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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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