" NIA . s/ i. v,:. , ( 4 PrV:zl.,t , E . , - - '' , ./855 • . . ° , _____ • The Nine " Had a Track Meet Satinlay VOL. XVI. No. 55 EDITORS ASSURED LIVELY TIME HERE Day Will be Crowded with Many Events-Tie•up Scrap and Ball Games on Program _ MASS MEETING IN EVENING One Hundred and Fifty Newspap ' ermen Expected to Respond , to invitutions ' • ROORS DESIRED i Indications are 'that a number of editors will bring their - wives to State College for the celebration this week end The Publicity Depart ment would appreciate a list of rooms In the town that can be rent ed for them on Friday and Saturday nights Will the Freshmen rooming in 'whale, residences In the borough please find out if any rooms will be available this week end at their house and report Immediately at 175 Old Main? Acceptances of invitations to attend the Editors' and Publishers' Holiday hero next Friday are being received by the Publicity Department, and indicate that there will probably be an attend ance of from one hundred to one hun dred and fifty This estimate in plac ed on returns from only sixty out of 700 editors invited, and is running at about a twenty-five per cent, accept ance, exceeding expectations Full re turns are expected by Wednesday even ing, cards for acceptance having been mailed from here last Saturday. The success of the gathering depends greatly upon the manner In which the students assist with the entertainment of the week end - kuest The - editors will be entertained icy the University Club at a_get-together smoker en Fri day night, and-the college will-have - charge of a campus tour on Saturda y morning. At nil other times students will be called upon to entertain the visitors, take them to' see the various attractions that will be offered, and in -general show them a good time The editors will begin to arrive on Friday afternoon. Many will, stop to vielt Penn's CaVe 013. the way here by auto, and be evening a large ntajorltY of them will.he pore. They will regis .ter.._utieporOuil_at the °ME& Life "news ler . Vice, and be as signed ',there to be entertained In the various fraternity and club houses. Those students who are personally ac quainted with editors who they know are coming, and desire to -entertain them ova; the week-end should advise the Publicity Department to this af fect at once. A good part of the editors who are coming have never attended a college, and one of the big attractions for them will be the general college life and its various phases For this reason Stud ent Council decided to stage the annuat Freshman-Shophomore tie-up romp next Saturday afternoon. Editors have heard much about college serape, but many have never before seen one con , (Continued on last page) FRESHMAN NINE WILL HAVE STRENUOUS-WEEK Yearlings Must Face Maki and Pitt Freahmin-Change is Made in Former Line-iii, After having been idle for almost three weeks since their game with Bal timore Polytechnic Institute, the Fresh man baseball men . will get Into actidn once more this week when they meet the craclr•Klakl and Pitt Freshman nines on Thursday and Saturday af ternoons respectively These twegam es will undoubtedly prove to be the hardest ones that the Yearling. will have this sea - ion and coming as they do almost together will test_ the Nit tany nine to the utmost . Bellefonte Academy was scheduled to oppose the Freshmen on the twenty third of last month and would have, provided plenty of opposition, but rainy weather at the, time prevented the contest and It was postponed to May twenty-eighth Because of the postponement of the Bellefonte game, Coach Rimier hoe not had much opportunity to 800 what the Freshman nine will do under are, ex cept in short encounters with the var sity once a week, and thus has been considerably hampered He has work ed hard though to remedy the faults that appeared In the Baltimore grime and as a result the yearlings should exhibit a much better brand of ball in the corning contests. Their hitting for one thing will be heavier while. con siderable improvement should be evi dent In their defensive work Unfor tunately the pitching staff of the Freshman team Is rather weak and this circumstance gives the opposing nines.a goad handicap There are sev eral hurlers who glve promise of de veloping into fair twirlers before the season Is over but they can still stand considerable grooming and only Plater, Kelly and Dambly are in shape to pitch Ono or two new players , will prob ably appear is the lino-up In the Maki and .Pitt games. Russel will replace ,Weithaus In center Void, since he is a hard slugger, Is exceedingly fast, and covet. the garden, area well, while Runnette may catch In place of Hynes. Runnette is tho , heavier ,hitter, of the two men but - Hynes plays a steadier game and this asset may give him the call over Runnetta The other men on the Loam will bo - Loeffler, first, Reed, (Coutlausi on list page) PLAYERS TO REPEAT SHOW FOR "Y" BENEFIT Dramatic Organization Will Pro duce "Seven Keys to Baldpate" Friday Evening As a benefit for the Y IT. C A. and Y C A. the Penn State Players will re-appear this coming Friday night In the Auditorium at eight-flfteen o'clock In George ki Cohan's melo dramatic farce. "Seven Keys to Bald pate" Those who saw the first pre sentation of this play in February will well remember that the pet tormance was the best that the Playets have given since their organization. Those who did not see the fleet performance missed an opportunity of -ive its - Penn State dramatic work at its best and are fortunate In hat leg this set end op portunity In Friday kvening ; - The cost In Priday night a per( once will remain the' same as the or- Iginal, which, by the way, acted so ad mirably In the Auditorium last Febiu ary and also did splendid work at York Penns, on the twenty-second of April The leading figure of the ..astilt will he remembered, Is B, TV. Knapp wno Plays the part of Nylllla.n- Magee, a novelle Minn: him, the whole produeint BOOM to renter Mr Knapp plays the port like a pi ofesslon al. He makes most of the epee. lies of the show and does no, of the a tins. Four young ladies, co-eds, also - ndd greatly to the success it the lilac These are the Misses Muniford, Muth, Marther and'Sharpless Mies Mumford takes the part of a female crook and certainly knows how to put dramatic expression Into her actions. Mg. Ruth Interprets the part of a charming merry widow, while Mies Sharpless lak es the role of a cub reporter. and Miss Mather takes" the part of the, wife of the caretaker. Then too, the work of W. C. Shultz, who takes the part of Peter the Hermit, should not be °ter looked._ - The clever acting of all the players contributed greatly to the possess of (Continued on last Page) FRATERNITIES READY FOR BIG TRACK MEET Annual Clash Will Take _Place this Saturday-Entries Mist : lie' in Tonight , s,A , hirgeinniolint of.toterastrhairibeerr aroused In fMterniti circles' about the college. concerning the 'interfraternlty , Track Meet which will .be staged on New Beaver Field next Saturday 'after noon. May seventh. 'Last year almost thirty fraternities entered the meet and thus contributed - greatly to Its sue cess This year interest seems to bo even greater than last year, with the result that there will be some very keen competition between the various Greek letter - societies next Saturday At a Meeting of the managers of the various fraternity track teams, which was held last Thursday. the fol lowing rules were drawn opt S. ,- All men who at any time made one point in a varsity and all Fresh- ' 1 men who made the Penn relay trip are barred from participation 2. There can be no more than two entries from each fraternity in each field and track events 3. The score will be counted as fol. lows—(6, 9,2, 1) for the first four Places respectively. 4 At, least five fraternitlee must be represented in an event, or that parti cular event will be called off. 5. All entries must be In the office of the Director of Athletics by tonight. The various events which will take place are the 100 yard dash, the 220 yard dash, the quarter mile race, the 120 yard high hurdles, the 220 yard low hurdles. running high jump, running broad jump, pole vault, hammer throw, shot put, discus throw, javelin throw, and In addition to these an event which promises to be one of the most Inter esting on the program namely, the half mile relay race. In other ypas the In terfraternlty half mile relay was al nays held on a spa: al daY but this ••••a, It has been • "ed • • the list of rots that usually tate Pido.• 'n a track carnival In order to add a little more Interest , to the meet:: MANY FATHERS ATTEND -,HUGE MASS MEETING Much Enthimiattri Exhibited at Gathering where 'Proxy" wel comes Visiting Fathers Every available inch of space In the Auditorium was In use when fathers and students crowded to the mass meet ing Saturday evening held In honor of the visiting dads on the Bret Fathers' Day at State College. Penn State spirit ran high and the guests received a real Insight Into college methods of Instilling pop Into the students. Lthe and short 'speeches to the point by President Sohn M. Thomas. Auditor General C. A. Snyder, Mr. Haines and I Coach Hugo Heeded gave those present something to think about while the music by the band, selections by the varsity ' quartet,' college songs and cheers by all added to the success'of the affair. ' • ' Following a selection by the cadet band which eorved well for a curtain raiser. E. M. Aiken '2l, president of tho Student Council, Wolf charge of the meeting and welcomed the fathers officially for the etudenthody. He than Introduced Dr.'John M Thomas, Penn State's new Vresie," who greeted the dads for the colloko and than convinced thorn In a short time of the great pee (Col2th/Uod on WA Dna) STATE COLLEGE, TUEDAY, MAY 3, 1921 VARSITY BATSMEN OVERWHELM- PLA ID' Heavy Slugging and Many Errors Swimming Pool May be Construct- Cause 18 WO Defeat for Car- t ed as Result of Campaign by negie Tech Nine Graduating Class The varsity diamond men won their l -' A swimming pool for Penn State Is elthenth straight game last Saturdayra dream of many years whine may be afternoon by avowing Carnegie Tech come a reality through the means et under with an avalanche of runs and the Senior endowment fund now being emerglng,on the long end of an 15 to? raised t This pthimedi B being consid -0 score Errors, lid pitches, and pearl g ored by the college officials and it now defensive work on the pert of the Plaid ' ththits their approval and also the re team contributed largely to the Blue cult of the campaign which started last and white scoring and coupled with -.neck and closes-thin , Saturday. The the heavy slugging of the Nittany re- ,Seniors have LMen slow in subscribing presentatives provided a nice coating to the fund up to this time, and this Of whitewash- for the visitors. Until useful well: to' which thtir money may the seventh Inning, Penn State was ~l4e Put should greatly increase the num held to five runs but with the opening ber-of endowers,from the class or the Inning 1311ery reached first on The officials and students here have, a passed ball and when the smoke had ora long time realived that the Nit cleared away after the third out, nine tiny wheel greatly needs a swimming tanks had been registered for the Blue pool A. Lank for aquatic sports could and white "Flunky" Haines' home run ,lie•a great addition to the college and, with two on base was the feature df for this reason, the Senior class - en the Inning Thomas pitched a cool and dowment fund committee is consider st.dy game for theNittanyaggregation ing -this method of having a fitting allowing only one man to reach the Lbemortal front the 1921 students to third cushion and yielding only two Kenn State hits and ono base on balls .He struck It has been ethimated that the con-, out seven men Capps, on the other `thruction of a swimming pool to till hand, twirling for Tech, was yanked 'the requirements of theßlueand white from the box in the seventh inning sludents would cost from fifty to Bev after giving nine hits and Weiss, who enty thousand dollars This pool took his place, was In turn replaced by ;would be built on a large male to ac- Lusicy In the next frame.- None of the criodate the present student body and Plaid hurlers appeared to he ',cry Of- would also be constructed big enough [calve against "Ben's" men. ' to care for the future growth of the Slue Bone Secured In the Seventh , clines° Up 'to the present time no The lucky seventh proved to be the definite plans have been formed and banner Inning for the Blue.and 'White. Its location and the details of con- Uilery, leading off, struck not but - struction, have not been considered reached first when ths catcher dropped Coach-Hugo Berdek Is one of the main the ball and took second on Moines' boosters octhe Idea and he should be grounder to the Tech shortstop, who 'greatly influential in making the held the horsehide too long to catch swimming lank a reellt3 , either runner. Lightner forced out -1, ' Would Borrow Money Haines at second In the next nlOl-and }As the method the Seniors the using then a muff on Koehler's fly to center • te t raise the fund is the twenty payment field scored Ullery, while a 4ecend , twenty seat endowment insurance pot error by the Plaid shortstop perMitted another run to filter across the pixie. 'le), the State College officials would singinn rapid nunnennion by Brum. horrolv the money, using the fund as 1 blush and T'homea added two runs to 03 secur i ty should it be decided to cppstruet the swimming 'mot In this the total and Mearkle, securing' a bath on ball., went to second and advanced may there would he ndlon delay and g to the third sack when the visiting the Senior class would n o [,haws to witit Monty years to see their money third baseman bungled -Killlnger's Which they subscribe being put to some drive. Brumbaugh and Thomas beer ub'eful task If It Is detely decided ed in the meantime. Ullery, in !di second, time at bat in the inning,,als. t e ' :" Setti the " liege is this "'see' no ed a sacrifice -fly and after Captain time would be lost in the construction Haines had swatted out a circuit clout, '941 the peel ;Thus far member. of the 1921 class bringing in both Mearkle and "KTIIY.7. hthe been slow' in subscribing to the and Lightner had tapped out a, single. Vinehlecasexol4.ol4s_ended..thescorlria . t lbY`fii'ing out to•the tleft -1,41 t reports- have"been made by -- the =Not content with fourteen -..'committee up .tethe present time more I the eighth- frame," although diamond men rolled up four La p known the campaign idrunn. Nittany ing far, behind the pace-lt should be • Lusby , was rushed in to relieve Weiss, takingtot been- set at oe hundred reach the minimum gaol the Sklbo pitcher.' The Carnegie team which has , made two additional errors in this Init. thousand dollars, „ n mg, allowing one run to come in, while With the now idea of using the men solid cocks b y . Brum w .on , mnirnin. ey fora fixed penmen which will un doubttly meet with the approval of and Haines and a walk Issued to KAl linger had much to do with the other those being canvassed, it Is expected runs scored Brumbaugh, Thomas, that the fund will .ell rapidly The Mearkle, and 'Olinger contributed the sailing committee has been busy since tallies. the opening of the drive on Monday The line-ups were as follows: the twenty-fifth seeing each member of Penn State the Senior class and urging them to in- AB n. sure themselves with either a three --3 3 2 3 5 hundred or five hundred dollar policy 4 2 0 0 2 With the driLe coming to a close this L- 6 2 2 14 1 Saturday, the eaiesmen are renewing —6 2 2 1 0 their efforts and are hoping for better L. 6 2 3 . 1 0 results during the last few days of the - 5 1- 1 0 0 campaign ... 5 1 0 1 5 The committee in charge will get .- 5 2 2 61 1 together with the selling farce early 5 9 2 1 2 has s e ~ ,v e r e e n k o lo sco lr n th ri zt i ct a ly nd ho t w o much final plans for the closing drive The territory will be ed t hat and the committee will see that every Senior hot had the opportunitly to contribute to the endowment fund. ifearkle 2b Klllinger . L7llery lb. Haines et - _ Lightner IL.- Kochler rf Korb se- ___ Brumbaugh e..._ Thomas p Carnegie Tech AI3RHOAE J Doghorty 2b .... 4 0 R. Doherty lb - 4 8 Durkin se .-- 4 7 Godden It. -- 1 3 Copps 3 0 Mellow rf _ 3 2 Irwino. 3 3 Robertson It. -.- 3 1 (Continued on last logo) NEW HEAD OF OHM AG. DEPARTMENT APPOINTED Prof. R. A. Dutcher, present head of the animal nutrition work of the Univ ersity of Minneaota, was appointed head of the Department of Chemical Agri culture at Penn State at a recent meet ing of the executive committee of the board of trustees The office woe left vacant when Dr. C. W. Stoddort. was selected as Dean of the School of Lib eral Arts Prof Dutcher will assume hie new poslUon in the fall B. ULLETIN _ - TUESDAY 6.30 p. m.‘ Mandolin Club, Auditorium. 7:00 p. m.—Johnstown Club Meeting, 206 Main 7:00 p. m.—Y. M. C. A., 14 L. A. . -WEDNESDAY 7:00 . p. m —Political EcOnomy Discussion, 19 L A 7:00 p. m.—Y. Al C. A., 14 L. A. - 7:00 p. m.—Glee Club, Auditorium. ' THURSDAY . - 630 p. m.—Freshman Class Meeting. Old Chapel. 7.00 p. m.—Carbon County Club, 13 L. A 7.00 p. m.—Mechanical,Engineering Society, 200 Eng. D 7.00 p. m.—Choir Practice, Auditorium. FRESHMEN . .All Freshmen who wish to try for Second Assistant Manager of the Penn State Players report:Tuesday - evening at six-thirty in room 314 Old Main. PHI KAPPA PHI The - certificates of those who were initiated in January of this year have arrived and are signed. They may be obtained by applica tion to Prof.,J. M. Willard, at the Mathematics Office, L. A. Building. ' IMPORTANT!' A ,: •,. ~.,\ i‘\‘,. ' All students wishing to take course in Mechanics 2 immediately after the close of this'year report to Prof. Brenneman at once. • ToUrgiati. SENIOR ENDOWMENT NEEDS SUPPORT INCLEMENT WEATHER SLOWS FRATERNITY TENNIS CONTESTS Owing to the inclement weather last week the inter-fraternity tennis tourna ment was considerably slowed but it Is honed by the committee that the pre sent a:reit Will bring the elimination down to tile semi-finals. To accom plish this the following matches molt be played before Thursday night Delta Tau Delta vs Theta' Chi. Sigma PI vs Phi Delta Theta winner to play Sigma Chi Phi Gamma Delta vs Phi Kappa Sigma Delta Pt vs PI Kappa Alpha 'Beta Theta PI vs Alpha Chi Sigma, winner to play Phi Sigma Kappa 'Omega Epsilon vs Delta Sigma Chl, winner to play Delta Upsilon ANNUAL TIE-UP SCRAP WILL OCCUR SATURDAY Underclassmen Will Strive for Class 'Honors-Visiting, News papermen to Attend Scrap The visiting editors to Penn State on May Seventh will have an opport unity to witness a class scrap, which In all probability is new to most of them, the Freshman—Sophomore tie-up scrap This will be a lively exhibition of un derclass rivalry, since the Sophomores are anxious to punish the Frosh for the defeat which they suffered at the Freshmen's hands In the tug-of-war The Frosh are Just as anxious however to retain their supremacy next Sat urday The tie-up scrap will be held next Saturday on Old Beaver Field. Prev ious to the mix-up. the Sophomores will gather in Old Chanel as usual. the Freshmen In the Stock Pas 'llion All Freshmen and Sophomores are expected to report and take part In the scrap unless presented by participation in some sport at that time The scrap will be regulated strictly according to the isles adopted for the same, and which ma, be :Merrell to in the Freshman Bible The committee asslating In the carry ing out of the plan will consist of the following men Beck, Rauch, Dolor, Hess, Williams, Baer, Hills, McCollum, Mowrer, Lcuschner, Drown, Hahley, Bentz, Rltner, Houston, Burtner, Coop er, Stark, Myers, Sacoley, Snell, Rills, Parent, Romig, Stemming and Way. Rules of the Scrap 1 There shall be six geriods of five minutes each 2 Each class shall be represented by fifty members-In each period. 3 Rubber soled shoes shall be worn by rill members 4 Any man detected In slugging shall forfeit tuo points frortthe more of his respective class 5 Sophomores to meet in Old Chap el. Freshmen in the Stock Favil LACROSSE MEN- READY FOR SOUTHERN 'JAUNT Games With University of Mary land and Navy To Be Played , This Week end. • Ammtal _southern Will toe th e INittan'flitielE r wiNdern will begin next Thursday when the varsity squad, Manager Jennings, and Coach "Doc" 'ents leave the college for the 'Uni versity of Maryland The first game of 'the trip will be played on Friday with the CnlTiversity_of 'Maryland lacrosse team ,an opponents , As this is also the first game of the 1921 aeaon, the contest will serve as a baste of c om parison for the Navy game and will also shoo the mettle of "Doc" Levine proteges On the following day, the Nosy combination will attempt to duplicate their successes of the present season by conquering the Blue and White toelve with an overwhelming lie Ore The Nayy has a wonderful aggrega tion this year as the scores of the var ious games which they have played 40 far this year attest They have beensvictorious in every one of their intercollegiate clashes by one-sided scores To date, their have all been over eleven points and in no game their opponents been able to an nex more than two Last year they nem able to make thirteen Paints while the 'Manny men were unable to gain a single tally Coach "Doc" Lewis and Manager Jen nings are of the opinion that the Mid dies Rill not have such an only time this year for the Penn State line-till is a formidable one Listed in the probable cast are a number of former varsity football men and lacrosse stars of former seasons 'the men who will probably make the trip are F • Leuchner '2l, captain, M G '2l, 13, C Jones '2O, P N Grilllithe 21, F IV Cladding '2l, E S Farley '2l, A II Croup '2l, L F. Bothrock '2l, L C Brown '22, D S. 'Yocum '22, P. H Trout '22 A 13 Hottmon '22, and C Ii Eisler '23. IMPORTANT MEETING OF CHESS CLUB WEDNESDAY A meeting of the Chess Club will be held on Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock in 314 01‘1 4 31ain It is urged that every ono be present as the question of mak ing application for membership in the Intercollegiate Chess League will be brought up All men interested in the Chess Club Tournament, are requested to play off their games immediately Be that the men who are to opposo New York UnNersity may be chosen. STUDENT ARCHITECTS TO , PLAN MEMORIAL SETTING The competition committee of the Scarab, Architectural Fraternity pro poses as subject of this competition• "A setting for a bronze memorial tab let." Students of all tour classes in the Architectural School are eligible to compete for the money prize which will be awarded the winning design. CLASS OF 1919 MEETS TO PLAN OET•TOGETIIEII A meeting uas held by the class of 'l9 in room 14, of Liberal Arts, In or der to realm plans for a dance or a smoker. A committee has been ap pointed to work this matter up A dance will be hold If it can be arranged and if It cannot, then a smoker will be be staged There are ennui fifty mom bore of this class still in college, and the attendance at the meeting was rath er small so all the members of the class are urged to come out and get behind this movement with some of the old close spirit, Give •The Endowment Fund A Boost PRICE FIVE CENTS NITTANY TRACKMEN OUTRUN AT RELAYS Blue and White Runners Annex One Second, Three Thirds and • a Fourth SEVERAL RECORDS BROKEN Freshman Relay Team Nosed out at the Tape-Barron and Way Win Places Despite unfa}omble smelt conditions. Penn States mlay teams made a praise worth} shoving in the premier track meet of the }car, the University of Pennsylvania rclay emnieN. nhieh was held last Vllady and Saturday on Franklin Field In view of the tact that the Blue .2nd White did not score any firsts, It ens seem that the Nit tany aggregation vas not up to the standard which Penn State is accus tomed to tend to the relays Such. however, Is not the c toe, for it re- cords ate corm.; ed It will be found that in some cases the time in which this }tar'sßlue and Willie represen tatives finished was men better than In years when Penn State won the championship in those events The class of athletes which competed Last year Penn State won the In tercollegiate Distance Medley Cham pionship of America The team which reinesented the Blue and White this year ran-eten a faster race than last t'eat's chamilions, beating the old re cord by eleten seconds and at that receiving on], fifth place, which shows that the teams which represented Il linois. Ames (Iowa). Penn. and Col gn.te, which finished In the nodes nam ed, w ere ceptionall" strong Bile started of f in in the distance medley by running the quartet in 51 1-5 seconds Eigerton followed and ran the half mile in 1 minute. 69 seconds Captain Demming then took the baton and stepped off three-quarters of a mile in the fast time of 3 minutes, 9 seconds Romig then follow.' and ran the mile In 4 minutes, 27 3-5 seconds The race was run on Erich, afternoon before a crowd of 20,000 specLatots who watch ed the athletes through a constant misty sprinkle of rain As far as the weather goes. Saturday owned to — be men worse than Friday. However, “Charley" Way started off brilliantly In the broad jump, but Aims unable to catch up to Gourdin of Harvard, who uon the event by jump ing,23 feet, 10 1-2- inchesirmad.Coulese-L.._ of Yale, echo leaped 23'feet 10 inches Way finished third With a lump of 22 feet 3 1-2 inches In the hurdles, Barron, the Ameilean Champion, again failed to stop Thomp son, of Dartmouth In the preliminar ies, Kauffman came in second in his heat, V. Site Bat ron finished first in his Kauffnmn houever did not come thru the send finals and in the finals, Thompson, the Olympic hurdling cham p!. was pressed to the tape be Wright of Nebraska and Barton of Penn State The latter men finished in second and third places respectively In the Bar told meet, Barron did the 120 yard high hurdles in fifteen amends flat The track at Frankhn Field nas very Ima' and .nsequentle held up the speed of the ewers Thompson, who 11=1 CAST CHOSEN FOR PLAYERS JUNE SHOW To Be Given in Open Air Theatre as Part of Commencement Activities As the iesult of trials held in the past three weeks for parts In "A Thou wind Yeats Ago," a inantasle by Percy alachaye uhiell the Penn . State Play will produce in the outdoor theatre on Priddy Evening. June teeth, the fol lowing persons uere chosen for the cast . 'Yolanda. Miss Aleen M Fell T 3 Altoum • tr. D Taylor '2l Zellma. C llewston '24 Cale _ - W C, Shultz T 1 Barak D II Poll°ifield '2l Ch tag L C Freer '23 Scariniouche _ I I) McCord T 4 Punchinello Id II Rolston '23 Pantaloon_ II A Matsinger . 22. Harlequin _ R M Schaffer '23 Cripocamico . C R Corbin '23 The background q the play is fanci ful, old China where "Romance still goes macouing serenely with drag magicians, clowns, Milian% and heroes " It is a story of yesterday but Mackaye's cunning has caught the spir it and traditions of a thousand years ago and made them for us into a story of today Tumndot, the lovely Princess of Pe kin, falls In love wlth' a beggar To any onds,sthe Is willing to go to keep her love secret and sacred for the choice of her heart A withered rose, a ring. a fleeting remembrance of loveliness mut all that he had of her, and she a wallet, a beggar'. %allot, worn old and tattered but next to her heart the glow that his smile had there kindled. But in China, even as it Is In this age, Princesses were not for beggars, but then too, It %as that Bo man. still went masoning and bonded Its charm to Tumndot And BO Is the story—an Oriental osamvaganza, redo lent in all the charms and mystery east of the rising sun The cost is particularly well chosen and each character Is indeed fitted into the role he will piny Rehearsals are In progress ovary night under the per supervision of Mr. Arthur C Cloo tingh, Director of The Penn State Play ers. and [hero is no doubt that "A Thousand years Ago still be the most pretentrlus production yet Offered by the Players.