<+.4-- Best , Wishes To The Mid-Year Men VOL. XVI. No. 33 R. THOMAS ACCEPTS COLLEGE PRESIDEN ddlebury College Has Flourished Un der Guidance of Noted Exec _ utive and Builder GH HOPES HELD FOR FUTURE OF PENN STATE . Martin Thomas, for twelve years Went of Middlebury College, Ver t, has accepted the ProaldencV of Pennsylvania State College offered lm following the meeting of the d of Trustees last neek at hiarrls- . Dr Thomas hue not yet signi ,is intention of taking up his duties tate College immediately and may ke up the reins of the Presieney July He has been conferring a committee of the Trustees for last low days upon the question the decision arrived at will be an ted in a few days The announce of his acceptance has been de to ghe him the opportunity to r with the Trustees of Middlebury .e and to allow him to formally in hie resignation as the executive of the Vermont institution. Thomas Is superbly fitted for his position and It was his ability as .Iness administrator as well as an tlon executive that attracted the eon in their search that has ex d over a year. Be has been Prow y Identified with the financial -s of New England through hin torship to a national insurance any, and through his connection onm of the most prominent New nd banks That he is well known expected in Vermont is evidenced s election as a delegate to the last Nlican National Convention. rut State's new head made a brief to State College on January 8 and d besides speaking in chapel, con with the ofliclabf of the institu and was much pleased with the :Ibilities of the college. In New when invited to accept the °Mee of :Ident by Judge H Mitchell ofi burgh, he mid, One-OV'tholootfmOidituraiiii Halted States and the land grant go• of .the'commonwealth which le nd in agricultural Importance, as as in population and resources, the ion otters possibilities which I can refuse I exPect to accept .o Mitchell IC high In his praises presidont-elect. "He is one of the turns In American college life and has been prominent for years national educational gatherings is record at Middlebury Is 'mares he said. Thomas has made an impressive • at Mlddelbury, which is an old ..ther exclusive college with a pre.• nroliment of about three hundred. as successful In building up the utlon which consisted of three sgs when he took charge to thir and instituted a summer session has an attendance of over two ed, specializing in lam:tinges Be. heraeterized as a .'builder,” ho is (Continued on last page) E. TO ORGANIZE LOCAL SECTION HERE e American Society of Mechanical eery has authorized the organize of a Local Section of the society to noun as the Central Pennsylvania on which will Include a territory hay miles radius from State •Col- The fifty members of the Soc located within this territory tvlll e members and the student branch e A. S 81. E will be affiliated with eW section. An organization meet will be held on February fourth hfr Calvin W. Rico, Secretary of A. S. PI. E will come to State Col for this meeting and to address Student Section. cottage will be held each month at Oh the prnleipal centers. as -wn sport, /Altoona, Dußois and State •ge. It is believed that the organ on of this section, which has been elated by the interest of the local here of the society at State College. result in bringing hero many Me leal Engineers and will also be en cement for the State College mem to visit idustrial plants located in Pennsylvania. FRESHMEN ! Members of the Freshman class who desire to try out for the editorial staff'of the Penn State Collegian report at the Collegian office Tuesday even , ing, seven o'clock sharp, TARTAN BOXERS MEET VARSITY ON SATURDAY Carnegie Tech !Kitimat to Furnish Strong Opposition in Second Ring Battle Followers of the fight game at Pen State will be git en mother opportunity of seeing the varsitY boxing team in ac tion next Sautrday night when Car negie Tech Is to be met In the Armory This will be the second time that the :Many ring artists have boxed this year and it is likely that the same large crowd wilt greet them as did when they outfought the Springfield College ag gregation over a week age Both teams have bCell pointing for the battle, ac cording to ',Nord received from both the Plaid and Penn State camps so that when the two teams meet there is hardly a doubt but what things will take a lively tern. Little could be learned as to the lino ' up Which the Skibes will use to the meet. It has been reported however that their berths will be filled by men kho know the game and have some real boxing ability.. Whitmore, the Tech man fighting. In the 145 pound educe seems to be the outstanding boxer on the team. The Smoky City lad has done considerable fighting to the ring for the Pittsburgh Athletic Association and It ,is said that he by a veritable whirlwind., Several others on the team have also done some work In the arena .) for this same or t ga o n v, ix , atirm o . raleal 2 M4.l. M a great me .. v-P—b ??' the last week on account o the /rat semester examination period. Coach Harlow hopes to overcome this lack of Practice this work and will accordingly I Put his men through some of the stiffest porkouts that they have had so far this year _Several shake-ups in the team are .iPected In order to give some of the squad some muck needed ex- Perience so that they may be substituted for men of their eines when the neces sity arises Canton( Kahley null confirmos to hold the upper hand to the 215 pound divis lon and there Is hardly a doubt but what the Blue and 'White leader will step Into the ring next Saturday night Ishen the bout In this class is announc ed Feldman, who Is estrong contend er for the weight has returned abter being out of practice for some time and it is the intention of Coach Harlow to groom him an an understudy to ICahleY. The 125 pound class is a toss up be taeen Chapin, Jenkins and Vasilla All three of these men are good boxers and Pt is not probable that any definite selection will be nutde until a short time before the team enters the ring side Fried, oho boxed Vasilla in the Fresh - .-an-Sophomore scrap and who was compelled to quit befor the bout was oter on account of an injury Is out of practice at the present time be cause of an injury to his nose. Cooper seems to be the man who will re•resent the team in the 125 pound bout Coon er hap been showing up well recently and he looks on If he will soon he one of the best men on the squad. Ills hard hitting agility was clearly shown in the Springfield meet when he hammered his opponent so badly that the latter was forced to withdraw before the bell sounded foe the end of the second round. In the -145 pound weight, there are three men who stand out prominently on contenders for the berth. Atnarlsh who fell before the onslaught of Pueille of Springfield fame will In ail probabil ity not bow against the Plaid man of his class because of the fact that the plucky 13lue and White fighter Is nursing ease of,severe bolls on his arm Bord ner and Brown have returned to Prac tice and an both of these man have (Continued on Page 'Iwo) • Itav-I,VI > 4 c -1,,h f 44 , / 4 , , , 1 \t , :?l' , .p..x,K , f,,,,,6 -,.,,:,:-..., STATE COLLEGE, TRACK TRIALS BEG 1 FOR lII.ILLROSE' Two Men Picked for Two lay Team—Well Known er and Hurdler Enter C. Trktle lot the too mile, ref. tliAt 00111 teptenent Penn Statt =rose Intloot Track Meet 001 be held nt Nen Toth Clt) - 0 tom today mere commenced b ordn3 afternoon Tao of t, mho nib make at , the team ream t the ,111 hoe men tented In the trials, ohlle the o .r two 0 11l be Melted next Saturday aft noon. In the trials last ueelc. Domed s and Ncmcorner ritero the first men t finish' the half mile Demmlng ma hea t, doing the distance to the yerist thee of two minutes and tut re of a sceond The ether three Ito finish In order named were 7 'ior. Edgerton and Carter The par 'ln W which the Blue anti hite runnel t'll take part at the 2filirose Sleet Mil a a special tiro-mile relay, with Da - mouth and Columbia teams asre - portents. Barron has been entered Ina 11113 al high hurdi race at seventy ye s against Thompson, of Dartmouth. It will be remembered that during' e Olympic games held at Antwerp st summer... Thompson, running tor C - ada, barely nosed out Barron In e principle hurdle event There pas lath a small margin In the victory/Ix' •r Thompson, that it is a matter of qt. s- tion as to who still move the sumo or lint., although the lest of the team is in the coming event It is also qt to l'airly bell balanced likely that Romig will take part In .. The line-up bill be as lotions. the three thousand metro race. akin, .h p,,„„ ei, Carnegle Tech t this depends upon his PhYSical ea I- wp,, e ;, Pittman flan, us he has not fully reamed Nolte McPhee from a recent Illness " r l Replogle nosey Track Stars Enter Here Haines Allan The chalet squad will be - stren h- I lot Good ened during the coming semester by dana‘ the enrollment as Freshmen, - of 'et Toe usual Penn State line up bill runners well known In track cite s h. " nut °a the 'dam". court to oppose One is Allan Helfrick, a graduate of I with ' Vat " and Wilson an dot""r•da ' Yonkers High School, N Y , w hop., Replogle as center and ICllingo and H en mated the "School -Boy ,StrortAer•• Haines as _ guards. In case Of substi- He was a ,nembe r of th e A me l i ,,,, lotions Koehler, Whiteman. Ititner and Olympic team, and is a middle die ace man of. unusual ability. In the t &LI The Fresh tossers leave tomorrow on 1 for:_rha,Olympic_teatrile&sp ~ • ' Hunter nlll figure largely e ty d- to meet the yearling 114 nr eff‘ t- er V ellrektii. 2 4 five and a half seconds; wi l nnin'glllis glair University Thursday night and I heat. Helfrich was a studet at Cor- from there they go to Pittsburgh to co tton University until he entered - Pima tenter the Freshmen of the Unit ersitY State yesterday. The other new midi- of Pittsburgh on Friday night. The tioti to the track squad is R. C. Rim- Blue and White y callings have made an sell, a graduate of Central High r School, admirable showing so far this season Philadelphia, who has been a secondalv land have ales lamed a ste!dy littlwae school champion In the Inutile events 1 great that augurs well for the success His specialty Is high hurdles. OS the trip FROM CUB REPORTER TO "YE ED" Did sou mar feel the thrill of seeing some of 3001 work appear In public , Of course you did, oi at least you have wished that you might Dld you et er get excited titer a bit of news' If sou never did, sou are .pot human. Have Sou eves envied the newspaper report er w ho bears the magic key to unlock portals that are unyielding to meryono else? Sure you have Have YOU ever wished that you might get into some real college activity at Penn State' If not, you are a dead one for sure Toe are not on athlett. The glories of the gridiron the diamond are not for you You cannot L aing and never mastered' the "mechanics" of a musical Instrument. Yet the broadest WEI of BULLETIN TUESDAY 6.15 p. m.—Mandolin Club, Auditorium '630 p m.—Seniors basketball practice, Armory 7.00 p m.—Thespians, 14 L. A 7:00 p. m.—Bible Discussion Normal Training Class, 19 L. A 7.00 p Engineering Society, 200 Engineering D. 730 p m.—Mid-Year Convocation, Auditorium WEDNESDAY 7'oo p. m —Basketball, Carnegie Tech vs. Penn State, Armory 7 00 p m —Political Economy Discussion, 19 L. A. 7.00 p. m —Bible Discussion Normal Training Class, 14 L. A. 730 p. m.—Fayette County Club, 314 Old Main. - - THURSDAY 7 00 p. m —Carbon County Club, 13 L. A. 7.00 p. m —Cosmopolitan Club, 14 L A. 7 30 p m.—Bradford County Club, 315 Old Main NOTICES Sophomores who wish to try out as Second Assistant Baseball Managers are urged _to sign up at once at the Graduate Manager's Office in Old Main. Tryouts for Second Assistant Thespians Manager, for Freshmen only„will be held tonight at sev en-thirty . o'clock in Room 14 L A. Tickets for the Penn State Players' production, "Seven Keys to Baldpate" may be ordered by mail from D D Mason, 218 Old Main. Seats on the main floor are fifty and seventy-five cents according to their location. A stamped self-addressed envelope should be en, closed with the order. Mr. Calvin W Rice, secretary of the A. S M. E, will speak on Friday evening at seven o'clock in Room 200, Engineering D, on "The Relation of the Student Branch to the National Society". Mechanical Engineers - of all classes are invited to attend. i-lillaelclly Talk I tut ESDAY. FEBRUARY 1 1921 PLAID QUINTET HERE TOMORROW Will be Final Home Game Prior to First Trip of Season—Plaid Team on Comeback Route As the final home game before the trip to Pitt and -W. d J, the varsity basketball team Plats the Carnegie Tech five ironware,' night In the Army rev The Smoky CitJ aggregation will MO Op it SO Ong Oooobitioll and trill tie to hada!, the straight string of le to Its that the Rine and I% hite ham has to its credit Although the Plaids hate been defeated several times this seawall, they hire a team to be Sewed am they ha, espaalenced a strong tame bribis dinnig the last fen ueeks and al- NI ala rot UP a good appearance lafore a Penn State team Defeats ha, been dealt the T mans hi anumbei of teams. including Dela hate College, Gettisbutg, and West Vliginia The filet named loss acme earl, in the se mon, but nevertheless was decisive, as was also the victory achieved hi Gettysburg In the !meet contest, the Battlefield collegians held the advantage throughout the entire game and thme has never a doubt as to the outcome The Carnegie Tech quintet honeset had the disadvantage of winding up a long four game trip and were sornehliat travel worn The game with West Virginia line of 11101 . 0 lecent date and has more heating on the present status of the Invade. In this cove tattle, the Techno/ogist..g.th sulfmed defeat, this time, by a 4S to ill scum As Penn State has decialveli trimmed the Mountaineers, it should not fcar the outcome Contort ow night A study of the scores of the NM gaines discloses the fact that the Cal negieltes ate heal: in the foul shooting, all Is still open to 3oU. Do you mant to get hour fingers on the 'mice of the college and be really "In" on the doings at Penn State' Then your college 'Pape, should be making a +nigh* strong appeal to you Oh boy, hoe. me remember those old teportet da3s .. may back In our Fresh man y.tt ". Rom we stepped trembling into the sacred presence of "Ye Ed" en the night h hen the Freshmen mime tads of mlstioin and reunited that some day me more going to direct the Policies of that old PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Then those gloomy 'irst low meelts when to Weil so halal to master the utvie of a !lemmata. stray, onto to have "Ye Cd (Continued on Second Page) STUDENT ACTIVITY CONFERENCE CALLED Penn State Invited to Send Dele gates to Inter-Collegiate Meet ing at M. L T. Peon State has been one of the forty one colleges and unliersltlcs that has been hit Ilea to send out delegates to I the Inteiconeglate Confluence on Lin demi:ideate Cloiettunent to b elleld at the Allissachusetts Institution of Tech nolo>, on the fifteenth and slnteenth of Awn at Camila ulge, Massachusetts No Mihaly action has been taken let cuncetezlng Sib/ mutter but it to en peLted that student tem tsentath es oh! be sent nom this Instatutionllnf dell , gales front Penn State ate sent, a caude eine shoo of same other tot toot enter triltunent tilt be staged to finance the ,11011,1, of tilt . WO 11l can/piling the not of colleges tt Ito oould be naked to send delegates the e‘ecutlic committee sought tons sertible those having most problems Inc ommon An) contge not 'nein/led on the list haying problems to discuss /le at Ifbet t> to send delegates Ease Theaiin of the conference is to bring resell.r reinesentatir es of carious unar m titles arid colleges at a meeting to discuss the problems of undergraduate government and student activities It is planned to hat, rout separate, but shuultnneous meetings, ono discussing the }nutrients of student got erning bod ies, anothet athletics„ another publie., trot.. arid .mother musical clubs and drunaties With htls plan in mind It Is thought adri,tble fez the colleges attending to send at least four delegates, 11100511 for their ability to discuss the dirrelent n lined (inmate. The final meeting+ on the sisteenth aril be a gen eta' one at nhieh results of the meltm inttt a tetin,a 1101 be presented. In the moult discussing problems of tinder arldtalte gmernment and students obi hie, the 01 gauls.atlon of the stud ent, genet 1,11111 beds and general under gratin to. mordents will be the - maln proLlerr, thin ussed Uncles the general 10.11, or the or t ranisatlon of student guy- I es tuns the subjects of I.lllhOrin telstlona milk the faculti, 111111 tiumni. methods of titling scholastic standing. the general finance system, and the m ations to the students . social Pie in cluding bruin+, smoker s, and dances n 111 be discussed The consideration of gen eral undeterraduato to oblems wail In clude dormitory . control, Inter-fraternity relations, and societies and clubs , M=;=N - .1 tioarof Of athletics by students, by al umni and Ita the faculty. financial sup port, methods of establishing and main tatnnhe de Cottle anti trips. Dusnicss and non ptoblenm of the daily. business and nen s oblems of the -omit. business and netts problems of the yeat book and of the month4t he the subject, fatten op by the body discussing. publitations. That group 4aking .ts pt ablest, college thentrl cols and musical clubs trill discuss the tout, of annual moductlons Wits and dramatic as,oclotlons The Wen of the conference originated at a meeting at the UniverslD Club of Non Tot it CU, of tepiesentatives fo Cot nell, Princeton, Pennajltrinirt, Dart mouth. and Massachusetts Tech The Mons Ascii:Olen ht oposcd and discussed and ft ant, decided that the rejneentn tic es their should act no cutive committee and take charge 02 the con tinence Tits mambos of title commit tee Hill net es chairmen for the differ ent meetings The discussion Mil be limited to the consideration of mum.- Undone and not traditions In °rain to guldo the t ultra to the maim subjects, the chnlimen Hill hate the mum of limiting the discussion to thest, quce tions Thow univetsiller and colleges that have been Invited to send delegates ate Amher,t, Wesle.can Unitetn ity. Ttinity College, Tale, Hat cntsi, Dat lanouth. Pt inceton. Lehigh Was Otte Pcnn State, Washington and jeffet son, Washington and Lee, Colgate. St t netts, Columbia, Cornell, Bowdoin, Mown, Stmt., Georgia Tech, Massachusetts Tech, West Virgnila, Not thcreston Gn i\ el.9itY • Put due, Indiana University, Pellll, Pitt, Tennessee, Vh Rlnln, Main, Vet mont, North Carolina, Nanette, II- Chicago, Ohio State, and, lona State lino', Michigan; Wisconsni, .Minnesota, Interfraternity Cage Card This Week The now schedule bin this ncelen Inter-fraternity bnaltetbrtll league Inn been made out and Is an follown' Tuesday, Pobrunr) 8 00 p m —Tau Sigma Phi Delta Sigma Phi 8.10 p m —De/ta Upsilon Delta Tau Delta 8 30 p m —Omega Epsilon Phi Zpellon PI 8 , 10 p. m —Sigma Chi. Acacia We ol ma o no. rebrnary 8.00 p m —Beta Sigma Rho Omega Epsilon 4 00 p. m —Phi Rappa Psi. A 20 p m —Dona Sigma Phi Alpha Tau Orman. A 40 p m —Alpha Sigma Phi Alpha Gamma Rho Satanlll2. Februat, 0 2.30 p m —Delta Upsilon. Sigma Phi Sigma 2.10 p ra —Phi Sigma Kappa. Nahall. Theta. 9.001, nt Sigma Phl. Sigma Pl. 9.10 n m.—Phl °amain. Delta Stamm CM. At Last We Have Our New Prexy PRICE FIVE CENTS BASEBALL CARD IS ALMOST COMPLETED Three Trips and Numerous Home Contests Arranged—Nine Veter• ans Lett from Last Year With nine menthols of last scar's var sih baseball squad still at Penn State, and nail a schedule non belgn enro -1 meted that von.ns numv strong op ' 1v0.% Blue Ind White sun!. lets eon look fornatd to emotive season on the diamond lindom battery inaction trill commence about the middle of Pula u m I and n 11l continue until the neathet PGmlls on outdoor wonting .1 , 0 1 all the candid Item Coach Boydek, in this nav hopes tonove the throning arms of his o[olrg staff nett developed and to have Ms t nt, her s In good shape nil. the time conics for the more strenuous outdoor col): The card of opponent), for the Nittanv nine has not been corn- Ithaed vet and four home contests are still to he to ranged rot Some real oR patients are being scheduled for games at State Colitge and students may anti cipate nltnessing coma games of merit cn New Beaver Field Beside the home ontests. so fat, three trips have bean arranged for the diamond squad Following the custom or previous 3001 a a southern trip. to take Place during the Caster v~ cation. has been booked 1,3 Student Manage! C 13 Seeds and Graduate Manago Nell Fleming This trill,,ill open the Blue and \\bite c mon and mill include gamey nith the University of Yitgittla. 1 , 1 I. Washington and Lee, Genii:o.n Ugly et slid, tad possiblv a gave pith the Nat v This last grnae has not been scheduled but eIfOOLS are being mode to bring this about Princeton. Nets York University., Yale and 'Lehigh nlll he •met on the eastern trip o hich has been set rot the middle or Mad. Put Ing the last neck of the sante month, the third and probable Mal Slit 11111 be made to Pittsburgh The souther n trip will aid gteatl3 to put the llnishing touches on the team and bring .t tnv -nook points that the plactice failed to reveal Some stiff games nig be played at the very. start of the season ttnd In this wa3 the team 11111 he put on its toes for the games immedintel3 to follow The other tno Pips will test the real ability of the Penn Sotto nine The schedule or home games has not been completed and four open dates are still to he filled within the nest fen' sleeks, nhen the entire WO of opponents will he mode known , 1=1:11 only Laree — ParsTry—petra; , :were lost last )ear he graduation and ail of the other members of last 'ear s nine are still at Penn State The hole left In the outfield positions b) the graduation ol "BID" Mullen at conics and Grub), to light field Is the biggest loss to the tenm "tot' hopes to fill three please (Continued on last page) VARSITY FIVE SWAMPS LEBANON VALLEY TEAM Visitors Unable to Maintain Good Opposition—Second Team Shows Up Well In a 0.1200 that 520.4 slightly 1110IC in tet Lsting Outn the one last. meek, Penn Stets this tted Lebanon Valley SI to 10 Strand/1y night In the Armory. The Blue told White quintet lamer lost the nano band thioughout the contest and the game MU, desold Of interest °scent for the unsm mints. of hom high the ISittamscore mould grow The Leb anon titles crtget ',West a good, clean bland of basketball and nintle some doodle shots `TOM the middle of the iloot, but they. net. got enough chance nt the basket to endanger the Bine and Whits. load. \Vol. had an eagle eye on the basket when he IA as shooting four's, In the That half making one hundred per cent, with 011,111 tallies out of eight attempts front tht foul Ilne In the second half he lost sight of the basket and made only one out of foul Rome, who shot the foals fen the Lebanon team was not so fortunate In his attempts, as he cage , . 0,110 siY. out o' fifteen To Replogle belongs the hone, of melting the high- Oct number of taco pointers In the fit at half, the lanky tented dropped five nod goals through the basket and had Leo to to hls credit In the second belled before he and his teammates stem. taken Otlf. of the game and a new tram put In Wilson also had an un caring eye fat the basket making the tallies, two in the first half and three In the second, The Wolfes played a big Part In the game as three acre Included In the two line-ups and W, Wolfe, the Lebanon Valley forward, was high man with re gard to field goals on the Lebanon ^l, Ws work stood out and helped keep the rialto; s In the running Walt er Wolfe, the center, also did some good stork and got the jump on Rep logle more than once, but Ulle not for tunate enough to make any tallies for his team. Moore, the fair hatred Leb anon Valley guard, made one two point er and put up a good defense that kept the Penn State quintet on their toes to panetiate. , The first Imiebelonged undeniably to the Blue and White although W. Wolfe, the Lebanon forward made the first tally of the garne, but Penn State in, and took the lead when Replogle and wllson dropped a pair of field goals In the basket. W "Wolfe retaliated with another tally at this point and finished the Lebanon Valley scoring for thin half while Wilson and Replogle each (Continued on loot pogo)