Penn State(ollegian •Mu li’ “'1 i.r, Tm • i.n »i '•( *-ach * it.lt <1 in >k the folk tjtiirb/ Vi- -Unit, i uf Jr t. h .ntia fetal. C<tur W V LVITIA:, ’l2 Assnri'lo Editors r, A IiAUKCJ;, ’l2 ll ?.i EVANS. 'J* KKIUMi’L, ’U .1 D HIKJAKTH. 11 !•’ C. I,'OSK, 11 rJus'nc'S Manager rJ A JAklfc, *IJ H. S. U'dKJ *N, '32 THEO J.KNCHNKK, ’l2 M .M (tltmtEiS. '1 i L\ R HENDERSON, ’lB SUBoCPIPTJON ; n. , . or St 2*>u iwil • .Hut. J J 1 1 tit o’ s b cr't Ufi THUKSDAY, EEC 15. 1912 The Death It v/as with a deep of Di. Gill. tceurg of 10.-s that the College recc. .er. ihe news on Monday morn- ing o' tne death of our beloved chaplain, Dr Benjamin Gill. Al- though he had been :n failing health for some time and unable to per- foirn his dudes in the class room and as college chaplain, his loss comes as a distinct shock to the college community Ever since his airival at Pern State :n 1892, Di Gill nas maintained a place of pio- founds t icspect ai et admuation in raeu'tv members and the hen: is of students alike As pioressoi of Greek and Latin and Dean oi tne School of Lan- guages and Intuitu.e, he wni. al- ways just, chieiful, kindly, and hcdpful, as College Chap’ain he was a man o. tremendous strength of cha-airer of optimistic and lovable heart, and of true, Chiistian- ity. He stood foilli foiycrsasa man to tc admired, to be loved. e\cnto be ’o\cied —a splendid ex- -j\ery student and cvciy ample foi <: fuceltv mtnibei in the college. Although lutme classes may hear the name of benjamin Gill only as a memory, it means much inoio th«n that to the oldei men now m college, and to the hun- diecls of men who ha\e been giadu ated fiom Penn State. To them the name will always stand as a symbol of one of the world’s real men a heio.c figure laboring earn- William T. Ellis, an editor of the International Christian Endeavor Oigan. He toured the world, in vestigating social, religious and po litical conditions. Mr. Ellis has ad dressed conventions all over the country, and has written books of “One who never turned his backj ~o^e' estly for the ngnt and tue, for the infusion o£ true chaiacter into mat’s lives, and £cr the advance- ment of his Master's piinciplcs o£ love and helpfulness among his fel- low men but maiched bieast forward, Never doubted clouds would Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph; Held we fall to rise, aie baffled to fight better, S'cep to wake." The President’s Dr, Sparks leaves Vacation. tomorrow on a well merited \a- cation, and will sail foi Egypt on Wednesday, accompanied by Mi". Sparks and Miss Ethel Sparks. The Piesident has had no extended vacation since he came to Penn Slate four yeais ago, and the Tius- tees at their recent meeting granted him a leave of absence as an appre ciation of his continued work for the college. While the absence of President Sparks will be greatly felt throughout the campus, we are glad for his sake that he is able to take this much needed \acation, and wish him all the benefits which may possibly be derived from it. Stu dents and faculty join in wishing him and his family “Bon Voyage]! ” and a very pleasant vacation. Indoor Competitive Meet. Directoi Lewis has arranged for an indoor competitive athletic meet to be held in the Aimoiy. The whole student body is eligible to enter. The idea is to make the division of men into schools, the Engineering, Agricultural, Two year, Natural Science, Mines and Liberal Arts Schools being represented. The meets are to be held every Monday and Thursday evenings starting with last Monday. The twenty-five men making the highest scores m each place will be the only points counted. The number of ii,en from each school within the twenty-five highest will count for the respective schools. At the close of the contest the school hav ing ihe greatest number of points wll eventually win. Each evening of the contest there will be held ten events, the standing bioad jump, 35 yd. dash, spring board high jump, 35 yd. low hurdles, running broad jump, 25 yd. dash, runn'ng high kick, running h : gh jump, 35 yd. high hurdles and the pole vault. The object of the indoor meet is to eucouuge more men in college to take advantages of the gym nasium. In working for their re spective school, men will lose sight of the individual, and work for the g'ory of the school and for true sportsmanship Sake. soriou arc! Prominent Sociologists Coming. Duiing the month of March, we will be fortunate in having with us various pioirunent personages who have become famous not only for theii accomplishments in the study of social questions, but also for theii uplift of general humanity. We will have with us: Miss Helen Banett Montgomery, of Rochester N. Y„ a prominent club woman and authoress. Miss Montgomery was one of the chief supporters of the Forward Move ment last year. Edvvaid A. Steiner, who has been Piofessor of Applied Christianity at Gieenville college since 1903. Mr. Steiner has been a careful stu dent of existing social conditions, and has written several well known books. Miss Jane Addams, noted set tlement worker, who opened the Social Settlement of Hull House in Chicago. Miss Addams is a writer and lecturer on social and political conditions pievailing in this coun try. Commencement Games, Saturday, June 8, Bucknell Uni versity. Tuesday, June 11, Lehigh. In the above games the manage ment has completed anangements for all excepting that of Gettysburg at State College, May 8. Final ai rangement will be closed soon on this game. The open date on the footbaU schedule for November 9, 1912, has been closed with Villanova at State College. PENN STATE COLLEGIAN TTlneHLiglra SteLundeLircl X_^£ii_i:raci:ir3r The Student's Laundry flWe make an honest efiort to give you the best to be had in our line. STUDENT AGENTS STUDENT AGENTS ■] B. M. Herman 'l2 L. A. Davis 'l2 1 ( T. W. Harris 'l3 Blue and White Will Wrestle Cornell. I In the first contest of the season of 1912 Penn State will wrestle Cornell at Ithaca next Friday even ing. The result of the coming event will be very close, the inten tion of the men of Ithaca being to wipe out the score in which a fall by Neidig and decisions by Mor rison, Very and Lesh made the victory possible for the Blue and White last year. The two teams which will oppose each other tomorrow night will have greatly changed since the last meeting. Cornell lost three men who scored against Penn State last year, while foui new men are in our own squad. The following men will represent State in the different classes: —115 pound Park, 125 pound Callender, 135 pound Fulkman, 145 pound Shollenberger, 158 pound Very, light heavy weight Captain Lesh and heavy Lamb. The team will leave for Ithaca at 11:50 a. m. Thursday. Mr. Lawrence Con nelly, the boxing instructor at Cor nell, will act as referee. At the dose of the Gettysburg basketball game the final trials were held for the Cornell trip. A thou sand spectators stayed for the pur pose of getting a line on this year’s team and demonstrated their loyalty to the team that will bring new hon ors to the college. The trials were fast and snappy. The fact that nearly all the candidates had pre viously wregtled each other in prac tice caused the men to be rather cautious at the start, but they soon showed the proper spirit —the one by means of skill and endurance has beaten in the past Yale, Columbi;, Cornell and other strong teams. Trial results. Feb. 8, 1912. 115 pound class—Park vs. Jones Won by Park, decision, time 9 min. 125 pound class —Callender vs. McNamee. Won by Callender, decision, time 18 min. 135 pound class —Fulkman vs. Karcher. Won by Fulkman, decis ion, time 9 min. 145 pound class —Shollenberger vs. Grumbling. Won by Shollen berger, fall time 8 min. 27 sec. 158 pound class —Very vs. Lynn Won by Veiy, fall, time 2 min. 58 sec. 175 pound class —Lesh vs. El liott. Won by Lesh, decision time 12 min. Heavy —Exhibition bout between Lamb and Warner. Won by Lamb, decision, time 9 min. Officials—Referee Neidig, ’ll. Judges, Golden and Lewis. Timer Harlow. WE WONDER If our basketball team was not playing in speedy style last Thuis day evening. If the wrestling bouts after the game on Thursday were not mighty interesting. If, too, it is not plainly evident we have able substitutes in each class. If Cornell will be our firs, victim in wrestling. If that was not an excellent con cert on Saturday. How many of us failed to witness that exciting interclass basketball game last Wednesday. Why some one does not compose and write words to several good songs for use at the coming wrest ling meets. If it was not a rare treat to have Dr. Sheppard with us. We carry a full line of Students’ Supplies Beilefonte Central Railroad F. H. THOMAS, General Managtr .. Lv NEW YORK Ar .. 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