Penn State
VOLUME n NUMBER 29
AMENDMENTS TO A. A. CONSTITUTION
TO BE VOTED ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 12
Proposed Measuies Elicit Much Comment From Student Body—Commit
tee 3 Appointed by President to Consider Projects of Improved Cheer
leadiug, College Flag and Interclass Sports Legislation—Nomina
tions For Next Year’s Officers Made.
The mass meeting held last Fri
day night was not as well attended
as it should have been but, never
theless, a representative gathering
was there and a large amount of
business was taken up. Due to a
ruling of the Athletic association
no legislation considered then
could be voted on at once but must
be held over for at least one week
so that the suggested motions weie
laid on the table and will be taken
up at the regular Wednesday morn
ing mass meeting on May 12. One
of the first matters to be consideicd
was the question of awardirg an
insignia for men playing on the sec
ond, varsity football team. The
suggestion was made to awaid an
fSb to all such men but was
amended to i earl 2udS This sug
gestion was pi.t in the lorm of a
motion and was laid on the table
for further co isMciation.
The need of a college flag was
suggested and the following com
mittee was appointed to investigate
the mattei. Whetsto” I .’, chaiiman;
Haig and Stewart.
The matter of cheer leaders
brought out full discussion and
opinion was divided as to the num
ber, and the question of having
prizes awarded. Piesident Barron
appointed a committee composed
of Hill, chairman; Hewitt and
Lamb to report on the question at
l 1_ • t
on. L't. auu-ja taici mab.s meeuuy.
Theawaidmg of a lacrosse insig
nia was then consideicd and it was
regularly moved and seconded that
the constitution of the association
be amended to read that “the insig
nia ISt be awarded to ail men who
have played a full half in three
fourths of the regularly scheduled
games, providing that there shall
be at least five legulaily scheduled
j-.a r/.c
ject to the committee on awards”
It was urged in behalf of this
resolution that the laciossc team
could not schedule more than five
games and that for this reason men
were barred from receiving any
recognition whatsoever for their
work. After a discussion the mo
tion was laid on the table.
The rule regarding the awauling
of the soccer letter was then read
and a motion was made that the
aSf be awarded to all men who
New Chemical and Hose Cart
Received
On Saturday last, the new chem
ical tank and hose csrt for the
Student Volunteer Fite depaitment
artivcd. By the end of the after
noon the whole appaiatus, which
had been taken down for shipment,
had been but together; and now
everything is in order and ready
foi use. The tank has a capacity
of 45 gallons and is capable of de-
veloping a pressure sufficient at
least to raise a stream of watei
50 feet. Within a week or two a
representative of the company
which supplied the tanks or cart
will be here, and under his direction
a public demonstration of the
machine will be given.
The two new pieces of the equip
ment of the fire department will be
kept in the rear of the libraty base
ment, which will be partitioned oft
from the r:st of the lower floor.
The room will not be closed to
students, and the machines will al
ways be open to inspection, but
students and other visitors arc re
quested not to tampei with them.
The chemical tank is capable of
developing a piessme of 1000
pounds per square inch, and such
presv.ue is dangerous unless care
fully handled.
have played seven halves of four
regularly scheduled games, or if
more than four games arc schedul
ed the letter shall be awarded to
those men who have played three
fouiths of the time of the total
games. A discussion brought out
the fact that it was practically im
possible to schedule the six games
requiied under the old rule and foi
this teason a change was consider
ed advisable.
The constitution of the fnteiclass
Sports council was read and an
explanation of its purporc was
given by Hutchinson T 5. A copy
of this constitution appears in
another column of the paper and
warrants careful consideiation as it
is to be voted on with the other
motions made.
A motion was made that in the
future the manager of any athletic
team, not the varsity, playing out
of town games shall notify the
press of that town as to the status
of the team in relation to the col
lege. The need of such action was
shown when Entcrlinc read a clip
ping from an out of town news
paper that credited a class team
with being the varsity.
The last business taken up was
the matter of nominations.
SIGMA TAU INSTALLED HERE
On Saturday the lota Beta Sigma,
a local honoiary engineering fra
ternity, was installed as the ninth
chaptei of the national honoraiy
engineering fraternity Sigma Tau.
The State chapter is the second in
Pennsylvania, the other being at the
University of Penn. The Sigma
Tau includes over 1000 members
and in the local chapter there are
fifteen active members and six
faculty members. L. K. Andicws
'l5 is the chapter president.
The installation officers were
Prof. M. Y. Neely of Penn and
G. G. Mankey president of the
chapter there. After the cere
monies a dinner was given at the
Old Fort Hotel.
Athletic Association Nominations
President: McDowell, tlessel
bacher, Berryman, Wood, Yerger.
Vice president: Palmer, Jimcson,
C. R, Smith, Schioedei.
Secietary. A. E. Brown, P. M.
Prear, Pickett, Sipe. Watson.
The election will be held Friday,
May 7. between 6 and 8 p. m. in
the Old Chapel.
Sophomoics Notice
An important das'; meeting of
the 1017 class will lie held rithei
Monday or Tuesday ol next week
foi nomination of office:s loi next
year.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., MAY 5, 1915
JUNIORS WIN MEET
1916’s Varsity Track Men Easily
Win Interclass Meet. Post ’lB
Fast in 220 yd. Dash. Lamb
High Score.
Last Saturday, wita a fair crowd
on hand, the juniors again won the
intcrclass track meet with a score
of 60 1-2 points. The freshmen
were second with 40 points, while
the seniors beat out the sopho
moics by 24 1-2 to 23 points.
All of the events were closely
contested, and goo 1 times were
made. In the 220 yard dash Post,
by a rare burst of speed, nosed out
D°lbin and broke the tape a yard
to the good in the fast time of 22
flat. Post also finished second in
the final of the 12() yard dash,
which was substituted for the 100
yard dash.
Levi Lamb was lhc individual
high scorer, taking two firsts, a
second and a third, foi a total of
his teams 24 1-2 poii.'s
Barron won the high hurdles, for
although he fnrshed tliiid, Ham
mit and Brown were disqualified.
Brown won the low nmdlcs, ITam
mit dioping out at th- thin! huidle.
The meet, on tin -.hole u is suc
cessful, both from me standpoint
of increasing class spirit and devel
oping varsity material.
SOCCER LEAGUE PROPOSED
Would Include State, Lehigh, La
fayette and Swartlimore- State
Team Elects Captain.
A iiiiciColtegnire
Soccer league is being conti aiplat
ed and if the scheme matei lalires,
soccer should take a prominent
place in athletics at State next year.
The pioposed league includes Le
high, Lafayette, Swarthmme and
State. Theie is a strong agitation
in these colleges for the for nation
of such a league and a met ling of
delegates will be held in the near
future. Definite plans will then be
made and it is expected that each
team will meet twice, one game to
be played at home and the other
away, thus making a total of six
games for each team. .All the
games will be played in the i all and
the State team will be able lo play
its three out of town games on one
trip. There are at present two col
lege leagues in the east and for a
long time there lia» been a need for
another league as is proposed.
At a recent meeting of the soc
cer team S. L. Smediey, TO, was
elected captain of next yeai's team
while J. A. Irwin, T 6, was elected
manager. R. A. Coombs and H.
Cope, T 7, were chosen assistant
managers. Manager Irwin expects
to have a schedule artanged this
month. Beside the proposed league
games there are pending games
with Penn, Princeton, and Haver
ford.
Parini Nous Elections
Don Blythe
Harold Albeit Clailt
Roy Samuel Dunkle
Robert Pluntloy Kdgcilon
Thomas Fiance, iilifl'e
Fred Fouse Lining! i
John Randall Millei
Gcoigc Courson Munis
Silas Page
Shell-urn Robinson
! Gcoigc Janet Snucihoff
Five hundred yards pci month of
window glass aie broken by the
studmts at Illinois university.
Collegian.
STATE AND PENN TIE
Blue and White Lacross Team
Takes Early Lead on U. of P.
Stickmen—Darkness Ends Rough
Game.
Penn State’s lacross team, in its
third game of the seasen, played
Univeisity of Pennsylvania to a tie
on Franklin field last Saturday,
each team succeeding in caging one
goal before darkness ended the
fight. Both teams played a scrap
py game and were evenly matched.
The Blue and White put up the
better exhibition of team and stick
work but seemed unable to land
when the opportunity offered.
Thegame took place immediately
aftei the Pennsylvania-Princelon
baseball game and a large crowd
remained to see it. State scored
her goal early in the contest and
held the Red and Blue down until
the final minutes of play. Theie
was much loughriess in the fiist
half of the game and men from
both teams were sent to the side
lines. State started with the fol
lowing line-up.
Olrastead, inside home, Pope,
outside home, Mathews, first at
tack; Farley, second attack; Hal
lowed, third attack; Hewitt, center;
Joidan, third defense; R, Fisher,
second defense; H. Fisher, first de
fense; Wood, point; Bowes rover
point; Ballou, goal
Seniors Defeat Juniors.
The seniors simply submarined
the juniors in their second game of
the class league. The seniors could
iiL.i iouclj Cl mg umii tile thiiu
inning but then the ire broke and
the juniors made six errors, the sen
iors scoring eight runs. During the
next two innings the seniors found
no trouble in hitting the ball when
runs were needed.
Tobin pitched for the seniors and
allowed but three hits.
The score'
R H E
Seniors 018 2 7 18.16 2
Juniors 10010 2 3 8
W L Pc
1917 2 0 1.000
1915 1 I’ .500
1916 1 1 .500
1918 0 2 .000
The senior-freshman game which
was scheduled for last Monday was
postponed on account of rain.
The Civic Club.
The last meeting of the Civic
club for the present term will be
held in room 202 Engineering
building, Thursday evening, May
6. The club meetings have been
very poorly attended of late and it
is to be hoped that members will
make it a point to be on hand at the
usual time next Thursday. R. M.
Decker, delegate to the Inter-col
legiate Civic League in New York,
will give a report of that conven
tion, and officers will be elected for
the coming ycai.
Glee Club Activities
The glee club will leave on
Thursday foi Bucknell where a
joint concert will be given by the
two colleges. The concert will be
followed by a dance given by the
Bucknell glee club. Preparations
are being made for the exercises on
Baccalaureate Sunday and for the
other Commencement week func
tions. For the regular chapel
choir next year Prof. Robinson is
contemplating the formation of a
mixed choir composed of fifty
PRICE FIVE CENTS
NORTHERN TRIP
OPENS WITH VICTORY
Lafayette Loses For First Time on
New March Field—Wardwell
Pitches Remarkable Ball For
Four Innings; Replaced by Hes
selbarher—Game Very Exciting
Throughout.
In a hard fought and well eari ed
victory Penn State's baseball team
uncovered the first of a series of
northern games by trouncing L
fayette with the frugal score of 4-2.
This was the first defeat which the
Lafayette team has experienced on
the new March field this seaso i.
Wardwell took the mound at the
beginning of the game and pitched
remarkable ball for four innings,
no runs and but a single
hit, and fanning nine men during
that time. Early in the fifth inning
the Lafayette players rallied,
pounded out four hits in rapid suc
cession and by scoring two runs
tied the score. Hesselbacher was
then sent in to replace Wardwell
and his pitching, although not typ
ical, prevented ftu tiler scoring dur-
ing the game.
Weber performed the woik of
actually opening the game when in
the second inning he dropped the
ball over the left field fence for a
home run. In the fourth inning ns
a result of a base on balls, an error
and a sacrifice fly the State men
scored again only to have the score
tied in the following inning. The
.lull V* lilt lixillj' lAWlt*
ing moments but with an unchang
ed . score until the eighth innii g
when the winning runs were tallied.
In many respects the game was a
pitchers’ battle, while spectacular
field work on the part of the La
fayette men helped to make it the
most exciting ball game that La
fayette enthusiasts have witnessed
this year.
Hesselbacher fanned 14 and al
lowed but five hits in the Dart
mouth game winning 4to 1. Cost
ly errors, bases on balls with timely
hitting produced the total State
score in the fifth inning. The Penn
State team had but three assists.
Liebert faced Vermont yesterday,
Wardwell will try to break West
Point’s winning streak today and
Hesselbacher will face Princeton on
Thursday.
Entrance to Track Meet.
The management requests that
all men, who attend the track meet
on Saturday, stay off the track and
football field both in going to the
meet and leaving for the baseball
game. The co-operation of the stu
dents in enforcing these rules is re
quested.
Senior Take Notice
May 10 is lime limit for the pay
ment of class dues at the Toggery
shop. Seniors 'hat are behind in
payment of class assessments are
given this final notice. Lues will
be collected at the Toggery Shop at
any hour of the day until the
above mentioned date.
1916 Class Meeting
The juniors meet in the Old
Chapel on Thmsday night of this
week at 6:30 for the purpose of
nominating officers for next year.
Prof. F. S. Putney gave an ad
dress, “Feeding the Dairy Cow,’’
to the farmers’ meeting at Union
City, last Saturday evening.