PENN STATE VOLUME 10 NUMBER 13 THE INTERCLASS CHAMPIONSHIP The Second Annual Interclass Wrestling Meet for the Class Championship to be Held on Tuesday —Good Bouts Will Re sult. The second annual interclass wrestling meet for the class cham pionship will be held in the Armory next Tuesday evening, December 16th, at 7:30 o'clock. All four classes will be represented by teams so that in the preliminaries and the finals 21 bouts will be staged. These bouts are sure to produce some N ery interesting matches for the sophomores, juniors, and sen iors will all have especially strong teams. The freshman class, al though large and undoubtedly con taining many good men continues to show the same lack of interest and class spirit that has marked their work all year, and if they don't soon get awake their score is likely to continue to be the same as that of their work with the sopho mores. All those freshmen that took part in the class trials for the regular interclass meet are urged to come out for Wednesday evening and Saturday afternoon. The senior team will be chosen from the following men: Noel, Scharf, Gallager, Jones, Horst, Cal lender, Rishel, Grumbling, Winter, Sayre, E. P. Vogel, Stiles, and Mc- Vean. The juniors will make up their team from the following list: Allen, - Horner, Crockett, Hill, Glea son, Ritchey, Stoner, Stecker, Rai ber, Hanson, Kirk. Lamb, Frantz, Matter, Peifly, Smith and Sorg. The sophomores have an abun dance of good material in the fol lowing men from which to select their team: Baird, Stephens, Long, Noble, Taylor, C. E. Hacker, Fish er, Hunter, Dale, Wakeley, Straw. Rock, Chambers, Brown, Pickett, Horst, Grimes, Clark, Yerger, Tay lor, H. E., Hasselbacher, Breneiser. The freshman list is as follows: Hoffer, Amthor, Davey, Reisner; Ostermayer, Scwanger, Price, Kirk, Fritz, Dennison, Newell, Linninger, Griffiths, Learn, Wertz, and Phil ips. The preliminaries will be held for all classes on Wednesday even ing in the Armory at 7:30 o'clock while the final trials for all classes will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. In the preliminaries the following weights will be allowed: 123, 133, 143, 153, 166, 183 pounds respectively, while for the finals and the meet the follow ing weights will be the standard: 121, 131, 141, 151, 164, 181, pounds respectively. Deutscher Verein On last Friday evening instead of meeting in the Old Chapel the Deutscher Verein held their meet ing and social gathering at the Woman's Building. The girls act ed as hostesses of the evening and an excellent Christmas program was furnished. The girls' chorus and the German male choir sang and Professor Orson deliveved a short address on "Christmas in Ger many". The feature of the even ing was the singing of "Die Schnit zel Bank" in which all joined with much enthusiasm. Refreshments were served by the girls and the meeting came to a close with the singing of "Die Lorelie". MCALLISTER " DEFEATS MAIN Spectacular Open Field Play is Large Factor Before hundreds of rooters, beautiful girls and excellent music the warriors of Old Main, fighting to the last ditch, went down to de feat before the terrific onslaughts of the McAllister backfield. Mc- Allister kicked off to Main on their 10 yard line. Main before splen did interference returned the ball to the 35 yard line. After four line plunged McAllister recovered a fumble. With smashing line plunged by Quirk end McCenna, hair raising and runs of the dashing Mikaloff the ball was soon past Main's five yard mark from where the quarterback scored. On the second play after Main received the next kick off Mc- Allister again recovered the ball. Three line plunges, a beautiful for ward pass and a thrilling quarter back run enabled McCenna to add six points more to the total. On the next kick off Mikaloff was badly injured. Henny,for Main, was thrown for a safety when the center made a poor pass. This ended the scoring. Main rushed the ball from the 20 yard line to midfield where Henney kicked to McAllister on the 20 yard line. Main held and recovered a fumble on the fourth down. They lost a golden opportunity to score when they fumbled on the first play. Here occured much side line strat egy. Man after man was sent in by Harlow to instruct the doughty leader of McAllister. Finally Quirk punted and the half was over. Wild excitement ensued between halves. Headed by their band and comic leader McAllister's joyous rooters did a snake dance around the field. When they returned to the stands the Main band played what must have been a tune very sacred to some McAllisterites be cause they stood with uncovered heads until the last note died away The second half found Main on the defensive but never in danger of being scored upon. Aside from three good forward passes there was little to enthuse over until the final period. In this period the eagle eye of head lines man Leyden detected Luke Mc- Gluck and Spike Robson exchang ing love taps. Both were banished from the game. McAllister's backfield and Hen ney were the bright luminaries of the game. The officials were Berryman, Barron, and Leyden. Mr. Hurwitz' Lecture A most delightful and instructive address was given to Penn State students, especially to the Jewish students on Friday evening by Henry Hurwitz of Harvard Univer sity, president of the Intercollegiate Menorah Association. Mr. Hur witz gave a careful outline of the purposes of the various constituent Menorah Societies, emphasizing es pecially that the organization was liberal and open to all. The Me norah Society has for its major purpose the promotion of the study of Jewish history, culture and prob lems, and the advancement of Jew ish ideals. Mr. Hurwitz has given a new impetus to the Penn State Menorah. He has opened up new avenues of advance and enlight meat and has assured intercollegiate affiliation for the Penn State Meno rah. • - - • ~... • -;.:1';`,..4:,,,.; ) .4 :;--; 4,11 -. :'•4 \ ,:/kf, g; V: 4 ;;, • . r :::4 9 / 4 , , I ,tv . i•ri:. • %,. STATE COLLEGE, PA., DECEMBER 10, 1913 TOBIN MADE CAPTAIN Fifteen Men Awarded Letters for Service on Gridiron. Lord Chos en Manager At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Athletic Asso ciation on Saturday afternoon fifteen men were awarded the varsity "S" for service on the foot ball field during the Past season. The list includes Caotain Miller quarterback; J. Clark, center; Be bout, Sayre and Vogel guard's and Weston end of the Senior class. From the Junior class letters were awarded to Berryman Tobin and Welty of the backfield Barron end and Lamb tackle. the Sopho mores are represented by Mc- Dowell tackle, and Wood, who played at end and center. The Freshmen likewise had two men to win their letter in Morris at end and H. Clark in the backfield. Captain-PlPet TOI/111 After the awaiding di- - the letterb, the men met and elected E. W. Tobin to succeed Shorty Miller as Captain for the 1914 season. "Yegg" as he is popularly known played varsity ball for three sea sons winning his letter in each of the last two seasons. Although lighter than the average halfback or fullback he has made up for this deficiency in physical makeup by by his speed courage and ability to use his head in picking holes in the line or circling the ends. He has played mostly at fullback but has also taken a regular place occasion ally at one of the halfback posi tions or at quarterback. It is thought that due to his speed and experience he will be shifted to "Shorty" Miller's position next year, thus being enabled to lead his team from the most natural position for a captain or leader to occupy. Tobin prepared for college at California State Normal school and entered Penn State in the fall of 1911. His home is at Youngs town Ohio. He is a popular choice for the captaincy and will no doubt make a most capable leader With him on the business end of running the team will be C. A. Lord who was chosen Manager for the next season. Lord prepared at the Camden High school Camden, New Jersey. He is also a popular choice and to judge from his work as an assistant manager, we do not hesitate to say that the business end of the 1914 football season will be capably handled. "Power" for December 2, has a two page report of tests of a sim ple noncondensing Lentz engine which, as fai as is known, estab lishes a new record for this kind of engines. The tests were made by Prof J. A. Moyer from July 30 to August 6, 1913. COLLEGIAN. CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10 7:00 p. m. Armory. Wrestling Trials. FRIDAY, DEC. 12 7:30 p. m. Ladies' Cottage Liberal Arts Society. SATURDAY, DEC. 13. 2:00 p. m. Interclass Cross Coun 2:30 p. m. Armory. Final Wrest ling Trials. 8:15 p. m. Auditorium. Cathe clral Choir. SUNDAY, DEC. .11 10:00 a. m. Old Chapel. Fresh man Service. 1:00 a. m. Auditorium. Chape Service. Dr. Samuel McComb Speaker. 6:30 p. m. Auditorium. Y. M C. A. Meeting. TUESDAY, DEC. 16. 6:30 p. m. Old Chapel. Y. M. C. A. Prayer Meeting. 7:30 p. m. Armory. Interclass Wrestling Championship. Intercollegiate Debating The date for the intercollegiate debates this year has been set for March 6. The question chosen is "Resolved, That the progress and prosperity of the United States of America would be increased if the elective franchise werc not withheld from any one solely on account of sex." Penn State will uphold the negative at home against Dickin son, and will debate on the affirma tive at Swarthmore. In addition to the Swarthmore debate a series of debates is being arranged with teams at Lehigh, Lafayette and Pennsylvania. Debating interest this year prom ises to be more keen than ever be fore. A Faculty Debating Corn- mittee composed of Messrs. Pattee, Hall and Roberts has been appoint ed to assist in turning out teams that will be worthy of representing Penn State. A local debating fra ternity is being organized which will apply to the national debating fraternity of Delta Sigma Rho for a chapter. Instructors in the English Department are being urged to co operate with the men in their classes and assist in turning out good material. There are many men in college who cannot and do not expect to represent their Alma Mater in ath letics. For those men varsity de bating opens a field for service and true spirit in which they have an opportunity to represent Penn State. Trials for the teams have been set for Friday January 16, at 7 p. m. in the Old Chapel. The time limit for the trials will be five min utes for the discussion and three minutes for rebuttal. Contestants may choose the negative or affirm. ative sides as they wish. It is especially urged that frest men take advantage of this oppor tunity. One or more freshmen have been on the teams for the last three years and this year the op portunities are as good as ever be fore. Get busy now and work up your subject and let us turn out teams this year that shall be true representatives of Penn State. Non-Commissioned Officers Last week the non-commissioned officers of the Penn State regiment met for the first time in order to organize a non-commissioned offi cers school. Lieutenant Lowe took charge of the meeting and in a PRICE FIVE CENTS LIBERAL ARTS COURSE Unusual Growth in Enrollment of Arts Course During Past Years. The Future for the School Looks Very Bright The School of Liberal Arts has had a consistent growth since its organization into a separate and distinct school. Compared with last year the enrollment in this year's freshman class has almost doubled. The junior and sopho more classes also show additions to their numbers. A table of compar ative statistics giving the total en rollment in the school for the last four years will be of interest: 1910- 11, 33; 1911-12, 53; 1912-13, 64; 1913-14, 98. The reasons for this encouraging growth are evident. The state ment, that it is as much the busi ness of this college to offer instruc- tion along the lines of liberalizing studies to the youth of the state as it is to offer them instruction along purely vocational lines, requires no argument. Many college students have not determined upon any spe cial vocation and go to college to get the benefit of a liberal educa tion first. They still believe that such liberal education will be of in estimable value to them when the time of compelled specialization comes upon them. To them natur ally such courses as the Classical, the Modern Language and Litera ture, or the Education and Psychol ogy course appeal. For those who are eager to specialize in mathema- tics the course in Mathematics fur nishes ample 'opportunity. Others who expect to go into business are interested in the Commerce and Finance Course. Those. who are looking toward law as a profession are choosing the Pre-Legal course. Every year the college has more demands than it can meet for teachers of the usual high school subjects. Anyone of the Liberal Arts courses is available•to prepare the student to fill such positions successfully. very interesting and concise way convinced his listeners that it is absolutely essential for the cultured young man of the day to take an active interest in the military affairs of our great country. Lieutenant Lowe also very clearly brought out the benefits to be derived from a military education, and he ended his talk by drawing a fine distinc tion between drill and training. The individual men present ex pressed themselves as being highly in favor of organizing this school, and they also said that the need for such an instruction class had been felt by them. It was very gratify ing to see the large number of men that turned out, and also to see the interest manifested by them in this project. Student Board Petition A petition has been submitted to the faculty by the student board asking for a change in the date of the close of Christmas vacation from Monday, January 4 at 1:20 p, m. to Monday, January 4 at 5:00 p The petition was made on the grounds of inconvenience—the fact that the resuming of classes at 1:20 on Monday will compel men to leave home on Sunday to reach col lege on time, thus incurring the in conveniences of Sunday train con- Continued on page 4
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