Penn State
VOLUME 10 NUMBER 22
INDIANA TEAM NEXT
Penn State Matmen to Meet Wes
terners in the Armory on Satur
day Evening—Visitors Will Have
a Strong Team—“ Pop” Goiu.a to
Referee.
Indiana University will be the
next opponent of the Blue and
White in wrestling. The meet will
be held in the Armory at 7:15
o’clock in the everting. The wes
terners will be remembered as the
team that gave Penn Stat. one of
her hardest fights last season and
there is no doubt but that they will
come prepared to give the Blue and
White another hard contest for vic
tory. Indiana University is a
member of the Western Conference
and the meet with them will prove
of interest due to the fact that it
will form a basis for comparing the
strength of the eastern and western
colleges in this branch of sports.
Trials for the local team are be
ing held this week and every man
who has thus far been on the team
is being forced to extend himself to
hold his place- For this reason the
Blue and White is sure to have a
strong lineup. The hardest fights
for places will probably occur in
the middle weight and light heavy
weight classes, respectively Pick
ett is improving all the time and
keeps Hill working hard for his
place while Sayre will have to de
feat Stecker to regain the place he
lost in the trials for_.th.r,!astjmeet
Interest will be increased in this
match due to the fact that the man
agement has been fortunate enough
to secure the services of W. N.
Golden to act as referee. “Pop”
Golden, as he is popularly known,
needs no introduction to Penn State
students and everyone who has
ever seen him officiate, knows that
the meet will be satisfactorily taken
care of in this respect.
The tickets for this meet will be
on sale at the Toggery Shop on
Thursday and Friday evenings, and
on Saturday afternoon. The regu
lar prices as charged for previous
meets will be used for this attrac
tion. Sections reserved tor various
departments and classes will be
held open a reasonable length of
time after which tickets will be sold
in any section to anyone. You will
help the management and insure
yourself a good seat for this meet
by calling early for your tickets.
This may prove to be the last meet
of the season and you therefore
can’t afford to miss it.
Interclass Basketball.
The interclass basketball league
furnished a good evening’s enter
tainment last Wednesday evening
when a double leader was played.
The clash between the sopho
mores and juniors was the most
closely contested game of the
season and in many respects the
best. The second year men barely
nosed out their elders in the last
few minutes.
The seniors entirely outclassed
the freshmen in the second game.
The freshmen showed little im
provement over former games while
the fast senior combination worked
at it best.
Mass Meeting
An important Athletic Associa
tion Mass Meeting will probably be
held in the near future. Watch for
the date, follow the good example
set at the last meeting and attend!
THESPIANS PROGRESSING
Show Being Rapidly Whipped Into
Shape.
“The Innocents”, to be given in
the Auditorium on March 27, will
be undoubtedly the most elaborate
production ever staged by the Penn
State Thespians. This is especial
ly true with regard to scenery and
costumes. New scenery is being
made for both acts of the play; and
the country club exterior and cha
teau courtyard called for in the
stage directions give unlimited op
portunities for an artistic setting.
Costumes for both cast and chorus
are being secured and are modern
in every detail.
It has been necessary to make
several changes in the personnelle
of the show due to the withdrawal
of several men. W. Swanson 'l5
has been elected to the position of
assistant manager. Graham 'l5
has replaced Bemus 'l7 in the cast,
playing the part of “Bob". Daw
son, Cox and Jimeson have been
added to the chorus to fill positions
left vacant by Graham, Thomas
and Schanche. Both new men and
old have been taking part in re
hearsals for some time, and during
the next three weeks it will be
necessary for Coach Downing to
put on only the “finishing touches"
fora well balanced and successful
production.
It is probable that the Easter trip
will be extended to include Con
nellsville, Pa. and probably Tyrone.
Chapel Requirements Explained
All students except seniors in
their second semester are expected
to attend daily chapel at least three
times a week and Sunday chapel at
least three times a month.
No student should absent himself
from chapel for any cause whatso
ever without permission obtained
by personal application at the
office of the Dean of the General
Faculty.
Any student who has any over
cuts whatever is delinquent and lia
ble to forfeiture of his college
standing.
For information merely, the
names of delinquent students are
published weekly.
A delinquent student should call
immediately at the office of the
Dean of the General Faculty and
explain his delinquency.
If a student’s name does not ap
pear on the delinquent list, he is
not therefore excused from respon
sibility for chapel overcuts.
Class Memorial
With the completion of the
chimes fund at the Ohio State Uni
versity, freshmen next year will
probably have the opportunity of
being called to class by the boom
ing notes of bells across the fields.
The chimes fund has been growing
for eight years, each graduating
class leaving its contribution to
swell the total. It is estimated that
the chimes will cost approximately
$lO,OOO. The present difficulty is
to find a tower to house the bells.
Orton Hall has been talked of, also
a campanile built by the board of
trustees of the University.
Mr. C. E. Barba, assistant Engi
neer, P. R. R., will address the
Motive Power Club on “Principles
of Design of Moving Parts”, Fri
day, March 13, at 7 p. m., in room
202, Engineering Building. He
will also speak at the Engineering
Convocation in the afternoon.
STATE COLLEGE, PA J MARCH 11, 1914
BASKETBALL 'DEFEAT
Captain Brady’s Team From W.
and J. Shows Wonderful Defense.
Blue and White Overcome by
Two Point Margin in Last Half.
Followers of basketball ex
perienced severe, disapointment
last Friday night when after a
tough fight the Blue and White was
forced to yield to W. and J. by a
small margin. The game was practic
ally the determining contest in the
fight for the sectional champion
ships. This game, won by Penn
State would have insured the team
a place in the final series for the
championship of the state. As the
situation stands at present W. and
J. wins unless Pitt bpats them at
Washington next Friday and this is
at best a forlorn hope under the
conditions. Even if Pitt does
win, another game will have to
be played, since in that case the
three teams will be tied.
The team work that the team has
shown all during the season seem
ed to be lacking for osme reason or
other, during the final period. In
the first half by a couple of brilliant
passes and pretty shots by Binder,
Jester and Savery a comfortable
lead was piled up, the score being
13-8 when the time keeper blew his
whistle. In the second half W.
and J. men got the ball under
the basket without a guard in sight
and scored enough points to place
them in the lead. Binder and his
teammate.s seemg,cL.iitf3.bJ.e'.to_£et
the ball through W. and J’s. de
fense and were unable to even up
the score, so that when the final
whistle blew the score, stood 21-19
with W. and J. on the big end.
The features of the game were
Binher’s foul throwing and the
guarding of Braden for W. and J.
Binder was high scorei of the game
with three goals and five free
throws, not missing a chance at the
latter.
Line-up as follows
Penn State 19
Binder, Capt. f
Park f
c Barely, Capt.
b Braden
Savery b C. Nuss
Scorer —Hess.
Timer—Mai tin.
Referee —Crowell, Swarthmore.
Field goals--Binder 3, Park 1,
Jester 2, Savery 1, Goodwin 3,
Fisher 3, Brady 1.
Foul tries—Binder 5 out of 5.
Nuss 7 out of 16.
Substitutions—Wilson for Jester,
Savery for Binder, Metzgar for
Savety, Davidson for Savery.
Last Games,
The last games in the interclass
basketball league take place this
week. On Wednesday night, the
seniors play the sophomores, and
on Friday night the juniors and
fieshmen battle for the cellar
championship. The league has
furnished a number of interesting
contests this year, as well as prov
ing valuable in devoping future
varsity stars, and the outcome of
of the series will be watched with
interest. The struggle is between
T 4 and T 6.
Prof. E. N. Zern, class of 1903,
head of the School of Mines of the
University of West Virginia, ad
dressed the seniors and juniois of
the School of Mines on last Tues
day morning. His subject was
“The Mining Engineer in Service”.
Collegian.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11
7:00 p. m,
THURSDAY, MARCH 12
6:30 p. m. Toggery Shop. Sale
of Wrestling Tickets.
7:00 p. m. Old Chapel. Prohibi
tion League Oratorical Con
test.
FRIDAY, MARCH 13
3:20 p. m. 202 Eng. Bldg. Motive
Power Club. C. E. Barba,
speaker.
6:30 p. m. Toggery Shop. Sale
of Wrestling Tickets.
7:00 p, m. 202 Eng. Bldg. Engi
neering Convocation. C. E.
Barba, speaker.
7:00 p. m. Armory. T 5 vs T 7.
8:00 p. m. Old Chapel. Cosmo
politan Club. Russian night.
SATURDAY, MARCH 14.
2:00 p. m. Sale of Wrestling
Tickets.
7:15 p. m. Armory. Wrestling,
Indiana vs State.
SUNDAY, MARCH 15
10:00 a. m. Old Chapel.
man Service.
11:00 a. m. Auditorium. Chapel
Service. Rev. Reed, speaker.
6.30 p. m. Auditorium. Y. M.
C. A.
MONDAY, MARCH 1G
7:00 p. m. Room K Library'
Prohibition League.
New Style of Class Hat
Contrary to the custom of former
classes, the 1916 class will not dis
play numerals on their hats. At
the class meeting Thursday even
ing, the action was taken to substi
tutet'h’e’ class' insignia! 'three shoTt,"
white bars, for the customary
numerals. Sophomores who have
won their numerals will be permit
ted to wear them on the hat in ad
dition to the insignia.
At the same meeting, A. L. Dor
wait was elected manger of the
class soccer team. Managers for
baseball and track were nominated,
but these elections were left until
the next class meeting.
The class also agreed to pay $35
toward defraying the expenses of
the Varsity debating teams. Ac
cording to a motion which was
favorably received, a petition is to
be addressed to the Dean of the
Faculty asking that such members
of the class as, for various reasons,
have been denied participation in
class activities, be restored to full
standing.
W. and J. 21
Goodwin
Fisher
Summer Session
A new development in summer
instruction for teachers will be the
institution of a summer school of
kindergarten and grades, in connec
tion with the regular State College
summer session for teachers to be
held here from July to August
1914. The instruction will be sup
plemented by a model school in
cluding kindergarten and eight ele
mentary grades.
Prof. B. H. Bottenhorn, of the
State College High School, is to be
principal, and six expert supervis
ors with assistants will have im
mediate charge of instruction.
National Educational Association
The Department of Superinten
dence of the National Educational
Association held its annual meeting
in Richmond during the last week
in February. More than two thou
sand city superintendents, high
school principuls, normal school
principals and college professors
were in attendance. Dean Weber,
of the School of Liberal Arts,
represented the college at this
meeting.
CALENDAR
T 4 vs T 6.
Armory.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
OUR DEBATERS WIN
State’s Negative and Affirmative
Teams Win From Dickinson and
Swarthmore After Hard Contests.
The debate on the Woman’s Sif
frage question in the Auditorium
last Friday night was probably the
most interesting and fascinating
contest that has taken place at
State College for the last four
years.
Mr. Auman, on the affirmative
side for Dickinson, explained the
question and established the fact
that suffrage should be granted to
women for the sake of justice, and
that such a step would enhance the
prosperity of the nation. The af
firmative side endeavored to shift
the burden of proof to the negative,
in asking the negative to show that
the granting of suffrage would be
unjust. Before three men had
spoken however, it was plain that
the burden of proof rested with the
affirmative and not with the nega
tive.
The affirmative team from Dick
inson was composed of the follow
ing men: L. W. Auman, C. C.
Cole, H. E. Brumbaugh, and J. F.
Melroy, alternate. The arguments
set forth by these men were excel
lent and their delivery and refuta
tion proved them to be debaters of
the first order.
The following were the gladiators
who defended the question for
Penn State: F. E. Lininger, R. E.
Geary, _CarpeiUen_and D..Mc-
Kay, alternate. The negative side
was not only strong in the first
speech, but its refutation was ex
ceedingly efficient. It was lucky
enough to be able to throw several
bombs into the enemies camp be
fore the conclusion of the contest.
Every man on the negative did
wonderful work in the rebuttal,
Robert E. Geary T 6 made the best
speech, propounded the most strik
ing arguments, and sent forth the
most damaging of refutation. To
him must accrue a large percentage
of the credit for bringing about
Penn State’s victory.
Our affirmative team which was
pitted against Swarthmore on the
same evening was composed of the
following men: Cranston, Jones,
Skillman and McCord. It was also
extremely successful at Swarth
more and, like the negative, it won
by 2 to 1. The team had very
destructive arguments with which
to attack the construction of the
Swarthmore orators and from
appearances it is evident that these
oratorical arrows were used with
telling effect.
The debating teams wish to
thank all those members of the fac
ulty who so generously gave of
their time and efforts to round the
teams into shape. The success of
both teams this year is due largely
to the valuable coaching of Mr. W.
L. Roberts of the English Depart
ment. The teams take this oppor
tunity of extending to him a very
sincere note of appreciation and
thanks.
Recital.
This evening at 8:00 o’clock
Prof. Robinson pupils in voice and
piano will give a recital in the
foyer of the Auditorium.
A prominent senior at the Uni
versity of Chicago was recently
thrown into a tank with his clothes
on because he appeared on the
campus without a mustache.