Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, January 15, 1920, Image 1

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    Two Now Magazines Will Soon
' Make Their Appearance
on the Campus
VOL. XV. No. 14
VARSITY TO MEET
DICKINSON FIVE
Interesting Contest to Re Staged
on Armory Floor Saturday—
Fenn State Ready
With the allowing o£ his team In tho
mason's first contest und the game with
Dickinson College this Suturduy even
ing In mind. Coach Herman ha* been
putting the Bluu und White btiakot-bull
, rH Ouough the otiftest kind of floor
work yet held this season, with tho In
tention of bu'ldlwr them Into a more
I’owly organized und stiapplei acting
unit Tin- fin in which the men showed
In the lust gain" win anything but uat-
Isfnctuiy to the touch and while no
permanent changes will be mudo In tho
line-up. yet several changes In tho type
of pluy will bo effected. The game with
Dickinson this Kituiday Is expected
to ho one where the llooi wnrlc of the
Penn Suite min will ho tested to n
iii'iilad degree Dickinson hits devel
oped u sttong defensive teim this year
mui ui the sunn* lime funned ft combi
nation which will be dangeious on tho
offensive This will bo tho first time
In setemi you* that Dickinson hue up-
Itemed on the Blue mul White floor
srhoduh and n lively contest Is antlel
puted
Couch litinuin Is still experimenting
with his mm. What ho'fleshes most Is
to eomh'iip weight and speed fot the
men who .tie to Ik> llxtinos on the
vuikliv anil shifts in the lineup will
lirobality he mad-' until lie him satis
fied himself In thin nspect The men
ate In most * isos, excellent pliyers.
liul whit limy i ooil Is to be built Intu
an even movini' out (It .one which ean
enmliine i-ipld liinnuoilt. hcidwoik und
shooting Tho old tumble of finding
a ci nil i innn fm tin l team and -ilsn
n i tinning u an foi Kllllngvi still pics
4'iits itself Ue| Ingle Is undoubtedly the
lust man Mr the Jump position .and
Intensive training In this respect will
muke of him whit tho coach dctlres
to have Kllllncu Is undoubtedly tho
headiest bisheiball loon at Penn State
Wilson, who eulibtd for Haines in tho
Hist gnine Inol.ul evttidlnglv good Of
the second suing men. Ttltncr und Pitts
bate shown tint they nre worthy of
consideration, us Ins MacMillan, who
started 1 im yen a season on tho vnrsltv.
Them mm, on the second team, have
been ploying i .ccllent basketball and
in many instances given the viuslty
a luud inn foi the upper hand An
oibci imw man who has shown up well
In Zulmlscr, who, with Itulnlng Is ex
pected to piovc a valuable nsaut to the
siitiad, Arullntv ami Captain YVolfo in
Ihch pntltluiiß at forward are fl v tuica
Doth, ih»,(> men on tho
tho varsity and nt tho cage, game and
urn expected 10 give ono uuot’nr u
close tun for the seution’o total of points
gninod As yet no foul shootci has
boon named, but that It will bu Wolfo
or Mullnn seems corahi.
Tho Dickinson College live vvtilth
will face the Blue und White tli'n ‘Tat
urdny Js the bent which that institu
tion has produced for sovcral years
With five varsity men back. Coach Me*
Andrews bus u good beginning In which
to pick hla team Captain Suentlcr may
bo unable to play In tho contest n
gainst the Penn Stato five due to sick
ness. but nevertheless two fast foi
wards can icadlly bo choson ftom Dav
in, ICrepa ot .Roger blinker Brook,
the voteran center, whose offenslvo
strength so sided tho Dickinson team
lust season wit) be a hard man for the
Penn Stato ooutet to cover, and the,
contest between him and Ruploglo Is
nxpcctcd to be an interesting ono. I
In the guarding positions, Cohen und
Ralph Mlnltcr. last year’s guards, will
ha found formidable opponents
The Dickinson team Is In th<* ,
of condition fur their rioublo !ion■ |< i |
uv<r the wook-eml. Bucknolt vill b«>
met on Fijday night and then th“ Car
lisle cagomon will moot Ponn State's
flvo tho following night The admis
sion to this contest will be fortv contu
and !{. Is hoped tlmt ovory student who
can possibly do so, will come out and
suppoit the team
Scale of Prices
Tho ocalo of prices for the additional
rontests of tho season, including war
tax.'-aro as follows. Wash S. Jeff,
Pitt. Alumni and Lohlgh. flfty-flvo cents
each, and Lobnnott Valley and George
Washington University, forty cents
each. All vaislty men who have bcon
permitted complimentary tickets, must
uccuro thorn from Manager Martin and
pay tho war tax upon thorn bofaro the
gatno No ono will bo admitted without
a ticket
At the opening of collogo after tho
Christmas holliUys ,lho candidates for
the Freshman five were called out and
seventy-five men responded to tho call.
"Jimmy" Wagner and "Chuck" Huntor,
former vaislty mon, nnd men who play
ed for two yens under tho tutelngo of
Conch Herman, havo boon cngigod to
Coach the yenrllngH, A schedulo of
games In hclng nrrnngcd by Graduate-
Mnnagcr Flomiug and It Is likely that
'lndiana Normal, Bellofonto Academy
nnd Pitt Freshmen will comprise the
list. An yet, however, nothing doflhilo
has been settled regarding the certain
ly* of mooting any of theso teams, but
negotiations mo being mado which It
Is hoped wilt icsult favorably In tho
completion of n schedule for tho flrat
> oiu men
NOTICE TO FRESHMEN
All Freshmen who are trying
out for the positions of reporters
on the editorial staff of the COL
LEGIAN report Friday, 7 p. m.
sharp, room. 535 Old Main,
ffettn ■ Btuk |j| :
YJI.C. A. SPEAKER TO
ADDRESS ENGINEERS
World-Wide Problems Facing Tech
nical Students to Be Explained
by Industrial Authority
"Human engineering*', an aspect of
the woild-wldo problems ruling the
practicing engineers and students will
bo the chief nu sango v Itlrh Fred 11.
RindM', Tr. Seuntuiy of tho Industrial
Dopuuncnl of tho V M C A. will
bilng to Penn Stato ciiglii'-’ilng stu
drnt-i next Sundav and Monday Tho
fiK't (hut the luininu cl»nu>nt In th<
InilUHlrltl wmtd has mudo Itself no
Li'iii'tikioiih the list feu v •‘urn. and that
annul nun kiudtv |ii‘i>l>U'ins ns la (he
piopi'i disposition ti> take to tlu* work
ns tint have inlseii, makes this tuple
of especial hilrroil. The piiiieipleu nnd
methods whit h Mi. Rindgi h is udvocut
jd dining the last decade have pi oven
e* ircdiugly offcitlve in operation and
P»nn State engineers aio foiiunato In
having iln' nppoi lunirv foi ihst hand
iafmniilion legaiding the tmlhod from
(be m in vv bn lui'i < (Tailed Hull use.
Dining Amerk'i’m imit In tbe wat.
Ah llindg) x'lV'it mi the indtislrial
Seiv.tt' bt-etlnn of Ihe Oidnnmc De-
nillll It. RIMIGK, Jit.
pminieut as Lliutlon Oflkci betwien In
dUKtilal Welfare Mmk and tin* gov*
eimnLnt lie had a large part In pto
nudlng light eondltlons in plants in
the Industrial communities throughout
this counliy Thiough his touch with
pmmhicm IndttHiilnl leaders, labor mon.
vimlneois. proft'snots and nodal vvoik- :
oja, .Mi. Kludge Is In poHitlou to apeak
i with ntiihothy Mole than five bun
dled c(,)!•';'s and ansnciatloUH havo
IlHieai'd t>> him. and hla wiltlngs have
opiu.iud in mieh muga7liiea na the
Woild’a Wmk. Haipora', industrial
Man iromejjt. Engineering Ncwh, Iron
Ago. Bleed led Jourdul and others
Ml Rltulgn will uddren the engln
railng nUidunts and others this Sunduy
evinlnit nt nix o’clook In tho auditor
ium On .Monday tluuugh apodal ur
laußimeuts, lia will meet most of the
ujiper-il iSHiueii nf tho School of Eu
i laming.
DEBATING SCHEDULE
COMPRISES FOUR MEETS
The probable debating schedulo vvhleb
was pievlously announced has now been
loflultcly decided upon nnd meets with
Colgate, Ohio Wesley m Buckitcll nnd
; ui< kltiHon are Included The tlmt meet
will be held with Ilia Colgnto debate:h
mi l'ebi uary twentieth ot tvronty-llrat
,nt Ilam.llon, New Yoik, while those
icpresunting Ohio Wesleyan will travel
io Stßta Colloge ulso on the twenty
ilrnt of tlmt month Tim lust two
meets will bo held on the twenty-sev
-1 enth of Felnunry, one nt homo with
Buckmll. und the othei away at Cnr-
I Hale with Dlcklnnoa
The only pait of the achedule which
tcumins uncertain la tho gill’s dtbute
with Budcndl Tho deciding factor of
this Is the personnel], and if tho suf-:
ilclont number of girls report for the
iKjund this dobuto will bo held sumo
time in Mnreh.
Those who will roptcsenl the Blue
and Whllo In this schedulo will most
llkfly bo chosen this week or Urn week
following and In tho meantime the de
bating classes will continue ns usual
on Monday and Wednesday nights and
Saturday afternoon.
ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING
STUDENTS RECEIVE HONORS
Hovoi nl Architectural Engineering
students of this collogo vvero honored
Inst week by receiving "Honorable Men
tion" for architectural drawings sub
mitted In an annual competition held by
the Deaux Arts Institute of Design of
Now York City. Students from var
ious archtcctural schools In the coun
try compete for thoao honors, which
nro very limited in number. The men
receiving mention from this Institution
tuc, Contly C. Maulc, II D Gamble
Hairy J. Sweeny, R. A Schwnrtor, W
I Gibb and J W. Mlnlclc. Tho «ub-
Joct foi this competition wnu the de
sign of an enttnneo to a city club
DEAN OF MINING SCHOOL
ATTENDS GEOLOGY MEETING
Doan E. S. Mnoto and Professot C
W. Robinson, of the Department of
Geology attended the annual meeting
of tho Geology Society of Amorleu held
la Boston December twenty-ninth to
thirty-first.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1920
UNIT OFFICERS
ARE ELECTED
Dr. Sparks and Dean Warnock Ad
dress Gathering of the Non-Fra
ternity Men.
Tho second meeting of the non-fm
tcrnltv mui wuh held 1-rlduy night In
tho Auditnihim. The mooting vvnn not
ns well attended as the (list one, but
those pi'sent at the gathering notwltli
■daudlng the unfavorable wcnthci con
ditions and cube: conflicting meetings,
•‘lfoetlvly demonstrated tlmt the stu
dents wetc enthiiNhiHtlcully behind this
movement fur (be bettounent of I'viiu
State The hand was out and played
S“Voinl st'lcetions before the opening
of the meeting.
The put pose of the meeting was to
agiln present the Idea to the students
and lo elect permanent district olllc
••rs Before Introducing the other
speakers of the evening, George C
Bless MU, the Omit man of the meeting,
iold the members not to become d|s
(nut aged If things did not seem to go
ns i ipldly as might be expected Ho
Mid, "we me now going through tho
‘nftor-vm'utinn lull' when vve feel ratli
ir neutral toward everything. Instead,
a’l should take a mere active jmrt In
the Union, not lo <np<’nd on the (Hu
ll let leaders to do all the work, but
•pitch In’ and become a real part nf
the mg.ml-tt'mi ” If" said that the
Union was fli«t suggested by Piesldcnt
Spirits seven I yous ago but the time
was not thought ilpe, so It was dropped
for the time, anil It remained foi Demi
Win nock to bilng it to the fiont again
At this Juncture Pi on Ideal Similes
n.r'vcd at the mi cling mul was greeted
will: (uitbuslasm b\ the assemblage
lie Slid that «ome people nte always
afinld that soincbmlv would sell them
i gold-hi Ick. They me nlwiivs afraid
of anything tlmt Is to he had foi noth
ing A few unlafoimed students me
• ifinid that the Union will turn out to
be a pmveililiil gold-brick. However
i'ilu movement Is pute gold and is de
signed foi the benefit of tbe emiie stu
dent body On a small scale It has
been conducted at the University of
Chicago foi the butt twvnty years
If It can succeed there, surely k can
bo a HUCCOHI at this Institution He
went on to say that some of the mem
bers have tbe Idea that the Union N
fot the protection of the non-fraternity
men against the fraternities This al
so Is wrong, the Union is against noth
ing. It Is foi the benefit of the men
who do not belong to fraternities, but
It Is iintl-iioiblng and In only pto-Penn
Slate. "Proxy” urged that tjiero bo no
fCnntinucd on last page) ',
TRACK MEN REPORT
FOR INDOOR WORK
In Mow of tho fact that tho cold
weather would keep the track candi
dates from doing a large amount of
work during the vv Intel months. Coach
Bill Marlin lias so arranged things that
these men may work out dally and thus
keep In Him for tho spring events.
It is the object of tbe conch to Increase
tills sport to Inrgcr pi opart lons than has
been the enso heretofore Before this
time tiuck tins stood In tho back
ground In compirlson lo othei sports
while In other lurge colleges It Is re
ceiving utmost attention In order to
arrive at this end It tins been found noa
essniy to iuivo winter naming and
thus develop the men ull yeni, nnd bo
cnh day the mon jepott to tho coach
■>*i tho sixth floor of Old Main Here
the men who are out for the sprints,
lint dies, ami distance events me given
cpcc'n] ti lining nnd when spring
■•nines will be in the front ranks a
tnong'the i unites s of othei eoltegos
Tho mon interested In Jumping, polo
vaulting and weight events tiro taken!
to tho stock Judging pavilion when they
are able to work to satisfaction
la foi met yens tbe men enmo out
for tho sport foi a shoit time in the
sptlng and tho number was so lingo
that they could not receive the personal
attention of the coach In onlur to
develop a good team this Is necessary
und the Idea in having winter training
is to get all tho men out nt this time
In older tlmt they might be developed
whon tho spring meets occur Up to
this time meioly tho old men, who com
posed the loam last year and sovcral
old men, who had i eturnod havo re
ported, but It Is hoped that within the
next few weeks all thoso men who have
any ability nlonj; this line will report
to Bill Martin.
Although it Is i at hoi early in the
yiai to piedlct oi even to say anything
concerning the team which will repre
sent Penn State on the cinder path the
outlook Is the tuighlest In a long time
Not only have several prominent old tnen
t.'turned, hut lh" mui seem to tako
a gi eutei lulu cut than in formet years
and unthusliuim for a championship
Hum runs high It Is Impossible to
give an estimate of the ability ot the
men or tho names of those who huve
H turned In as much ns a huge number
have not lepoitid but among tho old
men who have sol rccouls In the past
and have come out fin pnicllcc mo*
Knill, 410-ynn! man; Shields, cross-1
country man and holdei of tho record
for the tnllo. and Foaloi, cross-country
star, tiinsmuch as Hilo has left col
lege. Bughee and Parent will piohnbty
l.rf looked upon mi contestants for the
Inn dies,' In the dashes Demmlng,
Hooker, Julies. Taylor. Slcolo anil New
comer, who mu known from their work
last year, have repotted nnd nre allow
ing tho usual form Orr, Soems, Ro
mlg nnd iCnhloy nro members of tho
cioss-country team whllo Emory and
Dmnbly, weight men arc also out. Sev
eral football moil havo also announced
their Intention of reporting nnd among
thoso may bo mentioned Beck, Cub-
STUDENTS VOTE ON j
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Propositions Six and Three Re
ceive Highest Vote—Faculty
Favors One and Four
In accordance with the nation-wide
vote of college oud university students
and faculties being taken on the six
l.ioposltlons in reference* to the League
of Nations, as published In last week's
COLLEGIAN, Penn State Btudonts and
faculty cast their opinion on the Ante
hi i foi tho vote onMonduy and Tues
day As fm as obtainable data on the
number of votes cast, has been receiv
ed to date it would sccnj that u number
of students dhl not voice their opinion
on tho matter Yet the data iccelved
Is Interesting in that it shows the var-
Iciice ot opinion umong tho student
body nnd faculty However, in nearly
every case, the propositions which re
ceived the highest number of votes a
tnong the fucultv. likewise were high
est la the Hindi nt vote
A i the vote stands, pinpimltfon six.
which fovois a compromise on tho res
ervations, but wbl<,'li. In spite of the
uunpromNc wishes to keep the present
constitutional pilnclples of American
government foremost, holds the high
est student vote, but ranks third in the
faculty vote. Pioposltlon one, which
favors the league att It now stands is
foi email among tho faculty, vote, but
thin! hi th" student vote But, since
those voting for Proposition slv want
onlv cnmpplmiH'x which will insuie
Us iatl(lutti»n tiv.it vote mlcht well be
■ ombiiH-d with the vote i.tst foi piop-<
osltlon one. which would make the
broid consensus of opinion really In
favor of the League PinjvasltlonH two.
three and five all stand for substanihl.
I'hangev. either In the league Itself or
some other notion wholly different fiont
the league, and these three votes might
be combined In n btond sense How
ever, the combined number of votes
would not make this consensus of opin
ion stand higher than tile ono whereby
the league Is accepted. Proposition
foui. which seems rathe? Imllffuient ns
to the method employed In tho ratifi
cation ot the league stands next to
lowi a in the student vote, but stumls
wvll up, (n thlul place, in the faculty*
vote
The vote ns far os hua been obtnln
iblo tn dale Is iiutiil bu!inv In statisti
cal foim
i =5592
1 § ■ | 1 - £
~ s; jj, 0. M
3 If?" I--”
3 => ’ ~
1. - 08 Hid 140 * 302 370
2. 1 05 3d" - l»7 98
■I 28 an 20.7 41(5 444
4 50 80 70 ICO 200
f» 0 80 107 193 202
5 10 420 328 GOB Oil
D. 11. CLUB MEETS
The D IT .Club met Thursday even*
ing In the Daily Building,
“SAM” DEAN WRITES OF
CONDITIONS IN CHINA
Ponn State Alumnus, Class of 1912, In Letter to Dr. Sparks, Tells
About the Penn Stale Work in Peking—China’s Educational
Development Has Been Rapid—Students Intensely Patriotic
TJie following letter was rocontly re
ceived by Di. Sparks fiom S. M. Dean
*l2, who at present Is located nt Peking.
Chinn, where lie is teaching In the De
partment of Industrial Education of tho
Peking Higher Norma! Collogo. This
communication will undoubtedly be retd
with great Interest by all Penn State
faculty -membeiH, alumni, students, and
friends, because of tho wondetfully en
tertaining and vlvlil account It gives
of thn work of this Penn Stato nlumnus
In the Orient.
The Peking Higher Normal College
Dept, nf Inlutdrlnl Education
Y. M. C. A., Peking, China
My denr Dr. Sparks,—
I am going to toll you mmiothlng nf
whut Bob Galloy and the other mon
out here In tho Princeton vvoik call
the r*oim State work la Pelting. I
didn't dare to writo before for one does
mil like to tell whut ho Is dalng till ho
■Wes that they have at least partly boon
accomplished
Five years ago ! asked Mi. Galloy ui
a summer couP'ionce at Euglcxmetc
how I could host prepnie to help China
Industrially. lie said, "(Jo out there
and fall until van sticcoed. Tln> ciiuntiy
needs you but heaven knows they* don’t
want you They don’t know wlml they
want and when they havo it they* don’t
want tlmt either" And so I umiu and
started lit fall almost as soon as T tund
ed. It would be a long story to tell how
I earned tho money for the flrst Indus
tilul school by teaching English at the
government unlv entity and Jiow often
1 llmiikod my lucky stain that I'aliy
I’altcu had taught me ihvtnife In spite
i of my self.
A Small Roglnnlug
Thn first school wasn't vciy big. It
had iwelvo kids picked fiom tliu slu'd
amt taught by a carpenter, n graduate
of tho Y M. C. A. school and myself
Yet it wuh big enough In put inn ovei
lastlngly in a financial holo and finally
to rnakn It worth whllo tn comblnu us
with an nrphnnugo which tho Y. M. C
A wuh interested in and which wc
helped tn turn Into an Industrial organ
ization that is now making toys, tugs
nnd other things nnd has over a hun
dred hoys nnd girls in it.
As peculiar as that may scorn, I final-,
ly got Into real Industrial work, not by
(CuUegtati.
NOVICE BOXING
MEET THIS WEEK
Contest Formally Opens Local
Season Candidates Preparing
for Penn Meet v
Bovlng enthusiasts ut Penn State arc
due for an exceptional treat In the
foim of u novice meet to be held In
the mmory ut vlgitt-ilftccn on Wednes
day evening The contestants, number
ing seventy in all and ranging In eight
diffcicnt weights from one bundled and
eight piiunds to heavyweight, wilt be.
as the name implies, novices at the
fistic att Them nun have nev« r be
fore boxed with icgular (ontestauts at
nuv meets, and are given this oppot
tunity to gala experience in the ring
before tackling any boxers who have
had previous experience No udmls
stun wttl be charged and every cine who
is interested and who enjoys a boxing
contest Is invlbd to he piesent. tlmt
tbe content nils be vneountged la theh
cffoi t*.
With but threo weeks Intervening*
between Ihe dale of the meet with the
University of f’onnsylvanla tiatn. much
strenuous wink ties before the both
coach and candidates The varsity has
ns yet not been selected, but It will
undoubtedly* bo chosen tluuugh the
general medium of preliminary con
tests, u survival of llus lUtest and the
appioval of the conch Numerous men
have showed marked Improvement
within the past week nnd competition
foi vaislty berths promises to be In
tensely keen lfeck, u contestant in
jUio heavyweight class has shown up
especially well as Ims Stein in the light
heavvwelg’ht class Aiken, one of last
ycai's victors in the Pena meet at
Philadelphia is showing up well in tho
onc-hundi cd-und-slxty -pound class, us
have Cooper and Brown in the class
Immediately below. Captain Mcl'nddcn,
also of last year’s fnmc and tbe other
victor u Penn, ami Good have both
made decided spuiis latch, McFadden
gradtmlh tegninlng his old time form.
In the onc-hundi ed-und-twenty -five
pound cluss "Hicks" Friedman is show
ing a type of imxlng which will be luud
for his opponents to overcome, while In
the light-weights. Jenkins, Kuhlcy and
Cboile continue to strive for supre
macy*.
The meet with the Navy Is now an
assuied fact, although u date has ns
.cl not been set Negotiations mu
also pending foi a meet with tho Uni
versity of Pittsburgh, although noth
ing doflnito has been decided upon.
OFFICERS ELECTED AT
FORESTRY SOCIETY MEETING
At It’s‘by-monthly meeting Tuetiday
evening in- tho Forestry* building, tho
Forestry Society* ctoctcd tho ofllclals for
tho.onsuclng somoster. Thoso chosen
nro ns follows*-_PrcsJdent.. John Hnn
eock '2l, Vlce-Presldentr C.'A."MorUec
•22. Secretary, J Ti. Kirkpatrick '2l;
and Treasurer, L M. Llndonmuth '22.
L. It Smith '2O w't selected ns detegnte
lo the Intorcolleglutc Association of
Forestry* Clubs to be hold nt Yale Uni
versity on February twenty-sixth nnd
twenty -seventh.
hut because I had made good in Eng
lish nnd Ihe Government Normal which
Is at the head of the public school sys
tem of the countiy asked mo tn tcuch
rhctmlc and general history* for thorn.
This was of course an awful blow to the
famous Penn State Engineering Spirit,
but It had to bo dono for Galley with
his eagle eye sahl, “Tlmt Is the school
where you can start Industrial work and
from which you can spread it all ovei
tho coiiutty because It controls tho
whole educational system.”
Soon nftei f started my career us u
historian. Galley started to whisper In
tho cars of tho Chlnoso educators out at
our collcgo Just how Important Indus
try was to China nnd told them that
theirs was the vciy school to start It.
He and I wnntud to educate Industrial
teachers, they wanted manual training
and art teacheis and whether I would
•or not I soon found myself the head of
a department of nmmial training und
mt.
Tools From "Noah's Ark"
It was a wonderful army of tools tlmt
they presented me with and naked mo to
lc lull the youth of China on 1 think
that friend Noah must have sold them
tn the Japanese, “In his lust ttip around
the world save one,” There were
planes that pulled toward you, saws
that you lay down on your buck nnd
got saw dust In vnur eyes to use, nnd n
lot of runny pieces of lion and wood
lornblncd together that to tills day I
have neve: dlscovcicd the use of But
I had llfty boys, a building and per
mission to go ahead and fill them full
of Penn Statu knowledge
The (list thing tlmt I discovered was
that my boys vveve sons of gentlemen,
had flunked out of every olhoi course
in tbe land and vvero given to mo an a
lust rcsoit. They were a choice lot,
I Died nineteen of them tho first yom*.
five of them died from consumption and
of tluiHn tlmt weto left wo only gradu
ated nineteen, seven of whnm vvero won
dris and the rest grading down to thoso
that I got iked of trying to fire boenuso
they vvete Homebody'x f> lend nnd the
moio often 1 tiled to dismiss them tho
less they woiked In spite of all this,
these hoys did got through will: good
stiff courses la carpentry*, btnckamlthlng,
machine shop, \yoad turning and tho
like nnd made their own,tools ua thoy
PHI KAPPA PHI WILL
BRING NOTED SPEAKERS
Dr. H. T. Callings, Former Pro
fessor, and Hamlin Garland to
Speak Here
Once more the Phi Kappa Pill hon
orary fraternity Is acting ns the instru
ment in biliihlng to Penn Statu decld
ment in bringing decided udvuutages to
Penn State It is negotiating with
piomlncnl speakers for u scries of
hetures to l>c given In the near future
The first one will he delivered on the
twenty-fourth of the piesent month by
Dr H T. Colllngs on “Itcconstruction
Piohleius In Belgium" Dr Codings
enjoys u wide circle of filends at Penn
State, having fm some time been head
of tbe Department of German here
It will be remembered that during the
war he jepresented tho United Slaws
Department of Commerce fa Belgium
am! that ho Is nt present studying Ec
onomics nt Columbia University, pre
paratory to going to South Ameilui to
represent the government on n cninmci
ilal mission His lectures hire will be
one of many ho is delivering through
out the United States on the same sub
ject.
The second lecture will be delivered
on tbe seventh of February by Ham
lin Gailand on "Personal Rcmlnlsccn
ses of the English and American Au
thors" Mr. Garland is inlet natloimllv
known us an author of note His wotk
dealing with the great Middle West of
this country arc especially popular
Fuithur announcements of these lec
tures which will bo held in the* Aud
itorium nnd will be cnthcly fire will
be made In coming issues of the COL
LEGIAN
ELABORATE PROGRAM
TO FEATURE CONCERT
Musical Clubs Plan Interesting
Entertainment—New Songs to
Be Tried Out
Preparations for tho concert to be
given In the Auditorium Friday evening,
Januniy sixteenth by the combined Glee
and Mandolin Clubs ami tho Varsity
and Freshman Male Quurtets have been
(.umpteted und a concert such us wilt
suit tho desires of all college music lev
els has been nrrnngcd These oegunlza
lions havo been working on this con
ceit uver since the last concert given at
tho Pennsylvania Day festivities. Tho
selections to be rendered arc popular
ones and one of the features of tho
evening will bo the rendition of two
new football songs, in addition to a
humorous monologue from Murk Twain
by B AV Knnpji '2l. Tho Glee Club
has been working for soma time on
these now footpoll-oongs, fUid„©xprt‘saoa
a fervent hope that thoy will * "take
hold” among tho students They nre
both written by Penn State men, and
sue tho typo which Penn State enthus
iasts demand Following tho icndltion
of theso songs by tho club, tho song
leaders will lead tho audlonco In tho
attompt to test them out.
The admission to Oiu concert will be
free lo all studonta of tho collc n e, fac
ulty members und residents of tho town
The conceit will begin promptly nt
eight o'clock Tho progrum Is ns fol
lows;
1 Annbcl Loo (Edgar Allen Poe..
...... ..... Vandewutor
Gleo Club
2 Ultimatum March Alien
Georgia Land- ... ..... Lewis
Mandolin Club
7 Selected
I I’m Awfully Lonesome Tonight
... ... ...... Jos Howard
Varsity Male Qua: let
5 Swing Along Cltlllun..
._W M Cooke
G. “A Littery Eplsode”...Mnrk Twain
B. \V. Knapp '2l, Monologlst
7 Honor —... .......Earl Towner
Ashes of Ito«ea...._C. C Robinson
S Nobody Knows (solo by 1 C
Boerlln) ..Irw In Bet lln
Sweet Kisses (solo by E 11. Ral
ston ’22).. .... ....Min Tllzer
I'leslmmn Mido Quuitot
9 Chlnoso Lullaby... ... Bow era
Popular Airs ...... ... Selected
Siting Quintet
10 Penn Stato Footbatl Songs
Glee Club
a Hera's A Cheer for Old Penn
Stato.... ... ...Graduate 'IC
1) Hurtah, Penn Suite' ...
Rex Meyets 'l4
DR. ZOOK TO LEAVE AT
FMI OF FIRST .NUMESTI.R
Reiter oppoi tunltles nnd n hlgbei
position huve called another of IVim
State's faculty membeiH, who will leave
this institution at the end of the Hi-mes
ter Di, Oemgo F. Zook, Ptofessor of
Mediaeval and Moeletn Hlstuiy, bus re
ceived an appointment through the Sec
lotnry e»f tho Interior a» Spec! dint of
Higher Education ut Washington, D.
C After he assuitie's his new duties
nt the Capitol, Dr Zook will spend n
hout half ids time traveling among
the colleges und universities of tho
United States and In wilting surveys
of them. Tho loss of this valunblo
member of the Liberal Aits teaching
staff is to bo deeply regretted, but
nevertheless his host ot faculty and stu
dent ft lends will wish him the host nf
success In his new post.
FALL ON IFY I’A\EMENT
RESULTS IN BROKEN ANKLE
While on her wny to class Tuesday
morning. Miss Pearl Bnnoroft ’2l slip
ped on the Icy pavement near tho Lib
eral Arts Building, lost her bulaneo and
sustained a broken nnklo ns a result
of her fall. Thu accident ncouriod be
tween classes am) sho wns immediately
given aid and taken to tho collegu
health service where sho is now so-