„„4 °. ... ” "-..„,...3, nit- tutr..:„.-.r,,,,.. . ..„.,, ,„,.,,,_„. ~.„...,.„ • ._...,._. [Don't tail To Get Some Guidance , Next Week - VOL XVI. No. 42 WOMEN STUDENTS TO HAVE CONFERENCES First Vocational, Guidance Con ference Ever Held at .This College Begins Monday MEN 'MAY ALSO ATTEND Speakers. of, National and Inter . national Reputation to Talk ' - on Professions - The first -vocittional - guidance, con:' Terence ever conducted at Penn Sate will be held next Monday and Timsday, under the auspices of the "Dean 'of Women and a student committee in the Foyer of...the' Auditorium. This con ference Is planned primarily for the women students but Is open to all, and townspeople and 'men students are In- Cited _to attend. the meetings of interest to them "- The meetings will begin with an opening address In the Old Chapel by Miss Helen M. Bennett, the manager of the Chicago Collegiate Bureau of Occupatione, who Is the conference leader and who will.speolt on "Women and Work." This will be a. general meeting and will launch the series of hourly - meetings that will be held In the Foyer of the Auditorium during the two days of the conference, winding up 110011 The conference Is designed to aid the girls in deciding unim the line of with a round table talk Tuesday after work that they will take up after grad uation. Nearly every line of women's activities will be discussed by a cap able representative so that the scope of the meetings will be universal A number of the meetings are of equal Interest to men and women. such as salesmanship, Journalism and medicine, and to such meetings and to any others which appeal to the men students, they are invited to attend The conference Is also open to the people of the town An invititation has been extended to the - women students of Bushnell Univ ersity to send a delegation to the meet (Continued on Inst page) Authority on Church History Speaks Here — ""liit'e 4 SC. rericeDOO;gC Cir4ifefi ards, Professor of Church History in the Theologlatl Seminary of the Re formed Chinch at Lancaster. will speak at both chapel son Ices next Sunday sunning For the last twenty years Dr Richards has taken a very piorriln , ant part in the activities of the Re formed Church throughout the United States and has also been actively con nected with Protestant movements all over the world He has studied and traybled extenshely In European coun tries and by the very nature of his clerk, has acquired q Linty wonderful knowledge of church history of, all times His talk on Sunda . , will be of great Interest to all Penn State men and women In 1890, 1899. 1909, and 1909, Dr Richards made tours to the European continent and while there studied a short time at the Universities of Berlin and Erlangen, acquainting himself with the religious problems that have arisen In the various countries of Europe Be cause of the Intense interest which he has manifested in church affairs, Dr Richards has -acquired considerable fame and has held several positions of note in church movements He was General Secretary of the Continuation Committee at the Cambridge Confer ence of Theological Schools of this country and Canada, chairman of the Committee on Relations between the Protestant Schools of Theology In France and Belgium and in the United States, and chairman of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in Am erica In addition to his connections with church affairs, Reverend Richards has written many pamphlets on church his tory and criticism and Is the author of "historical- and Doctrinal Studies on the Ileldiebers Cateehish " Re Is also associate-editor of- the "Reformed Church Review:. NEWSPAPERS HIGH IN PRAISE -- OF COLLEGE'S NEW PRESIDENT Penn State men and women have heard much good that the world had had to say of the man who in a abort while is to take up the newly proffered duties of president of this college It is ulth a great appreciation of the Trust ees in choosing such a brilliant execu tive and a greater feeling that in his arrival Penn State •will arrive at a turning point In her career, ono that will smite her the greatest institution in tho state and, we hope, In the country that the COLLEGIAN presents to the students, faculty, and friends of the coliego_these articles regarding Dr Thomas that have appeared in publica tions during the past month , "The Congregationalist," Boston Mass of February tenth eays In parti,"Only such an unusual opportunity no the great Pennnylvanla State College offers could have induced Pres. John M. Thomas of Middlebury to resign "the leadership of an institution which ho has expanded and strengthened in so many ways. It has been an open secret that from time to time other covetous college boards of trustees have looked toward Middlebury. but thus far Dr. PROF. OVERHOLTS TO ADDRESS OUTING CLUB Student Members to Hear Illus trated Lecture on Hiking Trails in This Vicinity One of the moat important meetings of the Outing Club this year will, be hold next Wednesday evening at seven o'clock in Old Chapel, at which time Professor- L 0. Overholts of the Botany Department, will- speak to the members on' "Hiking" Mr. 'Overholts is welkqualified to spook on this sub ject for since be has been at Penn State he.has visited practically all the points of .interest In the mountains and is perfectly familiar with the surrounding territory.' He will toll 410 N to got to these places and will give a complete description of the country that must be covered ae well as the difficulties which moot be encountered v d feature of this lecture will be the fact that-it Hill be Illustrated by lan tern -slides while maps will also be shown. _pointing out the places about which the speaker Hill talk In this way it Is planned to familiarize the hiker with the-territory , and paths be fore ho starts orChis trip so, that any chance of getting lost will be eliminated. The campaign, - for new members which wos Inaugurated recently is showing results and from all Indica tions the membership of last year will be exceeded Any member of the club on showing credentials that be has completed a hike of ten miles will be excused from gym drill for a period of one neck Cards may be secured for this put*so hem the Director of Phy ical Education and ashen properly filled out and returned to P. J Hahler, presi dent of the Outing Club, or R.' Rauch, proper credit for gym work trill be ghen Many - underclassmen are already availing themselves of this privilege tot _by taking a hike of ten miles each nook, It. will not beneces sary, to report for gym drill during the whole semester. To stimulate an interest In hiking the Outing Club has arranged for a series-of contests among its members and from the large number who have already signified their intention of en tering the contest, some keen competl -tins Is expected Appropriate prizes, which still include too wool sweaters, loving cups and hunting knives, will be accorded the winners of theso.con tests, the conditions of which will be announced sometime In the near future IptgiNGH -EAREEBE=4.4 STAGED BY . PLAYERS' SOON The Penn State Players have an nounced that they will present, as their third offeting this year, the pop aka fame, "The Man -Who Married a Dumb Wife," by Anatole France. The play is based upon an old story by Ra belais and is rich In the humor of its time. The comedy was staged some time ago upon the stage in New 'York by Mr. Granville Barker and was very favorably lecelved by metropolitan audiences . The date which has been set by the Players for the presentation of this work is April fifteenth, and active pre parations will be commenced during the coming week In keeping with the policy of the Players, every part In the cast will be open to competition and the places will be determined upon a strictly merit basis Try-outs will be held next Tuesday evening in Room 314, Old Main, at eight o'clock A copy Of the play has been placed In the re served book room of the Library and all those who plan to compete for parts are urged to read the play before the trials-are held. NO CONCERT SCHEDULED FOR SIINDAX AFTERNOON In accordance with the revised sche dule of Sunday afternoon concerts re oently announced by the Department f Music, no concert will be given on Sunday afternoon since the Glee Club will give the program originally Intend ed for . ..this data on the afternoon of March twentieth Thin change will af fect the date of the College Chorus con cert which has consequently been post poned until April third. On thin date the cantata entitled, "God, Thou Art Great" by Spar, will be rendered at ,heth Sunday chapel services. Thomas has preferred to stay at Middle bury We hope and believe that the change of base will not detach him from the Congregational fellowehip, with which he Wes war sympathies, and Which is indebted to him for services of many kinds." In a later issue of the same publica tion, that of February seventeenth, Is Mated, "Ono reason why President John XL Thomas of Middlebury College may have been selected as the head of the groat Pennsylvania State College may be his power, to sympathize with the struggles of those who go to college not vory well supplied with cold sash. In an interesting article In the Chris tian Endeavor World, entitled, "The Honey Path to Learning," Rev. Frank 11. Kansan tells the story of the self supporting career at Middlebury of Dr. Thomas. When he was -thirteen, his father, a minister Just over the Now York border, gave him thirteen hives of bees +By the time ho entered col lege at sixteen, the hives had Increas ed to seventy-five, and during his col lege course U. was supported by what (Continued on last SAW , STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1921 SWARTHMORE FIVE - HERE TOMORROW Game With' Varsity Will be First Appearance of Garnet Here in Recent Years , HAS VETERAN COMBINATION Lost Thrilling Contest to Quakers Last Wednesday Evening , - -.- by 29-17 Score BenaTßatocomes up against Swarth more next Saturday night in the,Arm ory. at seven o'clock In the - last home game until the team gets back from the trip to Penn and Yale - Thto is the first time In late years that the Little Quakers have played at State College as - the Blue and White tossers ,bave usually met the Swarthmore Cohorts while on the annual eastern trip. The Garnet Is reportedto have put out a better team than usual this year. They have always been toted for producing fives that class with the stronger quintets In -basketball crieles but this year the Garnet tossers are said to be even better than usun4 Out of over a dozen contests the Swarthmore quintet has been defeated only twice and. those' times 4,7 very slim margins. Rutgers and Princeton being the Institutions that.havn worsted the Quakers so far this season. Last year in the game played—at Swarthmore, _the Nittany dribblers ac hieved a notable but hard-won victory over the Garnet in a game that ended 25 to 25 Practically the same team s iepresents them this season scarcely a man has been lost by graduation. Swarthmore had a straight string Of victories to her credit , ln mid-season, gathering In victories over John Hop kins, ,Franitlin and Marshall, and the Army on foreign floors and taking Ursinus, Dickinson, and Bucknell into camp on, the-home floor The defeat administered to West Point on the Art.'s home floor is considered the chief, feature In the Swarthmore plum age, as up to the time of this game, I out of ten contests the embryo soldiers had lost only to Columbia and New York UnKersity. • Defeated by Penn 20 to t/7 , • ' The Swarthmore aggregation ‘. had high hoped' of downing_the•Univeralty °L Pen n r-Dt a nf,.o4.qgr,, ,, D2.CaM;Dlg„ glinalidayed liredltesdity•night-between the two Quaker teams the Red" and Blue vanished these hopes b 9 a 29 to 17 score The Swarthmord combine placed a clean dart game but were_ no math for the Philadelphia tossers In the mune last Saturday, the Garnet swamped Lehigh 19 to-11. " Snarthtnore has an extremely well knit organisation The majority of the players have worked together for KIN - real yetis and have perfected a high degree oC G El Benamin, the Gainet c enter, , is said to be aj won der at that position and with Yarnell, the Swarthmore guard, Is reported to cover most of the floor inn very cap able any Thls pair has usually been the main point-getters As a team the Swarthmore aggregation has a splendid defense and has much ability at shoot ing field goals. CLEMENS' LECTURES FOR NEXT WEEK CANCELLED The two vocational guidance lectures hich were to bane been given by Dr S. A. Clemens, of Northwestern Univ ersity Monday and Tuesday mornings during the chapel period, have been cancelled It was originally planned to have these two meetings fel which the chapel periods were to lane been lengthened to one hour, open avoca tional guidance confetence for the men students, but as the conference has had to be postponed Indefinitely, the faculty committee has cancelled these meetings. BULL -FRIDAY 6:45 p. m.—Freshmen Social, Old Chapel. 7 00 p. m.—Student Tribunal, 314 Main. 8.00 p m.—Debate, Colgate.vs. Penn State, Auditorium. /3„15 p. m.—Senior Girls Dance, Armory. _ SATURDAY 2.30 p. m.—Wrestling, Penn vs. Penn State, Armory. 6 30 p. m.—Mission Study Class, Report of Lafayette Delegates, 100 Hort. 7:00 p. m —Basketball, Swarthmore vs Penn State, Armory. 8 00 p. m.—Y. M t C. A. Entertainment, Old Chapel. SUNDAY 9 30 p. m —Two-Year Ag Bible Class, II L. A. Both Chapels—Rev. George W. Richards, 11.13 , Prof. of Church His tory of the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church, Lancaster. 6.15 p. m.—Christian Science Meeting, 100 Hort MONDAY- • - All-Day Vocational Conference, -Foyer of Auditorium. 8.20 p m.—Opening Meeting of•Vocatfonal Conference, Miss Bennet will be speaker, Old Chapel. 6 . 30 p. m.=Froth Board, 12 L. A. 7 00 p m.—Bible Discussion Normal, Training Class, 19,L. A. - CITIZENSHIP CLASS s: \ ~• , ',..:' \', - A very important meeting will be held on Monday evening in the Old Mining Building at seven-thirty. Professor Mitch will speak on "Taxes, how collected and how used" UNITS ATTENTION! ' - An important,unit mass - meeting Will be held in the Old Chapel on Monday evening at six thirty. Plans will be outlined for the or ganization of the Penn State Club. Tatirgiatt. DEBATERS READY TO; ..MEETTOLGATE TEAM Second Triangular Debate of Sea son to be Staged in Auditor ,' _ ium This Evening - • ONE TEAM GOES TO PITT Veteran Teams to Represent Both Opposing Colleges--Colgate Was Victor Last Year' Penn State debating teams will par eticipate In their second contest of this ,season when shot meet the debating %squads from Colgate Unhersity and the Unhersity of Pittsburgh tonight, fat State Cogem and in the Smoky City _respectively Besides being the second ',meet of the season, It mill also be the second triangular affair, the first ,of %vhich was staged one et eek ago The „subject for tonight's debate'will be_the some as the one debated last week, VResolved, That the United Slates Got -ernment should enact a rigid Japanese iescluston - law... - It will be remembered ;hat this question mas emphasized con pidembli. by T. Stitt Wilson' while he pas giving his series of lectures on ,!'Present World Ploblems" and It was 'uting the_coutse of one of his long io be rerhembered discourses that he Inado the statement that "history must and mill be uritten in the racial ptruggle: . Professor Gates, mho re placed Professor Miller after the fat- Iter's resignation In Janth ~ has taken liarticular pains to coach the team, In all the fine points of the art inasmuch as his plotegees will have as opponents the best debaters in intercollegiate' circles The- Colgate team comes to Penn "State mith the mowed purpose of dup licating their feat of last Yost u hen they won the decision of the judges dyer the Blue and White team on their home platform, mhile Professot Cates tind his debaters ate determined to (vent the visKors to a thorough defeat 'Colgate Unhetsit‘ ranks among the "r:lghest itttitutions of the country be *lse of the high standard of extel tube:rale Arts coarso co llege nn d oll , celran debatersthe ;limeys place exctptionally high. To glyw_some Idea of the interest taken 'in debating by all of the student - bodY, Iran. be said - that at the debate bet ". fett . t.K . ane - Veal out - of -a student bode numbering_ bete een fit o hundred and six hundred, wter foot hundred and fifty mere intsent at the contest The Colgate tenet .111 be composed of Bob. (Continued on page four/ SECOND VARSITY MAT MEN , TO_MEET HARRISBURG "Y An Ins ILAtiOnteas eeently received by Coach Leo Is Item the athletic of &LIB oh the Hotrisbutg T. 111 C A. to and representatives from the grappling squad to the capitol clty to meet the mat men of that instiution, and It is very probable that the invitation will be accepted A choice of several dates r offered and It Is likely that the meet will be held on the nineteenth of this month, while the varsity team Is at the intercollegiate championships at Princeton University It Is planned to send the second varsity from this college to take part In the contest against the wrestle., alio are being coached by "Shotty" Long, who figured to eminently In the grappling activities at the college a few years ago The meet will serve as an In ducement to the second string met to keep in condition 'after the meet with the Freshman team a sleek from to morrow, and will enable the coaches to fall back upon these men should any emergency arise whereby a varsity mat man would have to stay out of a meet. E-T 1 N BATTERY CANDIDATES WORKING OUT DAILY All Baseball Men to be Called Out This Week—The First Game on Twenty-eighth of Month With the eve of the Southern base ball trip rapidly approaching, Coach. Bead& is beginning to make extensive preparations for the season and at the end of the present week will issue a general call for candidates for the var sky; nine During the past two or thaw so echo the battery candidates have been receiving a daily Workout in the Armroy but conditions have been such that little real work has been accomplished. The floor has always been crowded, both with baseball men and basketball play ers, and as a result - the numerous pitch ers and catchers have been considerably hampered. Roo ever, the completion of the nix weeps coulee In agriculture has enabled Clutch Bezdek to get posses sion of - the Stock Pasillon for the last ton hours in the afternoon and since - Wednesday the men hate been practic ing in that building Until favorable uanther conditions imrmit oudoor prac tice the.battery men will report in the Stock Pavilion every day while the field candidates will workout' in the Armory "Bee" has less than a month now in which to prepare his men for the stiff Jaunt through the southland and unless the weather changes considerable be will have a tough proposition on his hands. There is no place at Penn State uhere a suitable indoor practice may be had in baseball and thus the diamond mentor mill almost have to guess at his line-up for the initial game Luckily the team which had such a successful season last year Is practically -intact this 5 ear, only "Bill" Mullen and Gram- Icy haying been lost by . graduation. The loss of these tuo- individuals will un doubtedly be keenly felt this season, especially that of Gormley. who was the star hurler of last year's nine and did not suffer a single defeat, but the acant berths may be ably filled by others The Ft eshman team last year MILS quite strong and in addition there siere many good subsCtutes on the varsity squad "Bee" should be able to turn out a u inning combination from , such a u ealth of matellal The southern trip, as originally an nounced, u - as to begin on the twenty ninth of March with a game at-Char lottesville, Virginia, with the University of ,Vitginia, but a contest he,u_been.,, atritin s ißß'with'the Naval Training BEM I at Dann/ton Roads and will be played on Monday, 'March twenty-eighth. These Otto games to ill be followed on four successive days by contests with Vliginia Military Institute, Washington and Lee University., Navy, and George town, nuking a total of six games for the 0110 E% el, one of the above earn rd teams ne also ay s well represented on the diamond and may be counted upon to offer severe opposition to the Blue and White Last season's team encountered but one defeat on a simil ar journey to the south and this year's squad is deter mined to at least dupli cate the feat despite the strength of Melt opponents JUNIORS AND FRESHMEN WIN GIRLS BASKETBALL GAMES Monday and Wednesday evenings wog the occasions for Inter-class bas ketball games among the women stud ents Too games wets played each evening and in each Instance were the teams rein esenting the Junior and Freshmen girls victorious On Monday evening the Freshman girls conquered the Seniors by a 26 to 19 score after which the Juniors succeeded in van quishing, the Sophomores On Wed nesday evening, the Juniors overwhelm ed the Seniors by a 61 to 2 score and the Freshmen scored a decisive victory over their Sophomore opponents as the 2G to 8 score indicates Both Junior and Freshmen forwads displayed won derful skill In shooting baskets The Junior- team has already Showed its championship form during the season, having not lost a single game Thu Fteshmen aro a close second, with but one defeat to their record The girl's basketball Bonen will close on March 11th uhen the two best teams will play a contest to decide the inter-class championship. Y. M. C. A. DRIVE NEARS MARK FOR AMOUNT ASKED IN BUDGET With returns incomplete up until a late hour yesterday and with the teams still, scouring the borough for more subscribers, Indications point to the fact that the Y if C A 'a drive for finan cial aid 01111 roach and probably exceed the four thousand dollar mark A to tal of $3596 was reported by the com mittee .10 charge of the inersectional drive at ten o'clock yestei day morning with the Westerners having the edge over their Eastern opponents by the scant margin of E 375. The campaign oMolally closed at midnight Wednesday but it is planned to carry it on as us ual, although slightly loss Intensive, un til the goal of four thousand dollars has been reached. Of the amount al ready pledged, morn than one thousand dollars bas been paid in cash Accolding to the reports which have boon received by Bell, captain of the eastern division and Sharp who le leading the a astern adherents, more than fourty per cent of the students In college have showed their interest in the work of the Y. 31. C. A. by, sub scribing while the faculty has also responded well, with WI per cent of What Were You, East—West—or Nothing? PRICE FIVE CENTS IL OF PENN MATMEN TO CONTEST VARSITY Meet Tomorrow Afternoon Will be Last Home Contest for Blue and White Grapplers GARBER BACK ON VARSITY Quakers Have Record of Four Vic tories and One Defeat So Far This Season In the last home contest of the team, the wrestling team will meet the gran- Nero front Pennsylvania on the Arm ory mats tomorrow afternoon. This will be the fourth meet of the season for the Blue and White, and is ex pected to be one of the most difficult, at Penn has been showing up Vert, wall in the sport this season. The Penn State line-up still differ from the on which.journesed to Cornell last week end in that Garber trill meet the Quak er In the 125 pound clans instead of Esans. The Philadelphia representa tion is not yet certain Penn has had some difficulty this year In picking teams to appear in her sarious meets, due to a large number of feinted mem bers of the mat squad and to scholastic troubles Nevertheless, the Quakers have come through 'the season en fat with a record of four victories and one defeat, and will no doubt prose a dang erous foe tomorrow Lunt Trials of Season The trials for the meet tomorrom were concluded last Wednesday even ing A. large number took part, and unusual Interest was displayed by the candidates because the totals men_ the last that will be held for berths en the varsity team. Hereafter. those who successfully emerge from the trials still constitute the first string aggregation, subject of course to any contingencies that may arise helots the season clos es If a member of the team is in jured, or gets out of phy stoat condi tion, or is otherwise prevented from appearing In a meet, resort mill be made to thesecond team neon. Therefore, a number of men will be kept in constant training until the close of the season. Garber Back on Varsity In the trials for the meet, Garber. theveteran 125 bounder, uon a berth on the Blue and White team for the I ea,. Mo — thlEr'sonson; 'and -hie—bo-ut tomorroq will be his filet Intercollegiate contest thin year. The Lancaster County grappler was not in college dining the first semester of the Vinc ent term, and consequently inbreed to Penn State some time after the train ing period had started. ate in now In good physical condition, and is counted ., on to shot) his usual town fot the le (Continued on last Page) Six Runners Entered In N. Y. A. C. Meet Penn State still send sic, men to com pete In the indoor truck meet of the New rock Athletic Club, which will be held tomorrow evening in the motto polls. Four of these will constitute a one mile relay team, while- two will take part In individual events A one mile relay is scheduled to take place In match Princeton, Rutgers. Penn, Penn State, and tho New 'Pont Ath letic Club will be represented The lead-off man for the Blue and White st 111 be Moore, who alit hand the baton to Ness comer The third quarter mile division will be handled by Nile, while Demming still be the anchor man. The rivalry in this event St 111 be uusually keen, It Is expected, as all of the n teams are of high calibre In the individual events, it is planned to rn Barron In the sesenty yard km, hur u dle. race It is possible that Hite sclll also be ono of the participants in this race. Romig will also go to New York, and if his aim steal condition permits, too 55111 bo entered in the three mile handicap sun However, he has been ill lately, and if his recovery is not far enough advanced to warrant his running fn this race, ho will not enter. their members taking shares The amounts which have been pledged mum, from one dollar to sevont3 -five dollars which In the latter ease means that the person subscribing that amount took twenty-five shares at the fixed price of three dollars a share. - Several merchants of State College also took an active interest In the drive as Is evidenced by the fact that four prises barn been donated by them to be given to those members of the East and West teams who sell the highest and second highest number of "shares... As the first prise for the Westerners, H W. Savers has donated a blue sweater and for the second prize, the Athletic Store has contribut ed a fountain pen. Not to be outdone by the Wisdom merchants, those on the other side of Allen Street who fall within the East erner's territory, also contributed two prizes. The first of these which will be awarded to the best Eastern sales man will be in the form of a tennis merited, the gift of L. IC Metzger: As second prize, the Crabtree Company has even an soar- sharp mall, _