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WHEELER LORD, JR '2B
R. M ATRINsorI '2B
C. r•. FLINN '2B . .
THE EDITORIAL STAFF
WHEELFR LORD, JR. '2B
BENJAMIN KAPLAN '2B
R. M ATKINSON '2B
W. S. TIIONI SON '2B
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H. E. Hoffman '29
IN 19114 t la, a, I'. J. Laird '29
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R. 13 Kmßntes. '23
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Asst. Cileulation Manager
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W. P. McKnight '29
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1927
A FEW SOPHOMORES
Groups of noisy sophomores, delightfully and
almost gleefully engaged in the hailing of fresh
men toi a customs examination, is a familiar sight
about the campus dining the early pact of the
college year. Such a scene has been annually stag
ed foc many years. It seems to be an established
custom. But that is no reason it should continue
Such a custom is certainly not pleasing to the
freshmen. That is natural But here is a sur
prising fact: it a vote could be taken, it would
be found that almost one-half of the sophomore
class would be unwilling to be numbered as one
of the participants in the noisy occupation of
"whisper ing" something about the particular des
tination of a wearer of the dink. A large portion of
the lumm class looks with disfavor on the molly
second-yeas gathering, while to the average senior
it is positively nauseating.
The presence of such groups does succeed
nt keeping the fieshmen "on his toes" Knowing
the organization of such a crowd the first-year
student makes doubly certain that he possesses
the required matches, clink, black socks and tie,
and "bible." That is one benefit of the gathering,
and the only one. Lined up against this one fav
orable season, are many others, that by themselves
are reasons for the abolishment of such a prac
tice.
A glance at the personell of this gathering of
sophomoi es would not disclose the highest type of
Penr State student. A lather questionable ele
ment makes up the numbers of this group that
takes especial delight in "dealing u ith" the hap
less freshmen.
Some of the activities that take place within
the center of the sophomore campus gathering
could be correctly termed, indiscriminate hazing.
Indisciiminate hazing is suppposed to be taboo,
yet here it is happening iii plain sight of every
one!
The presence of such a gathering sometimes
makes foi discipline among the freshmen Sul e
ly , there are other far more sensible methods of
creating discipline, of having a customs check-up
than by the present rowdy assemblage of sopho
moric sophomores.
E A
= We' searched diligently, through last,yeai's
files foi an editorial concerning something about
keeping off the grass. If tve had been successful
in the search it would have been a temptation to
ie-print the editorial in its entirety It seems
11-a every year, sometimes twice his newspaper
I orzed c publish a dissertion that the grass that
helps beautify, a tidy picturesque campus, is
meant to be viewed in lieu of being ci ushed under
the many feet of hundreds of thoughtless students.
When the plans for the campus were laid out
years ago, provisions were made for a suitable
number of walks Evidently the present-day stu
dent, in this age of speed and time-saving, thinks
that there is yet room for a few more paths about
the campus In his thoughtlessness, he does not
realire that lie is sacrificing beauty for the saving
of a fewseconds
Student Council has it in it spower to devise
rules and i egulations, even punishment, a sa means
to prevent any happening that is detrimental to
the College. Seeing the formation of new paths
where once green grass flourished, it will undoubt
edly take action to prevent fin Cher development
of "grass trespassing."
Rules should not be necessary for college men
unless theer remains no other way to keep them
in check. If unthinking students persist in doing
their utmost to replace grass with bare earth in
establishing a new route between two given points,
then the law-makers have a legitimate right of de
vise a way towards the prevention of this practice.
WHY, OF COURSE!
During the first several weeks of College al
most every student, particularly the freshmen, is
accosted many times and asked to buy this or sub
scribe to •that. Whether he accedes to the request
of not depends on the individual Student: if he
feels a need for the object for sale he 3vill pur
chase without hesitation, his bankroll willing.
The prices of the various objects which it is
hoped (by thou' min% 'dual backers) that the stu
dents gill buy, ,ai .read' io -.ay nothing, of
their quahty and value to the ultimate customer.
It is unfortunate, but ti tie, that the smaller the
price of any at ticle, the less hesitation will the in
dividual display in it, purchase. When an abun
dance of cm' ency is involved the person who is
about to be separated from the roll will ponder
for some length before making his final decision. I
And he is a wise man.
' But here at Penn State, where one rarely ,
comes in contact with high finance, the {macesof I
! sundry in tides sold by students for students nev- I
el exceed seven dollar, (the price of a 1927 Junior
Prom ticket). And the lowest price is twenty- I
foe cents (the price of a football program). Of
course, between those two price limits there are
s many articles as ingenious minds can create.
When anyone makes an attempt to present to
la State College audience the world's best mum
mans, humorists, singers. pianists. entertamms,
dramatists, magicians, at a price that would buy
a seat in the last row of the thud balcony in a city
theati e, then that group is entitled to the hearty
backing of the entire student body. When any
one succeeds in bringing leading "gate" alb actions
into a community ordinal ily denied, because of lo
cation, the pain ilege of attending such performanc
es, then that mgam7ation is entitled to a square
deal on the part of students and townspeople alike.
The Artists Entertainment Course, sponsored by
the I. M. C. A , is the mgamiation to which we
refer as enthely deserving of the support of the
sum oundmg community.
Yearly has the "Y" endeavored to present
only the best in the way of entertainment. That
they have annually succeeded has been the un
stmted testimonial of per sons foi tunate enough
!to attend Each year the profit and loss ledger
leans dangerously on the side of the latter, which
means that in order to support its allay of high
, priced entertainers, the Y. M. C. A. has been
forced to obtain the balance of the funds from
other departments of its none too flushed budget.
The "Y" is forced to put forth an almost pro
hibitive sum in order to book attractions which
will pi ovc a thaw ing card. Last year with an 1
imposing al ray of talent on the program, the''
Entertainment Com se was a financial failure. Un- !
daunted, those in charge labored feailessly, until
they are now able to present to the local com
munity a group of individual enter tainers whose
fame is known the woi Id over. Anyone with a
know ledge and appreciation of music \lin i ecog
nice seven al of the groups of musicians who will
appeal during the season In addition, there are
dramatists, lecturers and humorists A glance
ore: the scheduled engagements would tempt the
tightest pm sesti lags
FIN c dollars will pm chase a season ticket en
titling the holder to one of the choice seats, while
other season tickets may be purchased for three
and four dollars. Seats for indis 'dual perfor
mances will be on sale before each engagement
foi one dollar and one dollar and fifty cents. If
economy were considered alone, it is obvious that
. saving would be effected by purchasing a season
ticket. It art and appreciation of music were con
sidered, as should be the case, it is plain that the
eight attractions would be reasonable at three
times the present pi ice.
It the Entertainment Course should prove
another financial "white elephant" this year, it
would mink the final attempt to promote such a
venture. Then the temporary and permanent res
idents of this community would be forced to re
sort solely to the cinema for means of amusement
Music love's, for one, are challenged! But the
Entertainment program is so arranged, so bal
anced to attract everyone in the vicinity.
It would be indeed sin pi ising if a grumble
should be heard about the pi ice asked for a sea
son ticket. The quality of each one of the eight
attractions is almost without a peer What more
could one ask 'r
President
Vice,Presldent
Editor-in-add
Assibtant Editor
Managing Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Edam
IL P. AlL]leham
L :\lltstlfer '29
J. H Rola' '24
W S Tun]. '29
The Bullosopher's Chair
"r would be willing to wager, Sinithers, that short
every member of the student body returned with the high
out concerning studying,"
a'nuthers ,the bet:; ; , • !
, a would lilac, wager that'very feW of the resoolutions
:no kept."
Sinithers —Yom beta 'are all one-sided, Bullosopher
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Lull PENN STATE COLLEGLAisi
1 Grid Gossip I
Bee, the philosophical mentor, has
a habit of intentionally fivorlng the
team opposing the first eleven Tor lea.
rent all his own But Tuesday when
Hugo ordered the VIII sty penalized
fits an' off-side infringement, Hal
!hinting; challenged him and asked
who on, off-side. "Why—er—Green.
shields was," stuttered Bez.
Thei e came a deep stentorian "So's,
sour old man!" from the sideline. , Id
was Gicensluelds on the bench.
I=lEl
From the abundance of humorous
clacks that lighten the daily practices
on New Beaver field, at seems that,
the Fioth management might violate
the scooting rule long enough to seek:
out a few first class joke chefs
Chief among the wise-crackers LI
Musty McAndrews Mac tackled Joe'
Wilson during one of the sessions the
tithes day and the ball totes got up
spun and ran. "Nail him dawn"'
veiled the coaching staff, in unison
"What am I supposed 'to do; "asked
Moo. perplexed, "dig,a holeland burl
him?"
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First, second and third asstshnt
fcotball managers who were instruct
ed to keep the gridirons clear cf
spectators have been makinea good ;
,ob of A—so far So far, Beene,
Hess, debonah football manager, l
Clew lletzel, and Judge Mitchell
I ave been challenged by the energet.,
-nanagelial squad
It's a good thing Bez wears a un;- 1
foim
IMCIEM
It seems that a near ffght on the
mactice field tesulted when Adolph,
the third nest near, who reported
enl•' yesterday tried to eject Enule,
brother but unknonn member of the
bucket team.
Cy Lungien took a neat little piece
out of his hp Wednpsday afternoon
The undiscovered halfback (on the
bench) notes that now Cy non% have
La much to offer his oveiseers
Bacteriology Faculty
Gets Two Assistants
Two new graduate assistants have
been added to the faculty of the bac
tct mlogy department, it was announc
e., today.
Mr R. F_,zgusfiraduate of
Kansa , ' State Teacher's college _at
Pittsburgh, Kansas, and more behently
of the lov.a Agricultural college,
Aires lowa, has accepted a position
: as r faculty assistant.. Mr Ferguson
has had several years in teaching warts
Miskuri and Kansas, and will con
tinuo his graduate studies at' Penn
: State in connection svith his teaching
Ms. IL Y., Griffen, a graduate, of
Ohio State university last year,'will
also act as a 'graduate assistant in
bacteriology',Uns -year and will-pur
sue advanced work. Mr. Griffon
comes to Penn State highly recommen
ded by Ohio State. -
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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN'S
Bookliigke For the Entire Year
Tom Noble Hap Walters
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Dry Goods
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FYE'S
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1 Thoughts of Othersi
Pennsylvania has acquired a new
and important educational knee.
' You are firmly assured of that woes
you talk sith Dr. It. D. Iletsel, nev,
ly elected President of Penney Nam
State College. First of all, Di. Het.
sel is exceedingly good to look
If he w ts not a star athlete in col•,
legs he might have been one usith
cfngulatly lithe and stalwart phys•
Ique. Young, , enetgette and wide
awake, this college president who I•as
'come out of the West to head I'mut
State appears to be a forceful (bar
.acter.
But I Eke best the way he talks'
about what he deems the highest duty
of a college president
"To keep in content and close con
tact with the students is my aim "
Which beats by a million miles the
role some college president assume,
of figuring in the cold and austere pos.-
ture of cap and gown, handing out di
plomas once a year to graduates.
And Dr Hetsel does keep in con
stant contact with Penn State stu
dents.
He has weekly round-table talks
with student groups. There they dis
cuss every side and angle of colleg:
work and college life
"I don't believe," stud Dr Hazel
"in fixing haul lines or laying down,
titles without first talking them over
fully with the students themselves ;
It is better that the greatest possible
amount of governing appears to come,
up from the students and not down,
from the college authorities"
Boys and girls like that, too, sun°,
it gives them the consciousness of
helping to wink out then nun prob•
lens.
Dr. Helsel came from Wisconsin
University, which hss perhaps the
greatest agricultutal school in the
world If Penn State does not feel
the effects of that tutoring, I miss a
guess which seems not a guess at all.
This rich farming State, with its,
210,000 farms, will back up a pro
glamme of mole and better rigneul...
tural education
Where better than at Penn State,
to inaugurate a really sane method
of farm marketing'
I asked Dr. Detect about that Penn
State cow which had a window in
her stomach
"She's real," was his reply, "and ,
our bacteriologists and others are,
studying the piccess of digestion and
effects of feed upon cattle through
that window in the cow's stomach "
So eating lattlesnakes is not the
only nosel thing done at our State's
only agricultural college.
GREGORY'S
CANDYLAND
The place where you
can find what you want.
TASTE TELLS
Always keep
a little
Edgeworth
on your hip
The old Keystone still has somel
pet toleum in its insides So Penn
State suggestedithat the college might
do something for the, oil inermits tf
the Jotter would donate a scholarship
etorth $lOOO.
"The oil mew looked over what Nl('
had to offer," said Dr. Hetzel. "Then
they decided it was so good they would
not stop at the scholarship. Instead
they gave us a fund of $40,000."
That is a concrete ease of harness
ing education directly to n big Indus.
try.
But why atop with oil? Pennsvl
vane is lined with near, efrient, lime
elute and men. •
If oil men can see a profit at Penn
State, and they must or they would
not put up $40,000 cash, why might
not other industries find there or at
ether good colleges a vest implement
ready for their service?
But I have suggested enough to
show you that when Dr. R. D lietrel
came to Penn State he wasn't Muffing
fah a nice, quiet place to sleep.
—Guards Tani of the Day
The question as to uhether basic
course in military training in the
University should, be compulsory or
elective is, still 'alive.
Two weeks ago 'the faculty voted
to make these courses elective for
'freshmen and sophomores. At the
request of the President, the questkm
was reconsidered but a second vote
merely re-affirmed the first.
•
The same question was put to the
Student Caused. Its vote was court.
or to that of the faculty. Petitions
bearing the signatures of an °vet.
whelming majority of the male stu
dents aslv for the continuance of cons.
pulsory military training.
The rift between the students and
faculty is widened. Another question
on which the two groups differ has
been discovered. Will the faculty Its
ten to the request of the students and
accept it as a recolnlnendation or will
they consider themselves as the mas
ters and have their way? It has
been asserted that personal differen
ces affected the faculty vote on both
occasions. Could personal likes and
dislikes he forgotten long enough tc
give consideration to a question con.
evening part of a college curriculum
affecting Several hundreds of students
every year?
—The Depauu
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BLUE AND WHITE
BOWLING ALLEY AND BILLIARD ROOM
A GOod Student Believes in Recreation, Besides Study
Alleys Remodelled .
Five Billiard Tables Four Alleys
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Choosing Your Fall Wearing Apparel
A Stetson Hat
A Society Brand Suit
Florsheim Shoes
and you are correct
M. FROMM
Opposite Front Campus
Tuesday, Septemuer 20, 1921
EXPERIMENT PLOT
SERVES FARMERS
Land Section for Treating New
Vegetable Species Is
College Property
DR. KNOTT, EXTENSION '
AGENT, DIRECTS WORK
At. the e‘tieoie end of the College
campus almost Irdden from view, one
may see a lathe]. unimportant-look=
ing plot of mound with vatic= veg
etables planted hem and there.
This unpretent , ous plot •of earth
may be said to influence the prosper
ity of nearly every farmer of Penn
syhania, wed induectly the prosper
ity of the Commonwealth. It is an
experimental Wonting ground charae
teiU..c. of the soil found commonly in
Pennsylsania. on which are planted
new satietics of seeetables This ex
pevmentAl plat, under the direction
of Di .T C Knott seises the agn
et.ltuialists of the State by hying new
vegetables 11,1 t, to ascertain whether
the climatic conditions are favorable
and whether`thcie are any specific ad
vantages of the new species
In this manner the farmers are
spaced the rhscomfitme of the com
bined loss of monet and time through
expermentatron. Farmers are ad
vised as to the advantages or thsad
s,antages of ceitain clops through
two vegetable e‘tension men scooting
throughout the Stile
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AND
Nittany Theatre
TUESDAY—
Return Engagement of
VlctorLaitlen, Do!area Del Rio
' Edmund Lowe in
"WHAT PRICE GLORY"
Soecial Prices:
Adults 50c Cluldren 25c
TUESDAY—Nattany—
.AII Star Cagt an
"WIIAT HAPPENED TO FATHER"
Fn.: Kens and ICartoon
WEDNESDAY =
Richard Ihirthelmess in
"THE DROP KICK"
THURSDAY and FRIDAY—
Lon Chaney in
. MOCKERY"
Charley Chase Comedy
FRIDAY and SATURDAY—
Charlac Murra3. George Stdney in
"THE LIFE OF RILEY" ,
Om Gang Comedy
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STARK. BRQS,
`haberdashers