Penn State
VOLUME 10 NUMBER 21
PENN STATE
WINS ANOTHER
Lehigh Matmen Fight Hard But
Lose Meet By One Sided Score.
Three Falls and Two Decisions
for Blue and White,
In the third meet of the season
the Penn State Wrestling team con
tinued to prove that their victory
over the otherwise unbeaten Navy
team was not a flash in the pan by
not allowing the Lehigh matmen
even one decision. The best the
visitors could do was to earn two
draws, which gave them four
points, the Blue and White getting
a total of twenty-seven points.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
visitors lost by a big score they
put up one of the hardest fights
ever seen on the local mats. Four
of the seven bouts went the lim
it of twelve minutes, two for Penn
State decisions and two for draws,
while no extremely quick falls were
recorded in the meet.
In the bantam weight class
Shoity Long met in Kirkhuff, one
of the best bantam weights among
this year’s crop of college wrest
lets. The bout was the best of the
evening and one of the best ever
seen on the local mats. Both boys
at one time or another scored near
falls but at no time did either man
remain under for any consider
able length of time. At the end of
nine minutes no decision could be
given. Both scored near falls in
the extra three minute period but
neither could gain , enough advan
tage to secure the decision.
Crockett and Martin proved an
other well matched pair, but did
not put up as interesting a bout as
the bantams because they wrestled
from a stand nearly the whole
time. In the extra three minutes
Crockett assumed the aggressive
and forced his man to the mat for
a decision.
In the light weight class Kirk
again demonstrated his ability by
showing strength, aggressiveness,
and a knowledge of the game that
could not be denied. Wills, for
Lehigh, put up a wonderful de
fense and withstood a great deal of
punishment but was finally pinned
to the mat.
In the next class Hill and Woelfel
were another evenly matched pair
and although both fought hard, no
decision could be given until the
end of the extra three minute per
iod, during which time the local
man secured a near fall from a
chancery hold just as time was
called.
Yerger was very aggressive in the
158 pound class. He brought his
man to the mat by a flying tackle
and was awarded a fall in the short
est time of the meet.
In the light heavyweight class
Stecker did all the leading but
could not gain enough advantage
to obtain a decision over Bailey, of
Lehigh, the bout being called a draw
at the end of 12 minutes of wrestling
from the standing position. In the
heavyweight class Good was con
siderably lighter than Lamb and
was kept on the defensive from the
start. The local man took his own
time to secure the third fall of the
meet. Summary:
115 pound class—Long, Penn
State and Kirkhuff, Lehigh, wrest
led 12 minutes to a draw.
125 pound class—Crockett, Penn
State, won decision over Martin,
Lehigh, in 12 minutes.
Continued on p.ii;c *1
SENIOR MEMORIAL
Pipe Organ Soon to be Installed in
Auditorium,
The class of 1914, following the
custom of preceding graduating
classes, has decided to leave a
class memorial of some kind at
the college. Finding a swimming
pool impossible because of the
cost, tne class voted to install an
organ in the Auditorium. A con
tract was signed last week with the
Austin Company for a two manual
instrument to be operated by
electro-pneumatic action. The
power will be supplied by motor to
be placed in the basement of the
building.
The instrument will occupy a
position on the rear wall, taking
a space 23 feet wide, and extending
from the ceiling down to nine feet
above the stage. The console or
key-board has a cable attachment,
which makes it possible to have the
oigan played from the middle or
side of the stage, or from the
oichestra in front of the stage.
The pipes will be arranged on the
wall in a decorative style, with the
casing of oak to match the interior
finish of the building.
The rear wall of the Auditorium
will act as a sounding-board and
will give a full vo'ume of tone to
the organ. The opening of the
proscenium arch of the stage offers
a full sweep for the volume of tone
throughout the house. The con
tract calls for the instrument to be
ready by June Ist and it is planned
to have a dedicatory concert in
connection with- .the Commence
ment proceedings. The class of
1914 has rendered a great service
to the college by leaving behind
this most useful as well as orna
mental memorial.
CALENDAR
WnDNESDAY, MARCH <1
12:00 m. Toggery Shop. Sale of
Basketball Tickets Begins.
7:00 p. m. Armory. Basketball,
T 5 vs T 6.
7:00 p. m. Officers Club. 105
Main Building.
8:00 p. m. Armory. Basketball,
T 4 vs ’l7-
TIIUItSnAY, MARCH 5
0:45 p. m. 202 Engineering Build
ing. Civic Club.
7:00 p. m- 220 Main. Le Cercle
Fraincais.
FRIDAY, MARCH fi
7:00 p. m. Armory. Basketball,
W. & J. vs Penn State.
8.00 p. m. Auditorium. Debate,
Dickinson vs Penn State.
SATURDAY, MARCH 7
8:00 p. m. Auditorium. Illustrat
ed Lecture, “Japan”.
SUNDAY, MARCH S
10:00 a. m. Old Chapel. Fresh-
man Service.
11:00 a.m. Auditorium. Chapel
Service.
0:30 p. m. Auditorium. Y. M.
C. A. Dr. Holmes, Speaker.
Valedictorian
The senior class is urged to vote
for one of the following men for
valedictorian, and each individual
is supposed to have his vote in the
La Vie box before Wednesday
evening: Miles Horst, W. V.
Peters, H. L. Hughes, J. W. Car
penter, P. E. Rheinhardt.
Mr. R. L. Munce, of Canonsburg,
Pa., will deliver the 1:20 p. m. lec
ture to juniors and seniors of the
School of Agriculture in the Old
Chapel on March 6.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., MARCH 4, 1914
SECOND W.&J. GAME
Wash-Jeff Has Defeated the Penn
State Five Once —Help the Blue
and White Turn the Tables Sat-
urday Night.
A critical point in Penn State
basketball history will be reached
Friday night, at seven o’clock
when Captain Binders’ varsity
meets the Washington and Jeffer
son five in the sscond arid last local
league game. The game, if won,
will definitely assure Penn State’s
hopes for its championship of the
western division, as her representa
tives have defeated , Pittsburgh
twice, and have lost only one game.
W. &J. earlier in the season, de
feated the Blue and White at Wash
ington. but in turn lost to Pitt.
From this standing oftheteams.it
is evident that Friday’s game will
be no easy one, but the Penn State
five are in the best of trim and will
be sure to put up their best game.
Every Penn State man should be
in the armory next Friday night at
seven o’clock. In the first place
the Penn State varsity needs the
presence of loyal supporters to help
it win the western division champ
ionship and insure it a chance to
compete with the eastern and
central winners for the state
championship. In the second
place, basketball is absolutely self
supporting; if the Blue and White
should win on Friday, the team will
have to play one game, perhaps
two games on a neutral flooi for the
final championship. Tl-isf expense,
as weil as that of the W. & J. game,
must be met. As up to the pres
ent time home games have been
lather poorly attended, and as gate
receipts have been correspondingly
low, the necessity of a crowded
armory for the final contest is
obvious.
Frankly speaking, the outlook
for the team is promisng. Either
Lehigh or Swarthmore will win the
eastern championship, and Albright
has already secured the honors in
the central division. Penn State
has defeated Swarthmore, and was
barely beaten by Lehigh at the end
of a hard trip, but has not rr.easuied
strength with Albright. In a
championship series the team
should hold its own.
Tickets for the game will be on
sale at the Toggery Shop, begin
ning Wednesday noon. Adequate
seating facilities will be piovided in
the armoiy.
1915 La Vie
The 1915 La Vie will consist of
a book similar in size to that of
last year. The covei will be o:
black morocco with a gilt panel on
the left hand corner. Due to the
growth of tne college and increase
in the number of college activities
the size of the volume will be some
what increased over that of pte
vious years. Color plates and in
creased lecognition of cettain de
partments are some of the features
planned.
Thespian Trip Changes.
It is very probable that, due to
cancellation of engagements in
Johnstown and Altoona, the Thes
pians will not stage their production
in these cities. If no final agree
ment can be made, the dates will be
definitely cancelled, and the or
ganization will substitute some
other towns in westein Pennsyl
vania.
Collegian.
MASS MEETING
Important Matters Taken Up and
Discussed.
At the mass meeting held in the
Old Chapel Thursday, February 26,
several matteis which have been
hanging over for the last month
were brought up and discussed.
No definite action could be taken
since according to the constitution,
amendments must be voted upon al
least a week after they are propos
ed.
The matter of awarding the var
sity “S” to wrestlers was discussed
and a motion was made to amend
the constitution whereby any man
winning all his bouts in the regular
scheduled meets, providing that
there are at least four such meets a
season, be awarded the vaisity “S”.
The stipulation whereby the man is
required to win all his bouts is
made in order to compensate for
the fact that we do not wrestle in
the intercollegiates. This amend
ment will be voted upon at the reg
ular Wednesday morning mass
meeting on March 11.
As considerable discussion has
arisen from time to time concerning
just what the constitution says and
what matters are goveined by it, it
was suggested to revise and print it
in booklet form for distribution
among the student body. A com
mittee was appointed to make such
revisions and have it printed and
distributed.
A paper written by the graduate
manager was read and discussed
and a committee appointed to in
vestigate and arrange the recom
mendations set forth. Briefly they
consisted of abolishing the piesent
office of treasurer which it was
shown, is not only unneccssaiy but,
the way the system now works,
proves to be unsatisfactory both
financially and otheiwise. It also
suggested a new method whereby
assistant managers for varsity teams
might be selected. As it is at the
piesent time there is a lack of the
number of assistant managers and
it was suggested that the sopho
mores be allowed to compete for
positions as assistant managers,
thiee of whom are selected at the
end of their sophomore year and
from these three the manager is
selected while the other two form
the senior returns committee who
also take the trips with the team.
A committee was also chosen to
look into the mattei of awarding
the varsity “S” to membeis of the
track team. At the present time a
man eithei breaking a State record
ot scoiing ten points during the
year in regular scheduled meets is
awarded his letter and it was sug
gested that this was somewhat easy
and should be raised from ten
points to that of thirteen. It was
also suggested to allow some in
signia to be worn only on the field
by men paiticipating in regularly
scheduled meets who had not yet
won their letter.
It seems at the present time that
no insignia is awarded to members
of the lacrosse, soccei and cross
country teams and a committee was
appointed to look into the matter
and make a report at the next mass
meeting.
The self-government system of
this college has attracted wide
spread attention among students of
other colleges. The latest request
fot full information comes from the
Univeisity of Illinois.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PITTSBURGH WAS FAST
Avalanche of Goals Clinched Game
Early. Pitt Came Back In
Second Half.
State served up the Pitt game
Friday night so quickly and com
pletely that the Smoky City team
was paralyzed during the first
period On this occasion our team
treated the bleachers to the best
article of basketball seen here for
some time. Neither team was
counting on an easy victory as the
previous game between the two
institutions was hard fought and
close contested throughout.
State got away with an early
start and the ball found its way
through our basket ten times before
the period ended. The guarding
by our men was equally remark
able, Not a single field goal was
scored by Pitt during this time.
In the final half Pitt employed
different tactics and showed decid
ed improvement. The game ended
with the score 26 to 17 in our
favor. 14 of the 17 points Pitt
secured during this session
Lineup:
Penn S'"t=
U. of P.
f ( Healy) Straw
f Graham
(Hughes)
c McCollough
Lubic
Ochsenherl
Jester
Hay(Metzgar) g
Savery g
Substitutions - Penn State; Metz
gar for Hay, for Pittsbuigh, Healy
for Straw, Hughes for Graham.
Field Goals; Binder, 4; Jester, 3;
Park, jjav.ery, Lubic., I ches.J.
Foul goals; Binder, 2 out of 7;
Lubic 3 out of S. Refree, Barnes
of York. Timekeeper, Martin of
Penn State.
The Honeymoon,
The Honeymoon, a performance
given by the combined efforts of
the Y. M. C. A. and the town Fire!
mans’ Association, proved to be
the best dramatic performance
staged in State College for the past
four years. The play was drama
tized by Dr. Sparks, and in several
instances humorous allusions were
made to State College and its en
vironments. The play was ex
ceedingly well staged, and the pro
duction, under the efficient man
agement of Mr. Deering, was ad
mirably acted.
The play is supposed to repre
sent the honeymoon of a newly
married couple at State College,
who have unfoitunately been sub
jected to the visit of several inter
ested relatives and friends. Some
very amusing incidents occur, and
finally the numerous guests depart
and leave the two young people to
themselves.
The Auditorium was crowded
and on account of the excellence
of the perfoimance, it is to be
hoped that it will be produced
again in June.
Hon. Clifford G. Roe
Hon. Clifford G. Roe, of Chi
cago, made a great impression up
on his audiences last Sunday, both
at chapel and at the evening Y. M.
C. A. meeting. Mr. Roe is one of
the foremost in the great anti-vice
campaign which is being carried on
in this country, and which already
is making great progress. This
was Mr. Roe's second visit to the
college, and he was all the more
welcome on that account.
Engineers look out for the big
engineering meeting March 26.