Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-06

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EDITORIAL AIDED HOLIDAYS

Dissatisfied with the football seata
annually assigned them IN the extreme
east end Of the south stand. the stu.
dents ct Penn are requesting more con.
sidefation. They ask seats IN midheld.
where they feel that their cheering will
prove most effective.
The pennsylvanian, the campus
dsily, speaks editorially a. follows: 1T
must be admitted that there was q real
reason (the last season. why we could
not be grouped around the 6O.yard
line 40 we might desire. To erect the
new stadium vast expenditure OF
money was necessary. In order to
finance the undertaking, Franklin Field
had to show q good.sised profit. Since
seats in midfeld are highly desirable.
and, therefore. bring a. better price.
these seats were disposed Of to season
ticket holders. We can understand all
that.
Financial estimates and the growing
popularity Of football indicate that
Franklin Field Is certain to pay for
itself within a few years. The public
has come to realize that, from q spec.
tator's viewpoint, seats in the east
and west stands are actually very good.
Therefore. there does not seem to be
any tangible reason left to keep the
seats centering at the 50-yard line
away from the students. They are the
ones who give the team the greatest
volume of encouragement and are most
deeply interested in Its success. Surely.
in all fairness, the undergraduate
should be considered first in the allot.
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College students were indignant
hort time ago when Thomas Edison
,ccused them Of being afraid TO work.
rhe Pennsylyanian came out this morn.
inp and agreed with Mr.. Edison.
"As n general rule" IL said edi.
torially. college students delight in an.
nearing buster than they really are
il they have the real will to work,
they will not worry about appea ra noes,
Very few OF us possess tho vii, TO work
in sufficient quantity to engage in sus.
tanned efforts looking toward MI l.around
development. We tend TO become salts
fled when one surface Of the diamond
spnrk,es brilliantly, Further. there nrc
those men who must eternal,y be matted
on the back. who need the plaudits II
the multitude in order TO keen going.
The man on the compus who like
some sort Of worth while activity. il
nearly justified in his contempt for the
fellow who makes no attemnt "a add
ANYTHING TO his own life or to Tint nj
his classmates. who does NOR NV -
.create currcnt of new and frosb
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a. ~ Nv. Iuss, t,.;, naAl"x rossioie tor
sai s.uueH.' ,as'ns az a Instance 70 reach
no'le ~. time tor Cnrls'lhas. NOT many
s;"Gehts M On tue campus realize now 1t
u" nappen.
An editoria! writer on the Iennsyl.
Snn'an' realizing that ne would not be
ao,e 10 reacn MS nome IN the mid est
wthout cutting several classes. advo-
eated "A longer holiday in Il crisp edi-
torial abou: ten days ago.
The article met with instan, favor
on the campus. The Undergraduate te
Council, acting on this reaction. took
the matter up with the University au.
thori,ies and after much deliberation