What 'Are You Going To Be
An Odd Of An Even?
“Join And Gi\e M
VOL. XV. No. 25
ANNUAL SOUTHERN-TRIP
OPENS BASEBALL SEASON
Bezdek’s Diamond Aspirants Register
Victories Over Delaware And
Maryland State Teams
MIDDIES WIN SECOND
TILT BY CLOSE SCORE
Afliu what mi Lined an ouinltv of
wulltug, (ui n * linugc in llu lari' inoiit
wunthei wlitcli nut tlioiii on tilth an
nual soutlu rn tilj> over tin? lJaHtur holi
days, Coach Uezdok'a iMSehnll uspli
nnta opened tho weapon auspiciously
with two victories nnd uuo defeat In
three gnmos played Tin* contemn will)
Yale and Catholic UnlVLtnlty at Wash
ington. D. C were eanrellod owing t»
tho condition of the grounds and d
though light practices wue held on
thooo dnyH. the ntiu as a whole had
little to pi.'imi" lliom for the opening
game In cnnsklciniiun of thane fact*,
tho Bluo nnd White made n veiy cred
itable showing, merrily romping away
with tho contests which wire won. nnd
fighting;l« the \u> last to mice o\er
tho one contest lost Heavy hitting
and muny oiroi* feitluted tin Penn
Stato team'* work on the tilp Ullerj,
Mullan nnd Halms scoitd merrily with
tho allele, while tho infield nl times was
very'wcuk, pewnittlng inns to be toot
ed at critical points of the gutnes
Delnwmo State was met In the op
ener and given a never lacing Gram-
Icy pitched n lieuttlful game, keeping
tho easterners hit* well scattered and
bring ably assisted by., wonderful work
In the outfield by Mullan and Hallies
Ullery fouiuiid with tho bat In the
first inning, driving In tlio
first run of the season Brumbaugh
put/the contest fat out of tho" Dola
warci men’s reach in tho second inning
when he let nut a hngthv triple after
no\oral men had boon sunt over the
waiver routo to tho first coiner and
Mcrklc and Ullciv had mislsted with a
single and double lospectlvely The fol
- lowing dnv the midshipmen stopped the
-'Blue «tnd White when In the last lu
lling of tho tmeas tiny wbio onuhhd
t/i nlmitn the'deciding stout on an t*t
j«r nnyl.it double In fai light -field.
KdhTeH* h'ml Ullerv vow tlto Instus
ments of sovornl Bluo and Whito rum
while Llghlnur and Mullm proved ad
equate at critical moments Tho trip
* ended at Maryland Suite in il mony
i l6t of slugging nnd ouors Thomas
pitched a flno game uml was well as
sisted by* h!s teammates with tl** bn
although tlio shorter Holding was ra
ther ragged at times Each team had
less hits than runs, tho remainder be
ing rnado up by* tho numerous short
comings by Individual playcts on both
teams. Howover, the trip featured ono
factor Coach Berdok had changed tho
men's bitting materially and with an
additional strength In Holding, they
may bo oxpoctod to produce somu live
ly contests in the future
Tho pitchers all showed up well, in-
dicating that with tho proper kind of
support thoy would experience little
difficulty In holding tho opponents down
to u minimum of swats The. outfield
distinguished itself throughout the trip,
each man registering a numbor of
clean-cut putouts and not having a sin
gle (rror, Tho infield, howover. was
vory erratic at times, but showed In
bright spots what several raoro weeks
of training would effect In their pU*r.
Mullan, Haines and Llghtner look well
in tho outfield, whllo tho Korb-UHory-
Merklo-Baublltz combination will bo In
timo a flßßhy* aggregation Brumbaugh
holds forth behlud tho bat as probably
the most dopondable man for that
place und Gramley, Huntoi, Thomas
and probably a southpaw, Zoller, form
a pitching staff which Is not to he ex-■
celled n Intercollegiate ranks
Delaware Slab* In Easy
Tho contest at Dclovvaic State was
played under most dlsagrocublo condi
tions, tho day being cloudy and a cold
wind preventing good play from either
contestants Uramley pitched wonder
ful bull, holding tho opponents to' but
six hits, all of which wcio well scat
tered, and preventing any scoring In
all but ono Inning, when scvoral errois
by Bluo and Whito play or* permitted
-tho New Joruoy mon to cross the pinto
twico Penn State bogan scoring In
the first Inning and In tho second per
iod of the fracas niumbuugh put the
game on tho Ico with u screaming
triple over the contcr Holders' head
Before the liming was ovor, tho Dolo
wnro men had t amoved their southpaw,
Kolhrock, who starred in contests a
gainst Penn nnd other oastern collogos
last year from the box nnd bogan a
substitution of pHohers which was
twleo repented lator Tlte Bluo and
Whito scored ngnln hi tho foutth and
finally In tho seventh Inning. Haines,
Ulory and Mearlclo wero tho lioav*y hit
ters in this contest, tho former two
starting a slugging 1 stroak which con-
(Continued on Pago Five)
EXPERT TO CITE ILLUSTRATED
LECTURE ON* IVAIt EXPLOSIVES
Mr E. M. Symmos. of tho Hercules
Powder Company, wilt deliver an Illus
trated lecturo on "Wnr Explosive*” in
tho nmphlthoutro on Tuesday evening,
April twentieth, nt seven o'clock Mr.
Synunctt la consldoiod an authority on
this subject, did somo rcmarkablo work
far this country during tho past wnr,
and will enumerate somo of tho many*
accomplishments which woro attained
by tho United States la perfecting this
lifiaae of warfare Tho lecturo is open
to c\ oryono nnd It Is hoped that a large
,nud!onco will bo on hand to groct tho
jioted lecturer, chemist nnd phyelolst.
ffewh islate @
Y.W.C.A. DELEGATE
AT BIG CONVENTION
World-wide Representative Guth?
cring: In Cleveland Paces Great
Problems
An n driigutc fi »m the IVtin state
thnplvr. Mis* Roiothv Walls -l left
fm CI"V*-land, Ohio. Inst l-rldiv to at-,
Und tho Sixth Coin- "Unit of tlio Young
Womvii s ilnisll.tn Associations of
Aintrlei Tin* convention assembled in
the Masonic Temple "ii Tuesday uftci
ikjoii of thin wuk and will continue
until the iwenlkth of this month
Twcntv-flvi hundtcd d<-k’giites fiom the
thousand centi'is InuiUd in various
llili s comniuniths md cuficfces of this
tonniiN an ixpcthd to ittcnd In
addition, fiom Chinn, lapan. India,
South Anunki, Slborii and the enun
tries of Ernope when* tlu* Y W l\ A
has ntnblldied woilc f*)t glib* speaker l *
and i epri'Mcntnilvi* will ulsu come to
give.a world-wide ivport of what tho
association linn 'U'onmpll'ditd dining the
Inst live vims L'liUHiml significance I*
iitkichoil lo tills tonvontllon ns It Is tho
first to In* In Id sliili* rUC. the one mil
l'd foi lOlf* having ln.cn cuirelled in
nccordunu* with the gcitenil advice nf
the government that all Htn.li gither
lugs !>• (.tlmlmunl dining Mu* w.n’por
Tlie two MCtlons of the .ixtinclntlnn
incnihorship the student and the In
dUHttl.tl, are iniing hi rlous piobtfms
DlsiUMslan nf the bud*/if incmbcishlp
In a stmlem nneori itlep amt of a Clu i*t-"
inn orcki It) Indiirirv me problems that
will uigroKH tin. attention nf the con
vention After tho'business of tlio day,
the evening seodons will he given over
to nddusheH by men mid women Intel
ntalunnlly known for their leadership In
Clulstimi thought Dr S Earl Taylor
hand of tlm Intuit hutch Wnild "Move
ment, Di Bohci t i: Speer, Secretary of
the Bonn! bf Foreign” Missions of the
Presbyterian Church nnd Bishop Fiank
f McConnell of the Methodist church
ate among tin* men who will nddiess
tli“ convention on wotld questions and
the iriotinu of tin Y W O A tn them
Mass Athletics tb
Feature This Spring
What will undoubtedly he the hugest
spilng athletic ptogram evoi undertak
en ut this college Is the plan which the
Department of Physical Education has
been formulating for tha pact few
week* Beside* ull tho regular vuislty
contests, Inler-frnternlty, Inter-unit, in
tor-closM. ami scrap games will ho con
ducted through which means a Kroner
numbor of studontH will bo given op
poitunitv for physical advancement and
tu a niannor work out Director Bcz
delc's mass athletic plan. In this <rc
tonuhe piogiam, cuntosts In baseball,
truck, ooccoi lactosae und tounlH will
foun notowoithy evonts
Now that the Indooi spoil suisou has
vlrunlly come to u close, more nttui*
| Hon to outdoot work Is being paid In
all sports Unit eight was vlctoi In
tho Intei-unlt baslcctbull league and
oithcr a nip or Individual mcduls will
bo twaidud to the team In the Intel
fraternity league the victor has uo yet
not been duclded, the* last contest hav
ing been postponed befoio tho Enstor
recess due to numuous membei* of tin*
toainu leaving colloge early* to go on
Inspection trips Howovei, this game
will bo pluyod off in tho next week nnd
tho appropriate cup awaidcd An in
hauketlKill, thcio Is to he un Inu-ifia
ternitv nnd an Intminit l<agu«* Ip Inso
bnll
A commlttiu meeting In icgurd to
tho muttir wns hold iccuntly and n
schedulo will soon In* forthcoming
Tho gamc*i will begin soon, either nt
Uni ond of this week nr nt tho begin
ning of next wide and will continue
until Into in .May when a beautiful
loving <I!P will he aw aided the vklms
In each league [ntcrclass and the us
uni scrap contests between tlio undoi
classes will ho hold Inter in May and
tho 'Usual tow'aidg will bo given tho
winners, Tho gamos will ho played on
New* Beaver, Old Beavei, Holmes and
tho di ill Holds,
Dates have uheudv boon sot for tho
various events scheduled under track.
On May first, all fraternities will com
pete foi honors, and ono weak lator the
IntorclnsH contests will bo hold. Tho
Intorimlt meet will Im» hold May twenty
second and tho undci -claim scrap nn
May* nineteenth It Is also planned to
huvo tho Intcr-unlt nnd Inlor-fmtcmity
loluys take place tho tunic day an the
Freshnmn-Sophonioiu scrap
In vlow of the largo program which
has boon decided upon nnd which will
furnish events for overy week during
; tho remaindor of tho y*car tho nchodulo
will bo started as soon us posalhlo nnd
, promises to bo ono of Intorost to tho
ontho atudont body, _
STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1920
HARRISBURG TECH
WINS CAGE TITLE
Big Tecii Five Captures Inter*
Scholastic Championship—Bel
levue Is Runner-Up
llni i laburg Technical High School
won tho iiuercliolbstlc basketball chain
plumdifp <>t Pennsylvania last Satur
diy night by dofontllng Bellovuo High
sdiool 38 to 31 fourteen teproson
tuilvi* high schools fiom nil parts of
■ In* state i>ni ticlpnti'd In this Interl
Hihola*>tlc Skate Championship Meot
which wis In Id In tin Aitnury lust
i'rldiiv night and .ill day Saturday un
doi tin* mispkis uf tho Pennsylvania
Intis scholastic Athhtlc AssiKlatlon and
tin* Pi linn Iviiiln blah* Colloge The
big Tech team hud plenty of opposi
tion alt tluough tin* mm und came near
bvlng iK'iivd out at tin IlnPh hy the
*»iiet*dv n-'ltevui* the. Tho dfth avenue
Illgli Sihnul of Plttsbuigh roprusonted
hy a >iiilnt< t <>f Miimll hut c'ctiomely
clnvi*i players nmdi* a strong hid for
tho ohnmploiuihlp hut laxt t<> Tocli In
the nuni-flnnls hv a score of 2J to 18
Minimi High School also looked llko
■ huiiip]onslil|i umtei Ini and did not meet
•kfni mull the scinlllmilu when thoy
lost ti, Qi'iiev nt* hy the narrow murgin
of IT to u, Hum ■•tlininiitlng them from
lln* Ititi<!h
Tin* final gmiii Is tween Tcvh and
ll* ll* vue was Hu tlliii i\ of the moot
md the looters for the Central nnd
\\<Mi-ri> I’< imiiylviml i toims wero out
In font to (hver Iheii icspictivo favor
kis Both lives seemed evenly matched
with Tech having the heavier tenm nnd
doing'hotter shooting fiom the floor,
v bile lU'llev’uc tmulo up for this by tho
aceurtey of Eaton’s foul ahootlng In
the Hist half, both teams displayed tlio
driest kind nf team plnv, however Tech
did i noli good guarding that Bellevue
was foiled to shoot fiom mid-floor
Tin st* shots mmo startling close to
the hiskvt hut usually missed by a
hail s breadth Fleming and Eaton
nun* tin* main point-goiters* In this
half, which ended 22 to 19 In the
second half, tight aftet the opening)
whistle. Tech sent the ball through
the busker lime timo* in succession
thus giving them i ton point lend
Bellevue retaliated with three foul
goals and sumed bent on cutting down
Techs lend However, several miss
pussoi to Tech ploy era which resulted
In points for the Red team, wrecked
Hellov lie’s <_h mces of v Ictory In tills
hair Reck -jade several '.sensational
-abut* low T»*cK, Lingle and Finnic
cub registered two baskets Fleming
nnd ( nninn kept up theft* gcssl v.orlc in
the second half and mndo most of Boll
evuvs stoics lust heforo tho Anal
whistle, shots l>v Braun nnd Seaman of
the Uellcvuc diilntct endangerotl Tech's
lutd hut two-polnteis hy Frank und
■smith kept tho big Rod the ahead und
the game cndoil 38 to 31 in favor of
tlio Central Pennsvhanla school
•Seml-Flnnls Close
The semi-finals between Huiiiuburg
Tech and Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, and
Bvllovuc and Shnion wero both hotly
contested In tho former, Toch hud
tlm advantage of weight and did such
good gunrding that Fifth was prov ant
ed Bom scoring many times Tho Fifth
Avtntie men went very clover passers
and displayed Hue tonm work Tho first
half wus very close, ending in a tie,
12 to 12 In tho second half Tech took
the lend and won 23 to 18 Tho gtuno
between Bellevue mid Sharon was oven
closer *uul onded 17 to-16 in favor of
Bellovuo. Tho flist half was about ov
en and the next half inn nock and nock
with Turner slat ring for Sharon, until
the eunio ended with Bellovuo one point
In tho lead
The elimination and picliminary
games were played Friday night and
Satin day morning The results of tho
meet wire us follows
Preliminaries
Jluiriubnrg Tech, 36; Oukmont, 18*
Lansford, 22. Mansfield, 8
Unloutown, 20; Shamokin, 18
Fifth Avenue JO..E Stroudsburg 21
Bellevue, 26. Parrel, 23
Williamsport. Ik Bolleforite. IS
Shurnn. 3l; Ronova IS
nimhmtlon Gomes
Ilmiiahutg Tech 31. Lansford, 12
Fifth Avenue, 26, Unlontown, 16
Ri llevm* 20, Williamsport. 2fi
SemMluiilv
Tlnriisbuig Tech 2.5, rifth Ave 18
Billevui*, 17, Shuion. l«
llunishuig Tech, 38, Billovuo, ’U.
A largo numbei of looteis other than
[•urn Stale students attended tho moot,
Ahlch attracted much interest through
out the basketball world The visiting
i mis went Well pleased with tlm nr
ungcimnts fo« theh comfort Uml were
nov Ul> d by tho college
'ltrsimrN WIX HOMHIS
IN INTERCLASS GAMES
The I'lOMhinan hnskotUill team clos
'd Its season hy capturing first honors
In tin Imei-Class incut, winning all of
its contists Tho schedule comprised
six games for ench tonm and In several
of tin* games tho resulting scores were
nulto oluse Of tho remaining teams,
tlm Snplmmoros finished second by win
ning foui games, tho Juniors were next
with two victories, and tho Seulm* fol
lowing with six defeats.
Tn tho Roplmmoi o-Frcshmen scrap,
the latter won. 23 lo 10. Both teams
did excellent work In this contest, tlio
rro«»h proving themselves superloi by
tlielt ability to work together. The
game wus decidedly fast, although the
ii'sult was never In doubt
TVU BETA IT ELECTIONS
"W. 3 Ixulil MOU <
C. D Keller '2l
IV, A Srodcnschelc '2l
H, A. Vlckor '2l
W. O. Toufol ‘2l
HAMLIN GARLAND
SPEAKS SATURDAY
Noted Novelist To Give Personal
Reminiscences Of Famous Am
erican Authors
Thw next sum who comes]to Penn
Stnto through the erforto of Phi Kappa
Phi in Hamlin Garland, tho norii short
story writer and novollae. Mr. Gar
land will spook In the Auditorium this
Saturday night at eight o'clock, on tho
subjoct “Meeting* With Famous Amer
ican Authors'’ Ho will tell of,personal
iLCollectton* of such'men as, William
Dtnn Howell*. Walt Whitman, Oliver
Wendell Holmve, Whitcomb Riley, Mark
Twain, anil Theodora Roosevelt, all of
whom lie ha** known pcrHonally Hta
talk is not nn oration or a critical es
say hut informal personal remlnlscenscß
of men and uiTulrA lie Is highly enter
taining und humcaous, giving Intimate
sketches of America's famous author*
Hamlin Garland Is a pioneer In the
short-Htory field of literature His
work* have* appeared In nearly every
important magazine, many of them ap
pealing in book form. Ho started writ
ing In IKI'I, and soon published his first
book of short-stories, “Main graveled
Ru-klh' 1 which liistantlv brought him
befoio tin* public eve ono of his later
nueccHHi.'* Ih “A Son of tho Mlddlu Bor
der” which appeared In Collier's nnd
which In now In liook form Ills writ
ing* an* entirely nliuut Middle Wcntum
and Wwiorn life where he wus liorn
and nf which ho ban the most Intimate
knouedge
He was burn in Wlxiounln on a rag
ged. half-broken farm Hl* father was
of Malm* Yankeo mock, full of ramie**-
nos* nnd engoineu* of his gonoratlon,
and before Hamlin wan olevon, he had
migrated wnmwnrd throe times, follow
ing the middle western border Finally
they Nettled In lowa, where Garland,
following hi* eleventh birthday, plowed
foi mwcuty days turning over;nearly
one hundred und fifty acre* of stubble.
At fifleun ho was head farmer and took
a man's place on tho roaper, at tho
threshing machine and in all Uio farm
work. Education came to him when he
could got It He attended-the .winter
iitKKlon* of the district school and read
nil the bonks he could obtain Ho fin
ally gi uhmted from Codar Valley Sami
nary, Osage. l7nvu In 1881, and Inter
wenktn Boston where ho taught AChool
and studied as well, writing In his spare
hours .sketches of Middle-Western life
Aftoi a long poriQdof work h«
•ed* IW*t w t'or his first vacation' and nil
a i(suit of thin vacation ho wiote three’
book* of iihnrt stories, his aio*t dis
tlnctlvi' work. “Main Traveled Road*”,
‘Pinltio Folk*," nnd "Other Main-Trav
elled Road* "
Hnnilln Garlln Is a man who has eeen
Hfo nnd experienced tlio thing* of which
.ho has written A* a lecturer ho I* a
mong tho best, nnd hi* talk is ono that
Hhoutd not be missed. In his loeturo on
famous authors, ho will bring
his uudlonce Into Intimate touch with
his subjeot* and will recount personal
lomlnlscenstMi of their lives
INTERCOLLEGIATES END
SUCCESSFUL MAT YEAR
Penn Stato is again champion In the
wt ostllng world. This proclamation
wo* mado certain when the wTestilng
team closed Its seaoon by defeating
all the teams entered In the Inter-col
ieglutes nt Philadelphia, March twenty
sixth and seventh In which Lohigh,
Penn, Oornoll, Yale, Columbia, and
Princeton wore represented. Tbe ooa
son Is ono which may bo consldorcd
successful from sovcral different points
of view* Although riofonted by tho
Navy by a very few points the Blue
nnd Whito w*an üblo ucverlheles* to
dofeat Lohigh, Penn, Cornell, and
Princeton oaslly In tho dual moots and
to romp off In an easy mannor with
the championship title Not from tho
point of view of victories alone was
the season nuccessful but In tho de
velopment of new men und tho in
at eased ability of the older men In
terest In the sport wus grantor this
yenr than over before, duo undoubtedly
lo the high standard of sportsmanship
shown by the team und coach and
also hy the reputation of tho home
team ami the hard schedulo which had
tn he coniplotod
Navy Alone Is Superior
Tho first meet of the year took place
In the Armory with Lehigh a* oppon
ent The Brown and White suffered
a 27-1 defeat and was speedily fol
lowed hy Cornell und Penn who met
with like leverxe* In cull i.f these
meets Mill*, Douir und Brown won on
fall*. Black and Cinory in turn secur
ing wins through the shouldcr-10-mut
method In the first meet away from
hnmn. Hint against the Navy ut An
nnpiill*. tho varsity suffered defeat by
a M tn 19 sxoie Thl* meet wo* Ihn
hnrdcm of the vrar, the middles hav
ing Imd a vciy stiong teiun, and, as
tlm scorn Indicated, having the suffic
ient amount of Htumlnu to win by tho
nnrinwest margin Tho next moot wiu*
also avvny) front hnmv. ngaJn*L tho
Blown nnd White team at Lehigh, n
team which wa* supposod to havo been
grentlv sti engtheneil over that which
wiostled In tho Ainiory Howover,
they weio reudlly disposed of, even
though as many falls as In the earlier
meet wen* not in evidence The last
meat of tin* season wn* nt home with
Prlncotnn The Orange and Black were
;nn unknown rjuantltyaml wero there
fore feared somewhat Tho onateurrs
(Continued mi page two)
OUTING CLUB
All niudonts intcresti'd in tho forma
tion nf the Ponn State Outing Club arc
rcqucHtod to meet In the Old Cliapol
this Thursday ovonlng nrxcvon o'clock
1 Buzduk nnd Harlow will Ik prosout to
| explain tho organization nf tho club
and begin preliminary woik for Us op
: oration If you arc Interested, bo thoro.
(Eollrgfem.
CINDER MEN STAR
INSOUTHERNMEETS
Shields jAnd Parent Lead Field
Scoring In Blue and Whites
First Outdoor Meet
Bearing th« sculps of Washington and
Loo University and VlrglDia Polytech
nic Institute, Uio Ponn Stato track loom
returnod from its bouthorn trip last
Sunday, Although tho Invasion of tho
torrltory below tho Mason and Dixon
line w"ao made under unfavorable
woather condltlono, tho first throe days,
It wus a groat suocess in every way
possible Tho mon from Nlttany re
presented the cream of Ponn Stato's
track squad and not ono failed to aid
niutoi lolly In rolling up tho points
which rouulteit In tho two victories
Tho enteruiliinunt offered to tho Slate
College loam by tho Ineiltutlona visit
ed was most cordial and fow dlfiicultles
were encountered in making tho trip
u memorable one The expedition of
fered Conch ' Bill" Martin's protege*
their first opportunity of showing thorn
solve* off on the outdoor Meld this year
nnd (heir suet-os* augur* well for u
groat season
Owing to injuries iscemly received
In practice. Damming was unublo to
cider tho moots. Thu fleet Junior'* ab
sence from tho squad was koonly felt
hut tho excolloney with which tho mini:
worked who filled hi* placo mndo up
for his almenco in these moots Captain
Shields and Puiom were high scorors
In both meet*, while Way, Cabbage,
Grubb and Jones perforated In an ex
cellent manner, _
The first meet of the trip was held
Wednesday afternoon, April seventh
[ with Washington and Lee, and rosult
. wl In a victory for Stato by tho ecoro
, of G5-C2 Although at no time wn*
there any doubt ns to the final out-
I come, tho oven is woie strongly con
tested and Interesting Thu runners
, wore hampered by n strong wind which
. blow directly ngnlnst tho final sirntght
, away and prevented the races from be
ing run in very fast time Despite thl*
, handicap, the Penn Stato representa
, tlvi* perform (Hi very creditably ngalnflt
their southern opponents Parent '2l
wn* high scorei in tho meet, winning
two first places and tlelng for first
place In a- third event, while Larry
Shield* '2l. whose rcmarkablo running
wn* the feature of tho meet, scored
thlrteon points fiom two firsts and a
d second •Charlie'' Wav '2l and "Ben"
I Oibhftgo '2O also left the field with high
I scores, having to their credit ten nnd
eight points reupectlvely -
Yhginki Tech, btnte's second oppon
ent wn* met Fridnv nfternoon, April
ninth Hero tho team was treated with
true Southern hospitality. Tho moot
was hold during the "nastcr Cotillions"
nnd the visitors ware mndc tho guests
of honor, bolng royally ontortained at
the various dancon A largo crowd wit
nessed tho meot, which resulted in a
second victory for Ponn Slate to tho
tune of 73-53 Although tbe margin of
points in favor of the State team was
larger than in tho Washington and Leo
meot, Virginia Toch had a stronger
team, which offored more competition
to its opponents It Is being coached
by H P Mather, who graduated from
Ponn Stato In 1911 Ho is romemborod
here for his great work as a sprinter
nnd broad Jumpor, having held tho I
rocord for the latter ovont for a porlod
of ono year Every* man on the Stato
team holpod in scouring tho victory
for his Alma Mator and it Is dlfilouU
to alngle out the Individual stars. Par
ent ’2l was again high scorer, winning
eleven points Shields followed with
tw*o firsts After easily out-running
tho undofoated Southorn Inter-Collcg
late Champion In the two mllo race, be
won the half-mllo In tw*o minutes.
Shields’ showing In both meet* Is tho
chief topic of comment In sporting cir
cles In that scctln*! of tho country at
the present time. lih upoctacutar run
ning receiving unanimous npplauso.
Another feature of the meet was the
work of A. \V Junes '2O, who won both
the 100 and 220-ynrd dußho* Com
mendation L* also due to Way '2l and
Ritt* '22 for tin Ir share lit the victory
America to Present
Memorial to France
Late hi IDI7, It wa* announced in the
prana that a comnilttoi* .if ropn aenta
tlvn American citizen* hid dedlcaiod
themselves to the plan of by
public subscription, sufficient funds to
erect on tho site of the flrut biul» of
the Marne, a colossal statue In rom
incmoratlon of tlio vlrtory of the
Flench forces there* In 102-t Tho statue
I* to bo tho work nf the distinguished
American sculptor, Frederick MucMon
uio*. ami will constitute the embodi
ment of tkn feeling which all Ameri
cans have foi Franco and which lie 1*
especially well i, ted to inlet prat
In 1886, when wa worn colohrntlng
the annlvernary of our nntlonal Inde
pendence a Klft came to thl* country
from tho people of France, n statuo
of “Liberty Enlightening the World”,
a gift participated In by rich and poor,
young nnd old and It I* doitlrod that
this gift shall also he fiom all tho
people. No Inrgo contributions aro nak
ed but n number of bmall one*, cents,
nickels, dlnn-s and quat tore.
Professor Blton D Walker, Room 200
Engineering A. will receive during thu
week ending April 17th nuch contribu
tions as anvone may wish to make
Collections will also he mode at the
two morning moss meetings
ETA KIPP A XU ELECTIONS
J ST, Marlin ‘2O
J. C Balnluiugh ‘2l
D. A. Campbell '2l
11. W Dudley '2l
J V Tyumen *2l
R. B. Lutta '2l
W. O Shultz *2l
M. T. ’Wetzel '2l
LOCAL Y. M. C. A. TO LAUNCH
BIG MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN
College Organization Plans Week-end
Drive For Members And Additional
Financial Aid
NOVEL INDICATOR TO
ANNOUNCE PROGRESS
PLAYERS OFFER
CLEVER COMEDY
Voting Penn State Organization
To Present Amusing Fare© In
Auditorium Suturday
The Penn State Players will present.
In thu Auditorium, on Friday evening,
Oscm Wlblu's entertaining comedy of
English society life, 'Thu Importuned
of Bring earnest". This will be thu
second nppuurancu of the Players dur
ing the present year and will murk
another achievement In the drumutic
ictlvltle* of Penn State
Special caro has boon taken in select-
ing tho play In order to sccuro one
that will appeal to a Penn Stato aud
ience "Tho Importance of Being Earn
est" I* a three act farce and I* some
time* called "A Trivial Comedy for
Serious Poople" Ay a farce It Is ono
of tho best ever written, Is cleverly
constructed, nnd delightfully amusing.
Oscar Wilde was an English author
nnd thorough playwright whose dra
matic nnd literary ability made him
highly popular In America. The farce
which tho Players will present Is full
of clever dialogue, puns, nnd epigrams
which pleasingly fit Into tho action of
the play
D ell Balanced Cant
The players appearing thl* per
formance havo been rchcaslu& regularly
for tho pool two-months and have been
fortunate In securing Mr. Arthur C
Cioutlngh as conch Mr Clootlngb,
who has had considerable cxporioncc In
coaching, has boon able, with tbe aid
of Mr David D Mason, assistant coach,
to mnkc tho cast absolutely porfect
A dross rehearsal to which special
guests wero Invited, was hold on Tues
day evonlng and all who attended ox
pressed their delight In tho performance,
Tho story Is that of two young Eng
lishmen. Algoron Moncrioff and John
Worthing, M. P, who. In order to havo
an excuso for going to London when
ever thoy deem It advisable, have In
vented two Imaginary poreons Mon
crleff has Invented a very door friend
and Worthing has invented a very door
Ibrothor named Earnest Raymond G
Adams '2l play* tho part of Moncrioff
with exceptional ability, and Hugh Q.
Miller '22 acts the part of Worthing
In nn easy and unassuming attl
tuilo. Moncrioff possesses on aunt by
tho nnmo of Gwendolen Fairfax. Xath
orlno Hamilton '23 glvos an excellent In
tcrprouvUoon of tho former and Mary
Cruley '22 acte tho part of Gwendolen.
Worthing falls In love with Gwendolen
who thinks that his first name is Earn
est Instead of John. Lady Bracknell
breaks off the engagement between
John and Gwendolen becauee he lo un
able to glvs an account of his parents.
Mr Worthing Is tho gu&nllan of a cor
tain Cv-rily Cardow who le receiving her
education undor the Instruction of a
young lady by tho name of Miss Prism
Mllilrad Manclll '23 takes the port of
the former and Mary E. Muraford '23
tal i*h tlm part of the latter Air. Worth
ing decides to givo up hi* plans of
having a younger brother by the nemo
Earnest and announces that Earnest
lino died only to find however that Mr
Moncrioff has como to pay him a vtalt
In tho gulso of that youngor brother,
Earnest. Moncrioff succumbo to *tho
churms of Coolly, but when Gwendolen
uppoar& on tho econo there Is a general
mlx-up over tho name of Earnest. Of
tours* everything turn* out all right
L F. Rothrock 21 makes an oxcollent
minister. Francis D Hoyt *2l and Wil
liam C Shultz *2l tako the port of but
ter and manservant rospectlvoly.
In addition to tho play, John L. Wile-
Molt *2i win give an organ rocltal at
eight o’clock. Tho play will mart at
(•Isht-fifteen promptly.
WOOSTER TECH PRESIDENT
TO ADDRESS LOCAL A- S. M. E.
An Important meeting of tho student
branch of tho A S M. E. Socloty will
bo held (hi* Friday evening at seven
o'clock In room 200. Engineering D,
when Dr. Ira N. Hollis, Chairman of
tho A. S. M. E Committee on Rela
tion* with college*, will bo present to
address tho society*. Tho meeting will
bo open to anyone Interested and an
especially largo turnout of rreshmen
nnd Sophomoto Mechanical Engineers
Ir desired
Dr llolll* Is president of Worceater
Polytechnic Institute at Worcester,
Mas*, and past picsldont of tho Ameri
can Socloty of Mochanical Engineers,
and In In closo touch .with tho tech
nical students not only through his
activity in tho society, but also through
his school work Ho hits a flno dim*
sago to give to the engineering students
nt Penn Stato nnd It I* hoped that an
many attend a* can possibly do no
An Informal reception will follow Dr.
Hollis' tqlk, with refreshments and
smokos, nnd a pleasing time 1* assur
ed. Dr. Hollis will also spook to the
students of tho school of Engineering
on Friday afternoon at 4*30 o'clock In
room 200, Engineering D,
Who Would’nt Like To Make A
Double, Triple And Homer
All In One Gome?
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TMth tlis slogan of "Join and Civs'*
Penn State's Y. M C A will start a
campaign this week-end for moniker*
and contributions Tho drive is to start
on Friday and continue through Satur
day and within that period It 1* hoped
that many now member* can bo added
to the already large numbor who have
Joined Tho sum of six thousind dol
lars is aldo nought by tho workers In
the tanipuign, this amount of money
being uocoNHury for tbe local and for
eign missionary work which tho organi
zation has umkrtaken
Worker* Well Orgunlxcd
Tho committee In charge of tho af
fair, headed by A E. Kincaid '2l, have
worked out un organization that is
eagerly awaiting the starting slgnnl
for the offensive to be given Thu town
has boon divided Into twenty-six units
nnd U has been planned that tlio stu
dents of tho even division* be matched
against thoso who reside In tho odd
ones Colors for iht raspictivo sides
have boon chosen and stnnll red and
blue buttons will dlmlngulHli on which
aide of tho drive tho student ha* been
placed, thl* bring determined by tbo
diairlct he 1* living in
Another feature of the cimpilgn will
bo tho method of announcing the pro
gree* bolng made on the different sides
A large sign in the shape of a baseball
diamond with bleachers on the side*
I* to ho elected on tho Armory and
the results are to ho tabulated In true
baseball style One dot in the bleuchet*
of a side will menn that tho side linn
secured ten members to Its credit and
each run mndo by the team represent
ing Uio sldo indicates tlm that .dd.i
has ac*curp(l pledges to tho amount of
five hundred dollars
It has also beon decided by tho com
mittee to hold a houso-to-houno can
vass on Friday and Saturday night* In
order that no students bo overlooked
On Saturday night a station at tho Co
op will be opened for tho purpose of
securing now membors, nnd nil student*
who havo not beon neon by tho wor
ker* nro urged to go there
Rendered Many Service*
Tho work of tho Y M C A. in th*
past has boon truly magnificent, not
w'lthatanding the fact that during th*
last year Its uorvlcc* havo been greatly
curtailed by the bad effect* of the B
A T. C of wnr times At tho begin
ning of tho present college year there
was no president, no membership, no
cabinet, and no faculty advisory' com
mittee with which to carry out tbe
usual program An organization, how
ever, was quickly completed and W
J Kitchen *2O wn* chosen as president
to servo out nn untxplrod term caused
by his entering tho sirvice with this
organization, the usual program of tha
year ha* beon carried through In the
fall twcnty-flvo hundred handbook*
wero diotrlbuted free of charge Room
lists were furnished, baggage was cho
cked, In fact everything posalblo wa*
dono to lighten tho burdens of the In
coming doss An Information tent wa*
maintained near the cotlcgo entrance
and ovonlng socials were hold for
Frcshmon
During the year, speaker* of national
reputation, free moving picture shows,
mixed socials, the magazine* and news
papers on file In tho "Y” hut. nnd nn
active employ ment bureau have ren
dered varying degree of service Thlr
ty-slx people wero aided in attending
the Student Volunteer Convention at
Dos Moines, lowa, and It was through
the agency of the Y M C A. that
sixty-four studonts wero persuaded to
go to a similar gathering nt Juniata.
In ovory way tho "Y” hoe attempted
to render a real service to Penn State
and has dono It* share In miking the
Bluo and Whito Institution stand for
something unique In both tho college
nnd tho business worlds
ANNUAL ELECTIONS HELD BY
MEMBERS OF COLLEGIAN BOARD
At tho regular meeting of tin* board
of the COLLEGIAN list Wednesday
evening In Old Main, tho annual elec
tion nf member* of the new ntaff was
held, after which the new staff took
charge of tho paper Tho elections
wero a* follows* Editor, F ll Louach
nor '2l, Assistant Edltoi. II 3 Davis
'2l: Senior AHaoclate Editors, IL M
Sltcffcr *2l and W. D Lclnbnch '2l,
Junior Associate Editors, G H Lyle, Jr,
*22, A G. Pratt '22. J IV Selovei '22.
Business Manager, R L Parker *2l:
Advertising Manager, Fred Hazelwood
'2l: Circulation Munnger, A R Ba
turin '2l, Assistant Business Managers,
\\ E. Perry '22. 11. R, Wcrkhelucr '22,
and E. 9 Yocum 'J2 All rreshmen
who had been trying out for tho editor
ial staff wore retnlned n* reporters nnd
will continue competition until Juno
HOOVER BOOSTER MEETING
TO RE HELD MONDAY NIGIIT
Following tho example of tho othoi
loading colleges In the country, Penn
State will orgnnizo a Hoover Club next
Monday nt 7 DO p m hi 2G L. A
Tito club will bo composed of faculty
members and students Interested In the
nomination of Mr, Hoover ns Republi
can candidate for tho Presidency A
sorlos of short nnoppy four-mlnuto talks
havo boon arranged und a largo rtu
dent and faculty delegation Is expected.