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VOLUME 7 NUMBER 22 ,
LEGISLATORS COMING
Appropriation Committee of the
State Legislature Will Visit the
College One Week From ' Today
to Determine the Needs of the
College
On March 30, about twenty-five
or thirty men from the State legis
lature will visit the college to look
over the needs of the institution
preparatory to making recommen
dations 1
for the amount of appropria
tion needed to carry on the work of
the college for the next two years.
It is :planned to have them 'remain
for a day, until Friday evening Dur-,
ing this time, they will be shown
how the lack of state funds in the
past has seriously handicapped the
proper progress of this college, and
where these funds can be most ad
vantageously applied to buildings
and equipment to meet the de
mands of the large number of in
coming students. It is certain that
a large amount of money will be
needed to carry out the plans that
the present administration of the
college has in view. It is also
hoped that the Appropriation Com
mittee Will see the necessity of a
much increased appropriation over
previous years. Everything will be
in its natural order, and conseqently
they will be able to form an opin
ion which no doubt may finally end
in bei g a -great benefit to the
building up of the college.
The entertainment of the visitors
during their sOiourn here has by no
means been neglected. The annual
interclass basketball game between
the freshmen. and "sophomores has
been an especially arranged feature,
Following this, the popular play,
"The College Widow," will be given
under the auspices of the Y M. C.
A. and the Y. W.' C. A. of the col
lege. Thus numerous activities at
Penn State will be seen by the state
representatives.. .
Interclass Basketball Game
The date for the annual interclass
basketball game between the two
lower classes has been set for
Thursday evening, March 30, at
8 o'clOck. The result of the inter
class league shows the sophomore
class leading by a comfortable mar
gin, while the freshmen were forced
to hold down the last berth. The
interclass league has done much to
develop varsity 'material as can be
seen from the "fact- that the varsity
has such men as Mclntyre and
Anaidon of the 1911 team; Sheldon
'l2; Hartz, Vosbutg - ,' and Posey of
'l3; and Craig :14, who formerly'
played class basketball.
On paper it looks like an easy
win for 1913, for they easily defeat
ed the freshmen in every game. But
one can never tell from mere facts
on paper as to the outcome of the
game.
The probable lineup for the twp
teams follow:
19 13 — Rogers, captain, Knerr,
Hartz, Vosburg, Maybee.
19 14—Holman, captain, Meyers,
Savery, Junkin, Miller.
Both teams have a good bunch
of substitutes who are able at any
minute to jump into the battle.
Murphy, Karcher, and G. Rogers of
1913 and Smith, Binder, Leyden
and Houser of. 1914 are all likely
substitutes. Let everybody be on
hand. Don't forget the date—
March 30.
'Allo ! Thursday IVial : ch 30 in
the Auditorium I
Miners' lifinquet.
The Engineering society of the
School of Mines held its first ,annual
banquet at the Nittany Inn on Fri
day evening, March 17 Above sev
enty members of the society were
present including honorary guests
among whom were: —Mr. J. K.
Johnson, general superintendent of
thd Charleroi Coal works; Dr. E. E.
Sparks, "Joe" Mason ,07 a graduate
of Penn State working at
Charleroi, General Beaver; "Heff"
Hirshman, 'lO and the Faculty of
tl-e School of Mines and Metal
ltu gy. .
With Ralph, Butler, president of
the society as toastmaster, the fol
lowing toasts were responded to:—
The Miners, Dr. W. R. Crane;
Why We're Here, "Lizzy" St. Clair
'l2; Coal Mining Compared with the
other Hazardous Occupations, J. K.
Johnson; Time Flies, "Alex" Gray
'll, Penn State Men in Coal Mines,
"Joe" Mason 'O7; Future of Penn
State, Dr E E. Sparks. General
Beaver and "Heft" Hirshman also
gave short talks.
An enjoyable evening was spent
by all and the various college songs
and yells were given repeatedly.
The tables were decorated by the
senior floracultural students under
the direction of J. 'W. Gregg, In
structor in floraculture. Eight
large vases of carnations of mixed
colo'rs° were placed, on the tables
which were then sprinkled With
maiden hair ferns cif different sizes
and smilax and palms were used in
profusion. White crepe paper was
used to wrap the potted plants.
This is the first time that the de
partment of Floraculture has been
given a chance to show its ability
in table decoration and the Mining
Society is prepared to give a
strong endorsement on the efficiency
of its work.
The Society of the School of
Mines has just been organized this
year, mainly through the efforts of
Dr. W. R. Crane, Dean of the
School of Mines and is one of the few
interclass societies in College admit
ting the two under classes. Many
lecturers have been brought here
from around the State and the
Society bids fair to be one of the
foiemost in the College in the near
future.
School of Mines' Notes.
Dean W. R. Crane has been re
quested to have his latest book, '
"Ore Mining Methods" translated
into the 'French language, thus ren
dering it available for general use in
French speaking countries.
Through ' the generosity of the
Jeffrey Manfactuiing Co., Columbus
Ohio, The School of Mines has
received three large framed pictures.
These illustrate the Jeffr ; ey Electric
mine locomotive, the Jeffrey crab
locomotive, and a Jeffrey chain coal
cutting machine.
These pictures will be hung in
the Mining Mugeum, and are quite
an important addition to its exhibits.
Boiler Construction.
Mr Heaton, of the class of 'O6,
spent the week's end at the College
and on Tuesday morning March 21
gave a talk before the Engineering
studentg 'on ,the subject of Boiler
construction and economy. The
talk was 'illustrated with numerous
slides and cuts and was, highly in
structive. Mr. Heaton is at present
in in the employ of the Parker Boil
er Co. of Philadelphia.
I've seen 'em all and three others,
but none hke,the "College Widow" I
STATE•COLLEGE, PA., 'MARCH 23, 1911
THE Y. M. C. A. SHOW
A Great Treat in Store for All One
, Week From Tonight. ""The Col
lege, Widow" Will be Presented
by a Great Company Composed of
Many Leading Actors of the Col
lege.
Well, I guess not You can't af
ford to miss it ! We are on the
eve of the big event of the college
year!
One week from to-day in the
Auditorium 'will be staged the big
Y. M. C. A. show containing the
biggest assemblage of splendid
actors and actressees eve, presented
to the inland village of State College.
For the first time in history 'the
"studes" from the Ladies Cottage
have united with those of the Track
House, Old Main and Professor's
Row, so to speak, and the "College
Widow" will be played before the
visiting Legislative Appropriation
Committee and a flock of one
thousand happy undergraduates
who are already waiting outside the
doors for the advance sale of
tick
ets. •
Mrs. Dreifuss of Altoona us coach
of the coming production has in
fused her own vivacious spirit into
her proteges and she wishes to
make it known that the play does
not take the place of the usual"Co-
Ed" show 'but that it can stand
alone and for itself. The proceeds
are for the benefit of our Y. M. C.
A.—the biggest college organization
of its kind in the world,
There can be no over-estimation
of this event that
. you are not going
'to miss on the evening of March 30,
for such peerless performers as
Prof. W. D. Crockett as the College
President, the Misses Ancona, Say.
der, Burrows and Sharp in their va-,
rious parts, "Tom" Piollet as the
line-plunging hero: "Ole" limsen as
the "ha'd guy" professor, "Burly"
Watson who has the entire company
trained up to top-notch form, Al
bert Goedecke as the boiler-maker
center rush and "Jack" Eberlein
with, his long hits past the putfield :
ers cannot be outdpne; and these
are but a few of the company,
which is the largest that ever at
tempted to "dramatize" on the
Auditorium platforrii.
The principal characters of this
gigantic cast are here enumerated
"Jane Witherspoon", the college
widow, Miss Ancona; "Bess Tan
ner,"Miss Burrows;"Flora Wiggins",
Miss Sharp; "Mrs Dalzelle", Miss
Snyder; "Luella Chub", Miss Irma
Kriebel, "Bertha Tyson", Miss Mac
Namee; "Sallie Camel on", Miss
Sparks; "Ruth Aiken", Miss Krie
bel.
"Billy Bolton", "Tom" Pio)let;
"Peter Witherspoon", Prof. W. D.
Ciockett, "Hon. Elam Hicks",
Prof. W. S. Dye; "Matty McGow
an", the trainer, "Burly" Watson;
"Bub Hicks", "Kid" Turner; "Jack
Larabee", Harry Weaver; "Silent
Murphy", the healthy boy, Albert
Goedecke; "Copernicus Talbot",
"Skiarsen" Hansen; "Stub Tal
mage", "Count Alby" Miles;
"Hiram Bolton", "Darby" Mason,
"Tom Pearson," "Jack" Eberlein;
"011ie Mitchell", "Cholly" James,
"Dick McAllister", . Dexter Very,
"Jimsy Hopper", Paul Forsyth,
"Daniel Tilbetts", Oliver Vogel.
The editorial on Groff Day, was
kindly written by Gene.ral Beaver`.
Freshmen I Don't miss the "Col
lege Widow" I
Track News.
The prospects for a good track
team this spring are bright. It is
the intention of Director Golden and
assistant Director Lewis to raise the
standard of the varsity team by
establishing a department of minor
sports at Penn State. This depart
ment, if adopted, will be under the
supervison of Mr. Lewis, while
"Pop" Golden will then have entire
charge of the varsity athletics.
Every year the freshman class
brings new material, and this year's
freshman class is no exception
to the rule. Leyden, Reinhardt and
Barron from this class are espiCally
making good and are trying hard to
replace such men as Armsby, Talbot,
Metzger, Short and Crawford of
last year's team. Other promising
material from the various classes are
Binder 'l2, Barrett 'l3, Very 'l3,
Mendenhall 'l3, Kaiser 'l4, and
Savery 'l4. The members of last
year's varsity team; who are practices
ing daily, are Captain MOthers,
Ex-
Captain Howarth, Smith, , Miller,
Porter, .O'Niell, Berry, Watts, Pier,
Lum, Reeves, IVlabey, and Fisher.
Manager Sleppy of the track
team is at present unable to an
nounce this year's schedule, but re
ports say that Penn State will again
take part in the, Penn Relays to be
held in Philadelphia this coming
May'. State will also take part in
the Intercollegiates at Harvard this
spring.
Penna. Railroad Officials Here.
Oii Monday^ March 20, the college
entertained , a party of prominent en
gineers of the eastern 'division of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Co, who
came to discuss the wireless situa
tion. They expressed themselves
as highly pleased with the present
development here along those lints.
In all'probability comunication will
be attempted and if successful ,car
ried on with the Pennsylvania sta
tion at ,Harrisburg.
The members of the party were
Messers J. C. Johnson, superintedent
of , the telegraph depaitment, Lie
bow, of the illumination depart-
Ment, W. F. Taylor, chief of pas
senger clerks and of division opera
tion of Eastern Pennsylvania, J. D.
Jones, Electrical Engineer, 'and W.
S. Logan, and M. S. Parkinson of
the telegraph diviSion.
Social Problems
Prof. H. K. Richardson is taking
up a subject of vital importance in
his proposed course of "Studies in
Social Reform and What to do".
The general topic is "The Church
and Social Purity", with discussions
on such interesting subjects as "the
safeguarding of children and
youth", "how practically to help",
"how to teach", "the New York
Society • for the Suppression of
Vice", "Impure Literature, and
Pictures", The first meeting will
be held on Sunday evening after
the Association meeting in the
Auditorium.
Present Industrial Conditions
The Industrial conditions as they
are at present, a subject of interest
to all the senior engineers, was dis
cussed before engineers on Thursday
March 16 in the Auditorium. The
speaker was Mr. C. Scott, consult
ing engineer of the • Westinghouse
Electric Manufacturing Co. of Pitts
burg. He very clearly brought out
the fact that the industrial plants do
not expect to receive, in college
graduates, men throughly versed in
any particular subject, but rather
men who, having• mastered the few
fundamentals, can think and reason
logically. " , ,
GIAN
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CONCERT TOMORROW
Excellent Program Has Been Ar
ranged by the Combined Musical
Clubs. Every Man Should At
tend and Show His Appreciation
of the Organization. No Re
served Seats.
The combined musical clubs will
give their first concert of the sea
son on Friday evening in the Audi
torium. One of the best musical
programs 'ever heard in this part of
the state has been arranged so that
no one will have cause to stay away
from this performance. Each of
the musical organizations will rend-'
er selections from the well. known.
composers, and the time and prac
tice which the clubs have'put into
their work in preparation, makes it
needless to say that every number
will be of the highest class obtain
able.
The college quartette Will give
several seleotions for which they
are justly famous. Vocal and cello
solos, by Mr. Armstrong and Mr.
Arthur respectively, will, no doubt
prove pleasing to those who have
ever heard these men, as well as to
any who have never availed them
selves of the opportunity of hearing
good music, The mandolin dub,
which has added a ,number of good
players to its list, is capable of giv
ing string music far superior to any
heard heretofore. It is necessary
merely to point to the past reputa
tion of the orchestra as an indica
tion of the ' great music that they
will J halid'ale tV the public t6mor
row night.
Penn State has reached a stand
ard in the line of musical organiza
tions that is hard to be equalled
even by larger- colleges. In order
to, maintain this position, the loyal
support of every student is needed
and the presence of every man at
the concert is about the only solu
tion to the problem of maintaining
liigh class musical clubs. Under
the direction of a capable leader,
the men directly concerned will do
their past.
There wlll . be no reserved seals,
the general admission of 35 cents
being charged throughout the house.
This should make it possible for
every student to attend. Make ar
rangements now to go to the con
cert with the rest of the crowd; it
will do you good.
Author of Kent's Handbook to Lec
ture 'Here.
Mr. William Kent, consulting
Engineer and author of Kent's
Handbook as well as other well
knov‘ n publications,' will lecture in
the Old Chapel on Monday even
ing March 27 at 7:00 sharp. All
engineers should hear this man who
was formerly a Vice-President of
the American Society of Mechani
cal Engineers and a manufacturing
manager. Mr. Kent's interesting
and instructive lecture is entitled,
"Engineering, and Common Sense",
and has been delivered by him be
fore most of the prominent engi
neering colleges in the East. In
this case it is being given under the
direction of our student branch of
the A. S. M. E., of which W. E
Heible 'll is president
Pittsburg Alum A Banquet.
There. will be something doing
every minute at., the Pittsburg Al
umni Dinner on April 1. Music,
entertainment and addresses well
worth hearing.
Speak to the Widow 1 ,