Parlez-vous Francais? No? Then Turn To Page Four! VOL. XIII. Nq. 19 PLANS- - .OEIN-MAPE:FQR : - ..:' MODIFIED :COMMENCEMENT According To Tentative Arrangements, All Expenses Are To Be Eliminated TO START ON SUNDAY AND END ON WEDNESDAY Due to the cutting short of the college year and the ensuing abandonment of all vacations and holidgs, plans for commencement as originally arranged have been completely disrupted and new ones must be formulated. While the college authorities seem to feel that the commencement festivities should be cut down as much as possible this year, nevertheless, there is a growing feeling that the usual ac tivities should not be abandoned entirely, and with this end in view, plans for a modified commencement are now being arranged. While it seems to be the general concensus of opinion that things should be run on as economical a basis as possible this year, it is felt that the spirit of commencement should be retained as far as possible. As a result, plans are under way to have the -customary alumni reunions, the musical clubs concert, athletic events and most of the other activities. The question of houseparties is being presented to the various fraternities urging that they make the Commence ment observance more of an alumni and parent affair than in former years. Elaborate and luxurious parties are dis couraged entirely as being foreign to the spirit of both the college and the country. but it is believed that a cam paign to get alumni and parents here for the two or three days would prove of benefit to all concerned. According to present plans, college work for the Seniors will (dose at noon v.ai MondAy, April 22nd, and for the three lower classes on Tuesday, April 23rd. The pYans for 'Commencement that are now being worked out call for t four-day celebration, beginning on Sunday, the twenty-patt and closing on Wednesday, the twenty-fourth. From this arrangement, it will be seen that classes will he going on during the greatest part of the time. Moreover, no "cuts" will be tolerated during the last few days, according to the faculty.. The plan as outlined by Alumni-Sec retary R. H. Smith. while only tentative, is the one that, will probably be follow ed. This program starts on Sunday, with, the •Daccalabreate Sermon to the graduating class in the morning. and a concert by the Cadet Band in the after- noon. In order to permit visitors to obtain a more serious aspect of the college, all day Monday INill he open for inspection to see the regular college work in full operation. Visitors and alumni will be permitted to visit the various classes, lectures and practicums in order to get an idea of how the work is carried on. Alumni will he especially urged to take advantage of this opportunity. Alumni Day on Tuesda3 Tuesday will be Alumni Day and will be the fullest day of all, starting at nine o'clock with the review of the I Cadet Regiment, and closing with the informal reception and dance for the Alumni, graduating class and faculty in the Armory late. that night. The annual business meeting of the Alumni Association will come in the morning, while in the afternoon, undergraduate athletic contests will be held. The Alumni dinner will be held at six o'clock and the Musical Clubs Concert will Lake place at 7:30 in the evening. Wednesday is to be Commencement proper and the graduation exercises will take place in the morning at ten o'clock. In the afternoon, arrangement will be made to hold Alumni athletic contests, such as baseball and track. This will he the closing event of the program. The question of Class Day exercises will be left in the hands of the Senior Class. It is also hoped to hold the Junior Oratorical Contest on Monday evening and perhaps the All-College play. The undergraduate athletic contests on Tuesday afternoon Neill be arranged for by a student committee, and will prob ably include an interclass track meet and interclass baseball games: No efforts will be made to get outside teams to play here because of the expense. Expen§es Cut to -Minimum • is can be seen from this program, expenses will be cut to a minimum. Regardless of the size of the Com mencement crowd, there is no chance of money being lost because no expen sive attractions Nvill be on the program. The Glee Club Concert and Ail-College Play would have no expenses attached in their production and neither would the athletic . contests. Special efforts are to be made to get the Alumni back this year in order to enable them to rally for co-operating with the college authorities in meeting the unusual and serious problems of the war. Alumui reunions will , be urged, but eliminating the usual expense of costumes and the like. - While this plan is only •• tentative, it is the one that will probably be followei. The matter is to be presented to the fraternities and to the Ancients as - a whole in order to obtain their eo-opera-: tion. Before leaving . 'for: the south, President Sparks endorsed this plan as being one that would most suitably fit for the existing conditions throughout the nation. TO LEAVE PORTO RICO Doctor L. W. Rapeer, who resigned as head of the Departmentof Education at Penn State last Spring in order to - go to the University.of Porto Rico, has resigned his position there and will re turn to the United States at the close of the present year. This information was contained in a letter written to Dean Blaisdell. Unsatisfactory condi tions and the ill health of Mrs. Rapeer are given as the causes for Dr. Rapeer's decision. . _ --..- : 4 .. - ___,,,,4 • ~...o . ~..„ __.... . ...,... ..,....„-- -..„.„....-- _ _ _ . STATE FIVE INS TWO OPT or' TIFF L =L. Colgate and Lehigh are Defeated Syracuse Wins Close Game--; Loss of Wolfe Hinders State The, Penn State basketball team, with a — record of two victories out of three games. illay be said to have returned Crum a successful northern trip. Syra cuse was the team that gave Captain Blakeslee's five their first defeat of the season in a hotly contested game, while victories were registered over Colgate and Lehigh. The latter game was an other close contest_ Handicapped from the start by the loss of Wolfe, who was taken down with a ease of German measles just before the team started on the trip. the record of the Blue and White is a. good one. Even at Syracuse, - they displayed better team-work than- :did their . opponents, but in this game luck was not with theni and many of their shots just missed the basket. Syracuse has a record of wins over. Penn. Yale and other large colleges this year. and it is said that they have not been beaten on their home floor for eight years. According to spectators, the game with Penn State was the best seen on that floor in a long time. The final score of. 34 to 24 fails to show the closeness of the game, and it is alto gether probable that with Wolfe in the line-up, the result might have been different. Penn Stale in Lead I•'or a part of the - first half, Penn State was in the lead: but at half-time, the score was 15 to 12 in favor of Syra- - case. Blakeslee and Mullah -- did the list work for the Blue and White, the Penn State captain giving Captain Schwartzer of Syracuse all that he could' handle. They each scored the continued on Last Page Sunirner Semester For kg. Chemists All in Junior Section Have Voted To _Attend—No Decision On Other Chemistry Courses President Sparks, cooperating with Prof. C. - W. Stoddard, has decided that a summer semester will be...beld for -the members of the Junior class' in the course in Agricultural Chemistry. This decision was reached on Thursday after having been discussed by the Trustees at their recent i meeting in Harrisburg, when they decided to leave the matter in the hands of Dr. Sharks and the President of the Board of Trustees. From present indications. the extra semester will start about May 1 and Will prob Ably continue until August 1. It .was necessary for all of the twenty 'four 3unior:3 to expresS their desire to take their work during the summer be , rf• fore any definite decision could be 1. ached. The curriculum of the Senior ' year will be practically the same as heretofore with the exception of 'the !subjects taken in othei - schools, which will he taken instead of theeselectives in the first semester of next year. It was considered impractical to try to arrange a semester for the present Sophomores in Agricultural Chemistry. The question which the R. O.T. C, raises in regard to the drill which will be lost by the Juniors has not yet been decided, i but some arrangement will probably be Inade for the men to graduate next February with their full credit in the It. 0. T. C. work. It has not been decided whether the i.lunior Chemists and Industrial Chem ! ists in the School of Natural Science will have an extra semester or not. Some of the members have not signified their desire to remain during the sum mer and it is doubtful whether this will be decided within the next month. IMPORTANT MEETING There will be air important meeting of the Schuylkill County Club, Friday evening at seven o'clock in room 201 Engineering A. All members are urged to be present STATE COLLEGE., PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6; 1918 ENDORSE "GETTING ACQUAINTED" IDEA Dr. Sparks and Dean Holmes are Both Strongly in Fav_or of the Plan as Presented "" When interviewed on the subject, Dr. Sparks expressed himself as being heartily in accord with the "Getting Ac quainted" project, proposed last week. He stated that the only objection he could have to the plan would be that it might interfere with the regular college work, but he said further that on read ing t'.7.! , article in last week's COLLE GIAN. he did not think that this _would he the case. _ Owing to the fact that Dr. Sarks left last Friday on his tour of the various training camps, he did not have time to write air article expressing his views in the matter, but in the short interview he found time to give a COLLEGIAN representative. he made it clear that in his opinion—" This is something that is very much needed at Penn State, es pecially in view of the apparent failing off of the college snirit. With over eighteen hundred students, naturally every student cannot expect to know every other student, but the circle Of acquaintances of the students. who are not taking a very active part in college activities should be larger for the aver age student, than - it is. and I hope that the proposed plans will have the effect of adcomplishing this result. Similar plans have been successfully. tried at other schools, and I can see no reason for its not being successful at Penn State. My only regret is that I shall Probably not be here when it is tried." Dean Holmes was if anything, even more forceful. in his endorsement of the plan. That he is a strong booster of the "Getting Acquainted" movement is shown by the following statements which lie made to a COLLEGIAN rep resentative. A New Course "A new course in Penn State! An other short course! A wonderful course! It cannot be found in the catalog. The faculty have not authorized it. No text hocks are to be bad. Every depart ment claims it: every student is eager to enter it. It is an art, not a science: cultural, and practical: technical and liberal; no credit is given: no student can graduate from it. It is a course on the Art of Making Friends. - It is a study you must take now or never. 'No man makes a friend after forty: is dangerously true. Young men may have old friends and yoring. friends. Friend-making is not an annual event. new crop dOeS not come on "etch Friends must be gathered young, laid away in store and allowed to mellow with the %years. "Therefore, the gc:t-together week means much. It is not a hilarious Period in a monotonous season_ It is not a superficial, noise-making, slap-on the:nick, forget-the-conventionalities Continued on Last Page BAGDAD RAILWAY LONG A BONE OF CONTENTION Doctor Zook, in His Second War Article, Points Out the Many Complications that Have Arisen Over the German Built Railroad Across Asia Minor—Settlement Prevented By the Outbreak of the Present Great War in Europe 111.A11; D RAILWAY Hy Georg . e. F. Zook, Professor of Modern European History) Great Britain .rules over millions of Aloharnmechtns in India, Egypt, and other places. This explains why Great ! Britain has generally pursued a policy of friendship toward the Sultan of Tur key. who is the most powerful Moham- 7 medan ruler in the world. Upon more than one occasion, notably in the Crimean War and in the Russo-Turkish war of 1878, she raised her strong arm in defense of the Sultan. Eleven after the terrible Bulgarian atrocites in 1870, when the people of England were nauseated at the idea of such friend ship, the English government continued to cultivate good relations with the Turkish government. The English ac quisition of Cyprus and the later en trance into Egypt tended to alienate the affections of the Turks and, they g,radually turned to the only govern ment which could say that it had not despoiled the Turkish Empire of a single square foot of territory, namely. Germany. For the purpose of cultivating friend ly relations with Turkey, Germany sent One of her ablest diplomats, Baron von Biberstein, to Constantinople. Through his influence a certain number of Ger man military officials were detailed for the purpose of training the Turkish army. At first, they made slow prog ress but by the time of the war with the Balk:tn allies, Turkey's army was supposed to be in a state of good mili tary. preparation. As matters turned out. the Turkish army was no match for the Balkan states, but the fact thal it put up the stubborn defense which it did, is largely attributed to the military organization effected by the German officials. German Emperor Visits Sultan During these years the growing friendship between Germany and Tur-' I , ,cy was cemented by personal visits paid by Emperor. William II to Con stantinople in 1899 _and ngain in 1903. The German 'Emperor is the only ruler among the - Great Powers who has honored the Sultan in such a way and in his enthusiasm, the Sultan referred to the yourig Emperor as his "only friend in- Europe." The Emperor re turned the compliment by promising his protection to Mohammedans the world over. - As - .a result of the first visit to Con stantinople, the . Sultan handed over to a German corporation the right of con- iIiNNOUNCEMENT Realizing the importance attached to even a slight knowledge of the French - language to all college students, particularly to the mem bers of the R. O. T. C., the COLLEGIAN, with the cooperation of the French instructors of the College, will publish a series of sixteen lessons in elementary French, the first of which appears on page four of this issue. , •• Not knowing how soon we will be called for service "over there," where a knowledge of the French language is one of the most valu able assets, it 'behooves every Penn State student to closely study these Simple leSsons. They are compiled by Dr. I. L. Foster, head of the department of Romance Languages, and E. M. Bowman, an in structor in that .department, with the special aim in view of making them comprehensive ! to one who has absolutely no knowledge of the language. They will be conducted along the same lines that Dr. Foster -used in 'instructing .the soldiers at Camp Hancock last fall. These lessons are the same ,that the - students in the R. 0. T. C. at Penn State are required 'to study. To the men taking the Ordnance Course here they are of equal importance. In order that all students of the R.. 0. T. C. and Ordnance Course may be supplied with individual copies of these lessons, (those printed in the COLLEGIAN being the only available duplicates) the Penn State Collegian Publishing Board has decided to depart from its regular custom in announcing the following special offer: All copies of the COLLEGIAN for the remainder of. the college - year, including 16 lessons in French, value.... A copy of the official Student and Faculty Directo6 - , value (This offer is open to al: for the next week. Call at the COL LEGIAN office, Times Publishing . Building, West College Ave., any day between 4:30 and 5:50 P. M., or any time Saturday afternoon.) RUMOR OF COAL SHORTAGE IS WITHOUT FOUNDATION For the past several days, rumors have been going about that unless coal began 0, come in to the college, it would be necessary to shut down all work. UpOn investigation this has been found to be entirely false, and both Dean Holmes and Dean Sackett are em phatic in their denial of this rumor. A report, that several cars of coal destined for the College had been confiscated at Bellefonte is also without foundation. 1915 MAN PIES AT FORT OGLETHORPE Lieutenant Franklin E. Fredette. member of the claSs of 1915; died on Monday; January th, in-the post hos 7 FOrt Ogletnrepei da:- 7 .7.H - e - had received his commission!. at • the - Fort late last fall, and was assigned there as a cavalry officer. While in college. Lieutenant Fredette pursued the course in agronomy and was an associate ed itor of the "Penn 'State Farmer." He ranked high in scholarship and in his Senior year he was elected to member ship in Phi Kappa Phi: honOrary schol arship fraternity_ strutting a railway from Asia Minor across the mountains to the head waters of the Tigris and Euphrates and so on down these rivers to the head of the Persian Gul. This raiway has common ly been called the Bagdad Railway . It was opt until • 1903, however, that the concession was put into definite form. According to this agreement the rail road was to be built in twelve sections of two hundred kilometres each. The Turkish Government was to furnish the money with which to build each section by issuing four per cent bonds .suffi cient to guarantee theexpenses of con struction 'and operation. The Bagdad Railway Company recognized that the first problem was to see that the bonds of the Turkish Government found 'a favorable sale in the various money markets of the world. In order to do this, the Germans offered to allow French and English 'directors to have a. minority interest in the conduct of the railroad. Popular feeling had .run so high in England and Russia against the whole project so long as it was controlled by the Germans, however, that the Turkish bonds were boycotted in London. PAris, and Petrograd. Further Complications " The 'affair of the bonds was further complicated by the fact that it was int, possible to issuettliem at all until the Turkish customs on imports' wereraised from tbe general level of 'eight :to eleven - per cent. This increase would' act as a guarantee for the payment of the bonds without which 'their sale would be impossible. But, in order to do this, it was necessary to obtain the consent of all the European powers, be cause ever since the collapse of Turkish I credit in 1:875. and the-subsequent re- i I organization of their finances by rep resentatives of the Great Powers, it has been necessary for Turkey to consult Ithe various European nations before making any cluisnges in her hnport duties. Germany, therefore, went about I Europe endeavoring - to get the various foreign offices to Withdraw their oppo sition to the increase in ,Turki.sh : duties in order that the bonds might.'-he.ls. 4 ued and placed on the market.. AlfterYfive years, ,England, Prance, and Russia gave their conseni. and the building of the railroad: which so far had :been - at a.sthndstill, began to be pushed with vigor, And now, the reason for all : this oppo sition- by Great Britain and Russian to a (Continued Third Page) SPECIAL OFFER! Total va1ue......... FOR ONLY FIFTY CENTS PRiNCETON \YU NOT WRESTLE HERE Unexpectedly. Cancel Meet Sched uled for Next Week—No Ex ' planation Given • The Arrestling meet scheduled with Princeton fur the evening of February 16th in the Armory has been cancelled by the Princeton management. Man ager Johnson. of- the Blue and White matmen. received a telegram from Man ager Norris last week, and in it no de tails were given why the meet was cancelled. There is only one conclusion that has been reached by the Penn State matt - nen. and - that that their wrestling budget was not- approved by their faculty committee. In a recent article printed in "The Daily Prince tonian.',: it was stated that in all prob ability the wrestling Midget would be approved if the tbatm made a favorable Showing against the University of Pennsylvania grapplers. The result of this meet was a defeat, for the "Tigers" by a score of 1-1 to 11, and it is there fore'generally assumed that the faculty council dill not approve the budget: • However, . the 'varsity management is trying to arrange another meet for that date. but it is highly improbable that it Will materialize. Manager John son is trying to get one of the teams representing a Middle West institution for the February 16th date. The wrestling meet scheduled with Cornell for the Armory will be held on Saturday afternoon. February 23, in stead of Friday evening, February, 22. This will be -the lirst meet of the sea son unless Manager Johnson is able to fill the February 16th date, and it is sure to he one of great interest as Cor nell always - tights to the limit" when opposing the Blue and White grapplers. It will be of special interest as Penn State journeys to Ithaca a few weeks later to meet the same combination, and then they will also clash in the In .terc.ollegiates in Brooklyn. The mat squad is rounding into fOrm in a fine manner and the 115-pound class has been strengthened by the ad dition. of Leete. who has been showing up well. All of these men are in ex cellent condition,' and when the trials will be held for the first meet the stu dents are sure to witness some fine bouts by the competitors, for the Blue and White team. RELEASES CLAIM TO WHITE SCHOLARSHIP 3arnes• A. Sallade 'l9, a member of Student Council and a holder of a Johri . W. White scholarship," was called to duty in the Sigmtl Corps. of the U. S. Army Last week, and has reported at Camp Me:ide.. certain that the litre and White track rresi_ : Men will compete on the twenty-third. Ballade has twice won the Penn State will also enter the Meadow dents medal for attaining the highest j brink Club moon which will be held scholastic average - in any class in one i semester. and he will doubtless win it;on March 7 and Sth, as well as the Penn for the first semester of this year. He i.Relays which will be held April 27. . - is reported as having attained an aver-: These are the only outside meets that age of 95.5 - for his work the first semes- the 'varsity track team will enter, but ter. and this is probably a record in ! the management will take up interclass 1" - em n State';.; hi s tory .. - I:afore leaving fOr Camp -Meade Sal-' than ever before. There is sure to be lade relinquished his claith to the re _ !at 1...i.5t one Sophomore-Freshman meet, in tinder of the .White schol a rship fund ; which Win be held in the Armory at a date to be announced later. It was at licit .he ‘x•Ori last ''car. It Ints been awarded to one of the other members of 1 Or',t proposed to hank the Armory for his class who was selected as an eligible i indoor competition, but since this would in the elections Jast fill i interfere with other - sports that are S;dbide was vCI well I,.. newn among ! held thei . e no such action will be taken. his classmates and to the students and !The , fi n 'l!' - will be :narked off however. faculty members in general. One of his re.:ent achievements as a member of i Student Council MIS the starting of the , The trzt.ck squad is rounding into form . Cetting Acquainted" idea that will be: under the direction of Coach Martin, i and although he has been greatly handl tried for the first time at Penn State during, the latter part of next week. lie 1 C;• 1 1 ) Ped 13y the loss of many veterans, it is certain that the Blue and White is credited With originating the plan, I will be well represented on the track. and was a heavy booster in its behalf. Doc - Holland !20, is the latest track Saliade enlisted in the Signal Corps i !man to leave college. He enlisted in the service last Summer, - ;:md has been ex- Penn State ordnance class, pecting the call to service ever since 1 aid at the i returning - to college. ' present time is taking the work here. I Shields. Runyan. and Shanor are some 1 o . ... - ~ or the others who have left college You will find the French Lesson on i since the opening and their loss will pare four. ... _ [be keenly felt. NEXT WEEK-END SET FOR "GETTING ACQUAINTED" Program Will Open Next Wednesday Night With Mass Meeting--Committee Has Rare Stunts to Spring "Doe" Wheeling. Senior Presi dent. Tells of Importance of the Occasion URGES ALL STUDENTS TO - GET BEHIND MOVEMENT By George F. Wheeling. IS (President of Student Government) The big Penn State "Get-Together" plan is, at the present time, almost completed in-so-far as details and plans are concerned. Now the big worry to the committee and those who instigated the plan is its successful execution which cannot be unless every student in college is back of it; everyone "Get ting-Together" to make it the biggest, happiest, most useful, and "I -know every-man-in-college" week-end that was ever spent. Roughly, in regard to a plan such as this, the student-body can be divided into three groups, viz: (1) those "back ing-up" and working for the plan; (2) those against the plan, (made evident by their actions as well as by their words); (3) those who are indifferent as to the outcome of the plan_ Of the second class or group the least said the better and it is hoped, (in fact felt) that this group is very limited in number so that anything done or said by members of this group is to their own detriment rather than to that of the plan (the idea. of which can be in terpreted in no other way than for the betterment of the college and a continu ation, or better•, an acceleration of our "old college spirit"). The third group is one to which an appeal is made, especially since it com prises possibly the greater portion of the student-body and hence the success or failure of the plan is contingent upon it. As stated in last week's edition .of the COLLEGIAN the direct idea of the Plan is to offer an opportunity to every student to widen his circle- of acquaint ances. thus indirectly 'making it more possible to- keep . Onr-"pep" and "spirit up to the - standard" and if possible excel that of previdus years. There fore let every man put aside all con ventions and distinction - he may have and be a "jolly-good" fellow for three days—here's hoping that at the end of that time fellows who before were quiet, retiring, willing to know only a few intimate friends, will find that it is Pretty good fun to know more men, dis cuss doings around- college in general, and may decide to remain that way the rest of their lives, especially since it does not cost any more to know many than it does to know a few_ So let's all fall-in and carry out the proposed plans /is best we can and if anyone can think of any ideas which he thinks would in any way help they will be given prompt attention at the COLLEGIAN office or may be handed directly to any member of the committee which has been ap pointed from Student Council and which consist e s of H. A. Billig 'IS, chairman, (Continued on last page) Three Meets For State Track Men First Meet With Johns Hopkins on February 23rd—Meadowbrook and Penn Relays to Follow The rearriged Penn State track schedule will not include a meet with i Cornell University, as was announced some time ago. either will the South ern trio that was under consideration i,by the Blue and White management be undertaken, according to Manager Den ney. These meets were only arranged tentatively and the management has found it impossible to carry them out. However. it is almost certain that the track men will meet the Johns-Hopkins University team at a meet to be held in IDaltimore on February 23. While ar ! rangements for this meet have not been completed Manager Denney feels quite competition on a larger scale this year Veterans are Lost A War-Time Commence ment Is Now In Sight PRICE FIVE CENTS Plans Rapidly Assuming Shape— Affair Promises to Be Great Success STUDENTS WILLINGLY BACK NEW :DEPARTURE The "Getting Acquainted" stunt wili be held next week-end, starting with a booster mass meeting in Old Chapel on Wednesday evening, and closing with a big "one-ring circus" in the Armory on the following Saturday night. ‘, Additional 4unnmittees have been ap pointed to care for the arrangements, and members of each report excellent progress in every project undertaken. From all sides the committeemen have received encouragement on the entire proposition, and all they ask now is the hearty cooperation of all students to make this first attempt a great success. The objects of the get-together, as briefly outlined in last week's issue of the COLLEGIAN, are more clearly de fined in the accompaning article by George F. Wheeling, president of the student government. In it he empha sises the necessity for every student backing the new idea and making an effort to make as many new friends during this period as possible: The committee has arranged its plans to make this part of the program com paratively easy. At the mass meeting next Wednes day evening President Wheeling will be master of ceremonies and will outline the plans for procedure during the fol lowing days. Dean Holmes and Profes sor Marshman will speak briefly on the value of friendships, and there will be college songs and cheers, and other en tertainment to fill in the hour. Wear a Tag At this meeting each student will be given a tag upon which he can put hie name, year and course. These tags wrll be of different colors for the differ ent classes, in 'order that any one can readily •distinguish which students are Seniors, :Juniors, and so on. These 'will be worn on the lapel of the coat during the three remaining days of the stunt, and will greatly facilitate the "getting acquainted" idea. Needless to say, it gill not be hard to "nick off" those stu dents who are not getting into the spirit of the occasion by the absence of their tags. So let everybody get out on next Wednesday night and rear a tag! One of the big features of the week end will be the departmental gatherings scheduled for Thursday night. It in a well known fact that. the members of one class do not know the men in other classes who are enrolled in the same course. It is proposed to get all mem bers of a course together for an hour• of social intercourse on Thursday s' night, and a schedule for these meet lugs will be announced in next week's COLLEGIAN. Foi - instance, the Clyils of all classes will gather in a designated room in" the Engineering building, the Electricals of all classes in another, el HortS in a room in the HorticulturAl buiding, and so on. Shake Bands With Your "Prof.' At these meetings the students will not only be able to become better ac quainted with other men taking the same course, but they will also be given an opportunity to get in closer touch with the heads of their departments and their instructors. Faculty members will be asked to support the idea in this respect, and it is readily seen that un limited advantages can I be attained through this intimate association. Friday Nigitt The soft pedal has been placed on the program for. Friday night. The committee is not yet ready to announce its plan for that time, but 'tis said on the quiet that there is going to be "Something Doing" with capital letters! Plans are just about completed and stutice it to say every one will be able to get in on• a rare treat. One or the prominent business men of the borough has a hand in this affair, and all ar rangements will be ready for announce ment in the next COLLEGIAN. "Stan" Czarnecki has charge of. the stunts for Saturday night ,in the Armory, and rumor has it that Lhey are also going, to be a rare treat and perhaps the biggest feature of the entire program. This committee is working up a big one. , ring circus with all the frills that go with it. The "frills" will amount to . many things that never saw a circus, or even a ring, and taken all in all the event will be well worth seeing. The Princeton wrestlers were sched uled to meet the 'varsity matmen on that evening. the IGth, but their can cellation leaves nothing in the way of other attractions for that time. This will make conditions ideal for the even ing's entertainment, and arrang,einents, will be made to care for a: "full house." Band anti Orchestra Out. An attempt will be made to get th• band out on Wednesday and Saturday nights. and the Orchestra will likely be on hand for the Friday night stunt to "jazz" as an accompaniment to the fea ture for that occasion. The departure from college of J. A. Saßade 'l9. the originator of the "get ting acquainted" idea, left a vacanes; the. Student Council committee, 'and this has been filled by the appointment of George C. Smith 'l9, H. A. Billing, 'lB. is cbairMan of this committee, and H. D. Robb 'l9, is the other member. They have charge of the Wednesday and Fri day night portions of the program
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