March And The Niltany Lion .-Are Both Due to Fin ish Strong VOL. XV. No. 24 VARSITY FIVE HAD EXCELLENT SEASON Blue and White Quintet Defeated in BtrtA One. Contest—Every Member of Team Stars The gi cutout basketball season ~ yet And the best basketball tenm ever turn ed out nt this colloge.la the unanimous verdict of nil supporters of the nport nt Penn Statu nml followers of the nine and White’s cage cnioer during the past several months * The varsity this year Is in the conch's opinion, the bent balanced combination which he hns ever built and to choose from the five, one man who was exceptionally better than the others would be a hard matter Indoed Handicapped by u pool schedule this year, the niue and While played'sterling bnsltetball in each, con tent. Had there been three or four more hard games on the season's list there Irt little doubt but what the var ally had showed up even better than what It did As It was, the easy games were not In the least Induclvo'to In creased betterment on the part of,the combination for their work In the l'iai dor. contents which intervened Tho season un a whole was a rather odd one, the local passers always showing tip the poorest when playing ngalnst n weaker opponent and winning through spurts of coordinate playing such ns wore demanded every Instant in tho really big games Again, when away from home the five put up really pushed to tho limit. “Killy** Elected Captain- At a mooting last Tuesday, of tho men on the sitund and the mnnagor, lettoro were awurded and elections for next yoa rwuro made. Klllinger, was elected to lead tho Blue and Whlto passers for the 2921 season and M W Myers '2l was chosen varsity manager C. O. Spencer, B. Hairls and J B Sayers, Sophomores, were elected to the posi tions of second assistant managers Million, Wolfe, Reploglc, Klllingcr Haines and Manager Martin wero awarded the straight "S" und Wilson was granted tho "bSb". This season, the big teams of tho ..Intercollegiate circuits were especially, strong Teams like Penn, Swartbmore, «Xafayotfo. Pitt,-West Virginia, and W. ,& J. tyero above tho'avcrage. That the Blue and ’White was'victorlous against nli'but tho first, places the local fivo 1 very high in the. lists, outrivalled only by Penn * In no game was tho varsity outocorod In field goals In two con tests, ’the number of flcld_goals ob ' talncd by- each team was tied, and then It wns "that.foitl shooting roally count . ml -Tho conceded 1 ttr liuvo v bcTfif'niQ'Mat evor'-sebn'ln >cars nt Woightmnn Hall, ns wns also the g.imn nt Swnrthmorc and those nt Pitt and West Virginia Penn hns had n team this yeui, as evidenced by thtir winning, the lntctcolloglntcs with out tlu.-lo.sn of a single contest. The Potiu auth'virlt lon. suited, 'Jioiyoboithn t tholi Uttorj'oxer Venn State demand ed cxtrbmb effort on thtir pan and tho vnWilty passfiiH futalßliecl better.op po'liloti against 1 them than did mo loam oh tho Intercollegiate chcull.' Homo Games Busy Tho mason opened with Junlntn Col logo on the Armory flour, the Blue und White llternllv swamping the Hunting don Collegians by the sente of S 3 to 18 Although the flnoi work, both often the and dofensho \vas of un oxcellcnt • the shooting done was wry pom in spltu nf_ the giv.it scene plted'.up by toe v.nulty’ puHsers Pollowiag the Christmas rocoss. the Dickinson Col lege five was mu and equally as citsy diiipnlhld. thu pissing and guarding of the local five temnlalng us good nml the foul and field goal shooting being conMctembly buttci, ns resultant of tho luvoff o\ei the holidays Thu first real contgju of-the season was the one with W. a 'J. .the following week* Captain Henry's fiw was at that time on Its eastern trip und diced the hardest teams of tho cast' la the lost gnmo on that, trip tho Bluo und White of foctu illv- effaced., all leadoishlp hopes of the Little Washingtonians by best ing -them -13 to 2G Tho lasi homo gnmo before tho custom invasion wns with Lebanon Valley and was of tho same type ns* the first two contests on the nohodutc Completely overwhelmed, 69 to 12, tho Lebanon Valley men put up a game fight, but wero no match for tho well balanced, speedy working com bination* which Coach Herman -had gradually worked ogether. * Eastern Games Hard With little real opposition before making- tho trip, the varsity faced (ho hardest games on Its schedule. Laf ayette was easily disposed of at Easton and tho following ovonlng Swnrthmoro was defeated by a two point margin. This oontest was exceedingly rough and marked -by brilliant work by Mul lon and Rvploglo, tho former winning the contest In the last few seconds by a marvelous side shot Tho. Penn game was the "Jonah” of tho trip, how over, und it Is enfo to suppose, that had tho varsity met tho Rod and Blue pass ers nt tho beginning of tho trip Instead of at the end, that a different story might bo told Thu Blue and Whlto 'men wero well worn out by tho two previous evenings work and although thoy played tho most wonderful typo of basketball ever exhibited at Penn, tho closing minutes of tho contest told on them and U was then that tho Phil (Continued on page two) PROF. GRAY ATT TO LEAVE Professor Thomas C. Qravatt, who has bocn assistant registrar of the col lege, has resigned his position to ac cept a post on the fnculty of tho Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. In his place, Mr. W. 8 Hoffman of the School of Engineering will bccomo tha assistant registrar. COLLEGE EXAMINER APPOINTED Dr. C. E. Mnrquardt has recently been mado the college examiner, whoso duties it is to look up the records of all students who como to this institu tion for degrees of higher standing^. DEAN BLAISDELL TO GO ON LECTURE TOUR lieod of School of Liberal Arts To Spend April and May in Americanization YVork U Ith the growing unrest felt all over t the United States due to Industrial , strife and condltlohs and tho effects of , Bolshe\ Istlc doctrines, a group of prom*: . Inent • representatives! ; of the entire countiy have begun nl movement under the approval of the 1 [ national government, for tho "Ameil* , cunUtUon" of the people of this coun | tiv. It has long been felt that aftet , uu expected relapse on tho part of the ! people's fervor following the war, thnt i the neul for greater patriotism and governmental ideals among tho people , was picHt'ni Accordingly an "Amerl cnnlzatlon Campaign" Is being conduct* .ed at. which piomlnent and forceful speakei-H wll| bring heforo tho peoplo the desires and hopes of this United mate JDum Thomas C. Blalsdell, of the Liberal Arts School has boon ro* guested to he one of tho speakers dur ing thl i campaign and tho Board of Tiuslees of this college have glvun him permission to bo absent from his dut ies here and tako up this greater v. 01 k. Some tlmo ago, Dean Blalsdell ten dered his resignation to tho Board of Trustees, which was accepted, and which was to take effect at tho end of tho present collegiate year. At tho tunic time, tho board offered tho dean allow ance of tho remainder of the year to pursuo some such courso as he had In view. If ho so desired. With the arri val of this opportunity for greater work; among the peoples of tho country, the I dean felt that the need was present and I occot'llngly has accepted tho offer for 1 leuve of absence till June Ho wilt leave State College the first of April and return In June for commencement exorcises and awarding of degrees Af ter that tlmo he will contlnuo on the camp dgn tour during tho summer. The plan adopted by tho group of philanthropists arc for the "Americani zation” of thu pooplo consists of u group of noted speakers, a threc-day campaign in each town and a schedule of' 1700 towns' and communities to be embraced during the tour, Tho topics tor the threo days. In tlw order named, are, "The Making of an American'/; "Our Government'’; and ' "A United American” Tv?o speakers will speak on each subject each day, and Bean Blalsdolf will talk on the first subject tho first day of each campaign With this group of topics, tho hope and do- Hire of tho tour arc to placo In the peoples' minds tho Idoals and founda | tlons of this govgrpmont. wluU.lt stands ! fotvwhnt-lt hopos to nuoin. what tho, ! people should do In regard to It, and i Ito goicmllv broaden oven thoso who I : have the lonst understanding of thu .mutter, ho that the seeds of radical-1 ism and BnlHhcvlMtn will not find fer tile gtouitd on which to spring With recognisance of the fact that tho think ing people of this countiy •see thu dan-: «ers which will insult from the spread ing of this great menace and the per [tils'slnn,which It now has to tut mens’ mlrids with, evil .thoughts against the government which works fot them, It was decided that the .American peoplo needed n lisson In rudlmenlnry con stitutional.. principles and patriotism and Jt In this which the campaign hopes to la lag about “SAW' IfIGGfNBOTTOM TO SPEAK HERE TOMORROW ''Sam" lllggcnbottom. (ho ngrlcultui ill missionary* of India, will l>o ut Ponn State on Thursday ami Friday While hero ho will talk in an open forum on the fields of service for agricultural woik This meeting will bu held in Old Chapel on Thursday at sovon-thlr* t> He will also bo available for per* sonnl interviews any time on Thurs day or Friday. Arrangements for thoso Intcnlewa may bo made at tho Y M. C A. Hut Ills wide experience with this lino of work fits him very well to advise agricultural students who have not dccldud upon thcli life work Class of 1924 to Be Limited to 750 It wlfl be necessary to limit thu Freshman class to bo admitted next September to 760. Thnt is tho maxi mum numbor tho cluss rooms, shops and laboratories will accomodato in ad dition to tho upper classmen likely to be In uttcndunco Slnco probably tho number of applicants will bo doublo the numbor that can bo admlttod, no ono wilt be accoptcd who resides out sldo the stalo of Pennsylvania unless tho parent is a tax-payor within tho stato or is employed In tho state. The Registrar of tho collogo Ik molt ing up tho summitry of attcndanco for thu current collogo catalogue. Ho finds that tho total attcndanco this year far surpasses that of any preceding year. Perhaps It is the largost that tho cot lego will huvo for scvoral ycurs to come, unless tho stato builds several now buildings or funds to erect tho now buildings come from a prlvato source Tho total uttondonco for recent years is as follows* 1916-18 3GGG 1010-17 3728 2917-18 3091 1918- 3195 1919- 4310 BAND CONCERT POSTPONED Owing to tho fact of so many mem bers of tho college band, upperclassmen, engineers, and chemists being away, from collogo over Sunday March twon- : ty-olghth, tho regular scheduled band concert for that date will bo postponed until after tho Easter holidays. It Is hopod that tho weather will pormlt of this concort being played outsldo. . STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1920 HARPVOCAL ARTISTS TO APPEAR TONIGHT Concluding Number of Y. M. C. A. Entertainment Course Will Be Presented in Auditorium As n closing number to ,i well-round ed hciluh ef unturtiilnments, tho Y. M. I C. A presents the Hntpvocni Ensemble [ln tho Auditorium tonight ni seven thlu> Unavoidable conflicts havo :mmlo this mid-week engagement nec cssmv, Inu it Is expected that this will In no way affect the attendance Spe cial |>ei mission has been obtained whereby the coeds nvty attend this number with an escoit v Musical numbers of a wide vnilcty have been picsontod hero during the past season, but without a doubt.the Hnrpvocu! Ensemble Is ns unusual und as pleasing us any Harp music has a certain enchantment about It and when combined with the voice. It enry scar cely be equalled The program in cludes unusual combinations of harps, violin and piano, four voices, soprano and tenor duets, in fact, nn Interesting' and varied selection of numbers The party Includes three harpists, Miss Ncl-, lie Zlmmor, Miss Ethel Zlmmor and Miss Florence Price, all of whom havo' had excellent training nut] wide ex perience with (hia Instrument both In concert and recital work. The hnrp Is a difficult instrument to master and the artists In this company have spent years under the tutelage of (he great est teachers of the country In addi tion to tho harps. Miss Ethel Zlmmor is an accomplished pianist and Miss Price is a tuiented violinist. The vocal part of the'program will be well taken care of by Mias Blanche Uplmm }faaoti and Mi Alexander Mas on. Mins Munon has a rich soprano voice and a very* appealing personality*. Mr. Mason has a mellow tenor voice which blends well with tho other parts of tho concert. Both of these artists havo studlod under the leading vocal ists of the day and In the Inst few years have done considerable concert work An Excellent Program • This number cornea horc highly ro commended and they promise both an entertaining and- pleasing program Reports from other engagements In dicate that this is tho best number of tho entire course Tho instruments used arc the bent obtainable, tho three harps being valued at $7OOO Quite frequently n novelty musical number lacks (he artistic touch of tho more usual typo, but that Is not tho case wlth*thls number Tho Harpvocal En-' somblo.Js I>°HV ploaslng and artfstlo, and "will l)u or vorj rttting oloiio ttr «■ j vorv 'successful enterthnment course I Regular course tlckots.wlll be honored |at thin, concert Sepernto admissions | may be obtained at fifty and seventy five coats. Reselled scats may bo üb ituliiu! firnn Slnuffei, Theta Chi. phone Kill any tlmi during the dnv and nt tho box. office in the Auditorium nftot o*3o tonight Attention Is called to the fact that tho concert will begin at 7 30 Instead of ibe usual Hour ' [STRONG FIVES ENTERED IN INTERSCHOLASTICS Plans ate rapidly being completed for the gram! carnival of schdlastlc Imnketl.nl! which will be held hero on I ikinv'nml Hntutduy, Apill ninth and tenth New* entries me constantly be- 1 ing received und from picsont indica tions this competition will bring to gotlia the fastest and most tepresonta live b.iskulaill tennis In tho state. All of the'learns hulled have made en viable records in tlioli lespective leag ues m in Independent contests with their neighboring high schools nvllcfonto High School was recontly Clowned the victoi In the Mountain League and this team together with Oakmont High school, winners of tho Allegheny Valley Longue, Han (abut g Tech, chumplous of the Contral Penn sylvania Longue and Fifth Avenue High School, who tamped home with first honors in the Pittsburgh City Luiguc, will mako up the Qunitet of league champions who have nlicady* been entered. In addition several strong Independent teams such as East Stroudsburg High School, Williamsport High School and Shnmokin High School have also signified thcli desire to com pete fin* tho supicmc championship honors. Programs Dulug Published A program or schcdulo of evonts is boing published by Grnduato Manager Nell Fleming which will Include a com plete outline of thn rules and regula tions governing this gala event of the year. Thu picttininnrlos will bo held on Friday night, April ninth, tho semi finals on Satuidny afternoon and on Saturday night The remaining tenms will match their skill In tho concluding gnmo of the tournament From the first whlstlo on Filduy night until the (Continuod on last pngot Scabbard and Blade Elections Tho chapter of tho National *Jiono rnry Military Society of Scabbard and: Blade has again become active ut l'onn Stato ufter n poiiod of inactivity due to tho world war. Tho following com missioned officers of tho U. S. A de tailed by tho Wat Department for duty at this college havo boon Initiated Into this socloty os honorary members Major C. W Savage, Inf., Captain M D Wolty, inf., and Ist Lt. Scott, Inf. Tho following cadet corps officers havo boon initiated as actlvo members* Colonol E J. Morris, Lt. Col a. J Trimble, Major A. S. Barnhuit, Major A. R. Ely, Major B F Sehwoyor. Maj or 11. E. Davis, Majoi M T. Warner, Captain C. H Brunner, Cnptnln B. II Byers and Captain H A Sayford Major-Ocneral Leonurd Wood, U S Army., candidate of tho RepuUtlcuu party for President, is an hoaorary member of tho local chapter of Scab bard and Blade PRINCETON NO MATCH FOR VARSITY MATMEN Heavyweight Bout Features Even ing—Detar Throws Opponent in Fifty-three Seconds 1 Struggling madly, the Piinccton Ti gtr went down to defeat lost Filduy night by the score'of 21 to 8 The Uluu nnd White wrestlers started with a rush thnt swept the Princeton mon off their feet nnd the meet ended with fout falls nnd one decision to thu cred it of the Penn Statu team nijd two de cisions for the Orange and Black. I’toin the first bout, lt appeared thnt tho Tiger fought ton the defensive Mihk, tho Penn State ill, pound tepre sensitive, pushed Brooke, the Prince tun man from tho start nnd disposed of him bv n fall in two minutes nnd twenty-nine seconds .in tho 12S pound! class, Garber lost to •Cnptnln Jacobs of! thu Princeton team, by u decision after flftim minutes of tbo closest bout of I the xcajon Nelthor man left his feet until the end of thc.'fjrst nine minutes nnd It wan only nfttr two extra per-1 lods that the Judges decided In. favor] or-thc Piinccton mnn Drtnr, Mills quit Broun Stur Ih tho 135 pound bout. Dctar. tho Blue und White entry, hit Hutchinson like a streak of lightening und before tho .Princeton man came to, both his hliottldeis .were pinned to tho mat by the doughty Detar in the remnrkable Umo of only fifty-three seconds. Cup tnin Mills, In tho next bout, took his cu<. from Detar tfnd quickly downed Scttrff, tho Orange and Black 146 poun der. in one minute Mills took his man to the mat Immediately nnd nftor a shmt, furious struggle laid him on his back Bmwn. the l’tnn Stato 175 i pound npicscntallvo, Ucntcd his op-' ponont likewise, throwing Dlxson in three minutes und eight seconds This (Continued oh Pago Three) PENN STATEBOXERS MD SUCCESSFUL YEAR rcrlmpa no other yeui in the history ’ of the college huH exhibit) d such a do* i luge of utliUtio victo'ricH and athlotlc fame Tho old collegiate athletics, such as fotbuil, truck and ttasketlmll not only hold their own with-the iccOrd of for mer soars hut hu\o‘ forged for thorn* solves a immo of piominonee and fame Uuxing, howuvui, had no old lecord to sur|Jti!js.-but' had.-trn.teJa.bllMh-the .firm ' record t>f thfs sj»ort at Penn Stntfl "IT the closing season’s result Is an> crlt cnion ut the lutur**, the vursit) ho\urs will hid hie f«ii int« i collegiate fame. \\ hen the Penn me< t was onl> two W'cel.a ahe-id and uu vnrslt) uam chon* eii to face the* Quakers, Coach "Dick”, Illtilon put the oiudldales through a' stienouj iieiiod of training to tost out] the lelalivo mot Us of inch man and) train thosu s.lectod fot the coniine! louinov. Tin men who met the Quak* ojb. weio essential!) those who contln*| tied thiouglimii the suusou. The Penn | ■met like most conusts with that unlv-i eisltv, did not look vu> promising | Tin Quakuis lmd hern training forj soini time and It was thought that they ! hud the edge oil the Nlltanv men The evening's (onuiev usultlng in u vie-1 lore of 1-J foi Penn State showed ot huwlM Coopei and Weiss of the Hf> ami huivjwolghl vvuc the onl> viir-! silj men to lose The oilu i eimtosi which netted an! overwhelming vlcnai for the vaiultj j with n Cantdlan Unltoralt,, lhe| llallotllni,- to tin vulcdleloihtn .» Uiiltersltt or rot onto. an Institution hud „ m e o tlnir or th „ S(mtol c ,aas J ’ Cn 111 I 'w-, 10 ,* nB / nl i lw for loot Tliui-Mliiy All those in the hlgh ■ibout fine™ >eata Without doubt tills „at rirtcen |»tr cent of tlto cbtaa bolus ti m tlto Utm. tlctmy „r tho season oltelblu. rite men wise chosen. to bo Iho Herno unit 5 u 1 Blown wot tvut , hc h „„„ r orJel ot thel ntn 1> nulchiased In both roach anil Bnitllsh Dona.tmrat ror mmrovnl tv Unlit, bunt, the obit ninn to lone. The innn first mini > oil will bo aivift-d- In ri tlowlni: this scuaon'H woik will, ,„u,le th.Hti ,tn ..r it committee to or two dcclslto ilctotles nnd one doten oholoo, tbo r itttlld u,» mo A 11 Sluud. It nmol bo borne In ntlnd thnt tills do- A R I Iv. sitojid. R n btarltoy .oiit came ftnm men who tire alibied j n Mnslnnls (fed) tbbd. C 11. Bet !ln ilia fistic urt, men who mo compel- j t , fourth ltd t" take botinirtta a toßtilnt course 'utolitnu r ,„. ,|,e Cmtmencentont In- In Hide dnllt nbjalenl tralnlns. The titatlonn », ,e chosen, and O. r Wont !“" Utt oon, “ t »"'r° miul ° Ob iliinun or n committee to or tho fliUttlni, la man to man. Ronontll) r i n( to foi on nll-collesc dunce. Title tnimnitea to Kite Its oitponcnt a nood „ fr „| r „|„ llrtJ KOm „ „ mi . „bottly buatle It must be remembered, like- after BnMcr . by In the Armory, wise tint nltbelißb the acore was 5-1. and uu Its name sljjnlfles, will bo an It re,ire,cud i no-wise tin overwhel- uII-collok,. iirtulr nndei the auauloea mlna derutt Aiken, who booed at An- „f tbo fconltn cla-s. Wotlns's orchea timtolia was In no eondlllon at that , m has b(s ,„ u , k -o ctd . „,,|eb laantea time having Ju*t iccovcrcd ftom a Kno d music at tho small price of one period of Illness which rendered him | dollcr for the nro -uim * •luite weak Mcl'nddon and Knhloy's l “ bouts were cxccedlnglv close and Tried man came thtoußh with n decision Boxing in rapidly fnrgin 410 tiio front in ioll<-gQ athletics It Ih b, lug fostered gieatly by Mi William H Rocnp, spor ting editor of tho Public Ledger The U»ii it of tho Penn Stnto body mani fested in the choiring and mlhcruncc to intii collegiate boxing rules nt tho meet 1 which thin advocate of tho fls tic art and fair piny refeioed in whut prompted him to give Penn Stuto such an motion ns appeared In UlO sporting section of the Public L< rigor sevctal weeks ago. CHEMISTS CO OX TUIl* Tin* Junior Chemlntn of tho School of N aural Science left lust Monday on an InspeUlon lour which will extend over a period uf about ton days l’hoy ulil \lHlt tho luige Kinsa and steel works of PlttrhurßU and Buffalo as noil an the earhotumhim works nt Nlu i;ara Palin, The hip will bo under the nupervltdon of I'rnfenxnin Chnndlee and P.irltn of tho Faculty. NEXT PAPER APRIL 14 Owing to tho fact thnt many of the Hludcntß are leaving col* lego hefoio dm malln nre deliv ered, next Wednesday, 110 pnper will he published The next Is sue of the COLLEGIAN will ho dated April 14, 1020 (ttuUrgtan. BASEBALL SEASON OPENS WITH YALE New Haven Team to Be Met in Washington, D. C. as First Game on Southern Trip Due to the weather conditions being such nn they have been during tho past few weeks the baseball team will start on Its annual southern trip with u tcum composed mainly of men going on their list season's record Tho team will lime for Washington, D. C. on Ap lil fhst and unless the occasional good da>s of warm wutther become constant the picking of the nine will become a case of-lottory. There have been up in this present time onl> thiee days of out-door prac ' dee. the first of which was spent in 1 getting organized Although the day I may he clear the team faces a* serious handicap because of the condition of the, ground Water, mud and oven snow under some of the trees go to | gethei to hinder the process of scloc- I ting the best for the different posi tion-1 Wet lulls not only make It Im post ible for the pitching candidates to! show their ability, but also hinder bat-I ting practice. The comb'notlon of all these evils present a sellout) problem to Coach Bizriek and make It Impos sible for him to select the best men for this trip Team Not Yet Chosen There Is a laige field of candidates to select from at present although no general cnlMms been made This will most llkolv" be done after the Boater lecess when the real process of elimi nation will be used It has been anno unotd that It wilt be Impossible foi the | coach to pick any sort of a team for the coming trip, the old varsity mon having the preferciiLO at this time to gc-lhes with those whose ability Is known to the couch from previous oc casions During the trip shifts will be made according to the üblllty display ed by the men At thin time nil posl tloiiH are temporary Practical)! all of the men who nr© out now nre old varsity men and are all showing up well Among tho best are, Mutlnn. Haines, Grubb, Llghtner and Julfn of tho outfield. Captain ICorb, UHery, Moarkcl, Buublitz, Kestcr, and Ego In the Infield, Brumbaugh, Hall. Rothcmljcrger. Ludwig and Relher are showing up well-along with several ot her promising men In tho behind the bnrposltlon, Gramlcv, Hunter, Thom as. Zollcr. McCullcm, Wagner, Even, Schrlver, McKee, Trnphoner, Ehrmlno and Manlwck me trying for the mound position. ,-Out of this number proba bly fourteen men will he selected foi the southern trip only on theh pnst recoids while after this tilp no man’s! position will be assured Inlc Opens Season | The opening game will be played 1 with Yale In Washington nt the Amcr ' lean BuHtlull League's park. Yale be i lag nt this time on hot southern trip 1 Catholic Unlvcrsltv will-next play the , Blue and White hurleis on their own diamond Delaware Suite. nt^Ncwntk, IXI. Navy, nt Annapolis, ‘and’ Mary land State at College Pnik. Md. will bo phvul In order iH thrill tespicllve home gtaunds, the final game being' on the eighth of Apill VALEDICTORIAN CHOSEN ! AT SENIOR CLASS MEETING DR. ANDERSON LECTURES ON PSYCHOLOGY TESTS Thu Tuesday evening lecture courao was concluded last night, tho address being given by Professor David Allen Andeison, head of the Department nf Education und Psychology, on “Psy chological Tests" The speaker called attention to the fact that tho first attempt to mensuro genern) Intelligence) was made by tho French psychologist, Blnot, and tho Trench physician, Simon, In 190 G Their wnllcst publications appeared in 1908. The most Imporutm American re vision of the Phn l Simon Intelligence Tests Is known ns the Stanford Revi sion, Thin revision was accomplished hi Prof, L M Toimnn of tho Leland Stanford Jr Wnlvtrsltv. Termnn tes ted thousands of children nml gave valuable nstisutnee to those Interested In cducuting and cnilng for the devel opment of soelctv. While Blnot was especially engei to select tho mtb-nor mal, Termnn has been endeavoring to find the supir-noi mnl children In or der thnt thJr unusual abilities might bo properly linhied for mniked service to society. It bus boon recently deter mined that approximately ton per cent of tho chihlu-n In tho graded schools may bo selected on the basis of psy chological tunU who ato nblo to do twice ns much academic work ns will be done by children of average ability. REHAB MINSTRELS ON FRIDAY EVENING Show to Be Staged for Benefit of Qoliege Hospital-Large Audiehce to Attend The "Rehab" minstrel show, which is to he given on Friday evening at eight o'clock In the Auditorium for the ben efit of the Penn State hospital Is now toundlng out under Its last week of pieparatlon Everything is in readiness fot the performance and those who at tend tire sure of witnessing a most phasing ontcitalnment from start to finish One of the strongest features of the show Is the circle of black faces with Its liberal supply of humorous endmen, Undet the careful direction of Mr E B Mover who has charge of tho pro duction of the show, thufto men have developed a wonderful knowledge of the wit und drollery of the south The nin. in which Miss Sparks will enter tain with Interpretative dances, is also bound to be a popular part of tho pio grarn Inasmuch as sho Is nn artist of chaim and exceptional ability. In the same portion of the program. Mr Ca puto and Mr Somerville will Introduce some new sungs of their own composi tion The final act of tho entertainment Is n farce comedy on the trials of tho Ovciscns Forco during their stny In France andibutrs for Its title "On tho Morn of the Eleventh". The scene Is laid In the Adjutnnt's office of the famous Pennsylvania Suite division and (Continued on lost page) Unique Debate to Be Held with Princeton A novel debate which has never be fore boyn staged by tho Penn Suite de bating team at Suite College, will be held both here and at Princeton on Satuidny evening at eight o'clock This debate will bo called a twenty fout hour debate, deriving Its name from the fact that tho debaters re ceive their subject of debate on Friday evening nt eight o'clock, making tho time for preparation only twenty-four horns A Princeton professor has submit ted a list of questions to a member of the Penn State faculty from which the member of the Penn State faculty will select one question This ques tion will bo given to the teams at State Colkgc and to the teams at Prince ton at the nppolntod time Each lib rary will have collected before this (Jmc alt nf the material on tho ques tion so that on the announcement of the question both sides will bo able to start work Immediately The negative teams In both cases will remain nt home Eight minutes will be allowed for constructive argu ment and six minutes pLr speaker for rilmttal The Judges will bo selected by the npresentatlves of both Institu tions and one fucultv member from each All questions vOhlch ‘were de lated l>\ either team will be excluded ENGLISH SUFFRAGIST TELI S OF CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA A large and Intel voted audience greet ed Mis Punkhuist, the notetj English militant suffragist Saturday evening Mis Punkhum’s lecture on “What l saw In Russia” was one of tho scries of cntertalnmeats by noted spcakeis, which has been gjvon undci the aus pices of the Phi Kappa Phi honorary fritunlti this vvintet Miss Simmons, head of the German Department and Secretary of the local chapter, presided over the meeting After an analysis of English and World conditions which showed the Jus tice of hut claim of being a politician, Mrs Pnnkhtirsl outlined her war work as hiring a patriotic propogandist She said it was this war work which had hi ought hci to Amerlcn, to unite the two countries more firmly, it was to comlmt the pacifist elements in Russia thnt she mndo u clangorous trip there In 1017. With Interesting personal references to tho Russian loadors, tho speaker des cribed her reception by each Tho fam ous “Uatinlion of Death" and their load er called forth a glowing tribute Tho Root Commission was dlscussod and ciltlclfiid for leaving too soon Kor onsky and tho Council of Workmen and Soldiers drew forth tho speaker's condemnation for their attltudo against hearing tho truth, and Kerensky for his dlsllka of England and Franco. Tho cossnek troops received a glowing tri bute: and tho characteristics of many of the men and organizations which uie world famous, were dellngatcd und mndc vivid )>y tho personal gllmpso glvun of each EASTER VACATION TO START NEXT WEDNESDAY The Easter vacation will commence at twelve o’clock Wednesday Mure?! thirty-first and will continue until one thlity of the following Wednesday for nit men students The women students' vacation will start one day earlier hut will end on the same date Tho usual fine of flvo dollars will be imposed for any tmexcuscd absences from classes for twenty-four hours proceeding noon of the thirty-first oc after one-thirty of the soventh Arrangements nro being mndc for a special train for Pittsburgh leaving Bellofonto nt two-forty-flvo ort Wed nesday and to leave Pittsburgh about eight o'clock on tho following Wednes day. This will permit all students to niiivo In Bellofontc about tivolvc- thir ty In plenty of time for the nftornoon classes Another special will leave Lc mont nt two o'clock and will go cast to Sunbury. A return train will leave there on the seventh about ten o'clock and will nrrivo In Lcmont about noon Only absences due to delays on tho spe cial trains will be excused. Penn State Is Going to Be A Very Busy Place This Spring PRICE FIVE CENTS TEAM READY FOR INTERCOLLEGIATES Many Well-Contested Bouts to Feature Annual Struggle for Mat Championship Tho climax to the collegiate wrestling season will be staged In Welghtmnn Hall, Philadelphia next Friday und Sat urday when Penn, Cornell, Princeton, Lchjgh, Yale, Columbia and Penn Stato matmen will grapplu for supremacy and the honor ot being a champion The Intercollegiutcs this year promlso to be trigger than ever before duo to the fuel that the representatives nro more evenly matched than has been tho case in the Inst few years Each team has men who have been out of the game foi several years am account of the war und linvu come bnck to muke tho team a stronger contender than bofoiu. Foi the last two years Prjnceton hns not had a team repre sented but this year they will be on hand and with them a new team. Yule. Penn State has been In the Inlercolleg lutes foi two years and In that time has. won the championship each time The first year they won all but one bout"and were easily victorious. Last year Lehigh wns barely nosed out. Penn btulo scoring twenty-three points us compared to twenty for Lehigh This year promises to bo even harder although the Penn Stale seven Is stron ger than it was lust ycur Peon Slate Has Clmnco By glancing nt the record of each team for the year and if anything may bo obtained by comparing scores, Tonn State appears to be the logical winner Lehigh hna been defeated decisively i twice whilo Penn, Cornell and Prlnce ' ton has fallen nt the grasp of the Nit tany Lions No great fear comes from , these teams although it is quite pro , bubic that they will place sovorni men , as champions and maku strong bids | for second* places Columbia and Yalo hate not been met and not very much , is known concerning these teams , The former was considered a strong contender at the beginning of the year . but since that time the fates have been , against it und since several of their best men have been lost, the team is not counted upon to furnish any great opposition late looms up ns the black horse In the nice for the championship Several of their best men have been out of tho Inst meets but will be back for the inUrcollcglntCH They have de feated Penn and last Saturday won one bout from the Navy turn , Although several of the teams are not strong ns a whole nevertheless some of their men will rank ns cham pions and help to put their team in the front rank it is nlmost Impos sible to pick n winner from the lnrgu number of entries and the probnblo change which will occur in tho line ups of the teams hut u wll be good to look nt the chances of the respective entries. Shhk for Penn State, although In poor form nt the beginning of the year due to the strain incurred from training down, is at Hu, present time ju the best form possible as was show ed in his bout last Saturday Not much Is known concerning Citron, the Cnlum- It! i entry, but Hovics, Penn, goes to : tho mat witii a good reputation for the lyeniswork Smuley will prolnbly re present Cornell He wrestled hero In Die 135-pmmd class hut was light foi that weight and If he is able to tome down to tills weight he is looked upon , ns the probable winnci Clarke of Le high cannot In* ovu looked while not much is known conci ruing the woik of Townev of Yi)le liu-pumid Class Close The 135-pound class will witness one of the hurdesl contests evci held in fact several will occui In this weight Most of the men In that class tills year have gone up in weight and will he tho same ns met last year Niinme, Lehigh, was defeated by Garber so Is out of the race as is Mollncs of Col umbia. The otlicrs are strong compe titors and It will be practically a toss up Last year Ackcrly of Cornell was Intercollegiate champion in the 115- pound class and ns such defeated Ger- son, Penn, and Garber, Penn State Corson defeated Ackcrl> once this jcai ho that thin bout \s 1)1 bo a real one Jncobfl, Princeton, dofonted Garber at this place which ptaccn him In thu front rank with tho others togothor with Mooro of Yale. Tho champion* ship in tho next placo Is almost unani* mously granted to Dotnr, who has won easily ail year from tho teams ropre* sonted in tho intercollegiate- which ho hna met. Tho Penn Stato nmn leads nil tho others by a lons distance, his (Continued on last page) BRITISH SCHOLAR TO SPEAK AT COLLEGE Tho college !h to be honored on Mon* day April 12th, by tho visit of Dr Winifred C. Cullls, Doctor of Sclonco and ProfesKor of Physiology at titc Un- verslty of London She is one of tho wo women in ail of Great Britain, vho has been given n chair in a Un- \orslty She will sptak on Monday >ven|ng, April 12th nt 7 20 in tho Worn* ij’h Building She comes under thu msplccs of the Association of Collog* uto Alumnae All women of the col ego and of the community, who an* ntoroHtcd in education uro invited to icar her speak and to meet her Infor nnlly nftor the lecture. Dr. CulHb Is one of a committee of three British women visiting this coun* try this year on nn educational mis sion. It is their nlm to bring about interchange of information regarding tho American and English Rystemn of higher education, tho development of further plans for cxchungc of students and lecturers with Great Britain, and a general broadening of knowledgo and international ac<|uaintcimnco She will speak of plans for tho International Federation of University Women, which wna organised by the British and Americans Jointly in London last summer,
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