Bezdek’s Boys Sure
Will Have Some
Backing.
VOL. XVI. No. 8„
WELCOME HOME ALUMNI
FULL PROGRAM ARRANGED
FOR RETURNING ALUMNI
Large Number of Former Students
To Return For Get-together
Celebration •' • •
BIG SMOKER IN ARMORY
ON SATURDAY EVENING
Alumni Day la growing. Now fea
tures h&vo boon added to the already
full program and word has been re
ceived saj log that over twelvo hun
dred alumni will be bade. Also Gover
nor Sprout has assured the Commit
tee that ho will bo hero to addroaa tho
monster Smokor to bo hold In tho Arm
ory Saturday night. Everything la In
readiness to rocoivo the homocomors;
the collogo welcomoa them back to tho
fold and wants them to fool that they
aro a strong, vital part of their Alma
Mater as they felt in their undergrad
uate days.
Tho first’duty of oach alumnus will
bo to register at tho Alumni Head
quarters In' tho Armory as soon as ho
arrives in town. Information concern
ing rooms and meals can bo had thero
und a general Information bureau will
be maintained. Friday ovoning all the
fraternities and clubs including .the
University Club will have an opon
houso so that the old men vvlll have
on opportunity to look up old acquain
tances, and make now ones.
Mass Meeting I’rlday Evening.
Tho first ovont to toko place will
bo tho mass mooting in tho Auditorium
_at six-thirty p. m. Tho -team will b<j
noluefest'wiil bo & order., Tho
aro planning to march on mono to
tho Auditorium. Thoy will form In'
tho ordor of class precedent and par
ado around town headed by tho Band
and then proceed to tha muss mooting.
Following that, at eight p. m., tho New
York Orchestra will provide entertain
ment of a calmer nature.
Tho college work will go on as us
ual Saturday morning. Classen .will,
not bo excused but It Is oxpoctcd Uiat
tho alumni will mako uuo of this fact
to go to class with tho rest of tho
boys and pay their respects to tho
faculty members that taught them in
tho past. At ton o’clock a meeting of
tho Varsity Club is scheduled at. tho
University Club. All former athlotcs
aro eligible and many will no doubt at
tond to talk ovor tho strategy and
ploys usod In tbo contests In which
thoy took part for tho honor of Penn
Stato. Tho soccer gumo with Haver
ford will take pluco at ono-thirty p.
m. bohlnd tho Armory. Haverford has
always had a strong team In tho past
and Is known as one of the big soccer
colleges in tho oast.
Tho two blggost events of tho en
tire week end will undoubtedly bo tho
football game with Dartmouth and tho
Alumni Smoker In tho evening. Ono
of tho largest crowds that has over
witnessed a game on Now Bcavor Field
Is expocted to attend. Twice as many
applications have boon deceived from
Alumni than ovor before and a largo
Dartmouth dologatlon Is oxpoctcd. Be
sides tho three special cars which ore
bringing Dartmouth alumni to tbo gamo
from Ohio, Now York and tho eastern
states, there aro a numbor of Hanover
undergraduates that wilt accompany
tho football squad. Tho Now England
era considor Saturday's contest a crisis
for tho Groon team and ’ore determined
to support their men to tho limit. They
roallzo that tho Nlttany Lion U' out
for blood and thoy bopo to provent
tho Bluo and White oloven from gottlng
revenge for last year’s dofeat.
Lots of Spirit at Smoker.
In tho evening at olgbt-flftoon p. m.
tho big Alumni Got-togethur and Smok
er wilt bo hold In tho Armory, Gov
ernor Sproul will speak on an appro
priate subject and thon tho evonlng
wliybo glvon over to renewing acquain
ancos. Hero tho old grads can hail a
long-separated collogo frlond and over
tho elder and proUols recount all that
happonod since graduation Tho Fresh
man Quartotto of last year will bo
thoro and rondor several selections. Al
so song teaflots will bo distributed and
tho old familiar songs wIU bo sung
onco again. Tho members of tho two
upper classes aro invited to tho affair
and will add to tho festivity of the oc
casion. Refreshments in tho form of
cider and pretzels as woli as smokes
havo boon provided.
Elaborate provisions havo boon mado
by tho Alumni Day Commlttco to take
caro of ovory returning graduato. Tho
ropresentatlvos of the commlttco will
bo at tho Armory at all times and will
havo a chart of all tho rooms In town
avallablo for tho visitors. In tho pos
sibility that those rooms are not su(ll
ciont to accommodato ovoryong, two
hundred cots havo boon scoured from
tho military authorities at Harrisburg
and will bo- sot up, with blankets, In
tho Armory to take cars of tho ovor
flow. Extra meals will bo servod at
flrnn otatr A
FIRST CONCERT
NUMBER TONIGHT
Chamber Music Society Appears
Here with Accomplished Per
sonnel.
The student body, tbo Alumni Day
visitors and tbo citizens of Stato Col
lege will havo tho opportunity to
uight of listening to ono of the must
unusual and oxcollont wuuiuii treats
uiut is the Unlaid Status
at the pioscnt tirno —tho Now York
Cnuuibor Music bocioty, whan cornus
nore under tno auspices of Uio Depart
ment of Music ami Uio colleges Y.
ja. u. A. in uriuglng such un organi
zation or uiiunieu piusicuius to i-omi
mule ino I’. ai. C. A. und tho Depot c
iiu.nt oi Music have gone to great cx
so unit aro to ou nlgnly ~coaxinundua
m ottering tho \ury bust uiut Is to bo
uuulutho way of modern musical xcoll
eiiio ami genuine onloitaiumuu *Tliu
program tonight wilt constitute
6f' tho winter ontertaip
iXfUl: itr.an 'kspeoiollyc
attractive fouturo in connection with
Uio' ucUvlUos of Alumni Homocoming
Day.
Tho Now York Chamber Music Soc
iety is a group of artists, all of whom
iiavo established reputations in musical
circles, who huva banded UiomselMjs in
a permanent body This organization is
unliko most of thu musical groups of
today. It is composed of eleven mem
bers, ono woman and ton men, who,
through an unusual comblnuUon of
stiingud, reed, und wind instruments,
are ablo to provide oxcopUonal pro
grams of vurlod character. Each mem
ber is a soloist of great repute as wull
us an ensemble player of such skill as
to mako for porfcctlon unity. Unliko
tho small orchestra where tho buton
of the loader guides and interprets for
all, in tho harmoniousness of thls'un
liy of players there is readily discern
ible Uio Individuality of each urUst's
expression. Thoro is rovoalod tho
special design ouch instrument is weav
ing, compullblo to tho larger bolder
design of tho work as a wholo. In
other words, It is a perfect blondlng.
Tho insirumentaUon is composed of
piano, two violins, viola, cello, flute,
clarinet, beacon, oboo, French horn and
doublo bass Tho Society plays, with
these instruments, a Utoraturo of mus
ic not played* by any other organiza
tion, comprising tho works of many of
tho famous masters which could not
bo heard othorwlso. Those works In
cludo music wrllton for combinations
of flvo, six, sovon, eight, or moro in
struments, both wind and string, which
cannot bo playod by tho regular cham
ber music quartettes or any of tho sym*
phony orchestras. And It Is Intercut-
Ing to noto horo, as IndlcaUvo of tho
quality of'tho personnel of tho group
that of tho olovon members, ton havo
formorly boon soloists and onscmblo
players in tho Now York and othor
world famous symphonies.
Tbo Society, is now In its fifth year
as a distinct organization. It has re
cently completed a very successful tour
through tho south, and tho performunco
tonight will bo ono of many that arc
scheduled on its* first transcontinental
trip. Many tickots havo boon disposed of
for tho ontortalnmont this, evening and
a largo audlonco will groot tho players
as thoy mako their dobut at Ponn Stato
DEAN BTODDAET HEADS
* VOCATIONAL DEPARTMENT
At a recent mooUng of tho Board of
Trustees, Dean Stoddart of tho Lib
eral Arts School •was appointed Super
visor of tho' Vocational Teachers
Training In tho collogo. Coursos aro
conducted in tho Schools of Agriculturo
Engineering, Mining, and Homo Econi
rales and aro glvon for tho purpose of
training tcachors In agriculturo and
tho various trades and industries of
tho country.
PENN STATE PROFESSORS TO
ADDRESS AGRONOMY SOCIETY
Two profossors of tho Department of
Agriculturo will address tho convention
of tho American Socioty of Agronomy,
Dr. William Froar, tho hoad of tho De
partment of Experimental Agricultural
Chemistry, and Profassor F. D. Gard
ner, tho hoad of tho Agronomy Depart
ment. Thoso two men will base their
talks on experiments conduotod horo
at tho college.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1920
POVERTY DAY FOR
FROSH TOMORROW
Prize Will Be Awarded to Worst
Dressed Freshman. Parade On
New Beaver Field.
What promises to bo an Interesting
and amusing part of tho ’festivities at
Ponn Stato this wook-ond will bo the
Povorty Day’colobratlon by tho Fresh
man class on Saturday. Inasmuch as
this will bo but Uio second time tho
custom has been usod, obsoluto co
operation from all students will bo no
cossary to mako tho affair a success.
* Coming as it docs on Alumni Homo-
Coming Day, added zest will bo glvon
• tho affair. Last year tho idea received
its initial trial and tho result was such,
a groat success and tho Froshmon and
collcga In gonoral enjoyed it so in
tensely that Übo mado a collogo custom
For tho groat body of Alumni this new
custom will bo Interesting to say tho
toast, and Its enactment Saturday Is
sure to add greatly to the day’s events,
Tho data for Poverty Day was set
1 at tho last mooting of Student Counull
and tho following committee appointed
to assumo chargo of the affair. F. H.
Louscbnor *2l, Chairman ;A. E. Kin
caid ’2l, E. M. Aiken '2l and B. W.
Knapp '2l. Tho affair will begin' at
eight o’clock Saturday morning and
terminate at flvo o’clock p, m. All
Freshmen aro required to wear nothing
but tho most povorty stricken cloth
ing avallablo, and any persons who do
not follow this rule will bo severely
dealt with. Tho ontlro costumo must
bo In as dolapldatod condition as pos
sible, tho moro ludicrous tho hotter.
Tho dink will bo worn as usual. Tho
ontiro Freshman 'class will bo required
to attond tho football game In tho af
ternoon and during tho halves will par
ado around tho Hold. Tho commlttco
will act as judges of tho affair 'and
tho Freshmen with the best make-up,
or rather In tho most dciapidatod con
dition will bo awarded prizes.
Poverty day is meant for a time when
tho ontiro 'college shall onjoy itself,
with .tho first year mon providing tho
amusement. All members of tho other
three classes aro privileged to mako
tho Froshmon go through any reason
able or foolish antics during tho day,
j
Hod to th 6 campus and tho Freshmen
aro not compellod to do stunts on Iho •
streets of tho town. This Is not to bo
a time of Indiscriminate hazing nor 1s
any, student to roqulro unreasonable or
crude actions. It Is a time for gen
eral onjoyment and all hopes hre point
ed to a rdpltltion of as successful an
event as was tho ono last year.
ENGINEERING EXTENSION
CLASSES INCREASING
Tho Reading Coal and'lron Company,
ono of the largest organizations of 'ts
kind in tho state, has Anally permitted
tho Engineering' Extension Division to
organlzo classes for its employees and
Mr. W. R. Young returned from a vis
it to tho works whoro ho took tho on
rollmont of thoso who dcsiro to take
tho courso. Tho opening of this now
field Is considered a flno dovolopoment
In the fall promotion work of tho de
partment and It Is planned to further
incroaso tho work by giving instruc
tion to Rehabilitation men in tho stato
through their local centers or by moans
of correspondence. Tho school In Har
risburg that Is run under the direc
tion of tho Enginering Extension Di
vision opened last week with an en
rollment of over two hundred and fifty
mon while tho branch In Erlo already
has an onrollmont of about six hun
dred although it has not begun yot.
BULLETIN
*11:00 a- m.—Bet Froth at MuSlc Boom.
6:30 p. m.—Football Mass Meeting Auditorium.
6:45 p. m.—Friday Club Room 19 Liberal Arts.
4 :00 p. ra.—Members of second glee club report at Old Chapel.
3:00-5:00 p. m.—Alumni—Secure tickets for Y. M. C. A. concert at Metzger’s.
8:00 p. m.—Y. M..C. A. Concert in Auditorium.
6:30-8: p. m—-General Sale of Dartmouth Tickets at Co-op.
10:00 a. m.~Varsity Club Organization at Old Chapel. All former Yarsily
men are expected to be present
8:30-1:00 p. m.—General sale of Dartmouth tickets'at Co-op.
1:00 p. m.—Soccer—Haverford-Penn State—Drill Field.
2:30 p. m.—Football Dartmouth vs Penn State.
6:4spjn.—Mission Study meeting, H. L. Kingman in 14 L. A.
8:30 p. iil—Alumni Smoker at Armory.
SUNDAY
Morning Chapel—Speaker Dr. Samuel C. Black* President of W. and J. College.
TUESDAY
7:00 p. m.—Civil Eng. Society Feed Eng. F.
7:00 p. m.—Franklin County Club Meeting* 314 Old Main.'
Yorsity Wrestling Practice from 4:30 to 5:30 Daily.
ALUMNl—Register immediately upon arrival at the Alumni Headquarters
in the Armory. Information concerning rooms and meats can be had there and
a general information bureau will be maintained.
Friday evening oil Fraternities and Clubs, including the University Club
will have open house. Visit around and get acquainted.
Ex-Varsity men don’t forget the Varsity re-organization in Old Chapel Sat
urday. All former athletes are expected to be present.
Alumni tickets for the football game can be secured at the A. A. Office 273
Old Main.
GOVERNOR WILLIAM C. SPROUL
The chief speaker at tlie Alumni Smokcr«in the Armory Saturday
evening will be the Honorable William C Sproul, Chief Executive of
Pennsylvania. ‘The Governor will also be present to witness the foot
ball game in the afternoon. Penn State considers herself fortunate
in having as her-guest so distinguished a personage, especially when it
is the governor .of this great state. Governor Sproul will be in State
C 9 as. it, is necessary jhat he be in Pittsburgh
PLANS STARTED. FOR .
PENNA. DAY PROGRAM
Football Game and Evening Con
cert Feature Events on Novem
ber Sixth.
From all IndlcuUons, Ponn Stato is
going to havo a kola timo on Penn
sylvania Day which will bo celebrated
this year on Saturday, November Gill.
Plans for tho affair aro ns yet In tho
embryonic stuto but thoy have pro
ceeded far enough as to show that ev
ery, person will bo amply repaid in
tho way of an interesting time for be
ing in Stato .College on that date. Tho
program for tho day will include a
football game, a cadet review, a con
cert that will be given Jointly by tho
Gleo Club nnd a singer of wldo repu
tation and probably a mooting nt which
somo prominent man will bo prasont
and give tho principal address. Many
alumni aro expected to return for tho
ovont and they together with tho largo
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SATURDAY
(Cullrgum.
HAVERFORD FIRST ...
SOCCER OPPONENT
Stiff Opposition Expected From
Main Line RQoters' Tomorrow.
Crowell’s Men in Good Shape.
Tho Ponn State soccer season for
1920 will be opened tomorrow’when tho
unusually strung Haverford aggrega
tion will meet tho Bluo and White
(ontcndcis on tho drill Held nt ono;
thirty, in the afternoon
Iluverford. since stalling tho Inter
collegiate Soccer Association, has gain
ed un extensive reputation for tho cal
ihro of tho soccer teams which it pro
duces Many times tho Main Lino In
stitution has captured tho Intercol
legiate soccer title nnd In past years
Its teams linvo lieon coached by Eng
lish professional players. This year,
n new com.li has taken chargo of tho
Ha\erford soccerltcs and Is doing much
to maintain thu standards which have
been previously set in this *Rport at
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DARTMOUTH GAME WILL
BE GREATEST IN EAST
Large Number of Green and White
Rooters Coming to Cheer
Veteran Team
BLUE AND WHITE MEN
READY FOR GREAT FRAY
W. & J. HEAD TO
SPEAK IN CHAPEL
Dr. Samuel C. Black Has Wide Re
putation as Educator, Author,
And Soldier.
Ono of tho best known moif* on tho
list of chapel speakers for tho y oar
will address the services in thv S> h’.vi.b
Auditorium next Sunday when Doctor
Samuel Chuilus Black, president of
Washington and Jefferson Unh 2 -ally
will visit Penn Stuto us collogo punch
er for tho day. Doctor Black has hud a
vurlod and extensive career, both as
u toucher and as a minister, lie was
born In Monticcllo. lowa, In JBG9, nr.d
durlng-hls early life received a com
mon school education. After graduation .
from high school, ho worked for four
years us a telegraph operatoi lu order
to earn enough *to complule his edu
cation. Ho graduated from Parsons
College, lowa, in 1892 with thu degree
of Muster-of Arts. Following this, ho
spent thteo years in tho banking busi
ness In tho cities of Fairfield and Lcs
Moines Ho then entered tho McCor
mick Theological Seminary and in 1698
ho was ordained into tho Presby*torlan
ministry. Alter holding successfully
xhargea-atJguwaneo and Clinton, mm
ols, Boulder, Colorado, and South Chic
ago, Illinois, ho became a lecturer und
Instructor In tho Hebrew language at
the ’ University of Colorado. In 1910.
bo returned to tho ministry and be
vamo pastor of tho Colliugwood Avenue
Church in Tolodo, Ohio Last .year,
ho accepted tho Presidency of Washing
ton 1 and Jefferson University, a post
which hs occupies at tho present time
At the beginning of our war with Ger
many*, Immediately after tho canton
ment plan wus Inaugurated, Doctor
Black was commissioned Major and
Muralo Olllcci at Camp Got don, Georg
ia. At this camp he performed very
remarkable services In strengthening 1
and maintaining a very high standard J
of morale among thu troops, Doctor
Black Is tho uuthoi of considerable 10-
puto, having written a number of books
and mngazlno articles on religious
questions.
SIIMOH CLASS HOLDS
IMPORTANT MEETING
The class of 1021 met last Wednesday
vcnlng In Old Chapel, at which thnu
10 elections for Student Council and
tho i'orscnlc Council were held. J B
Dommlnß and IC. It. Stark of tho Bcboo
of Engineering, J. L. Romig of tho
School of Agriculture, nnd C. A. Way
of tho School of Liberal Arts, wero
elected to Student Council, whilo J.
L. Packer nnd E D. Thomas wero chos
en to represent tho class on tho For
senic Council.
After some discussion it was decided
that Uio class would glvo twenty-five
dollars toward tho alumni smoker. Tho
matter of Sonlor Scholarships was
brought up nnd it was decided that
tho first twenty-five names on tho list
Hhould bo glvon tho tho faculty com
mittee fur consideration
A membership commlttco was ap
pointed consisting of C . B. Seods,
chalrmnn, J. A. Bailey and R. Whiold
on. Plans wero mado for a Sonlor
Danco and a commlttco composed of
F. Gladding, chairman. C. A Gold-
Ktrohmgmd II L. Stuart, wero appoint
ed to complcto tho arrangements
SOPHOMORE CLASS MEETS
Tho Sophomore class held Its second
meeting Wednesday ovonlng In Old
Chapel. In tho nbsonco of President
Schuster, Vico President Adams presid
ed. Tho regular routlpo of business
was carried on after which nominations
for olnsB football manager wero re
ceived as well as tho nominations for
thoso mon eligible to compoto for tho
Sophomore Scholarships,
<on Cfje <§rtbtton
Penn Stato vs Dartmouth, Stato dollogo
Unlv of Ponn vs Swnrthmoro, at Phil
adelphia.
Pitt vs W. Va Pittsburgh
Ynlo vs N. Carolina, at Now Raven.
Cornell vs St Bonavcnture, at Ithncn
W and J vs ICalnmazoo, at Washington.
Georgia Tech, vs Davidson, nt Alanta.
Princeton vs Maryland Stato at Prince
ton.
Wonder How Bluo and
Green and White
Will Mix?
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Thu greatest football gamo In thu
eustun part of this country will take
pl.ieu lumonow after at Now Beaver
1 leiu w hen thu Big Green tuam from
Dartmouth tackles Bezdek’s Nlttany
Lions for the supremacy. Both teams
uiu us much prepared for Uio fray us
It hus been possible to make them in
tltu timo available Thu contest will
be tho third gamo on thu Bluo urd
White schedule, while it will bu but
the second strugglu for tho Hanover
warriors.
Thu Dartmouth squad thirty in num
bet were given u reusing send off ut
llanovcr yesterday morning on thglr
dcpartuiu to this pluco for thu annual
gumo with thu Bluu and While eleven
which will talcu place on Now Beaver
field tomorrow aftornoon. Several of
the varsity men aro out of tho gumo
with injuries but tho majority aro lu
good condition and aro optimistic
In tegurd to Uio outcomo of tno gamo.
Many students accompanied tho team
while many Pennsylvania and Ohio
Duilmouth alumni aro scheduled to bo
on hand for tbo game.
Tho latest lino-up to bo rccoivod from
Hanover came In tho form of a tele
gram from tho official paper of that
college lust night. It places tholr
slur halfback, Shelbourno, a mighty no
gro und a mainstay of tho team on
the Injured list und not ablo to take
part In tho gumo. Captain Robertson
according to tho report is still out of
. tho_gumo as a result of an injury to-.
hlu~s!id(ndc?'sustained 'several weeks
ugo. Ho is accompanying tho team
but It Is quite probable that bo will
not start Uio gumo but will p'ay in
cuso ho is needed. 'The backflatd even
without him ‘ls Very fust. Grundman
at left halfback is noted for his open
field running and Is usually culled upon
to make thu end runs and is always
counted upon for sovcral yards. JBowor
at quaitcrbuck has been running tho
team In tlno shupo ail year und has
tConUnued on lost pago)
FORMER DEAN HUNT ■
RECEIVES APPOINTMENT
T. F. Hunt is Made Permanent De
legate to Rome Agricultural
Thomas F. Hunt, formerly Dean of
tho Pennsylvania Stuto College School
uf Agriculture und present Dean of
thu College of AcrlcuHuro of the Uni
versity of California, hus accepted an
appointment us permanent delegate of
the United Stutvs ut tho International
Institute of Agriculture, Romo, Italy.
Dean Hunt hus long boon interested
In the problems of liio instituto and was
ono of tho delegates of this government
at thu last mooUng of Uio general as
sembly und spent much Umo, then trav
eling over Europe and studying agri
cultural problems Ho went to Europe
in September, 1918 os a member of tbo
commission sent by tbo United States
Dcpui uncut of Agriculture to mako a
study of agricultural conditions in tho
ullli’d countries His wjdo lutowlodgo
of agricultural condlUons in America
coupled with his extensive investiga
tions In Europo, mako him an excep
tionally well-qualified man to repre
sent this country at thu InsUtuto.
Tho Instituto Is concerned primar
ily in gathering world statistics of crop
production and crop movement. Undo?
tho present system of gathering stat
istics, a commodity cannot bo accurat
ely followed after it changes form.
Until a system is perfected whereby all
countries supply this informaUon It
will nover bo possible to give any data
us to tho world supply of any product.
It is by this cooperation of all govern
ments that this condition of affairs lu
to bo remedied.
Lehigh vs Rutgers at So. Bethlehem
Syrucuso vs Univ. of Malno, at I’rovl
donce .
Navy vs. Lafayotto, at Annapolis
Colgate vs Allegheny, nt Hamilton.
Haverford vs Stevens, nt Haverford.
Harvard vs Valparaiso, nt Cambridge.
Dolavvaro vs 000. Wash. Unlv** at
Washington.
Bucknoll vs Uralnus, at Lewiaburg.