Penn State VOLUME 11 NUMBER 24 .'FACULTY RATIFIES THE HONOR SYSTEM Strong Feature of Student Self Gov ernment Went Into Effect Mon l day. Faculty Strongly in Favor of the System. At its last regular meeting the faculty gave its sanction to the adoption of the Honor System at 0 Penn State. After a long discus sion it was passed by the student body several weeks ago. The " honor system went into effect on - Monday and hereafter will be ap plicable to all written quizzes and Only a few matters of adminstra tions were doubtful in the minds of the faculty, .but these matters will rest entirely with the student body through the Student Board. Al • though a few unimportant gram matical changes in the wording are yet to be made by the Board, there was no opposition whatever to any of the fundamental principles of the honor system. • The attitude of the faculty was strongly in favor of the proposed system and the vast majority were anxious to give it a, fair trial at Penn State. With the honor system a reality, 0 Penn State can now boast of a real student self goverment. It remains now with the student body to lend its sincere support to this sys tem which should help to establish Penn State as one of the foremost 4 colleges of the country. MALE QUARTET LEAVES FOR PACIFIC COAST Will Spend Easter Sunday in San Francisco—Guests of the Santa Fe Railroad. I'he Penn State male quartet leaves on Friday, March 26, for the Pacific coast as the guests of the Santa Fe railroad. They will give •a concert in Scottdale on March 26, and on the -29th leave Chicago to make their scheduled itinerary. Professor Robinson is attending the National Supervisors of Music con ference in Pittsburgh from March • 23 to 26, and will join the quartet for the concert in Scottdale. The personnel of the quartet in cludes C. C. Robinson as first tenor who will take the place of Bacon who suddenly .quit school, and it & was impossible to fill bis place on such short notice; Sauerhoff as j second tenor; Gillespie, first bass; j Vail, second bass; Mrs. Robinson, I pianist, and G. N. Fisher, mono } legist, Tonight company "F”, the prize company which represented the col lege in Governor Brumbough’s inau guration parade, will have its ban quet in the Nittany Inn. The guests of honor will be Lientenant Chatfin, Sergeant Allen, Colonel Heron, and Major Lukens. All "F" men are urged to be present in uniform. Fire Company Statement Up to and including March 22, I'd 5 there has been received on 'ubscriptions $272.96. From Nit '■my Theater benefit $43.90; from 'lag dance $20.00; subscriptions ■ut >et paid $31.50. Tofal $387.40. l aid out $19.50. Balance $368.36. Ihe final organ recital of the ser i' will be given next Sunday after ■ on, March 28, by Tom Dreibel- J TV at four o’clock. WRESTLING SEASON REVIEWED Lamb and Kirk Graduated. But Three Defeats in Five Years. When Captain "Levi” Lamb pin ned the shoulders of the Pitt heavy weight to the mat in the Armory, a short time since, he completed a very successful season of wrestling for State. Few realize just how wonderfully this sport has grown here. Although wrestling was in augurated at State in 1902, when it was substituted for a class rush not until 1910 did a team represent State against another school. That first year, Penn was defeated by a 7-0 score, and the only other meet lost was to the Navy, 4 1-2 to 2 1-2. The very next year State maintained a clean record while disposing of such teams as Yale, Cornell, Colum bia, and Lehigh. In 1912 State lost to Cornell upon rolling falls but defeated Yale, Lehigh, and Penn twice. In the next year five vic tories were added from five meets with McGill University, Toronto, Canadian champions; Cornell, Inter collegiate Champions, Indiana, and Lehigh. Last season a like en viable record was established when Navy, Pittsburg, Lehigh, Indiana, and Lafayette were met without a single defeat. The third defeat in five years came in the first meet of the past season, and the distinction again goes to the Navy wrestlers. Their 19-10 victory was earned but we think the remark .is warranted that we should have liked to have seen a return match later in the season. Next Penn was met in the Armory and defeated by a 20-11 score. Then the team journeyed again, this time to Lehigh where they won a 19-11 victory. The next meet was Columbia upon the home floor and despite Columbia’s purely de fensive tactics. State was an easy winner 25-6. The final meet of the season was with Pitt. For the second time in two years Pitt lost all seven bouts. Our men were very fortunate as to injuries this year; the same team, Long, Brown, Kirk, Pickett, Yerger, Stecker, and Lamb, wrestled every meet with one exception: Hill wrestled the 145 pound class at Lehigh. Notwithstanding the marked success, not a single varsity letter will "be given. To earn the straight S, a wrestler must win every bout of the season and no one has filled the requirement this year. Junior Prom Question Settled At the 1916 class meeting the matter of a junior prom was settled. It is the idea of the committee to reorganize the method of conduct ing the prom whereby a general assessment may be eliminated and requiring each junior and senior at tending to pay a reasonable amount for the dance. With this policy in view the class adopted the sugges tion of the committee to levy a gen eral assessment of $1.50 on all jun iors and $1 on seniors attending the dance. The juniors attending the dance are to pay $3.50 extra. Girls Will Give <iGym” Exhibition March 26 has been chosen as the day when the girls will give a dem onstration in the Armory. There will be "Folks” dancing, wand drill, and the first real game of. girls in terclass basketball. The Armory will be open that night only to the department of Home Economics, the Faculty, and friends. STATE COLLEGE, PA., MARCH 24, 1915 SENATORS PLEASED WITH PENN STATE Make Whirlwind Tour of Inspec tion—Are Greeted at Impressive Mass Meeting—Meet Students From Their Own Counties. Arriving shortly before 10 o’clock last Thursday morning, the Senate Appropriations Committee made a rapid tour of the college premises; met the student body at a large mass meeting; and were obliged to hurry away early in the afternoon. The short' time allowed them for their visit here, made itn-cessary for them to move rapidly, and only the most striking features of the college were presented to them. At 11:10 a. m. the entire student body assembled in the Auditorium to greet the senators. The military b.and and the college quartet were present with lively music; and amid flags and cheers the senators of the appropriations committee were heartily- received. Di. Sparks in a brief opening address, pointed out to them the needs of the college and expressed his confidence in their judgment. Senator Buckman, the chairman of the committee, highly eulogyzed the woi k and spirit here; and promised to do all pos sible for us. Senators Snyder, Mil ler, and Stewart made short ad dresses in which were given words of praise, and advice as well. INSPECTION TRIPS Engineers and Chemists to Visit Large Manufacturing Plants The chemists and' industrial chemists left college last Monday on the annual inspection trip. The party of 35 assembled at Strafford hotel in Buffalo yesterday and will spend four days inspecting the large manufacturing plants, such as the Shredded Wheat company, the Niagara Falls power company, International Paper company, in the vicinity of Buffalo. From Buffalo they will go to Franklin and then to Pittsburg where a week will be spent visiting the largest glass and steel plants of the woild as well as trips to the works of H. J. Heinz company National Lead and Oil company Superior Oxygen company, United States Bureau of Mines and Penn sylvania Glue company. The trip will end on Saturday April 3. The senior industrial, civil and electrical engineers will leave to morrow and next Monday on in spection trips. The electricals leave tomorrow for Philadelphia where they Will visit the largest electrical concerns in the vicinity. -On Sunday they will go to New York where the same kind of works will be inspect ed until Wednesday noon. The civils will also leave tomor row for Altoona to inspect the Pennsylvania Railroad shops. From Altoona they will go to Harrisburg to inspect the Purification plant, the High Pressure reservoir and the Flood Control works. They will then go to Reading to inspect the Purification and Reservoir plant. The trip will terminate in Philadel phia after an inspection of the Municipal works. The Industrials leave on Monday for Philadelphia to inspect the Tabor Manufacturing company, the Link Belt Manufacturing com pany, the Lanston Manufacturing company and the Curtis Publishing company the most scientific man agements in the United States. Collegian. CALENDAR Wednesday, March 24 6:30 p. m. Sophomore Debate Trials, 114 Main. 6:30 p. m. Freshman Debate Trials, 384 Main. 6:30 p. m. Drum and Bugle Corp, Band Room. 7:00 p. m. Forum Society, Room K, Library. 7:30 p. m. Oratorical Contest, Old Chapel. 8:30 p. m. Company F Banquet, Nittany Inn. Thursday, March 25 6:30 p. m. Band, Band Room. 8:15 p. m. Essay Contest, Old Chapel. Friday, March 2G The Thespians exceeded the hope#-of their most staunch ad mirers when they opened their eighteenth season on Friday even ing before an audience which filled the Auditorium. The dancing of the chorus, Raynor's rendition of “Florrie was a Co-ed,” Schultz's portrayal of the actress, with “her" inimitable gestures and the exposure of the “Mossion Picturr Meelo dramar" were the brighest spots of 6:30 p. m. Orchestra, Band | the evening. Room. 7:30 p. m. Girl’s _ Gymnasium Demonstration, Armory, (At- tendance by Invitation Only). 8:15 p. m. Westminster-State De bate, Auditorium. Saturday, March 27 7:30 p. m. Men’s Gymnasium Demonstration, Armory, (Pub lic Invited). Sunday, March 28 10.00 a. m. Freshman Chapel, Old Chapel. 11:00 a. m. College Chapel, Audi- torium. 6:30 p. m. Y. M. C. A. Meeting, Auditorium. Monday, March 2!) 7:30 p. m. Prohibition League, Room K, Library. Tuesday, March 30 6:30 p. m. Band, Band Room. SOPHOMORES WIK BASKETBALL SCRAP Take Hard Fought Game by Spurt in Second Half. Freshmen Were Much Improved. Attendance Very Poor. Before the poorest showing of both classes that ever attended an interclass scrap here of late years, the Sophomore defeated the Fresh men team in the annual basketball scrap game, last Wednesday night in the armory by a score 28-18. The second year men started the game with a rush and soon lead by seven points. Then the Freshmen team which had been much strengthened by the addition of the men from the varsity squad braced and the end of the period saw the the older class leading by only two points, 16-14. In the final period the sopho mores started a scoring streak which was not interrupted until they had added three field goals and two fouls to their credit. Then the fershmen again braced and held their opponents evenly until the end of the game. For the sophomores. Simpson was easily the star by securing four fields goals, while for the Freshmen Wagner did even better with three field goals and five fouls. The passing was consistently good throughout the game, the guarding a little loose. The teams lined up as follows: 1918 f Wagner 1917 Simpson Phillips Miller E. D. c Miller L. L. g Hoffman Substitutions, Fast for Farr, Hunter for Eaton, Seiderman for Kaunas, Price for Simpson. Ref eree, Binder. Field goals. Simpson 4, Wagner 3, L. L. Miller 3, E. E. Miller 2, Phillips. Hoffman, Kaunas & Eaton. Fouls Kaunas 3, Wag ner 5, Hoffman 8. PRICE FIVE CENTS THESPIAN SHOW SCORES TRIUMPH Musical Comedy With Exceptional Dancing and Latest Music Pre sented to Packed House. Levi Lamb as a French waiter brought forth much mirth by his actions with the invisible ac cessories of the cafe. The part of the leading man was well taken by Graham while Hemminger took the part of the leading lady. Forman, as "Mabelle, the telephone oper ator,” secured numerous laughs. The Thespian orchestra with Professor John Stanley Crandell as director was no small part in the success of the evening, while much credit is due Kressly for his skill in designing the new scenery. The degree to which “Miss Adam of Eden” was developed for the first appearance Friday even ing, merits high praise for all who took part in the pro duction and in their itinerary over the state even greater success may be expected. As usual the greatest credit must go to Coach Downing, who created the dances, wrote most of the lyrics, and coached and staged the entire production. No dancing has ever been seen on the Auditorium stage which .could compare with the “Syncopated Walk," “The Black and White Specialty,” and the opening of the second act. As We Are Seen “Oh! No! We do not mind their yelling a bit," was the opinion ex pressed jointly by the two Drennen Sisters, who were appearing in a dancing and singing act here last week, when interviewed between appearances. “You see”, they went on to explain, “we have met the same reception, perhaps not so decided, in other college towns. Your boys here are very noisy, but not even a little bit fresh.” And then confidentially, “Why do you know that in all the time we have been here, neither leaving the theater nor upon the street has a single soul spoken to us freshly." Both expressed- a desire to see Penn State again in the near future. Gymnastic Demonstration To foster interest in gymnastic lines Mr. McLain has spent some time promoting a demonstration in gymnastic work which will be held in the Armory Saturday, March 27. This exhibition will be with and without apparatus and will be feat ured by calisthenic drills, mat work, gymnast and pyramid work. No fee will be charged for this en tertainment, which will last from an hour to an hour and a half. Kaunas Boxing Tournament Postponed Owing to the many and varied protestations of prospective par ticipants, who fain would not go home over Easter, with their faces showing signs of mistreatment by the gloves, the boxing tournament has been postponed until the week following Easter.
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