Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, February 08, 1912, Image 1
Penn State VOLUME 8 NUMBER 16 F. AND M. DEFEATED With Shore and Blythe in the Game, Penn State Wins by the Score of 33-20—Many Substitu tions Made and Many Fouls Called. In a loosely played game of basketball our varsity team succeed ed in defeating the Franklin and Marshall five last Friday, evening on the Armory floor. Captain Shore and Blythe were in the game for Penn State with Park, Craig and Hartz, the latter playing the center position instead of Wilson. Mauthe who received injuries during a re cent practice was not in the line-up. Park’s good goal shooting played a large part in the scoring for our team, while the work of Captain Shaub for the visitors was very good- Poor team work and poor goal shooting on the part of both teams were evident. The game throughout was very rough, especially in the second half. Scoring in the first half was begun by a foul goal thrown by the visitors. However several field goals led by two shots in quick suc cession by Blythe started the scor ing for State and gave us a lead which we kept to the end of the contest although at times the visit ors seemed dangerous. The end of the first half found that State was unable to cage any of the balls thrown from the foul line in this period. The second half of the game was marked by rough work by both teams. In the latter part of it Penn State was represented by an entirely different line up, some of the men appearing for the first time in a regularly scheduled contest. Wil son played center, Walton and Hay the forward positions, and Tobin and Smith as guards. They kept our opponents from further scoring but they did not have sufficient time to work well together and pro duce the quality of team work necessary to increase the number of goals for Penn State. The line up: Penn State—33 Craig (Hay) f Park (Walton) f Hartz (Wilson) c (Walkie) Hayes Shore (Smith) g Stein Blythe (Tobin) g (Leinbaugh) Brydenbaugh F. and M.—2o Shaub Brenner Field goals- Craig, Park 6, Hartz 2, Blythe 3, Shaub 3, Brenner 2, Hayes. Foul goals—Craig 5 out of 14; Shore 1 out of 5; Shaub 8 out of 23. Referee— Hermann. Score at end of first half — Penn State 12, F. and M. 6. ALUMNI DINNER, New England Association Holds Din ner—Officers Elected and BusiJ ness Transacted. The New England Alumni Asso ciation entertained . Dr. Edwin E. Sparks at a dinner given at the Hotel Brunswick, Boston, on Friday evening, Jan. 26. Eighteen alumni were present, representing classes extending from -1885 to 1911. The opportunity of meeting the Presi dent was much appreciated by all and his description of the College as it stands today and the account which he gave of the plans which are being laid for its further ad vancement proved very interesting. The loyalty of the Pennsylvania State College Alumni was much in evidence as shown in the enthusias tic comments and discussions. In the course of the evening an election of officers for the ensuing year was held at which Mr. J. C. Continued od page A, column 2 DR. SPARKS’ JOURNEY President Returns at Commence ment. Mrs. Sparks and Miss Ethel Sparks Remain Away Over Summer. President Sparks has been grant ed leave of absence until Commence ment, and with Mrs. Sparks and Miss Ethel Sparks, will leave State College shortly. The party will sail from New York on the steamer “Adriatic” for Egypt, touching at various Euro pean cities enroute.About two weeks will be spent on the Nile, and a month, camping in the Holy Land. In April and May, the party will visit, in turn, Constantinople, Athens, Naples, Rome, Venice and Florence; and will enter Switzerland during the latter part of May. Dr. Sparks will return to the college for Commencement, but Mrs. Sparks and Miss Sparks will spend the summer in Switzerland and France. During Dr. Sparks’ absence, there will be no acting president, but all matters will be attended to by the faculty and by the Student Board and Council. CALENDAR, FRIDAY, FEB. 9 6:30 p. m. Engineering Building. Westmoreland County Club. SATURDAY, FEB. 10 1:30 p. m. Armory. New Base- ball Candidates. 3:00 p. m. Armory. Old Base- ball Candidates. 4flo t.o fi;00 ,n. m. President’s Home, Reception to Senior Class and Faculty. 8:00 p. m. Auditorium. Orches- tra Concert. 8:00 p. m. McAllister Hall. Mili tary Hop. SUNDAY, FEB. 11 10:00 a. m. Old Chapel. Fresh man Chapel services followed by Bible Class. 11:00 a. m. Auditorium. Chapel Service. Assistant Chaplain, Rev. Robert R. Reed. 6:30 p. m. Auditorium. Y. M. C. A. meeting. MONDAY, FEB. 12 11:20 a. m. Auditorium. Lincoln Day Address by Dr. William H. Sheppard. TUESDAY, FEB. 13 6:30 p. m. Old Chapel. Y. M. C. A. Prayer Meeting. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14 7:30 p. m. Armory, 1912 vs. 1914 in class basketball. Singers Notice 1 A new college choir will be form ed this week, for this semester. Every man, whether freshman, sophomore, junior or senior, if he has a singing voice should report for trials. A man singing in the choir receives compensation by be ing excused from chapel every other week. Trials will be held Saturday 6.30 p. m. in the Audi torium. Y. M. C. A. Show Trials. The cast for this year’s Y. M. C. A. show, The College Boy’s Wed ding, will be selected this (Thurs day) evening at 114 Main Building, at 6:30 o’clock. Every student is invited to come out for some place on the cast. Baseball Practice, At the Saturday afternoon base ball practices in the Armory all men will be barred from the Armory floor except men in uniform. This rule must be enforc ed to prevent accidents. Vacation is coming. So is the debate with F. and M. STATE COLLEGE, PA., FEBRUARY 8, 1912 ORCHESTRA CONCERT Annual Concert by College Orchestra on Saturday—Splendid Program Will be Rendered—ltinerary of Of all the organizations, both mu sical and dramatical of the college, the college orchestra stands out most prominently as the one most depended upon throughout the col lege year. If we could imagine ourselves without an orchestra and especially without one of such high abilities as ours, we should find that here at Penn State a larger part of our real pleasure would be lack ing for although we do not hear the full orchestra frequently, yet it is a large representation of the orchestra which provides the music which makes our college shows so enter taining and so popular at home and abroad. If this be considered, it would seem that no one ought to hesitate to support this organization at the time of its concert. Anyone at State College, whc has already heard the orchestra upon previous occasions, knows the quality of mu sic which will be produced and there will be no possibility of a poor entertainment since the orches tra under the excellent leadership of P. M. Snavely T 2 andi with a larger number of men than last year has not degenerated but is producing even better music than ever before. On Saturday night at eight o’clock in the Auditorium these forty musicians will Resent a pro gram consisting of the most popular and classical selections to suit er ery body. However it is especially arranged for a college audience. A glance at the following program will insure its quality: March, Car men by Bezit; Overture, Light Cav alry, Suppee; The Mill and the For est, Eilenberg; In the Shadows, Finck; Violin Solo, selected, P. M. Snavely T 2; Red Widow, Gebest; Humoresque, Dvorak; and Ameri can Patrol, Menhen. General admission tickets are 25 cents, reserved seats 50 cents. Both general admission and reserved seat tickets are now on sale at Meek’s Drug store. The management of the orchestra has completed the arrangements for a trip in the near future to Irving college, Wilson college, Harrisburg, and other places not yet fully de cided upon. Altoona is being con sidered as a nucleus for a second trip later on. Track House Benefit. The committee in charge of the performances at the “Pastime”, given under the auspices of the Lion's Paw Senior Society for the benefit of the Track House, report the following: Receipts. Sale of tickets, $125.70. Donations, $9.40. Total $135.10. Expenditures. Reels and adver tising $27.40. Balance. $107.70. Great credit is due “Pop” Golden for fostering aid carrying out the idea of a track house benefit and to “Mother” Dunn and “Babe” Wood for offering the use of the show house. The committee in charge wishes also to thank the members of the orchestra, glee and mandolin clubs, and those who assisted in the management of the preformances, for their efficient, services. Under the advice of “Pop”’Gulden and the track house men, the money cleared in the performances .will be invested in furniture and other equipment. Collegian. HEAR DR. SHEPPARD This Wonderful Man Has Probably Done More for His People, Es pecially Those of the Congo Free State, Than Any Living Man. Do you want to hear thrilling stories of leopards, elephants, boa constrictors, and the beasts of the jungle? Hear the man who is to speak at three on Sunday afternoon’ He has spent a life-time in their country, and can tell you more than our renowned “Teddy" about them. Do you want to know about the cannibals of Africa, their barbarous customs, and how they wage their merciless warfare? Hear Dr. Shep pard who has often been compelled to see hjs own friends eaten alive. Do you want to see the man who is quoted at some length in Mark Twain’s remarkable book “King Leopold’s Soliloquy”, a story of the horror perpetrated by the king on the people of the Congo? This pitiless and blood-drenched king this money-crazed king, this butch er has cast his awful shadow across the Congo Free State, and under him an unoffending nation of 15,- 000,000 withered away and simply succumbed to this misery. It is a land of graves. Do you want to look into the eye of the man who in the face of all these obstacles had the courage of his convictions and became one of the liberators of these people, and emancipated them from their slav ery? Do you want to know more of the power of this man who won over the celebrated lawyer and Belgian socialist and free-thinker, who was sent to oppose him in that famous trial at Leopoldville and who came each morning to the prayer meetings held by Morrison and Sheppaid? Do you know that this man gathered four thousand in to the church, and 8,500 into the school? We shall better understand the value of Lincoln’s day if we meet with the emancipator of the Congo Free State —this herald of civiliza tion in a dark continent. Hear Sheppard at three Sunday afternoon and at six thirty Sunday evening. Lectures by the English Department The department of English again this year is to throw one of its courses of lectures open to the general public and to the entire student body. The subject to be covered is English and American Literature since 11870, and the course is to be conducted by all the members of the department. The lectures will be held as last year in the Old Chapel every Thursday afternoon at 4:20. This is a regular course —Eng. Lit. 34—and those who finish it are allowed a credit of one hour, but it is thrown open to all whether they wish credit or not. The following is the program of lectures: February 8. Introduction. 1870 as a Point of Division. Fred Lewis Pattee. February 15. Bret Harte and the New Literature of Locality. J. H. Frizzell. February 22, The Rise of the Nature School. Hamil ton Torrey. February 29. Robert Louis Stevenson. A. Howry Es penshade. March 7. Rudyard Kipling. William Day Crockett. March 14. Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Fred Lewis Pattee. March 21. William Dean How ells and the New Realism. J. H. Frizzell. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WRESTLING TRIALS Outlook Good for a Successful Sea son. Many Candidates Take Part in Trials. The Penn State wrestling team led by Captain Lesh, will open the present season at Ithaca next Friday evening. Last year’s team made a wonderful record by defeating Cor nell, Yale, Columbia and Lehigh Universities. Although the squad this season has lost such men as Diehl, Neidig, Glanville and Mor rison, the enthusiasm and the good work shown by men who have been trained for the undecided positions, certainly warrant the prediction that the Blue and White will have successful season. Man ager Knight has a good schedule, and one that, provided the team wins the majority of meets, will, do a great deal for the wrestling pro spects in years to come. The re sults of the preliminaries for the Cornell trip are: — Preliminaries Saturday Feb. 3,1912. Bouts. 115 lb. class —Sharp vs. Jones; .won by Jones, time 2:26. Kurtz vs. Park; won by Park, time 2:57 2-5. 125 lb.class—Callender vs. Jarrett; won by Callender, decision, time 9 min. 135 lb. class —Karcher vs. Rishell; won by Karcher, time 7:27. 145 lb. class —Grumbling vs. Al len; won by Grumbling, decision; time 9 min. 158 luf class —Linn vs. Hill; Won by Linn, decision, time 9 min. 175 lb. class—Sayre vs. Elliott; won by Elliott, time 41 sec. Referee: Ed Lewis; Judges: Lesh and Very. Timer: Light. Semi finals, Tuesday Feb. 6, 7: 30 o. m: — 145 lb. Class —Grumbling vs. Gleason. 175 lb. class —Elliott vs. Warner. Finals —Thursday after basket ball game:— 115 lb. class—Jones vs. Park. 125 lb. class —Callender vs Mt- Namee. 135 lb. class —Karcher vs. Fulk man. 145 lb. class —Shollenberger vs. — 158 lb class —Very vs. Linn. 175 lb. class —Lesh vs. — H. W. class —McVean vs. Lamb. Referee for Finals —Neidig. Judges for Finals—Lewis and Golden. Timer for Finals —Kiefer. Lincoln’s Birthday. Monday, Feb. 12 will be observed as Lincoln's Birthday. All college work will close for the day at 11 o’clock precisely. At 11:20 an ad dress will be given in the Auditorium by Dr. William H. Sheppard. Fac ulty, students and citizens are earnestly requested to unite in this simple observance of the day. Boston Supper. A Boston Supper will be held in the dining room of Grace I.utheran Church on Friday evening Feb. 9, beginning at 5 o’clock. The supper is 25 cents. Ice cream and cake extra. Dr. McAllister, professorial lect urer, and assistant editor of the Electrical World, will deliver his course of lectures at the .college from Feb. 26 to March 2 inclusive. Twelve lectures will be given for the Senior class, and six for the Juniors.