Penn State Collegian Published semi-weekly during the College year by etudente of the Pennsylvania State College, in the interests of the College, the students, faculty, alumni end friends. TUE EXECUTIVE HOARD WHEELER LORD, JR. '2B .. .. R. M. ATKINSON '2B . , C. F. FLINN '2B . . . . . . TIIE EDITORIAL srArF WHEELER LORD, JR. '2B BENJAMIN KAPLAN '2B R. M. ATKINSON '2B W. S. THOMSON '2B P II SNIALTZ I=l L H. Bell, Jr '29 11. E. Hoffman '29 THE BUSINESS STAFF C. F FLINN '2B Bush is II Eu itor..e '2B Ithertising Manager ASSIST r Itt'SININS MA:VAGERS P. C. McConnaugho. '2', The Penn Stnto COLLCCI etlkomee communication!, on an) , nulklert at C 0111,114 Intl rA*l All leter, meet banr the name nender Anomnione ,ommonontloni oil! reonnlett lo mite tor trailer doe. not Amsh tim or bar Immo to ortnruonev the hut, till, nl.oulal Indltotml and n nem ill ohm. neot ncoonomo> the rommunlattion editor tworso. the milt to relett 111 toniteuoltl• tom. that are demnol mAr' for publontl. 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TUESDAY, MAY 22 ,192 S THE OVERBURDENED COLLEGE PRESIDENT During the past generation the enormous giowth of the student bodies of institutions of higher learn ing and consequent demand for financial resources has more than doubled the duties and responsibilities of the college president The president must now he both an educational C CCIIIIN e and a business and' Unofficial administrator Each of the two positions conies with it enough duties to occany thi time and energy of one man of exceptionally high calibre Clearly, then, the ocerburdened college president has too much to do and in dividing his tune. inset neglect one or the other of his principal function, First to recognize the need for reorgaiwation and break away from tradition was the Stec en, Insti tute of Technology The board of trustees of that institution, having elected Haney N Diu is, a dis tinguished mechanical engineer and (comer membti of the Hors and facult), president of the Institute, has also created a new office of vice-president. to which it has elected James Creese, now general secre tary of the American-Scandinavian Foundation. Mr Creese, it is uaderstood will attend to the manifold administrative duties nisei arable connected with the conduct of a modern college or univeisity leaving Doctor Davis tree to denote himsall to its educational policy and problems In the busmas world a similar dii ism of labor has been practiced and found highly sthsfactoiy Some of the larger corporations rely upon a president for their routine administation and en a chairman of the board of directors for their major business stra tegy and the conduct of their public relations In the newspaper. toe, the business manager takes care of circulation, advertising and financial matters, lebv ing the editor-in-chief and his assistants iree to de termine editorial policy The division of labor in college administration is worthy of the notice of the boars of trustees of other colleges The action taken by the Stevens Institute of Technology is logical and should prove successful There is, however, one difficulty that may arise front this plan The dnision of respdnsi bility between the president and Nice-president may Give rise to overlapping and conflict in the duties of the two officers Unpleasant disputes and deadlocks might result But the obvious advantages of the new scheme would outweigh any possible difficulties such as the above CORRECTING AN IMPRESSION Vivid pictures of the dashing, gm-drinking, ro mance-hungry college )outh that appears in maga zines purporting to represent college life have aroused outbreaks of indignation on the part of the misrepre ented youth at regular intervals, but no action has bLen taken to correct the impression The reason for the lackadaisical attitude of most undei graduates towards the injustice done them probably lies in then hidden desire to appear as dashing young Lotharms, Ifomeos and hard-drinkers whether they are or no The exploits of alumni during their student days gather verve and dash with each telling As yet no one seems to have tried writing stories that give a true pciture of college life Probably if an)one did. he couldn't get his work published anyway But the worm was bound to turn sonic day The editors and managers GI publications which are mem bers of the Western Association of College Comws 'voted to break their contracts with College Humor. which gees that magazine sole reprint rights on the contents of the association's publications. "Our rea son for breaking the contract,' said Albert Salisbury, president of the association, " Is that we feel that College Humor is painting a picture of flaming youth which is not real, and ‘‘hich gives to the average reader a ',llse idea of college lite The magazine takes all the gin and SC \ Jokes, with a greater pin portion of clean humor lust as representative college life. The action was unanimous" College Humor, hnuevcr. ,hould not be judged too harshly for its policy in selecting material for reprint Sek and gin jokes do have a commercial value College Humor, as well as most college com ics, recognize that value and print such material nor because their ideals or mom als are low, but because they wish to sell their magazine The comics must cater to the tastes of subscribers and they are bound to give them what they want. 'Reform, like charity, should begin at home and if the taste of the students is changing in favor of a higher type of humor, as we believe it is, the college magazines can do much them selves to help create n new and truer picture of under graduate tile The action of the Western Association of College Comics. lumc.er, is to be commended It is the first step toward correcting the false impression of the topical collegiate. 'I he breaking of their contract will mouse comment and will, we hope, start a move meet for a higher type of humor and less glamour .izing of the college student. President Vice-President Treasurer THE ATTiTUDE OF THE GRADUATE Discussion of the value of a college education, of toe reception of bile graduate in the business world and similar topics has become a popular pastime.! The opinions are vaimus To quote a recent article,! "the college man, almost without exception, expects! to become—and shortly—an executive, in fact he too egotistical Ilw regard for human value is placed upon, too high a level." ' 'I he writm of the above article agrees, as do most 'of the others, that the four years spent m college !give the graduate a decided advantage over the non collegiate Some, in fact have gone so far as to ,compute the value of a college education in dollars !and cents All these generalizations seem to arrive !nowhere Theo are no more representative of the true situation than was average citizen Mr Gray It}pical American The value of a college education is not a thing to generalize about The success of 'the graduate in the world depends not so much upon !the f ict that he has spent four years of study, but upon his indiNiclual energy, personality aim applie lion to his woi lc. both before and after he receives ,his diploma ! Where the false notion that the college graduate !sheds the cap and gown for an official chair in a large corporation originated, we do not exactly know, but article writers and big business men assure us that such an egotistical notion does exist. Accordingly, to manic success the average college graduate need only assume an attitude of humility and work hard .aid long We need, then, not better and more prac tical education, but something to knock the egotism out cf the seniors before they leave the campus. Editor.on-Chief Assistant Editor Managing Editor Associate Editor Assoc ate Editor II I' Mileham '29 L Mitstifer 29 Business Manager Cn eulatlon Manager MMMIEI The Bullosopher's Chair "In this communits the fiateinny houses ate tepidly becoming . the most connoitable bellies in which students Ine Oin situation, theiefoie, is (litre - lent from latact 'tinneisities is het e doinntoly life—both in college buildings 'and in Itennious innate dotnntot les—is mote attaactise to con lawn types of students than fiateinity house hie In such communities the student lodging houses, as sic know them heie„lie declining in numbet "But I feel that out students who Inc in these lodging houses ....111 do secetal things to stake then Irving condi tions mole congenial and somfol table. For one thmg, ~at, a little scatit.ing mound a glom, of students who would like to lee together could easily anange to occupy lan of the looms in a lodging house In this way the ha m-miss method of filling a house with possibkt, incongemal It, pet. could be as coded "It ith a little inteinal otgamsation such a group could Oen many features fat glom) social Ine thnt would nose a good substitute Pm the social life mound a club house The a‘mage landloid would be glad to of special facil ities to a group v loch would guatantee that rot a yeah he !would be flee fioin the loss incident to I.:leant toms and change of tenants "But the great...a benefits from such grouping mould deyelop out of the contacts that such a group ',mild n Tire organized social life in a club or fraternity is not ,olely a matter of comfortable ens nonment and connect oilfamdatron It depends pretty largely upon the fief lb it rubor, congemel people are brought close together then combined interests and efforts create ways and means Ira pleasing social drYinsions "I think a lot can be done along this line by out non .stet nay student," "The neallim gi retina ina, be damned as so much amplngor addle-to addle 01 all human corn el sational fallibilitics, it is the most imbecilic, of all in banities at is the most banal, and of all 'contact' espies ...ins, it is the roost meaningless. "Vet, o hat nould Ise do nithout the ON ted com ment upon the oh% ' hat nould NN e put in its place a, long as the pi esent noun of intelligent cons ei satins obtains' , Probably some expression equally moronic !The meatho peeling, at least, is halloned by tilahtion, it has been pationued at sonic tune by every human voice, it has been an imaluable badger of many embariassing !gaps Upon its quality and sense, ne sole negatmly Olson its serviceableness, ne Note 'yes,'" Sleeveless Sweaters I=3 An Entirely New Stock MONTGOMERY'S THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Co-eds Say— Is a college education practical for ❑le modern NlOllllllO 11. r,lleit IttuLholde) '2S S. G A. I. a College education piectical fm the modern gut" The question :11,1,1;3 be or oided, "is a college education retreat for the nicalcir hot and girl? I li this four sear a of tiamin 4 is piac i trial tot om h other then it is pia, ilea] for its The boy ore become a Pyle at I. inkei el a gloat engineer, the 2 . 0 I PUN Atom YUC.1.0,3 m Joutivilintl 01 been", nn efficient boot hut both melivulunls ale leavinr college to do esvertmlly the some thin; Thep mint ,djust them:Oyes to the', rum -I,,ritv. do the um]: in hfe tu.tt still host c.a.., then pmsonali,e , and, lastly, to it happiness and vallsfattion Tot themselves in the thing, duel un- r:, env maa and wens of cannot do that, bet rf n college educataut Ibis the tood.t.o gitl, even In a viand dealer, in milting the pion. lilljti`Th Sent then it is practical. We scant the limning .rid tarot nation that %cal be of calm I'. cc y and trootaime , .voluctlng that it is inactacal We want the ti annng, :necess hen to be 1141 , ,1e Educatots Ingle° that there .s much 'I main” out educattonal systcm, but It :wpm, ice tectun co to absorb th., Lad with the good Mann of the Conti ves Nee I t the and nanny of the lectu•es its lis ten to are not practical. 1 mean be this that we will clover be aide to lune the nifotmatton aftet college, but Int the perspective a college edutatum, nt its entnet, no mactleal The plc:tent d. gi.l , he a pent !. success in the home, in the com munity and in business because , she has 'opt nt college. Sanely tame one esceptionA to this N new point but lucre one e•coptions en the masculine stile of the question also -0_ Koth el Ilte rifliillool, '2S 11 rmitn' • Edlto, Collegian Is a college education practical fot the modem unman' To this ques tion these scents to be but one an- SN, 01-1 cc As to why it is practical, ,cetal iencons,can be given It is beganning to be so that un- Icss a won= has a college education she has absolutely no chance of get ting any‘cheie in any NS 01 timbnle line of 5001:: Considet any of the fields which %coition aie now enteiing NN halm. it 19 teaching, ca journal ism, m ti hat you well, the woman ',all the college deguee gets the IncaKs 'rhea too, non that women ate com peting with men in so many lines, a college education is necessiny, tot the men hal, them. and what chance is thole fat n is °man unless she has the quire ads antages College-educated e omen can command the latget sal .. r , too User it a ,oman does not ontes tea. 1,01(1 of endcallot othet than get tin.. mall Ica, she needs a college edu cttior to god het a blood sinus-paint o'- life, and in inanv cases to keep het an cast at het husband As tat as I can see, eveutlung points to the, piactuality of college education fm• women cd Il'hrutui '2S Thesnicat 11' A A. Institutions of higher lemming to dal, ale iapally tiling with gals sti iv- ink eagmlN foe a college education A , me Enna, yews ago the geneial opinion mils that the place tot gals sill• in the home, looking after the domesta side of life Nosy one are strung fm i ecognition in the busi ness molld, vc sue competing mith mien I'm public offices A college education 15 indeed pine tical fm the gals of today. Any should me sit bads quietly and puma the men to (oohed affairs when• we ale capable of doing the same? A college education has gi‘en the mod on gal it ',loader, ideates attitude to umd life PROF. CHEDSEY SPEAKS AT MINING CONVENTION In order to discuss cement mining problems, especially those permitting to this locality, the Indiana mining in stitute held its semi. annual meeting yesterday at Indiana, Pennsyhama William It. Chedsey, professor of min ing extension. attended the confer ence. Professor Chedsey adchessed the gathenng on "New Problems Fac ing the 'Mining Inclustly Today." `UNIVERSAL' THE SCREEN You Have Been Looking for The BETTER Kind Universal Use. Norel in appearance. Indispensable to the pufilic. Ventilation a prime factor Exceptional quality material Real economic Sent, an urgent need. , Adapt able and adjustable. 1-dtsthluager than other screens. "They Stay Put" Wait for Demonstration Recent Additions to Carnegie Library "Reputations: 10 Years After"____ "The Chengurz College"_ "Old Deadwood Days" "Slo,watd" "Sam Houston" The Delight of Meat Books" John E,shtne 'The Also Rand' Dos C. Sett, 'The Bible Out of the limns"__ _ _ "'rho ]louse of Athentute"__ "Life and I" 'Seim t. A Sagu of the Alt ion Blue"__ 'Pen hopo I kin" =MO MM=IVI=MI Engineering Extension ! County Societies of Department Completes 1 State Elect Twelve Classes in McKeesport, Trustees to College The night school classes in shop' engincei ing guineas conducted by the McKeebpoit Y M C. A , to coopeta ton s.ith the Depaament of Engin ein ing E',tension het°, came to an of ficil close for the =rent year so ith the commencement and banquet held Apt 11 twenty-thud The ',unequal speakers of the eve ning e e Mr. Ambtose N. Diehl, n ice piesident of the Carnegie Steel Com pany, and Pt ofessor J. On is Kell. MI Flank E. Wood, general seine tail, of the MeKeespott association, gave the invocation. mule Mr Hotly C Ilerpcl of the National Tube Com pany, clean of the school, presented the diplomas. Foul teen men remised diplomas, educating completion of the three scat tense, ethde twenty-two men lecmved ceadicates of subject com pletions Eat] E Smith and John C. Hooper me the mstructms in the • engine°, mg subjects Mt Call Wach , let is educational duector Mt C L Kelly mesuled at the banquet as toastmastm. MANDOLIN CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS FOR 1928-29 Witham Simon Jt. 29, will fill the Monlollll Club roesuleney lot the comma: Neal as the tesult of the an nual elections held recently ttlule Wallet U Gatql,a '29, still rot 1. vie-plesident At the saute tore Geroge It kndelson 'elected a, seetetaty and Richaid It Deim , et ':10, tws chosen manages of the ot , gattizatior ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS HEAR ALUMNUS TONIGHT Anouncement has been smile that MI Clifford A, Nickle, of the Gemini Elect,le company, will address the Penn State student bieneh of +he Air mum Institute of Eleetiical Engin es], at its meeting tonight in 200 En gineeling D. Fraternities Compete In Song Meet Tonight (Continued front first page) Penn State. All ofTelings must be sung in foul-pact harmony and ac• compamed by the pianofotte. In rmineing the mice the judges mill take into consideration tone quid diction, inlet pi elation, pitch and en,emble, each of which Will count as ton points Each song will he seined on an aggiegate of fifty points Judg es tot the went ate Prof. Robert E Denglo, Pint Leland S. Rhodes and Call E "Aliuquaidt, College exam me. Fraternit) Selections Aceotding to the Taman, Alpha Chi Rho still be the first quartet to be head and they will present "Anne," and "Hail Penn,ylvania." Dillon mg in the sequence named, the Beta Theta Pi songsters still offer "The Loving Cup" and "Beta Sneet hemt;" Delta Upsilon will sing "The Palisades" and "U -pa-the-we;" Sigma Chi will mtermet "The Sweeheart of Sigma Chi" and the "Drinking Song" while "Toast to T. K. E " and "All Hail" by Tau Kappa Epsilon will con dude the ploglam Free/ • With !Very [wags° of THREE FLOWCRS FACE POWDER this charming Dainty Powder Sifter, In a lovely satiny-sliver finish. Convenient for your hand bag„ .• • • RAY D. GILLILAND Druggist LuMelt Etat Er next IL Wlllann Entelline Bennett _ - -00111,11(171de R irhoi d E. Bind Gem Dr C,rrl Martin Bre f telthomfe Phdur Gthipt __Wu, tete/. Deriung _Gomlict ,Bradlolit _Mao tin Johnnok _Plthvaid IV. Bak MM/fMMiI IMMIMMI=23 In order to secure direct represen tation of the agricultural and Indus• trial groups of the State in the goy einment of the College, tuelve of the thirty-one trustees of the institution etc elected by delegates from county socreties each yeas, President Ralph D. Hoteel disclosed yesterday The lout tiustees elected in this manna, whose terms expire neN.t month me, E. S. Baymd, Pittsburgh, editor of Nahanni Stockman and Pat wen, John C. Cosgrove, Johns town basket, Robeit It Lewis, Coud eispoit lawyer, and A W Mitchell, Elm lawym. "The College is answerable to the people lot its management," said President lietzel, "since it is a special function to serve the agiicultural and industital people, this provision of ',lnca election of trustees is made." JUNIOR, PLEBE TEAMS TIE IN SOCCER TOURNAMENT By winning too games and tying one each, the Junior and freshman soccer teams are tied for fast place in the inter-class soccer tournament ollich ended Wednesday with a vic tory for the plebes over the sopho mores by a one to nothing count. \ games were played during the course of the tournament The jun iors defeated the sophomores, too to one while the freshmen conquered the seniors by a decisive three to nothing verdict. The juniors and the year lings tied, each team scoring one field goal The senior soccerites lost to the thud veer team, four to one. Ags Announce Seventh Farmers' Day Conclave Raymond 0. Blesslei, state deputy secretary of agricultuie, Miles Hoist, Pennsylvania editor of the National Stockman and Farmer and Fied Beek man, national Giange representative ale holed as speakers fm the seNenth annual Flu mer's Day assembly to be held here June _fifteenth. This Space Reserved for SCHLOW'S Quality Shop Men !, See Our Display We are glad to show you what the New Styles are in Sportwear— Suit, 2 Trousers $35 to $4O Society Brand 537 .50 to $5O Sweater Vests in the New Shades BLAZERS $7.50 to $ll.OO KNICKERS White Duck - - $3.00 Pure Linen - - $4.00 Silk and Wool - $7.50 TROUSERS White Duck - - $2.50 Sailor $2.00 M. F Tuesday, May 22, 1928 Thoughts of Others! IBM=3 Alumni of many of the older East ern colleges me accustomed to point with 10 ide at the "fine old ti editions" et theii alma meters While some of these traditions ale of undoubted labile, a huge part of them arc genu ine absurdities Foi instance, at one well-knomn Nov England U1111,014t41 only semois may s woke pipes on the campus, students in the ethos chaste', must Loam° thenisches to ewes% cig arettes, and chewing tobacco. Other customs not so discoid!, such as a stan dard may of di ening, speaking, and behaving, tend to mnl.e all the stu dents as much alike as possible, to subo“linate the individual to the grout, This soft of tradition may perhaps be regarded us symbolical of the stet , eotyping process to which many in stitutions subject then students The system is often defended on the wound that it instill, .i unity Of feel. mg unto the student body and males it an ea,' matter to spot a poison as an alumnus of such and such a col lege. Yet does not this saint of a mechanical process, of turning out machine products and - molding per sonality types lathe. than individu als? Possibly sic should be thankful that traditions of this nature base not gained a firm hold at most western and middle-western colleges. —Minnesota Da do POULTRY CLUB ELECTS NEXT 1 EAR'S OFFICERS Penn State's Poultie Club, at its last meeting, elected officms foe the ensuing teem Robeit It Murphy '29, sea^ selected ns president of the En gantaationle Mae A Campbell '3O, sear chosen ice-piesident The le maindei of the officials elected ale. Benjamin K Messermith '29, scold: taiy, Tom P Whittaker '29, tiensur ei and Robert R. Pail, '29, publicity manago .. " rtrc_<TJ - Nitiany Theatre (Note: Natan) ClowNl Tuesda)) TUESDAY—Callinum— Gem go Arlisn in "DISII &ELI" WEDNESDAY—C:IOImm Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 's "lIIE LOST IN ORLI)" THURSDAY—C.IOI.m— -)1 ark Tv. ain's "CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN ICING ARTHUR'S COURT" FRlDAY—Cathnum Lon Chaim icl or lingo's "HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME FRIDAY and SATURDAY— Nittany— Chester Conklin. W C. Fields in "FOOLS FOR LUCK" E 3 A& STARK. BR?. S. `Haberdashers In The [ln/vote:, Manner CATIIAUM THEATRE BUILDING GOLF HOSE $1.50 to $lO.OO NECKWEAR $l.OO to $1.50 SHIRTS Me and Arrow $2.00 to $3.00 SPORT SHOES $6.00 to $12.00 OMM
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