Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, April 26, 1921, Image 1

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    DO Your Four
Bits For
The Mithorial
VOL XVI. No. 53
DADS TO RECEIVE
HEARTY WELCOME
Program is Crowded With Events
, Many Good Speakers Secured
- . For Mass-Meeting
BASEBALL GAME SATURDAY
Many Will Attend • Classes—
Smokers and Dinners
Also Planned
ROAD 11EAPS
A'road map covering the terri-/
tory surrounding State College
for a mains of eighty miles has
been prepared by the college and
will be of value to "Dads" who
plan to motor here for the Fath
er's Day this week end
Students whose fathers plan to
motor to the college for the ob
servance can secure copies of this
map tomorrow (Wednesday)
morning at the office of the Col
lege Publicity Department, 175
Old Main By mailing It Imme
diately It will be of great aid as a
road guide. Detours will be In
dicoted as fully as possible
Others desiring a copy or this
road map for reference, or infor
mation um secure It any time af
ter Wednesday
With all plans virtually completed at
the present time-for Penn State's next
gala affair, students are looglnk for
ward to the arrival of their "dads" to
participate in the Father's Da) events
of the coming week end 'Several speak•
era of note have consented to be pre
vent and" indications are that the Fath
ers who dome will have a most enjoy
able week end.
.As already stated, the morning of
Saturday, April thirtieth will be open
for the students to conduct their fath
om about the campus. In the after
noon there will he a baseball game on
' New Beaver Field at two-thirty o'clock,
with Hans Wagner's. Carnegie Tech
diamond athletes as the attraction The
Plaids have a better baseball-team this
Year than they have had for some time
and are expected to give the Blue and
White a stiff tussle for honors Many
or the fathers have _ seen the great
"Dutchman" perform on the diamond
during his long career as a major lea
" gue.star,and backbone of the Buccan
r.-t•-•r cerrartart - willtiore`thant'pleaSertri
have thli opportiinlty to again see the
• . fernier star, although his capacity will
be changed from - that of years ago
In the evening the fathers of the girls
- : • will be entertained at a banquet at Mt,-
Allister Hall, beginning at five-thirty
, o'clock. The big affair ,of the evening .
will begin at seven o'clock when a mon
ster mass meeting will be held In the
Auditorium._ The band and varsity
quartet will furnish the music and the
fathers will be given an insight Into
• the original pep distiller, the famous
Perin State mass meeting, where Penn
State spirit, joviality and friendship ap
pears at its best. E M. Aiken, Areal
- dent of Student Council will preside
The that speaker of the evening will be
the newly arrived president of the col
lege, Dr. John Martin Thomas - The
speeches will be interspersed with set
ectlo. by .the band and ,the varsity
quartet. Auditor General 'Snyder of
this state will be the nest speaker and
' will be followed by the father of
"kinky" Haines, Penn State's baseball
captain for this year and star athlete
of numerous gridiron and 'cage con
. tests "Bee' will close the list of
speakers. 'The speeches will 130 limited
to five minutes each and so the meeting
will not ho drawn out any longr than
others of the same nature have been
That it will-be a big pecess goes with
, out saying and the speakeis who have
boon listed will be a big treat not only
to the visiting guests, but also to tho
student body.
After the mass meeting there will be
smokers pt all of the Pratoll[y houses
and at many of the rooming and board
houses throughout the town It
y - had been planned to have a big smoker
and athletic - festival In the Armory for
the non-fraternity men. but the work
that is floor being done in that build
ing has made such plans Impractical
The next morning the students and
visitors will have another treat In store
. for them President Thomas will ad
dress the chapel services for the first
timt since lie has taken office The re
mainder of the day will then be open
for whatever .plans the students wish
to make for the entertainment of their
parents
While It is not known, even in esti
mate. how many of the fathers will bo
able to come, it is expected that the
number will . be largo and MO hopes
are being held for a most sucaessful
week and, It will not only be an op
portunity for the students to entertain
their fathers at a time when no other
festivities are being held, but they can
then explain ,to thorn the peculiar sit
uation tho college finds Itself in as re
, giUds the housing and general care
Its students require and will need in
years to coma
.T. DEPUTATION TEAM
; VISITED POET MATILDA
The Y. M. C. A. Deputation Team
left last Saturday for Port Matilda, re
maining, over Sunday, tho trip being
similar to tho visit to Centre Hall the
week previous. Saturday afternoon
was spent In playing games and a gen- -
eigti good time During the evening,
a six reel movie VMS shown and special
singing was rendered Sunday morning
-was spent by the several members of
the team visiting the Sunday Schools
and Churches Separate boys and girls
meetings wore hold 'in the- afternoon.
The deputation team this time was
, 'composed of Martin Perry '2l,' who
acted as the leader, Frank Miller Tl,
Edna Sell Tl, B. S. Adams '22, John
'22. W. T. Womaley '24. -
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test•
MELLINGER FANS
FOURTEEN BATTERS
Varsity Nine Takes Advantage of
Loose Play of Lebanon Valley
and Wins-3 to 0
Lebanon Valley proVed to be, the
tenth straight victim of rho varsity
baseball team - when she fell before the
superior. nark of the Blue and Whitt.
last Saturday afternoon on New Bent er
field and mans down to defeat by Lltc
scone of 3 to 0 The practically air
tight defense of the Nittany nine-and
the masterful hurling of blellinger pre
vented Use Annvllle collegians from be
taming dangerous at any time during
he game while the loose play of the
visitors in the third inning enabled
Penn State to. annex two runs Mel
linger established a moth enviable ie.
cord In the game, fanning fourteen hat
tcrs and allotting only one base on balls
end :Into scattered hits W. Wolfe,
twirling ton Lebanon, struck out sLo
men and issued five passes to Mot No
extra base bits owe secured by either I
leant for the entire nine Innings 'al
though "Bet's" m rapped out six
singles.
Wolfe, who pitched for Lebanon
Valley against Juniata last Thursday
and struck out sixteen men, stunted the
Senile in fine shape Saturday and
threatened to repeat his pleviouo Mo
tormanen at the expense of the Blue
and White representatives _ln the (list
two innings he fanned three of the
hodvlest sluggers but In the following
flame, after having been caught in
attempting to steal second awing the
turn of his team at bat, he weakened
and walked Korb, the first man up
Brumbaugh, following, reached the
fitst suck on an errot by the Witt!
baseman advancing Herb to ...hand,
and then e. told pitch by the pitcher,
permitted Korb to reach third and
Biumbaugh to pull up on second A
passed ball in the next mlnute allowed
Herb to cross the plate with the fist
tun and, after Mellinger had roceitcd
a base on bolls, Brumbaugh trotted in
tor the second tally when the Nittany
hurler was caught between first and
second and tabbed out bleatkie struck
out and Killinger made the third out on
first base after poling a single to center
field.
Penn State Gets The Third Hun
In the following inning, the varsity
diamond men-almost scored by means
of a single by Captain Haines and a
base on - balls but it was not until the
sixth inning that - they regletered the
final tally 'Hilly' . smacked - out his
second single, as a starter; moved up
-tomecond..bastivon , iii.mitied•brr
and reached third on Haine's hit and
then made a fatal attempt to reach
home - through a double steal play with
Haines He was nabbed at the plate
by Idatehmon, the opposing catchei,
while .ZHlnky" arrived safely at the
second sick Lightner drew a pass to
first and Koehler s single to center
brought Haines In with the third run
limb Loth.' the side by Hying to the
tight fielder
The visiting aggregation teas unable
to reach third base during the entire
Collteat and only tuo Lebanon men got
Star as second Too players
sought atlsinsting to steal the steond
sack while mediae teas tabbed olf fast
blellingut s excellent control was the
gtcat cony of the visitors and they
well: very seldom able to solve Ills
lennthallogi on !Sat page/
SONG CONTEST PLANNED
BY MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Winner to Receive One Hundred
- Dollars as•Prize—Contest Will
Close on June First
The need for a typical Penn State
song has long Men known and felt by
the students, but this need has not
been remedied. Several times Dean C
C Robinson, head of the 'Music De
pat tment of the College, has made a
plea for students to submit songs foe
consideration, but no response has been
forthcoming so the Department of Mus
ic has moonily decided to run a song
contest, tho winner of which will et:-
calve one hundred dollars toe his week
Tien conditions- governing this contest
me as follows.
1. Committee or five Judges (per
sonnel to be announced later) will puss
upon the merits of the various mann
sm lets submitted
2 The committee will resolve the
right to make no award In Melt judg
ment, a song of sufficient merit is not
submitted They may award fifty clot
ure for a text only or they may awald
fifty dollars fur the music only.
3. The contest is open to all faculty
members, alumni, and students of the
college Two people may collaborate
and divide the prize.
4 - The music must be original and
scored for voice and piano accompani
ment. Care should be exorcised In hoop
Mg the range within the scope nom
middle C (leper line below treble clef
staff) to 13 (fourth space of staff, treble
clef). Adaptations of hymns, national
aim, or other melodies are not encour
aged
5. The song should breathe the spir
it of the dignity and of the high purpose
of the college, its noblest traditions, and
its place in our hearts and -lives, and
should be suitable for singing by a large
chorus at the inaugural of the Prealdent
_of the college The text should bolim
ited to three stanzas, or three stanzas
and a refrain - ,
0. The contest wilt eloso Wednesday,
Juno first, at noon and no manu
scripts will be accepted after that time
7. All manuscripts should he clearly
In Men, with the full name of the auth
or and his address All mannscripts
should Int tiddrosstd to
Secretary of Song Contest
Department of mu.i.
Sint. CODAS% Pa.
STATE COLLEGE, * PA.; TUESDAY, APPIL 26, 1921
MONEY NEEDED TO
ERECT MEMORIAL
Every , Student Canvass Will Be
Started for Soliciting Con
tributions
DEDICATED TO WAR HEROES
Tablet Will Be Paced in Audit
orium until New Memorial _
• ' Building is Provided. .
The le:dilation of a hue memorial
fel the sons of Penn State who .1-cri
ficed then lists In the Interest of their
country iv mithin the grasp of the col
lege as the Mentotial -Campaign
stints tommlow At no time in the
histoty of the institution have the stud
ents been given such an unusual oppot
tnnity to show theh nltilreciation .for
the intense loyalty of Penn State men
Doling the mat, many - campaigns have
been stalled at the college and always
the students hate demonsttated,theit
millingness to 8111/1/01 I the various cams-
es 13ut the tomtit.] of these campaigns
hod no I ital relation to the cause for
tile success of the undertaking did not
rely 11110111 016 the genet osity of the
students Iletletet, this necks cam
paign Is oath eh diftelent rot the 01/0
and quality of the bromic tablet depends
ditcctls upon the outcome of the cam
tlgn The design for -the memorial
has been decided ttoon and all that 11011
temains to be dune is to raise a suffi
cient amount of money to insole a tab
let of which cooly Penn State student
call point to mith pride when visitors
and [Rends of the college vino 1.111 . 0
Pale ,mark of •respect As soon as
tile amount is raised, a majolity of the
largest engraving companies of the east
11111 be asked to submit bids on the cost
of this tablet The final outcome of the
ampaign will hate a .direct bearing
c
on the glandem of the memorial for
the larger the amount Is, that is naised,
flu:target will be the tablet. When the
contra. has been award 4 work will
immediately precede on the engraving
no that the memotlal will be erected
before June If the finances umrrant
specth action A committee, consisting
of R R Stark '2l, F I 3 Leuschner '2l
and 11 R. Burtner '22 are In chug° of
the campaign and mill let nothing un
done to insure unparallellecl success
Final details and turangements have
been made-and these are extensite in
their scope An enemy student camases
has been planned with' the purpose' of
gluing earls student enrolled In the
legtPrll l ehinteo-to-doiartttelitaltrliallili
toward the fund and-thus he will' have
giten material assistance to the com
mittee in charge.
War Neinorhil to Cost }Views Hundred
It Is . the opinion of the Student
Council and of the committee that a
leasocable amount to pay fox a mem
oxial of the proposed size and quality
0 ould be fifteen hundred dollars No
tablet of small size and interim audit)
should be considered as this Is an Issue
that should not sulfer belittlement In
am mamas Penn State men did not
consido the Cost when they left fox
the battle hoot but considelcd It limit
dui) to rave all In Ruiz. hotter to give
It .nnot be denied that It Is the duty
of each one In the college to help mate
the nu:moll:11 chat It should be and to
this cud they tuir•atsked by the com
mittee to sUbseilUe fifty cents The re
mains ol the shoo staged b) the n
bets ot the Rehabilitation Club lastwin
tet have been donated nu that mato,
live htnulled dodals le, than the stud
ents ale called upon to calm. The le
malnciel of the amount needed, ohich
Is apploalmately one thousand donuts,
nMst bo mised b) Mamba subseliption
and It IS COI this purpose that tonuarow
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INTER-CLASS SOCCER
SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
As a lcOult of a meeting held last Fri
day evening, which was attended by the
tour class soccer managers and a Lome
senuctive of the Ilet-Class Spot ts coun
cil, the following schedule of into -
class soccer frames wan arranged.
Wedneedui, Atoll 27, 1.30 p --Flesh-
mon ‘s Junlots:
Sotto du), April 30, 1 p to—sophomores
vs. Senlots
Wednemlay, IMay I, 5.80 p m—Sopho-
Inolcb vs, F 1 eshmen
Sattuday, May 7, 1 p m —Seniors vs
Junlola
I , l, , edneallay, May 11, 6•JO p al —Sopho
mous vs Junluts.
Saturday, May 4, 1 p nt —Flesh:nen ts.
In addition it was decided to stage
the Plosh-buphomule inter-class sent],
on Satu”lay, :day tuenty-liuut, at one
,'clod, All of there games will he
played un the At .:fly succel field
Any en Inbar:viva in soccr al
urged le d ,ome ,out to the daily, e plac
e
tics and root to their respective class
soccer manageis 'rile dais soccer
managero.l. James. 21, 11 S
Bucher, .22, It A. Dumb°, TO, D IV.
Price, SI
BULLETIN
TUESDAY
7'oo p. m.—Liberal Arts Lecture, "Wherewithal Shall We Be Fed", by
Dr. E. E, Sparks.
7.00 p. m.—Bible Discussion Normal Training Class, 19 L. As:,' '
WEDNESDAY
7 . 30 p. m —Moss Meeting, Auditorium
7 00 p. m.—Glee Club, Auditorium.
THURSDAY
7.00 p. m —Mechanical Engineering Society, 200 Eng. D
7.00 p m —Carbon County Club, 13 L. A. .
7.00 p. m.—College Char, Auditorium.
NOTICE
.
Vote any time Thursday Morning on Honor System.
Tottrgiatt.
STRONG TEAMS TO
GO TO PENN RELAYS
Penn ' State Enters Four Relay
Teams and a Number of Individ
nal Stars
Four Inlay teams and a number of
Individual stals 1111,0 been Latino] by
Chart, Mul tin In the Penn Rel 43 s bluely
will take place this coming Friday and
Saturday at Philadelphia This spring
the lola, ottanise to be bigger and
better than over and although the com
petition bill undoubtedly be more keen
this year than in the past, Penn Stute's
Ounces for winning quite a felt honors
are apparently, favorable The 13100
and Willie has a nurnbei of real big
I tid going into the meet and because
of le the strength of their competitor
they, bill have to be at their best to
win Penn State students are backing
them to Lhe limit, and If college spirit
moults for anything then that backing
lion the ability of the lunnera sheath]
enable the Nittany team to collie thin
with quite a few championships'
'he [out mile inlay team b hich
Coach Martin Is sending to Philadelphia
cansists 'of Romig, Crept Denning,
Newcomer and Cooper These men are
iilLgood milers and should show Melt
heels to quite a number of then oppoti
clefs, tilt most formidable of bilich are
Wisconsin, Yaliv - Princetots and Cornell
The onc mile telay team In composed
oWilemoting, kfile, Grimes and "Alger
ton and 0111 compote 011th Pitt, Holy
(Pons and CulMania All these teams
, ate tittony, In the mile and 0111, vith
out a doubt; give Penn State rept esen
tatlon a teat hula race
Penn Staten distance madly relay
(Lain utli be composed of Romig, Oho
0 tun tile mile, Demming, alto will
un' the thaa-quattet tulle, tither Noo
- et ridget ton, mho vill run the
half and tale, 0t Ito 0111 act an unchot
man and tun the quarter: Penn State's
stiongest Uvula in this incnt appeal to
hat,tiale .d Sicatcuse
Sri addition to these three varsit3
itottils, the Blue and White 0111 he,
tepresential by a nesinuan one mile ,
rclay alai of champlOnshili calibre.
DA§ Mani vill be composed of Graham,
Liricir, Amore and Helfrich, the anchor
Irma- alome and liciftich havi2. been
deals the quarter in fifty seconds and
undbr and If they do as veil on Frank
/laieffield this %telt end, they should,
witS the ald_of Mick and Graham,
btiutg the championship to Penn State
kfalipich was a member of the United ,
bailtbs Olympic team last minim, and
evaellent reputation as a half
ilit.U...i;,-,.:Lha,FF.lhmen
from
their , strongest emnpetition front the
relay learns of Cornell, - Plinceton, Tale,
al the U. of Penna
Among Penn States special ot Mtn
',Muni entries are found the n of.
Beck, Way, Barton, Elle and aes
Everett.
Beek has been enteted In the shot put
and will meet some vote strong compe
tition In llandro, of M. I. T, Halsey
of Ptlnceton, Mich. of Illinois, Sander
tuhr of Kansas and L'altcr of Michigan,
who rank among the leading shot put
ters In the United States ''Chat ley"
_Way has been entered In the - broad
Jump and .111 again hate the opportun
ity toeven-up seam. With Gourdln, of
Uurvuol who out iumpcd him on Neu
Deaver Field last Tuesday Othet
sheik; blddels In this et ent ate AIWA is
of Illinois, Com lois of N. Y U and
Louth, of Ptlnceton
Both Dalton and Site have been en
tetsd In the Inudies, the totmet in the
120 bard high hurdles and the lattet
In the 2 20 Said low handles 10 the 120
bald event Batton rill meet Ids old
livid Thompson 01 Dal smooth Bmtou
is the Amerte ehamplon . In tills et
tut and Wombs.. holds the Olympic
and also the Intettolleglate title 01110
has been doing very good wink In the
Ito hurdles as Is shorn by the fact
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FRATERNITY BASEBALL
GLUILS FOR THIS MEEK
Faatmnity baseball games for this
atoll ale as follonti
Wednesday, April 27
Sigma Phi Epsilon vs Tau Sigma Tau
Diamond No 1
Lambda Chi Alpba vs Acacia, Dia--
mond No 2
Alpha 'Jou Omega vs Phi Kappa pig
ma, Diamond, No 3
Delta Pb ye Kappa Sigma, Diamond
No 4
Phi Gamma Della vs Theta Xi, Dia
mond No 1
Sigma Phi Sigma vs Sigma Minot
Epsilon. Diamond No 2.
Alpha Chi Sigma vs Alpha Delta
Sigma, Diamond No
Dena Sigma Phi vs Alpha Sigma Phi.
• Diamond No 4
Colons played last Week 10001105 as
follows:
Slgina 51-2
Omega Epsilon-2
Delta Sigma Chl-4.
Alpha Chi 1210-5
Kappa .Theta-7
Phi Sigma Kappa-11
•
Alpha Seta-11
Theta. Ohl-8
MASS MEETING CALLED TO
DISCUSS HONOR SYSTEM
AMple Discussion Will Place Situa
tion Before Student Body
Tomorrow Night
HONOR COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS CHANGE
SENIOR CLASS TO
ENDOW PENN STATE
Two Weeks Campaign to Make
Every Graduate a Contributor
Started Monday
also an culohment fund of at
host une hunched thousand dollars tot
rout Mate us a gift 11 0111 the mesent
mullet (.11.4 is the aim of the committee
In chat ge. no, 'conducting a thoroug h ainNaso 111 1021 stuileas bollowhig
:meting 01 tlh selling committees of
in. el forty 11/1.11 110111 the class last ea
ening, the cuitnialgn lot funds for the
Nittany Institution has opened to last
Cut thmucelis, until Saturday, May the
sevuttli 'Rai committee in charge of
the cainjiaign, consisting of F. Hazel
hood, cnauman, J. Stevenson and
C 21 bpanglet a expectiug the Imam
minim 01 °hely te
nchlor to tithe tills
uppoi [unity to shuts, his appreciation of
hhat the cuili , m has done fot hint R
ho has been selected as
hidesman 11.01 fot the campaign. IS
toeing that 110 membet of the Cass hill
hemissed.
liAmy Senior is being Inge,' to In
sole hlmmll on a twenty ist9ment,
ent3 9Lar endoqment pollx9 tut mth
-11 torte handled ea the bundled dol
lars Jotlhe end of tv,enty lasts, this
mono and dm intemst that It has an
,uniu'ated 1%111 automiltlvaliy be turned
user to the college a a gilt flout the
dims of 1021 The Equitable Life In
surance Co, of Note leak Is the firm
qhlith has been selected to I.ute the
students of this star's graduating class
ho. endowment 'tuttd idea, Is icon,
parirtfvtlf`xfOW"'ithx`PCith — tstn'?" - as'the
vials of 1920 qas the first to insure its
menthols and to endow the school In this
LLV. It raised the ciedltable sum of
sho.9-fhe thousand denials by the name
method which has been adopted by the
inesent Seldom With about four hon
ored and thia4-flie students In alto
1021 class, the committee expects, by
imans of a thmough canvass, to raise
lii 1011.5 C an
e , hundied thousand dollars
To du this at east three bundled mem
lmrs of the Linss must pledge themselves
to the fund
The belling collimate° of forty-three
Is btaiting to see gull Stmiot relsonttl'y
to e chlals,the endonment fund Idea to
Into Tullio this, the dass 101 l has Leto
tinkled and 1.111.11 munbu of the comm
ittee hue berm itsalgned to see Ito Sen
.:. Thu selling tutee Itlll-get togeth
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CO-EDS CONTRIBUTE TO
CURIE RADIUM FUND
Women of America to Raise Ninety
Thousand Dollars—Mine Curie
on 'Way to America
The gills of Penn State hate 1 °Lenity
10100 to emanate tat stay-file dollats
to the Male Cohn 11001010 Fund 05100
Amatean as moat hale unaettnlan to
1.1110 Plovloun to the pat, lame Curie
one of the gtentest of 0 001011 scientists
of this age, made many famous 0111011-
inents In hot labotatalcs In Fiance tat
an enacavot to dlocaet a. cute for
Lancet tinottga the 1113, of radium Do
ting thu tzar, homaer, she gave het es
ti, tt supply of the metal for the use of
stagcons ht au 10,11 11.11ilLAY and than
0110 has been loosed to cease het egret l
olostal haesligutions Aachen,. 00-
11100, tenlizlng tile v flue of het vatic,
have undentshen to lase ninety thous
and 0011111 Malt will be 00011 to put
-chase one gam of this tat cat at met
als
Mom Calle still nttite in New Yolk
In May to ieLeive km gift nod will he
p.ettoined at that dine by the American
Colleglate_Alunume and many notable
Intentists Nally of the ',omen's coil
kges and co-educational institutions of
this country ate lending delegates to
time Cal ICo reception, but the gills
of Penn Slain Moe decided to present
their gilt as a contribution to tile Ra
dipm Fund itself
CONDUCTS MILK CAMPAIGN
The Home Economics Division of the
Agriculture Unionslon Department has
just terminated an extianshe four day
campaign In Altoona and vicinity on
"Milk for Health," bringing before the
people the utmost importance and val
ue of milk as a food A month prev
ious to the opening of the campaign,
contests in poster making and essays
on "The Food Value of Milk," were con
ducted In the schools of the city, prizes
being awarded Ten Homo Economic
horkers presented the problem of "Milk
for Health," to the children, adults and
to the civic and social organizations in
Altoona and Juniata. In this summer
ton thousand school children and five
thousand adults wet° leached Mr. II
Mace Dunlap, County Agent, was in
btrumental in starting the successful
campaign of which Miss MacDonald,
bond of the Home Economics Depart
ment, had charge
Father's Day!
Have You "Poppecl"
The Question?
PRICE FIVE CENTS
The fate of the present Honor System
is in the hands of the student body and
this Thursday morning each member
will be Shen an opportunity to express
his choice In a definite say. The Cleat
plans as accepted by the Faculty and
Student Council provide for a complete
poll of all enrolled Penn State students
to be taken during Thursday morning
at the different places designated by
the Honor Committee shieh will be In
charge of this undertaking at the re--
quest of the Student Council A mass
meeting Is scheduled to take plate next
Wednesday night at which the attend
en. of all students is requested Wpm
. students and those enrolled as spec
ials are included in this request.
A ethical point In the history of
Penn State has been reached for the
college has come to the parting of the
says If the students are not In favor
of the present system or of any Honor
System, they toil! vote accordingly and
thereby abolish the use of this system
at this Institution. If, they believe In
the Honor System and are silting to
teneto their pledge of support the final
tesults of the voting sill tell a differ
ent story. In order to secure an ac
curate and truly representative vote,
It Is absolutely necessary that every
student vote and that he take special
ca not to testa the campus until he
has re
done this. A vote of this kind will
eliminate all charges of any kind
against the system or for the system
since the student sentiment will be re
corded indelibly upon the final results
of the pen
➢lnes Meeting Ter3 Important
Thetnass meeting which will be held
on tomorrow night in the Auditorium
at seven-thirty °clock will servo to
crystallize the opinion of the student
body Inasmuch as all alba arguments
both•proMnil goe r :for' the notention'oP
the Honor System loin be presented by
those of the Faculty and of the student
body mho are thoroughly familiar with
the present situation E If. A/ken TI
president of the Student Council will bo
In charge of the mass meeting as
chairman will recognize all who wish
to express 'their views upon this Im
portant subject President Thomas
has been asked to be present at the
meeting and speak on the general top
ics brought forth and he has consented
to review all arguments that have been
alt en in favor of the retention of the
Honor System and to deal with the
Honor System from an impartial view
point Thls will-serve to give all pre
sent a cleat undeistanding of the pre
sent condition of affahs so that each
mill be able to cast his tote with a
tompiehenshe knowledge of his action
In ease the student body votes to
thtain tile present Honor System, then
it will be necessary for It to ratify sev
eral impoilant changes that the Stud
ent Council, the Honor Committee. and
the Faculty deem advisable to make
hi the regulations and rules of tho
Henor System as outlined in the Flesh
limn handbook The ballot is so ar
langed and worded that if the student
Ic unallling to abolish the present
system, then he must vote for theso
changes a blob will remedy the defects
that exist In the system nt the present
time A foil discussion of these chang
es will be a feature of thl'mass meeting
and is fol this purpose that an unus
ually. large attendance is desired—to
mate ouch one thoroughly familiar
111th the changes, why they are need
d, and tt hat they embody It Is
highly inobable that no one would be
able to vole Intelligbly concerning these
changes if he were absent from this
meeting
Intro To Be Cast Thursday Morning
At eight o'clock, Thursday morning,
the different polling places designated
by the Honor Committee will be open
ed and r.nain so until noon During
this time it Is hoped that every Penn
State student c 11l have found an op
portunity to cast a ballot.
The honor Committee has chosen tho
tenoning places at .ahich lotus may
lie cast, Co-op corner, Liberal Arts
Building, Agricultural Building, Chem
istry Building, Drigineering A, and Old
Main The different members of tho
Manes Committee will be In charge at
the different potting places as will also
be some students appointed by the
Student Council. Meanwhile the wo
men students of the college will also
have a voting piaru which will probably
he at McAllister Hall for the purpose
of receiving the votes of the co-eds
The women's branch of the Honor Com
mittee will have complete control of the
voting by the women students and JCL
multite their own arrangements.
An a student approaches o. poll for the
pm road of voting ho ail] be given a
minted ballot which he will mark ono of
the two ways left to his choice. If he is
in Savor of abolishing the Honor Sys
tem he will mark Oho ballot according
ly If he wishes to go on record as
a supporter of this system, ho must
vote for the proposed changes
Change In Pledge Needed
The past has demonstrated concha-
Weil that a radical change is needed
In the _wording or the Present Pledge.
in its application and the method In
which it is taken. As proposed, the
pliAge will not only apply to quizzes
and examinations %then' bluebooks aro
ueed but also It will apply to all class
oom work, whether a. written pledge
bo added to tho work or not. Tho spir
(Continued ot Inst ?NM