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Penn State Collegian
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H. G. Womsley ’27
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H. G WOMSLF* '27
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R R. Flctclici '2B P. R Smaltz ’2B
W S Thomson '2B W. Lord, Jr., ’2B
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1926
THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
“Published semi-weekly during the College
year by students ot the Pennsylvania State Col
ege, in the best interests of the College, the stud
ents, faculty, alumni and friends.”
Above, reader, you see in punt a definition of
this paper; defining its being, its policy, its func
tion. Ovci the past week-end, the COLLEGIAN
was ciitieised severely for its editorial policy and
for the miscalculated, all-inclusive notations which
were contained m “The Bullosoplier’s Chair.”
Since aspei sions were cast at the newspaper which
is the reflector of student opinion, the printed or
gan which has as its very heart the best inteiests
of Penn State, we feel that the policy and function
of the COLLEGIAN should be brought to your at
tention in the most emphatic manner. This news
paper is published “in the best interests of the Col
lege, the students, faculty, alumni and friends.”
And first of all is the College.
AND HERE IS THE EXPLANATION!
No 1 *- that the damage has been done, let’s get
togethei and t*dk the whole matter over among
ourscives J.joic than that, let’s do oui talking
sandy and oper’v. Let's look at both sides of the
question, thu 1: over every point, discuss the mat
ter ard then refer the,entire question to the final
board of appeal—the boaid which is higher than
“just us” and which has the authority to make def
inite decisions.
Tho leading editorial in this newspaper on Fri
day, October twenty-second, had an object in view
which has been approached many and many a time,
but which has never been brought out to see the
light of day. To bring this object to light was a
difficult task—just such a task as that of getting
out of bed a man who has been busy; working ex
tiemely hard the night before. You can’t get such
a man out of him bed simply by talking to him m
an undertone, can you? But you can get him
quite awake by giabbing both shoulders and shak
in him a little. Isn’t that tr ue?
Let us, then, diaw the connection between
this anecdote and the situation which we tried
to present in “Moleskins for Mudslingers?” on Fri
day. We think we garbled our material, and we’d
like to straighten out the affair, and we hope to do
this iromr.g out by showing the similarity between
the story of the man in bed and the story of foot
ball.at Penn State. Jt _ , ,
• Thcie.should be a groat'tlestl : off co-operation
between the alumni and the students .of Penn
State. We feel that there is that great Jove be
tween these two bodies; we know positively that
the students respect alumni opinion and give such
opinion a great deal of consideration. But when
that opinion is not expressed, it is nice to say that
the students are unable to consider it sanely or
justly. In biinging together the two stories we
have mentioned, and in connecting the editorial
with the stories, we want this question to be decid
ed by both alumni and student body “If there is
something wrong with football at Penn Slate; if
conditions exist on the gridiron which are not con
ducive to the welfaic of this institution; if condi
tions exist which place the student body, the fac
ulty, the alumni, the fuends of the College, and
the College itself on five entirely separated planes
—if such things arc and will continue to be, why
not come right out m the open and decide them—
for the good health of Penn State?”
“Moleskins for Mudslingers?” was thrown out
with the intention of being nasty food to swallow.
It was nasty; there is no doubt about that, is
there v And it attracted a great deal of attention,
didn’t it? And now, since it has attracted atten
tion, why not give its object a little thought?
There ai e two sides to every question, and such a
vital issue as this should be heard by both sides—
and in the open. “Moleskins for Mudslingers?”
was intended to be the man who would grab both
shoulders of the sleeper and wake him up so that
he might go on with his work. None of us likes
to be awakened after a night of labor; none of us
likes the man who does the shaking—for a few
minutes—but then, wc usually thank him for get
ting us up in time to go to work. Is that true?
Years ago, a Penn State Prexy used to call a
general meeting of the student body and faculty
for the purpose of placing before these men the
vital problems of the week. The ‘discussion was
open and was as fair as fair could be. That’s the
whole thing in a nutshell—What is going on? Who
is doing it? Is there any other group which should
be consulted about it? And, if there is anything
to be decided upon, who is going to make that de
cision?
The Penn State COLLEGIAN is not conduct
ing a voting campaign. We feel that voting cam
paigns arc useless unless theie is someone to be
elected to a public office—and then, fsqmelimes,
they are just as useless.
What the student body wants to know is this;
“Just what, if anything, is wrong with Penn State
football? Why does not Penn State have four or
five or six football teams fiom which men can be
thrown into a game at any crucial moment? Will
Penn State continue to be victonous over small
colleges and mowed down by larger institutions?
Or will Penn State have more than one football
team and be able to play and win from the big uni
versities? Or will Penn State keep one football
team and play none but the smaller teams?”
In the editorial which created so much com
ment, “jealousy” was mentioned among the alum
ni factions and among factions on the team We
think it is not “jealousy” among the alumni tui
tions, but a bitter difference of opinion. Will the
alumni please tell us just what their tioublo l’oi
years has been? And in legard to the team—and
wc want everyone to understand that here wo
make a point, and make it \ery clearly—there is
no “jealously” among the members of the team
which is, at present, upholding the Blue and
White of this good old College.
But something had to be said—and said aloud
—and we think we struck a choul which will vi
brate until the concert is completed. Tho under
tone was cunent m the alumni body—and some
times it became an overtone —but it was never
clear. The student body had inklings of what w’as
going oil, but inklings are the results of whispered
conferences with people who know little about the
things they speak of and surmise much.
The Athletic Survey Committee of the Alum
ni Association has mateual at hand regarding
what might bo a “situation,” but as yet this com
mittee has prepared no report. And since the Penn
State football team is composed of students, we
teel that the student body has been given by-this
committee the privilege of expressing an opinion
upon something which is of great importance to
the College.
And now that the “athletic situation” is
bi ought within focus, let’s clear it up, once and for
all. Will the alumni who think there is something
wiong with football, come to the students and tell
us just what that “something” is and pass the
same idea to this committee. Wouldn’t that be
fair?
- President
Vice-President
- Treasurer
Editor in-Ohie£
Assistant Editor
Managing Editor
Women’s Editoi
R B. Kilborn ’2°
W J McLaughlin \2S
Wheeler Lord, Jr.
Another suggestion If, perchance, the so
called “athletic situation” is a mountain made of
a mole hill, we invite authentic information upon
that statement.
Everyone who loves Penn State—and princi
pally the students and alumni—we urge to think
much and say little until thought becomes convic
tion and conviction is expressed. And while we’re
all thinking, let’s remember the PENNSYLVANIA
STATE COLLEGE—the biggest single interest in
our life right now.
The Bullosopher’s Chair
•My dear Smithers, would you believe it* I understand
a few of our friends who happened to listen in on our con
versation last Friday took oftense at what we had to say
And to cause bad feeling, you know, is not one of our in
tentions
Smithers What’s the trouble ?
Well, a most common error; on the spur of the mo
ment, incensed by the thought of the existence of so much
drinking on Alumni Day, some people think that when I
spoke to you I chanced to make an unhappy selection of
words A few superlatives made the situation all-inclus
ive, when as a matter of fact a great many alumni have
no part at all in the “hoodlum” side of the celebiation
And thc<,c good friends were insulted, thinking our ic
mavks were pointed then way.
Now Mi Smithers, I shall try to make myself clem
We do have a very large percentage of our alumm who
are true and tried friends of the college The> have Penn
State at heart. In fact, I might say a large majority of
our alumni are just men I wish no sentiment expressed
to depreciate the value of the character of these alumni.
retract the statement that
- Situation coincident with’Alumni Day which needs cleaning
up, and to which tho welfare of the college demands atten
tion We cannot disregard the fact, lepulsive as it is, that
there aie altogether too many alumm who icturn on this
occasion and exhibit conduct wholly out of keeping with
the Day, its significance, and the institution which it repre
sents Penn State is not alone m this legard And wheth
er or not it is of less significance at Penn State than at
other schools is not the question The fact lcmains; tho
porblem exists; and it is our duty to face it.
The other part of our conversation, Mr. Snuthcis,
also must be made less inclusive. It is, perhaps, a minority
which howls over football to the negligence of the vital
problems of the college But the fact remains, they
howl* The fact remains that the impicssion they have
created (though in the minouty) has not been the best
And no one can ignoic the charge that there aie many
alumni, too many, whose enthusiasm for their Alma Mater
fluctuates with their judgment on trivial, unimportant
problems of the campus.
Foi those gentlemen, Mr. Smithers, who rightfully and
justifiably took offense at my piovious remaiks, I qualify
my remarks. The superlatives I used applied not to the
number of participants bat to the general aspect and con
sequence of the situation. I give full recognition to tho
merits of the majority of Penn State alumni.
But Mr. Smithers, what is going to be done? Arc we
going to forget about the sore which caused the trouble?
Are these alumni who believe in Penn State and who re
spect her principles going to tolerate an untable situation
caused by a callioping minority 9
Wc have attempted to rectify an unfavoiable impres
sion which we did not intend to make, Mi. Smitheis Wc
have said that wc have faith in the majority of Penn Stale
alumni BUT that majority has a responsibility for the
sake of Penn State it cannot toleiate an abominable situa
tion created by a few of their members on tho occasion of
their homecoming! For the sake of Penn State they can
not allow a clattering minority to be the apparent baro-
State.
A nasty situation has been bared. The facts have
boon presented. Mr. Smithers, if the commendable alumni
are the majority, our Homecoming Day will be cleaned up.
The problem is theirs to solve.
THE ?HiNN STATE COLLEGIAN
SESSION I
Hou) Nittarty Grid
Opponents Fared
Susquehanna 11 Juniata 0
Leba.ion Valley (Unscheduled)
Marietta ’ (Unscheduled)
Notre Dame G, Northwestern 0
S> racusc 10 PENN STATE 0
Geo Wash. 0, Wm and Marj 14
Pennsylvania ‘SG Williams 0
Bjcknell 0 Gettysburg 0
Pittsburgh 0 Carnegie Tech 11
Student-managed Bird
Show Ends Saturday
The only student-managed poultiy
t,hov» in the United States, was held
m the Stock-Judging Pavilion last
Thuisday, Fnuiy and Satunlay.
•* Indents in Uia Penn State Poultiy
Club had entile cluuge ot the show,
i ALout five hundred birds weie shown,
aomc of them worth f’am tour to five
hundioJ dollnn.
Leghorns and Barred Rocks com
pared the largest classes Birds
tiom all pnrts of the state competed
They vote judged by L N Black of
the New Jersey experiment station
and fom’eily Proiessor of Poultiy
Husbandry at Penn State
Agriculturists Take
Part in Farm Exhibit
The Penn State-agricultural exper
iment station will co-operate with
thiily-fivo other Pennsylvania agn
culturnl organ./nt’ons, in giving the
State Farm Products Show in Har
,nsourg, Januaiy seventeenth to twen
ty-first.
There will be exhibits of cattle,
hogs, poultry, sheep, fiuits, vegetr-
Mes, giains and dairy products. Pre-
miums to the value of seven thousand
aollais wiU be awarded Penn Stale
will be one of the exhibitors
Debaters Prepare For
First Triangular Meet
(Continued fiom first page)
rccepted by Georgetown university.
A debating tour through the New
England states will take place within
a few months. Arrangements are al
so being made for a shorter trip on
which the team will meet Cornell and
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Grid Gossip
Speaking of the League of Nations,
did you notice the co-operation bo
-ween Poland, Itnly, Sweden, France,
England and Israel in the nnti-Penn
State movement last Sntuiday?
Syracuse hereby issues a challenge
to the Penn State Cosmopolitan Club
for a grid game to be nlayed-on tho
fust of April Rumors have it that
the Orange graduate manager 13 will
ing to sacrifice a genuine Gentile half
back for a Poito Rican with diseas
ed thyroids.
One additional bluib wc have-in
stock to sadden our readers:—“lt was
only an Orange eleven, but it wasn’t
so seedy.” (Peels of laughter).
—o—
We were struck between halves
when Neil Fleming’s underslung
pooch defied the stately Ntitany Lion.
We weie grieved and mortified that
the leonine head of our mascot should
descend to such low level as that of
a common or garden variety of waffle
hound.
Barney and Spark Plug have a ri
val for the affections of Philadelph
ians “Spaikey” Engle and “Barney”
Guglc play end and halfback respect
ively on the Temple University elev
en “Spaikey” is icputed to know
his oats, and he suie tnrows a swift
hoof.
Notre Dame created a uppla
among feminine football circles when
the Irish squad blossomed out in silk
football pants last Saturday. The
innovation is intended to lighten the
uniform, facilitating easy movement
Charley Rogers, University of
Pennsylvania’s star halfback, labell
ed by spoil wliters the “Camden
Comet,” has occupied the most prom
inent place in the grid firmament dur
ing the past month. Philadelphia al-
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umni are prone to wink and remark
“Flaming m October, ashes in Nov
ember.
The Big Three seem to be taking
turns trimming Jess Hawley’s Big
Green machine. Logicians arc again
exuding complacent smiles, for did
iow the Brown Bear crush the Eli
Bulldog under its paw? That is as it
should be, according to psychologists
und other inhumane beings.
These same psychologists would
probably explain the actions of the
ciowd when it rose up en masse Sat
uiduy as due to “inhibitive inervAtion
jesulting from external stimuli ”
We missed all thdt, but did see an in
ebriate supported by two affectionate
State cops.
The Syracuse Daily Oiangc recent
ly published a feature article to the
effect that the scholastic average of
the football squad is above that of
the student body as a whole. Where
upon the lounge decorators moaned
“I wish I were an athlete .... ”
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