STATE COLLEGIAN
Published on Thursday of each week during the
college year in the interest of The Pennsylvania
State College.
EDITORS,
ALEX. HART, Jr., ’O5, Chief,
F. M. TORRENCE, ’O5,
T. F. FOLTZ,
W. J. DUMM, ’O6,
ED. FAWKES, 'O6,
F. K. BREWSTER,
F. B. GARRAHAN,
BUSINESS MANAGER.
W. G. HECKATHORNE, ’O6.
CIRCULATION MANAGER,
P. A. RAINEY, ’O7.
ASSISTANTS.
H. P. DAWSON. ’O7
W. N. LE PAGE, 'O3.
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Thursday, Jan. 26, 1905
EDITORIAL
The article clipped from the New
York Times and printed elsewhere in
this issue should be of interest to
students of this institution who have
literary aspirations. The contest is
open to any regular student in any
college or university cf recognized
standing in the United States.
From among the six hundred, which
we have here, there surely ought to
be at least one or two who are capa
ble of turning out a creditable essay
on this subject. For details, write
to President M. M. Butler, Columbia
University, New York City.
The Freshman class has, up to
this time, made an enviable record.
It may not have occurred to some of
its members, but it is nevertheless a
fact that this same good record
would be considerably enhanced by
the abolition of the annual “ stunt ”
which calls for the abstraction of
a horse, cow, or other animal from
a stable in the neighborhood and its
installation in the class room of an
obnoxious instructor. The chief
reason for calling a halt on this so
called custom is that the Main Build
ing is getting old and shakey. A
crowd of three or four hundred fel
lows on one of the floors is very likely
to produce a cave-in and the con
sequences of such an occurrance can
hardly be imagined. The second
reason is that it is cruelty to animals
in its worst form. The third consid
eration is that such treatment of the
instructor in question doesn’t do the
slightest good. If he’s been flunk
ing many, he will be more likely to
increase his percentage than to
diminish it. These few facts ought
to merit serious consideration.
COLLEGE ORBIT.
A chapter of Sigma X i the tech
nical honorary fraternity has been
established at Case School of Ap
plied Science.
At the University of Minnesota in
interclass debates the custom of
having the audience vote as well as
the judges is in vogue.
Michigan has the largest number
of living alumni of any institution of
learning in the United States, 15,-
000; Harvard has 14,000; Yale,
11,000.
Cornell’s co-operative store, which
was started with a capital of $BOO is
now worth $1,400 after paying its
members the $2 membership fee and
a dividend.
President Eliot, of Harvard, and
President Angell, of Michigan, in re
cent interviews, have stated that the
experience of their institutions has
shown that the elective system of
choosing courses is a success. The
fears at first entertained that the
students would select “one-sided”
courses—snaps —were unfounded.
The building of new ice skating
rinks is being urged at Harvard and
Chicago Universities. At Chicago
ice hockey will be played this winter
for the first time.
It is said that the University of
Minnesota has a basketball team
composed wholly of members of the
faculty which can defeat any of the
undergraduate teams in the Univer
sity.
At Minnesota the freshmen have
riveted on a lofty smoke stack on the
campus, an iron plate containing
their class numerals. The upper
classmen are considering the advis
ability of ordering the freshmen to
pull it down.
Williams College has been award
ed a gold medal for its exhibit at the
St. Louis Exposition. The exhibit
consisted of photographs of the
campus, buildings and town, with a
history of the college, schedules,
courses, requirements and other
facts of interest.
Exchanges
The Bucknell Orange and Blue
looks as if it had had its face washed.
The general appearance has been
greatly improved.
We welcome the return of the
Brunonian to our exchange list. Its
excellent fiction has been sadly
missed.
Friend —“In what course does
your son expect to graduate ?’ ’
Father —“ In the course of time, by
the looks of things.” —Oberlin Re
view.
“ Oh, my friends, ” exclaimed
the orator, ‘‘ it makes me sad when
I think of the days that are gone,
when I look around and miss the old
familiar faces I used to shake hands
with. ” —Daily Democrat.