The "I:" Supplement 1,1,11,h0l hr th. Pcnn Clate COL -1 I GIAN utrlt r the It..ck of Ike ni kr C,hmit of th. loan,. :11.1x hrr,l ttt A . thtttc,l- k•tn Olt Intare , c. of ttrit at. . fa, klt..m. at. frlandr OUR LATCH STRING IS OUT flans ptimitive desire, his in- T ost era‘ing is to find happiness. I mn the sety engin of pithecan thropus erectus, "cave-man erect," to the prcs_nt inuhly specialized and scientific human machine, that dominating impulse has been the same, to be happy, to do life's bid ding, cliii the least amount of con scious \l,oik In disch irging this edict of na tuic, millions rl the earth's people have called to their assistance a religion Some call it God, others say it is Evolution; seine pers,st in designating it as Uniyei sal Alind, others call it N. titre But despite its univer religion di hers wit's the in dicisual , every man has his own religion ilcsp,te his professions or, poss,s , aons Wren all of these threads of wis-. dour ire wog en into the warp of hung the product reads like this o inherit the Kingdom of Happi ness do your daily task daily, and take I delight in seeing others :Anita" Not only is this a philo sophies( observation, but it is' a practical avam of success It, worked long before Christ, though' he stimfilateal its use, and it is ap plicable telly with startling re sults Reali7ing its potency, the "Y" attempts to reflect this attitude in all its lunetionings It takes no sides, [...heves in no special creeds It bileves in Irian for what he is, srh.t he icuimplishes, and respects his rcligiop And the the "Y" in vites your inspection of this poli cy The Hut is always open " Sponsors Father-Son Functions Plebes Personally Meet Prexy Hetzel Content og tt, eu.tom or orneial4 oeltteion, the .rte,b.en to Penn State V ith .1 ...puce, the Y • PI C A this yea: gt tend the College's thousand mo I Slier en the Pont campus amid 'cued l'glio Eat h psi tonally met Pros y/L.lf ❑abet and his uvula to the te m, mg het Ptceenentineultv mem- Itt dea, and merriment student tcsuleto ,etc in line also l',, , faalng the petzonal ' , fleabag mall the Ple-alent the y vatting. de, cu fed ti ett cu-ton, fat the night and bran td'. enteled ,nto the even lc,in,tna, Many uppmela,,- !nun vein Wt.:Lilt, as well as the wo men Ntudert,, ana a ‘pealang and L d intnnam vas Carl tell out. %mem; the •pcnket s were Doctor Det,l, C. C BetoJlnll, preselect of the ,en en ela,, L. L Gunn, president of the Y if C. A, and A. .7 Gates, char coin .•f the pi °pant A feature la the to mr.l am ens Doctor Heteers nit,. Nowa of ,evri al members of the 13, It d of Trustees so ho attended the open- ur 'acetate' "'he Ban.l pl Well seven at selection; and the vi le orgunt/ed Glee Club pltsented flute num'oers Punch and icfle !talent, were 'etced do the 710 n, fo llowiit• the program, by the college ,e,,n.en and faculty menu Attend Conference .;1` .of tC4c`f . , ttL = „ . Eaglesaitere Delegation Fletcher Evaluates "Y" Work for 1926-27 Re%rowing the entree actisitm: of the "V" as a critic would a book, Or, S W. Flett.her, Piofcssoi of Horti culture, presents a vivid and com plete account of the "V" program awl purpose in the following interview. "An institution bus charactei sell as an indaidual It acquire. until-dam, based on skit it has done, or has failed to do The Penn State Y at C A has been going in and ' out among us on this campus for many vests What shall be said of it by say of appi.usal 9 "It is difficult enough to mate a ' just estimate of a man, for tie can ru.t know All hr, circumstances and limitations, nor understand all Ins niotises It is even mote dill.cult to appraise an institution In either case, the judgment must be tempered with chanty, both men and man-made institutions niesitabb must fall short of full achievement "Builds Character" "Much of the service of the Y 3f C A Is intangible. it can be meas , iied only with the eye of faith There are, however, some concrete eihdences of accomplishment The room service to neu students, the employment bu reau, the loot and found department, the reading room of the Hut, the Freshman Reception, the entertain ment course, the cabin in Shing/etonn Cap, and similar activities help to develop a feeling of friendliness on the campus "Yet the real contribution of the YMCA Tres deeper than throe sample icts of friendliness, however helpful they may he It has to do uith the development of character, especially ,ith the point of slew The greatest thing that any student can learn on his campus is to have Wide Distribution Proves Popularity Of New Handbook Completely revising the leading muttei and adding many new feat ures to the Student Handbook, this year's stair published one of the mast populai volumes in the'thirty years of the "Tholes" emstence, new/ding to the numbm of copies distributed to students and the comments made by its traders The changes in the editorial mat ter and the additions of Numeral Re gal relents, Tr unk , Semice, words of gieetings, and other information were • made by the vtalt consisting of G. F. • .; Fisher '2.7, edam; .; ; , R Smaltz '2B, as , • sistant editor; and . /I.!'"' • ; R, 17. Atkinson '2B, W. A. Graver '29, nail L Mitstifer '29, editorial assist ants. Pa>s for Itself The 'business deptatment was so well dirtictin/ by C. C ltoElvam '2B, business manager, that there was no debut in the finances of the book. Thit self-paying status was attained by !weaning the advettismg rates. 31clinvain'y business assistants were W. A Brecht '29, W. S. Cr.] '29, 91. an unselfish outlook on life—not aluil he can get out of life by violins of the f articular boention or profession that he expects . to follow, but whet he can gibe to life in and through his chosen field The primary purpose of the Y. 1%1 C. A. and Y. W. C. A is to promote this_ point of view 'Service Above Self,' as an ideal toward which to strive, m not confined to Rotary. "Extension Work important" "The means by which the Y M. C A seeks to propagate the altruistic point of VIM% are perhaps not as wall known as its more obvious public ac , tivities The discussion groups, in which problems in campus and per sonal ethics ale considered from this rngle, hose set many students on the lead to clean thinking. "The extension work takes scores of men and women students into the suilounding country to conduct rebg ions services and to fire the ainbitions of country boys and girls. Many n Penn State student has found a sat isfying answer to the age-old and still pressing query, 'What is worth while', the religious meetings of the 1 M. C A, or in the conferences at Eagles Mere, or sitting around the fireplace of the Andy Lytle cabin, of in the quiet communion of an 'inner cable' These things may be intan gible, as measured by certain stand aids, but they nre very sent as mea sated by other standards. From the Penn State Y. M C. A have gone fon lb more men to serve in the Ms ,on field than from any other rol lege in the country'. This is not a Iltcle coincidence "'V is Democratic" "It is as futile to expect perfection in an institution as in a man. Any appraisal of the Penn State Y 2.1 C. A v. ould be misleading that did not frankly acknouledge that it has fall en short of its opportunities Even the heavy handicap of meager facil ities, soon happily to be removed through the remodeling of Old Main, cannot justify all that has been left undone. "It must be said, also, that at one time there was a tendency for the Y. M. C. A. to be more of a group than a college agency; that it Was content to confine its activities chief ly to 'the .Y" crowd' rather than to seek constantly to extend its mfluense and usefulness throughout the stir ' dent body. This criticism, if it ever was-justified, certainly is not today Other deficiencies might be admitted, but why dwell on them . when they bulk so small in comparison with the full measure of real-accomplishment? "The Y. M C. A , though Protest ant in conviction, is catholic in pm.- pose. Many of the activities here barely mentioned effect the welfare of the entire student body. It is, or aims to be, an All-College agency for the promotion of fuendliness, a per snnal religious conviction, and the :deal of service. As such it is worthy of the support of Jew and Gentile, Catholic and Protestant. Thole are nr racial or religious distinctions un the road to this goal." G. Kurtz '29, W. P 'McKnight '29, If E. Preder '29, and W S. Tartlet '29. Nearly four thousand of the nobu lar little volumes were distributed to students and faculty members Cop ies of the Handbook were mailed to the freshmen one week before College opened and served in that way to ac quaint the ineomers with their new home., Faculty Seeks Closer Relationship With Men In Classes—Coe Assists "A student on one end of the log and Mark Hopkins on the other," is often quoted as a description of a sit uation in which the essentials of a college equipmontare represented, too men, a young man and an older man becoming familiar with each *the, In many phases of life. Contrast this with the cafeteria learning which the crowded condition of our colleges forces upon us, In too many cases the lecturer offers his matelot] with a take-it-or-leave-it at titude. His personality touches that of the student at hut one point, that of the single field of information, •n which he is a specialist. Faculty Study Problem Students and faculty alike are 'm aiming more and more the unsatis factory results obtained from eduCa don on the impersonal mass basis Personal contact and common purpos cs are essential to productive rola tionship between students and fatal ty. A gtoup of Penn State faculty men have been giving careful study to this problem. As their guest, Dr. George A. Coe, of Teachers College, Colum bin university did much to promote interest in the discussion and study of faculty student relations here. His three day conference has started fee ulty and students thinking along many lines of investigation and experiment. The "Y" men were happy to be permitted to cooperate in this wink and to receive the inspiration of a cabinet meeting with Dr. Coe. IHE "Y" SUPPLEMENT STUDENTS MIGHTY, FORCE IN POLITICS OF WORLD-BARTON Head of Christian World Move For Education Tells of_ Work's Importance SHOWS HOW UNIVERSAL 1 FACTORS AFFECT CAREER Compulsory Military Drill Instance of Inactivity Of Scholars Revealing the proximity of interna tional thought to the thought on the Penn State campus today, Louis Bru ton TS, Cabinet member in charge of Christian Woild Education and who this summer lectured on this sub j ect throughout New England, presents a live and comprehensive view of the situation in the following Intel, iew. "College students," Barton says, "with the greatest opportunities for leadership the world can offer, should have a thorciugh knowledge of the problems it faces, and at least an idea of the way they may help solve these problems. "In Europe and the Orient, univer sity men and women aie a powerful element in the control of politics, and a great share of the . progress in gee eminent there has come though the activities of this student group. "American students are typically indifferent to the problems facing the civilization in which they will assume an important role if they live up.to the expectations of the less fortunate generation that pikeded,lhem The A Branch of Y. M. C. A. Activity typical American student," Smith, son of SMITH, hanker and broker, is en tnely ignorant of, and equally indif ferent to, what Is happening in the rest of the world, or esen in his own country He is mounting for a "suc cessful career" without realising that great international factors determine his success, own his life, to almost as great an extent am, the rise and fill of steel common "The mm of the World Education department is; to give Penn State stu delfts the oppoi tunity'to - scree better the world which graduaion will dump them into, by a more thorough under standing of what it faces "On our campus we are faced by questions of international signifi cance. The next war can destroy the sups curacy of the white race in a few months. The white race is feverish ly preparing for its own destruction, &wen on by the few who fancy they "Y" Secretary W. 7. Kitchen 'l7, may benefit from tailr,e) masses Must back up the cffortea the men uho ate waging the battle for peace. "College students shout .lead the great middle classes in thtiught and Fifty Students Write Letters To Freshmen (Cont'd from page one Supplement) are continuing their meetings, ex changing dews with other memhei, of the group and settling their !wh ims .nth the help of the e‘petiented and advanced lender. Last yell the system used was to convert the "bull sessions" at the fra ternities and .boaiding houses into d.scusslons of life problems. To do this a volunteer body of students was trained under the guidance of Maly Van Dusen, of New York City, at the Andy Lytle cabin. Tno days were spent in this work And the results obtained were en gratifying that Mr Van Dusen sail! letuin again this yeas, Ire is at present teaching at Union Theolog ical Seminary, Ness York, from where he graduated lie also has brill , ant records at Princeton, and Abeideen,, Scotland. Carload of Articles Lost, Found, Returned Through "Y" Work Through the agency of the — "Y" ylut, hundieds oc last articles find their owners each year, representing return of hundreds of dollars. And although several other agencies on the campus perform a similar func tion, especially the Janitors, it is hoped that lost mticles will all some day be pooled at the Hut because of the efficiency of Its service. Monday night at the Auditorium two purses were recovered and letutr.- ed to the owners. Slide rules, slicl.- ers, pens, fraternity pins, ladies' yen elry, are some of the valuables that pass through the "Y."".. A purse tire been found with forty dollars in it, and returned to the °wiler. Note books, however, ale rarely brought to the Hut. action, sooh after graduation, yet on their own campus they tolerate tne concerted, sincere effort on the part very stuff of which wars are niacin, A of any considerable body of students mould undoubtedly have 1 meat in fluence in ridding us of this incubus of compulsory military drill, yet not a murmur comes ham the multitude who dare not think in new terms "The race problems facing the Am erican people is as gloat now as in 1861. 'Few people realize that less than 10 per cent of the neg., popula tion is lacewing the vote gum anteed them by Lincoln's amendment to the Constitution We must face lace discrimination faiily, take all the facts into consideration, and make decision which insures a maximum of justice to all concerned "The Woild Education groin is planning to meet n group of Labor Union leaders from Altoona, to get closer to the problems of the aorking men who support our economic s.s. tern Such a conference was held last Spring with good results, and will be continued with the same group of men. "Programs along international lines .111 be taken to outlying miennunities with the ioopeivition of the'lieputstion department. Prominent speakers an international and inter-camel affairs are already scheduled to appear at State College Their visits wilt be utilized to the best possible advan tage for informal student discussions of the problems on which they are authorities. "The aim of the IVoi/il Education department is summed up in a iaccnt News 'Service Bulletin. "'Diplomacy and Intel national lan, economics and sociology me exceed ingly valuable, but alone they will never solve the world's problems. In ternational suspicions are too sleep seated, toter-racial irrltations are too painful, selfish interests ate too strong OUT hope fora better world lies in the active cooperation of sci ence and religion, one to show the way and the other tolurnish the mo tives and driving power. It is' this combination whirl, we are trying to effect In Clnistian World Education" History of Y. M. C. A. Shows Steady Development to Present Importance Since the mganiaation of the Penn State 11 91 C A. about sell, ni t , it has become one of the %tionge.t student organizations on' the, campus Although the IMildingi which it occupies is small in size'the ',NCI': that is done in that building makes up fat its smallness St, Ling out with only n few mem hers the as,ociation grew until it 'be-, came of a notable size, its chief aim being the t cf helping other students. I Little history of the Y 91 C A. is available up to about 1893. In that ycat L Pattee became a mem ber of the teaching staff of the col lege and immediately Income mtet-1 cubed in the work In 1895 Dr. 1. L Foster. now head of the Romance languages-department, became a mem-1 Inn of the staff and he, too started in on the YAI C. A At that time the essociation was suffei mg from what night be called a 'elapse It had come to life lot a short period only to go back again and it was in that condition when Doctor Patted and Doctct Foster found it. The national Y 91 C 'A. is clitided into lea elm home and student sec t.ons and each one in turn is subdiv ided /t is the latter division which is °presented on the Penn State Campus now When the new Recre ational building is complettil it is hoped that a portion will be dedicated to "Y" wort. Incluied in the semees of the Y. Al C. A here are n lost and found department, a church department whet° students may go Los informa tion concerning churches of the bor ough, an tip-to-date and fairly large hbraly and n student direct ory wheac at is possible to look. up I facts about any student enrolled at' Penn State The oiganization here is also proud of her training leadership. More see :chiles for student X. 111 C. A's come "Y" Executive Judge If. 11'nIton Mitchell Exterior View of Fifty Parties Haire,Visited This Memorial Friday, October 28, 1927 from Penn State than from any other college. - - -- Penn State Is part of the Middle Atlantic Territory which is node op of five states. In the United States there are seven such territories Incoming freshmen would certainly not be as well informed upon their arrival here and soon after if it score not for the Y. M C. A. which spon sors several meetings for Freshmen along with a number of - discussion groups The local 'division of the f. M. C: A. is controlled by a student cabinet' elected by the students of the college once each year Pe obably one of the biggest projects winch the Y. M. C A. undertakes for the student boily it the arrangement of the entertainment course each year to which they sell tickets for the en tire course at a very low price The chief sine of the entertainment course is to broaden the student's mind To do this a varied assortment of the Lest entertainments is brought here FORUM AUDIENCES INCREASING WEEKLY Open Discussions Each Sunday Evening in Auditorium Becoming Popular LAZARON, TWEEDY, VISIT PENN STATE AGAIN SOON One of the purposes of the Y. M C A at Penn State is to raise among the students a general inteicst con cerning religious subjects in older to fulhll this purpose, the "Y" has been conducting throughout the yeas, Sunday evening Forums in the Anil itoilurn, the leaders being the most popular Chapel speakers At these meetings the students hive the oppoitunity of asking questions, and in many cases, live-wire discus sions take place Some of the more popular topics last year were. "Sci ence-and Religion," "Prayer," "What is a Christian," and "Jesus' Philwo phy of Life" Dr. Sherwood Eddy, nationally known educator and speaker, conduct ed the first forum this yeas on Dad's Day Other men 'whose visits arb anDcipated this year are Rabbi Mor ris Lazaron, of Baltimore, Dr Healy Tweedy, pf Yale, Dr. Moidacal John son, Howard University, Henry Van Dusen, of Union Theological Semin ary; Dr. Wallace Petty, of Pittsburgh and Dr Albert Russel, of Duke Uni versity. "Y',' Aids Students In Securing Work From washing dishes to collecting empty tooth paste tubes, and from summer svot'k to clock tmketing, jobs are secured for students the ough the "Y," and students are found for jobs Last year an aggregate amount of $lB,OOO 00 was reptesented in the "Y's" employment cleating house. Send your needs for men ot. jobs to the "Y" Hat. Inside The Cabin i Eaat End Fireplace ndy Lytle Cabin
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