Penn State
VOLUME 11 NUMBER 19
RECORD ATTENDANCE
AT WRESTLING MEET
Penn Team Easily Defeated Before
Eargest Audience in Penn State
History. Lamb Defeated for
First Time. Light-weight Bout
Full of Thrills.
The first and probably last of the
Penn State aDd Pennsylvania athlet
ic relations of this collegiate year,
resulted in a 20-11 victory for Penn
State last Saturday night in the
Armory when the Penn wrestlers
were defeated. The Armory was
packed to its capacity because it
was State's first home meet of the
year and because of the wide
publicity given the Lamb-Dorizas
contest.
Lamb weighed in at 196 pounds
and Dorizas at 215 pounds. The
first three minutes consisted of ag
gressive wrestling with Lamb hav
ing a slight advantage. With
Dorizas underneath the enormous
crowd cheered until hoarse but by a
superhuman effort Dorizas got to
his feet. Once again Lamb carried
the battle to Dorizas. He tried to
trip his heavier opponent but fail
ed. Both went to the mat. At
this point Lamb slipped slightly
and the alert Dorizas soon pinned
his shoulders to the mat with a
half nelson.
Aside from this bout, the most
interesting came with the first con
test. Like all the succeeding con
tests except the last, neither man
went to the mat until five minutes
had elapsed. With about tour
minutes left Long found an open
ing and went to the mat on top of
Sherman. Two or three times the
Penn man extricated himself when
he seemed to have lost but he final
ly lost when Long obtained a neck
and wrist lock.
Brown of Penn State followed
Long by winning on a fall after six
minutes and 42 seconds. Like the
first, the bout was well contested
but once on the mat Brown consum
ed less time in pinning Wooley’s
shoulders to the mat with an arm
twist and body lock.
Kirk added State’s last Ivictory
when he won a decision on aggres
siveness over Mitchell. Two or
three times, he seemed to be in a
position to add a third fall to
State’s column but Mitchell in each
instance slipped away.
The next three bouts resulted in
draws after 12 minutes of wrestling
in each weight. At no time in
these three contests did any man
go to the mat.
The heavyweight contest term
inated the program.
Summaries:
115-pound class—Long, State, threw
Sharman, Penn, with neck lock ami
wrist lock, in 7 minutes 135 seconds.
125-ponnd class—Brown, Stale,
threw Wooley, Penn, with an arm twist
and body lock, in 6 minutes 42 seconds.
135-pound class—Kirk, State, award
ed decision over Mitchell, Penn.
145-pound class —Pickett, State, and
Captain Tazewell, Penn, was declared
a draw.
158-pound class—Yerger, State and
Milligan, Penn a draw.
175-pound class—Stecker, State, and
Statler, Penn, a draw.
Unlimited weight class—Dorizas, of
Penn, threw Lamb, State with half
nelson hold m 3 minutes, 30 seconds.
Referee—Bruce, Lafayette. I'liner
Doctor Stecker, State.
Fraternity Dances,
The Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta
fraternities will hold dances at
their respective houses over this
week end. Delta U men will have
a dance on the evening of March 6.
“DAD” ELLIOTT TO BE HERE
Noted Worker in Problems of Col
lege Life Coming for Week End.
“Dad” Elliott, the man who con
ducted Penn State’s first religious
campaign, will be here February
20, 21 and 22. He is an old time
favorite of students here, and this
will make his third visit to us with
in a tange of a few years.
“Dad” is a graduate of North
Carolina university where he play
ed left end on the football team for
four years, and was named as All-
Western end in the year 1901. He
was captain of the university track
team in the spring of 1901; presi
dent of the student Y. M. C. A. for
two years, and a member of popu
lar societies there.
He will speak here at an open
meeting in the Auditorium on Sat
urday evening at S o’clock; at both
chapels on Sunday morning; at a
meeting open to all at three o’clock
in the afternoon, and at the Y. M.
C. A. meeting at 6:30.
—“I-—heard —with—interest—Mr.
Elliott’s address, and I believe that
he presents the logic of true life for
young men. Every college man
ought to hear him.” —Prof. B. F.
Eyer, of Kansas State Agricultural
college.
“ ‘Dad’ Elliott is a college man
himself and knows how to deal
with the problems peculiar to col
lege students. Having made a
record as an athlete while a student
he can deal with the physical as
well as the mental and moral side
of the life of college men."—Man
hattan < Kansas) Journal.
A Rifle Range
Among the many things we need
and someday hope to get is a rifle
range, and we learn through Lieu
tenant Chaffin that that favor has
been promised us. The new range,
which will be indoors, it is hoped,
will be constructed this summer
and be ready for use at the opening
of next term.
Of the blessings and advantage
attendant upon such an acquisition,
there is no doubt. To have a good
rifle club it is necessary to have a
suitable place to shoot and so far
no such place has been forthcom
ing. The use of the temporary
range over the locker room was dis
continued by the military depart
ment on account of its unsanitary
condition. The local club could
not hope to compete in any inter
collegiate shoots with such facili
ties.
Our Rifle club numbers almost
a hundred and fot a nominal fee, it
is hoped that someone can be hired
to keep the new range open all the
time, so that members may go in at
any time of day and practice. The
department is very anxious to have
the new range because such an op
portunity to practice marksmanship
will greatly increase the efficiency
and worth of military training.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FEBRUARY 17, 1915
Tau Beta Pi Endorses Honor System
The Tau Beta Pi. association
wishes to express its opinion on
what it considers one of the great
est questions that has ever been
brought before the student body,
viz, the adoption of the honor sys
tem.
The ooject of the society is the
promotion of scholarship among
students with characte? as a basis,
and the society feels that the pres
ent system of conducting quizzes
and examinations is not adequate
for the highest development of
these aims.
Most men who practice dishon
esty in their school Work, do so,
not of their own volition, but be
cause their sense of honesty has not
been appealed to; and as it has
been proved that a man does his
best when under the greatest
responsibilities. By putting a man
on his honor in examinations, it will
be an incentive for him to use great
er endeavor in his work and will
therefore raise the standaid of
scholarship. •
Everything that has been trusted
to the students has worked out suc
cessfully, so why should the stu
dents not take this problem into
their own hands and solve it in the
same commendable manner.
An honor system stands for the
best there is in a man, and that
which even contains an element of
good deserves a trial.. An appeal
is made here to the men of Penn
State to consider well a thing that
will tend toward the betterment of
their alma mater. . ■ 4’
Boxing Tournamenffilanaed. , )q
Boxing, which has never met
with the same degree of popularity
at Penn State as at other colleges
of the country, seems about to re
gain in a measure at least, some of
the interest which attended it sev
eral years ago. “Doc” Lewis is
busy at present with plans for a
boxing tournament, that is be held
in the Armory sometime during the
early part of March. Should there
be sufficient entries to warrant it,
the tournament will be held in the
foim of an interclass contest,
which will be conducted under the
same classification of weights as
wrestling, namely : the 115 pound,
125, 135, 145, 158, 175 and heavy
weight classes. The tentative
scheme calls for contests of three
or four rounds duration, and it is
understood that medals will be
awarded to winneis of the final
bouts. The 1916 class already has
entrants enough to insure a repre
sentation in each of the specified
weights, and at a recent meeting the
class elected Charles E. Berger
boxing manager. The same amount
of interest on the part of the other
three classes is all that is needed to
bring about the complete success of
the plan.
Campaign Notice 1
Since the opening of the Mott
campaign 36 of “The Fellowship
Hymns” have dissappeared. Have
you got one of them ? They are
good stuff —but the return of either
the book or the cash (30c) will help
the Y. M. C. A. to close the ac
counts of the Campaign.
Special Ag. Society Meeting.
There will be a special meeting
of the Ag society in the Old Chap
el, Friday evening, at seven o’clock.
Mr. John McSparren, Master of
Pa. Grange, will speak. All Ag
men and any others interested are
urged to attend.
COLiLEGIAN.
CALENDAR
TllllltSDAt, FEIIItIIAItY IS
6:30 p. m. Band Rehearsal, Band
room.
6:30 p. m. Blair County Club
meeting, Eng. Bide
7:30 p. m. Senior Class meeting,
Old Chapel.
FItWAY, FEItIIUAItY in
6:30 p. m. Orchestra Rehearsal,
Band room.
7:00 p. m. Agricultural Society
meeting, Old Chapel.
7:15 p. m. Glee Club concert,
Auditorium.
SUNDAY, FEIIUUAKY 21
10.00 a. m. Freshman Chapel, Old
Chapel.
11:00 a.m. College Chapel, A udi-
torium.
6:30 p. m. Y. M. C. A. Meeting,
Auditorium.
8:00 p. m. Band concert. Audi
torium
Monday, Fiiiikuaicy 22
730 p. m. Prohibition league,
Room K Library.
8:00 p. m. Special Senior dance.
Tl ItSDA'i , FEBURAItY 2:
6-30 p. m Band Rehearsal, Band
room.
7-30 p m. Lecture, “Facts and
P’eatures About Germany”,
Prof. Boucke, 284 Main.
The Commerce Club,
The latest organization of stu
dents, which bids fair to become a
very interesting, profitable and im
portant institution is the Commerce
club. Some twenty men of those
taking the course in commerce and
finance held a banquet at the Nit
tanty inn -last .Thursday and
Jistened-.'trv.an :.addrk^l£iattC.tfe.
William Hensey, superintended of
the Baldwin Locomotive works.
The agitation in favor of a perma
nent organization has been going on
for some time, but the entertaining
of Mr. Hensey was the first con
certed action in that direction. It
is the purpose of the club, which is
open to all pre-legal and commerce
and finance men, to have meD
prominent in the business world
come here and address them, in
much the same manner as did Mr.
Hensey. The interest and the
value of such action is very appar
ent, and it should be wholly un
necessary to urge the men in these
two courses more especially to get
back of the movement and give it
their heartiest support. Associate
membership is open to men in any
other school who are interested in
the object of the club.
Prohibition League Meeting.
The Prohibition league held its
regular weekly meeting on Monday
night at 7:30 in room K of the
Library. The oratorical and essay
contests were discussed. A prize
of $5 is given for the winning
oration here and $5O at the state
contest at Dickinson April 16. The
State college W. C. T. U. has
offered $l5 as the first prize and
$lO as the second prize for the 2000
word essay. A deputation team
and the quartet will go to Boalsburg
to hold a union meeting on Sunday
night February 28. R. E. Keller
reported on current events.
Next Monday night Stone T 7
will have current events and Prof.
Harley will lecture.
Special Senior Dance
A special senior dance will be
held in the Armory Monday even
ing, February 22. Special music
will be furnished and a large
attendance is expected. All Penn
State alumni are invited.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BASKETBALL WINNING
STREAK CONTINUES
Park’s Fast Moving Team Over-
whelms Boston Tech—First Ath-
letic Relations With New Eng-
land Team—Blakslee Scores
Enough to Win.
Penn State had little trouble last
Friday afternoon in the Armory in
defeating Boston Tech 60-14.
When the Boston team came on the
floor, their size and accurate shoot
ing seemed to predict a close game.
They scored the first point of the
game when Smithey shot a foul goal,
however, their lead was taken away
and never regained after Blakslee
shot a field goal. Before Smithey
could earn another point Walton by
one field goal and Blakslee by
four goals „had raised the score to
12-1. Smithey then shot another
foul goal. Again State replied
with 12 points and the score was
raised to 24-2.
Close guarding by the forwards
and accurate passing and shooting
seemed to bewilder the Bostonians
and the half ended 33-8. No State
team in recent years has shot so
accurately. Smituey was the only
man who could do any scoring at
all for his team. On the other
hand every State man including
substitutes, who entered the game
late in the second half, had little
difficulty in scoring.
At present the only seemingly
weak spbt on> the team is the foul
shooting. "'(Three out of 14 tries is
■nota. good.\verage,. -however, the
the team and especially the effi
cient leadership of Captain Park
can permit such a minor detail.
Once again it would be difficult
to pick out any particular star.
Every man shot accurately. Cap
tain Park by brilliant floor work
often made possible the chances to
score by other men on his team
The lineup follows
Penn Stati
Park, Capt
Blakslee
Boston Tech
Moss
Smithey
Field gouls—Park 2, Blakslee 8,
Wagner, Jester 4, Bishop, Wilson 6.
Walton 3, Iloirman, Smithey 2.
Foal goals—Park, 3 out of 14; Fast,
1 out of 4; Smithey, 10 out of 19.
Substitutions—Wagner for Blakslee,
Beckett for Park, Kaunas for Wagner,
Bishop for Jester, Ilostetter for Bish
op, Fast for Wilson, Holl'man for Wal
ton, Moss for Wansker, Rnycroft for
Moss.
Referee, Taggart; timer. Martin:
scorer. Sharp; time of halves, 20 min
utes.
Motive Power Club,
The executive committee of the
Motive Powe. club at a recent
meeting outlined a plan by which
all engineering students, especially
underclassmen, will be benefited.
It is the only organization for un
derclass engineers and it is intend
ed to organize them and prepare
them for the upperclass societies.
Meetings will be held twice a
month, at which meetings, speakers
interested in Motive Power work
will give informal talks. The first
meeting will be held on Saturday,
February 20, at 8:00 p. ra. in 202
Engineering building. Mr. Blair,
of the mechanics department, will
talk on “Methods of Handling
Practical Engineering Problems."
Mr. Blair is an engineer of no mean
ability and those who hear him will
indeed be fortunate. All engineers
are invited.
Gokey
Demerrit
Wansker