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Penn State Collegian
Published eemi•sseeLly 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
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News Editor This Issue
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1927
THE FIVE PER CENT
The average undergraduate regards the alumnus
as a "queer animal " The reasons for that are logic
al enough The present-day student sees the old grad
come back seemingly for the express purpose of find
ing fault with every conceiNable organization or sys
tem 'I he alumnus bemoans the fact that conditions
are far worse than they used to be "in toe good old
days." The undergraduate politely sits and does his
best to stifle yawns as he is bored almost to anger by
stories of, "Now, when I was in College ..
The alumni attack everything from the football
team to the administration, taking special pains not
to pass up any intermediate points. What cares he,
for the fact that his Alma Mater pays negotiable cur
rency to employ persons who are perfectly able to
run the particular office for which they are employed'
With his four years of college life, the returning
graduate has profited by years of valuable experience
in the outside world were he has lately reached the
point where he is earning a respectable salary. 'I his
money has brought what the alumnus thinks is in
fluence and he then, unfortunately, believes his duty
is to criticize anytning and everytning connected
with the College
Spirit. real honest-to-goodness Penn State spirit,
sny the alumni, is lacking with the present-day Penn
State student Mare tommyrot! file spirit is still
here , it exists in different form Instead of wild
exhibltions with a paddle, instead of pajama parades,
instead of other manifestations that reek of "cow
college" days is a deep, true, sincere abiding lovaltt
to Penn State and all that for which it stands. Just
becftuse thic 'noisy demonstrations about the town are
less frequent is certainly no indication that Penn
State spirit is a thing of the dim past The saying,
"Still waters run deep," was never truer when applied
to the real spirit that the present-day student holds
for the College
Student ille of today is far different than that of
ten or fifteen years ago Penn State students of a
decade or more ago were garbed, so we hive often
been told, in corduroy trousers and khaki &urn.
Mode of dress mattered but little in those days A
member of a class in the 'teens was practically ostraJ,
cized if he appeared with a neatly-pressed suit draped
about his personage Now-a-days we invite our par
ents up here to meet students arrayed in the most
conventional attire It is difficult for the old-timer
to grasp that change He sees, because of that re
versal, a lounge-lizard type of student. At least, he
thinks he secs that type The logical advice would
be for that old grad to take special pains not to men
tion that fact within hearing distance of an under
graduate, especially one larger than himself
Ten years ago, Penn State football teams were
just being made to realize that fair-play was one of
the first essentials of the gridiron game; that it was'
worth far more to earn tha reputation as a clean
playing team rather than a vicarious team. They
were gradually being made to see the advantage in
acting the role of gentlemen at all times Ever since,
other colleges and universities have annually found'
n t.re pleasure in comptting with Penn State because)
of its recognized good sportsmanship as exhibited'
by the eleven men bearing the colors of The Blue and
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White during the game.
It must be remembered that newspapers used to,
refer tp our Alma Mater as State College As late '
as 1918, newspapers throughout the state, were wont
to type articles concerning the State College football
team. That is now a thing of the past, Penn State
has since become well-known, both for its sterling
athletic teams and its scholastic achievements. State
College eased from the picture as Penn State became
nationally and internationally known.
The alumni come back to the scene of their col
lege dive. 1 hcy actually tel nisi animisi the chang
ed surroundings. The changes seem difficult to com
prehend Why can't ft he like the old days' , They
do not seem to realize th..t the College is progress
ing, going iorward uith an unusual alacrity because
of its comparative louth With each passing year
a better class of students is being attrkted by all
the College offers. The prep school applicant is
now common, the ranking high-school scholar is a
necessity. The general standards are changed with
the passing years
. President
Vice-President
Instead of returning to attempt to get , the Col
lege back to the position it held when any particular
alumnus was an undergraduate, that person Snould
revel in the ads ancement that has taken place He
should do all in his power to aid, in an intelligent
manner, towards even greater advancement He
should boost with all his new-found influence If
he is unable to do that he should have sense enough
to refrain from knocking
Editor-in-Chief
Assistant Editor
Msnaging Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Edam
H. P. 1111teham '29
L Mastlfer '29
The average undergraduate regal ds the alumnus'
as a "queer animal" He is The "queer animal"
alumnus, however, represents only FIVE per cent of
the entire alumni bud) The one that cannot under
stand the changes that have taken place, that is a ha
bitual knocker to everything about his Alma Mater
can be bound m this small, undesirable five per cent
Unfortunately it is this minority that raises the great
est howl, that all but drowns out the good that the
loyal alumni are attempting to accomplish
The five per cent will arrne in town today and
tomorrow with bass drums and loud symbols going
at lull blast. They will make themselves known
every minute of their stay What. care they that
they are unwelcome and undesirable' We eNtend a
cordial greeting to the loyal, sympathetic ninety-five
per cent who are strongly, and even rabidly. in favor
of the same tiling as the entire student body,—Penn
State
FOR THOSE NS HO CANNOT THINK
For the benefit of returning alumni and any
members of the student who are unable to think for
themsehcs, it might be cell to location that the
Penn State football team is under the complete
c large of "Bee," despite tee assertion by a treuble
seeking Pittsburgh sports writer to the contrary.
It is difficult to concciNe of the purpose of this
supposedly reoutanie Journalist in permitting him
self to pen such ridiculous rumors. If it was to
spread agitation among members of the Penn State
football team, this "gentleman" failed utterly, for
instead it afforded the team a good laugh
While it is only natural to experience at bit of
resentment towards this newspaper man from Pitts
burgh, it must be remembered faat this nonsense
did not originate in his supposedly fertile brain It
is said that a member or members of the alumni body
in the town were entirely responsible for the forma
tion and extensive broadcasting of fhe poppycock
There is no place in this sicinity for those who ob
viously do not have the best interests of The Penn
sylvania State College at heart.
---L. Mltstlfer
H E Hoffman
THE Y. M. C. A. AND MEMBERSHIP
The Penn State Y M. C A. will open its annual
campaign for members on Monday Every student
throughout the College will be approached in an ex
tensive community-wide membership dove
One has only to scan the accompanying "Y" Sup
plement in order to see the benfit that is to be de
rived by aiding an organization whose main purpose
it is to aid students Surely, one good turn deserves
another
The Bullosopher's Chair
' Smithos d d sou sec that turn-out on Co-op Corner
last Sunda% aftet noon' , "
Southern —Couldn't sus sten miss it, Bullosopher. I was
mood to be number"d as one of the multitude that ticked
ul tc Irtn.,q Hall to , how the hots our appreciation far
shot the} haul accomphshed at Stacuse.
"The no dent that natured nit heart, though, was
when someone announced the word that "Bee" was not
ni ut the Ball but over at hie Immo and then ohno.t
unison taunt the en "On to Ito," The big eto,d then
t-tart.a. the ptlmunat.to dol.a ButroAqi ktreet. halt
hat[ ilitSPot i miA 4
rgos,,,,fr.. rto rpirectataw nod fa 1 1 / 4 in the rnan 'that luiti
been, the main cause of the,bell in Old Main tower is
start tinging about foul-thirty o'clock Saturday afternoon.
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=ll PENN, STATE COSIEGIAW
Letfer Box
Buffalo, N Y.
October 23, 1927
Etlito.t, Penn State CoWill.,
Last year I attended college with
me son through the Penn State Col
lequin, also three actual days of
Fieshman Week, attending the song
and chest meetings and by the end at
the, three days I became so imbued
with Penn State that I carried my
Bible all through the term and kept
J ust as well posted on college nett,-
I too as,if actual), going to Penn
IState
Now for the star!. I have been in
the Adnondacl, Mountains for several
weeks and was due home last Satin
but as I had been reading the
Siracuse papers and also New Yoe},
and Philadelphia papers which gave
Penn State lots of apace and publi
city, I become ambued with a desire to
see the game and to do en I hail to
get off the train at rams° at four
thirty in the morning and lend mound
until daylight a. I don't hello, in
go.ng to bed twice in one night. I
Isms a fess of the Penn State students
land had a dope fest with six in a
"flimer" lecture which I am enclos
ing,.
No. for the game. I took a Ssta
<isse ftiend along and at the ticket
Ohne at the Stadium I toed to get
eats in the Penn State section but
without success Therefore, I was
the only Penn State rooter among
many thousands of Syracuiani. Be
sides I was sere near the frosh sec
' lion Oh, well. I) , d I root for Penn
State' I'm still hoot se but so satis
led. After the first half those Syr
seasons looked at me 33ith a soot of
smile of pity and seq-satmfaztion lot
themselves
When the boys came on the field for
the last half they had a determined
"we'll beat them" look and they stat
ed in to do the job Well, the SD.-
ruse Post-Standard says they played
as though inspired and the Penn State
cheerleaders and students caught the
spirit. "So did your old man" and I
can still hear the cry "Fight State
Fight! FIGHT STATE FIGHT!"
With the wonderful spirit our boys
possess, and surely they always had
that same spoil, the baits couldn't
Lose. Tell Beelike, Lungren, Mahon- I
ey and the others I got a real kick out
cf the game and tell Bez I am the
mascot of the Syracuse game and that
it isn't many teams that hate a mas
cot who is past the fifty year mark.
Wishing the team a sincere BEAT
PITT! ,on Thankygiving Day and
wishing the Collegian the best of Elle
cess, I ant,
Yours truly,
F. F HANCOCK.
Pennsylvania Soccer
Team Plays Tomorrow
(Continued from first page)
This is the only weak point in an
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Glaser, Skinnel and Jones are the
most likely candidates while if Serry
proses eligible he will be nisei ted in
stead.
•
Senuseh, if fully recovered from
en injury received at Syracuse kill
resume his place at goal. Allan will
fill the fullback berths, Itepino, Ed
gerton and Stinulan, the halfbadk
line while Jacobson, GrilTen, MaLshall
and Lutz, will assume their iespecine
Lne posamns.
Sawmill Owners Meet
In Annual Convention
(Continued from first rage)
grading of lumber by 0 A. Shirey of
the Central Pennsylvania Lumber
Company and lessons in timber esti
sting by amoral extension forestersl
co Penn State concluded the program
of the day.
H D. Sher.dan who attended
last year's demonstration will again
direct' the sawyer in cutting for
grade After an exhibition of log
rktdding by means of a caterpillar
tractor NV I R , Stn‘ely of the Prick
Company will grso a talk on "Recent
Development in the Manufacture of
Portable Sawmill Machinery.'
. • • -
At..ten-thirty o'clock 'he Pennsyl
vania Forest Products Manufacturers'
Association, an outgrowth of the fast
Sam null Week, will conduct a busmess
meeting, rn tho Forestry building
This afternoon in the forestry build
ing talks will be given by H F. Nies
professor of agricultural exten
sion .1. A. Rose of the Pennsylvania
Thref2her mer & Farmers' Mutual Ca.
unity Insurance Company of Harris
burk. C. R Arde,on of the forestry
extensron and R A. Smith secretary
no the Pennsylvania Forest Products
Manufacturers' Associat.on
At seven-thitty o'clock tonight in
Ohl Chapel "Lumbeting on the Pa
cific Coast," a four-sect picture of
logging and ttoill ng in the Pacific
Noithnet, will be shown through the
courtesy of the Long Bell Lumbei
company.
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Johnny Roepke recently sported a
' brand new Oxford grey suit, a re-'
card from Montgomery and Company
fm leading the team to victory 'against
Pennsylvania. Johnny alio received
some haberdashery from the Club Din
els management and the Music Room.
Non comes word that the blond lead
'c. may find himself possessing new
Owes, hat or lounging robe, offered
k:y Morris Fromm, if he should be
the lucky one to score against Lafay
ette
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Ton+ racket, this gridiron game
IME=I
It's a mach that If Bea clothes hes
enamor.: m the same Maroon they
,r,ro for the past two weeks, there
a‘l, l be some action en tomorrow's
ga sec. Both teams well see red.
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lorkiny, October 28, 1927
• 771E4T.Rf-,
• Nittany Theatre,
FRIDAY-
Marion Davies in
"THE FAIR CO-ED'
FRIDAY—NIttany—
Ramon Nmarro. Marceline-Day in
"THE ROAI) TO ROMANCE"
SATURDAY-
Constance Talmadge in
'BREAKFAST AT SUNRISE"
Fos News and Fable
SATURDAY—NIttnny—
"THE FAIR CO-ED'
MONDAY and TUESDAY—
Matinee Monday at 2.00
George Bancroft, Eaelyn Brent, Char
Brook. Larry Semon an
"UNDERWORLD"
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