Who Is Going To Compose That New College Yell? VOL XIII. No. 6 Go to the Big Mass Meeting Tomorrow Night==6:3o, Auditorium CONTEST OPENS FOR NEW COLLEGE YELL $25 Prize Raised By Collegian Will Be Given To Writer Of Official Yell FINAL SELECTION LEFT IN HANDS OF STUDENT BODY RULES OF THE CONTEST I—The contest shall be open at once to every student ad Penn State, men and women alike, whether members of four or two year courses. 2-1 t shall close at noon on Tuesday, October 30. 3—The student body, assembled in mass meeting shall by popular acclamation, act as final judge in awarding a prize of $25 tope composer of the best yell submitted. 4—No prize shall be awarded unless one of the yells sub mitted is eventually adopted as the official "College Yell," by a two-thirds vote of the student body. s—Each yell must be original throughout. None will be considered that bears any marked resemblance to a yell of any other college. They must be "snappy" contain some sense or meaning, and be free from long and tangling phrases.... • 6—A committee, composed of the Graduate Manager otl Ahtletics, chairman; the Resident Football Coach, the Head Cheer Leader, the Senior Assistant Cheer Leader, the 'Varsity Captains, the Inter-class Treasurer and the Editor of the COL LEGIAN, shall consider each yell submitted, and select such yells that are suitable for presentation to the student body. They can select any number of yells for trial, but final choice shall rest with the student body. 7—All yells shall be submitted In sealed envelopes, and , mailed to the "College Yell Editor," care of the Penn State Col legian. They will not be opened until the day the contest closes. This will allow student members bf the committee to compete. 6,—No more than two yells can be submitted by one student. His name, address and class must be attached'. Two or more students can compose a yell and share the prize, should they win. Yells and directions for their execution should be type written, if possible. 9—ln the event that the student body is unable to decide bey tween two or more yells as the official "College Yell," the above committee shall recommend a choice. 10—The committee shall have the power of setting the date of the final selection and award, this is to be regulated by the number and character of the yells submitted. if necessary, al second contest will be opened. Penn State is badly In need of a new "College Yell" This font has been more plainly dem onstrated this your than over before A groat desire I'm a elinnge h. been In the air for years last, but definite ac tion has been Inching. Realizing the full meaning of the situtation, and with a desire to obtain Immediate action, the COLLEGIAN takes pleasure In announcing that a prize of $ 2 -500 will bo auntded to the student who composes and submits the best yell to replace the pt coons jumble of words which in officially known as the ''College So groat is the deshe for a change that the COLLEGIAN had absolutely no difficulty In raising the money for a prize Response to the cause was Immediate on all sides. The result Is most gratifying and AVlth this sum of monpy as an Incentive, there should bo no dldlculty In maturing a new yell that soul be a credit to the college. Since tho COLLEGIAN has taken up this movement, favornble comment has been received from all aho have learned of It. It has met with especially mdent minima from the college men who ore Interested directly in athletics, and In dications point to a successful contest It is needless to go into detail concern ing tho great need at Penn State tot a now college yell. There bas been a demand for one for years past, and recent Student Councils have appointed committees on the work, but nothing definite has over been done Willing Contributions Following the decision of the 'Penn State Collegian Board . ' to start a prize fund, the matter was placed before arnduate Manager Smith, and he at once agreed to conk Mute to the cause. Neil N. Fleming. inter-class treasurer, then obtained the permission of the slam finance committee chairman to contribute $2 50 each, and from all these sources twenty dollars of the fund was made secure. President Sparks then entered with hearty suppott and brought the fund up to $25. Detailed rules for tho contest ara printed above and they will bo sti Icily adhered to Insofar as tho Yell Commit tee selected by tho COLLEGIAN shall see lit. An attempt will be mndo to have a final bolection put through boforo the Pennsylvania Day game with Lehigh. Immediately upon the claim of the con test, the committee will moot, go over all yells submitted and soloct eight or ton of the host. Thoeo will be tried out by the student body at the masa meet ing to Im hold prior to the Dartmouth trip. This will be hold a day or two after the contoat glows. Popular opin ion at that time will ho depended upon to narrow the gold down to two or (Continued on Loot Pogo) #ttitt 41 W. & J. TO FURNISH TEST FOR VARSITY Washington Collegians With Vet eran Team, Expect To Win From Blue and White The Blue end White eleven will meet its first real test of the 11117 football season on Saturday, when it tackles the heavy W & J. team at Washing ton, Pa Tho preliminary games played thus far have been so one-sided that the coaches have been unable to form any opinion as to the nay the Penn State 'varsity will net ashen faced by a strong opponent. The grune on Saturday will certainly bring out the Ott email or neakness of the team The Westerners have 'hectically It veteran team, with a line Sint riveruges clone to 200 pounds pot man All of those linemen have played in previous learn with the exception of Stein, the hooky center from Kink!, who In play ing his Mot oention of college football. With McCreight, Smith, Bixler land Stobbo in the backfield, W. & J will be hard to stop once they obtain the bull Against thin heavy aggregation, Penn State mill pit the lightest team Mut lino iepreoented the Illue and White for mohY yearn The line averngcs about 172 pounds, while the backfield is 01111 lighter. Howevei, the speed and ag gressiveness of the Nitany boys In ex pected to counter-bniance this lack of weight. Penn Statell probable be• Conovor and Rauch, ends; Tavenner and Black, tackles, Czainocki and Kraft, guards, Griffith, centet , Wolfe, quarter- back; Robb and Way, half backs, and Gross, full-back (Contlnuod on Loot Paso) PENN STATE R N. C. HORNER, .16, Picot lauton ant, Fort Worth, Kaman J., D. SHOEPIELD, Special, Fort Oglethorpe. N. H. VINCENT, '2O. Ordnance. P. E. SIPE, 'lO, Drafted. J. KOMINARS, 'l6, Fort Oglethorpe. R. H. THRONE, 'lB, Ordnance NIT. Washinggton, D. C. H. COLBUS, 'l6, Fort Oglethorpe. A. H. SCHNITZER, 'lO, Drafted, Fort Hancock. D. BLACKMAN, 'll, Ordnance Corps, Washington, D. C. STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY, October 17, 1917 „4_,...4.4......................x........;...............................x.„....:4...............:÷:„. :14 , -.4. WIN THE PRIZE! ..,: ::: .„ ...,.. The COLLEGIAN is now in a position to award a prize of $25.00 to the Penn - State student composing a suitable substitute for the official "College Yell " -Never before has such a widespread demand been presented for a change than in the past few weeks. Realizing the situation, the COLLEGIAN a few days ago started the ball rolling with a con tribution, and within a feW hours a suitable prize was available. It comes from the following sources: - $ 5.00 • 5.00 - 10.00 5.00 - $25.00 President Sparks - Athletic Association - ' Inter-class Treasury The COLLEGIAN - Total - - The contest is open to all students. It closes October 30th. The student body will make the final selection. Two yells may be submitted by one student. They must be original, snappy and suit able for use in years to come. Write it NOW! Place it in a sealed envelope and leave it at the COLLEGIAN office, or mail to "College Yell Ed itor," in care of the PENN STATE COLLEGIAN. :-:-x-s-:-:-:-:-:÷:-:-;-:-H-{-:-;-:•4•4»:-:-:-:-m-c-t-:-:-: ABOUT $B,OOO 'IS RAISED FOR FUND Penn State Responds Very Lib erally To Students' Friend ship War Fund With a total pledge of oPProximaielY $B,OOO, Penn State students and faculty last Saturday, th ,Sunday and Mon*. opened a campaign tel the raising of ono million dollars to he carried on dol ing the next fer. , ueeks among all col leges and schools of the country. An estimate made on Monday night of all pledges tin ned In at that time shoued Coverage of a little less limn $lO per n unt. The fund Is still growing. and through special personal elfoi I. with the slogan —"Every student doing Ills part"—it In expected to reach $lO,OOO by the end of Ulla weak A Nation wide campnlgn was opened at Penn State. and hot 100010 is one thnt nil colleges In the eountly will en denvot to best. The fund in to be used In pt Won relief Avotk tin oughout tile entise molld, and also In Y 11 C A and Y. \V C A. work In all the canton ments and camps of the counto The citizens of all nations now at we; will profit through the fund AIM to show on example of how Penn State men came through In this cam paign, which by the way, was launched with hardly a minute's notice, twenty thiee State men on Saturday Wedged a total of $l,lOO to the fund Tim campaign began on Sunday morning in the Auditorium o hen George M. Irving, enliton of the North Amen lean Student and Llsalrman of the Fund, spoke of the relief work being I carried on In the inn loon camps of Europe Ile told of the manner In which the Y M. C. A has responded to the demand upon them and saved thousands of lives by lading the On is snore to better sanitary conditions and chances for educational work. Ile aloe spoke at a facultyy meeting In the afternoon and George M Day, so Inn has Just I °turned [nom a prison camp in Russia, notated in detail the manner in which tine Y. M. C. A iv connying on uplift work In the evening Mt. Day told of the work he satin the Y hf C A accom plish. R. A. MacDowell. who Is sta tioned at Camp Leo, Virginia, In Y. M C. A. work also spoke of the value of this wonit and the necessity for such a fund. Donald McLeod spoke [tom experience, having a brother In a Ger- (Continued on Loot Pogo) OLL OF HONOR C. Itt SHANK, JR , 'l7, Second Lleu tenant, Quertermaster'e Dept W. D. RILEY, 'l9, Drafted. F'. M. DAVIS, 'l7. Drafted. W. W. CABOSII, '2O, Drafted. IL D. WAGONHURST, '2O, Second Lieutenant, Camp Meade. W. E. GAINES. 'l3, Molt Limner,- ant, Ordnance Dept., Washington, D. C. A. D. SHULTZ, 'l4, Find Lieutenant, Ordnance Dont., Waohington, D. C. 1". B. DARR, 'l4, Flynt Lieutenant, Ordnance Dept., Wrteliington, D C. (Continued on last page.) EXTENSIVE PLANS FOR PENNA. DAY All Indications Point To A Holi day From Friday Noon To Monday Morning Present indications point to the dec laration of a half holiday on Friday Notember It, the day berme the annual obset.nce of Pennsylvania Day. The Board of Trustee of the college hue ap proved the schedule of events as tenta tively outlined for the celebration. and It Includes the P: est.an football game with the grin.. Fleshmon an Friday afternoon Final action on the half holiday question will ha taken at a meeting of the Council of Admin.... tion tame. oat evening Decent for tho fact that the Pennsyl- Rola Day exercises nlll be held on n Sittui day this year taste.' of on a heietofoi e, the coming events should opted In every aaY the celebration of west°ua Lents Secretor! of Labor Wilson will prob ably be the mnin speakwh at the morn ing gather lag in the Auditor rum it Ix not nltogether certain. however, that Ito will appear, as lit the present time Mr. Wilson is a member of a media tion tribunal meeting out most The other speakers have not been secured but they mill also be Inbar men, if pres ent plans nutterinlico It is not certain what're, Oar er nor Brumbaugh mill be able to be to client The main attraction of the day mill be the 'varsity football game mith,Le high in the lifter noon. and 4l good game seems assured. Other attractions mill include the exhibits of the via leas schools, and musical entottalnments by the band and glee club, In addition to the annual review of the cadet regi ment and the Freshman footbnll game The change in the dote of Pennsylva nia Day this leer, will necessitate hold ing same of the entertainments on Fri day, as n pre-celebration. (Continued on Last Page) The nemen orld winnels of the John \V White, Louie° 011310140. and Spenteh nehohnehipe hate been announced on follow. $2OO John \V. Whit. Senior Schnhu Wllp—C s A Nlckle. 18. slso—John IV. 'White Junior &holm shlp-3 A MUM°, 'l9 $lOO John W. White Sopho more Scholarehlp—Mlos E M. Rank, '2O 8100 Laublo alt.,:le Scholnt nrshlu.. Miss E E. Gig., 8 .1 Czar, neekl, I 2 D. Lewis, It V. Jones L. M. Morris, W It Bingham W IV Holt, H T. Covet. P. N Kistler, 0. V. Hallman, A. It Ely, D. W. Bolder $lOO Spanish Scholarships— Charles W. Voris, '10; Joseph N. Nodding. '10; Francisco I. Basora, 'lO. Totirgiatt. OFFICERS' COURSE ASSUMING SHAPE $lOOO Appropriated By Trustees —Many Details Yet To Be Considered With the apptoptiation of one thous- and donuts by tile Bon"! of Trustees last Ft iday night, the establishment of a unit of the lies. ve 0111yets . Tinkling Coll. at Penn State assumes mole of an aspect of reality. This sum Is to be used tot seeming additional instru, tors In military science Outside of this action but little ham been accomplshed tossl 0 the actual establishment of tills sork. and no fm 0101 Information has been lecehed [tom the government V, hen the unit is finally established, It will cause no change in the moth for the loser classes, as only Once hours IL seek ate .11.1 for doting this polod The plettent Senlots 9.111 not be able to qualify fa: admittance to the corps, although the Juniors sill pi obabiy be ;Mused to do so, ns the month that 11110 passed can easily be'. made up Whether or not the corps Is tinnily established depends almost entirely on the Junlots, 110 Ilt ICl.mt n insulted men must signify tituh intention of Joining, of which numb. about tot ty mill have to be 1111111 year men A special 'ln centive may be found In the Witt Do partment old. number 49, .11101 pro vides that 1111 upset clam.oll sho sign a contract to take the sot k of the course sill be furnished with commu tation of subsistence, as mollset it tint rot tn. This sill amount to about fifty Collie a day In addition to the outfit These men sill be tequited to attend II mummer camp dosing their Junlot CI.IOII 111111 SING after graduation, al though tile in obnbility In that those who Into been to Plattsbut g mill out be required to attend the latter camp,. Five hears ;Luce!, are required of the uppet clasnmen, so that theit t egulur college common may be pursued in Ist dltion to this work I4osever, it is mole than likely that .me modifica tions will be necessnly to their curri cula in ottlet to provide the tequlsite time. Just what the 11101 decision will be, can not be definitely stated yet. as oubtitle of having conttol of the five itou., the government beeves the Cu petvlsion of the work entirely to the college officktin. Whether they will de ckle to modify the course 01 to pro tide a niteclni 000100 will probnbiy he (Continued on Lam. Pogo) Less than half of the Freshmen saw the 'varsity football, game last Saturday. By actual count, three hundred and fifty-four green dinks were to be seen on the East bleachers on New Beaver field at( the beginning of the second half of the game. There are almost seven hundred and fifty-four registered in the Freshman class. Between fifty and seventy-five are act counted for as being employed at money-earning tasks that' afternoon. More than three hundred were "doing something else." What? Where were they? Looks like some work for. the Sophomores. VARSITY AND FRESHMEN ARE BOTH VICTORIOUS Wyoming Seminary Puts Up Game Fight But Loses To Yearlings, 14-0 FUMBLING PREVENTS MUCH LARGER SCORE The Freshman football team Rioted their second successive xictory on Sat urday afternoon by defeating the Wy - °ming Semi:any eleven on New lienxer Field be the score of 14 to 0 The game v.as good from start to finish, and the teams snore mote evenly matched than the same seems to Indicate The Kings ton twat motion shooed excellent work both on the offenshe and defends e, and it took much effort for the Year lings to pierce theft line Young, alto played the quarter position fur the Seminary team, ran his elm, en in e cellent manner. and inlet coined a for ward pass that looked tot a moment like a sure point winner far the at year men, alellnle and Ctoop also Blamed up In line form for the Semi nary team, and the enthe tine fought hat d throughout The Fresinnen stalled ugh so,el al new men in their lineup, Carmen hold ing soon the left ulna berth, Scheid mantel the right guard position, he played a line game and 01110 II MI ong factor in tine Yearling offermhe and de (omit°, Yocum started at tight lull?, and plated a IleadY game, Williams at quarter back ran the tenm (on the most putt and shoved good geneml ship, Rimer also had a shoo 01 this position One monk point MEIN notice able tthoughout, the fumbling of the ball by both the Ilmt-feat men and the Wyoming eleven The neshmen fum bled the bail at sot cant CI Itlcid polkas, and the note might have been greaten had it not been fro this ',seal... Thu trot emu ler opened nail the rreshmen cleton kicking to the Wyom ing boys. The Seminary team soon found tile thong line of tile Ft colimen Oaten invincible and they %tete forced to tcsott ton punting some Tile 11101- Year men. lioaevet, tiled I uhining the boll and succeeded to an excellent de gree, but fumbles clime at Lritleal mo ments and consistent utak Uelll for naught The Freshmen 11 CI 0 unable to I esiotet a some during tile ilist half. It being a nip-and-ttick :Malt Cot both sides for the most part The 1 - leshmen enteied the third gent tel a Ith mole confidence, end ate, receh ing the kick, they made eonshit ent gains, and moon 11 CIC teavh of the Wyoming goat Line-Plunging 000 inserted to and neech crossed the NEW ENGINEERING UNIT AUTHORIZED Section "B" To Be Built To Ac commodate Large increase In Students Taking "Shop." On account of the ;neat ilime ale In the ILLIMIICI of students taking shop uelk, the Oxecuthe Committee of tile Boaid of Ttustees, at Melt 1/1111 Friday. authorized tile ineparation of pions Int IL 11011 111011 %molting 01111 to he knonn as Enginceillig 'lt" At present 281 rieshman engineers—one thltd more limn last year—and n num bet of students front nthei mhools are taking ahoy pork. Tile moment aetom modatlono have moved to be en th el) Inadequate fel this numb. Although no plot Won 11110 Made fol 11011 build logo 1.18 the last Amman lotion bill. the 11110 become no urgent. that 11110 11011011 1100 plastically kneed on the Maul The building mill be paid for (tom 1110 general maintenance fund Tho building. 0 111 be similai to the electrical units . D" nral "E" and xlll adjoin the main Engineeiing being connected 111010111th by IL central sorrldet. It 0111 Inebabh be of rel. - (01 ced concrete, as Mick are Tely Pellelllo at the present time TIIIN 11111 also tend to make It mole lireploof, a feature especially dealrable In a .. otiod shop." Nev. mould:let yll 111 be Metalled ultimately. but tile molt messing need new 10 foi mme space On account of the high cost of mitteilals. the oh ttc tuic 1t 11l hardly be started berme spring CE=EZ=E Standings In chapel attendance ma> ho secured nt Dean Holmes . °ince In Old lititt any tiny nest %seek, except ing &ninthly, betueett A and 12 Itt the nun sing. ??? ? ? And Who Will Be The One To Earn That Trip To Pitt? PRICE FIVE CENTS St. Bonaventure Plays Poorly And Is Smothered Under Rec ord Score USE OF SUBSTITUTES KEEPS SCORE DOWN FIINt Donn. Penn State—lb St Bunntentine—'t Penn State-4 (ol 10, of 10 ),I:dx St 1100.,enttile-2 Col 10 o, of 20 )ttrds 13=1 Penn State Attumpstd —1 C ttttt plettd —1 nn ITI/11, II( /0 N II 44 St litmliventm.. Attempted-4 CO/11111eall-5 flll &all] of lit t.... 14 Intel ceptc.l-2 Penn Stn te 27-10 —l_—lo--'U St 11 ono% entlin v 0 0— 0— 0— 0 Penn State flgotatlyely ein:tined St lion lac:awe In the game on 'sth lie 1- ter field hrnt Satui 110011 ulonn the Blue Mot V. Mee dotes Cr oohed Its Inespellented °plaint nt 9.1-1), the hit gest mote mei toiled up on Non Bette yield Tire Nen Volk state Warn U.l ill 1111 nay a match tel Penn State, hi - Int; made lip el ',My of or eon m /ter lid. 1111ni It hide of 1 noultilge of the game MILSelt Os id It 011011,110 m both hilt est The Mr • and White simply had nu oppositio and inherited the ball from one and of the field to the other 51 Ith Int; tOntllihll its The t !tilting team UlOl COLO( sit OM of Penn Shinto's Li 11421, ILILd the 99 points %%Well nett maned are no Inilleation of the ',llnnit% 'lt ability "%Virile It Otte use less fin the Empire State team to la y to pierce Penn Staten litre, they made it ten gains mound end I%IMo this sills the 0111) noticeable no ilyness of Penn I State, the real MI enoth of the team cannot he Judged, tot the %Niters fur nished but little opposition, and ill till', respect It en ItS II elnetitillll of the Get ty sbuig game on a more achatteed se de On ion 0, L.,040n..., o !len. Penn state kicked off, the I, ill lolled o% et St Pone ‘entui Ss soil line The Penn State field, too...tett 11 dr the length of the field, and fell on the 11 ill An tote !ohm. ohne theli opponents 1, ei 0 nhoolutel) sontuned, and did not so.ni to model - stand Si /Mt , 114 being done Rauch and Black „etc the nice v.ho a eglstt it d these tomlidon no Mill 110 011110411 1011 011 the ne,t occasion that the ball cci Id, Ited 0%01 tile St 110111, elltlll e 1111e. ts tile, 11.1(1 11111111 entll Icained 1 holt loo sen, I'm the pigskin 1,14 Ininiedl dell fallen upon tom a tumid.," It I 1111" Inlet) slatted Ids lit It Rome at Callback, t thing the plat, of (:11.4.1 IL ha did not gt.t into the fit* until the retond 111111 N\ ithio, It 10 In tho game ro, only mt.,. tt titiva ting In but Untie Kt itnint,er the Loat.heii fettling to take ans. chain 00 Oil Mitil the \V and I wt... but gineek niT Ditetth ark, the be nning of the tit eond halt, substitut4.4 e Rent hit° tile 'ollie anoloenle 11111 at title tittle nulls dace nun %%Ito tainted the game ienialned In roan States lineup The fact 111111 Penn St Ito has not 801 oppoxed a worn of Its min 8 Inlon will be it liholekonee to the Bum 111111 White elmen when It noes UP Og11111•11. 11'/1411. ingloll nod Jeffet 4011 oe,t Sattnchp Rlll,l , and Pond het the lilt rem et e. of the dI) Ith tin ec touvlidou ny aplace, SQI et al of then; aftel roily of ca. el half the length of the held The othel totielalon ns thin exerted all It lant and sal lodes of football, Incluillng MASS MEETING .\ll Mont 11l 0011L1104 and men II 11l he on hand at the nkunik knotting tonm, low 116.,11t Ikt 610 In the Ainlittnlum It xlll he 11111 higgert 1101 host meeting of Mu 10111 nod mely ntoklent Is esportell to be 111010 The minden of sending the hand to the NV A f mune m 11l be talten up It Is hoped that it hand of thli t)-1110 Metes can Ine taken on the dip, the expenses to be candled In the classes accoldlng to meinlion ship Itatultnesten Thompson hi of thin opinion that 1111 excellent shouting . Call be made with 15 pieces. and It Is consldet oil an Im possibility to take mane then that, un less ht special as be lot led on each class It hi estimated that tads flambe, costs each student 11111 ti-Ilve cents Votes St 111 he taken by classes nt the 'needing. Mem students nio planningm to ha 1110 IV. Ip. I:=1 M L Shlehla, 'lt. Is to be Penn StlllO . n tracit tamale timing the coming t 1010.1011.110 Will occupy the twat loft vacant by H Pluton, 'lB. ohe 10110 elected eaptale Wet June, but 111111 to now In the Oldennee Reserve Corps. At the same meeting, C IC. Denny. 'l9, W. elected IA twit manngel for the present year. M. 13 Clatll, 'l9, 111111 B. K. Wilson, 'l9, weta appointed assist ant managers.
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