two
weeks’ nntuic study camp m the
heart of the Seven Mountains about
fifteen miles fiom the College
This special camp, fentunng daily
field trips fm students of nntuic
study, will be in charge ol Prol. G.
R. Green, head of the College online
study dcpaitmcnt who was recently
elected president ol the American
Nntuic Study Society The students
v ill live m Unts and enjoy real camp
life with Mis Green us camp mother
and chaperone. Emollment will be
limited to sixty men and women lor
the fust >cm
The camp will be located within
easy walking distance oi some of the
unusual botanical and wild life sec
tions of the state, notably Bear Mead
ows which each jem attracts promi
nent botanists and othei scientists
fiom all pmts of the countiy The
camp will open August 14 and close
August 28
CHESS TEAM ELECTS
REPRESENTATIVES FOR
FIRST MATCH OF YEAR
Playing m nn all college chess
tournament which ended January
twenty-eighth, N. R Adams ’2B, I
Knmbeig ’2B 1-2, R S Leach ’2O,
J 51. Heller 28 1-2, L R Plotts ’27,
J. R Jlusser ’27 and E Haley ’29,
finished highest nccoiding to the de
cision of judges P S. Dwyei and C.
C Wngnci, and weie chosen foi the
team
A class match will be held Thurs
day Fcbiumy fourth, in which the
Seniors mid Fieshmcn will play the
Juniors and Sophomoies Keen com
petition is expected m this match be
cause the best men in the club will
play ngmnst each othei.
The team ropiesenting Penn State
will plnv its fust match lieie Febiu
ui> eleventh, against the Tjione Y.
WILL STLD\ AT COLUMBIA
J. C Hadlev, gindunte assistant m
the department of luial education,
will cntei Columbia univeisitj at
mid-jems with the intention of con
tinuing his educational studies in the
ultimate expectation of sccunng a
degiec of Doctoi of Philosophy
PATRONTZn OUR ADVERTISERS
r*’* On the Campus — > ,
or in Ton'll—SEA ISLAND
YOU couldn't po.ubty atlcct ■ finer
qualitv .hire than (hot. made of
Sea laUnd Mill* Imported Ilmaddoth ,
Whether on the output or vmting in
town they are eonttu
Softer—finer and more luitrout than
ordinary broadcloth. .Iniut upon "Sea
laland" at >our college haberdaaher
SEA ISLAND MILLS, Inc.
New York, N
=A^e^L
MC. A. Thote mo no other-match*
08 scheduled ns jot, but the manager
is negotiating with hcveral high class
clubs and oNpocts to have an inter
ostinpr schedule completed soon
“Y” LEADERS DEEM Students Under Tutelage
CHAPEL NECESSARY ' ~r Pr0 —" ‘ Men
1 Foi the fifth tinuj »n the lustnrv of
• ee I r< J nI- tllC AdlCUltUlUl School, II «11011
Discussion Heads Find Relic- Cl . uls / m nusbuud.j will bo
ious Services Tend To In- held Febiunry lust to twelfth mclus
slill Unilv of Slndents >' e As m p,cw T ve » ,s ’
* the couise will be arranged in two
i pints The Inst week will be devoted
COMPULSION DEFEATS pummily to practical ami elemental v I
PURPOSE MANY THINK [pioblems, while the work ot the see
loud week will-be of a moie advanced
••ir wo aren’t getting what no are,""“"1 do ! v '.
. . , . , , , into tie pioblems of the (.ominercial
-"Plio-ed to out or chapel, bow t«a| trv J n _
we obtain the light thing, was the , , _ , , ,
, , . . ~ . r breakers of repute have been se
-y- diaeuynoo topic biounht bctoie for lh( . „ lhc
coup Icadcio loot Ihuisduy night , t k matroction will bo m tho
in oidor to find nli.it propose cbnpol hjm| , „ f ]lollltly , u „ b nndiy and
loally selves, the question ana ton- tn Ini.bnndrv extension ilopaitment'
-<<lcrcd iiorn all angles and seated.- Thcse socialists will lend the dis-
I'ny phase of the subject was left un* mission gioups, which will in general
touched. follow the lectures or be held m con-
The consensus of opinion was that j junction with them
chapel furnished the student’s ko\ During the second week, the lec
thouglit foi the dnv That it tended Hues will be delivered b\ tho Uc<
p.u tiully to instill a group feeling of ‘pocialists obtainable Di M A
solidanty, such os n mass meeting or- JuU. "emor poultrcmnn of tho Unito.l
foot, was another pomt bronchi out •?«»“” n ei>t of Agriculture, will
l,v oveiv member of tho Catherine d,ll l or , w \ ,i on bleeding 1'
* L Sanford will speak on the adver-
Furnish Religious Basis ti-niE end of the poultrj business
Standmc out as a secondary or- ~ „ ilocura „ r tire Uruto.l States
swei to tho question wus that chapel Ban , au , lf ji arkct , will talk on tho
should help place the student body ~l adl„ e „ r CKg , orl d ~ „ o.illn--,
oi a more religious basts While Lo „ I|n(| ullmaEl! laspKt oi ul the
tins hclicf was conolally professed Alacraan Ba , laay Expioss compnnv
nv all the leadeis, it was their unam-| o j Nca York tlt „ lM
n-r.us opinion that chapel, as it is u,„ of aBR , K„rti-ono seals
row is not furn,shine the desiredl , onre lla „, n , nK ,„ c
lOundation Hte tompulsorj elemcn-> Ncw Volk bc lcIlll( . (1 bv b
and the forced brevity of the chan- „ Klakaul L crtb tho
lain s speeen weic the rea«onx ad
vanced for chapel’s failuic in fulfill- ■— ■ . '■ ......
irV fn ,lS 11 “ . , The Old Main Art .Shop will have
The diffcient aspects of the sub- ~ , c . hlblt „ f M , hool . u
,ee discussed by the croup lenders B i„ s ,„„ r0l and athul
and a questionnuire on W hat won ~ , on Flldo , ball „.
trke he religious pluee of tlmpe m . ck Stud ! onts m t , s .
may be used for popu at discussion a ...
shoitlv after the beginning of the OM M “'" A « bh "I*
second semestei *
I'OR REXT-Tlnee rooms to occom-l I!EU * W-'M'ISB-Onc «.«» to
modatc si\ men Two looms fn«.e j too j- nn( | two g ir ] s to wait table at
the /rout. Rate $2 r>o pei week.
Call at fil.'l Allen street 2-Ittp<l
VALENTINES
Get them early
THE ATHLETIC STORE
On Co-Op. Corner
Momentum
§ JIN mqunmg reporter strolled into the engine room, clown
“■ in the cavernous depths of the giant steamship Levia-
X than, the other when she was docked m New York, and
diew* Chief Engineer John J. Fagan into con\ creation. Of
♦{• course he asked the usual loohsh questions, one of which
was: “Suppose, Chief, you were lunning at tuple causing £
•> speed, out in mid-ocean, and the signal came: ‘Full speed ~
astern.’ How r long would it be before this big boat would be
gin to move sternwaidY”
♦> Engineer Fagan, who is fai handiei with information
X within his line than the a\erage encyclopedia, was ready
with his reply, which w'as “Between five and ten miles”
* Think of it! The giant mistress of the sea would mo\c
ahead at least one hundred ordinary city block-lengths be-
X fore leversing piopellers would begin to get the better ot
X momentum and stait hei moving backwaids!
Momentum is a great ioice. It keeps planets whirling
£ about the suns; and it whiils businesses along toward suc
*»* cess or failure, as the case may be.
*»*
t Here is a business —youi business, perhaps—which has
? never advertised but w-hich starts advertising. And if you
J are captain at its helm, you may be not a little surprised
that the icsults of that first advertising do not show them
-3* selves almost instanter Then never forget the testimony
X of the Leviathan’s chief engineer
I
$ For a business to change to a policy of advertising is to
i* make a radical change in the propelling powei behind it;
5 and theie must be a reasonable time allowance made before
3; that new’ power may reasonably be expected to show itself
X and to reverse direction on the Sea of Meichandising. En-
X gineer Fagan does not expect the impossible of his propel
"k leis, laige and powerful though they maj* be; nor should
y you, Captain Merchandiser, of your advertising.
7H5 fSilif BTATT: CCtl.i.i.Cuf ?I
SHORT POULTRY COURSE
PREPARED BY COLLEGE
the Eatland t-Juick Lunch
departments ot the Amicultm til i
Stiiool will piesent ptnblems Mt.il to j
successful poult! v hiisbundn
These lectui os will cou*t I ceding, '
o’peciullj ns mlluonccd bv \itnmmosj
and mmetnl miMuies, blooding, in-,
(libation and othei phases 'i'lie in-!'
stmclion and intoiimition given, will'
be specihed .md basic, wJnle seu'ialj
successful poulti Miiori will spe.ik on i 1
methods of management which thei M
have used The emu so is planned to
be ns biond m scope as possible and 1
let be specific in oidei to color a wide I i
bold. Lectui os ami discussions will 1 '
eccupi all the temumiug time .So- (
•ml gatheimgs nnd amusements haie!*
been airanged to entertain the stu-.
dents <<
A bulletin containing detailed in- 1
fmmation icgaiding the short cnui«o
iniiv be obtained from the poulti
I u«bandr\ department It will to- 1
update in eicr\ possible wa\ witn
.imone inteiesterl m attending the j
(ouise The lettuies aie open to ai't
students 1
NOTED PUBLISHER WILL J
TALK BEFORE STUDENTS ;
(Continued fiom lust page) J
“rilswoilh makes a whole period in
(in htci.ituic ah\e and niariellousls j
I •nmm ” Ma> L Ueckei of the Xe\ ( :
Yoik ICII mint I‘nHt and The Satin-t
<hiu liemw oj Lite,i, tint. wntesto l
t-* mqiinei concerning Ellswoitli lee-j
tints, “Any school oi college will!
line an entneh new idea ot Engli*! i
•ii'tou—not bocau-e the facts aie st
wttumiitai, but the bnlliunl and vmd
fa l hum with which tliei aie mai>li.iil-|
ed to piesunt an epoch” I
Because of his bi ond e\pei icnte gam-j
j I m wilting and in li.nellmg KIK
v orth presents his subject in so intei
r ting u fashion that his audience iJ
j largest selling
degrees Superlamc m quality,
the w’orld-famous
copying \ 7ENUS
yPENOLS
give best service and
—•— longest wear.
I3l<y Plain end*, per do: SI 00
* Hut'bcr cud*. per do: 1 -0
Cl B/Il nil dittltrs
i Amcrkxn 1 i.uil I’cncll Co
220 nrdi A\u. x s
iw ikened to a new intcuM in hteir-
Uie While phivnv a Ic.ulii g pan m
publishing Lit i ’»iifniji ilm/u'iue, Al i j
Cllswoith heeanie acquainted with nil!
(he lending lights oi liteiatuie fioml
IMM) to J'UO I
Iccturm;; and Writing j
Aftei giving up Ins duties with !
ioinp.m\ Kl|s\voitli began ilcuiting
Ills tune In Intuimg and uiitmg He)
l.as been lie ml in eights leading l
Lolleges .mil mote than two bundled|
[.lepainti ■'■boo!- lb" United
. ..ijtmv schools in lh«* „mU-,
lilt*"' .\t one stJiool tin* JViikml 111 j
.ti\ man has been heaiil twcnty-liwj
Mi hlhworlh t- a great-gi aml-o 1 1
rf Chipf-.lustice Olnci Ullswoiln
1 mi a Kivat-Ri.unison of \oih Woo
■t'o. llio loNuojji.iphoi Ho friow up
in the homo ol In*? griandtathoi, Kos
v ell C Smith, mithoi ot ni.inj jri.u’o
vliool brml.s Mr Bllswotth's fntiu ‘
boms a honk-publisher. tho lou* ol,:
Looks seems to tome imtuiallv to th< j:
s«n
\\lien Ellsworth appcmeii at Penn,
Due-to-changes
Due to changes in some students’ curricula thci e
will be room for a few more at the famous old
ZERBY CLUB
An old landmark of State College
234 Allen Street
COLLEGE AVENUE SERVICE SHOPPE
And Just What Our Name Implies
We are here to do you SERVICE
Just because you are living in all isolated college
town is no reason why you should not expect and
, demand as PROMPT and EFFICIENT tailoring ser
vice as you do at home.
ALL CLEANING, PRESSING and TAILORING
done EXACTLY as you want it and delivered EX
ACTLY when you want it.
AND WE DON’T MEAN MAYBE
If a button comes off or get a grease spot on your
suit come in and let us fix it for you free.
All work called for and delivered without additional
cast.
Come in and let us get acquainted.
COLLEGE AVENUE SERVICE SHOPPE
306 W. College Ave. Phone 49-M
Mali* tlnco \onis ago he *> a* ■*« w
i earned that a ml in engiigntonl w
, ntieip ited l*i the sludcnl hm!\ 1
J’attee cats ‘Mi UNwotlh’s via-, tl
l ! i.e*-t leclnie wo lime had hole ni
ling time A nun who can hold
ll.omami of nui students ahsoibi
with a lodine delated to liteiatmc
i inie had It was pitched mju
I In* light ho\ It vet a lot ol oi
wuns fellows to leading ami snu
ff them scuntish to thinking ”
ALBERT DEAL&SOM
Heating
AND
Plumbing
117 Frazier Street
Rates $6.50 per week