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Penn State Collegian
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THE EDITORIAL STAFF
Toms n BELL. Jr. Edgar-in Chief
LLE , A . I-.1.3..13; 1111,21 FM '2O----------Asslstant Editor
HATSRE MILEIIAM '29
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TUESDAY. JANLARY S. 1929
TUE INFLUENZA SITUATION
Recent robots prediettng the thstinhsal of college
/teem.° of the gradi.al apt ratting of the pi esent epidemic
of tntlarnza hate filled students with co much anmot.s
into tp Ilion that books hale probably not yet been cleansed
of their sscation dust by some of the inure hopefal and
tAntu.stic students
Students have been unit me in placing abetilute faith
in false, misleading and cs.aggetnted tumors, fm belies nig
thou, the} hale been forseeing anothm s oration, on,
whose almost certain failure to urine will cause some
sal disappointment. At ~tich a time. when it is &INA' it
to rinirn to tasks of studying, students an; sn desirous
of le:inning to the comparatscly Intensely life that the
trustiation of this now hope may camas not only disap
point...ei t but also discontent and ill-feeling that is entne
ly mahout justice
renege authorities mho decided to open college at ere
legulm'y scheduled tine muted at their decision on''-}
afte• a ere eful coast...hat - ion girth health otTaials at Hari ts-
Lng. The s.tuation nos thoroughly analyzed In. the
Humelnag and local officos V.llO doomed it ads sable to
foiled, the College calendar.
the clecr.ion was sane. These is certainly not lemon
:a sending studcntz hem a health,. climate to localities
here the epidemic rs mote dangerous and mole ldschi„ to
spiead Besides, at the time for opening college the cm
dcmit oar nut at its highest danger posit but was smead-
Ing, no lapolly that hearth officials felt tint it it I me
season ibis not to open at that time it IN ould be just as
tent.onable to remain closed fin the remainder of the
Perhaps student. echo feel that the Institution should
hr cloQed as a preventive step, if for no other reason, for
get that there 1 ,, not the frequent nubile oonract
tivea-ssmy in large cafes such as Pittsburgh and Pinta& I-
Oita. Tht State College situatlon rq not dangerous,
n'though the greatest precaution should be taken by the
individual students to concern Immune In the nen in
firmary there are less than a scene of patents, few of
whom really hare inquenca. Tacit doctors hare &wav
ered no serous cases. probably no more than r.eie record
ed during the serer° epidemic of 1919 mben college re
mauled open with no utsashous results
Snob the present epidemic is not ionic peilloug than
that which swept half the 1.1 Id following the most recent
i f , eat war
P..ot to the hectic basketball game which christened
the e.m, ree,eat.on hall Saturday night, Conch ITermann
obahly stressed in his loiter-roam sermon to the cage
ster., the necessity of canning the opening fray so that the
nett gym mould not teceite a "blucic eye" on the opening
night. Front their ungraceful vot.te detnoettretions
throughout the game. students to get that lessen a game
is not the only method of gning the new gym!. black eye.
EXPLAINING THE "HATCHET" MENACE
Sonic time ago indignant elms ,ere raised against the
seeming butchery or the campus landscape The "natchet
menace' nab 'wally ',mailed Students felt that the once
heautifu: scenery of the campus sins lacing destroyed m a
nun Chess and haphazard minim As each nets tire or
child" fell before the pruning shears or arse of the tree
singcons, unother lament tame loath Student% legrotted
the Sensing of Come of tt•e familial poi tame, of the land
wipe An explanation ,as demanded.
The suety has been answered The College has en
gaged one of the best landscape architects in the country
to to-vamp and beautify the natural sunounffings of
Penn State This capable as tilt is si orking hem a plan
calculated to nine eve the local scenic attractions. There
iv nothing haphazard or tuneless in his method. Of course,
it is notate) that student.; should bemoan the disappear
ance of seine of then favorite tiers and shrubs, but accord
ing to officials, these changes sere necessary in older to
retry nut the new plan When the innovations have been
completed, pollens ecen skeptics nil! be forced to admit
that unprotement has been wrought
WE HEREBY RESOLVE--
New Yeai's if...lotions, like Seotehmen, mothers-m
-law and female clothing, have furnished grist for the
humorist's !Intl for numberless decades. Yet women con
tinue to expose mote and more of the eludes mum and tote
Iql stitks, and people go on making New Year's tesolutams
At reformers ,the funny men ate cvidentb mveme now.
At the present date it mould be safe to bet your sem
estm's movie money that more resolutions have been
broken since the first of the scot than the total death list
in Chicago dining 1928. The individual mho goes thtough
lift mahout breaking u NOW Year's lesolution is extaemely
rate Yes, eattemely tare, Thus far there is only one
pel ail ,11 , 1 e,al iußtiy ellam tnat ifistlnctum, row r
Yet peeler go on making Neu Year's resolutions and
lirealong there. Perhaps there is sometlnng in the prac
tice after all To begM nrth the actual composing of the
resolutions ;mos the riditalual a certain pleasant feeling
of nobility, rrhich carries her nearer to treason than any
thing else on this earth. The enro l ment of that moinen' - -
,ny Inspiration Is / m 1/ 9 1/1/ . 9 on/ /11 more than the pleasure
that proceeds from the neck of a gin bottle or the mouth
of a frantic C‘a.meliqt Another pleasant sen,non, stir-
Ilat to that of Adrin \Oren he tired tire forbidden apple,
/9 &I tied from the oII'IVIIIIIIOI/9 In eAinc of the senlo,l , -
concerted resolutions
Nuns Year's tesolations float one ,tearoint ate tangi
ble en idenee that the human animal, a intoner tan status
soLietv, does ha,e ideal- The plevalenee of broken
tosolutions, then, mould indicate that each of tes falls far
fan• shott of the attainment of his Ideals
CONGRATULATIONS
Shot th alter o major football I CNOIC the great
mob of grandstand gtid (Allots not lout and lusty in
their denunciation the coach. During the 1925 football
Benson Penn State mitimed a quartet of such defeats and
a small number of students and alumni tamed a Ito,l
tgainst Coach Hugo I:0MA Their hoot has been anmo er
ed. Duimg the Chi 1,l111(1% 110'Id. s the .Nattomd kesoci,
tton of Football Conches held their annual coo cation at
Ness Orleans, Thor eketed Coach Ile7dek as their pre=i
dent fur the coning m
lhe coy:Lulus of this signal home upon the Nittare
mentor shoes chat men who know footholl Oral know it
tn.:am:glib think of flezdek It was a great hone! to
Coach Bealck Oral to toe maratnion he lopiesents Hag°,
we congratulate you
The Bullosopher's Chair
SourNl 4 . GlLetrne,, rd'oqopl.m. and the bc•t Wishes
fot a year full of honor proms and der old of beloa grades.
.13 , - the nay. hate mou made ant , tesnlutrons far the nea
year ^.
"Rnseluttons' Bah' I quppr,...e tou still bchese in
Santa Claus Sic 3,m under the mipie , qon that people
:tenant make iesolutuns ' es Inv imMal the columm.c
says, it happen, only In eonne among nin exaggm
ated Mach and IN lute nughbois "
Smsther&: Wcll, I can sec :,ou'ie In no mood I'm dp.cus
sing lebolutirn, Perhaps co-td ChM 'rode, ,ould be
mole Interesung—
Flint lemmas me' Last >cer nut muds Out lv
solvtd to fathom the mystery, they called it. of then nu
popularity nod nine detemuned to rhsenset v.ht.thet tne
metal student body nets instthed to taking that pctea
oral deume attitude tottatd them.
"Ot course, th,y concluded, after eonferrmg North
scone cepr C . .entattve male campus loaders, that it
ult:onal to ..hon the eo-cd, tu't an It scat to ,tlntl con
tempt for It. 0 T C 'rite co-eds resolscd, fuithm more,
to d , , all In then poa•et to earn the favor and respect of
the dommatmg male faction Need Igo faith°, ""
Sinithers: Just a lot fuithu. Duilosorhei A light is
beginning to besot
"Sou the co-eds are planning to home a itmesenta
i bon in the cheer-leading squad. I admire their ambition
even then courage but I fent for another• demist.; oat
-111 case the earnest attempt, of the co-oil cheerleaders
-horrid ho tcgaided ae r.e owl by the claim) mob
..of coulee, if the non none-inal ems become as adent
and pi ancient and doe, as some of on: male chew-leader.,
111 even as graceful as the feminine chest-linstiesses •t
.s..;raeuse, for csample, thole Mould be ro danger of • - m h
an otabieala unlet.s the novelty of their appearance should
gnus eke laughter that ma; be mistaken Inn a belittling
gestui e.
if the e.orst imppens, and student, totmn to their
Lobtommv manner of .pealonv, ungracefully of the gem.,
al hotly at co-eds, then the co-eds hate only themselves
to biome, for it tot thin then• potter to recall the pt carol
plane '
Smitherc• And do you feel tltat;tbese now chant-letlets
sill emiuuct thertr.ehe, in such a tunnnet as to inowtke
luttnitter Instead of pinnte?' •
• ' , I ye made n rum , rosolutmn riot to nnsner uirly
mole embarrabttnit quest.,"
Montgomery's
SEMI-ANNUAL
CLOTHING SALE
HICKEY FREEMAN
SUITS and OVERCOATS .
$43.50 .
ADLER - ROCHESTER
SUITS and OVERCOATS
$31.50
MASTER TRIM
SUITS and OVERCOATS
$27.50
ANOTHER LOT OF
SUITS and OVERCOATS
$22.50
MONTGOMERY'S
, x , " TamSlela
inl Pig
11 STALL COLLEGIAN
Lett& Box
Lana. lia.ketlaill Team
all W. Mithigan ANcnue
Jael,on, Michigan
January I Ma.
Peng State t 01.14,11
.
.onege Point
al,n, a pka,kne fm an alum
see as .tthld•c team ti Inn he,
Wet nt :when But it is stash
+lens tint Jot tut to , ee a team
Ins ,hoot plat .1 laud. sle•m,
fightntt• gime ..ush as the Imo
-1 leant plated against Mulligan
V 1 0d111,0.1V one n uni though
mating ea, temble . the onto
witting in =mit a clean m nine,
.t. gained the attention of mole
1
lyseLt. 111 nuld like to congtat
ben, upon that gcntlem mit at
and annul.. them that Gies .I^it`d
tidy Penn State fashion
ttrhest 1,1,11, to NUll ut the con
ol t put Jot th to keep the Penn
;nut of spat tborto lap es et be
e, gtudent body It h.. been
ttl ce ootisfaction to Inc in these fait
re: Fars to disemei that toss student
hodiee heat then hsitteg competao:a
aah t e frtendly attitude and south the
lad; t • ra.czing" ouch as emits at
Penn tate A laadthon mirth 1 hope
wdl n ei be fentrotten.
I=irl
, enty Years Ago
1Wil( ram the l'elieelan Ole. et rtma)
r Captain Prinston out o- the
:taws end se‘eiril other player, in a
Cr ippl.d conditrm nu , ti am lost three
i
game on its fir, eastern J oin any.
VIC I mversiq of Penns3hama til
-1 umphid 80-2:, Georgetoun .42-80 and
.berm burg Athletre Club 20-253 81,,n-
I nor indeinuth's te.or is now detcr
imme(lto harsh the season strongly at
!true 11ttate fashi o n and intereqting de
‘eirminents ern be e , :peeted so the
:ppi °aching gam,
=-0
A pLu 19 under I' ay so her eby a pub
' In. raid will tie built past the E•pel i
meat. i State building and e•tendrng
, tlnourfh the College property north
oastwar di} to connect a rth a Etreat
or =is dots no a pint {aroma as the High
' lard i.idition
, REDUCTION
:f i 4
On All Suits and Topcoats 4:
.
GERNERWSIi
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. 1 : Cleaninc,.Pressing.ltcpairinv. :f.
Smoker 19"
Awaiting
Loved One
.Tamesburg. N. T.
December:, 1021
Jest. r-sittin . , lidgeu oral
An' a-thinlinV, dine of 3 ou,
An' a eindle'f, bunion' brightly,
An' it says 3 uur IfiNet., true
rer the says Arc long, of usitin',
Au' the nights ere longer still,
An' sometimes (always smolan')
I Pith up this old quill—
An? try to write some poetry
'ro'rell you of my G.
As poetry' ain't numb good,
But— , holy days übove—,
lest tl,e bent L eon, an' so
' You9l and me, when Im through.
Jest stratus', =elan' Edfssorth,
An' a-thinlon', clear, of 3 ou.
Edgeworth
Extra High Grade
Smoking Tobacco
~~-:-:......., .., .. r..
I) SPECIAL
ii Rexall Milk of 3 :
•:: .
Magnesia Tooth
Paste, Klezo Brush
and Holder, usual
Price 79c
: I : - ALL' FOR 39c i : t si
•
; i: Rexall Drug Store :I:
4.
Collegian-a
And in conjunction with the New
Vein , en caybody is making i violutiont
0,•.•«
In comic strips,at least
In Niew of the ioe*nlont enulenue,
tt‘en college students use making tarn
reaoluttons.
aetta•tt
Tu get the
NVlth the hope that school ulll be
thonossed.
70 (het. melte nf the Inuit , opt.tntir
%tullenen br,bit't Imparhed then Ity,-
iTrucbe !INV, why . the epidemic
only nuld instead ofhl
As it would be d e‘erN one opened
up with their grippe!
E‘einone his a new angle on the
situation and thew are mote idle to
nuns at town than the,o ale in the
county jlOOl house
Duty seimusli lnuum
mis
say after a subtle t emu lc) thus
epidemic bun:lois w dangerous
Think of the number of co-eds who
are eating onions as a pie‘entne for
the flu
Thot ttltals the polhog nt .rfrh
L1)1111 /lite
But these it, also the hums oils side
of the plague as illustrated as the
fotlan•ng tine mu•leat of a local stud-
SKATES
Nester Johnson "Flyers" with Shoes, $7.50
OTHERS WITH SHOES AT $5.00
The Athletic Store
On Co-op Corner
ALL STUDENT SUPPLIES
He united the country with nails
ix I R M%N PI made the horseshoe ' telephone industry, for example, the
nail a symbol of the importance development of compact paper insula
of little tlungs. "The kingdom tion helped to make possible the small
was lost and all for the want of diameter cable and therefore the vast
a horseshoe nail",
goes one of his wise underground plant necessary to serve
sayings. So when he became Postmaster large cities.
General, he knew full well the need for A multiplicitysof details, from the test
proper horseshoeing as one step in ing of long fibre cotton to the "voice
punctual mail schedules. with the smile",offer a continual chat-
The care given to details can still lenge to the Bell System men who unite
make or break a great plan. In the the nation with telephones.
a nano-whir system'of 19,000,000 weer-mlefitng telephones
J
"OUR PIONEERING - WORK HAS JUST BEGUN"
I eat Nt ho found occasion to crawl be
neath the cocas dul Ing. the past week-
I end
The doctor, iteimed film days sad
nights of tioating patients fin the
du. sat at the student's bedside, lift
ed too wi not methodically, tr LLhdtaty
Ina Itateli and counted his pulsc•liCuts.
"Your ;mice is absolute]) normal,"
he announced a. he dropped the oast
and clipped the notch hack in Inc
pocket.
' So is 3 out tempetature," el medico
&aided allot he had examined the
tht rinnmetet taken him under the
patient's lip
lie looked at the student suspicious
ly "Is our stomach apse)." he ask
ed The student ndnutted it suns not
(7', , it, vat a ((fay eta, y.)
The doctot became still mote sti,
patinas as he tiled his final question
"Do you lime any dizi3 spells.'"
......
The patient shook his head
"Why man, you don't lime the Iln,"
said the doctor, half in disgust
..
" I know." teplied the patient meek
to. "hut I'‘e got a log bhstet on my
loot "
MRS. EVA B. ROAN
Optometrist
All kinds of names
522 E. College ANenue
BELL SYSTEM
rlicesany, Jatunuy 8. 1929
College Opens Modern
Hospital For Students
(Continued from first page)
by dumb waiters. An electric ele
taint shaft has been built but the
eler.ttnt has not yet been added to
the Mt:lin:lly equipment
Yetis minds till the second floor,
accommodations being pi nvidcd for
twenty patients k sun path" is sit
uated nn the acct v iof Seven single
looms, nu. foe-bed maids, tit.
looms containing two beds each, and
one thtee-bed loom enable the health
sonic,: to take cane of a total of
twenty-eight men and so omen patients
Each 1 00111 its pimaded with a tele
phone and bed lamp
An X., ay loom equipped with ap
paiatus donated by a woman doctor
of Ilamsbing, n pl*sio-therapy room,
Orag and sting° looms are situated in
the basement A launch y ron.a,
muse's dining 100111, kitchen, and
ice loom complete the basement plan.
ICOOMS—Fm Once students at 118
No, th Atherton street Call .0
Nittany Theatre
TuEsnAr—c.tham.—
Matinee at 2.00
I or. Moran. George O'Brien in
TUr.SDAY=Nittany—
Jack Milt. Durntl* ier in
"SUIIII \ RINE"
Special Prices• adult, Inc, children 2.5 c
3latmee at 2:00
M Ilium Hain,. ma
'EXCESS It WC:AGE
THURSDAY and FRIDAY—
Matinee Thai sday
Lon Chan,. in
'WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS
FRIDAY and SATURDAY—
Matinee Frith* at 2 00
Billie Dove, Antonio Moreno in
"ABOItITION '
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