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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.