Page Li-c, Penn State Collet3iaii Published serai-vceehly during the College year by stu-I dents of the Pennsylvania State allege, in the best inter-: ests of the College, the students, faculty, alumni and friends. EUUEII W. P. REED '27 - 11. G. WOM:4LEy '27 S. R. Rom '27 THE EDITORIAL STAFF W. P. REED '27 - G. Womn.cy '27 - G. F. PIERER '27 - I:l:A:cr.:Es 1.. Foar:Es '27 NEWS EDIToRs I: \I -VI:IT:non '2B 1:. Kaplan '23 W. S. Thomson .:2S WOMEN'S NF. VS EDITORS Katherine ll , ,Ihroo!: Mildred A. VeW, '2B I F!, r.:"siNcss s•rArt• S. IL Raw: '27 I:. C. IVIIARTON F. N. WEIDNE.:: ASSISTANT BUSINESS :%lANAG MIS J. Ferguson '2B C. P. Flinn '2B All cony for Tee.olay'Amutt be in the °Mr"! by twelve o'eleci: Sundaynrel for Erhiny't by twelve o'eloolt Wednoeday night. (3,0, nn4 mon ., nniert narnine. a rap, other than "The Penn ColleOnst*. not be neneeeol fur accounts due thin nem, Sot. ription itnyakle IN•foro Novf.mlwr I. 1924. Stn:,. ns mutter. Office: Nittnny Priotinz asoll.li3ltiog Co. :- , late Col lege. Mu Trlvphnne: (Wire 11:0 n. tn. to 12:011 .1:60 7.00 p. M. News Editor This Issue Benjamin Kaplan FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1927 AN INFLATED ASSEI "Practically one-third to one-half of the stu dents now in American universities are unfit for College." Can such a thing be possible? Are there one thousand or more students here at Penn State who should be back home drawing a weekly pay? According to Prof. A. 11. Espenshade, who is responsible for the above statement, our uni versities are glutted with too many students who are merely wasting time. The truth of this unbalanced situation is be- 1 coming more and more apparent every day. The genera! public has been misled in the thought that mass education is the logical and sure step to so cial betterment. The College diploma to many symbolizes success in the world of business. whereas it is merely a scrap of paper which may lead these misguided persons to discontent and ultimate failure. The business world will not pay on the basis of the cost of education, but on the basis of services produced. Too many students are entering our universi ties who have no chance whatever of being grad uated or profiting at all by the time spent there. This fact is proved conclusively in the bi-annual weeding out of those unfortunates who, either for lack of industriousness or lack of proper intellect. fall to meet scholastic requirements. 'The belief that "anyone can learn anything" is fallacious and has been proven so time and again. Students who enter College, struggle along for a year or two, and then drop out, are a direct loss to society—they have consumed without having produced and have gained nothing to enable them to repair the loss. short, they led a parasitic existence to no avail. Assuredly education of the youth is the foun dation of the state. And agreed that College edu cation lends a %carp to the fabric of modern life that is requisite. But it is becoming startlingly more obvious that the system is unbalanced,— that far too many round pegs are being molded for square holes. We quote the following from the Ohio' State LANTERN'. "When the Joint Legislative Com mittee on Taxation of the State Legislature rec ommended the other day the establishing of a state board of Collenege entrance it started on the way to make educatiomil history for all state uni versities. "The committee proposes that students ranking in the lowest third of the graduating class of high schools who seek admission to state universities or normal schools be required to pass entrance e2:- aminations." The LANTERN concludes with the statement, "If the Legislature does create a state board of entrance this session it will he showing the way to other states. The thing is bound to come• :1:1(1 it is only a question of which state will he the first to do it." Professor Espenshade advocates that quan tity of knowledge should be determined by certi ficate and quality by a formal examination and a psychological questionnaire. The situation is be coming alarming and some step should be taken to check the ever increasing enrollment of our universities. Economically the attitude which the public has taken is unsound and the sooner a change is made, the better will be the resulting prOucts of our universities. A DOZEN WORDS TO THE WISE 0. lend an ear you bumming knights; atten tion here is sought! We warn you must be wary, lest straight you may be caught. A certain town not far from here, has judges harsh and shrewd; their ordinance effective, though we grant their method crude. Town gaols need filling, sad to say; their coffers look quite bare. The sages look about them, their omistion who to snare. And then, of course, they hit. upon—as many others do—the all-providing college man. (Their prey is far• from new.) The college man they hit upon. then how to catch him cold. From this evolves the present plan, on which they count, I'm told, to supply the jug with inmates and to line their banks with gold. The sponging student is inclined, when not upon his back. to make his way about the world in someone else's hack. The crusty lout who burns his way from one town to another, is oft on fliv- Vera not his own, or behind somebody's brother. "Alt I la!" they cry, those sad-faced sages, "We needs must look no more. We'll i'apitalize this potent trait and hope no-one is sore. At every corner in this town we'll post a cop most meet; whose task it. is to hook these birds on every vil lage street. The charge is bumming auto rides— they should have flagged a train; the penalty is twenty bucks. these gifts will on us rain. We'll hook these college students. if their pocket's worth the pain. You shout aloud it isn't just; that they can't put this one over. Your shouts are vain, for local etudes have slept in prison clover. Advise you thee to be most wise and loop about the city; to thumb your nose the longer way and sing this little ditty: "Sunbury, your council's wise, you al most put us down, but college men cannot be (lone by this mr any town. Because we hook our ways about. our derbies are not brown." - President Vice-President - Treasurer EditPr to-Chief Assistant Editor :don:wing Winnen's Editor "V. Lord. Jr. 'S P. Somhz '2)4 littiVC. Of COUrtie. demands recognition and usually commendation in addition. In no small measnre. the Interfraternity Council has laid a just claim to lath. The body may have existed naturally and even thrived by refusing to extend itself, but in this way interest would have been entirely self-centered. The Council accordingly ham extended its service to benefit not only com ponent members, but in addition all local fra ternities and any other interested students and faculty members. Business Manager Advertising Manager Circulation Manager it. Kilborn '2 0 W.. 1. 31el.aughlin In the Carnegie Library, the Interfraternity Council plans to form an alcove devoted solely to the literature published by every national frater nity now in existence. Subsequent care of the shelves will, of course, fall to the lot of Library employees. but the many labors whin come of organizations :ire borne voluntarily by the Coun cil in all endeavor to extend its service to the en tire College. Each issue of a fraternity periodical will be sent directly to the Library where it will immediately be tiled. The idea itself is not absolutely startling. but the motive bhek of the plan cannot be lauded too highly. No organization. regardless of its "pur pose, can afford to fall into a dormant state. Be hhid the walls it may live, to be sure, but after all it is the College which counts; the College which should be benelitted to the greatest possible ex tent. In its planned action, the Interfraternity Council has shown the way to a new trend in activities. May it be accorded all due laudatory expression, and may its lead be followed by the greatest and the least of its fellow organizations. The Bullosopher's Chair The age Of science is upon us, Smithery—in fact, it seems about to ill molish us, if We arc to believe rumors and rumors Id rumors that circulate front vapid sympos ium:- of nothingness to unite imitations of intellect! Poor old "Modern Times" is the refuse heap of all tic' gags about the immorality, the worthlessness, the spineless uselessness of the younger generation; and in an effort to explain young Modern Times, we jump upon "the war",—ther turn to Prohibition, perhaps blame Wo men Staraex—but inevitablY we cii•e ilrawn to 'Scitlnce. Yes—the age of science is the root of the reign of Lilli putian terror—evolution, modern philosophy, and natural progress whose attributes of Convenience, Freedom, and extreme Efficiency have turned our mind upon every angle I le I. ros potion ! 1" As it genera! rule, Smithers, being a very jn•ogressive ' oli! man. I have pooh-poohed these affronts to :Modernism. When a principle is its own excuse for existing, construct ed defense seems like building childish blocks around a pillar of rock. The wind of the opposition may show the foolishness alit . impotence of our feeble efforts—but Truth (which after all is the battle cry or our wicked youth) like Beauty, is self-sufficient, and our dawdring prattle is as out of hau•u ao ty an au "Amen" would blaspheme the Calin•cdal of Rheims! 31taternista in its scorch for Truth is at least up proachin•. the ideal; and regardless of the crudeness of its method. and the accuracy of its efforts—the struggle is admirable. Why should we how any longer to Retrospection? Thu se p ulchres of our fathers have been constructed only too well. We have looked long enough through the eyes of the Past! Let us have no original contact with Na ture—new poetr:. or insight rather than tradition, new re ligion of revelation rather than history, a new wardrobe of thought rather than the faded masquerade or a dead past. We need not wamler among the moon-east shadows in the ;ray, yard or dry hones. I.m. us awake, rather, to. the sun-lighted liele.;; which are unexplored—which invite thu creation of our own mechanisms for tillage;' our own Works, rue Own laws, .our own worship! • - • • 'Modernism calls for Individualism—originality, fresh 7 ness. vitality; and youth's response will determine the 'din , :Won, the life of that call! HERE'S A LEAD Fountain Pens SHEA FFER "LIFETIME" PARKER "DUOFOLD" \VATERMAN "IDEAL" LE BOEUF "UNBREAKABLE" A complete line of these Standard Brands Repairing KEELER'S Cathaum Theatre Bldg. THE PENN STATE . COLLEGIAN Watts Depicts Oriental Bent Toward Foreigners This is the first of a series of three "Chinn for the Chinese" is a 1)(1ml /et/ow which. Dean n. L. Wong, of I lac wad proper slogan of Lhe great the School of Agriculture, is writing republic of 400,00000 people. Na from Chian, exm•essly for the Col-Itionalism is developing at a marvelous legh:1?. 10 Hew of the recent politi-! rate. The new Government proposes eat disturhonces in the Orient, Peon! to put its household in order and to Wolfs' orrounts ore of particulor in- have some at least of the affairs which (errs!. j relate to the welfare of her vast 1)0- have s „ e „ s n mac h s i nce ; request was made that all private eil tna State College. Novembertwenty-oration:ll institutions should register 1 eighth, that it is difficult to decide I "nil why the Trustees of Ungnan what to include in the promised let-1 liaiversitY (forillerlY known as Can t / tors for the Co/legion. ton Christian College) appointed a Our trip to China was very ,„Lis_ COMM iiWOO to go to China to arrange full compliance with the govern- 1 factory in every respect, and we were! lour particularly fortunate in having threis . .ment regulations. days in Japan. :t country Co will i Since "Daddy Groff 'fa 'went to known for its scenic beauty and its China twenty years ago, Penn State! intelligent, enterprising, artistic pro.' has hail a deep interest in him and in lids work at Lineman Universityd t At Shanghai, the first landing in Whenever lie ling been home on far - ; Chi„„, we were t h r ill e d t o see conic i tough, he has visited his Alma Mater good friends, W. 11. W e i ge l ari d D av id ! and discussed the service being 1:n- Henry p orterfie i d, p m , s tate a l um- dered by this largest and most im ni. Neither or them knew we were portant institution of lear:ting in is the Orient and when i announced 1 South China. l'l'dessnr Groff, as my name to "Pete" Weigel liy tele-i Dean of the College of Agriculture,! ph one h e said: "Do you mean lt. 1 . ,.1 has not only been the leader in agri- Watts of Pee state? A ren 't yo, cultural educativs aS. Canton, but has kidding' me?" Roth of these y nung ! also been an outstanding, member of men are engage d i n wor th y an d sue _ l the college stall' and is held in the ce.Fsful missionary enterprises. highest esteem by the entire college Anti-Foreign Feeling community. For about eighteen years Al llongkong s a tourist,itractieally all the Penn State Chapel ed to represcmt the feeling or immy d y o who seen- collections have linen used for "Dad- Goon support. Not only have travellers, remarked to us: "N o t g o- we supported him in this field lout we ing up to Callinfl, are you? Do you also f u r n h i lwd mone y f o r t h e ereet h, think it is safe?" Though this lead- of his residence the "Penn State ing city of China has been the seat, Lodge" which is one of the most beau of marry Political and military tiful and satisfactory residences 4111 turbances, nothing happened doling' :he University campus. It is lire our entire three weeks sojourn to proof ;mil permanent in type of con cause. us way concern or discomfort. Undoubtedly, there is much anti-for- sr " tti ""' At mr * Gr° " "s “ w ' a eign feeling in South China, because, the grounds about the reside' of unequal treaties, extra-terri , lcnial I been beautifully landscaped, -R.AI.A disputes, and the ever present for- well be proud of such a home for eign gun boats in the harbors and ri vers. English, French, Japanese and; American gun boats, lying in the ri- i It. L. WATTS, ‘er at Canton, are a constant source (To be continued) of irritation, just as Chinese men of war would be to Americans if fleets or them were anchored ht the Susque , hanna River at Harrisburg or in the Potomac River at Washington. Of course, We would not tolerate their iaesence and neither will China for an indefinite period. FIREPLACE WOOD )e COAL State College Fuel & Supply Co. 3:1 'Phone I r • ,- , 547+1 4 efi4,4 ;;114q, - , 4\x F ; r r jo 9 r „" vale , ra, L- Atm yam} LA, ts2_, auMhitoxica)i on/ -:"---. 1_ -=------ •=7, --- ,_ )1) . 1 1 • ," -......... .. ,. ..‹ . l l f rr c--- W ....... 77, / r,.. f Yi l . ------ 4 . " --- -!- ' ' -= ' i • No use trying to rise and shine while you're keeping yourself half-dead from self-generated poisons. Put, your system on a paying basis. Keep your digestive organs funs• tinning properly. Make an attempt to balance your daily diet. ) '• ',l* c: .. .„1:i ";I' , ' --- -, 7, 4 %,7, 6177 1 :2-, .i - i - -. 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'rho first prize will be one hundred .loll::: in cash. the second fifty and the third twenty-live. A year's sub :cription to the Currier des Etas Unis is n ffered fur the fourth hest transla tion with a similar agreement for the Weekly and Sunday editioons for fifth and sixth places. Further details may he obtained from Prof. P. I. Manche: at the French office, :103 Main, but manu script; will not be received until there a definite number of contestant& According to Dr. I. 1,. Koster, head of the Department or Romance Lan guages, immediate registration is ne cessary in order to obtain a sufficient number of Briand's speech. FOR SALE —Perfectly latched Ra coon Skin Coal.. Cont $:175. Will sell cheap to first buyer. Inquire evenings at 115 Watts I lall. 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FROMM Opposite Front Campus 'Friday, February IS, lii27 RADIO OPERATORS VISIT WOODRUFF LABORATORY See Interesting Apparatus and Learn New Methods of Research Work In an informal talk given to mem, ben- , of the operating staff of the Col lege radio station Tuesday night Dr. K. C. Woodruff. professor of electric al railway engbeering, in his private laborzttory, revealed many new and interesting experiments. The inspee. lion of his work-shop was m a d e b y the men following a meeting held st the College station. One of the most interesting pieces of apparatus was a device by means of which the distorting elicet of a very minute brass oil. one inch in di ameter. was measured. Such meas. laments are made possible through the heterdyning of high frequency el. eetrical currents. 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