Penn State
VOLUME 10 NUMBER 25
What’s the Matter
Let us get together on this and try to
settle the policy of
Despite the fact that popular opinion seems to take it for grarited that the “Collegian” board has not in the past followed any
definite policy, the board takes this opportunity to state that it has had a po|icy to which it has adhered. It is our purpose to now try to find
out if this policy has been the popular one. From comments which the Managerial Staff have heard for the past number of years when they
are canvassing for subscriptions it is evident that the great majority of undergraduates do not
believe that the “Collegian” has been what it should be. It is the purpose of this article if it
can be so called, to find out what is wanted and we will do our best to give it to you, provided
you do your share. It is easy to criticise and find fault, but it is another j thing to put such
criticisms down in such a definite form as to be made use of,
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“Collegian” after the Easter Vacation, with specimen articles of the different kinds of sugges
tions received.
1916 WINS CLASS SCRAP
Sophomores Overwhelm Freshmen
ia a Fast Exciting Game. Cheer-
ing Good,
In the annual class scrap basket
ball game last Saturday in the
Armory, the sophomores defeated
the freshmen by the score of 53-29.
, During the first 10 minutes, the
game promised to be evenly con
tested. At the end of that time
the score was a tie at eight points.
The sophomores soon took the
lead, however, and at the end of
.the first half, they led by the com
fortable score of 29-15.
At no time this year has the
factor] of team work been so im
portant a feature, At the begin
ning the freshman were cool and
outplayed the individual work of
'their opponent; but, after the first
time-out, the 1917 teamwork gave
way to individual play, with the
ludicrous exhibition of three fresh
man running after the ball.
t The sophomores, on the other
hand, replaced individualism for
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team work and fairly rained two
point baskets. Their heavy guards
took the ball down the floor and
the elusive Beckett or Hostetter
dropped it into the basket.
In every position save possibly
one, the 1916 men starred. Mc-
Clintock might earn a place on an
all underclassman team but even
that is doubtful. Beckett was the
high scorer of the evening eight
field goals and 14 foul goals testify
to his effectiveness. Hostetter was
nearly as effective as was his run
ning mate. Davidson and Bowes
played very fast and had numerous
assists, while Bishop out-jumped
and out-played his opponent the
entire game.
The most encouraging feature of
the evening was the large audience,
The class cheering was led by the
respective presidents. Hessel
bacher worked up a large interest
by calling a class meeting previous
to the game. Humble seems to be
as capable a cheer leader as he is a
runner.
Between halves the preliminary
college boxing championship, 125
pound class was held. Diehl T 7
STATE COLLEGE, PA., APRIL 1, 1914
showed more aggressiveness and
science than did his opponent Al
len T 5. The lineup and score
analysis follows.
1916
Beckett
1917
f McClintock
(Willard)
Hostetter f Capt. Lindeman
(McCoy)
Bishop c Dufford
Bowes Capt. g Miller
Nissley
Davidson g Hoffman
(Cort) (Phillips)
Field Goals —McClintock 4,
Lindeman, Miller, Ploffman, Duf
ford; Beckett 8, Hostetter 4, Bishop
2, Davidson 2, Bowes, Willard, Mc-
Coy. Foul Goals—Lindeman 13,
Beckett 14, McCoy. Referee—
Haddow. Time of halves 20
minutes.
Mr. P. E. Tillson and H. L.
Mathers, Penn State, 1911, Engi
neers with the Bell Telephone Com
pany of Pennsylvania, were at State
College on March 27 and 28 inter
viewing members of the Senior
Electrical Engineering section with
eference to employment with that
ompany.
Collegian.
If we
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1
7:00 p. m. 114 Main. Meeting of
all Tennis Players.
7:30 p. m. 320 Main. A. P. S.
Club Meeting.
(Burns)
THURSDAY, APRIL 2
6:30 p. m. Old Chapel. Hon.
Vance McCormick and Other
Candidates.
FRIDAY. APRIL 3
7:30 p. m. Old Chapel. Joint
Meeting of Forum and Liber
al Arts Societies.
SATURDAY, APRIL
2:00 p. m. New Beaver. Soccer,
Varsity vs. 1916.
3:00 p. m. Cross Country Run.
SUNDAY, APRIL .5
10:00 a. m. Old Chapel. Fresh-
man Service.
11:00 a.m. Auditorium. Chapel
Service.
6:30 p. m. Auditorium. Y. M.
C. A.
SATURDAY, APRIL 25
8:00 p. m. Armory. Senior
Dance.
the
can
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CALENDAR
PRICE FIVE CENTS
INNOCENTS MAKE HIT
Thespians Seventeenth Annual Pro-
duction Makes a Hit Before Good
Sized Crowd
After a month tilled with the
roughest obstacles and adversities
the Thespians, under the direction
of Mr. Charles Leon Downing, of
Philadelphia, staged their annual
production in the Auditorium last
Friday evening with success. Too
much credit cannot be bestowed
upon their able director for his
ability to finally whip the show into
top notch form keeping up the
standard set by previous Thespian
productions.
The play, a musical comedy in
two acts written by Warren F. Mar
tin and revised by C. L. Downing
and J. S. Crandell, opened with a
scene consisting of the courtyard of
Colonel Culpepper’s chateau. Col
onel Culpepper, an elderly gentle
man of considerable means, was the
supposed father of six hale and
hearty sons about the age of man
hood. In his younger days he was
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