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BOXING IS BOOSTED
AT BIG CONVENTION
Bezdek and Fleming Speak at the
National Collegiate Athletic
Convention
Collegium Athletics und all pertain
ing to them, of vital Importance to
the colleges oC tills entlro country,
wvro, lu their various forma, the topics
of discussion ut tho fourteenth unnuul
convention of tho National Collegium
Athletic Association at tho Hotel As
ter, Now York City, Monday and Tues
day, December twenty-ninth uml tlilr-1
tloth, respectively. Mr. Nell Fleming,
graduato-mannger of athletics, und Hu
go Bezdek, Professor of Physical Ed
ucation, ut this college, attended tho
convontlon und report many notablo
features of that mooting us regards
Penn State's ulhlotlcs
The graduato managers of the col- 1
legee mot on Monday evening, Decern- 1
her twenty-ninth, about thlrty-flvo rop- '
representatives of tbolr Instlutlon being '
prosonU Major Plckortng of tbo Uni- 1
verslty of Pennsylvania, In tho general 1
discussion following dinner, brought up 1
tho question of “boxing". Ho covered
In dotull tho Ponn-Ponn Stato moot
last year and exprossod his views on
tho excellent feelings on th e part of
both collcgos and ring representatives
ua a result of th e meat and showed that
If token up us un Intercolleglato sport,
und properly conducted und well di
rected, It would become u leading col
lege sport and rapidly rlso In popular
ity Next, Neil Fleming told of tho
boxing situation at Penn Stato and Ills
speech emphasized tho Ponn-Ponn Stat 0
meet also. Ho told of the popularity
of the sport at this institution, how
quickly It had rlson In poputurit) and
huw It might easily bo miido a lead
ing sport ut any college
Tho following day, Tuesday, tho an
nuul mooting of tho association wua
held, and at tho morning, afturnoon
and evening sessions, tho usual linos
of discussion regarding tho various
intercolleglato sports, their futuro re
lations and past conditions took place.
Dr R. Talt MucKonzle of tho Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, Chairman of tho
Committee on Boxing, road a report
on that sport. Hugo Bezdek took u
prominent part In tho discussion In re
gard to boxing, telling of this college's
experience In putting boxing foremost
Tho discussion took on such un inter
esting phuse that tho result was tho
decision to appoint u committee whose
work It shall bo to draw up rules and
regulations governing lutorcollugtate
boxing. Dr MactCcnzlo ulso recom
mended that Hugo Bezdek hd mado a
member of the Intercollegiate Boxing
Rules Committoe.
Bezdek also took a patt In an opon
discussion during tho evening In re
gard to a resolution nOtod below, oppos
ing tbo resolution, which in itsolf oppos
ed in part the playing of post-season
gamas Tho Penn State Coach oppos
ed *ho resolution for tho reason that
Harvard was to play Oregon tho fol
lowing day, and also that such games
were of a nature which would crcato
friendly relationships and call tor a do
olslon of supremacy between east and
west.
Tho association adopted a resolution
that "all colleges bo recommended to
adopt tho Freshman rulo" and advo
cated that “members should not sched
ule any collego which did not haVo a
Freshman rule." Tho association also
placod itself on record as opposing
praolicof professional or
seasonal coaching, training talilos, and
post-season games "
Tho meollng was one whore proml-
Inent 00l leges and their represen
tatives were gathered, and the result
was that collegiate athletic actlvl
ties received a considerable boost. Ponn
Btato gained considerable prnmlnonco
through this convontlon becauso of the
fact that boxing was advocated here,
that Is was being pushod for an in
torcoUegllate sport "and that the Bluo
and White as well as tho Unlvorslty
of Pennsylvania were th e loaders In
Its development.
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be Inatructed In this phnse of musical
education by Doan Robinson. Tho
Board of Trustees has granted funds
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Historical data and structural anal
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Stato Training Unit has boon recolvod
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MINING NOTES
On Tuesday, December eleventh.
Dean K S Moore of the School of
Mines, anil Mi. W G Duncan, As
sistant I'lofcHsos of Mining Extension
oignnlze-d u eluss of mlneis ut Colvei
In ennne-ction with ttio Übcnsburg Coal
Comp my
At a recent meeting of the Coal Min
ing Institute of Antes Irn, Dt. 12 S
Moore wus elected a tnembet of the
executive botrd Penn Stale Is well
represented in the Institute as four of
the School of Mines alumni hold of
fices in the organization
Doctoi 12 S Moore, Dean of the*
School of Mines, and Mr C. W. Rob
inson, Assistant Professor of Geology,
mended the annual mooting of tho
Geological Society of America In Bos
ton. Decembei twenty-ninth and thti
liclh
LIBERAL ARTS NOTES
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Instiiictoi here In DiikHsli fm several
vent* and who resigned last spring,
will return ns Instructor In Cngllsh
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ginning ut th 0 close of the present
semester. Mr Rockey wilt do grad
uate work In either Oxford University,
12iigluud, or Columbia University, New*
York
preparation for the debating con-
tests, Mi. 12. W Miller and Mr J. O
Hiulluioi are coopcratlug with Prafes-
Murshnmn In the develop-
meat of teams which It Is believed will
be no less successful thnil the teams
rf previous years
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tate educational Association In Phil*
ilelphla on December thirty-first und
ave a report on vvlmt the course of
:udy In the high schools should be.
Dt. C. O Hatrls. professot of Creel
in tho School of Liberal Arts, who has
been away* from his work for mote
than a year because of a weakened
condition resulting from an attack of
the Infictvzc. was. operated ua in the
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, on
Decetnbet fifteenth with the hope of
removing certain trouble whkh has
t luscd paralysis of the towel limbs
Dr Harris Is now progressing nicely,
but nothing vety definite at this time
can be announced.
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