THE FREE LANCE. VoL. V. THE FREE LANCE. Published monthly during the college year by the Students of the Pennsylvania State College. STAFF: EDITOR, NELSON McA. LOYD, '92 ASSOCIATE EDITORS C. 11. HILE, '92. It. W. WILLIAMSON, '93, Ex. C. It. FAY, '93, Loc. B. B. MATTERN, '93, Lit. P. P. STURDEVANT, '94, Loa. Boyn A. MUSSER, '94, Per. Business Manager, J. M. BREWER, '94. Assistant Manager, ROGER BOWMAN, '94. One Volume (9 mos.) . TERMS:I Single Copies, . . . Payable in advance. Contributions of matter and other Information are requested from all members and ex•members of the College. Literary matter should be addressed to the Editor. Subscriptions, and all business communications, should be ad dressed to the Business Manager. Entered at Stale College Post Office as second class matter. OUR college has opened for the present year under more favorable auspices than ever be fore in its history. The wonderful im provements about the campus, the new buildings, the increased number of students and enlarged corps of instructors are all signs of the rapid strides which we are making toward the front rank of American institutions of learning. These things have been so frequently dwelt upon, by our college publications in the past, and are so well known to all who are interested in our Welfare that it is needless for us to use space on the subject longer. STATE COLLEGE, PA., OCTOBER, 1891. A. C. READ, '92. We would say, however, to the new men at the opening of the year, remember that at this period when our college is building up the name which is to uphold it in future years, that many of the im pressions of it given to the public will be made by the conduct of its under-graduates. Remember at all times that you arc students of the Pennsyl vania State College, and that as such you have her good reputation to support by your own personal actions. * * I•is with feeling's of pride that we can look up on our new Athletic grounds, now in the pro - cess of completion, and feel that when finish ed they will be second to none in the State. It has been but a few years since the advent of track athletics into our college, and their growth has been greatly retarded by want of a suitable place to practice. This trouble has now been eliminated, and if in future years we do not hold our own in the field of athletics it will be solely the fault of the college men. We have simply to get to work and practice. Among the large number of men who entered college for the first time this fall there are no doubt many who have a liking for manly exercises, and who would with steady practice make excellent athletes. We would urge those men, if they are not playing foot-ball, to occupy their spare hours in running, high and broad jumping and other field sports, as the opportunity is afforded, so that next spring when our field is in condition we can give a creditable exhibition of P. S. C., athletics. WE would call the attention of .all the students to the necessity of subscribing to the FREE LANCE. The paper is an enterprise entirely under the management of the body of the No. 4.
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