Penn State Collegian
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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
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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
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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,'"
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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."
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"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
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"'rho ]louse of Athentute"__
"Life and I"
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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
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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.
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Tuesday, May 22, 1928
Thoughts of Others!
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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
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Nitiany Theatre
(Note: Natan) ClowNl Tuesda))
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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—
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