,--, , . . - - • ' , ... ~ NIA .... _ . . _ .., . . - A Hearty , , Weliorne to - Our New Prexy ' -VOL XVI. No. 50 PRESIDENT THOMAS • WILL ARRIVE TODAY Reception for New Executiv: O'clock_ This Afternoori - -No Classes ' ' Dr John .I%lartin Thoinan, the Presi dent of Penn State, is expected to ar rive here this afternoon at four o'clock. Final arrangements for his - reception have been made, and the latest plane -call - for - the assemblage of the entire college at four thirty p. m, immediately at the close of the third hour on the - front Campus No „signal, as was first " Planned, will be given as the last hour has been definitely set aside for the welcome of President Thomas and all - climes will -be dismissed after four thlrty o'clock - this' afternoon. - - - The program consists simply of the address of welcome by Judge H. Wal ton Mltcholl '9O, the President of• the _Board of Trustees, in the name of the College and a short reply by President , Thomas. After this the cheerleader will 'lead the student body in a cheer for Dr. Thomas, and the assemblage will close with the singing of the Ahma Mat er President Thomas has been travelling from Athidlebury to Penn State by auto making the trip by mew stages with frequent stops He has been urged to lecture at several universities on the -Journey and has stopped - to speak at Yale and several other institutions on this way. He le coming here from Now York and has written that ho expecte to arrhe in-State College about .four o'clock this , afternoon. . Zor the first two or three days after hie arrival, President, Thomas will re -side at the Women's Building 'with his wife' and two daughters - who are ac eompanying him here,,untff the Presi dent's House IsErelidy for occupancy. The building has been renovated in antiCipation of its ..new occupant and the_ntlices of Dr. Thomas IniOld Hain ! have • also hien - completely,. changed. Carpenters luive-been-at work on the rooms for--seveml. days and will-soon have their work completed. They have repainted and rearranged the rooms somewhat until now a most pleasing cello of o ff ices lathe result that awaits their new saner. -The annual dinner of the alumni and frlenas of Middlebury College wad held nt the Parker gouge in Boston on,AOril • sc 7 cond,' atPiehich . timw a- demOnstrailow was beadle show: their approclatlou?fen what Dr , ,Thomos had done for the, in-_ siltation and to honor him for the os surnption 'of the Presidency :of Penn state. Many prominent men, formes ,'graduates of the Vermonnichool wero present and bade Dr. Thomas farewell. President' Thomas wilt take up the duties of his office immediately. al though formal not to the Presidency will not tike place - until fall. - HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL • .MAT SEASON - 1S OVER Seven Victories and One Defeat is Season's Record—" Doc" Lew is Resigns Position as 'Coach Possessing not only the eastern aura- Plena:hip title, but also the national intercollegiate title, and with - a: record of Mx dual meet victoriesas against one defeat, the Penn - State wrestling team has closed one of the most eucceesfol 806.170M1 ho the history of this inatitu- Sion. By Its victories over the grappling teams of Lehigh, Harvard, Cornell and Pennsylvania Universities: by its_de. Melva superiority, at the intercollegiates held recently at Princeton University; and 'by it& more rocent'triumphs over the crack teams of /ndlosta_Univereity , and lowa State College, the Slue and Whits. grappling combination bas es tablialled itself as one of the ablest, strongest, and boat balanced teams' In collegiate circles this year. The one defeat that marred, an otherwise spoUese record of victories was that suffered at the bands of the Naval Academy at 'Annapolis, which was represented by an exceptionally powerful team. The Nittany team drew Its compoti ,Mrs from ths north,. south, east and west. It mot and defeated rivals with chamilonahip standing in two distant sections of the United Stem, New-Elng land and the west.- It gave the Navy a keen • struggle .for supremacy and bowed only before superior, strength and ability: It amassed 'at the inter collegiate., despite no small handicaps, more than double the number of points won by its closest rival Cornell, and brought hack three titles, two second places, and one third place. The results of the meets on the schedule that was arranged for the nudrnen by Manager Sweeley and carried out this season follows: February 12—Penn State 28; Lehigh 8 Fab 12—Ponn,Stato 33; Harvard 0 Feb 26—Ponn State - la; Cornell 6. March 6—Penn State 33; Fenn 0 'March 12—Penn State 6; Navy 19. March , 18-13—/litercollesiates—Pann State, Crab place. . I,fasolo 80—Penn State 32, Indiana 14. April I—Penn State 28; lowa State 18 Lance Squad of Candidatea , when Coach Lewis issued his first. ...call for candidates last fall prospects for a season as successful as the above figures indicate wero_very mon reported; but there was a dearth of old, varsity material. Garber and (Continued at. page three) -- • Will Be Held at Four-thirty on the Front Campus— e Last Hour " • YEARLING NINE PLAYS - FIRST GAME TOMORROW Baltimore Polytechnic Institute - Will Oppose Nittany Freshmen in Opening Contest- The Freshman baseball team wilt play its Initial game of tho season tomer ow at two-thirty o'clock when It mete the nine from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute on New Beaver Field. For the post three weeks the large number of• candidates have been sent through daily pmotlee•on Old Beaver• and the results of the hard grind are now be ginning to appear. The hitting of the entire squad has Improved perceptably. greater ability In the field on the part of many men le apparent, and in fact the general work of all bas so Improved that Coach Moser_ is confident that the Yearlings - will make a good-start on Saturday, definite the strength of their opponents. Baltimore Polytech will enter the contest - with a fairly well balanced ag gregation that Includes Jn its makeup six veterans of last year's diamond team and consequently the easterners should give the Penn Stale Freshmen a real tussle. Because of the unsettled weath er conditions of -the - past two weeks, the Maryland youths have been great ly hindered in carrying out thelr'sehe- Mlle and ,have only succeeded in play ing one-game This resulted-in a 4 to 4 tie and was played with the Central High School of Washington, D 'C. The probable line-up for the visitors will be Captain lienschen shortstop,' Beall, third base, Bechtel, second base, Cooper, flirt-base, - Welmon,-, catcher, Marrion, left field, Ball, center field, and Lenger, right field. Boch, Stoler and Lemchem have been showing up well in the box and any ...me of the. three twirlers may start the game. , Fresh -iine•tfp Not, Certain The almost paiallel ability of many of the.candidates out,for. the - yearling niniqtatf mage..it vary hard `for Coach ICtoser to pick the players for the I opening contest and even now. the line up is entirely uncertain in.one or two ~This Is particularly true .with respect to the right field position and first base. Loeffler and Palm aro dis playing excellent form in their fight for the initial sack and neither appears to have much of an edge on the other. while Whitehouse and Callahan are put ting ,up , a, atlff race for the garden * (Continued on last page) MOCK STOCK SALE TO TAKE -PLACE -TOMORROW . Prizes to be Awarded by SbilOip Club for Best Fitting and Buy ing Judgment . The annual stock-fitting contest and mock sale held by the Animal Hue bandry Department, will be staged to morrow, April sixteenth, at ono-thirty p m , in the Stock Pavillon. Four first prime and a , Grand Prize' will be aw arded by the Sirloin Club and the Faculty of the Anhnal Husbandry, De partment for fitting of the stock, and ribbons will be given for the first and second places In each class - for buying. A now Idea in prizes is being under taken this year. Formerly ribbons were awarded as premiums In every depart ment of the sale and contest, but this year-ribbons will he given only for the tirst,and second places in each class for buying The prizes will be award ed by the Sirloin Club and by the Ani mal' - Husbandry Faculty, the former •preaontfng the Individual prime and the latter the Grand Prize. One prize will bo awarded in each of the four classes, and finally a Grand Prize The individual prizes are no follows. Cattle: a book, "Shorthorn Cattle," by Alvin H. Smldors,2'Horsos. a book "'The Perch eron Horse" by Wayne Dinsmore; Sheep: 'Winter Quarters." - a, book by Alvin 11 - ' Sanders: Swine "The Story of the Herefords," by Alvin H. Sand ers. I The Graad Prize will-include the following three s books written by Alvin H. Sanders: "At the Sign of the Stock yard Inn," "The Road to Dumbledykes" and . ,"The Black Swans " The ‘ iollowing mon will act as officers and judges of the contest General judge and supervisor, Mr. P. C. Mac- Kenzie, the college herdeman, judges of fitting, etc, of cattle, F. L. Bentley, of cheep, B. M. Christen; of swine, M. F. Grimes, of horses, I. D. Wilson. Prof W. H. Tornhave, head of the Animal Husbandry department, F ~Holtz, and R. L. Irving, are judges for buying. Tho auctioneer to IPL. B. Connell of the A. H. 'Extension department, and the cleric of the sale Is P. 1.. Fatout of the A.ll. - department. The mien commit tee consists of F H. Louschner '2l, chairmen, D.. MactMllen Tl. and M. T. Foster '2l. Student ouperintend ents of the various classes are: Horne W.'ll. "Schmitt, cattle• A. E. Tom have, swine, G. D. Dore; sheep, D. 8 Bab 11. STATE COLLEGE, PA:, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1921 DELAWARE LOSES TD NITTANY BATSMEN Bezdek's Proteges Annex Eighth Straight Victory With 7-1 Score —Thomas Pitches The varsity nine ran Its, numbs. of _victories up to eight straight yes terday afternoon on Now Beaver. Field by defeating the diamond representa tives from Delaware University to the tune of 7to 1 The eastern =groan: lion was unable to atop the heavy %lugging of the Nittany nine after the fourth inning uhile at the atune , time the excellent hurling of Thomas ler Penn State" held the visitors to - :seven scattered hits and_prevented Litem:from piling up more than- a.Y-Jsingitirkrn,.l Therealr-vabra7 3 7;oUtutss 4 llle , -bAf.n during - the , cOntbst and:Passed 'three. to first - base. - - Collins the Delaware southpaw, fanned only-two men and issued three bases on balls ' `Penn State made her first , counters in the fourth Inning - when the Nlttnny players bombarded- the opposing pit cher and secured`six hits Ballinger led off with a double and scored-the first run a minute later on a circuit clout by - Uilery. Haines and _Lightner followed with a single a piece and crossed the plate In the order named through a sacrifice fly by 'Koehler and a single by Korb, and an error by the opposing team The scoring ended when Thomas forced out Korb at third - (Continued on last page) FACULTY WILL HONOR PRESIDENT AT RECEPTION The faculty of the college will hold a formal reception In honor of Presi dent and Mrs Thomas on Wednesday evening. April twentieth. in the parlors of the Women's Building. The presi dent, his wife, and two daughters will live in the Women's Building for sev eral days after their arrival until the president's residence is ready , for oc cupancy. - . BULLETIN FRIDAY 630 p.'m.—Luzerne County Club, 314 Main. 7.00 p. m.—Sophomore Class Meeting, Old Chapel. 7.00 R. in.—Forensic Club, 19 L. A. " • 7:00 p. m.—Architects Club, Eng. F. 8:15 p. m.—',The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife," Auditorium. SATURDAY I 30 p. m.—Tug-of-War, Sophomores vs Freshmen, Old Beaver. 2.30 p. m.—Baseball, Penn State - Freshmen vs B. P. I , New Beaver. 7 00 . p. m.—Literary Circle, 11 L. A. - SUNDAY 9.30 a. m —Two-Year Ag. Bible Class, 11 L. A. Both Chapels—Rev. J. B. Work, United Presbyterian Church, Vice President of Tarkio College, Tarkio, Missouri MONDAY 7.00 p. m.—Freshman Class Dues collected at Co-op. 7.00 p. Discussion Norrhal Training Class, 19 L. A. 7.30 p.m.—Citizenship Class, Old Mining. SENIORS Orders for caps and gowns for commencement will be taken at the Co=op next Monday and Tuesday evenings from six-thirty to se. cen-thirty o'clock. Do not fail to make arrangements at that . time. A deposit fee of one dollar is required. - 1924_CL/SS DUES Freshman class dues will be collected at the Co-op on Monday ev ening from seven to eight o'clock. This will be the last opportunity to pay before the fine goes into effect. f, SOPHOMORES Sophomores who wish to try.out for the Business Staff of the Penn State Engineer will report in Room 201, Eng. A., on Tuesday evening at seven o'clock. .., . NOTICE Doowart Bible Class will meet sn the Old Chapel; Sunday morn ing, immediately after FriNihman Chapel services. mil*lamo :e th W e Lsh t 'HARVARD TRACK MEET TUESDAY Strong Crimson Team Will Appear Here in First Home Meet of Sea son—Close Contest Expected When the dual track meet with Har vard is held on New Beaver Field next Tuesday 'afternoon at three o'clock, Penn State will have the opportunity of seeing a galaxy of some of the most brilliant collegiate track athletes In action Among those oho will take part In the contest are two members of the American Olympic Team which car ried oft the honors_ at Antwerp" last summer These men aro R. W Har wood of Harvard and H. E Barron of Peen State In addition to the Olympic eillii;e:severalintereellediats champions, Dr., P anC , D. both of Harvard, and 'Bloody' . Romig of Penn State, will take part In the moos. -This will be the brat home con test of the season and will give Penn State rooters.their firsUropportunity of seeing these champions, as N{ oil as the now material, recently uncovered by Coach -Martin, in action The meetwill begin promptly at three o'clock and , a large attendance to ex pected since all classes for the Last three 'hours In the afternoon will be cancelled and the entire student body and faculty will thus be enabled .to view the meet - All over the United States the xl.lB of Harvard and of Penn State _will watch the - games with great interest, for upon the outcome' of the meet de pends the rating of the Crimean and the Nittany cinder men in Intercolle giate track circles In the 100 yard dash. Hile of Penn State is expected to give E. 0. Gour din a fast race At the Penn Relays. last year. Gourdin ran the distance In ten seconds He is considered one of the fastest sprinters - In the United States and this year he will compete against Paddock, the California star of (Continued on last page) DELEGATES NOW AT M. I.T. CONFERENCE Representatives From Penn State Are Attending College Activity Discussions at Boston In response to the invitation received by the college from the Executive Com mitten to send delegates to a confer ence to be held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be held at that institution today and tomorrow, thred. delegates have been selected to represent this institution - at the In tercollegiate Conference which is per haps the largest that has over been held Penn State was one of the forty colleges and universities of the country that received such an Invitation. Since .the„purppse oC.the cothmtnpAo to riio' muss—the Igading; frobloms—iikaing to undergraduate government and student activities,'the men oho will represent Penn State at the conference are lenders In their respective lines at the college E M. Aiken '2l president of the Student Council will represent the college In all discussions concerning un dergraduate government, it, K. Wil liams '2l will represent Athletics at Penn State, and F.-H. Leuschner '2l, edit represent the college publications The plan of having men represent the different chases of- college actiol • (Continued — on last page) WOMEN OFFICERS-FOR COMING YEAR ELECTED Girl Students Choose Represent atives for Governing, Athletic, and Y. W. - C. A. Boards The results of the general election of officers for all organizations of the wo men students acre announced at a meeting held In the reception room of McAllister Hall on Monday evening and store as follows Women's Student Government Aes'n Pre'ndent—Florenee Allen '22. ' Vice-President—Marion Mears '23 Treasurer—Alverna Similes '24. Collegian Reporter—Doris Browning Women's Athlone Association President—Agnes Newman .22 Secretary—Laura Crick .23 ==l= 'honor' Women's Christian Association President—Grace Yocum '22 Vice-President—Sarah Hat tman '23 Secretary—Alice Siegfried '23 Treasurer—Grace Parley '29. Class Senators Junlors—Sara Crlssman,' Eleanor Ashton Sophomores—Allen Siegfried; leobol Allen. Freshmen—Men - 111de. ilnLenn The retiring presidents of the or ganizations motitioned above, Mies Mab el Barnett T.l, of the W S O A.; Plies Louisa Still Tl, of the W. A. A.; and Mies Minnie Rapp Tl, of the T. W C. A, supervised the inotallation ceremon ies and administered the oath of °Moe to then ew officers respectively of the associations represented DR. FREAR SUGGESTED TOR GOVERNMENT POSITION Dr William Freer, Professor of Ex perimental Agricultural Chemistry and vice director of the Agricultural Ex periment Station, has been asked by various people In charge of the enforce ment of State food laws In different parts of the country and also by others Interested in the promotion of agricul ture in the United States, to permit them to use his name for consideration for successor to Dr .Alsberg, Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, who died recently. PRICE FIVE CENTS TUG OF WAR TO BE STAGED TOMORROW Old Beaver Field Wilt Be Scene of Annual Underclass Scrap at One-thirty O'clock FORMER RULES IN FORCE Winning Side Will Have Privilege of Selecting Freshman Class Colors - The annual "pull" between the Fresh men and Sophomores will take place tomorrow afternoon on Old Beaver Field at one thirty p m Both classes are anxious to win the scrap for the outcome has direct bearing upon the class colors of_the first year men It has been the custom for the winning class to pick the colors, so If the Soph omores come out victorious In tomor row's tussle, they will have earned the privilege of selecting the 1924 colors However, if the freshmen are able to annex-two out of the three heats, they can then pick out their own, colors The Student Council has appointed the following committee to be in charge of tomorrow's Clash C E. Mowrer '2l, 17). D Detar '2l, and 9 Y. Bibs= '2l. The Sophomores are to meet In Old ' Chapel at one o'clock and the Fresh men in the Armory at twelve thirty. It has been decided that the rules which governed last year's tug-of-war will be observed In connection with the contest tomorrow These rule. must be closely followed and no loose interpretation will be accepted The rules are as follows -' 1 The scrap emit take place after the fifteenth of April, on a date set by the Student Council. 2 The place of the scrap shall be betheen the Track House and Profes sor Diemer's residence, 3. The scrap shall consist of throe Periods and the elate winning in two of the three periods shall be declared winner of the scrap The class win ning the scrap shall have the privilege of choosing the freshman colors 4. Each period shall he five minutes unless one aide Is able to pull the other side completely off the center line on 'the road before-the expiration of this time In case of a tie, an extra three minutes shall be allotted, which must be taken after the period is over 5. It will count one point - for' the - stelatin-whaea.L4ortitotW...ths oaittee..ok.. 'the* rope is at the end of the period. It will count one point for the side that is able to pull the other side past 'the center mark on the road G There shall be no previously ar ranged footings. There shall be no mo chanleal means for holding tho rope. Everyone will be compelled to wear rubber-soled shoes. shirt or jersey, and trousers 7 The rope shall be 300 feet lons and two inches in diameter. It will have some mark at the center and a similar mark five feet on each side of the center. PLAYERS READY FOR TONIGHT'S FUNCTION "The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife" to be Staged m the Audi torium at Eight O'clock The stage of the Auditorium is all set for tonight's performance of the Penn State Players and at eight o'clock the various members of the cast will make their appearance In the third production of the season Each mem ber Is well trained and knows his or her part to perfection If the play Is given in as clever a manner tonight as it teat given last night, and It undoubt edly will be given In even a better manner, then, Penn State play lovers are surely in for a real treat this ev ening. Few writers pack their plays with as much irony as H. France, the auth or of "The Man Who Hurried a Dumb Wife," and few put in as much pic turesque entire as he The play which Is being presented tonight has a French atmosphere throughout The media eval scenes are very quaint and togeth er with the acting of Henry Porterfield and Xatharien Hamilton, the two stars Of the performance, they present a Pie ture that Is Indeed pleasing Catharine, the dumb wife 'Catharine Hamilton '23 Lemard Dotal, the husband „ Henry Porterfield '23 Matter Adam Pumee A E. Helmbach . 24 Mister Simon Conine H. A. Helsingor '22 Master Jean Meunier L. C. Fryer T 3 Master Gentili, Dulaurier W. T Womeley '24 Giles Holscourtler G T Free '24 A Elllnd Fiddler T. J. McCollum '23 Alison Frances Howeton '24 Mile do la Garandlere Mmo do lot Brulno C=33 The Chtelmeed Mom DEAN KNIGHT ENTERTAINS WOMEN'S ATHLETIC BOARD Dean Margaret Knight entertained the Women's Athletic Board at dinner in the Women's Building Tuesday ev ening. Fourteen students were pres ent as members of the outgoing Board which directed athletic affairs among the women Andante during the past nat.,
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