_.., 4 . • ' „_ , -1" , -.. Sairri I - tAbeet. lc I y ' ' 4. 4 r- - i-''""' ' '' --=`' "• si , 1 . , , - 4 1,341,1.4 ~. „ - r. - :: - .=iitail)-.., - , -...- [ , All Honor Today To The Great Washington VOL. XVI. No. 39 PENN BOXERS,, PITT TOSSERS AND HARVARD MATMEN DEFEATED BY BLUF,, AND WHITE-TRACK MEN STAR NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONS OFFER STIFF OPPOSITION - BUT LOSE IN EVERY CLASS Before a moved that completely filled every available Inch of seating and standing room In the Armory, the Penn State wrestling team thoroughly de feated the Harvard grapplers last Sat urday afternoon by the score of 33 to 0, winning evety bout of the contest. Tho victory fat the Blue and White was by no means an. easy one, despite the large score The Crimson delega tion consisted of some very good wrest lers, asks put up a mighty stiff battle In almost every case before they acre defeated. In many of the weights, how ever, they seemed to lack the endur ance poems that come from strict in tensive training The shortest-bout of the afternoon Wan that in. the -135 pound class, when Captain Deter of the Nittany squad threw Stearns, of Har vard, In fifty-nine seconds, with an arm and neck hold. _The visitors show— ed more strength in the heavier weights than they did In the light vs eights, and In both the 176 and heavyweight class es the Blue and White had to put forth great efforts to achieve victories Six of the seven bouts resulted in falls for the Penn State mat men, while Oehrle. In the 196-pound class had to be con tent with a decision after a hard battle The activities of the afternoon were begun- with the bout in the 115 pound class between Walker\ of Harvard, and Watson. _of Penn State Although Walker was — considerably taller than Watson, he could not keep his legs out of reach of Watson's hands, and was taken to the mat In a short time The Blue and White grappler had a leg scissors and arm hold on his orPonent, but soon let go, only to - resume this hold after a shore tune Walker was extremely wiry and gave Watson con siderable trouble, but - finally had to give in 'before his shorter opponent, whii - . finished the bout with a' rverse chancery and crotch hold, In:s e even minutes and forty-nine seconds The second-bout of the afternoon was the longestrtaking-fourtoen min utes and nineteen seconds - tio-complete . Trio opposing grapplers in this weight were Freedman_of Harvard, and Emirs of Berm State The men looked pretty, -'eebnly matched for_strength while up 'on their 'feet, and , the five, minute whistle had-blown. before= thoy-hit`t/Ba The remaining four' minutes'of -the period wore filled "with excitement When the pair first went down, Evans was at the disadvantage In a short time, however, herrircceeded in getting to his feet once more and when.the two went down for the second time,'Evans was on the top. He wan aggressive in his advantage, and almost achieved a' tall' in the 'short , time that - vas left, i-Th6re was a i misundmstanding as to bow the bout was to be scored, and in settlement, the match was cleclared=r4 and - an extra'six minute yerlod i.was:declded upon: In the. first-three, minute peri6d, Evans was on:tort:the whole time, but could net throw Freed- In the final extra period, Evans started underneath, but quickly got the advantage and threw Freedman in one minute and nineteen seconds,. with a head and body hold The 1.36 pound bout was the shortest by far of the meet. In this class, Cap= Min - Deter threw Stearns, of Harvard, who is the intercollegiate champion of New England in this, weight, with an _arm and neck hold in the short time of fifty-nine seconds The next best was not so short, run ning through the entire nine minute period, and, resulting Ye a decision for Oehrlo of Perin State over Barker, of the Crimson team. Oehrle was at no, time . In danger of being thrown, Barker proved to-be a difficult man to (Continued on inst nage, ALEX GRAY, FORMER GRID CAPTAIN,-DIES Prominent Alumnus Passes Away - Following- Operation—Was Ac tive in Varsity Club Affairs Alexander B Gray, former Penn State football star and a prominent corker In the Varsity Club's project for the erebtlon of a new track house, died at his home in Washington, - Pennsylvania, early last Thursday morning as the result of spinal meningitis following an operation performed earlier in the week The funeral was held - last Sunday af ternoon with two persons actively con nectedwith this Institution In attend ance, Coach Harlow and George Brown, end on last year's football team Alex - Gray was one of the greatest football men ever turned out from this institution, being a guard on the foot ball team for four years or from -907 until 1910. being =plain of the Blue and White aggregation during his last year. After graduation from hero In 1911 he continued to take the same large amount of interest in his Alma Mater and Wes instrumental only re cently of raising a large "part of the subscriptions to the New Track House Fund, of which he wog appointed chair man at the last meeting of the organiz ation. He was a native of Washington county and after serving in the great war was elected to the position of sher iff, a post which he held at-the time of his death. , "DANIELDRUCE" TO, BE STAGED TONIGHT Devereux Players Will Prisent Melodramatic Farce Under Airs pices of Student Organization Druce.”.a well known meld- dramatic farce by 3V 9 Gilbert, will be presented this evening In the Audit orium by the Devereuv Players, a clos er company of people who make a special* of playing before critical col lege merit audiences They are to play here under the auspices of the Penn State Players. the efforts of this student organization being responsible for the appearance of the troupe - Clifford Devereme is far from being a stranger at Penn State His com pany has presented a number of Shalt esperlan playa before the summer ses sion audiences and It will also be re membered that the players appeared here in May of last year when they pro duced George Barnard Shaw's delight ful comedy, "Alms and the Man," be fore a large proportionate audience of students and townspeople. In drama production, Mr. Deveretrrbelieves in en obtrusive and suggestive background and while he studies the psychological effect of light - and color in , his pro duction, he achieves the simple and avoids the distracting detail of realism. The east of 'Daniel Deere" will be practically the same as that which act ed hero before. Mr. Devereux is an act or of high character and .possessing ability in varied lines. His work last Year is sufficient - proof to those who sac him that ho is an Impressive player. Another person who did much to make last year's play a success was Miss Matta. Graf, •the costar. -This Young - Aidy'''prqved her qualities time and again arid" she was the object of much 'favorable comment concerning the work of the players The company comprises .eight- persons, several of whom are capable of performing double roles It Was by reasonof the success lit "Arms and 'the Man" that the Der ereiix Players were again engaged - to play before a Perot State audience. Ten ..tative.:Oms - have. already been; made Whereity_thle_santeilroupit,otartiats_will during ttiragnmer , - The sala,of reserved seats for the play began On Saturday evening and etas repeated again last evening. All those who are desirous of witnessing the production will be able to get edit able reservation. within the lobby of the. Auditorium before the show com mences _ , Bl , EtiF:6vrioN:6iNi, - - ,,Tp ~I):gi,'f`tONF',ERENCE _ Co-eda are making and selling candy. en Mudents_aro doing-clerical work - - -• • and one student is donating the pro ceeds of a passenger trip to Tyrone ha that Penn State may establish a' loan fund to enable students to attend 'the Student Volunteer Conference to be held at Lafayette College over the week end. About fifty Penn State students have already registered for the affair and thin school is sure of sending its full quota of delegates. A' request has been sent to those in charge to allow more students from State College to attend. Altogether. it was originally planned to have three hundred repre sentatives from sixty colleges of New Jersey, Maryland and Eastern Penn sylvania, but from all indications four hundred delegates are likely to be there. - The Student loan fund is being raised so that any person who desires to at tend the authoring may borrow the money for the purpose and make a return for the loan any time before his graduation This fund is to be made permanent so that students who wish to go to future Student Volunteer Con ferences may make use of It. At a meeting lett Monday evening of of all these students vise had signified their intention of attending the con ference, arrangements for the trip were made A business manager and delega tion leader were also chosen at this time and a general outline of the plans were mode and discussed The Penn State delegation will leave Slate Col lege at noon on Friday and will return on Monday. All attending . the , confer ence wit receive an excuse for their absence from classes. DR. SPARKS MAKES ADDRESS AT ALABAMAPOLYTECII TODAY Dr. Edwin E. Sparks delivers - an ad dress today, at Auburn, Alabama, 'at the 'lnauguration of President Sprisht Dowell of the Alabama Polytechnic In stitute. ' SIGMA- TAO ELECTIONS L. II Zimmerman '2l W G. Steinbrlght '2l ' Ei K. Chase '2l . P . L Keller '22 It. H... Beck. '22 W. Cl Emery '22 ' , F H. Taylor '22 ' ' C. E. - Scherer '22 W. D. Hart '22 H. W. Gans '22 R. N. Foe '22 G. H. Barger "Ail , STATE COLLEGE, FA::, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 1921 BARRON AND ROMIG _WM. , PLACES IN MAIN DVENTS ' AT GDARANTY'CLUS,MEET In one of the biggest meets Of. the indoor track season, held at -llTadison Square Garden, New York City,ilast Saturday night under the -auspiceis of the Guaranty Club, Barron and - Roinig., representing Penn State, caPtured r fl.t. and third _places in their respeetlve events, the former winning the seventy yard high hurdles and the latter; re ceiving third honors In the feature tltiree thousand meter run The meet'-was held by the Guaranty Club, which is composed of "officials and work.* la one of the largest banking Institutions in the country. Nine - thousatid_peOPle witnessed the meet with Interest - Harold Barron was easily the 'star , In the seventy yard high hurdles., This race was a..taindicap event, with-Bar ron at scratch. He won In the re markable time of nine and , one-fifth seconds, v. Mob In almost enie' -to2ibe orhTs record Hulman, the Yale spar who was given a flve yard advantage over Barron, finished second, While Nona's, one of the brilliant hurdle per , formers at the Olympia Games last summer, finished_ third. - He had. a handicap advantage of six yards over Barron. Much disappointment was Oc casioned In this event ever the. felt that Thompson, of Dartmouth, did not compete as had been expected he would. There is no doubt that the keenest competition would have been between Barron and the Canadian, and the cube had been looked - forward to for weeks followers of the sport. However, it is hoped that the two will - meet again before the indoor season closes The biggest feature of the entire meet was the special three- thousand metre race mranged by the offlcials to 'be competed In by Guillemot, the' fltre thousand meter Olympic champion, arid three of As:teflon . ," premier distance men. Oiilllemot,-who:la an 'oldcls,lll the-French army, is now in 'this count try on o n special trip to compete In eeveral of the big meets His Amor(: can opponents In the race last Saturday were Joie Ray, of Chicago, the national one mile champion; Higgins, the_ Col? , umbla- star, and Romig, of this etittition, who holds the Intercollegiate! crom_country Utle,Gulliento Fr); to be po match for 111s - compeUtora, and finished -stall behind the lenders, but the rme was an interesting one never thole.. At the beginning of the race Ray forged to ,the front and held this position for the,entlre distance For (Continued on last page) DEAN ENIGEDIS ATTENDING EDITCATION4L CONFERENCES. Dean Margaret Knight haeNeft for New York City to attend an important conference on vocational activities In •the colleges. Dean Knight wili.partici ,pate actively in the conference by pre senting a paper on student vocational committees Noted presentitives from Smith, Vassar, Mount Holyoke, Bryn Mawr, Carnegie Tech, and many other prominent colleges are number.' am ong the delegates Miss Florence Jack son of Beaton, and Miss Helen Bennett of Chicago are visiting vocational ad visers of national reputation mho will appear at the conference Dean Knight will, spend the latter part of the week in 'Atlantic City at tending a conference of the Deans of Women Associations. under the auspic es of the National Educational Associa tion. Miss Knight is scheduled for participation in a round table discus sion on student goNeinment 'lt will he her privilege to report progress and reorganization of the Women's Student Government Association of Penn State under the present administration. BULLETIN TUESDAY 630 p.m.—Lehigh-Northampton County Club, II L. A 6 30 p. m.—Mandolin Club, Auditorium. 700 p. m.—. Lecture on "Edgar Allen Poe," - by Professor F. L. Pattee, Old Chapel. 7.00 p. - m —Bible Discussion Normal Training Class, 19 L A. 7.00 Engineering Society, 200 Engineering D. 7.00 p. m.—Political Science Discussion, 19 L. A. 8.15 p. m.—Devereux Players present "Daniel Druce - ," Auditorium. WEDNESDAY 6.45 p. m.—York County Club, 315 Old Main ' 7:00 p. m.—Dean iSackett, Wilson Follow Up Meeting, 0 E House. 7.00 p. m.—Prof. A. E. Martin, Wilson Follow Up Meeting, Friends - Union. 8.00 p. m —Recital by Reinald Warrenrath, Auditorium. THURSDAY 7.00 p. m.—Meeting-of all Fraternity Presidents, 314 Old Main 7.00 p. m —Mechanical Engineering Society, 200 Engineering D 8.00 p. m.—Thesphins, Old Chapel. e> NOTICES All' underclassmen who wish to try out for the staff of the Blue and White will meet the Business Manager' in the Y. M C:A.'Hut at seven o'clock tonight. - , Mr. D. J. Price, Engineer in charge of the development work of the Service" at the regular engineering lecture on Friday at Four-thirty Bureau of Chemistry, _will speak on "A New Industrial Engineering o'clock in Room 200 Engineering D. - _ Freshmen - will be given an opportunity to pay their class dues on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings from six-thirty to seven— thirty o'clock. at Co-op. Totirgiait. PANTHER QUINTET LOSES RETURN CONTEST WITH NIITANY FIVE 50-28 ;The Penn State basketball team de feated the, Pitt Panthers 50 to 28 last Saturday evening In the best played genie seen here this season The game 4,88 ultnessed by the ,largest holiday emu d that evei jammed the Armory - to witness a basketball contest, every available seat being occupied and many spectators standing to batch the thrill ing game, hetet...in the Lion and the Panther Penn State started like a whirlwind and piled up fifteen points in the first nine minutes of play while the Panth ers mete making Ogee tattles. Thin lead lellB kept throughout the contest except in the second half w hen the Pitt bassets pulled up to within six points of the Nittany five The &gimewas Gast front slam to finish and only by top , Mieed playing . was Coach Herman's aggregation able to overwhelm the Smoky City so decisively Kittinger was high norm of the evening, garner ing sh.etwo-pointeriv during the fracas. while Wolfe and Haines tied for second honors capturing four field goals a piece On the Pitt side, Jot don proved liallspensable, making four shots from the floor and shooting the fouls with an eight out of thirteen percentage. Penn State Takes Lead at Start , Penn State started to score at the outset of the game After a brief scrimmage folloaing the Injtlol toss-up Klginger captured the ball -and drlbb ling through the Panther defense slipp ed the sphere through the basket, for the first scale of the game. The next tally also belonged to Penn State, Rain es shooting the basket in a similar style On the next toss-up, the ball again went to Klllinger and 'he again made use of his opportunity and made ,a third score fort the Nittany combine. It was note Pitt's turmlo score and Rose sent the ball through the circle On the next play, the ball came to Haines again, and he repeated his first performance and shot another - basket amid the 'slid applause opthe excited (Ins In this half, ex,ery Penn State (Continued on last. page) _ • NEW: THESDAV_LECTURE, ' SERIES BEGINS TONIGHT The first' of the nine free lectures which aro,being offered by the School of Liberal Arts hill be given In Old Chapel this evening at seven tick.ck h hen Professor P. L. Pattee will take as his sulidect thellfe 'of Edga7rAllen Poe _T. School of Liberal Arts has been making Its-lecture course a.year ly centres.. and the course this sem ester pipmises to,be..equally-as inter esting asall of the other courses have been. The first sernestet course was confined to ,lectures on the 'Wives of the Presidents . by Di Sparks and It nas very much appreciated by all who here fortunate enough to be In at tendance The new course Includes lectures by Dr Puttee, Miss Ruth E, Jackson, Professor E. D. Kern, "Dick': Harlow, Dean Watts and Dr Sparks Dr. Sparks has consented to deliver four lectures on - economic questions The lecture tonight is Intended to ac quaint the audience with the real Ed gar-Allen Poe. Mr Poe is the moat mlsundcistood of American writers and the general conception of the marr is that he eras a drunken genius, nooses• trig hut little character. This Is at least the opinion maintained An America while in England he Is regarded dif. ferently. Dr Puttee will present the latest findings on Edgar Allan Poe, the man, the truth of his life and his re markable works OPERATIC STAR SINGS TOMORROW Reinald Werrenrath to Appear in Auditorium as Seventh Number on Entertainment Counsi Heralded as one of the greatest bari tones on the concert I platform today. Relnald Werrenruth, who h. appeared Inore than the hundred times during the last few seasons both in this coun try and abroad, will appear in the Auditorium tomorrow atoning at eight fifteen o'clock This is the set enth number of the combined Music and Entertainment Course being given jointly by the Department of Music and the Y M. C. A. Mr Werrenrath'n program is one of exceptional merit and equals that of any other concert singer in America Commencing with tan classics, a reel[ and an aria, by Handel and closing with two of 'Kipling . ° famous Barrack Room Ballads "Fuzzy-Wuzzy" and "Danny Denver." which hate been set to music, the,great baritone Intermixes operatic numbers with ones of a lighter nature , His accompanist. Mr Harry .iq-',.-'".-ff. tii,,,l'gl':,'-'-''''''''''''''''' Bolero will also render two piano solos hmarde the end of the program. In pollidied singing and musical un derstanding, in charm of manner and wholesome art, he has received great praise and every honor that can come as a reward of the... His annual New torts recitals are events in that great city and he is - alWays greeted by eoat hosts of admit ere Besides appearing on the platform= an a concert singer. the baritone has also made a name for himself in the leading roles of the Met repolitan Opera, and as a soloist at im portant musical festivals Last sum mer he was presented in a series of con certs In England. This was the first time that an American artist was pros ented abroad under American manage ment In London he yran greeted as a singer and artist of rare ability by the newspaper critics Mr. Werrenrath's career was made In America Ho is a native of Brooklyn and a graduate of New 'York University He first studied with his father, who was a distinguished opera singer of a generation ago. At college he held a prominent position as n church soloist and directly after his graduation, he became widely known throughout the Ewa Ever since, he has steadily ris en to the foremost rank and now is a brilliant light In tho musical world of today The recitalist hoe made over fifty records for the Victor COmpany and many who kayo admired his voice thru the medium of the phonograph will now have an opportunity to see and hear him In person. Wherever Mr. Werrenrath has gone, he has aroused much favorable com ment from newspapers London dalli es have pronounced him as - the beet singer who crossed the ocean last seas on and as an artist whose equals aro few. TRIALS FOR THESPIAN CAST THURSDAY NIGHT After an interval of three years, the Thespian Club to to stage a musical comedy as its offering to the student body of Penn State. If the plans of the members of the organization mater ialize, the production will be one of the beet of Its type ever represented here. It will be a semi-original play, and the various parts of the manuscript that will be front the pens or persons at this institution are rapidly nearing com pletion. The name of the comedy has not as yet been divulged by the Thes pians, but the announcement le eagerly being awaited by the student body. >The trials for positionif on the cast, nhlch will comprise about fourteen people, and the chorus of some thirty persons, will be held In Old Chapel on Thursday evening of this week at eight o'clock. The club has returned to the policy of open competition for all parts and there is a splendid opportunity offered at these trials for students with ability along this line, to make phthes on the list of characters for the coming Profluotlon. The Lion Made A Killing Last Week-End PRICE FIVE CENTS' NIITANY GLOVE MEN VICTORIOUS IN SIX OUT OF SEVEN BOUTS The Blue and 'White boxers showed their prowess for the third time this year lust Friday night when they de cisly ely defeated the University of Pennsylvania mittmen by winning six out -of the seven bouts on the card. Every o of the bouts were fought in xhlrluind ne fashion and gave the largest crond of spectators that has witnessed a fled° meet this year one thrill after another Penn State won the bouts in the 11.5. 125, 135, 145, 175 pound and heavy weight classes These victories came as the result of one knockout In the heavyweight class, two technical knock outs in the 135 and 175 pound divis ions and three judge's decisions for the Nittany men who filled the - berths In the 115, 125 and 145 pound Classes. Penn's only tally was made In the 160 pound bout when Referee Recap aw arded the decision the Bessel atter three rounds of hard fighting on both sides - One of the big attractions of the clash was the officiating of William H. Recap of the Philadelphia Public Led ger Throughout the meet the veteran referee insisted on clean boxing and good sportsmanship and as a result won the admiration of the entire audi ence Mr Recap "was assisted by two Judges both of whom have referetd meets here this season. Captain Bettie mmyer of Mercerstmrg. and Mr. It. A. Bruce of Lafayette. Bailey W ins First Boot The bout in the 115 pound clam bet anda Captain Nahley of Penn State Benson of Penn was the curtain raiser for the evening The Nlttany captain was undoubtedly superior to the Quaker lad but the latter took his punishment well and once er twice during the bout went on the aggres sive. When the tno boxers wore called to the middle of the arena they looked. from all appearances, to be well match ed_ In physical proportions. With the bell. Benson started off with a bang. rushing Kahley to the ropes and deliv ering !,thanyceffeoti, e -jahe- and -hooks. KahleXi Cook_ things easy at fleet. but Its the round wore on he loosened up considerably and landed one hook after another to the Quaker's Saw The (Continued on Pare Four) REHAB SHOW PLEASES TWO LARGE AUDIENCES "Jollies of 1921" Staged by Cap able Cast—War Memorial Fund Receives Big Boost "The Jollies of 1921" as produced last Friday and Saturday evenings in •the Auditorium by the Rehabilitation Club N.. a success In every namable way Financially it resulted In the raising of a considerable sum of money for the purpose of erecting a War Mem orial in commemoration of the seventy three Penn State men oho gave their all to the cause of righteousness in the late World War A statement of the exact sum that Still be net aside for the Wet Memorial is not obtainable at this - time, but will be mode public in a few drays From the standpoint of an _entertainment, the musical com edy lesulted In moduclng thous ands of laughs from friends and stud ents of the college. • Ably led by Miss Florence King '23, the "Peachle - chorus =de the real "hit" of the evening This song and dance number, in which the Winter Garden success "Pcachle" Stan featured was full of clover dance movementa exe cuted to the catchy tune of one of the latest popular songs. The girls In the chorus were pretty, their gown. were attractive and their dancing was clev erly acvomplished Several features in the comedy stood out above all others One of these etas the way in which Mien Rena M. Dana '24; delighted the audience - when she sang - Starlight," a beautiful 'melody written in naltx.time, and another was the pleasing manner in which Mee Harriet Calvert '22, sang the song, "If They'll Only Play My Wedding March In Ragtime." Credit is due Miss Ruby White and also H. Hays for their dancing. Mire White W. very graceful and received an ovation from the audience when she finished her first number, "Boots" Mr Hays, with his remediable clog dancing won the admiration of every body In attendance. The second act opened with a scene In the dining car of the Laughland Lim ited. The - brighter lights of this act were J. W Dean, who acted the part of Sambo the waiter, Moen Fell '23, who played the part of the movie act ress Virginia Vandergould, and W. M. Shore who played the part of Has Bin West, a tourist Others who acted very well in this sketch were I. H Thorne, Sena Goldstein, and William Caputo. The scenery and costuming was ex ceptional. To Mr. E C Moyer, of the Joe Bren Company of Chicago, goes the credit of directing the show and putting it on the stage in a very pleas ing and presentable form in the short Um, of two weeks..
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