’ ,Tuesda^(nDMoinb«r^^^2O Students Try Hand At Americanization Teaching English to foreigners Ih part i of tho work of tho Y. M. C. A. Indus- i tilul Service Committee. Three stud- l cuts aro ut tho present timo aiding woven of tho Spanish laborers, who aro work* i nig on tho election of the now Me chanical cngnleu lug Laboratory to loarn tho English language A class is hold tinoo evenings a week for the .Spnulmds. ■ Tho put pose of It all Is two-fold. Tho fhst ulin Is to help tho foreigners learn v English and by this to help them bo* come mote settled anil contented In Aiuctlcu. Tho othur purpose Is to got tho engineering' students Interested In labor while they are still In college. Up to tho piescnt time, this Ameri canization class lias boon very success ful. ThcnatlveworkersofSpnln take a gloat Interest in tho work and uro on* thuslUNilc to loam. Heroic stinting In this com so, nonu of tho Spaniards but the foreman could speak English and ho was not ablo to lead and write The lessons being given by the studonts, aro of a voiy practical natuic. The simple and fundamental English that tho lab orers can use in every dn> life Is taught to them. Effoits me also being mado for them to have tho oppoituntty to learn to read and wiite the language Tho class was started about tirree weeks ago, when tho foreign laboicrs attracted tho attention of tho Y. M. C. A. and a chance for sotvlco was seen Tho three lessons a week will he con tinued until tho pupils complete tholr work on the Laboratory hero nnd Icavo Stnto College Tho thieo students In chuigo have been taking turns In con ducting tho three weekly classes, each one teaching an ovonlng a week. A. H. McFndden *2l, who Iq tho chairman of tho Industrial Service Committee, has taken charge of tho work and Is teach ing ono of the classes, lie has been responsible mostly for tho plan nnd In seeing that It Is being carried out He Is assisted In his work by B. P Nator '2l, who Is a native of Porto Rico where tho Spanish language Is spokon, and by C R. Pollock *2l. Both of these students also conduct a class per week Tho other members of tho Industrial Service Committee aro D. C llmtton '22 and V A Mollltt '22. Plans aro now being mado for the near future, when the Americanization work will ho broadened to includo Bcllofonte Thoro aro people of foreign birth working in tho mills and factories there that aro la tho need of tho same training now bolng given to tho Spaniards Among tho laborers there, aro some Czecho slovaks nnd It is one of tho alms of this service to havo this enterprising race become good American citizens. If It Is seen advantageous Americanization classes may also ho started in other places near Stnto College whore noma good irinj bo done COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY COMMENDED Foresters rcprenontatlvo of the en tire United States and many other .prominent men included among whom Avaft tha governor of Oregon, met nt Harrisburg recently la tho offices of Gifford Plncliot, tho Chief Forester of Pennsylvania to consider the forestry situation of this country. At the ban quet hold at tho close of-Uio session, mention was mado of tha Pennsylvania .Stata Collsgft JD apagtauint -and high praises ovlnccd tho'efficiency and oalihro of tho men graduated from tills college. HONOR COMMITTEE IS CHOSEN DY GIRL STUDENTS Tho womon students have selected three seniors, two Juniors, two sopho mores and ono Freshman to servo as 'tho Honor committee for the rest of tho collego year. Tho girls elected to tills body aro ns follows: Chairman, Julia BrUl ‘2l, Dorn Passmore ‘2l, Katherine Bnoi '2l. Virginia Percy *22, Eleanor Ashton '22, Marlon Moure '23, Isabel Allot! ’2J, and Tllllo Young '24. I"SSsraSSpSrrany33Sll • ALSO v Q Cigars, Cigarettes, Candy and Soft-Drinks 0 OYSTERS IN SEASON 0 MILLER & BREON 5 107-South Allen Street. n "Photoplays f Qualify M Collocfi, "Pa. # TUESDAY • DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS § in the latest. Comedy 5 “The .Mask of Zorro” S WEDNESDAY 1 LOUISE GLAUM in “Love” MACK SENNETT COMEDY “A Fireside Brewer” 1 THURSDAY S CONSTANCE BINNEY S -in-“ Something Different” 2 Century Comedy _ • FRIDAY | OLIVER THOMAS’ f Lcfst Picture ■ ‘‘Everybody's Sweetheart” ! Snub Pollard Comedy I SATURDAY * v S ELAINE HAMMERSTEIN S in “The Daughter Pays” i News Weekly AG BANQUETS TONIGHT WILL BE BIG AFFAIRS Lack of aufllclont apaco to accomo date tlio largo numbor of Btudonts and faculty* members In tlio School of Agrl culture who would llko to attend tho banquet being hold this evening, bus liven tlio real causo fur tho numerous changes whlch-have boon made recently In regard to tho affair. Thin affair, with Its unlcjuo departure from tho reg ular banquet stylo, gltos another In dication of tho apparent need of u luigu hall at Penn Stale where students muy xgathoi for such mootings, a hall which should mccomoduto one thousand at ono sitting Uocnusc'Ot the .limited facilities for such affairs, it has been necessary to divide tho number of students, three hundred of whoht will partnko of tho feast at* McAlllßter Hail and ono hun dred and ten nt tho Berkshire dining loom, after tho plays have tiecn ren dered b> the Pf nn Suite Playets In the AudUoihim. Bocauso tho plays wilt bo open to all, whether they havo tickets for.tho banquet or not, the Auditorium has been secured In place of the Old Chapel, and tho performances will com monco nt eight-fifteen sharp . The ban quet will commence nt nine-thirty. Dean Watts and Mr. liltwchman will address both mootings, speaking first nt McAllister Hall and thou proceeding to tho Berkshire whore they will deliver tho same message ns before. County Agents Lehman .and McGuo will also address tho gathering at Mac Halt and County Agents Nlosloy and Adams will speak nt tho Berkshire. J. E. Wobor ’III will act ns Toastmaster at tho latter placo and W. H. McNees ’2l will ln troduco.thc speakers at the McAllister Hall gathering Tho Ponn Stato Play ers will ho tho guests of thp Agricul tural students at tho banquets. SOCCER TEAM WILL NOT PLAY POST-SEASON GAMF Succor practice has been called off by Couch “Jimmy" Crowell. Both Prince ton anil Penn have definitely stated that they will play no more games this season. Tho renson rendered by both teams is that tho vacation period will have commenced before tho eigh teenth, tho duto set for tho game, and it Is not thought advisable nt either Institution to hold tho players for the contest Conch Ciow'oll Is satisfied with the reasons both teams glvo for not wishing to schedule tho gntno. Tic Is disappointed, however, that such a con test cannot be sUiged, for tho reason that it would have strengthened tho clmnees of tho NUtany booties for ad mittance to tho Intorcollegluto Soccer Association next year, had tho Ponn Stato team defeated tho championship hooters of tho East. As mntlors now stand, the, only hope for tho Blue and White soccer team to bocomo a member of tho Association noxt- season Is the high standing won tills year. Tho season was safely gono through w Ithout a defeat. Tho NUtnny men gained victories over tho Univers ity of Toronto. Havcrford, Cornell, and Syracuse and fought SyrncußO to a tie on a return contest In tho opponent’s field. Princeton's reason for-mot consider ing tho game was because of the Chrlst mns vacation, tho dato set for the ‘struggle being tho.olghteonthtand tbeir recess period starting before that v tlmo. jrho .Princeton boaters dld.jiot_-wißk,to remain as thoy havo boon playing-weekly contests tho ontlro sea son and are duo for a long rest. Tho University of Pennsylvania had stated before that thoy would not consider tho game. Their players had also partici pated in a hard schedule of weekly games and had been promised that there COLLEGE QUICK LUNCH Quick aud Efficient Ser vice a Specialty. PENN STATE COLLEGIAN would bo no more f. *m«H following the Prliicoton-Ponn elm qilonshlp duel Sul- , uiday. Tho holiday reunion also com menced before tho eighteenths and bo causo many of tho xoceoritcs lived at somo distance from Philadelphia, It was not thought mlvisubto to schedule tho post-season rontist Tho only reason that tho IVnn Mute hooters could con sider the game was tho fact that all tho members of the team lived In or near Philadelphia, mul It would havo ln convonlunced no one to havo staged tho Ci a well stated that there will ho no more soceor practice this fall. Howe* ci', as instituted last year, there will he* practice singed for tho undei clussnivii noxt spilng. At this tlmo the couch can devote Ills ontlro atten tion to them ami ix* uiMy develop some varsltv mntcrln! *lli'ie will bo sot oral IntercHss scraps oi tli's timo but no regular se hcdulo. MISSION HEADS CONFER ON GROFF HOME FUNDS Dean It. L Watts, Profesaor W. D. Crockett, PiofesHoi N Fagan and “Daddy" Gioff iopu .*lllOO Penn State at the International Agricultural Mis sionary Confcieiiu l eld In No\Y York Just week "Daddy 1 r.roff nt the same timo represented tin Canton Christian College Tlio nactlng wits attended by many* prominent men interested In worlt In tho foreign fields. Including mis sion I mauls of mHU denominations, theologians from dlnuont seminaries and many deans of agricultural-col °Tho consensus of opinion at thcscon foronce was-that missionary agricultur al work Is one of tho moat important types of work in tho foreign fields, because' approximately seventy-five iwn cent of the natives are engaged in agricultural pursuits and are great ly handicapped by the ancient methods they* hate been using and the great cost that It has been to Instalt new equipment and new methods. At the present time twenty million Chinese are in danger of limitation, muth be cause of tills lack of facilities and mod ernbed equipment. To reach such peo ple with the gospel of saltation it will that he necessary to train them so that they can thoroughly equip themselves to throw off this Inn den Tills fact was forcibly brought out at tho moot- Penn SUito leads nil other aprricullur- M coUcbch in thin t>t>e of work. Five of her men are ncm engaged in agri cultural miaalonaiy work. •*Daddy ,, dorr, Harold Austin and W. L Funk houscr In Chinn. Hubert S Cochran, | who Is willing for India, and W. W. : Whetstone, who has iccontly returned from abroad - While In New Yoik, tho Penn State ommlltoo called upon President i:d -*q of Tho Canton Christian College wards of Tho Canton Lit,,. at Its New York Ofllco and were shown u. detailed mail of tho college grounds, and tho proponed location of "Daddy" Groff's hn*».e Tlio fund which l'cnn Stato students and faculty monitors aro subnet iblng for the uso of her mls-| sloniulpH In foreign fields Is to to well made use of. President Edwards Is considering using the wholo fund to build u homo for GrofT. but Inasmuch !as building operations aro very oxpen- Ivc In Chirm, It Is not known for huso ,hoth. r this sum will suffice for that nd. ■•Daddy” Groff expects to spend a wroo't at tho colloEO before to China, but It is not known Just when ho'wlll bo able to do ho. THE OLD RELIABLE FURNITURE | Buy Useful Christmas Gifts! | | If you want your Xmas gift to | | make a lasting impression, give | | something sensible and practical. | | The presentation of a fine piece of | | furniture will prove a delightful | | surprise. jj: Gate Leg, Davenport and Sewing Tables Cedar Chests Reed Chairs and Rockers Floor and ; Table Lamps Livingroom and Everything in furniture from a matched diningroom suite to a child’s rocker. All appropriate for Xmas gifts here for your selection. W. R. BRACHBILL | Spring Street . . Bellefonte, Pa, | FIRST SENIOR DANCE TO BE HELD NEXT MONTH Final arrangements for tho first Senior dunce aru rapidly n oaring coin* pletlon and the luumdtteo hopes to Iw able to make definite imuouncemont concerning tho uffah before the collogo closes for tho Christmas recess. , This will lie the first one of threo which wilt constitute a series of dances planned by tho *2l men. The second one, no doubt, wilt be substituted for by the Junior prom which will not bo held at the end of the second semester as In previous years Tho exact dato of the thlul lias not yet been determined but (t will piobnblv bo held gome time near the first of May. Tho (.onilng dance will bo held at tho Phi Delta Theta house on Friday night, January the tucnly’-clghth. Thin dato has bout decided upon bocauso of tho fact that many fraternity dances oro scheduh'd fm the Saturday night be tween Hcni'-HteiM and In order to in sure us largo an iiltendaneo as possible tho committee thought It boat to favor Friday night The very best possible grado of music hus been promised by Schlossei's oicbostiu. Since the dance will not start until cighl-thhi}, the <<mimittoo hopes to se euro a lei mil to prolong tho hours of dancing beyond the usual time • REHAB STUDENTS PLAN SECOND MINSTREL SHOW Tho Rehabilitation Club Is at tho pre sent time In the midst of oxtunslve pre paration of a mlubilrel show and two act must al comod\ to bo ftlvon in Ulo Schwab Auditorium on Tuesday and ■Wednesday evenings, Fobruary tho 18th and IDth. Penn Slaters who saw tho mlnlstrel show that tho “Rchabs” gn\o last year will remember that their on torlalnmont was probably tho most hu morous that was presented at tho col lege during the entire soasotv About forty* members of tho club, including almost the entire cast from last year In addition to sumo new talent will take part In the plays and for this reason this ycui's Initial performance of the "Rehabs should bo oven better than that of last year Tho hlg feature of the coming show will bo the two art musical comedy en titled, "The Tollies of 1820.” It goos w Uhout sav Ing that a light brocey com edy of this typo will undoubtedly make a hit with a Peon State nudlenco. Tho stago setting and thu coaching of tho play are In thu bunds of tho Joo Bron Company of Chlcugo, which will soon have Its coach on hand to put the play ers through their v irlous roles. Tick ets will l)o placed on snlo a fow weeks bcfmu thu dato of the performance. If You Break Your Glasses Or Are Suffering from Eyestrain DR. EVA B, ROAN 522 E. College Ave. Established | 1841 ' 1 BOTH | PHONES { Bedroom Suites COUNTY CLUB REPORTERS • FAIL TO TURN IN NEWS Thu vurlous county clubs In tills In stitution have received vory llttlo pub licity this year outside of Statu Col lego duo'to thu lack of interest ex hibited by their respective reporters. This remark Is especially true of tho ropotters of Blair, Fayette, Mercer, Schuylkill, Isibanon and McKean coun tlos. Tho Publicity Department, which la located In Old Main, Is very anxious to aid tho dubs and will gladly forward all news to thuvarloUHCOunty-paporsluthe state All clubs holding dunces during the Christmas vacation should com- municate with the department by Mon day In order that tho dances will bo boosted throughout thuti counties and thus tut n out successful. JUNIOR PROM DATE IS POSTPONED THREE WEEKS At a meeting which tho Junior Prom Committee held last week. It was de cided to change the datu of thu Junior Prom from tho eighteenth of Mnrch to tho eighth of April. This Important change was made because of tbo fact that practlcully all of the Seniors un rolled In engineering courses will 1h» away* on Inspection trips on the forma dato mid theli übsonco would odiously affect tho buccish of tho dance April S HAVE YOU TRIED THE 9 I SPECIAL CANDY I 8 B j AT THE | 3 REXALLSTORE? B S Chocolates 75c lb. Caramels 50c lb. j nra & O i ft © Come in early and look over our lines of State Jewelry, Persian Ivory and Leather Goods for X!mas Gifts. We have a large assortment to select from and it is advisable to make your purchases early. We will also have a large shipment of Whitman s State Seal Chocolates in a few days—one, two, three and five pound boxes. RAY D. GILLILAND DRUGGIST NITTANY BLOCK Get it! Our Budget Plan will help you COME ini Let us explain how the Budget Plan goes ahead with that New Edison for Xmas. It breaks up the payments, — f scatters them through 1921,—fits Übem to your pocketbook. Besides, you’re using an after (the-war dollar to buy a before-the war value. The New Edison has gone up in price less than 15% since 1914. Mr. Edison has kept prices down by absorbing increased costs himself. You get the benefit L. K. METZGER 111-115 Allen Street NEW EDISON Page Three elghthnwau picked as the logical tlma far Uia Juniors’ biggest affair and It Is hoped that It will prove satisfactory to everyone Further announcements about the dance will be made by tho committee at a later datu. CIIIUhTMAS STAMP SALE • EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS Tho sale of Chiistnms stamps at Penn State this year has so fm exceeded all former records that Mrs. Jas W. Hams, president of the local committee, has been compelled to telegraph to Har risburg fur a latgei supply of stamps. By tbo middle of tho week, ten thous and had been disponed of by thu gills’ committee of students umlct tho lead ei ship of Miss Catherine Swank ’2l. An c<iual number Jiavo been sold by' the students of tho public schools witli tho result that faupt \V. O Heckman has not been abbs to supply tho demands from tho schools In the country* dis tricts It Is expected that a further supply will be lecttlvwl In w day ot two In order that the genoious demand of tho public may* bo satisfied. NICK DIAMOND New York Electric Shoe Repairing Shop Fine Shoe Repairing j
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