Page TWO :Penn State Collegian • PhbNailed semi-weekly during the College year by students of the Pennsylvania State College, in the interests of the College, the students, faculty, alumni and friends. • THE EXECUTIVE BOARD IVIIEELFR LORD, At, '2B R. \I kThINSON '2B C. F. Fi.R.B '2B THE EDITORIAL STAFF IVIIEELER LORD, '2B BF:NJAMIN KArLAN '2B R. M ATKINSON. '2B W. S. THOMSON '2B P. R. SHALT/ '2B E=El 11. P. Mlleham '29 L. :\ltstfer '29 II G. Westerfield '2O TIIE BUSINESS STAFF O. F FLINN '2B L, H. Ben, Jr, '29 H. E Hoffman '29 F. J. Land '29 TOii Frtmusov '2B R. B Kamoa s. '2B W. J. McLu_cn..z:. '23 !talon Manager ASSISTANT RI SINE:SS MANAGERS P. C. 31E.Connlughey W. P. McKnight '29 The Penn Stun COLLEGIAN uttfunnut communications on any amble, ta 01111,111. mtg. n. Al! 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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1927 THE GREAT GOOD DINE Just how lucky freshmen are not even the sopho mores pretend to know. It is a fact, however, that the freshman has it all over the sophomore, in com parison with the upperclassmen, too, the fresnmcn loses nothing (except his liberty), he is happier than the junior and more intelligent than the senior____ That is why he gets paddled. If you do not believe that the freshman is intelligent, look at the next one you meet Examine him closely. Of all the men on the campus he is the most assured. And if happiness cannot pass as intelligence, very certainly assurance may—if it is not too cocksure We have said that the freshman loses his liberty —at least that freedom which he has long been accustomed to expect. But oh the compensation of that loss! The first year is always the best, whether because of the dink no one can say with safety; most people believe it helps And at the close of the year when the freshmen burn their dinks. there are always several first-year men (happy word) who covertly hide dinks in their pobleets and place them (when no one is looking) in the bottom of their trunks Carefree, sure of the constancy of his associates, and haply ignorant of their inadequacies, the fresh man runs rent, (seventy-five cent word) a quaint being The subject of much abuse, he is also the object of much admiration In the arts of chiseling he is ignorant, in the craft of bluff he is a baby He will be (if he is a "good" freshman) loyal to his classmates, loyal to his college, loyal to his ideals. And if he be wise as well as good he will re spond to the traditions of Penn State with good will As the days pass he will come to know Penn State just as his predeccessors have come to know it; he will feel that to be a Penn State man means first of all to be honest and unafraid and steadfast. "COLLEGE YELL, PREXY! ! !" Ssssss' Booni' Ali' Coo! Yell' Yell' Yell! Yell' We're fiem the land of Wllham Penn! State' Stole' State' Whlskum!luun. lield 'cm' Pcnnay State!, PROXY! PROXY! PROXY! The echos of this stirring yell were ;stall rever berating, across the front campus when President Hetzel, decidedly surprised but certainly pleased, rose to hisi feet and sincerely thankeUthe assembled gathering of graduating seniors and alumni of Penn State for their tribute The occasion was the Class Day exercises last June President Ralph Dorn Hetzel had been "officially" accepted by the student body. A busy summer has passed Another college year is about to start At what will be the beginning of its seventy-third year, Penn State is guided by a new Captain. This means that although President Hetzel is witnessing for the initial time the commenc ing of a new college year here at Penn State, he is certainly no newcomer to its ways and faults, nor is he a stranger to returning members of the three upper classes. Just as members of the three return ing classes learned—and quickly—that to know Doc tor Hetzel is to know a friend and advisor so will members of the incoming Class of 1931 intuitively recognize that in the Preky—Penn State has a rare leader; one who would only too willingly step down to be one of them—democratic. As the wheels of another college year start turning, thirty-seven hun dred students salute Doctor Hetzel as a "real" Pro.y. GOING! GOING! GONE! • Compulsory chapel has gone. It has gone the Way of umbrellas, upperclass headgear, and bicycles Like all nuisances compulsory chapel aroused a dis turbance that far exaggerated its actual imtortance. Finally, after years of vehement arguments, most of which were nonsensical, the Board of Trustees surrendered—as the phrase goes—to arguments similarly vacuous Do not misunderstand. No hoax has been played upon anyone It is simply that the spectacle of learned and grave omnipotent.% ponder ing over a matter which obviously was a small one, should have gone on without pause year after year until even sophomores wearied of the subject. ' In the ordinary course of events we should have prostrated ourselves in gratitude; students ten years ago would have burst into yells and started bon fires. But the times have altered customs; and the authorities hitherto years behind the times have sud denly galloped years ahead of them. It is an unusual sight, we are thankful for it. But until ue know whether classes care moved to eight o'clock as a mnttsr of conveniece or as a matter Of saving one's face, we shall have to content ourselves by hanging our heads in gratitude In doing away with the present compulsory chapel e•ercises, the administration has asked stud ents to suggest a solution; it was not chapel attend ance itself that was objectionable, but the compulsory element in it. That has been removed: though arbi trary Sunday chapl remains, the abolition of the daily form must be counted as a huge concession to student opinion. What then have the students to offer as substitute' , A voluntary attendance President Vlce,Prestdent Editor-in-Chief Assistant Editor Managing Editor Assoc•ate Editor Associate Edith!. The opening of any college in any locality is always accompanied by the usual ballyhoo that the Institution is on the threshold of an era of prosperity, that the following sears will mean years of progres sive strides forward, that the particular college generation is fortunate indeed to be undergraduates at such a period. If the various college newspapers in institutions of higher learning throughout the United States do not herald this "era of prosperity," then the college officials do It seems to be tradition al with the opening of the college year Probably ev ery college and its undergraduate followers have an nually listened to this same old story. Penn State is no exception. When the Class of 1928 were nothing less than bewildered freshmen, they heard it When, years ago, the Class of 1909 were tortunate (although they would not have used that word at the time) to be at the.threshold of their college career, they heard it And now the Class of 1931 will listen to the same tune. One word of advice, before the yarn about the prosperity ballyhoo is accepted Do the seniors believe it" Business Manager Ads ertis mg Manager Circulation Manager EES=E3 Penn State, within the last six. months, placed itself in a position where it will soon become one of the great educational institutions in this country. For many years it has been threatening to do that very thing—but always there has arisen an unlooked-for barrier that proved unsurmountable. Without any ceremony the college began its upward trend some time around last January For those who find inter est in coincidences, we might mention that President Hetzel came down from the White Mountains of New Hampshire just about that time Within the last few months several personages throughout the commonwealth—previously h;bitually at odds with the College—have suddenly found it to their interests to hop on the band-wagon. They heat their drums and became Penn State's friends All of which is an indication, oren though slight, I that prosperity and its accompanying happy days is hovering around the Nittany Valley A second indication that Penn State has started to move-up was the granting by Governor Fisher, whose devotion and loyalty to Penn State has always been of the highest, of a four million dollar appro priation for the bi-ennial, 1927-29 In this case the cold figures speak for themselves. A third indication and the greatest, one who has played an unseen part in the first and second is Pres ident Hetzel Since assuming his duties here in January, Doctor Hetzel has labored, unceasingly in, order that Penn State may ascend to its proper po sition. That his efforts will be rewarded one only has to wait tar one, two cr three years for the one answer, in the affirmative. Do the seniors believe that Penn State is at last on its upward trend Without a doubt. If they do not, they have not heard of the building program and e\ pansicn policy and if they have not heard of that, then they arc not in College. Yes, the seniors believe that Penn State's immediate future is bright. And when a senior believes, then almost anything can happen The Bullosopher's Chair "1 call your attention to the faLt, Smithois, that anothei benie4tei has begun, that athletic scholarships have gone the wii* of Poste! Night, that compulsory chapel has been 'suspended'" Smithers•—whoopee' Penn State! Agaml "And that Doctor Iletzel has been ,eleomed by the udent body " Smithers:—ls that. so?, Do that Prexy new" 01l luM,Prday tas',if.ithdy/me'nnt, it. More thaw' ever the duty of every Penn State man to honor his President ht saluting him. An old sustom, it has bceome not un obligation abut an inclination Prexy Haze , is the kind of man one instinetively'warms to." TEXT-BOOKS ENGINEERING AGRICULTURE and LIBERAL ARTS COURSES NEW and SECOND HAND SAVE MONEY ON YOUR BOOKS HERE! Student Supplies KEELER'S Cathaum Theatre Bldg. CAN IT.BE TRUE? THE PENN STATE'diLLEGIAN Extensive Campaign . Of Building Is Begun (Continued from first page) nit! be under construction within i-,ixtv days. This hospital will be lo cated on the east side of the road hailing to Ag hill and near Lodge and the residence Of Dr..l Ititenour, a director of the health screw°. Containing kitcienn, oper lat.ng rooms, special treatmhkrounia and nineteen beds. the new hospital r~dl rani any' model' h college'mflrni ary. It is planned to care for"onlY ser .e.is cases of illness"in the hospital and to treat the more trividl•affec tins in. the dispensary- which be 'located in Old Main after tlii-lituld ing is iemodeled. Dining the' surome, months. the Auditoiium' has been redecofmtba:and iepaired The entire inside was re juvenated, the walls and ceilyig being painttd and the woodwork varnished Because of a loosening of the bricks which permitted water to elder, the tram° cornice was repaired The ex tcrim of the structure'uill barpainted soon The remodeling. of Old Main will be delayed for a year, because of , a lack of space fot the administrative 'offices The present Arshory and „the new engineering unit •may tifer? be used foi office space, , - Buildings which are to be built bu d. include an addition to the Pond Laboratory, a biological-science unit, a sheep barn, a livestoclt hosintal, a poultry brooder house and an addition to the dany barn 5: Hello Freshmen! ::: You sAIII want book-ends, *ate . .f c . ..f. baskets, floor' lanips, pictures 1. ...f. and other items to make your '.. * room attractive. We hate them '..1: .t. ?: OLD MAIN ART SHOP + 1: Opp Front Campus if. .....-::-~,-x-:-:-c-xa-c~-:-r,-t-:-:~ I I ,- i'l'- ~ Why This Store Has Stylish ••& 21, I 4:04,714.y?,.." Society Brand Steinbloch Suits A 41.4 , ,L vercoats,J,,, Stetson Crawford Knapp Schoble Emerson and COnirigham Hats OppoSite Front Campus I .'Grid Gossip 1 That littleprivate talk of confidence that President Het.] delivered to the squad immediately barna he played hide-and-seek using to shake hands with some of the senior Rudders cer tainly must have been numiring, for no sooner had the footballers return ed to the field than Alll6lVolfe made a long run for one of the three touch 'downs registered. , ——o— Bes has been emulating Cecil B. de Mille, et. al. with his megaphone and field chairs. And to hear him "telling the boys" for the past few dam one would think the assail was producing slow mbtion pictures instendl'if the super-action Ber. desires I=Cl=l Diiring one of his corrective sPellh Tuesday, the L on mentor prompted Diumerlield and Roepke when they had apparently made u glaring mis take in a practise play. The dramatic NOTICE FURNITURE For Every Need Use Our Better Built Furniture for That Homey Atmosphere W. R. GENTZEL "The Home of Better Built Furniture" Leadership A g i , l ' .-fi m and and Shoes Hats M. FROMM mtuatton that wis appment when Bez asked soberly, "What was *he matter with that play?" became com mal when anger answered sott'. , ,, "Nothing" Entertainmerit Course Offers Wide Program (Continued from first page) Jn the evening of December ninth the Zimmer Harp Trio, consisting of Nellie Zimmer, ,Louise Harris and Gladys Crockford, will offer musical :selections. Miss Nellie Zimmer is too soloist of the, trio. Accol ding Lo leading ,newspapers of the country the i Tim provide a program of high class entertainment Scientist Lectures, Margaret Hamilton. acclaimed as the leading pianist of the future, will pliy• a number of mualcal selections an January twelfth. A pleasant surprise is the announcement that 'Dr E E. Si son, director of Science Service, Washington, D. C. will lecture Ht is known as one of the most versatile STUDENTS pa .v. _ k ( e u - ~, -I Hart, Schaffner and Marx Kirschbaum Suits and .- -,Oveicoats J & M Shoes Florsheim Crawford Haywood and . Sportocasin Shoes 'Thursday, September 8, 1 men in the country, being a teat chemist, author, educator and o to The Penn Slate Glee Club will of a pi ogi am of well balanced vocal lee:ions as ore of the numbers of COUISC. The Floncolv Quartet, acclai the outstanding stung quartet of entertsin March third Apiil tuentv-first Geoffrey O'H noted as the conmoset of "K -K Katy" mill speak as the last num of the Cosine He has achieved pute as an author, composer speaker. Nittany Theatre munsDAl-- Lois Wilson, George K. Arthur "THE GINGHAM GIRL" FRIDAY— Virg:nia Nalig George O'Brien "PAID TO LOVE" SATURDAY— Milian Silk In `HARD-DOMED lIAGERTY Fe: Neils and Fable EXESSE 011‘e Borden in "TIM JOY GIRL" FON Nees and Sporthght ILILe Do, in 'THE STOLEN BRIDE ' TUESDAY—N.Hany Return Shoo ing of Jack Mulhall, Charlie Murray 'THE POOR NUT' • •.:,viF , STARK. BR S aherclashers and ' Since 1913
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