,i-----r--- . / /'-) ' " -- 2------ - ..., ,5.m,_w"....y Ili ... , run , tatt ~41:.a, ....6 3, .,.,.1: , .....x , ...5 , :4: :. ". 1, 3 „.„,, ~,..i„,.,,.,,,,4../:,,, ~".,..„,,...o. We Can Defeat , The Tartan Boxers Too VOL XVI. No. 34 CAGE TEAM LEAVES FOR WESTERN TRIP Panther Five Will be Met This Evening at Motor _ Square Garden EXPECT CLOSE CONTEST Return Game With Wash. & Jeff. Quintet Tomorrow at Home of 'Presidents' With two of the hardest games ahead the Blue and White tessera are to play the Pantherites tonight in Pittsburgh and tomorrow night win line up against the Washington and Jefferson quintet These two machines are likely to Provide plenty of opposition for Coach Herman's men and the contest with Pitt Is thought to be the hardest game the Nittany basketeers have to face until the eastern trip. , The Pitt team which will match Its skill against the varsity tonight in the Motor Square Garden in Pittsburgh, while not coming up to the hopes of the most rabid Panther fans, has had a good season and is a team with a. reputation for being composed of five fighters that never give up Without a doubt this game will be the Most severe test for the varsity so far this season. At the beginning of the bas ketball season, the Panther angers de feated Dartmouth and Yale in close score games, and later lost to Cornell and Grove City. The first contest, with the Cornell Bear, was lost only after a terrific struggle against one of the best teams In the intercollegiate league. The Grove City defeat was more or leas of an upset, and name Bay .that lack of student support of the team contributed to the downfall o 2 the Panther five. However the Grove City aggregation caught the Pittites off their guard and annexed a 38 to 28 = victory, at the expense of the Panther. Siam them games, the University of Pittsburgh quintet has met and defeat ed several teams which have lost to Penn State's crack combingtion, in cluding West Virginia- University. From Pittsburgh, the Penn State team journeys down to Washington, to engage the Walthington and Seger son College five. This la the second game with the quintet of the Free'- , dents and from the results of the ' rather one-sided game played at State College three weeks ago, the Blue and — 372lilteTahould-be the,undloputed.yictor. 71 , PatIvet:the'-WseaVJeWl7teani7wlLL'6o on a Home floor and this advantage must not be lost sight of - Coach Herman has decided to take seven men with him on this trip west, and says that this number will be made up of the regular five, Wolfe, Wilson, Replogle, Killlnger and Haines who will start the games, and Slicer and 'Koehler In case any substitution is advisable Rltner will be the substi tute forward while Koehler will till In at guard. STUDENT VOLUNTEERS TO MEET AT LAFAYETTE Committee of Local Organization Hopes to Send Large Delegation to Eastern Conference • Efforts are being made at the pres ent time by a committee from the local Student Volunteer organization to send a large delegation to tho Eastern Con ference Of StudCilt Volunteers Which will be held at Lafayette College, Beth lehem, on February twenty-filth to twenty-seventh This conference Is in tended not only for Student Volun teers, but for all students who are In terested In service In foreign fields and ill definite Christian service In this country It is urged by the com mittee eat any students who have even a passing Interest see some member of the committee or Mr. ,Olmstead at the T. lit. C A. hut. This conference is similar in nature to the one which was hold at Penn State two years ago and at Juniata last year At thin latter conference there were at least sixty delegates from Penn State and Penn State, to be proportionately represented at this con (creme ehould have at least fifty dele gates. The speakers have not been published ne yet, but judging from the typo of men who lead the past con ferences, the time will be well spent. Such men as Robert E Speer, Dr. Cyril Dana, Mrs. Springer. Dr. Zwerner, Dr Eurnm and Either Smith were present at previous conferences and Inspired all with their messages of foreign lands and the great needs there. , The oblect of this cour.ence to to saasllne alp 10 eluupnie alp tulunbsu of Pennsylvania and Now Jersey with the problems of the world today and to offer some means of carrying thie etupendouo =usage back to the various baatitutions. The Inspiration rash has been carried back to the colleges of the state from the earlier conferences and from the larger convention at Des Moines last year cannot be estimated. The needs of the world for trained col lege men. especially in Christian work in foreign lands, is greater than over and every Penn State man and woman who can poesibly arrange to take this trip owes it both to self and, college to bo at Bethlehem for those three days Plans are under way whereby a cer tain amount of financial asetletance May bo given to those who need it. (Continued on last page) BASEBALL CANDIDATES TO BE CALLED MS MONTH Realizing the necessity of haying his men In proper condition for outdoor work as soon as weather conditions, Munn, Coach Hugo Beolek. will Issue a Lail for candidates far the varsity baseball squad the latter part of this month The Stock Judging Pavi llon has been secured for preliminary training and indoor battery practice will commence sometime in the near future Besides helping season the men in preparation for the stiff program ahead of them, It will also give the slab artists an opportunity to work out the soreness in their muscles. Although the baseball schedule for next Spring has not been definitely completed, it is already evident that the Penn State varsity diamond squad will face the hardest card that has ever been arranged for a Blue and White team With such attractions as the University of Virginia, Virginia Military Institute, Georgetown, Prince ton, Yule, Lehigh and Pittsburgh already booked and .with tenta tive games pending with Navy and other teams of an equally high calibre, the varsity will be pushed to the limit If It comes through the seam without defeat WOMEN'S VOCATIONAL CONFERENCE IN MARCH Penn State Girls Will Hear Ex perts on Various Lines of Work For Women Following the example of other col leges having women ~,_studente, Penn State will hold a Vocational Confer ence for Women, Monday and Tuesday. March 7 and 8 The aim of the con ference is to reveal to the women stud ents opportunities for women to IWf -058100s other than teaching, and to aid them In choosing intelligently their life work. Miss Helen M. Bennett, dir ector of the Chicago Collegiate Bureau of Occurations, a visitor at the college last spring, will act as conference lead- Zr and Mee Irene Reichert '2l will be the student presiding racer. Experts thoroughly acquainted with the possibilities of their respective pro fessions will lecturd, giving definite in formation as to the preparation requir ed, salaries, types of work, and the peculiar advantages of various profes sions open towomen. Chemistry, ag riculture, accountancy, cafeteria man agement, physical - education, social ser vlCe,„.Rod'CrOtta nursing, kno.VivWer Work; dramatic ext.^ salesmanship; and Y. W. C A work we some of the professions to be treated. Prominent among the out of town lecturers who Hill speak are Miss Elizabeth Leighton Lee of the Ambler School of Agricul ture. Miss Edna 'White of the Merrill Palmer School, Detroit, Michigan, Mr Paul Belssner of the Now York School of Social Service, Mies 'Muriel Brown, of Harrisburg. an authority on edu, catlonal psychology, and Slim; Butler of the National Y. W C' A Headquar ters in New York. fn addition to the opportunity of at tending the helpful lectures by authori ties' in specializing work, the Penn State women will enjoy the privilege of personal conferences with the epee!, ere capable of advising concerning their particular line of work. MID-YEAR CONVOCATION HELD IN SIMPLE STYLE Brevity and simplicity marked the graduation of seventy-three students from Penn State at the mid year com mencement exercises held in the Au ditorium on Tuesday evening at seven thirty o'clock. Taken form all stand points, the mid year convocation was Perhaps the shortest and most un adorned graduation that has ever oc curred hero but it was to the point and served its purpose well None of the members of' the graduating class wore caps and gowns while little time was nested in awarding the various degrees and military certificates and no main address was given. -The exercises were opened by Profes sor F L Pattee who read a short pas , sage from the Bible and, after the audience had sung a hymn, rendered the Invocation The process of con ferring the degrees was then under taken and, called up in order of their respective schools, the students were presented their diplomas by Judge Mit chell, President of the Board of Trust ees. Sixty-six students received the degree of Bachelor of Science while seven wre awarded the Bachelor of Arts Degree and five post-graduates twere presented with the degree of Mas er of Science. After all degrees had been awarded. Maier E. 13 Walker oil the Engineer ing Department and representing the Military Department of this institution, read off the names of members of the graduating class who have received Honorary Military Certificates in rec. partition of the military service which they rendered In the past NMS and then named over fifty members of the fac ulty who had been awarded certificates of similar nature Announcement was also mode at this time of the various seniors who had been elected to the Phi Kappa Phi honorary society. Mal or Welty caused somewhat of a nor prise a minute later when ho announced that John H. Ferbuson had been corn misaioned a captain In the cadet corps at Penn State and bad been recommend ed a lieutenancy In the Belted Stat es Reserve Coma This reward came (belltirtued on Jan pogo) STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY , FEBRUARY 4 1921 COLLEGE MAY TAKE UP GUIDANCE PLAN Faculty Committee Endorses Plan to Aid Students in Making De cision For Life Work Active participation in the vocation al guidance ment by the college is practically a ssured by developments of the past (en weeks, which make pos sible a ineliminary announcement con cerning this countty wide movement The hearty endorsement and active co operation of the Iseult> insures a thor ough test of the movement it hick will be felt here as an experiment until it proves its worth. A faculty committee, consisting of Pmfessor I L. Foster, Dean Margaret A Knight. Dr A. E Martin, Dr. S W Fletcher, and Professor F. X Tor ren'ce, has given the. proposed plan exhaustive consideration and has rec ommended its adoption-by the faculty Its adoption will necessitate the estab lishment of a new office, to be tilled by a person who will devote his entire time to conferences and who will at %tempt to solve the problems attend ant to selecting one's course, which are so numerous in the first year of col lege This person will act as assist ant to the Dean of Men By this plan it is hoped to reduce the number chang ing courses, a condition which is one of the most serious problems of higher education It will be the duty of the Dean's assistant to ascertain the cap abilities o' the student seeking aid, to select the/ vocation for which he is best fitted, and to point out the in ducements of such an occupation. , Furthermore, one of th e more not e win thy, features of the -movement is the recall of many of those graduates . who have been successful In theh line of work after leaving the college. These men will be invited i to speak before the different classes on some branch of their stork or upon the work In which the class - Is most interested. These (Condoned on Dagi four) PLAID TOSSERS LOSE FAST GAME TO VARSITY Nittany Skill Outclasses West - enters After Exciting Clash During First Half Completely outclassing the Carnegie Tech quintet and . showing that the Blue and White squad has hit its stride Penn State's basketball five overwhelm ed the TaTtans in a fast game Wednes day‘night let the Armory by a 17 to 77 score. The Plaid combination put up a sturdy defense and at the beginning of the game looked capable of giving Coach Herman's men a race for their lives, but soon the superior skill of the Nittany tossers enabled them to dross ahead and they maintained the lead throughout the game. The contest was fast and full of tense plays and was by far the most exciting contest played thee far on the Blue and White sched ule, through the heady passing and livelier action The shooting was above the average and an uncanny skill in evading the defense of the Carnegie Tech guards gave the Blue and White forwards plenty of chance at the bas ket Wilson played the best game of his life. He was In every play,and besides holding his opponent practically score less, he lead a deadly eye on the basket making three Bela goals in each half on the battle "Billy's" playing was a feature of the game especially In the second half when it seemed that he woe not able to miss the shots from all angles as be made eight two-pointers In the last period alone. He roved all eves the floor breaking up the Tartan offense and carrying the ball down to the Tech basket. Nolte continued his good work on the foul lines, In the • first half caging ten out of sixteen tries, and in the next half making even a better average of ten out of thirteen Haines and Replogle also played well although not figuring so largely In the scoring. The Tech aggregation was above the calibre of the teams who furnished the (Continued on lost nom BULLETIN 4.30 p. m.--Address by Mr. C W. Rice for Engineering Students and Faculty, 200 Engineering D. 6.45 p. m.--Sophomore Class Meeting, Old Chapel. 7.00 p. in.—Students A S. M. E Meeting, 200 Engineering D. Mr. C ' W. Rice will speak ' SATURDAY 7.00 p m —Boxing, Penn State vs Carnegie Tech, Armory SUNDAY Both chapels—Rev 0. R Lovejoy, New York City 9:30 p. m.-2,..year Ag Bible Class, I I L. A. MONDAY 7.00 p. m.—Luzerne County Club, 314 Mtun. 7.00 p. m.—Bible Discussion Normal Training Class, 19 L. A 7.30 p. m.—Citizenship Class, Prof. Tanger, Old Mining. DORWART BIBLE CLASS "Dick" Rauch, president of the Junior Class will speak on "Fair Play" at the meeting of, the Dorwart Memorial Bible Class next Sunday morning at the usual hour after the chapel service. Fresh men should not miss this. - (Entirgialt. "CHILD LABOR" TO BE CHAPEL THEME Promio'int Sociologist and Au thori , ty. on Child Labor Condi tionsjo Speak Sunday The litverend Owen, Reed Lovejoy. General:'Secrettuy of the National Child I.phor Committee of Nen York City. will be the college moocher at butitchaoci servlf es next Sunday morn ing. relit nary sixth Doctor Lovejoy Is one °elite foremost sociologists of the present "generation and his mominent tonnection with the leading political and social asx.letles co" the United States has brought him in personal touch with child tat no conditions as they actually exist Ae General Secretary of the Na tional. Child Labor Committee, he has studied sondltions In hundreds of the foremost" industrial Plants employing child labor and has been instrumental in legislation inoviding for the better sent of the child labor situation The neaker has a message of special appeal to college men and n omen as he Ic also college o man and Is familiar with saw Pus life and activities Doctol. Lovejoy tens born In James town. Michigan, and was graduated front hilthigan College in 1891, but still pursued his studies and received a Mantels degree In 1894 The degree of Doctor at Law and 'Literature was conferred upon him In 1914 by the same institution From 1899 until 1904, he stun pastor of the canto institution. Front 1809 unlit 1904, he Won pastor of the Congregational Church of Mt Vernon, tow boric. which position he esigned to become Assistant Secretary of the 'Natio.' Child Labor Committee, holding this office until he rues elected Secretary' of the same organization in 1907. For several years Reverend Lot ejo) has been editot of the "child Labor Bulletin... , quarterly published In the interestof Child Labor. He is also Pt esident'ef the National Conference of (Continued on last Page) PENN STATE. ENTERS IN , THREE MILLROSE EVENTS Two Mile : Relay Team, Romig, and Barron Will Compete in Big ;siew)rorklndoor Track Meet Trials' for the tine mile relay team that will represent Penn State In the Millrose Club indoor athletic meet that will be held In New York City next Tuesday have not been completed yet. and the two remaining members of the quartet will be chosen tomorrow Dem ming and Newcomer are already Pinked to take part in this =cc In thellrose meet, Romig will com pete In a special 3000 metre race against five of the best known distance men in the international track circles. The entrants in the race have been limited to six and all six who will take part are brilliant runners They include the famous French runner, Guillmot, H. FL Brown, the intercollegiate two mile champion, Join Ray, the national ono mile title holder, Helm, of Burinlo, the national two mile champion, Biggins, of Columbia, who finished second in the intercollegiate cross country meet held last December at Yale University, following Romig, of Penn State, and Romig the speedy Blue and White run ner. Barron Is slated to compete in a spec ial seventy yard high hurdle race, In which his chief opponent will be Thom pson, of Dartmouth, winner of the m tin hurdle moo at the, Olympic Games last summer. This race will be one on the most interesting of the entire meet, and track enthusiasts are await ing it wwbctanflS. Coach Martin expects to send a med ley relay team to the national Junior Indoor championships uhich will be held in Buffalo on Saturday, the twelfth of this month. In this ment last year, Penn State captured first placer in a hard field The team which will be sent to Buffalo this year was not been definitely picked as yet, but will con sist most likely of the following men: way or Grimes, 220 yards, Moore. quarter mils, Edgerton, half mild, and Carter, mile Rev. 0. R. Lovejoy TRIALS FOR LEHIGH MAT MEET NOW IN PROGRESS Preliminary Bouts Started Last Night—Finals Take Place Next Week—Garber Joins Squad Trials for the wrestling meet with Lehigh 'University. which will be held here a week from tomorrow, and which in open intercollegiate mat activities at Penn State for the present season, are new under way and will be con cluded the earl., part of next track. Last night the preliminary trials were commenced and these will finish to morrow On Monday the Pool contests for places on the team which will meet the Brown and White will start The squad is nou getting back to intensive work after the let-up that was in force during the examination period and the successful Candidates for the first meet of the season are expected to be in fine trim when the Bethle hemites invade Center County The trials are being conducted along the new policies outlined some rte.:a ago by Coach Lewis. If a man is scheduled for a bout and does not appear, the coaching staff will make it a point to find out why he did not come out. It is, the desire of the coach. to keep close track of the activities of the various candidates and to give them every chance to make the team, even-if cineximstanceamtay sometimes Prevent them frini - taking part in the trials at the scheduled time. Another new policy that Is to he relieved out this season is the one In regard to the time of holding trials Formerly, the trials Wr a meet on Sat urday mare commented on the preced ing Monday, necessitating rapid sel ection of team members In time Mr the meet This season, trials for a meet on Saturday will commence the second Thursdm, before the meet The Scmilfinals UM be completed on the aturday berme the meet, and, during the veek of the meet, there van be ample time to make the final selec tions fat the 'team and to condition them for the meet Once the season is started, there will be a meet every meek until the close of the season This means that the trials for a meet will commence before the preceding meet has been held It is OXlleeted, however, that such an arrangement will not be confusing and that the plan tt lil be ,a success In that it will allow of better insparation MI the mum difficult meets that i,til be held this season . • The sound has been considerably sttengthened by the return et Gather it, the fottner 115 and 125 pound glapplet This season soul mut it Gar ber's thh d weal in intercollegiate wrest ling at Penn State Two years ago he was 'the mainstay of the 115 pound class Lust year he stetted the season In this class, but laterwas shifted to the :met higher weight Ho repro ented tho college In the 125 pound class at the Intereolleglates last April, win ning started place In his weight It is not as yet curtain In which weight he will At I cqtle this year, but It Is quite mobable that ho will remain in the 125 pound class NO LEAGUE CAGE GAMES SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY The nen schedule of games fot the inter-fratel oily league foe nett steels includes games on only two days, which are Tuesday and Wednesday This has been nereseary on account of the varsity meets in wrestling, box- Ing and basketball which will have the two of the floor The schedule is as follows Toe mlay, Fellurnr3 —Delta PI Alpha Chi Sign., .—Theta Xi Tau Sigma Phi .—Phi 'Cartel Kappa Theta —PI Kappa Alpha Lambda Chi Aiello. 8 00 n m —Beta Theta Pi Alpha Chi Rho - -Sigma Alpha Epsilon Phl Delta Thoth. -Phi Harlin Sigma Alpha Sigma Phi -Alpha Delta Sigma Beta Sigma Rho Saturday, Fobrunry 12 achaduled, Good News! Summer School Will Be Longer PRICE FIVE CENTS PLAID BOXERS MEET VARSITY TOMORROW Skibos Will Furnish Attraction in Second Rmg Battle of Harlow's Pupils TARTANS FIRST MEET Visitors Lineup As Yet Unknown May Not Clash in 125 and 175 pound weights Carnegie Tech will appear for the hccand time this meek on the athletic card when the boxing team from that Institution meets the Penn State box ers tomorrow night at coven o'clock In the Armory. Both teams are in the pink of conditon for the battle which will be the first this year on the Skibo's sehodule and the second on the list for the Blue and White ring artists Followers oP the Plaid senator nubile conceding the prowess of Coach Harlow's men are nevertheless confi dent that the Tech team will bo able to glue Penn State one of the hardest tussles for honors that has been ex perienced by a boxing team from this Institution and as a requit, a lively battle is expected to bo ataged tomor row night The line-up of the tenet which will represent the Tartans is yet unknown No information as to their strength could be had for this meet will in augurate the wort at the Institute. The coaching stair he, are not prone to underate their sticngth, however, for the) realize that Carnegie Tech has made a onderful strides lately along athletic lines and consequently are go ing to be prepared to send a bang-UP team against the Skibos There has been little change in the probable lineup of the Penn State team as use announced In the last Issue of the COLLEGLAN. Captain liahley Is continuing his excellent work In hold— ing down the 115 pound berth and it Is the concensus of opinion here that the Plaid man who opposes him will have to show a wonderful bran of boxing Vanilla seems at this time to be the logical man for the 125 pound division Vanilla is a clover boxer with /ant loot I. cork and Indications point to a. good bout In this class. It may be possible, however, that Carnegie Tech will , not enter a man In-this weight, according to a telegrarn-Pecalved-by-Studentlkfan----- eget. Freedman yesterday morning. The reason given for this action is due to the fact that their man fighting is this. class has bZ-en declared ineligible In the 135 pound class Coach Harlow , . • nib probably send Cooper in to oppose the Sktbo filling this berth. Cooper Is continuing to 'more.° his boxing ability and i 0 he makes the same show ing that he did against Springfield there Is no doubt but what the bout st 111 he a regular slugging match Just who will enter the ring for Penn State when the 145 pound weight Is announced has not been decided. Bordner has shown immense Improve scent of late and It is ten chances to one that ho will be boxed In this class It is pro Gable, however that an effort mill he made to get Aiken, who former ], fought at 150, down to this weight and in case it is accomplished there (Continued on but nose) STUDENTS TO ATTEND NATIONAL HORSE SHOW Delegation From Local Machine Gun Troop Will Attend Con ference in New York The Machine Gun Troop situated in P.oalsburg trill send several delegates to the National Morse Short which is to be held at Madison Square Garden in Note Took City, sometime during the month of October of this year Since It is the Intention of the Commanding Glitter to send the beat horsemen of the noon, these delegates will be chosen Dom the Penn State students who aro members of the orgunlzatlon Poi many years, this horse show has been the best attended of all shorts of a similar nature in this coun t*, due to the universal Interest taken he horse losers. The finest specimens me exhibited and their talents display ed to an adulence composed Of represent naves from many of the large coun tries besides those from -the different states of the union. The Machine Gun Troop was organ ized by Theodora Davis Boat and In spooled by Major General Wood on may 22, 1916, In the spring of 1917 it returned from the border whore It had taken part in the quelling of minor disputes Almost Immediately, it was summoned to Camp Hancock for train ing and was transferred from the cav alry to Company A. 107th Machine Gun Battalion. This unit has the dis tinction of being the only outfit to go through the war Intact in lie cavalry organization While overseas It parti cipated In five major offensives includ ing Chateau Thierry and the Munn- Argonne It was advancing on Metz when the news of the armistice reach ed them. A reorganization of the troop was ef fected last year Whereby many Penn State students joined to get credit In the R. 0. T. C. Captain Charles E. Soh! who saw many months of active service in Prance. le at present coat. mantling the troop.
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