Friday, October 15, 1920
GRADUATE IN *B2 LOOKS BACK
ON “OLD DAYS” AT PENN STATE
John L. Gunn, ’B2, managing cdit
o) of THE COURIER, Convcllnville,
Pennsylvania, and a vmlor hcic last
wccl., him written a Hpcual ai tide
for the COLLEGIAN on the Collo/c
thnty-joiir yeais ur/o.
Baseball had an impressive start
at Penn State, both “Mike” Baldwin
and C C. Chesney being remarkable
pitchers. The former later became
one of the famous pitchers of
the Pittsburgh National League
team and accompanied Captain
Anson’s “Afl American” team on
its tour around the world. He is
now a practicing physician ip Pitts
burgh. Chesney did not get' into the
professional class. He is now general
manager of the Gcncial Electric com
pany's plant at Pittsfield, Mass Pre
ceding Baldwin, “Monty” Ward, who
acquiredd’ame at pitcher and later as
manager of tba New York Nationals,
was Penn State’s star pitcher.
No Globes For Catchers
“The evolution of the game not
then having developed the curved ball,
the delivery of the pitcher was con
fined to a swift, hard, straight throw.
That “Mike" Baldwin’s balls had these
characteristics, as well as being pro
pelled by tremendous force, was of
ten attested by “Chcs’s" sw alien and
bleeding hands Catchers of those dnys
scorned the U3e of gloves, masks or
other protective devices. A batter hit
by one of Baldwin’s balls didn’t take
first base. He went out of the game
for that day, at least.
“The fraternity had not mado its
advent at Penn State in those days,
hence rushing and house parties had
no place among the diversion of stu
dents The most stirring event of the
week was attendance at the Wash
ington Literaiy Society, with its pro
gram of debates, readings, musical
numbers and other features The
crowning social function of the year
was the Martha Washington party
held m the chapel of Old Mam on the
evening of Washington’s birthday
This was a costume affair. Each stu
dent designing his own costume it
can be imagined that the effect was
more weird than historically correct
in detail. But (a good time was had
by all)
No Freshman Customs
The “dink” and freshman'rules and
icgulations had not been evolved
There was no “stunt night” or other
means or method whereby to inspire
a proper degree of respect by fresh
men* for upper classmen. In fact,
freshmen had practically the saipe
privileges as seniors. Being compar
atively small the student body w’as
not unlike a big family in the relations
between its members
“In 1882 the villnge of State Col
lege presented an aspect beaiing no
resemblance to the thriving munici
pality of today Co-op Corner was
then merely a place, not having ac
quired the distinction which has been
brought to it by the appellation known
to hundreds of students of later years
A frame hotel stood on the present
site of Nittany Inn, with farm land
stretching westward along what was
then a dirt highway, now populous
West College avenue.
“On the opposite corner was the
Mitchell residence where a number
of students boarded, all of whom since
have cherished kindly remembrances
of the homc-ltkc atmosphere and the
splendid service of that establishment
Beyond, a few steps toward Lcmont,
was the post office, a frame building
which was also the village store W’here
Mr Mitchell performed his dual tasks
as propuctor and postmaster. A lit
tle farther down the road John Ham
ilton, who served so long and faith
fully as the College treasurer, main
tained his agricultural implement
store.
Be sure to see our window display
OF
ESMOND BLANKETS
New and attractive patterns
EGOLF’S
1201-2 E. College Ave. * State College
Industrial Engineering Department
Student Desks and Chairs, Student Tables
CHIFFONIERS 512.50
TYPEWRITER TABLES - - $4.00 to $8.50
CHAIRS $3.50
DESKS $12.50 to $25.00
STUDENT TABLES $5.00
COSTUMERS $2.00
GATE-LEG TABLES - - - - $4.50 to $9
DRAWING BOARDS • - $1.25 to $3.00
SWINGS $5.00 to $lO.OO
PICTURE MOULDING - 3c to 20c per foot
MAGAZINE RACK $1.73
BOOKSHELVES .... $3.50 to $7.50
CEDAR CHESTS ----- $3.00 to $25.00
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| ROOM 106, UNIT B |
$ WATCH THIS AD 3;
v'- - - X
“The residences of Prof. W. A.
Buckout—now the Delta Tnu Delta
fraternity house—ami William Foster,
and one oi two others, wore the only
buildings on what is now Beaver av
enue All told the buildings in the
v.llage d.d not then exceed a dozen in
numbei outside the campus.
“In that not altogether distant past,
as it uppears to those whom it has
many pleasant memories,, the Bollc
fonte Central had not been projected
as a transportation enterprise. Nei
ther had the Pennsylvania extended its
line to Lcmont, nor had Meyers be
come a motor bus magnate. The only
means of access to the College was by
3tagc, buggy, or buchboard from
Bellcfonte or Tyrone.
“Although lacking almost ail of the
facilities that have been provided in
later jeuis, and without the comforts
and the seeming necessities of student
life of today, and deprived of the
numerous extia-eurnculnr activities
which take much of a student’s time
andjsomo-of dad’s money m 192 G, the
Tenn State students of foity-four
years ago .were a happy, congenial and
contented group.
“Since their passage into the great
world outside college walls and en
uronment, they yield nothing to those
of younger generations m their at
tachment or loyalty to the institution
of which they are pioud to ha\e been
a pait Their keenest delight still is
to come back to the scenes of their.
student life, lenew the friendships of
that carefree but all too brief period,
and live over again the days when
they confidently behoved they w’ould
have a'strangle hold on fame and
fortune, once they had completed their
college courses.
“Nothing could have been happier
in conception than ‘Fathers’ Day’, as
a means for turning time backward
m its flight, especially for those old
students who can leturn at intervals
and observe their own sons in action
m the more or less difficult, if not
sometimes well-n’gh impossible task
of improving upon the family record
and piestigc at dear old Penn State.”
Y. M. C. A. Campaign •
Will Start Tuesday
(Continued from first page)
The two factions will contend for first
honors in inflating the “JT” total.
Fraternity, non-finternity and fac
ulty districts have been nppoitioncd
to \aiious students in an effort to
effect a thoiough solicitation of the
Blue and White Campus.
On-thousand dollars of-the acquired
sum will be appropriated for the near
ly-complclcd Andy Lytle cabin at
Shinglctown
! Froth Calls Freshmen
| Business Men Tonight
i Ficshmnn business candidat- |
| cs for Fiolh me to report in ?
I Old Chapel tonight at seven §
I o’clock The staff announces $
| that no previous experience is [
| necessaiy foi candidacy. |
LOST—Watch and chain. Reward
when returned to H H. Hughes,
Beta Theta Pi.
FOR PICTURES
OLD MAIN ART SHOP
I Candidates Named for
Vacpni .Council Posts
1927 Libei al Arts candidates
for Student Council to fill vacan
cy caused by J. E Keehan’s in
eligibility:
K E. Clungcon
J. Gl Davis
' G. F. Fisher
! S. R Robb
I C R Shnyder
j 11. G. Womsley
| 1919 Liberal Arts candidates
I for Student Council to fill va
! caqey caused by F. B. Jackson
! not returning to school:
j J. F Bunting, Jr.
| H. V. Fritchman
\ R W. Haley
! W J. Ilart
[ M. J Hermann
| J. M. Hiltner
| J. G. House
I T. E King
I • JF. Reed
| P. A. Shelly
l R M. Streiker
2 II G Westerfield
!
Student Board Will
Decide Punishments
(Continued from first page)
ed bv Dean Wainock and then re
viewed by the Student Board The
offender must appear before the Stu
dent Board and state lus case
The Council of Administration will
be lepiosented by Dean Warnock and
the dean of the school in which the
-tudent is enrolled The latter, how
t\er, will cast no vote, although he
may cntei into the discussion
Finally the case is taken up by the
Council of Administration for ac
tion This body in turn represents the
Board of Trustees and is dnectly re
.pomsble for any action taken
FOURTH POULTRY SHOW
SET FOR THIS MONTH
The fourth Pennsylvania State
Standard Pi oduction Poultry Show
will be held m the Stock Pavilion
under the auspices of the College poul
try department and the Penn State
Poultry Club, October twenty-first,
twenty-second and twenty-third
R. R. Fouracrc ’27, is secretary of
the show, and E J. Darkes ’27, is
superintendent of the show room.
Fouracre is also chairman of the
ways and means- committee. Assist
ing him on this committee will be J.
E Stouff, R R. Murphy ’2B, F. M.
McKenzie, and R. R. Minnick ’27.
Visit
Jink's Place
Cigarettes
Tobacco
SHOE SHOE PARLOR
Pocket Billiards
ms c-Comes, h*ats -
HzA c ße'R£>zASHe%r zA&QD SHOSS
DEVELOPED' BY FINCHLEY FOR
COLLEGIAN USAGE FOR FALL '''
WILL BE EXHIBITED BY A REP. ,
RESENTATIVE FROM NEW YORK
' AT STATE COLLEGE HOTEL
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
OCTOBER 18th AND 19th
JACK PETERS, Rep.
PARTICULAR INTEREST IS IN.' '*
VITED TO THE EXTRAORDINARY 0
FABRICS OF FOREIGN SELECTION.
PATTERNS CONFINED SOLELY
TO THIS ESTABLISHMENT.
FORTY-FIVE DOLLARS
AND MORE
TAILORED TO MEASURE
FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK '
CHE PENN STATE COLLEG!
FoYensic Heads Favor
Changes in Debating
(Continued from first page)
ropm for intciestmg dis
cussion, according to the Nittany de
bating Coach The second issue np-
I.oved b> the local council *s: “Should
the Volstead act be so modified us to
pcimit the manufucLuic and sales of
light wipes and beers*'”
The first proposition will be disput
ed when Washington and Jefferson,
Pitt and Penn State take the plat
form imthcir annual tiiungul.il de
bate Decepibei eleventh.
It was further decided at the Hur
nsburg ipectmg to alter the system
for presenting the icsolut.on which
will take the form of a question on
future occasions. This is done to
make the statement of t)io issue more
cleat and explicit
With the date for thq triangular de
bate loss than two months off, Penn
State’s wranglers nre busily engaged
in pieparmg foi the annual three-cor
neied event All debnters, together
with candidates for the vaisily team,
will meet in Old Chapel ne.a Wednes
day night at seven-thnty o’clock
Officials announce that all Penn State
students are eligible for the team.
E-640, Penn State Hen,
Sets New Laying Mark
E-C4O is not a submarine or call
number but the nbmc of Penn State’s
new* record-breaking hen.
This famous biddy finished hei first
jear of pi oduction on September
twenty-fast with a total of 279 eggs,
one above the foimcr college record.
In itscif the event is important but
gieatcr significance is attached to
the performance of E-G4O because she
is a Baned Rock while the detlnoncd
College champion was a Single Comb
White Leghorn.
The Penn State Poultiy department
is keeping records on several other
hens, both Barred Rocks and White
Leghorns which promise to equal oi
surpass the exceptional record of E-
G4O
Puretest
Witch Hazel
Fine For
After Shaving
. )i.
5,0 c the pint
REXALL DRUG STORE
ROBERT J. MILLER, P. D.
V
“Pipe Up” Becomes Slogan of Nittany
Smokers as Students Abandon Stogies
If the increaso'in the vast army ofr
leciuits who arc annually joining the
ranks of Penn State pipe smokers
nmiutauis its rapid puce, Nittany edit
catois will soon be forced to add “Pipe
Smoking 31“ oi “Advanced Inhaling
'2G“ to their aheady complete cumcu
lar, a local tobacco dealer soliloquized
yesterday.
For esoteric reasons the local sales
of pipes has mci cased nearly six bun
dled per cent since the end of the
World War, general statistics prove
More than a thousand pipes, ranging
ftom live cent coin cobs to ten dolhu
Dunhills, weie sold by local tobacco
dealeis during the past year Among
this number there were moie than
two dozen different makes of vanous
size, shape and grade There Mere
lowly “coin cobs’’ and fanev, hand
some meerschaums.
With the rise of the new fad the
nickel stogie, once the pndc and joy
of Penn State, uppeiclassmea, has
disappeared Cigaiette sales have
kept pace with those of pipe tobacco,!
which are nearly three gross daily, i
but the lowly “rope” lost popularity 1
»..rd icmnms today at the bottom of I
a '
1.0 list.
Whether it is with the desire to
lispljy sliming cla«s minieials or
whether it is with the intention of
gaining favot with tile fair actress
who tenderly wines oil the inside
magazine cover above liei most giace
ful pose, “I love to see a man smoke
a pipe" is unknown to those who view*
the maiked increase as surpusmg.
At any late the number of pennies
expended foi keeping the well known
“furnace” lit would roach a consum
able distance if there is a statistician
who cares to draw an intiicate com
parison
Fire Insurance
Eugene H. Lederer
ALBERT DEAL & SON
Heating
'AND
Plumbing
117 Frazier Street
Barrere’s Artists Open_
“Y” Concerts Tomorrow
(Continued from first page)
The piogtam follows. i
1 Symphony in JS (lit Sehtibirt,
Alkirru
Amhinli
Con muto
Mi iiuillo
Allturo \ unco
2 Three I'lccn Alhonir
CmliK
liim.o
Semii-ililln
r Tlio Willie I’nenck Ch T Gnltoi
I .Duncn from ‘ ilihirum Gluck
Air
Pumhourin
Mun Ute
Dunn tk Amazons
' For My Link 1 ricnds Pnrne
I’nslornl (Wiml iintninn.nt‘l «
March of Ihi I litlc Tm Soldi, ri
The Vii.il or lhi. Gunrdiiui Am.il
(htritir matrumcnU)
I nrandotc
i In the evening-
All you need is a Chair, a Smoke, a Maga
zine, a Jar of Candy and a little Ice Cream
and you’re sitting pretty for the night.
JUNIORS
La Vie Proofs Must
Be Returned Not
Later Than
Monday, Get. 18th
PLEASE BE PROMPT
THE PENN STATE PHOTO SHOP
212 E. College Ave.
I
Po&e Three
Tribunal Sentences
' Customs Offenders
(Continued fiom fust page)
evei, speak enough to waiiant ucai
in# the conspicuous epigiam * Xobo.l;
e\ei look mv name
.Button U.ulej, hi A b.p- in some
glee-club, gave an oiijovablc e lnLi
tion of umo-tininail lnin.it when in
tenogatud bj the Tnbunal His in
-1 uonujOAUaT oiuo 1 ! punoj stoitmno
though, because Mi Bailev ill un
veil a sign maike'l “Tme Cmfcs
xions” on the Campus soon In ad
dition to Bailejpcnaltv. G R Geig
oi will canv a p’-icbond v >th “He
balked like a dog WOOF"’
Having taken customs iinti 1 last
Match, I llcicklcu will doit his dial,
aftei the Clnistmis liolidavs This
fool all gentleman expoctel an ciil’cr
exemption—but the Fates decided'
All m all it was a gteat evonirp
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