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Nests Edits, This Issue A. Alensen
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1928
A TALE OF TWO FRESHMEN
This is a simple tale of two freshmen who ma
tuculated at Penn State, each with a fate seem
ingly predestmea
Simian Smooth, product of the metropolitan
district, polished, well-mannered, perfectly groom
ed an adept gentleman but a miserable scholar.
aimed cetemomously, greeted by a horde of fra
ternity salesmen Ills hand NNas - messed with
fraternal vigor, his back was patted fondly in
mole or less superficial affection; he was hauled
to a room conveniently selected for him by the
committee on advanced entertainment
John Plain, product of the chstricL more_or
less rural, arrived unhei aided and mist' ung, greet
ed by pone other than publications solicitors
Clothed simply, and none too elegantly, mannered
and geoomed just as simply, he of the honest hunt
and eat nest will, the Plain youth felt only the
friendliness of then arm sun and of the demozial
ic atmosphere. He found his own room.
The Smooth scion was given a "heavy i ash,"
petted and pampered. promised and pledged. The
Plain boy was practically unnoticed. Later, an
acquaintance from his locality might pane had
what his fraternity bi others thought the temerity
to "bi mg the boy around" for more or less obliga
tory moth es. Of course, the brothers flocked
about him for the usual "pleased t' meetcha," but
he was never considered a seiious prospect by the
connoisseurs of proper apple!. Probably he was
even treated pith incivility, totally ignored and
given a meek—and final— send-ott. Gladly.
Here, the story should end and would end rf
this were a litei atm c column, but there is a vague'
moral which is hat illy tangible, and an nomeal,
confused situation which is not easily repared.
Sinclair Smooth, some would contend, was
the only man of the two who could'be comfortably
elected into the Motherhood. He was suace,
sophisticated, learned., Pethlaps an athlete. for
purposes of lecommendatton And John Plain
was a 'per, a social rat, an unruly hick, with
nothing to otter, nothing at all but a great he:lit,
a will to lemn and work and seive.
Yet, why should the Smooth lad, with alt his
"sac on Lure." with all his Dooming, need the aid,
of a haternity as much as John Plain. the raw
product of humanity Why should all the polish
be applied to the surfaces intently smooth and the
rough, uneven spots lett untouched? Sorely, the
haterndies must select the best of the student
clop, but they should not overlook the oppoi lenity
of gi oomieg, nurturing, supoi tang a pi omising
but crude prospect like John Plain.
And they don't For in time, the Plain youth
has teal ned a lesson helping hnnselt. Gradually,
he approaches the stratum of the Smooth scion.
lie has made something of himself. in an extra
curricular way, but of course, that makes no dif
ference to the Greek gods, none whatever. They
want John Plain for himself alone. They should
have pledged him sooner.
All fraternities make mistakes.
ARE COLLEGE STICKERS DESIRABLE?
With the influx of students into the College
dui mg the past lleek a large number of Penn State
stickers and insignia have appem ed on baggage,
automobiles and slickers It should be well known
that Penn State's code of customs states that
"student,' shall not paste or paint stickers or seals,
bearing College insignia, on baggage or on the
backs of slickers or coats." It seems that main•
do not know of this custom. At least they have
not observed it.
The carrying of stickers and seals on baggage
and slickers was originally objected to because
the students believed that the publicity derived
thereti om was undesirable. Whether such pub
licity is a detriment to the College or not e, still
an open question. There is something to be said
for both sides of the question Deem sting one'F,
slickers and baggage with gaudy signs designating
, one's Alma Miilei may be considered a cheap and
'shabby method ut tilt ti•ing Then again, most
of the other colleges and unit ersities have con-
It tinted to iollou the practice with no obvious un
clesirable effects. The exhibition of college in
'sigma usually (tames uith it a certain. glamour
u inch is pleasing to most undergraduates.
The fact remains that the use at college seals
and insignia is mohibited and theiefore should
, be strictly haired as long as the prohibition re
imams m toice A custom ceases to be of value
t when it is no longer olive] ved m appimed 01 by
:the maim ity of the student body. It student op
mion is against the custom regarding the exhibt-,
of seals and insignia. the custom should be
'abolished. It not, it should be strictly enforced
GETTING OFT TO A FAST START
Tomorrow the spirit of vacation and mid-
Isummei indolence will be discarded in favor ot
!textbooks and undergraduate activities. 'rows
!! ow less than tour thousand students will begin
snot hm nine months of serious pi epai ation fo
!life Just as the splutter who gets off to a last
!start at the clack of the gun stands more chance
lot ii inning the lace. so the student si ho begins tit
(college year with the pi opef spirit and vigor has
the gieatest chance of blushing with Ilymg colors.
Especially is this ti ue of the fieshmen wwho are
starting not only .mother year at college but their
(tour -year career as undei graduates.
scholastic work the importance of starting
right is gloat During the that few weeks the
student forms habits of study which will likely
follow him thioughout the remainder of the year.
If he begins by doing conscientious and creditable
wok, his task will gi ow continually easier. his
glades w ill be high and his allotted time for recre
ation and %Incision xt ill steadily increase. it,
howet er, the student begins by letting things
slide, by putting each day's work nit until the neat
the mass of uncompleted tasks will accumulate,
his daily lessons will become more difficult and
mcomprehensive„and before he realizes it, he will
be politely informed that his college career is at
an end
They e ys an oft-quoted masnm that says, "first
impressions are lasting." Theie ys moi e than a
main of truth in this proverb. The undergrad
uate, I , ,hether yn school yyork or activities, creates
a lasting impression upon his supei yors. 11. he
eates a bad first immession, he will have a hard
time living it down
The Bullosopher's Chair
Snufflers Tell me, Bullosopher, just 11,11 y ate freshmen
customs,
"That's a question that hundi oils of fieshmen ask ae
about each teal It's a held question to ansnei esactly,
but there's a Jenson In the hist place a numhei of the
neophytes anive at college with an exalted idea of then
can impel trance, gained, pet haps, at then commencement
exeicises in high or prep school They are sitting on top
of the stolid, smiling in a superior and satisfied stay at
the rest of us poor muitals 'Fieshinan customs ate nem , .
sari' tomake them human and companionable" -
Smaller., But don't you think tliat these same customs
oseak an entail haidship upon the unassuming type"
"In some measure it is lather hind on that type, but
at the same time yealling iegulations bring tins man the
!piommence and equality stab others that his soul need.,
Besides, customs ale never a halaship fin the man Mh n
:takes them in the mope! spnit "
Souther:, I still belies o that ft eshman customs sir
hardship for the eats curdy sensit, e pet son
But alter All, Smithcr s, isn't all of life a hat dslmr
for the super-sensitise souls!"
Sniither, Perhaps 3,ou'ie right I hadn't thought of it
in that light Of course, many of the regulations ale
common sense enough on the surface They enforce the
formation of moper habits of conduct But it scenic to
inc that the custom known ns Stunt Night is becoming
more mechanical and stilted each year
"Yc., Stunt Night seems to be gradually losing LLi
original pep and spn it of high fun I'm not sine that 1
know why. Perhaps the brutality that was, by dame ru
nor, associated with Stunt Night in the past has given it
; a bad name Pm haps the attitude that Stunt night is a
farce and a nuisance has grown up But I don't know the
true reason for the decline of Stunt Night ",
Smithery. 'Don't you tlunk thitt claw; customs; eveditilly
the seemingly useless ones, appeal to the imagination of
the average undeigreduate"
They do And that, Smithms, is a more important
facto, in the life about us than most of us realm."
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Thoughts of Others
Some little time ;ago, Charles A
Eastman, a Dartmouth college stud
en., cleated quite a stir an academic
uncles by 'closing to become a mem
bei of Phi Beta Kappa to which he
had been elected More recently
an
othei student this , tthie a young lady,
repeated his Inou yeale and hail het
imbue punted in the daily pairs
Then canon for thud 'action was b.:fly
that they thought thq mmlcs woe nil
inipeifect standar it by which to mons
-me intellectual achievement, capacity
ot development In,.,cOmmenting 'on
Eastman's indica] .step, the Mu
mouth stated "There is no mice fin
intellectual cuziositvi . hese.. In
stead lie give the key to menial mers—
goose-steppers "
The requilements"foi election to
this, society dillei in
,S in ions colleges
In some a e.t.a
_highest numbei so
each class ate cliOsen, and in others
those with a coition gencial average
In any case it is foir to assume that
meione who to t ognizes the key of
the mganuation Icalla's that, the
w °mei was awaidml it because he
got high nummical glades Ile also
probably ieulizes that these may be
obtained by memorizing, blind labor on
esen by efficient cheating, but for the
most part by honest, intelligent haul
wink. Even though the ptofessois
mho give these minks ale human
enough to en, it does not seem too
wrong to gnu the students who e•cel,
in then was of thinking, some mater
ial token of recognition
The stand...ll Which those wile
refused the te, would set up ate mole
indefinite and would nllmt fel even
more faulty Judgment than those used
at pi count Perhaps it would be vase
to select men fm then evcellent stand
ings in intOligemo texts, "Ask Mc
Another" examinations or Cm lent
Events Contests, or measure their
intellectual sun unity by the numbei
of questions they asked or the books
they took from the binary, but there
IF a possibility that these methods
ought muse as indefinite and unreli
able for picking out the really intelli
gent men of the college as the present
ore of marks Foitunately, however,
most people admit that membership
in Phi Beta Kappa requires a certain
set of monks, whatever they may be
north, and ale perfectly nilling to
giant the imams of the society this
form of irecognition and envy those
ho get it
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Apparently unmindful of the eyes , grade school, held a respectful die
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Ire, of the class of 11)32 proudlY the freshman class.
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sartormllN perfect one could appear :artily unwound and the hot of the
R 0. T C. impedimenta I other worked Itself to a snug post
' Sprightly stepping along under thel hen ever his left ea"' they presented
toll.] rays of Saturday , afternoon's
an appearance not strange to most of
sun they seemed to be marching m ,the odic"" of f
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tune to some martial air. Several ,I te *
other bewildered members of the Unconscious of the numerous quiz,
sante cla'ss' an-crossly wondered if, real glances directed at them by both
they were nusszng something, and in !upperclassmen and members of their
an effort to find out they .followed let oup they deliberately analyzed the
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Desprto the heat the wearers of the 'r luso:on that Penn State would have
woolen garments were undaunted and !r successful season, the plebes leis.
in a bin, of ,glory they burst upon Ludy, toured the outskirts of the
the astonished assemblage gathered; held. nodding to several acquaint
to notch football prattle°. . Their :races and glancing haughtily over
following, to ml hick had been added the smiling viragos of several upper
several students of State College clansmen.
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