PENN STATE
VOLUME 9 NUMBER 19
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Senate Appropriation Committee
Visits the College and Inspects
the Buildings—Support Promised
The Senate Appropriation Com
mittee arrived here last Thursday at
10 o'clock for the purpose of in
specting the college as a whole and
thereby allow themselves to form
an opinion as to the needs of this
institution. The committee with its
chairman consisted of sixteen mem
bers. It first went to the Agri
cultural group of buildings where,
accompanied by Dr. Sparks, Dean
Watts and Dr. Armsby, it in
spected the Horticultural and Agri
cultural Buildings, the department
of animal nutrition and the Dairy
Building.
The committee then assembled
on the platform of the Auditorium,
where the student body bid it wel
come. College yells were given for
the various ,senators, who seemed
to enjoy the fun very much them
selves. Mr. Kline, chairman of the
committee, first addressed the stu
dents. He certainly gave a most
interesting speech, which practical
ly covered all subjects from chick
ens up to appropriation. He evi
denced a very decided sense of
humor, which caused much mirth
in the audience. Judging from Mr.
Kline's remarks it is safe to say
that Penn State will have a better
chance this year than ever before of
receiving as much money as it asks
for. It seemed to have been con
ceived-by-Nix. Kline that an institu
tion of this size cannot exist with
out ample funds.
Dr. Gerberich, one of our prom
inent legislators from the Blue
mountain district, then relieved
himself of a very humorous
dissertation in which he strongly
advised giving Penn State its pro
portionate share of the appropria
tion bacon.
Joe Thompson, the famous Pitt
football coach, then addressed the
audience, and in an athletic review
compared this institution to some
of the other state supported col
leges. He also seemed to be very
much interested in the college.
The Glee Club then sang a song
for the senators, which seemed to
please them very much, for they
applauded very heartily. After
this part of the program the sena
tors adjourned and went to the
president's house for luncheon.
In the afternoon the party visited
the Woman's, Chemistry and
Zoological Buildings. It must be
evident that at these various places
they must have been impressed
with the very crowded conditions
that we have to work under.
After visiting the School of
Mines and the Engineering Build
ings, the committee took a short
trip in the college experimental car,
the use of which was demonstrated
to them.
On the whole the committee
seems to have enjoyed its sojourn
at State College and at the same time
it must have come to realize the
disadvantageous conditions that
some of the students have to work
under. The various men seemed to
have taken an interest in the institu
tion, and judging from appearances,
it is safe to say that the appropria
tion for this year should be more
than in the previous years, just be
cause the men have come them
selves to see with their own eyes
the needs of Penn State.
THESPIANS ARE REHEARSING
Extensive Preparations are Made
for the Production
The rehearsals for The Yankee
Brigands by The Thespians are pro
gressing rapidly. Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday of last week
Coach Downing drilled the cast and
chorus separately on the various
details in the plot and the intricate
dances. On Monday and Tuesday
of this week the cast and chords
had a full rehearsal, going through
the show twice each night. The
Thespians' orchestra furnished the
music for the songs and dances
which made them the best re
hearsals of the year. This year the
Thespians have a studio in the
basement of the Auditorium where
a competent artist is constructing
the extra scenery necessary for the
production of the Yankee Brigards.
The faculty sale of seats for this
year's show will be placed on sale
in the Business Office on Monday
evening March 3. Open sale of
seats on Tuesday evening March 4.
All indications point to a record
breaking house. This year the
Thespian trip will include the fol
o wing towns.
Harrisburg, Tuesday March 25;
Sunbury, Wednesday March 26;
Clearfield, Thursday March 27;
Williamsport, Friday March 28;
Bellefonte, Saturday March 29.
The Student Directories
The Faculty and Student Direc
tories are on sale at the Toggery
-Piicc -10 cents;---' - -
Corn Day at the College
The School of Agriculture has
instituted a corn show for this Fri
day, February 28th, at which ears
will be exhibited that have been in
contests at Harrisburg, Pa. and
Columbia, S. C. The corn shown
will represent some of the best
varieties grown in the state, and will
compose one of the best exhibitions
presented at the two previous fairs.
There will be special topics of
interest to corn growers discussed
as follows:
9:30 a. m.—Care and Testing of
Seed Corn, C. F. Noll; More Corn
per acre, F. D. Gardner; Corn for
Silage, H. P. Davis.
1:30 p. m.—Selection of Seed
Corn, W. H. Darst; Boy's Corn
Clubs, M. S. McDowell.
Everybody is invited to attend
this exhibit, and especially farmers
are urged to bring 5 ear lots of their
corn to add to the exhibit.
An All-Star Series.
The managers of the interclass
basketball teams have planned
something new and valuable for
next year's varsity possibilities.
Beginning March Ist games will
be played by star men picked from
the four class teams of the inter
class league. This series will en
able the authorities to get a line on
the most promising material for
next year's squad.
The line-up follows:
Homer 'l5 f. Bishop 'l6
Gockley 'l4 f. Erwin 'l3
Davidson 'l6 c. Murphey 'l3
Spangler 'l5 g. Metzgar 'l5
Savery 'l4 g. Quirk 'l4
Willard 'l6 Sub. Warr 'l4
A series of three games will be
played on Saturday, March 1, Wed
nesday, March 5 and Saturday,
March 8. Admission 10 cents.
Two students have been dropped
at the University of Washington of
account of irregular attendance to
military drill. Beware ye men an
1915 and 1916.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FEBRUARY 26, 1913
THE FINAL , , GAME WON
Basketball Team' Clojes Successful
Season—Game Wts Sensational
and Fast—Binder Stars Again
The basketball season ended Sat
urday night with a notable victory
over the strong Pitt team. As Pitt
was by far the fastest team our
boys encountered during their first
trip, an unusually large crowd turn
ed out expecting to lee a thrilling
game, and in this they were not dis
appointed.
Penn State was represented by
her best five of the season in Hartz
at center, Binder am: Park as for
wards, and Mauthe "and Hay as
guards. Craig replaced Park later
in the game. Binder, as has been
the case throughout the season
played a brilliant game, scoring 19
of the 31 points made. Hartz
played well both defensively and
offensively, while Hay and Mauthe
proved hard men to elude.
Binder started the' scoring by a
foul goal after several minutes of
fast floor work. Both teams had
trouble locating the baskets during
this period. Two field goals soon
followed, thrown by the spe.edy
Binder, after which Pitt got togeth
er and by improved, shooting and
well executed formations succeeded
in overtaking our
.men. The first
half ended with the.'score in favor
of Pitt, 10 to 9.
The second half started with a
rush. Hay opened the scoring dur
ing this period by beautiful field
goal from well up-d Ons, floor.- In
less than a minute Binder had drop
ped in another, quickly followed by
goals from Craig and Hartz. From
here to the end of the game our
team maintained and increased their
lead.
The second half, on the whole,
was faster and rougher than the
first. During this half Penn State
showed superior endurance while
the visitors appeared to weaken
and to shoot less accurately.
Straw played well for the visitors
and was by far the star of the team.
The line-up:
Penn State 31 Pittsburgh 20
Binder f. Straw (Graham)
Park (Craig) f. Baker
Hartz (Capt.) c. Reese
Hay g. Campbell (Capt.)
Mauthe g. Och'nh'st, H'n'r
Field goals—Binder, 6; Hartz, 3;
Straw, 2; Craig, 2; Hay,
Park, Baker, Graham, Ochsenhurst.
Foul goals--Binder, 7 out of 11;
Baker, 10 out 21. Substitutions—
Craig for Park, Graham for Straw,
Heiner for Ochsenhurst. Referee—
Barnes of York.
Chester H. Robinson
It is with the deepest regret that
we nave to announce the death of a
prominent 1912 graduate. Chester
A. Robinson died at his home in
Philadelphia, Sunday, February 23.
Robinson graduated in Mechanical
Engineering and had been employ
ed by the West Penn Traction and
Water Power Company. At the
time of his death, this brilliant
young man had risen to the position
of chief engineer on R. R. location
in eastern Pennsylvania. The ill
ness was acute diabetes. The de
ceased was a Mason. Funeral
tomorrow.
An Address to the Ohio Society.
The Ohio Society_ 9f Pittsburgh
has invited the Penn State alumni
of Allegheny county to be its guests
in April when President Sparks will
address the society.
COLLEGIAN.
AID FOR SCHOOL
OF MINES
The Association of Bituminous Coal
Operators of Central Pennsylvania
Supports School of Mines.
A committee of the coal oper
ators, which has inspected our
School of Mines and has recognized
its needs, has sent a circular letter
to the entire association requesting
the support of all members, in or
der to obtain the maximum appro
priation for this school,
The letter ran as follows: "Give
your aid to help to impress the
State Legislature to appropriate
adequate funds for the Pennsyl
vania State College School of
Mines.
The Pennsylvania State College is
doing a most valuable work in its
School of Mines, with very inade
quate facilities. It needs more and
better buildings and a larger appro
priation for maintenance.
At the annual meeting of our
association, held in Philadelphia,
January 9th, 1913, this matter was
thoroughly discussed, and with the
end in view of helping the institu
tion, it was unanimous that the
association should help to secure
necessary funds by an effort to in
duce the Pennsylvania Legislature
to grant the appropriation asked for
by the officers of the Pennsylvania
State College for this School of
Mines, covering the next two
years. _
Our committee visited the col
lege, and what appealed more
strongly than anything else, was
that the buildings and equipment of
the School of Mines were the most
inadequate, unsuitable and unsight
ly of any buildings at the college.
The appropriation asked for the
School of Mines, $120,000 is most
modest; as in our judgment, are all
other items. But if you compare
these School of Mines items with
items asked for in the total, you
will see that the amount desired for
the School is very small compar
ed to the mining population in
the state, which is 350,000 people."
This letter is being distributed
over the state, and it is to be hoped
that it will have results, and that
the School of Mines will receive
$50,000 for buildings and $75,000
for maintenance.
The Victrola Concert
A delightful musical program, in
which the voices of many of the
world's leading singers were repro
duced, was given under the direc
tion of Frank J. Mulvihill, 'l4, in
the Old Chapel at four o'clock on
Sunday afternoon. These concerts
will be continued after the Easter
Holidays.
Special Civil Service Examination.
On March 12th and 13th an ex
amination for Forest Assistant will
be held at the Forestry Building,
State College. Those desiring to
take this examination can procure
form 1312, application for examina
tion, and form 302, manual of ex
aminations, from J. A. Rice at the
Post Office, State College, Pa.
Mr. Allen Very Sick
Mr. Chester Allen, of the Civil
Engineering Department, was oper
ated upon for appendicitis at the
Bellefonte hospital last Friday.
While Mr. Allen is not yet out of
danger, his condition shows im
provement.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CORNELL MEET NEXT
Wrestlers Go to Cornell for Meet cn
Saturday—A Hard Contest Tx-
The Blue and White wrestling
team will leave for Ithaca on Ft i
day, where they will meet the Cor
nell team in a dual match on Sat
urday afternoon. This is consider
ed one of the most important meets
of the season and the locals are go
ing up to win. Nevertheless, they
do not underestimate the strength
of Cornell, last year's Intercol
legiate Champions. The Corntl
lians have shown good form thus
far in a seven to nothing victory
over Pennsylvania and a four to three
victory over Navy. Thus far Le
high alone has won from the Itha
cans, when the Brown and White
succeeded in taking four of the
seven bouts in a recent meet at
South Bethlehem.
Jones is the man most likely to
represent Penn State in the 115
pound class. Brown and Menden
hall will fight it out for the 125
pound honors, while Fulkman will
in all probability be the represen
tative in the 135 pound class. Cap
tain Shollenberger is again round
ing into shape, but will have to de
fend his position against Richcy,
who has been showing improt ed
form lately. Very will wrestle in
the 158 pound class, while Sayre
and Clark will decide between them
who is to meet Cornell in the 175
pound class. Lamb will wrestle in
the heavy-weight class.
A victory over Cornell will go far
towards ranking the Blue and White
at the head of the list and all sup
porters of the Penn State matmen
are for this reason banking on their
favorites to win.
CALENDAR
THURSDAY, FEB. 27
7:00 p. m. Meeting of Officers'
FRIDAY, FEB. 28
7:00 p. m. Room K. Library
Liberal Arts Society.
7:30 p. m. Old Chapel. lion.
H.W.Bass,Lecture. "Achieve
ments of the Colored People
in Pennsylvania."
8:00 p. m. Engineering Club
Room. Chess Exhibition.
SATURDAY, MAR. 1
3:30 p. m. Foyer of Auditorium.
Woman's Club Business Meet
ing.
4:00 p. m. Foyer of Auditorium.
Woman's Club Addressed by
Dr. I. T. Headlands.
8:00 p. m. Auditorium. Lec
ture by Dr. I. T. Headlands.
SUNDAY, MAR. 2
10:00 a. m. Old Chapel. Fresh
man Service.
1:00 a. m. Auditorium. Sunday
Chapel. Dr. I. T. Headland
Speaker.
6:30 p. m. Auditorium. Y. M.
C. A. Meeting.
MONDAY, MAR 3.
6:30 p. m. Meeting of all P. 0. S
of A. Men.
TURSDAY, MAR, 4
6:30 p. m. Old Chapel. Y. M.
C. A. Prayer Meeting.
Senior Dance
The third senior dance will be
held in the Armory, April 12.
See "rhe Yankee Brigands," a
musical comedy, in two acts, Audi
torium, Friday, March 7.