Fate Two
Penn State Collegian
Published semi-weekly during the College year by atudente of the Penn*
eylvunia State College, in the interest ot Students, Faculty, Alumni and
Friends of the College,
EDITORIAL STAFF
H. W. Cohen ‘29
R. T. Krlebel ‘2B
A. K. Smith ‘2B .
W. J. Durbin ’2B
H. L. Kellner '2(l
R. A. Shaner '2B
JUNIOR NEWS EDITORS
G. E. Fisher '27
W. P. Reed ’27
W. F. Adler ’27
E. 11, Colemna '27
JUNIOR WOMEN'S NEWS EDITORS
Kllen A. Bullock'27 Frances 1/. Forbes *27 Mary E. Shaner '27
BUSINESS STAFF
T. Cain Jr. '2B
0. L Guy *2B . ,
G. E Brumfield ‘2O
ASSISTANT lUJSINESS M\N\GERS
8, R.Hohb'27 F.N, Weiilner.Jr. '27 B. C. Wharton *27
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FRIDAY, MAY 28," 1920.
YALE EXAMINES THE REMEDY
Yale is now considering the Harvard plan of improvement
The report of the Harvard Student Council on Education calls for
a division of the university into small schools in order to provide
a closer social spa it and to knit a tighter relationship between fa
t ulty and student. The proposal as a whole is a duplication of the
Oxfoid and Cambridge systems.
The Yale Alumni Weekly, commenting on the plan, feels that
the proposal will not remedy the something that ails the college
The edilois believe that the abolition of compul-soiy chapel was a
blow to the “social" sohdauty” that the custom fosteied, feeling
pei haps that chapel had the same effect as a smoker or a baibecue
The Ilaivard plan, particulaily the section that deals with the di
vision of the college, was examined, found faulty, and thrown into
the discard.
The Weekly then looked into the fraternity as a means of get
ting the undergraduate into the Camaraderie spirit. But it finds
that the fraternities gather only two-fifths of the student body in
to the seci et folds. What then is to become of Yale? The pana
cea foi the ills, according to the Weekly, is that the fraternity
should tap moie men and that there should be moie fraternities.
The Harvard plan together with pio and con views make m
tciosting reading matter for those who are continually woirying
over what ails the college. It is true that our universities and
their systems are not perfect, yet the ills accredited them are large
ly imaginary.
It is i idiculous to split up the university for the sake of creat
ing close social units Nothing would be more conducive to build
ing of a college man, cut by a die. The system may mb off the
provincialism of the freshman but it is certain to produce some
thing more obnoxious than provincialism,—the “collegian.”
The only ailment from which the collegesuffers is the ten
dency on the part of administrations to mimic industry and its
huge scale pioduction. To grow “bigger and better” and to “give
every man a chance to learn” is the evident policy of the majority
(>t Ameiican umvci.sities. It is generally admitted that thcic are
in colleges a great percentage of men who simply “don’t belong”
This is the result hugely of the alleged oppoitunities offered
by colleges to prepare men for every possible \ocation with the
exception of bootlegging To di\est colleges of courses in horse
shoeing, salesmanship, plumbing, and so forth would naturally ic
l emove a glittei ing attraction. Specialized coin ses of that caliber
have no place in the university. Then again, a careful selection of
the entrants and the closing of the sluice gates before the college
i.s Hooded would keep it fiom resembling a factory.
There ought not to be any wony over the social pioblcm
There is none. College men do not lack the social instinct and jf
they did, what of it* Grouping, however, is a natural process and
should remain so lather than to become an arbitraly division by
ioicmg a gioup of undergraduates together merely because they
belong to the same class or school and completely ignoring their
personalities.
Instead of providing foy mpi
there should he more instructors •
puilicul.il ly at Penn State, rid 1
AG CONVENTION ENDS
AFTER BUSY SESSIONS
Discuss Ways Of Fighting Plan!
Diseases—Dean Sacketl
Addresses Group
The Agnculturnl convention held at
Penn State last week ended with a
banquet .it the Centic Hills country
dull Finlay night Duectors of ex
pel imental stations fiom nine states
.if the Northeastern division wcie
picsont ut the comention, the purpose
(if which was to discuss ngncultuir.l
icsoaich problems.
The chief speaker of the banquet
was S. B. Haskell, director of the
Massachusetts Agricultural experi
mental station at Amherst, Massa
chusetts The topic of Mr Haskell’s
talk was "Agricultural Research.” He
spoke of the woik of the experimental
stations, especially those in the Mid
west. He told how the work of the
slations has been undei (he, because
the lank and file thought that the re
soaidi men were emphasizing produc
tion ratlioi than distribution
Mi Haskell stated that we do not
have complete contiol over production,
hut that our knowledge of how to
light disease and insect pests, and our
hcttci cultuial methods have given us
tontiol ovei the yield. He concluded
his speech with the stutement, "Grad
ually ns our population increases, our
fiuming practice will change fiom
moielv a manual art to that of mi in-
~ Editor-In-Chief
Assistant Editor
Managing Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
U. W. Howard '27
H. G. 'Wwnsley ’27
Business Manager
Advertising Manager
Circulation Manager
ire v students vvith larger building-*,
with largei salaries. Tins might,
the college of borne of its lmper-
Dean R L Sackett, a member of
the executive board, was a guest at
the banquet. He spoke on “Problems
of Mutual Inteiest to the Agricultui
ist and the Engineer” He took un
such topics as refoiestration, m ic*
gard to the water supply, soil drain
age, irrigation and highways He said
that the Euiopeans maivcl at the wav
we construct our highways, because
we survey them after they have been
built to sec if we have built thei
right. Another topic was the power
on the faim, an essential factor to the
farmer of today, because it relieves
drudgery of the farm woman and
helps the fanner m his work
Short talks were given by dircrtois
W J Morse, of Oiono, Maine, J C
Kendall, of Duiham, New Hampsne,
W J Slate, Jr. of New Haven, Con
necticut; B. L. Haitwell, of Kingston,
Rhode Island; R. N. Thatchei, of Ith
aca, New York, and A. C McCuc, of
Ncwaik, Delaware.
Eserything served at the banquet
was produced on the farms of the
College. The speakers’ table was dec
orated with several bouquets of roses,
brought from the greenhouse of the
botany department. At the plate ol
each was a carnation, also fiom the
greenhouse.
The members had a business session
on Friday ut which they discussed the
woik of the diffeient expeiimental
stations The object of this was to u
void the necessity of two stations
working on the same phase of ie*
seaich. During the rest of the time
here, they studied the experiments in
progress in the College.
PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
J“BOOMERANG” SCHEDULED
FOR JUNE PRESENTATION
Penn State Players To Give
Popular Comedy Mere
Commencement
In "The Bnonioinng,” which the Penn
State Plivoi-. will pt usent dm mg umi
inonccinent. pl:i\-goeis will he mlt.v.
duced to an up-to-date physician who
attempts to cure an unwilling pitient
of a “neivnus dep'ession” The out
come. a dis ippoint.s! ami jealous af
fection with all its cumphc ition .
fnims the bas!> of a plot wluth Iris
made “The Bnomci.tng” one of the
most poptilai of the newel comedies.
“The Rooniei mg” is i thiec-irt
cmnedv In Wine hell Smith and Vutoi
Mapes Ibe lust act is in Ih. Sum
ner's oft ne, the si'i oml ri the In mg
loom at Mi Woodhi ulge's, the last til
Di Suntnei’s ollme. The store takes
plate m Uutfoul, Connecticut (lin
ing the eai h autumn
Di Gerald Sumnci D Zimmei -
man, '27
M irmn Suninet-Mus M T Toepoll ’2R
Ennlo 11 N Pendleton *2S
Vtignna Xeha Miss M F Ha--
wmd ’2B
Mis. Creighton VVoodbi ldge
Miss R E Wamci ’27
Bud Ludlow ----O S Andeison ’27
Gertrude Ludlow Mrs L II Reb-
el tbon 27
Grace Tvlei—Mns M V MtVickei ’29
Pieston DcWitt It. \V Huston '2S
Hartlev A 0 McClellan ’2B
Mi Stone A 0 McClellan ’2O
CHEMISTS USE URANIUM
IN PRODUCTION OF TILE
Research Depai Imenl Utilizes
Waste Products—Will
Expand Woik
Penn State’s addition to the School
of Chemist) v and Physics, the Indus
tunl Rescuich dep.utment, i« at pie—
ent de\otcd to the manufactuie of sod
ium umnate, a yellow nutcml used
as a pigment in the «tuicluic of ucam
mimed tile
• Sodium urinate is usually impoited
into the United Stiles fiom Europe,
theie being no immediate souicc of
uiamum m this country The heads
of the depai tment aie able to supply
the demands heie by Inning up the
waste pioducta of k*ige plants, moie
pnrticulatly those of i uhum cm posi
tions These wu*to products ln\e a
low peicentage of uranium and the
Penn State chemists develop the pure
nintcnhl which is then sold at a high
pi ice. At piescnt the Associated
Chemical Pmduits company of Nc\
Yoik citv has continued to purchase
all of this compound which can be
e\o!\ed, a supply of apnroNiniately
one bundled pounds a aeek
Soon the depai tment . ill expand
its woik to take up the manufactuic
of ammonium met.uanadate The
sime process which is now being em
ployed in the making of the sodium
umnate, that of buying waste pro
ducts w dl he applied
The woil- of this department, lo
cated in the Old Tinck House, is es
pecially impoitant in that it supplies
t> Ameiican m mufaeuireis matennls
that aie not ptoduicd in the United
States
® Tourist
third cabin
’EUROPE
With college parlies on
famous “0 ” steamers of
The Royal Mail Line
Ucltertlry Tours vntti College Credit
ORCfI, Tunc 19 ORDUNA, June 26
ORBITS, July 3
THERQYALMAILSTEAMPACKETCO.
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WRIGLEYS
HBk BJf More
Hnf for your
15& money
H • ■ and
thd best Peppermint
Chewing Sweet for
i» any money Ql3 s.
BOTANISTSTOVISrr !
YELLOWSTONE PARK
Penn Slate Parly Will Gather
Specimens And Examine
Hot Spring Fungi
COVER EIGHT STATES,
FIVE THOUSAND MILES
I’lnposing to explnic the nutuio nf
p| ml gtowlhs thioughout the West
ind to considei flowering plunts, an
expedition of Penn State botanists
will letne the College campus foi Yel
lowstone National Patk on July fust
The pin tv, consisting of Dr. and Mrs
I B Hill, l)i and Mis L 0 Ovei
holls, \V B. McMillan and L T Don
niston ’27, will torn to Yellowstone
Paik, making intermediary stops at
points of unusual botanical interest.
The tup. estimated more thin five
thousand miles, will extend through
Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, West
Vngimi. North Dakota, South Da-
Icot t, Colorado and Wyoming
Make Tests at Yellowstone
Yellowstone Paik is scheduled not
onh as the turning point of the o\-
ncdition but also a c the main point of
explorition At the famous wondc
paik the Nittiny educator* will te* f
the theoi\ that algae giowths e\isr
beneath the hot spnngs and spiout
in water that is estimated to be hottc
than ninety degrees Ccntigiade At
the same place the totuists will focus
then attention on a virgin field, that
of fungi Alpine plants also will
ho'd an intcie«t foi the botanists
On the leturn tup, after a short
lest at St Louis the local scientists
will be well on then way to complc
ting the third botanical pilgrimage,
two having been made pieviously, one
in 1921 and 1924. Each resulted in
live hundred valuable .specimen*.
PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS
Stock
Reducing Sale!
SALE STARTS FRIDAY, MAY 2
At 8 A. M. and ends Saturday, June sth.
HOSE PAJAMAS
Record Black and Tan - $2.50 Faultless $1.5)5
5 prs. for $l.OO ' $2.75 Fancies $1.97
AHen A Silks Fancies Slip-over and button Fronts
2 for $1.35
All Golf Hose All bed-room Slippers
Reduced 30 /fi Reduced
TURN-OVER TALKS FRIDAY
UNDERWEAR *
Genuine B. V. D. $1.15
Topkis Unionsuits .(59
JJalbriffgan Unionsuits 1.20
Shirts & Drawers suit 1.20
SUITS SUITS
Society Brand Sizes 35 and 36
One Lot $24.50
Society Brand $5O Value $42.50
Statler Brand $4O Value $32.50
Society Brand $45 Value $36.50
Kirschbaum 4-pieee Suits
545 Value $36.50
■ TOPCOATS
August Bros. $4O Value $32.50
Hart, Shaffner & Marx
$35.00 Value . $27.50
Kirschbaum, $35.00 Value $27.50
j Initial La Vie Sale
j Draws Throngs of
1 Jostling Students
Ciowds of eagci student* gnthoicl
mound Montgomeiv’s i tore Thuisdnv
afternoon to secure their copies of
the 1927 La Vic. The more foitimate
ones, stnggeung beneath the weight}
Imtoij of last yom's college life,
could bo seen slowly emeiging fiom
among the nbblo.
AFTER THE HOP:-
Sit down to a “real” midnight lunch
AT THE
KNOX CAFE
iooooooocooeooooooooooeooooooooooooo
|ree used car*bargSl
Best Values Ever Offered
: t
j 1920 Ford Coupe . $ 90.00 *
: : I 1923 Ford Roadster . 100.00 :j:
■f 1925 Ford Roadster . . 185.00 *
£ Balloon Tires *|*
5: 1925 Ford Roadster . . 200.00 5:
? 1921 Ford Touring . . 50.00 <■
:j: 1923 Ford Touring . . 100.00 g
S 1925 Ford Touring . . 200.00 £
*.* Balloon Tiros )**
I NITTANY MOTOR CO. ||
X STATE COLLEGE, PA.
| AUTHORIZED FORD AGENCY. fj
DRESS SHIRTS TUXEDOES
$2.30 o\toi (Is i Broadcloth, 2 (or $3.(5 SJO & $45 Value $29.50
$3.00 Arrow & Eaprle Brand, 2 for $<1.25 Tux Shirts 2.55
$3.50 Arrow & Buttle Brand, 2 for $4.85 Tux ties $l.OO Value .75
$2.30 Colored Shirts. 2 for $3.45 Studs $l.OO Value .50
AMAZING VALUES
SPORT WEAR
McGregor Blazers
Slip-over Sweaters
Heavy Duck Knickers . 2.95
White Linen Knickers 4.15
$1.75 off every pair of woolen plus 4
knickers.
$1.75 off every pair of extra trousers.
FROMM’S
Opp. Front Campus , Since 1913
Copies of the year book may bo
bought at Montgomeiy’s store tin*
afternoon and tomonow from ten o’-
clock in the morning until nine o’clock
m the evening.
Juniors Must Present Cards
Jumots calling foi then books must
present then matriculation cards foz
the second semester No copies will
bo given to juniors not complying with
thib requirement.
Because the number of extra copies
to be sold is limited, those who have
not made lescrvntions are uigod to
bu> their L.i Vies at once.
Store open until 8 P. M.
HATS and CAPS
$6.00 Schoblc $4.95
$7.00 Schoblc $5.95
Campus hats $3.25
$2 50 Caps $1.65
$3.00 Caps $2.25
SHOES
$lO.OO Florshoims . $8.85
$ 9.00 Crawfords 7.95
One Lot $9.00 Crawfords for 1.95
$7 & $8 Marion Shoes 5.85
Army Shoes $5 Value $ 3.75
LADIES SHOES
Our entire stock of this season’s new
est patterns has been maiked to an
unusually low price, visit our display
windows.
Ulay. May 28.1020.
Although this year’s book is ar
ranged according to tradition, an at
tempt has been made to pcimcate .t
with a distinct Penn State atmo l --
phcie. Scenes and landmarks fiom
the campus and the vicimtv of the
college have been used in the m t win k
which has been earned out undei th>*
diicction of R M. Gibbs, ’27.
Cto.
jjßjXSy IPlto<C9}bug9 r QuAi/‘
CATHAUM
Friday—
CHARLES MURRAY. GEpRCE
SIDNEY, VER V (JORDON. J \CK
MULHALL. GASTON GI.\SS
and JOJDNA RALSTON
m “Sweet Daddies”
Riturday—
M ITT MOORE
and
DOROTIO DEVORE
in “Three Weeks m Paris”
Friday and Saturday—
Added attraction on the singe—
Songs h> Fiji Trio—lt. \\. (Jiahaui,
J. E Kennedy and J. 11. Vance.
Monday and Tuosdny
HEBE DANIELS
in “The Palm Bench Girl”
Added attraction on the stage—
Charleston Contest 1\ iimers.
NITTINY
Friday
ALL STAR CAST IN
in “The Rainmaker”
Saturday'—
ALL STAR CAST IN
“Sw cet Daddies”
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iSifc
Stark. Bros,
berdashcrs'
Manhattan Shirts
JACK HARPER
STRAW HATS
$2.00, $2.50 Value $1.75
$2.75, $3.00 Value $2.25
$3.00, $3.50 Value $2.75
$l.OO, $4.75 Value $3.75
$O.OO Panamas $5.35