Get On That Special Tomorrow and Go To Pitt ' VOL. XIII. No. 12 Big Football Mass Meeting Tonight, 6:30, Then PENN STATE HAS JOINED THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY UNION State Men In Service May Make .This Club Their Headquarters When In Paris or London UNION EMBRACES LEADING COLLEGES IN THE COUNTRY Following a bit of quick action last week on the part of the college authorities, all Penn State men whp are how in France, or who expect to get there while the war is,in progress, will be assured of the best attention and accommodations while in Paris or London. This assurance comes with the college deciding to join the "American University Union in Europe," an association which was organized during the past summer for the benefit of American college men who will be "doing their bit over there" Not only will Penn State men now be assured of a common meet ing place in the capitals of the two Allied Nations where they will be brought together from time to time, but their parents and friends will be able to receive information as to their whereabouts should they disappear, or not braid from MI mune —^ n Sad' of II Sad of t).-1, time ..ay i Smith. sem otto of Oa Alumni AmMelatlOn, *llll Meanly the headquarters of the Unlversit3 Union with the names of the Penn !State ginduates and undo) graduates who in In active service 11011110 the continua tion of the war, and by this means clone touch can be kept with the mem To date there is a total of shout 840 Penn State men enlisted in various branches of the service (het 311(1 of these are undetgraduates The fee for the Allege membership is based upon the nice of the college, and Pern State, having less than 0,000 students, tins had to pay $lOO for the service to tier men in the war Penn State men In the eel Vice are now en titled UT "all I ensonable use of the ser vices of the Union's staff of officers It also entitles graduates, non-grade- ales, studente and prospective Ntudent to the geneFil prlvihmee of the Union' • - . - .7110 tee le peptide annually. The Aperidan4pnlvereity_ Union In 'Europe le thei , e s sulf of tie - o - siaoVeiiiirrts —one le Pawls and the other In- this country—y/111de have milted to accent mtmColdect, hatnell, meet the needt. of American university and college men who ale In Europe for military or other service in the cause of the Allies" llodever, its mote see 'eine purposes which are contained In the constitution of the Union arc.—to provide nt moderate cost, a home 111th the privileges of a /amide crab for American college men and their friends, to provide a hcadquartets for the various bureaus already estab lished in France by rellrowntative --American lin!, ersities, colleges and technical schools; and to cooperate unit these bureaux when established, and in their absence to aid Institutions, pnrents, or friends in securing infor mation about college men In all funny of der service, reporting ertsuallgos visiting the sick and wounded, nod giving advice After many conferences with atheists of the Red Clues, the Inter national Com mittee of the Y. 111 C A, and the War Department, a meeting wax tailed in New Turk City on July 15, 19917 for the purpose of estubliehlng the Union, adopting a constitution, and electing °Meets The plan of organization which Was agieed upon included a Board of Trustees in Amer lea, a small Executive Committee in Palls, and all Advisory Council In Frstnce, ilonotaty patrons of the Unlun uro the Sect star) of War, the qectetaty of the Navy, the American AmbaaNuder to Prance, and the goneml commanding the Atom lean Foremi in France Paris Headquarters It wan thought best to lent HOMO hotel in Paris for the club hosed of the Union, and tile Royal Palace Hotel on the Place du Theatre Francais nos selected. This lintel In in an Ideal Inca. thin for a club, being easily amesvlble by all omnibuscn and by the Pails sub way, and it in neat the Lanese and the 'runlet lex Gardens. It teas built In 1911 and hen 80 bed rooms, reading 11101111, and 40 modern bath looms Nach bed room lion running nittet In order to ne the pocket-books of the college men. the (”CpC31.14 hale been made an Isle as possible Lunch eon costs about 76 coots In Amin lean money and dinner Iv served fur num ex- Imately 00 cents. Plembein who me on furlough In Paris for seven' days can secure pension at from $2.60 a dot up ward, everything included. In view of the high cast of everything in _Pails, whole coal In selling at $7O IL ton, drove pilees are evtremely moderato. A London Drench 'Since an unusual number of Ameri can college men is oleo anticipated In London. It was thought advisable to establish a London Branch of the Union. and rooms have been obtained nt Id Pall Mall East, B W. I. These were offered through the courtesy of the London Office of the Partners Loan -and Trust Co. of New York, the rooms being in their building. Amer icon papers and periodicals will be found there, and propel facilities will Inc af forded for letter writing., foram ding mall and othef' purposes IIONOR)OCIETY ELECTIONS L OAS PAW. ASonlor) IMMII S. M. Linn SKULL Al'iD BONES. \ (Unnfirolnn) B M. Linn 'IS , j. K. Johnson 'IS ~ i L. ~_,,,:„...5,5 , ) , - riatt it:tit gi?.,-,*i),_ , - FRESHMAN TEAMS IN SCORELESS TIE Rival Freshman Elevens Battle Each Other to a Standstill— Penn State Loses Opportunities The Penn State Freshmen Nought their 1017 season to a close at Pitt last Sidman), when they fought a 0-0 draw with the panther first-year team Neither tenet appeared to have the necessary punch to put over a score, although -Pitt just missed scoring by the field goal rot:ye. On lieVemi oos melons. the Blue and White eleven had th 6 1 / 1 111-elfin—tetheir , o.prif7leat:Altlit but fumblei or penalties would,trivori ably prevent a score __The Pitt eleven 'cansidered the /gime Mt IL virtual Nlctory, for the Penn Slate Freshmen snore by far the termites at the xtat t of the game. Although Coach Martin's team did not scow it vii.tory,l they nmeitheless kept the reernd of nod defeats In three years clean Not slime I the one-year tole lient into effect at Penn State turn at 1 0 i cabman eleven been defeated, although the game on &dui - day was the Mild dims.] contest It mast a am day for football, being exceedingly cold, IN bile the ground was frozen and coated with a light cot °ring of snow: This made the footing un certain and hrmentell both teams from doing much end lunning. In this no spool the Blue and White yens lingo mere mate seriously affected, fun they wet, unable to use the Intel revenue that N the chief feature of their at tack Rif., McCollum and Snell moved to be the Walling pelt.... Vol P.m State The two wlnginen were remnant thus no in the elite of the Pitt team and they bloke up many ploys berme they welt Men started Rime: ' nut kin team oell and aloe gained cormistentb Plum ciiii)lng the ball, while t foi - WM il inure from Ritnei to William Lot IL lib ',tad gain Walt one of the 101111100 Or the day. I=l Pitt to %any near smiling in the secend quintet After State bad ad vanced the ball fin cuniddemble dis tanee, Pitt held and Molt the ball on dwvnx Aftet 1111 exthange of punts. and eleveial attempts to buck the Suite line, the Panther Cuba filially lined up aith the ball on the Slue and White It yard line NfcCiitelten then dropped back and attempted it goal Simi place ment The ball Stoat true to the mink, but the wind citught it and It fell slant, muulag /meetly beneath lie uprights That title the neateist either team munote to re ming Just before the thud whistle Mew. Williams had gone at yen do on 0 pass ftom Hitner, taking the ball well Into Pitt tetritut y, but betel e the two tenmr could again line trim. the genre .111. over On mound ;mined. Penn State had a decided athantage. but constant fumbling, together with penalties snared to neuttallre It The game AIM teplete ulth foruard [manes on both skies, but the majority of them wet e either gtounded on inteteepted Slate tioal I.lne•llncrassed The Pitt yearlings were forced to Play without the services of thole cap min, lineman, who was on the Injured lint For this tenson, their aehleve meet ill holding tile nenhmen acme tient. In all tile mole noteivorthy. That Pitt,dld not score a touchdown in not renukable, tel the Blue mat White WANTED: "COLLEGIANS" AND "FROTHS" In order to fulfill in sothe degree, at least, the demand for college publications which has been mode by the Penn State men who are now in various forms of militaiy service, the Y. M. C. A. has arranged for a box for "Collegitins" and "Froths to be placed near the Old Willow. If, after reading their college pub lications, the students will place them in this box on Thursday and Friday, the State men in camps wilgbe supplied with college news in the shortest possible time. Also place old copies of "Froth" in this box and any other copid of used magazines that should prove to be interesting reading natter for the Penn State men in the field. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1917 11115 00(-1T; BRIMCIC IMI ME ! . *•1:39 PHIS WOULD SOLVE THE. PROBLEM IF SUCH AH EBTABLISHMEHT OUSTED ~, CHARITY Ntrt.c.___LtLi 74,jk • • NI P-0004 SOtte. WIL4 C1 , 50t193 - fir.,CAria -Zr,c-elll STATE WILL HAVE FAST CAGE TEAM Three Veterans Form Nucleus for This Year's Team—Captain Blakeslee Will Coach Penn State mull be represented by a fast aggregation of onge-men this y eat, if present conditions continua, as thorn la a wealth of material competing Tlie men m amuse to compose a team equal to that of the past season. If they do not, oven surpass It Prentice began last week and each day the men are gradually conditioning themselves. Os they will not get down to real bard flouts until after the Thanksgiving vu onion, when they will begin to train at the track house The seasolvopens on December 8 with Juniata at home Only three men of last year's team still he seen In unite= this yea, Blakeslee. like Is captain and still act an coach, 'Mil entire: !Any a, tonnard or the pivot position, and Wilson and Fast, who are again competing for the gum d positions Lard )ear's nosh man team MM.. several promising players Munchlite. Mullion and Young, whinnre fighting tot the roma. bent., Menu kis, stirs will make at strong tight for guard, and Kincaid, and Shoemaker, who ate NVOI king haul for the pivot post Titers are also many other fast men out tot tile tenm• for stag de • Eleincibeeget and Young. guards Manager Allt alit looks for s.rd to a team of high milker, and ho has in ranged a hard seliedule for the quintet. To Ploy INAACS * The newcomers on Penn State's schedule this year are Colgate and the USAAC team from Allentown, together with a game against the Penn State ambulance unit Two games still be [depot with the USAACS, one at Allen town on Janet. y 5, and the other in the Amory on Jemmy 211 Thu Col gate game will form part of the north °. Pip and will be played at Hamilton. N. Y Syracuse will also be met tim ing this trip Lehigh, Pitt, Cat nogle Tech and Juniata will ouch be played twice, one game at home and tho nth°, nutty, while a game In nine pending with Ti and J. for March 2, The game with tho Penn Slate ambulance unit will he morn or long of a practice match. boatinued on Laat Page How It Is Done ME OLD CSRsinti SPY timao IS PopmAß J COLLEGE 'QUERIES WAR DEPARTMENT President Sparks is Endeavoring To Learn Status of the Mem has of the R. 0. T. C. "The American colleges have Justi fied themselves in the eyes of the nation, and novel atruln will they come In for the criticism that has bean theirs In the past The college men have taken the lead In answering their country's cull" Such was the mes sage of Doctot Sparks In his talk at the Panlotic Muss :Meeting hold last Vriday night In the Auditorium The 1.1 pose of the talk M. to give the students an Insight Into national conditions and what Penn Stole Is do big In the matter. Dr. Spanks had just tewined from the meeting of the American College Mesidents Association held In Wash ington. and he endeavoleil to contry the Impression of the excitement nt the capitol Moreover, he explAined Just what the college is doing In ieforence to the Reserve ()therm' Training Corps and to dialled men. College hooks Informalkm In connection with the Minim mat ter. Piesidont Smoke has composed letter embod)ing the chief questlods In :eget d to the Corp. that the sollegn turd students mre desirous of knowing. and this will be sent to the elicit man of the I.7<ecutive committee of the Wan Department Thr.t• ipiestlom ate no follows 1. Ale roenntete of the It Cl T. C exempt from draft' 2. it the college luceptn tun yenta of athletic tialning lie the equlsmient of Its withal y dull. mill the Department of Wur accept the same! 3. Can a etude t enter the Cie pa and then resign it il acanthi In col lege? 4. Are members of the Smile, clams eligible to 11%111'11w/ill, In the R. 0. T C. provided thot hove hod the lequiced drill In II Minion and Sophomm 0 yours" Due to the feet that the hill providing lug for the oataigishment of units of tile ft 0 T C'wnipitssedlin time of pence, there Is It great amount of uncut tillsAY on to Just What neAv,provisions tile war win necesettateOntid it is tot these tensonn tlint,the above inentioned ques tions hove :lestre,asked.' Dr. grailtarddene read IL telegram which ho had received Dom Piovost Morelia' Crowder:i referring to the neweimner etitem!krit that no legietered men will be galore( to °Mixt Itftet De cember Inth Tito telegram tree na fel ine:et t • °gist:ant. will. gilowe'd to en list, but any main/Aran may be Inducted voluntarily Into tho, sarvlcu at any Limo after December , 6th by applying to Me local board.. AIM nod) Crowder II qo ray From !hie Yelo'grati If ti m uld appeo.r that any man, who he cored-but hoe not boon cant d 'up .Deoombar 16th, may voluntarlbrg . hirateervfcee by, Contlnutor o luit•Toot Tolitgiatt. AK : OKLY 151. Hama k naße. 'To co t im CORNELL MATMEN MAY APPEAR HERE If Pitt Basketball Date Can Be Shifted, Cornell Wrestlers Will Be Here on February 23 , 'note In I Bleat possiblll4 that Con nell will be one of Penn State's borne wrestling attractions during the Leming wintte This statement has been given out b) Ahmaget Johnson, Will, In et in count trying to on rouge us full a schedule as possible In the gloat en Inter sport Duo to the unsettled Lund Mons In all college., he Is encountering no end of difficulty in completing arrange ments tot home meets The Clue and White matmon 1110 due to animal at Ithaca on Mutat 17. WllOll tiles still meet the ClllOOll grap ple:. This meet 11111 be the llnal one benne the Intercolloglates o !dell will take 11111C0 1111 Minch 22 and 23 at Columbia It Jo hoped to base the big 11011 team at the Arnim y hole on elthet the 22 m 21 of l'obural 1111011 the,' I 1 11l hen mot of the 11 a/Ml:lnto° 1311 th da3 attraLtlons The di:Malty. 1101101 01. 11, due to the Mat 11111. Col nell cannot come 11010 011 IL Ida) night A basketball game with 1 . 111 In scheduled to, Sate, ,h* night of that ,reek and Manage: Alelnoth Is n 00,10:11 1,1 log to change 11110 am:lethal oo to 1. 0 11,1111 cooling. 11l o hick ease. Cornell 1,111 m oak , 11010 on Satan dab. It this tan bonl longed the too 001110010 11 111 make 11 Ilse o eel,- mai lan action. V, rile there !Inv been no definite itBIIIIIIIIIE I' that the flinmplonelthin to be held this tout, mina of the mein bein'of the Intettailleglitte League ate moon:dug thou, echedules bill, the Idea of hating theil 111111110 ref the big °tent. The ptenitient of the league hits not fawned to college, and amine entl) 0101 e lung ifeen no Oriel auto to e-al It I=l COMM,. to the usual schedule, there will be no meets with the UfliVel - oily of Pittsburgh this year, due to the feet that Pitt Is nut going to have wr turtling team Princeton la mother college that ham eviler entl) abandoned wrestling for the >ear. rot Menaget Johttson 11(10 been unable to make an) 'arrangements with thorn In an effort to increase the number of home meets, Ito is now corresponding with Colum bia, Penn and Boston Teel., and there Is it possibility thrt one of theme three teams will appear ncre during the win ter Since the Rennin will not Wart be rme the middle of Fehrtm. 'veroltl mindidateo trill not he mtlled,out until after Chriotnum, (or It In figured that If they begin too early they may go male Just When the big mean ale duo. Scrap Meet Tim Freshman—Sophomore scrap moot Is sehodulal for Friday evening. December 14th, and trials for the Freshmen will be held on the evenings Of the 7th, 10th and 12th at seven o'clock In the Armory. The Ilret-year men aro In still In need of heavy men and there le lots of oportunity for such Continued on Laid Page ON TO PITT! PITT AND STATE READY FOR ANNUAL CONTEST Pitt Is Favorite, But Blue And White Is Sure To Furnish Some Stiff Opposition PANTHERS HAVE WON 26 CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES Perhaps the biggest football game that will' be held on Thanks giving Day will be the one between the Blue and White of Penn State and the Blue and Gold of Pitt, to take ,place on Forbes Field, Pitts burgh. No other game will have the interest centered in it that this contest will, for it will undoubtedly decide the championship of the eastern college football world. When Pitt defeated Carnegie Tech a week or so ago, they won their 26th straight victory, a record that cannot be approached by any other eastern college. By defeating Penn, while the latter downed Michigan, the Panthers also have a claim to the Western champion slup„providing they can defeat Penn State on Thursday. A victory for the Nittany boys, however, will mar the wonderful record COUNCIL AGAINST _ CHALKING WALKS Discourages This Form of Adver tising Except For Class and College Interests Student Council nt Its meeting hint Wednesday night took action that is intended to dlscom age the excesshe "chalking of nidev,alka and buildings" with notices of minor importance A motion wua passed placing Council on record an being opposed to tile use of chalk on sidewalks and the, steps of college bulldlnge-for the advertising odlmer to clans, athletic or general college bust new Thin step was taken In an at tempt TT eliminate the ave .. ..sive ndver- Using of this kind that has been carried on thin fall, particularly within the last two t‘eelts when county clubs and soci eties have gone about tile limit tt Ith chnlklng up notices of meetings and picuren to be taken, In order to better conditions fin such advettislng, the matter nos taken up mall college officials w ltd, he I esult 111111 tno additional Luken% boards have been placed in tahanageoun positions—hint Inside of the gates at the-main OtittilllCO to tile ltttllOUS Lack of funds has 111 e ,ented tile election of more of these LOOMIS tot the present The fasten- Mg of signs to the newt in various puts of the campus nos also discour uged In the Student C ‘ ounell action It was pointed out 111111 these methods of student athertising ate undesirable because of the unhightly effect they ft equently have In tile ey OM of %ham it tilt nen us students The use of chalk on the pet pentliculaz faces of steps and pillars of buildings Silts e . tIOO , IOIIS tom monied upon "Doc" Lewis Wins First Lieutenancy In the annul ding of commissions at the 8000101 oillems' ti alining caul], at 11.11 Niagara. Penn 81.1te num Into again cum° to tine lone W (1)m) Lenin, fon mei ly eolith and phyrienti dll.tton in nom a first lieutenant In the Infanta W ClllegplC. forme, assist ant In expel [mental homology, 81/121 giv en captain's commission In geld an di le". Metzger 'l5, obtained it Met lieutenancy Inn field 'aline') and A .1 ICroshank 'ID, 88110 given the lank of firm lieutenant In Infirmly All of the State men ha , s been assigned to Canto Lee, Via f,.a. sod the) are due to !upon thine after a brief furlough Nrushank all be to memberedas a elan tatkle on laud leer's 'tarslty football team, Gilles pie attended the Snot ollicern' [mining camp but failed to obtain a commis- Sion at that time, but the added amount of tr 1.1. - that he tecehed wan no doubt the cause of his obtaining at captaincl at the latter camp 1%911101011'e. State men will be glad to heat of the success of "Doc" LIMN, they cannot fall to tentet that inn will nn be on 11111141 to coach tine a nestling team this N Intel tea nano ,earn, "Doc" lino been turning net champion- Edda team, but has neve, had at chance to win the Inteacolleglotes, and it seems like the irony of fate that when Penn State Is finally admitted for the first time, ho Cannot be on hand to coach the team to a victory Hone- Cm "Chuck" Verger will make a cap able substitute Dlt. SPARKS Ix DEDIA,ID AT VARIOUS MEETINDS President Sparks too a busy week ahoud of him on a speaking tour. Yesterday and today, ho is at the County Teachers' Institute at Evans burg. On Friday, ho will speak at a Food Supply Meeting at Pittsburgh, and on Friday and Saturday, together with Dean Holmes end Dr. Anderson, ho will attend the Ohio Valley Teach ers' Conference at Pittsburgh. Dr Sparks Mao expects to ibe piment at Forbes Plaid on Thmsduy uttet noon Now We Can Keep Track Of the Boys In France PRICE FIVE CENTS =MEI Nice „ (0, ego ice ,0„,„„d0„ . f,„ ,P,„„ State lam already toot to W. .1. J. Dartmouth and Lehigh mobile Pitt lo undefeated, 011th victor len to their cc edit met both Lehigh and W J Not caner, since Penn donned acct. mouth, Pitt would aloe appeal ationgel than the Nen England eleven Undoubtedly, the game on Thais ' dc* alll Wing forth too layien of foot ' ball Pitt, In endeavoring to I<foll 1101 1 cooed clean hill no doubt Pliny n emo te], machine-like game, while Penn State. with noticing to ham and eveu thing to Sin. in sure to fight dolmen , ate.ly at evert stage of tine game Moreover, the Blue and IWhito elm en Inca been Improving all Hannon and they are sure to allow at Unit bud. 011 Thanksgiving r).* A 'Wonderful Scoring Machine Tno Pitt machine Is but little In ferior to the one of lost )ear and Glenn Warner has again moulded together a around Ifel-iren, the t he full back, the Pitt attack has not been stopped In a single game this teat Mciatien himself In considered by crit ics to be the best fullback In the game today Gensler at halfback In the man whom Warner has groomed to take Haatlng's place at kicking field goats, and It alll be remembered that as a substitute, he starred against Penn State last yea, Captain Carlson, the titer end, wan In ]tired In the IV U. .1 game, but It In expected that lie will be In shape far the Penn State game. Mt. Line Is Strung In the line PIM Ix extremely strong with the font big 'Ws" In the line-up Sutherland, Stahl, Slea and Seidel have all had 'varsity experience and they mu all big, rangy men so ho era hard to stop In weight, the Panthers are a little hem let than the Nlttany Lions, and they also hate the adtantage of exam fence Moreover Pitt xlll be playing on her own field, bursae a crowd that still be friendly to them. although , there to bound to be many Penn State modems and alumni in the stands A Pitt team In hard to defeat on its stun field, nx all I Peel do still shot, Penn State I{ 111 Fight UM ON CO. the team that Captain Con tact gill lead out on the geld to battle for Penn State gill core nahing for Pitt's n aro:a The Slue and White clot en is going out to l9tt to ilght, fin they teal', that it Is only bo lighting that they can hold Pittis might) attai It Thu team In still green rind they ate more at less uncertain, but these Is not the shadow of doubt but that that still she all they have for then alma. m iter. The Penn State Ilea-up still prob ably be the ono that has played to gethet In nearly all the games this year. During the past ten data, they have been practicing double time in order to perfect the weak allots In rho offense and defense According to the coaches, the team hag alerted min hell improveinent over the Mitoland State game and they still be at 111011 best on Thankragit log Dar. Thiee members of Penn Slate's team will be playing . Slob last game of col lege football These are Kraft, 07111 • necklo and Gross, and for four years these men have been out narking to give theft alma mater a winning teat, Letter Awards At a meeting of the Athletic Commit tee held yenteida) morning, tlie 'vat- NUN ''S" fin football was awarded to 15 members of thin yealis squad These men wale Collor.. Rauch, Cm initilN. Czarnecki. Robb, Chinn, Kraft, Pond. Way, Flinching, TUN, Mack, Tatennet. Clarke and Manage. Cochrane Tilo decision of the committee to award the halms at thin tame URN necessitated by the fact that many of the men do not expect to return to collego after Thanksgiving, but nail go Into milltarY sort Ice All of the men but Choke end Tav enner hate earned their letters In ac tual play this year Clarke was anent ed his because of tour years of special service on the 'varsity squad In the case of Tevonnm. It wax decided to neitid him his dotter 1/I.llllYo at UM," time he octet ed military, melee, he was hut one coma short of 1110 to. quitement for the 'varsity "9... Alai
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