Four Single-y VOL. XXII, No. 53 Nittany Batters Engage Southern . Teams on Trip Defeat Dickinson, 7-1 in Season's First Game Saturday—Captain Page Allows Five Hits and Fans Fourteen With the 7-1 tent over Mc •mson under their belts, the Nittany ball hawks seek new fields to conquer and se morning left State College on a southern trip on which they will cross hats with North Carolina State, the University of North Carolina, Duke university. Wake Forest Col lege. the University of Virginia and Georgetown university. North Carolina State First Arriving in Raleigh, North Caro lina. the I.itm sluggers will meet the North Carolina State aggregation on April twelfth. According to dope cast in that direction, the boys front the Tar Ileel area have a green team. with Captain 3. C. Beal. pitcher, and Tommy Harrill. first base,' as the only members of the squad with two year's experience. The southern team has lost its list two games. one to Springfield college, 4-2. and the other to Wake Forest by the tight combination of 2-1. Tar Heels Next At Chapel Hill, Penn State will op pose North Carolina university. Though called the Tar Ileels, this set of ball-bludgeoners is not expected to leave a black mark on the Lion score sheet. Duke university is scheduled next on the Nittany program, and will meet the varsity at Durham on the fourteenth. The tobacco country boys have always had some genuine baseball playem in that district and should provide keen competition._ Timber brandishers from Wage Forest college will take the field with We Penn State horsehide barriers the neat day and will be followed by a tilt (Continued on last page) DAIRYMEN WILL HOLD ANNUAL MEETING HERE Two:day Conference Otiens May Sixth—Cattle ShoW Is Listed on l'rogram Opening with a meeting in Old Cha-' Fel on Friday evening 3lay sixth, the Pennsylvania Dairymen's association will convene for their annual confer ence which will extend to Saturday evening, May seventh. Men prominent in the agricultural field in Pennsylv:raia who will ad dress the association include Dr. It. D. Iletzel, M. 'l'. Phillips. Prof. A. A. Borland. R. U. Balderston, J. W. War ner, I:. li. Olmstead. and Dean IL L. Watts ,d• the School of Agriculture. A play entitled 'Judge For Yourself" will be staged at this meeting by the Philadelphia Dairy council. On Saturday the l'enn State Dairy espositiiri, an annual event staged by the dairy will be held. This will include a cattle show, judg ing contest 4. fitting and showing C,lll - and other interesting features. College athletic events, include a base ball game between Penn State a•.ul Syracuse university will he played in the latter part of the afternoon. The convention will e:ose Saturday evening May seventh at the Dairy Student: Annual banquet. Lion Sharpshooters Bow To George Washington Meeting the George ‘Va:shington rills team in a shoulder-to-shoulder match at the capitol city Saturday, the Penn State -Ahmed.; were defeated 1429-1415. Iligh scorers for the Nit tatty sharpAooters were C. It. Pritch ard '2B, J. C. Fritz '29. 11. T. Balton '29. W. S. Yeakel '29 and J. L. Stearns Tentative arrangements were made for the George Washington 'varsity and girl's train to visit State College next year for shoulder-to-shoulder matches. Saturday, the l'enn State varsity will enter the intercollegiate matches at the Seventy-First Regi ment armory New York city. TENNIS TEAM PRACTICES DAILY ON CEMENT COURT • Practicing every day on the cement court. the veterans of last year's ten nis team are preparing for the cur rent season. It is expected. weather permitting, that the squad will be able to go on the clay courts during the next week.; - The schedule for the team will be completed at the meeting of the Ath letic Committee, when final arrange ments will be ninth: with other schools. ttl[ ,ot .. . .. (z ,ef- ... .. a--s 5. ~.... . Next Collegian Appears j i Tuesday After Vacation j The Collegian will suiTend jpublication with this issue until Tuesday, April twenty-sixth be- I cause of the Easter vacation. EDIT LA VIE FOR MAY DISTRIBUTION Include Congratulatory Letter From Governor Fisher In This Year's Book 1927 ANNUAL DEDICATED TO DEAN E. A. HOLBROOK All copy for this year's La har ing been submitted to the publisher, it is expected that printing work will be completed by the end of this mouth and that the junior annual will be ready for distribution by the middle of May. The staff has just received a letter from Governor Fisher which congrat ulates the Class of '2B upon its efforts in putting out this edition of the jun ior publication. A picture of the Governor will appear near the front of the volume, with his letter on the opposite page. The book is dedicated to Dean E. A. Holbrook. William Penn Motif Embodying a William Penn motif throughout, the 11128 f,O Fie will cto•- ry out a more definite theme than, has 'any of its predecessors. The rover design will include a picture of the great founder on the left aide, with a wampum belt running from bottom to top.• A copper etching of the va trance to the campus, including a por tion of Allen street with Old Main in the background, was designed for '.he frontispiece by W. P. Lawson of the department of architecture. The William Petra theme will dom inate all art work. Introductory sketches to the various sections will (Continued on second . page) AFFIRMATIVE DEBATERS CLOSE SEASON AT PENN Ballot - form Misunderstanding Causes Omission of Vole To Decide Winner . Penn State's undefeated :dlirmative team met the University of Pennsyl vania orators at Huston Ilall, Phila delphia on Friday in their final de bate. on the question. "Resolved, That the present tendency to emphasize the practical in American education is to be deplored." flecause of a misunderstanding in the forms of ballot, both sides agreed to dispense with a discussion and rote to determine the winners. The members who made the trip were N. It. Adams '2B. J. W. Brandt '29, Gil bert Nurick '2B with It. 1.. Lindemuth '2B, as alternate. Prof. J. 11. Friz zell, coach, said "It was a wonderful debate. I think myself, that the ar : guments of our team excelled those of Penn's although two of Penn's speakers were better than ours." The debaters were entertained at the Beta Epsilon I'hi fraternity. Mu Alpha Sigma Gets National Charter Here Founded in 1:125, the Alta Alpha Sigma has passed from the list of locals into the field of national frater nities. The Phi Sigma Delta national fra ternity inducted this group as its nine teenth chapter to be known as Sigma. The Phi Sigma Delta petition for ad mission was approved in April at the last meeting of the Executive Council and by the votes of the chapters. This chapter is the first to become Phi Sigma Delta in many years. The initiation ceremony, at which Ed Weinfield. president of the na tional fraternity, was present, was held at the Mu Alpha Sigma house Saturday and Sunday. The chapter president. E. It. Baron '2B extends welcome to anyone wishing to visit the fraternity . STATE COLLEGE, PA:, iFUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1927 GARBER INCLUDES ENTERTAINERS IN PROM ORCHESTRA Several Specialty Artists Will Put On Comedy Acts At Junior Formal WILL HOLD TICKET SALES NIGHTLY BEFORE AFFAIR Committee Receives Souvenir Programs—Goldkette Releases Record Several specialty artists are includ ed in the personnel of Jan Garber's orchestra which will play here for the Junior Prom on the twenty-ninth. Chief among the entertainers is "Goldie," heavyweight trumpet Play er, who does a buck and wing dance as well as specializing in German, Jewish and other dialect numbers. Ills full name is Harry Goldfield. Another time where he shows his ability is in the German Band her which has now become a perma nent part of the Garber repertoire. I=l Then too, the pianists. nodosell and Gifford, the latter having made sev eral Victor records, do a bit of clown ing. Johnny Cook, trombonist, doub les with Gifford in dance and comic specialties and is noted for his con ception of an English "Johnny", front which he received his nickname. (Continued on last page) FAMOUS WRITERS TO TEACH ENGLISH Garland, Pattee, Clark Among Authors Who Will Give Summer Courses 3IcCRACK EN To-DIRECT FOOTBALL INSTRUCTION Six outstanding authors, drama tists and poets have been secured to give the composite course in the mod ern aspects of English at the Summer Session annotrAces Dean W. G. Cham bers. They are Hamlin Garland, Edward Davidson. [Jarrett 11. Clark, Grace Hazard Conkling. Clayton Hamilton rml Fred I.ewis Patter. Each will lecture one week, the entire course covering a period of six weeks and being comparable to the course given last summer by Zona Gale, Margaret Widdemer. Edward Howard Griggs and others. Special classes in at coaching will be incladed in the Sinner Ses :do». Herbert :McCracken, Lafayette college footlolll coach. will conduct 11 course in football. stressing funda mentals' of the game. method:, of (Continued on last page) Mandolinists To Elect Officers May Second %Vail Fix men eligible for the office of president, the :%landolin club will hold it:: annual elections ni the band hall of Old Main Mtraday night May second. The possible candidates for leader. ship are IL M. Atkinson '2B, Paul Tu lenko '2B, G. K. Glass '2B, .1. I). Martz, Jr., '2B, W. S. Martin '2B and .1. K. Venable '2B. To determine the hmd ership ability of the nominees, each will Ie given an opportunity to dirixt the string orchestra for o".te night. Mammoth Egg Produces Speculation Of Poundage Among Skeptic Studes The Greek brothers are being rush-I ed. This time. though. it is not pro-1 raising yearlings who look well at tached to a pledge pin, hut a certain clan of hustling candy cooks who have constructed a mammoth Easter egg, decorated it fancifully and are Mier bg it, trimmings and all, to the per son guessing nearest its weight. The manufacturers themselves declare they are ignorant of the poundage. There are ninny skeptics among the' three thousand who have already ' ed their• guesses. Some declare it hollow, others allow it is filled with cotton, paper or sonic other material hardly edible. Still the Greek broth ers retort that every part is readily digestible, if not delicious. "Is it hollow or solid?" is the ques tion commonly asked. To which the solethn spera9ors reply merely, "Dan% Pants Scrap Set for April Tv;'"fnty-second Freshmen and ~ iiphomores will en gage in their traditional tilt Friday afternoon, April - Wenty-second at four-thirty o'cloriNon New Beaver field, when the unArelass pints scrap will take place. The scrap will-!iet conducted under the same rules tuOregulations As in the past years, alth'; . nigh the commit tee is contemplati4l an enlargement of the competing neaps to more than fifty teen. The 191 . ::A...1 for th e p re . posed change is flat' it would shorten the time required4:-,r the scrap. Cam pus societies will '; , :;, , i-operate with the committee in maKilfg a success of the tilt. COLLEGE SENATE ANNOUNCES 1927 GRADUATION PLAN Senior Baccalaureate Service To Be Given!'hy Reverend Donald P. Aldrich MANY EVENTS PLANNED FOR RETURNING ALUMNI Presidential Installation for Doctoi• Ralph Dorn Iletzel To Mark Ceremony In planning for . the sixty-seventh Penn State Commencement to be held June tenth to fourteenth the special committee appointed by the College Senate announces_ a complete pro gram. Penn State Players will initiate the schedule with a production of "The Dover Road" Friday night which will be followed by fraternity dan cing. Beginning with the annual meeting of the College Board of, Trustee:: at two . o'clock Saturd.;iy',:ll,mram trOtVevetasu'lll'tt.he place at two-thirty o'clock on New Beaver Field. Class banquets and reunion; will take place at nix-thirty - o'clock pro ceeding the slate of "Girl Wanted," Thespian mtinical comedy. Baccalaureate services for the eon io•s will take place in the Auditor ium at ten-thirty o'clock Sunday morning, the address to be given hy' the Reverend Donald P. Aldrich. Rec tor of the Church of tlic Ascension, New York City. (Continued on last page) PITT PRF,SIDENT , TO GIVE SCHOLARSHIP DAY TALK Chancellor .1. G. Bowman Chief Speaker at Exercises on ilav Nineteenth Scholarship Day tt•ill he hell Thurs day, May nineteenth, the postpone• mentfrom April twenty-eighth being made to allow the honorary fraterni ties more time in which to hold their elections. Chancellor .1. G. Bowman, head of the University of Pittsbnrgh, will de liver the principal :uldress of the day speaking in the Auditorium at 1'1:30 o'clock. The remainder of the imp. gram has ' nut been definitely ar ranged. Chancellor Bowman is well known in educational circles, having beat• president of the State University or lowa and director of the American College of Surgeons before assuming the chancellorship at Pittsburgh. esk!" It is, they may add, between one and one hundred pounds. Students mathematically inclined and even instructors of such technic al subjects have invaded the local store with log books.aad slide rules, determined to solve the puzzle by mathematical methods. Architects, engineers, drt students and the more intellectual scholars are applying their various principles and planning to work it out strategically. A pair of huge scales will be place in the show window alongside the le ' viallura mats of sweet stuff on Easter eve, when Mr. Gould, cashier of the People's National bank will perform the weighing ceremonies publicly. - Last 'night three freshmen were caught trying to stick a pin in the el phantine eggvind' three students of Greek wcrasuspected of bribery. THESPIANS LEAVE DURING VACATION FOR STATE TOUR Play Will Bp Most l'resentable in Years, Says Darcy—Good Singers Numerous BLACK BOTTOM, VALENCIA WILL MARK PRODUCTION Book Showing for 'Girl Wanted' In Six Pennsylvania Cities In Post-Easter 'four Despite a late start caused by de layed action in selecting the play for this year's presentation, the Thespian produetion will be the most acceptable in four years, according to Mr. Mau rice Darcy, coach of the organization. Because of the forced setback, work on the new musical comedy was not begun until less than a month ago when the veteran tutor arrived from New York. Since then, however, the Thespians have been making up for lost time and have been practicing in the Auditorium daily and nightly for the post-Easter road trip and for the Prom showing. Mr. Darcy timbres he is fortunate this year in having a wealth of good material from which to make selm dons. "The number of excellent sing ers," he adds, "is one of the largest I have had in four years and should aid materially in making this year's (Continued on second page) PLAN INNOVATIONS, FOR POVERTY DAY Will Divide Plebes Into Float, Originality, Movie-actor. And Hobo Groups FOX NEWS CAMERA-MAN •TO FIIAI DAY'S EVENTS Fashions for ate-. 1 will be displayed by originally. garbed freshmen on Poverty Day, Saturday, April twenty third.. A new method of conducting the time honored annual event will be inaugu rated this year, announces the com mittee in charge. Participants will be divided into tour sections as fol lows, originality group, hobo group, movie-actor group and float group. - Several cash prizes and worth-while articles donated by State College mer chants will be awarded within each division. Freshmen should' prepare to enter one of these groups. Donn:tg their costumes the first thing in the morning. the plebes will assemble on llohnes field at one o'clock in the afternoon. The cheerleader:, will take charge and organize a pro (Continued on last page) Block and Bridle Club Awards Fitting Prizes At Livestock EXhibit Exhibiting. classes of lIIWSVS, MILT)), beef cattle and swine, the Block and Bridle Club held the tenth annual "Little International Livestock Show" in the l'aviliou on Saturday after noon. A systentatic method of exhibiting the animals and :1 program of music by the freshman hand provided the entertainment for those in attendance. In the number o f animals exhibited, it was the largest show held in the his tory of the Cltib. Prizes were award ed to student.; who best lilted ;minutia for exhibition. hollowing arc the prize winners: cattle department, C. It. Duch, E. M. Cairn; '29 and T. 11. Patton '10; swine department, 11. IL Larson '2B. le. E. Rah:whet - '3ll wall W. 0. Kelm '1111; horse department, W. W. Nichol_ sun and 0. M. Williams '2B; sheep department, C. Smith, I). L. Itexrntle '29 and 11. It. Larson '2B. Mr. IL W. Wilson, at Penn State graduate judged the exhibits. ENGINEERING HEM) PLANS LECTURE TOUR OF STATE Prof. A.. 1. Wood, head of the me chanical engineering department, will speak at the high schools of Murk burg, York and Altoona this week on tile subject of engineering and the preparation required for a career in that field. Professor Wood is now in New York attending a Committee meeting of the Amereian Society of Refrigeration engineers, of which ne vice-president. _ - LOWER HOUSE APPROVES RESTORED APPROPRIATION Bill of $4,234,500 Appears in Senate For Action---If Passed, Will Be Submitted •to Governor Miller and Pride. Will Head New Froth Staff J. N. Miller '2B, and 0. S. l'ride '2B. were elected editor-in-chief and busi ness manager respectively of the Pront at a tneethw el tee stall' Fri day. C. C. 31c1:Ivain '2B. was chosen ad vertising 11latIlager; It. A. Wilsmi 28, circulation manager; art editor. 11. 1!:. Palmer '2B; assistant business mana ger, It. W. Ilankey '2B; assistant ad vertising manager. P. K. Esterly; as sistant circulation manager la. A. Harvey '2B. Sophomores who were elected to the stair are W. S. Creel. .1. W. Greve. C. A. It. Ileinae, J. C. taghram, li. F. Pfeiffer and J. It. Stevenson. LACROSSEMEN TO MEET LAFAYETTE Coach Ernie Paul Drills Team For Opening Game With Easton Twelve VARSITY WILL PRACTICE • DURING EASTER VACATION Coach Ernie Paul, pointing for the initial lacrosse game of the season with Lafayette in less than two weeks, continues to put his 'men through intensive daily drill in order vut. combination for the opening encount er against the Elliitoll Fa spite of the fact that Lafayette dropped its first game to Penn last week, Coach Paul is taking no chances and has arranged accommodations for twelve of the squad of stickmen who will remain and drill daily throughout the first...three days of the Easter recess. Twenty-four will he provided for during the last three days of the vacation. Speed and accuracy arc being en phasized by the Manny mentor es pecially in regard to shooting goals. Endurance, strategy and headwork in offensive and defensive lield play has alio been stressed by Coach Paul. Aspirants for the center post are receiving instructions in drawiag. the lacrosse procedure that corresponds to the lap-oir in basketball. All stickmen are seeking speed and form in scooping the ball, passing and as sisting. Coach Paul is preaching the import ance of running anti sends his prnte• nes around the track ten time.; alter each session. COLLEGE CHOIR SINGS FOR EASTER SERVICES Romig-Bowie Duo' Effective In "Magdelene" Solos Given y On Palm Sunday Following an cstabli.shed precedent of years. the College choir gave a pm grm of mimic Sunday in the Auditor-. ium instead of the usual chapel ad dress. 'the musicale is urescateil reg ul:u•lp liefore Christmas and Easter. With solos by It. S. Pritchard '2P, who sang " \Viten I Survey the Won drous Cross." and the solo selections of Miss Ally Romig. '2ll and W. C. Bowie '29 in "Magdalene," the choir gave an effective group of sums,-ac cording to chapel gains. Several weeks have been devoted to the preparation of this chapel ser vice and, aided by the faithful work of the members of the choir, was tic most successful in some time, stated Director It. W. Grant of the music department. Other numbers given by the choir were Faures' "Palm Brandies," and "God Il,•th Appointed a Day." 1.1 LAMBDA S1(:'IA ELEcTioNs S. N. Sabatini '2B Joseph Schiavone '2B P.. 1. Sturgeon '2B Jackson %neatly '2B D. NI. Buchanan '29 \V. S. Curtin '29 R. N. Norton '29 J. I'. Reed '29 J. N. Urban '29 IFreshman i Pants in Danger PRICE FIVE CENTS flaying passed the Ilona• Wedaes day on the third reading. Penn Slate's appropriation hill of $.1.23.1,50u was pre..ented to the &.iate last night for concurrence. In the event of being passed by the upper house, the hill will he placed in the hands. of Governor Fisher, who will have thirty d ays in which to con sider it. In ease the members of the Stnate do not agree with the 'lonic figures, a joint committee of both !muses trill be appointed to reach a definite compromise between the twe groups. livdticed in Senate [laving originated in the Settatx, the $1.21:1,5fin bill was reduce:l la $:1,5000.000 by that hady and referred to the !louse. Here it was restored to the original amount by the nous: Committee. a sub-committee of which recently made a survey of coaditions here. It passed on final reading in the House, IVedne..iday. The original bill of :3 , 1,23.1.500 ap portions $1,05:1.500. for agricultural work, $1,000,000 for buildings and 82,181,00 for general maintenance. These figures are the result of an in vestigation of r‘ant State's needs as gathered front an eight-year analysis as presented to the last three sessions of the State Legislature. The bill represents the absolute minimum amount under which the College ran carry On its preseat program without retrogression of work and deprecia tion of its physical asets. New Buildings Aloney obtained from the appro priation:: will aid in the building campaign now beginning. - Within two or three weeks a new supply building (Continued on third page) , . INTERFRATiRNITY GROUP WILL CONSIDER RUSHING Proposed Code Will Conic Up For Discussion at Next Regular Meeting The Interfratternity Council will net upon the proposed new ruildog code at the meeting during the second week of May. The formal written bid submitted by the frateraity is the main innova tion of the rushing code for next year, explains It. A. McQuade '27. pre:ii dent of the Interfraternity Council. Legal establishment of the new sys tem require a majority vote of all fraternities represented in the Council. The code is the formulative result of a survey of pledging ecraditionn by a committee of the Council. It pro vides for one week of enterbtinment of prospective filedges followed by three days . of silence after which freshmen will receive sealed bids. At tendance at dinner at the house of his choice the evening he receives his i Lids, signifies acceptance. After this the regular "upon season" will he in order. "Vacation Rules Will Be Enforced," Warnock IZel.rolar vacation rules will i.e strictly enforced in regard to Easter recess, announces I /eau A. It. War nock. Few pre-vacation excuses have been granted and late arrivals: will receive the live dollar line penalty, he states. The Easter recess 1:1IN eight o'clock Thursday morning, April twenty lirst. Those who In not arrive in time to attend classes after this hour will not meet with leniency. Wed nesday afternoon has been granted for the homeward journey and the retort trip is intended to be made am the following Wednesday afternoon and evening. No special trains will be run the Pennyslvania Railroad of ficials announce, the regula r • trains bektg prepared to cope with the extra t raffle. DEAN SACKET TO TALK TO TRIANGLE FRATERNIT) Dean IL L. Sackett. of the School of Engineering, will address the New York alumni of the Triangle frater nity at their Founder's Day celebra tion in New York this Saturday night. Ile will also go to Philadelphia and Boston where he is called on College business.
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