magician. It is but seldom that a red
man achieves success on the platform,
and this fact makes Shangopavi's
brilliant career all the more notabl6.
He gives an exhibition of magic and
sleight-of-hand that is second to
none, and his big illusions The Cre
mation or Shangopavi and The
Vanishing Indian have all his au
diences "guessing" for weeks after
ward. His success at the St Louis
Exposition was tremendous and the
papers were filled with accounts of
him. The weird stage effects that
he produces help to make this en
tertainment unique.
We are fortunate in being able to
present Mr F. Hopkinson Smith on
the evening of Feb. 7th. Mr.
Smith is perhaps the most versatile
man in America, not even excepting
our strenuous President. As a civil
engineer he has left some of the
most famous light-houses and bi eax
waters on the Atlantic coast as
monuments to his ability; as an
artist his landscapes and water
colors have a recognized rank,
particularly those of Mexico, Venice
and rural England; as an author he
is famous, such books as "Colonel
Carter" and "Caleb West" being
among those of this age that will
live; and as a reader he has fas
cinated scores of audiences for
many yeas. He will read from his
own works, and State College may
may well look fotwaid to hearing
him.
'lhe course «ill close on the even
ing of March 6, Friday, Victor's
Venetian Band being the attraction.
A better entertainment company has
never come to this place. The
band consists of twenty-two pieces,
all the musicians being men of
proven ability. The leader, Sig.
Calfatty Victor, is well known in
the best musical circles of huiope,
and since his arrival in this country
has achieved a great success. His
band has played seasons with Ham
merstein in New York; the Pi octor
THE STATE COLLEGIAN
Circuit; Olympic park, Newark;
White City park, Cleveland, and
other famous parks and circuits.
The band plays all classes of music,
from Wagner to Sousa, from
"Parsital" to the "Prince of Pilsen,"
the repertoire consisting of almost
five hundred selections.
Tickets for the entire course sell
at $1.25, reserved seats fifty cents
extra. Reserved seats will be on
sale at Meek's in a day or two—
watch for the announcement.
Tickets for the Italian Boys' con
cert sell as follows: unreserved 35c,
reserved 50c.
This entertainment course should
not be confused with the new lecture
course as it is the old established As
sociation course,and is for entertain
ment and amusement, not for in
struction. Ail entertainments are
held in the Auditorium and begin at
eight o'clock.
The Wrestling Match.
Last Friday evening, in an excit
ing contest, the freshman class de
feated the sophomore class in the
annual wrestling match on Beaver
field. The usual advantage of the
sophomores in having veteran wrest
lers was lacking this year, since
none of the wrestlers of last year
were on the Sophomore team. This
fact tended to equalize the contest to
some extent.
The first bout called was the light
weight, "Si" Smith wrestling for the
Sophomores against Mathers for
the Freshmen. Mathers won much
applause by the way in which he
slipped through the dangerous "leg
holds" of Smith, but in spite of his
quickness he was finally thrown by
Smith, the time of the bout being
twenty seven minutes and thirty
seconds.
In the first bout of the middle
weight, McKee wrestled for the
Sophomore, against Peck, for the
Freshmen. McKee, having been
seriously hurt internally during the
bout, was' thrown by Peck at the
end of twenty-three •minutes, his in
juries compelling him - to retire from
the match.
In the heavy weight bout, Hirsh
man represented the _sophomores
with McClellan, freshman, as his
opponent. But at the very beginning
of the bout Hirshman .tore a tendon
of one of the fingers of his right
hand and was advised by "Pop"
Golden to retire from the match.
After some delay the second bOnt
of the light weight match was pro
ceeded with Smith and Mithers
again wrestling. The ' bout was
finally won by Smith in thirty min
utes and twenty-eight seconds,
Smith thus winning-the light - weight
match for the sophomore class.
Montgomery, substituted by the
sophomores for Hirshman, in • the
heavy weight, although outweighed
by over twenty-five pounds, fought
a pretty match. McClellan, how
ever, because of his greater weight
and strength, assumed the aggtessilie
and Montgomery was thrown after a
hard fifteen minute struggle.
Peck, the freshman middle weight,
in a Dour lasting .two minutes and..e
half, threw Humes, substituted by
the sophomores for ,McKee, thus
winning the middle weight ,match
for the freshmen. •
The second bout ..of the ,htavy
weight match resembled a sparring
contest, both men doing _considera
ble acrobatic work on the mat.
McClellan finally succeeded .in ob
taining a neck hold on Montgomery
and threw him, the whole.bout,last
ing but eight minutes. This bout
won the heavy weight match for .the
freshmen, and decided the whole
contest in their favor.
Atter the match, the. freshmen
held a short ,parade through :the
town, singing and cheering The
class ,deserves.much credit .for,their
cheering during the match. I.in
justice to the sophomores, tit7,shouki
be said that had the unfortunate
series of accidents not combined to