Penn State
VOLUME 8 NUMBER 27
INTERSCHOLASTIC
TRACK MEET
Harrisburg High School Lads Win
First Place—Fast Time Made in
the 440—Medals Presented to
Winners.
With perfect weather and' the
track in the finest kind of condi
tion, the Annual Interscholastic
Athletic Meet was held on New
Beaver Field, Friday afternoon,
May 3. First honors were taken
by the Harrisburg Central High
School which secured a total of
48.5 points. Juniata Prep, took sec
ond with a total of 32 points and
Johnstown High third with a total
of 29. Fourth and fifth places were
taken by Williamsport Dickinson
Seminary and Bellefonte Academy
who scored 25.5 and 16 points re
spectively.
The athletic scholarship, offered
to the highest individual point-win
ner, was carried off by Clark, of
Harrisburg High, who took three
firsts in the weight events. All the
contestants who secured places
were awarded gold, silver or bronze
medals. Summaries:
100 yard dash—Won by Ludwig,
Johnstown; Robison, Harrisburg, sec
ond; Collopy, Bellefonte, third, Bigler,
Juniata, fourth. Time 10 3-5 seconds
220 yard dash—Won by Ludwig,
Johnstown; Prindle, Dickinson, second;
Collopy, Bellefonte, thud, Speck,
Johnstown, fourth. Time 24 sec.
120 yard hurdles—Won by Knepper,
Juniata; Prindle, Dickinson, second, L.
Yoilor, Iliwriauutg, Lhird, Shannon,
Dickinson, tourth Tune 18 sec.
220 yard hurdles.—Won by Stayer,
Juniata; Prindle, Dickinson, second; L.
Yoder, Harrisburg, third, Shannon,
Dickinson, fourth Time 28 sec.
440 yard dash—Won by Robison, Hai
risburg; Kock, Bellefonte, second; Al
defer, Dickinson, third; Shelly, Juni
ata, fourth. Tune 53 2-5 sec.
Half mile run—Won by Garland, Har
risburg; Norris, Juniala, second;
Grumbling, Johnstown, third; Bracken,
Johnstown, fourth. Time 2 min 7 sec
One mile run—Won by Noms, Juni
ata; Meilott, Dickinson, second;
Chamberlin, Johnstown, thud; Denny,
Harrisburg, fourth. Tune 4 min.
53 sec.
Two mile run—Won by Grumbling,
Johnstown; Graham, Harrisburg, sec
ond, Landis, Juniata, third; Lucus,
Dickinson, fourth. Tune 11 mm.
48 4-5 sec.
High jump~Won by Weishaar, Dick
inson; Metz, Dickinson, Stayer and
Knepper both of Jumnta, tied loi sec
ond place. Heights 5 feet 2 inches.
Broad jump--Won by Sehnieder.
Bellefonte; Callopy, Bellefonte, second;
Knepper, Juniata, third; Houtz, Har
risburg, fourth. Distance 20 feet 812
inches.
Pole vault—Won by Preston, Dickin
son; Fast, Harrisburg, second; T. De
vine, Harrisburg and Weishaar, Dick
inson, tied for third. Height 10 teet.
12 pound shot put—Won by Clark,
Harrisburg; Sweigart, Juniata, second;
Knepper, Juniata, third; W. Devine,
Harrisburg, fourth. Distance 42 feet
5 1-2 inches.
12 pound hammer throw—Won by
Clark, Harrisburg; Butler, Johnstown,
second; W. Devine, Harrisburg, third;
Swigart, Juniata, fourth. Distance
145 feet 7 1-2 inches.
Discus Throw—Won by Clark, Har
risburg; W. Devine, Harrisburg, sec
ond; Butler, Johnstown, third; Fast,
Harrisburg, fourth. Distance 104 feet
1-2 inch.
Officials—Referee, Wright; clerk of
course, Lewis; timers, Allen, Ham and
Garver; judges, Waterman, Mease
and Pennock; starter, Golden; an
nouncer, Skinner.
Mr. B. F. Wood of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, an engineer of wide
reputationj will speak in Room 202,
Engineering Building at 10:30 Fri
day morning on the “Electrifica
tion of Steam Railroads".
PITT DEFEATS STATE IN TENNIS
W. H. Patterson Wins Only Point
in First Meet.
By winning two doubles and
three singles matches as against one
singles match for State, the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh tennis team de
feated the Varsity by five points to
one on Wednesday, May Ist.
Probably the best match of the
day was that between Mackray of
Pitt and W. L. Irish, 'l3, Mackiay
winning after three hard sets at 6-1,
4-6, 6-8. Mackray, who is the Junior
champion of Western Pennsylvania,
showed very good form for so early
in the season, and his playing was
easily the best of the day. W. H.
Patterson, ’l3, won the only point
for State by defeating Eby of Pitt,
7-5, 7-5. Lack of practice con
siderably handicapped the entire
Stale team, but at the present writ
ing considerable improvement has
been shown.
Summary of matches-
Singles —Mackray, Pitt, defeated
Irish, State, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; Wright,
Pitt, defeated Hay, State, 1-6, 6-2,
6-2; Wilbur, Pitt, defeated Harris,
State, 6-2, 63; Patterson, State, de
feated Eby, Pitt, 7-5, 7-5
Doubles —Mackray and Wright,
defeated Irish and Hay, 6-2, 6-3;
Wilbur and Eby, defeated Harris
and Patterson, 6-2, 6-2.
Trials on Track.
The track men, under the direc
tion of “Pop" Golden and “Prof”
Wright, have been working hard
during the past week tn gain a
position on the Penn State varsity
team which meets Colgate this Sat
urday at Hamilton, N. Y„ in a dual
track and field meet. The team,
accompanied by Director Golden
and Manager Gordon will leave
for Hamilton this evening at
5 o’clock.
In the trials .Lewis T 4 did the
half-mile in 2 minutes, 3 1-2 sec
onds beating Fulkman T 3 to the
tape by a yard. Keyser 'l4 made
fast time in the two mile run. doing
it in 9 minutes and 59 seconds.
Armsby 'l2 and Elliott T 3 will, in
all probability, take care of the
high jumping for State, while Hos
kins T 2, Maybe T 3 and Hays T 4
are the three possible factors in the
pole vaulting event.
Do We Get -‘Bull” McCleary ?
A student committee will start
canvassing the town to secure sub
scriptions for the defrayment of
part of the salary of Coach “Bull”Mc-
Cleary. The Athletic Association
is able to pay $3OO of this salary of
$l,OOO, and it rests with the student
body to supply the rest. The fi
nancial attitude taken by us this
spring will largely determine our
success in football next fall.
Scabbard and Blade
On April 30 company H of Scab
bard and Blade, a national military
fraternity, was installed here. This
is an honorary society having chap
ters or companies at Cornell and
most of the State Universities of the
Middle West. Only commissioned
officers of the Cadet Corps and
United States Army and National
Guard officers are eligible for active
and honorary membeiships.
The Loan Collection of design
and water color from the University
of Pennsylvanians on display to the
student body in the Engineering
Building.
On Friday, May 10, a swimming
team from Penn State will meet the
Y. M. C. A. swimming team of
Bellefonte, at Bellefonte, Pa.
STATE COLLEGE, PA„ MAY 9, 1912
A NEW FRATERNITY
Tau Beta Pi, Honorary Engineering
Fraternity, Established at Penn
On Saturday evening, May 4, the
Beta Chapter of Pennsylvania Tau
Beta Pi was .’ormally installed al
- State. Membership is con
ferred upon Engineering students to
mark in a fitting manner those who
have brought honor to their Alma
Mater by a high grade of scholar
ship as undergraduates, and to fos
ter a spirit of liberal culture in the
Engineering schools of America.
The installation was followed by a
banquet at the Nittany Inn-
The following visitors acted as
installing officers:- L. E. Moore,
Wisconsin ’00; C. R. Dooley, Pur
due '00; W. I. Nevins, Lehigh 'l2;
W. PI Freygang, Stevens ’l2. The
following facul' y men, already mem
bers of Tau Beta Pi, assisted in the
installation: J. A. Mease, Lehigh
'O5; H. D. Pallister, Case ’O6; A. L-
Johnson, Colorado ’ll-
The Seniors who were initiated as
charter membeis are:—J. W. Forten
baugh, H. M. Pier, T. C. McCon
nell, E. C. Weber, H. E. Davis, R-
A. Seip, J. B. Klopp, J. A. Kinney,
P. H. Turnbull, J. W. Brinton, J.
Bien, W. Hannum, S. B. Elston, C.
B. Stavely, J. T. Gordon. The
Junior members: —G. W. Barger, E.
W. Markle, G. R. Page, L. F. Zol
linger, H. T. Kinney, W. H. Gosnell,
I. S Nippes, R. E. Kirk, J. O.
Keller.
W. M. Weigel, Missouri School
of Mines and Metallurgy ’OO, was
elected an alumni member, and R.
I. Webber, Purdue ’99, an honorary
member, of the Beta chapter.
Pittsburgh Alumni Association is
The Publicity Committee (of the
Pittsburgh Alumni Association) re
cently appointed is now in the midst
of a campaign to make the name of
Penn State popular in this territory.
Also the Committee is going to
send many new students to the Col
lege next fall. They have just sent
out circulars to every High School
in Pennsylvania. They are going to
start a "State’’ Employment Bureau.
Besides these, many other activities
are contemplated.
They contemplate holding an in
formal, open committee meeting at
the Fort Pitt Hotel at 8 p. m. May
25, 1912. Come to this meeting
and get registered on the "booster"
list- The intention then is to form
ulate plans towaids making the
Pittsburgh Association the strong
est college organization in Western
Pennsylvania.
Mr. E. L. Anthony.
Mr. E. L. Anthony of the Univer
sity of Missouri has succeeded Mr.
Cook as Assistant in Dairy Husban
dry. For the past year he has been
engaged in Analytical Work on
Milk at the Government Milk Lab
oratory at Columbia, Missouri.
Mr. Anthony comple-ed his Col
lege work in three and a half years
and has been doing graduate work
up to the present time. He was
prominent in student activities at
the University of Missouri.
Philochorean Dance.
Members of faculty, alumni and
all undergraduates are eligible to at
tend the Philochorean dance which
will be held in McAllister Hall,
June 10. Further information re
garding the dance may be obtaii ed
by interviewing H. C. Kressley T 2,
Chairman of the Committee.
Collegian.
CALENDAR.
THURSDAY, MAY !)
1:30 p. m. Pittsburgh, Pa. Var
sity Tennis. Penn State v c .
Pittsburgh University.
4:30 p. m Old Beaver Field.
Class Baseball. 1913-1915.
4:30 p. m. New Beaver Field.
Class Soccer. 1914 vs. 1915.
6:30 p. m. Junior Class Meeting.
Old Chapel. Nominations.
FRIDAY, MAY 10
7:45 p. m. Old Chapel. Inter
national Night. Cosmopolitan
’ Club.
SATURDAY, MAY 11
£l:30 p. m. Old Beaver Field
Class Baseball. 1913 vs. 1914.
3:00 p. m. New Beaver Field.
Varsity Baseball. Penn State
vs. Notre Dame.
3:00 p. m. Varsity Track. Col
gate vs. Penn State at Hamil
ton, N. Y.
8:00 p. m. Auditorium. Musictl
Given by Girls from Birming-
ham School.
8:30 p. m. Mining Society Sec
ond Annual Banquet. Nittany
Inn
SUNDAY, MAY 12
10:00 a. m. Old Chapel. Bible
Class.
11:00 a. m. Auditorium. Chapel
Service. Rev. Mr. Woodcock
will speak.
6:30 p. m. Auditorium Y. M. C.
A. Meeting. Singing by Mrs.
Grier and Mrs Brown.
TUESDAY, MAY 14
6:30 p. m. Old Chapel. Y. M. C.
A. Prayer Meeting.
WEDNESDAY, MAY lj
3:00 p. m. Ithaca, N. Y. Varsity
Baseball. Penn Stale vs.
Cornell.
A Practical Experiment.
The experiment of treating the
surface of College Avenue between
Allen and Frazier Streets with
calcium chloride was tried last
week. A4O per cent solution was
applied, the juniors in Highway
Engineering doing the work of mix
ing and sprinkling. Calcium chloride
possesses the property of taking ip
moisture from the atmosphere, so
that the treated surface absorbs the
dew and retains enough moisture
during the day to keep down the
dust. It possesses no binding
qualities. The present treatment
should last about two weeks when a
second application using a 20 per
cent solution should be made.
An occasional sprinkling with plain
water is beneficial. That the ex
periment is successful may be
proved by noting that there is an en
tire absence of dust when an auto
mobile strikes the treated portion of
the avenue, while on the untreated
portion a dense dust is raised.
An International Night.
On Friday, May 10, the Cosmo
politan Club will present its second
annual International Night. On ac
count of the greater number of
nationalities represented in the
club, this year’s prog-am is to be
the most varied as well as the most
interesting of any previous undei
taking. A novel feature of the oc
casion will be the singing of nation
al and folk songs. The “balalaika
men” will be at their best in their
farewell numbers before the college
public. Professor Foster will dis
cuss international language. The
entertainment will be held in the
Old Chapel at 7:45 p. m.
Hereafter sophomores are re
quested to occupy first base and
freshman third base bleachers at
baseball games.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ANOTHER SHUTOUT
Whitney Again Holds Dickinson
Scoreless and Hits a Hi me Kun
Bien and Craig Feature the Field-
For the second t'me this scasoni
Whitney piov.d too much ol a
problem for the Dickinson Collcgel
hitters, and Penn State scoied
another dnit-ouc victory on Biddle
Field at Carlisle last Friday. Whit
ney was slcac'y at all times and
Dickinson's four hits were scattcied
through as many innings. He had
tea strike-outs to his credit while his
teammates gave him eriorless sup
po t. Whitney net only pitched a
great game but, practically won
hi-, own game in the third inning by
makiigone of the ! ongest heme
run hits ever made on Biddle Field.
Carson and Eberlein also hit haid
while Bien and Craig furnished the
fielding features. Bien handled
eight chances at short field without
an error. Many of his assists were
on difficult hits. Craig caught Bicn
neman’s fly m deep centre and
doubled Patteison, who ademp'-
ed to reach third, after the
catch. His best play however was
a running catch at his shoe tops of
Steckle’s hard h.t fly to right cen
ter. Brenneman played well for
Dickinson Scoie
Penn State
It II O A E
100 o o
003 7 0
12 2 10
2 It 11 0 0
1-2 1 n o
002 1 0
0 10 0 0
1 2 10 0 0
110 2 1
Crawioul, ri
Craig, cl
Ebci Icm, 11)
Carson, Ith
Blythe, 2b
MeKibbcn, II
Henderson. c
Whitney, |i
7 11 27 11 1
Dickinson
11 II 0 A E
0 0 It 1 0
0 0 2 ‘I 1
0 0 It 0 0
0 0 10 1 0
0 110 0
0 10 0 1
001 0 0
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0 2 12 0
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SICCk If SS
Row lev « r
Mendel son 1 li
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Patterson It
SheallVr e
Bronneninn p
Total
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0 -I 20 11 It
hit hy Imlli'il hull.
K II 13
Penn State 10l 0 <M 12 1 7 11 1
Dickinson 1)11 III) {) IHHM) (I 4 ;{
Two-base hits. C.iison; thice-base
hits; Eherlem, Carson, Henderson;
limno tun: Whitney; stunk out: hy
Whitney 10, hy Urennem.in 7: base-. on
halls: off Whitney 11, ofl Uienneman 1,
Lime ol game: 2:40; unipm*: Cook.
Freshmen Victorious
In the third game of the intci
class series played last Saturday cn
Old Beaver Field, 1915 defeated
1914 by a score of 7 to 5. The
fieshmen got an excellent lead in
the second inning, when four of
their men crossed the plate, and al
though the sophomoies rallied dur
ing the last four innings they failed
to tie the score.
The game as a whole was well
played, although in the second and
sixth innings the fielding was some
what erratic.
11 11 E
00000 It 0 1 1 5 f» «)
o'lo 0 0 1 02 0 7 12 r>
Two base hits: Crouse, Dawson,
Hittner and Holman; struck out: by
Nagle 9, Cope 3; base on balls: off
Nagle 4, off Cope 1; umpires: Trox
ell and Wiggins.
Pharsonian Assis.fciit Manager
Candidates
Sophomoies wishing to compete
for assistant manage i of the Phar
sonians should hand theit names to
Manager Cocklin, A. K. D. House,
or 329 McAHistei Hall before May
12. Two assistant managers will Le
elected n June.