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Penn State Collegian
PubliMieil semi-weekly during the College year by students ot the Penn
sylvania State College, in the interest of Students, Faculty, Alumni and
Friends of the College
EDITORIAL STAFF
\V P. Reed ’27
W. F Adler '27
H. G Woinsley ’27
R. 11. Coleman ’27
G. F Fisher ’27,
IJ. W. Hownid ’27
Frances L. Forbes ’27
JUNIOR NEWS EDITORS
5 B. Kaplan ’2B P. R* Smoltz ’2B
W. Lord, Jr. ’2B W. S. Thomson ’2B
JUNIOR WOMEN’S NEWS EDITORS
R M. Atkinson ’2B
K. R. riotchci '2B
Kutherine Holbrook ’2B
Marion D. Dossier ’2B
BUSINESS STIFF
S R Robb ’27
B C Wliar ton ’27
F. N Woidnei ’27
JUNIOR BUSINESS MANAGERS
J Ferguson ’2B R* B. Kilborn ’2B
C. F. Flmn ’2B W J. McLaughlin ’2B
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TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1926.
ANENT THAT “REQUIRED STANDARD”
Wo have entered once again upon that period which is agony
for the student and joy foi the instructor, according to the aver
age undergraduate's viewpoint. Final examinations are upon us;
a day and a night spent in hurried review of a couise, remember
ing dates and names, movements, policies, statesmanship; huiried
jottings of calculations of supposedly important facts (if we know
or have an idea of what the instructor likes); chaned table-edges
from forgotten cigaiettes, a blue haze of tobacco smoke, heeled
butts crowding the corners. Visions of the instructor who faith
fully peruses his text in order that he may find catch questions
(we imagine) and matteis of no import, so that he may smile light
ly when he sees the suiprised visages of his students the following
morning Examination.week —thank the poweis that it comes m
its intensity but once in a semester.
Cannot something be done about this spirit-sapping parasite
Like a leech it clings to our educational system; why? no one
knows. Final examinations are little more than compiehensive
lcviews of the amount of information a student recedes in a given
couise, while they could he made to be objective and really useful.
Piesident Lowell of Harvaid once said: “When a man’s life
ends, we ask what he has done; but a diploma from a school or a
degree from a college is not an obituary, and when*a student’s ed
ucation ends, we should ask, not what he has done, but what he is
or has become.
“Yet most of our examinations are adapted to ascertain little
except knowledge, which tends to promote mere cramming; where
as the tests in the gieat school of active life depend rather upon
the ability to use information. Surely examinations can be flam
ed to measuie not only knowledge but the ability to comprehend
and correlate what is known. In short, to test the grasp of a sub
ject as a whole.
“One of the defects of much of our teaching—and especially
of the lecture system—is that this part of the function of educa
tion is to a great degree lost from sight. An improvement m our
examination system which will measure the grasp of a whole sub
ject is, I believe, the most serious advance that can be made in
American education today.”
The trouble with final examinations is that they are used and
wielded by instructors as “big sticks,” that instructors take ad
vantage of this privilege in older to scare students into cramming
a compiehensive review of a subject into their whirling brains, a
process which makes the “visit” of the material enduie for only
the following twenty-four hours.
An examination which would test the student’s intelligence
and ability to apply his knowledge is a product of the technical
schools and ceitainly is a distinct improvement over the examin
ation in use today in other lines of endeavor. Until examinations
aie given m such a spirit, until they become useful lather than
artificial, until they serve as a test for understanding rather than
the capacity to cram, they are one of the gravest defects in Amer
ica’s sieve-like educational system.
KEEPING THE FAITH
And now, after the students, friends, faculties and alumni of
Penn Slate have been witnessing, for the past year, that constant
parade of loved educatois from this College, we ask these four
gioups to focus, for th? .moment, their, attention upon *twa noted
educators who rire’l6 cqrtie'ftferk* ,{ ‘ '!* ■ '‘ Jl W• *
Dr. Wheeler P. Davey; one’o'f the,few' internationally, known
American physicists, and Dr. Emil D. Reis, a'specialist in motor
fuel reseal ch, will be present in September to cany on their work
m important scientific problems at Penn State.
After watching with apprehension the procession of renowned
membeis of our faculty into other and distant climes; after feel
ing that theie was no room here for men who wanted to accomp
lish bigger, larger things; after this exodus has made us believe
that the fame of Penn State is on the decline, our faith is mstantlv
restored by the announcement that two such noted masters of re
search aie to accept appointments on our Chemistry and Phyiscs
faculty.
There is no doubt but that we had some reason for imagining
the Penn State of the future as a college of puny students ami
sciub piofs, but with the announcement that Dr. Davey and Di.
Reis have been secured as Professor of Physical Chemistry and
Associate Piofessor of Chemical Engineering, we pause to think
ovei our attitude. There are still great educators at Penn State,
oven if several of the great have departed. And, without doubt,
there arc many of the great yet to come. Dr. Davey and Dr. Reis
are among the latter,
Let us lose that stilted vision of the future. We must gain
a broader ision of what is to be Penn State. Wc must keep the
faith.
OFFICERS AND MEMBERS
CHOSEN BY DANTE CLUB
With the election of student offi
cers and the appointment of four
members of the faculty as honoiury
members of the organization the
Dante Club met foi the last time
Thursday evening.
Di I. L Foster, head of the de
partment of romance languages,
Profs. J. W. Fosn, W, D. Crockett
and R. E. Flanagan, were the faculty
members elected to the Dunte Club.
R. Gentilesco, ’27 was chosen as
president of the group and A. Franco
’2B, 11. Franco ’29 and J. Ghivrzznni
’2B wcic elected to the offices of vice
president, secretary nnd treasurer
respectively.
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Associate Editor
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Mildred A Webb ’2B
Business Manager
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Circulation Manage]
To Distribute Caps
And Gowns Friday
(Continued from first page)
tent to be erected in front of the
Armory* Two dollars and fifty cents
rental wd be charged. The one dol
lar deposit required as guarantee will
be refunded when the outfits arc re
turned.
The committee, consisting of R T.
Krerbel ’26, chairman, A. 0. McClel
lan ’2G and C. A. Roiclmrd ’26, de
sires that all seniors co-opeiate in
returning all the caps and gowns in
as good condition as possible, because
of the fact that the cost of any mis
sing or damaged outfits must be de
frayed by the class. __ ,
HZD rEKIT STATS CGXXaiGIAIT 1
Dean Wendt Speaks j
On Chemical Works
"The Stor\ of Sulphur,” "The Hy
drolysis of Water” and “The Story of
I’etioleum” were the titles of films
shown itr conjunction with a talk given
by Dean t«. 1. Wendt, of the School
of Chemist!}, at the Nrttany theatre
on Thursday evening.
Many uiuimi il and interesting views
of the subject were presented "The
Hydrolysis of Water,” showing the
probable stiuctuu* of the molecule
was paitieul irl> inteiesling.
Dean Wendt added to the interest of
the different films b\ explaining sev
eral of the scenes with short, nifoim
il talks
CO-EDS ELECT CLASS
OFFICERS FOR 1926-27
Elections occupied the gicatei part
of t)ie campus interest among the Co
eds last week The balloting i esulted
in the election of the following gills
to lead then class for 1926-27.
Hass «r l'>27
Miss I. F Baker, pi esident, Miss-L.
Thomas, vne-piesuluit, "Miss p A
Chapman. seeretur\, Miss .T A
Schnntz, tioasinci, Miss II S. Dot.,
social chairman.
Class nf 1928
Miss E C Whiteman, president,
Miss ]f Lewis, \ ice-pi esident; Miss I
E Smith, seci star v, Miss U L Reinr
el, tieasuioi, Miss M C Can, social
chairman
Class of 1929
Miss M. E Watkins, piesident. Mis-,
N Krout, \icc-pi esident. Miss E. F.
Monoque, secrctai\, Miss M M Keck,
Iteasniei; Miss D E Calloway, social
chairman
Holmes Field Choseip
As Girls’ Dorm Site
Realizing a gi owing demand for
moie adequate accommodation* for
girls at Penn State, the Pennsjlvana
Giangc is sponsoring the election of
a now* gill’s dninutoiY The stiucc
ure, with an estinnted cost of $250.-
000 and with looming capacity for
125 people, has already been given
its site on the campus map The
building will he erected on Holmes
field on the open space between
Mac Allister Hall and the home of
A R Wainock, dean of men
During the summer, vannus
Grange branches will conduct festi
vals, dances nnd other social event?,
the receipts of which will add to the
present total Se\eial piominent
women members, having written a
recipe book for household use, are
aiding the cause by selling their pub
lication
WRIGIIYS
Phr 6 9J& More
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0 9 and
thd best Peppermint
Chewing Sweet for
any money qjj
foi- Special For House Parties
Graduation the fisher baking co.
’ 127 W. Beaver Ave.
j. Is Ready
To Take Care Of All
Whitman s Special Orders
Quality
Candies FOR
Fancy Cakes
Fancy Rolls
Psttic OdS6S
RAY D. GILLILAND Individual Tarts
DRUGGIST * and Eclairs
“Y” CABINET ASKS AID IN
ESTABLISHING FRESHMEN
Volunteers To Offer Assistance
To New Students Through
Personal Letters
In order to aid next year’s incom
ing freshmen to become established
at Penn State, the Freshman “Y”
Cabinet has launched a campaign to
secure underclass volunteers to cor
respond with one or more of the new
students to help solve their initial
problems >
Late in August, the “Y” will semi
the mimes and addtesses of the new
comers to those who have agreed to
co-operate in this movement Tlte :
volunteers will then write personal
letters to the freshmen assigned to
them, intioducmg themselves and
proffering then assistance
As several hundred students will
be needed to make this plan a suc
cess, the “Y” urges all those who are
aid m this woik, to hand m
their names by the end of this week
at the Hut r
Players To Present
“The Boomerang”
(Continued from first page)
he explains his version of love. The
doctor’s treatment of Bud is fairly
successful but as is sometimes the
case with a boomerang, the implement
misses its mark and returns to harm
the thrower Such is Dr Sumner’s
fate Miss Xelba proves a\ciy clever
young woman and throw’s u boomer
ang herself bringing the play to a
■ happy ending.
N 0. Zimmerman ’27 and Francis
Hayward ’2B, take the parts of Dr
Sumner and Virginia Xelba respect
ively while Ruth Warner ’2B and 0. S
Anderson '2B fill the roles of Mrs
Woodridge and Bud. The play will
be under the stage direction of IL N
Pendleton ’2B.
HOUSE PARTY
With all its guests is coming
'Phone Your Orders Early
TO
Fishburn’s Meat Market
Best Meats for House Party
Phone 357 E. Beaver Ave.
Industrial Engineering Department |
CEDAR CHESTS - - - • $3.50 to $24.00 |
Student Desks and Chairs, Student Tables
CHIFFONIERS $12.50
TYPEWRITER TABLES - - $4.00 to $8.50
CHAIRS $3.50
DESKS $12.50 to $25.00
TABLES $5.00
. COSTUMERS ,- $2.00
' VCATEOiEG TABLES - - - $5.50
DRAWING 1 BOARDS - -• $1.25 (o $3.00
SWINGS ------- $5.00 to $lO.OO
PICTURE MOULDING - 3c to 20c per foot
ROOM 106, UNIT B
lA/ATCH THIS AD
Letter Box
Editor,
Penn State Collegian,
Dear Sir.
In behalf of Nittany Post 245 of the
American Legion, we wish to express
our thanks for the way in which the
students cooperated in making Me
morial Day successful
We wish to thank the students who
took part in the pnrndo and those who
formed the firing squads foi the var
ious cemeteries
JOHN R. DOTY,
Commander Nittanv Post.
Physicist Accepts
Department Post
(Continued fiom first page)
research laboratories of the General
Electric company where he has been
stationed for the past fourteen years
Dean Wendt expressed great pleas
ure at Di. Davey’s decision to conic
to Penn State, stating that his addi
tion to the staff nf the Division of In
dustrial Reseaich recently establish
ed in the School of Chemistry and
Phy sics will enable the College to
undertake several additional investi
gational projects of direct benefit to
industries of the state und nation
Dr. Davey is well known at P<
State, having received his mast:
® Tourist
third cabin
’EUROPE
With college parties on
famous “o”steamersof
The Royal Mail Line
Oalnnity Tour* with College Credit
ORCA, lum 19 ORDUNA,Imte26
ORBITA.!u!y3
WriMltrilUitunit*Uii
THEROYALMJUISTEAM PACKETCO.
26 Sroachny. New York .
degree here in 1911 under the lata
Dr. G G Pond He then went to
Cornell university to conduct a pro
gram of cancer research, and started
research work for the General Elec-
Ltc company in 1914. At the pres
ent time Dr. Davey is a specinl lee
lurei on X-rnys and ciystal struct
ures for Union college, and has filled
similar assignments at Penn State,
Yale university, M. I. T., Cornell un
iversity, University of Mrchig-an and
Williams college. During the pn3t
twelve years he has written sixty
two scientific papers for publication.
Dr Reis is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Chicago and received his
doctoiate degree in engineering at M.
I T. He is the author of u bool: on
applied thermodynamics, now on the
press, nnd hns established a reputn-
Rush
Printing Co.
Fraternity and
Commercial Printing
NOTE TABLETS
and STATIONERY
109 E. Beaver Ave.
Across From Post Office
BELL 112-J
j
| That Mysterious Art
i Pleasing a Woman
We can at least help you
please her by your table
at House Party
REDUCTION SALE
Our great reduction sale is still
on. You will have an opportunity
till Thursday, June 10th, to supply
your needs from our still large
stock of high grade merchandise.
SUITS
One lot Society Brand $5O value $24.50
$4O Statler Brand 32.50
$45 Society Brand ..... 36.50
$45 Kirschbaum 4 piece . . . 36.50
SPORT WEAR
McGregor Blazer Coats . . . $7.50
Slip-over Sweaters $5 value . 3.95
White Duck Knickers plus 4 . 2.95
White Linen Knickers plus 4 . 4.15
arrow-shiRTS-eagle
$2.50 Oxford & Broadcloth 2 for $3.45
$3.00 Oxford & Broadcloth 2 for 4.25
UNDERWEAR
Genuine B. V. D’s $1.15
Topkis Unionsuits 69
PAJAMAS
$2.50 & $2.75 Faultless . . . $1.95
FROMM’S
OPP. FRONT CAMPUS
’nesday, June «, I'JZU.
tion ns a research chemist in motor
fuels nnd lubricants.
The coming of these two faculty
members to Penn State has aroused u
greater interest in graduate study. In
dications point to the fact that a num
ber of the seniors who will graduate
next week from the School of Chem
istry and Physics have decided to re
main in order to work for nn advanced
degioe.
FOR SALE—A 1922.F0rd Coupe in
good condition Motor just over
hauled. Just the enr to drive home.
Fifty dollars takes it. J. E. Knott,
Vegetable Gardening office. Iloit.
Building. Jtp
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1 *Rwtcp4i(S Quaiy
CATIIAUM
Tuesday—
W. C. FIELDS
in “It's The Old Army Gann*
Wednesday—
MARY ASTOIt
nmf'
LLOYD HUGHES
in “High Steppers"
Thursd.i}—
CHARLES RAY
in "Pans”
Program For Friday nnd Salnrdaj
To Be Announced Later
Added Attraction On The Stage
Friday and Saturday
MASQN AND DIXON ORCIILSTRV
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F YES’
On the Avenue
SINCE 1913