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' -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
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• 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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'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
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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.,