, Gee. -. , ' ..S - arit'ilL7Wee,Kly ... _ . . •, , , • < ,,,,A .„,._, 11,,_ k' ' '''<.', . . i:i t !i... i ~ ...7 , -, , o c„ f . -- *„. 4 '18 5 ' .. Penn State - Spells May Day T-r-tt-c4c VOL. XVI. No. 58 TRACK. EVENTS FEATURE - MAY DAY SPORTS CARD Colgate University and Penn State Cin der Men to Strive For Hon_ ors _ - , in Dual Contest -- SCHOLASTIC TEAMS TO . , STAGE ANNUAL CLASH ' New Beaver Field will grove Itself to be a mecca for high school - track athletes all day tomtit row, whim over two hurdled, and twenty wearers Of the thin clads, regiesenSing high and preparatory schools from all parts of the commonwealth meet to decide the championship The Interscholastic Track and Field Meet has been an an nual affair at Penn State - for many years, tomorrow's celebration marking the twalftli milestone that has been passed. This yew. the races will be contested by a greater number of stk. letes than has over appeared at the Interscholastlts at any previous time Eighteen schools are sending their re presentatives, the total number of ath letes numbering over two hundred and twenty In addition to these a nom tier of athletics managers, coaches and friends of the various contesting teams bo here - to see the meet Classes will end aftel the second hour Saturday morning, to order that students and faculty_naay attend the meet, which nlll begin promptly at ten o'clock. This early dismissal of class wee secured through the Efforts of the Student, Council which recently pe titioned the Council of Administration to have May fourteenth declared a holi day. In the morning, the trials land semi-finals - 1n the dashes and hurdles will be run and at the same time the finals In the field events will be staged. The truck events which will take place In the morning are the 100 yard dash, the 220 yard dash, the 120 yard high hurdles, the 220 yard low hurdles and the 440 yard dash. At the same time ::the following field events will be stag -ed. putting the 12 pound shot; throw ," Ing the .12 pound hammer, throwing -the discus, Use pole vault, the running Mglt jump, the running broad JutuP And throwing - , the javelin These .ev ,-;_onts will concludn'..the'PLlCl.T.llll for.tho morning and the meet will be concord promptly' at, one-thirty in the safter noon, when finale in the various track events will he I an. These races will occur in the following order, 100 yard dash,. 120 yard low hurdles, MO yard dash, two mile run, 220 yard low hard - (Continued on last pager VEGETABLE SURVEY IS COMPLETED BY COLLEGE Large Number of Vegetable Pro duction and Green House Cent ers Found in State ,Tho vegetable survey of Pennsylvan ia which was started some thno ago by the Department of Agriculture has brought out a number of interesting facts about vegetable growing in our State While the work is not yet com plete. sufficient - data lieu been brought in to show the diversity of vegetable gardening in Pennsylvania ' Foe ex ample, the survey reports that there are three Important greenhouse con tera In the State where vegetables are faced. These greenhouses ate at Ken net Square In Delaware county, at New Castle. and at Erie, and It tied been estimated that In these three sections twenty acres of land aro under glues. It was also learned that theme green houses ship their produce as far as Boston. The Erie area supplies twen ty to thirty cities and towns through out Pennsylvania. In addition to the green house acre age, there Is a largo number of cold frames In Philadelphia county and in Darts of Delaware county. The survey has found about fourteen thousand of these cold frames which are thhoted to the cultivation of the solid crops such as lettuce. °scare], and the dan lelion- The survey had brought out the fact that _Pork county in the iaedieg can ning center of the state, there being over twenty-five separate canneries In the county. " These canneries are handling tomatoes, sweet corn, peas, and string beans - Few people - are aunre of the fact ' that excellent sweet potatoes and water melons aro being grown along the Sus quehanna River and on some of the sandy islands in thi river, especially on Hoover's Island below Sunbury In Allegheny and Imberne counties, the survey found extensive develop ments of the market gardening indust ry. The Important' Itrucklng centers of the state were found in the southern part of Erie county and in the nqythern 'part of Indiana county. The muck lands of •Pymatuning . Swamp in Crawford county Is being used largely for the cultivation of on ions, cabbage, and root crops As paragus Was found most In the Mor risville section of Rucks county The value of such a survey as this can easily be seen. It Is through those surveys that the amount of land u der cultivation is determined and it n is _also by these survoya that the farmer can find out whether he is getting the maximum Value out of his ground. Tommlow's varsity track meet wits Colgate "Promisesto rival the recent lip llling meot with Harvard from a point of Intel est and closeness of score Up to the present time little has been heard In this locality concerning the Maroon team.and It Is therefore - Im possible to judge the calibre of the vis itors with any amount of exactitude Coach' Martin, konever, is tatting no chances and is running his best-men agalnit those front the New York In siltation Colgate is represented by a stronger team on the track this year than for many Scare he the past. Their men are exceptionaly_strong In the taboo, broad jump and all the field events In the one mile relay race which was run at nit annual track carnival at the Unlvelsity of Pennsylvania see eral tieeks ago, the Maroon tram finished second to a very fast team from Cornell Collego,Howa). The only other con test in which Colgate has taken part this year occurred last Saturday when the. wearers of the Malawi and White met the pohoful teams from the Uni ersltles of Syracuse and Pittsburgh In olangular meet held at the home of the Orangemen. This meet was won by Syracuse, Pitt finished second and Col gate coming In third, the score being 50, 33, and 27 respectively. The strength of the visitors _must theiefore be very great, far in last Sat urday's meet the Colgate runners met two of the best track teams in the countiy and gave both of them a hard' battle despite the fact that they finish ed third Their strength is shown by the fact that four firsts were secured ,by -the men from the Hamilton insti tution. klonroc , -was first .In the high jump, Volgeneau secured first in the discus,. Lawrence' first In the high hurdles and Watson first ,In_the broad JUMP Patterson; who Is undoubtedly the", highest,point getter on-the-whole Colguttetehm; was linable; to run In the triangular meet 'because of a 'broken toe Patterson Is the ,present holder of the Junior American 100 Yard Dash Championship and is also a fast man in the 220 and very good In the weights Hod he taken part in the recent tri angular meet; Pitt would undoubtedly had to step much more lively in order to come in second It Is - uncertain silletitv Patterson will ,compete 411 to morrow's games, but should he do lid. Penn State will have to put aria bard light tn order to win th 9 events in which he appears Blg who has gone en,'tlte, trip with the basoball team, will not be back'to run against Patterson in the.loo yard and 220 yard dashes Colgate had two very good men in the half mile, Captain Van Bree and Robertson Robertson Is the holder of the Colgate record is the half mile Van Bree, In addition to' running the hail mile will also apbecr In the quar ter Both of those men are slowly rounding Into their old form and Coach J P. Rourke, of the Colgate team, ex pects these two men' to give Captain John Demmlng and his team mates a Moly chase Colgate also has another very good ma - n, Virtue, who Y.. In the punster and 220 yard dash This makes hip, third yew on the Colgate team and he has been rapidly develop ing Into one of the fastest short dis tance men on the Motion and Ehite tonal Volgoaneu and Brine will ap peal In the weight events. The Penn State entries in tomor row's meet will be practically the same as those who appeare'd on the Harvard program Ullery and Haines will not appear in the events as they are out of towit'ulth the baseball team. An ad dltional event will take place ,that ot throwing - the discus; and in it Penn State will be represented by Jones, Beek, Darnell and McMahon. ' FRESHMEN WILL NOMINATE OFFICERS AT NEXT MEETING The Freshman Class will meet next Monday night In the Bull Pen at 7 o'clock, when the nomination of offic ers fot next year will take Piaci , Ma shies, electing a, president, vice-presl= dont, secretary and treasurer, the close will elect a member to Student Council. A. committee will be appoint ed to take charge of the °Malmo% which will have full charge of the bal lots cast and will distribute printed ballots for the election The election of officers Will probably take place on the twenty-sixth of this month. This date haq not definitely been decided upon as "Yet but will be announced later The fact that offic ers -will be elected should urge every member of the class of '24 to attend this meeting. SKULL AND BODIES ELECTIONS H. H. Hilo '22 A C Oehrlo '22 A. CI Pratt '22 W E Patsy '22 N. I. dolor '23 . B D. Evans '23 R Hufford '23 C II Kauffman '23 L C. Longhurst '23 CI A. 'Marshall '23 W D =ler '23 E. G.- Tice '23 ' STATE COLLEGE, PM FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1921 SOUTH AMERICA TO BE; SUBJECT SUBJECT OF LECTURE Instructor in Spanish Department Will Talk on His Adventures in Latin American Countries Smith America. with its - varied types of inhabitants, customs, modes of living geographic and many other features, will bo the general theme upon which Mr. Willis K Jones, an instructor In the Spanish Department, will lecture tonight at seven o'clock in the Old Chapel. Mt Jones is yell Qualified to sneak upon the subject whiLh he has chosen, as he recently spent thred years ox an instructor, student and newspaper reporter In South American Countries The subject will ho Illus trated with sixty lantern slides, show log pictures which the lecturer took while on many interesting trips [brit Latin American lands Mr Jones has given his talk the title, "A Frog . . Eye View of South America," because of the fact that the subject will not be drawn from any one country or local- ity, but will be taken front all points of South America and the impression left is expected to be somewhat similar to that which would he received by hopping about the continent from one end to the other The object of tho lecture Is to give those who ate interested a general Idea of what South America is like, the various types of Inhabitants, and In addition to that, to present some facts that the average student has not thought about. While teaching on the Southern continent, Mr Jones _spent all his vacations travelling. and In so doing, visited every country in South America with the exception of Columbia Venezuela and the Dulaney During the time which he spent as a government school inspector and also as a report er on Bolivian and Chilean newspap ers, he had' many opportunities to become thoroughly acquainted with these countries and the habits and customs of their people. - • THESPIANS REHEARSING DAILY FOR JUNE PLAY Many Impressive Scenes Included in Pompompus I—Burlesque on Uncle Tom's Cabin'to be Given Pompompus I, the feature show to be-zivon by the 'thespians will'bo„pre=, seated to the public on blondaleht qune tbirteenth4,--itiegianilictore-Th cast :has strenuously for the past week and they have re= hearsals scheduled for-each night of the neck up 00011 the date of the•show. POMPOMPUS 11s a musical comedy written by B W Knapp '2l and Prof. C L Harris The scenes are laid in Jaztecla, efexica, in the fall of 1492 Act 1 le laid In the audience chamber of Pompompue I, king of Jaztecia The second act is laid in the Temple of the Sun and the final ant la divided into two scones The first le in the Prison of Surdado and the second in the Temple of the Sun The time of the - first act Is Saturday, the second the following Monday and the first scene of the third act is set for Sun rise on Tuesday morning while he final scene takes place on Wednesday The part of Pompompue I is taken by B N. Knapp '2l and D V. Bauder '24 takes the part of Queen Prornlsla. F. E Rockey '2l portrays the part of Columbus The first scene open's In the audience chamber in the absence of King Porn pampas. The Queen is sitting in her throne. at the rear of the stage The court is In attendance and In the op ening &honus they show that they are dismayed With the manner in which the Queen is ruling. A messenger an nounce& the return of the Icing and all rush forth to greet him After the King's arrival a courier announces that Columbus - will discover America en the following day far the first time. The King prepares a festival in the timer 0t,,, Columbus The entertainment con sists of several travesties, one of which is Uncle Thomas' Cabin. The scene closes with the dancing girls reappear ing in the court after their banishment by the Queen. BULLETIN '- FRIDAY 7.00 p. in.—Modern Language Club, Foyer. 7.00 p. m —Lecture on South America, Isrof.-NV K. Jones, Old. Chapel 7.00 to 10.00 p. m.—Senior Girls Lawn Fete, Front Woman's Bldg SATURDAY 10:00 a. m —Trials for Inter-Scholastic Track Meet, New Beaver 1.30 p. m —Track Meet, Penn State vs Colgate, New Beaver. Finals of-Inter-scholastic Meet, New Beaver. . 1-30 p. m —Tennis, Penn State vs Swatthmore, Armory Courts. 4 . 00 p. m.—Baseball, Penn State Freshmen vs Bellefonte, New Beaver 7:00 p. m.—Literary Circle, ll L. A. _ SUNDAY 9'30 a. m.—Two-year Ag Bible Class, I l L. A Both Chapels—President John M. Thothas. 6 30 p.m.—Band Concert, Auditorium . • _ MONDAY 6.45 p. m.—Sophomiire Class Meeting, Old Chapel. 7 OD p..ni.—Preshman Class Meeting, Bull Pen. Elections. .; 7:00 p. m —Cosmopolitan Club, 213 Main Election of officers. 4 s., 7.00 p. m.—Philadelphia County Club, 11 L. A. 7.00 p. m.—Butler County Club, 314 Main. Y. M. C. A. shares will be payable at Metzger's on Monday, Tues day, and Wednesday evenings from six to eight o'clock. FRESHMEN The Abbie Dorwart Bible Class meets in the Old Chapel immed iately after the first chapel exercises on Sunday morning. You are welcome. ' 4 , tglatt 4 [. H. The I Sela Vill iors an t---___ SENIORS DISCUSS FUND AT MEETING Graduating Class Will Decide the Form of Endowment at First Reunion u in 1926 ' i tDRIVE CLOSES THIS WEEK Sales ~Committee Making Final Canvas—Prospects Brighter as Campaign Ends Prospects are looking brighter for the Senior Endowment Pond campaign since the 1921 class meeting last Tues day evening when tho members of the gradusting class endorsed the drive and pledged their support. A grand final effort Is now being made by..the sales toinittoe to make the campaign successfu m l and to make the percentage of subscribers from the class as high a o possible The Seniors will not decide to what auto their money Is to be put until fine years from now at their' first class reunion At that time the needs of the college will be considered' and the fund will be devoted to some north while purpose Should a very largo amount be needed by the Blue and White school, then the funds of the 1020 class may be combined with that of this year's graduating class along with endownients from the following classes In this stay an imposing and more valuable memorial from a group of classes could be given to Penn State t Five years from now, the endowment Bind will aim be larger from the :yearly payments which base been made on the Individual policies and from the Interest that has accrued on them "At that time, more money ran be borrowed on the sum and, as a re sult, whatever the. 1921 ,cass should decide to give to the Nittany Institu tion still be much 'better and More valuable At the meeting the class voted to place the executive committee which Is now directing the campaign In charge dyf the funds until It Is de finitely decided how the money shall be used. Final Round-up Now On The large sales force Is endeavoring to make a final drive so that every Senior will have been seen and will hate - had an opportunity to subscribe F liaeeht and, who is chairman of the committee, has 'announced that if any member of the class has been missed fa'•lthe aanvites, and wishes to sub saibe ,ho „should see him or one of the thliti.e"ineiliArtMore,attosto—Jit St, venson," C. Sl' Spangler' or It R AV Moms are the others who are ready to explain tho•fund and to receive sub scriptions until that ,thne Prospects are now brighter and a Large number of, subscribers are expected When the examining physician a , . rives at State College on Monday, the drive vvill have been closed AU mem bers of the class aho have taken out the endowment policies will at that time be scheduled for an examination which will probably bo held at the Armory DR. SPARKS TO ADDRESS FREUDIAN BIBLE CLASS The Dora art Bible Class for the Class of 1924 will end its meetings for the year next Sunday when Dr E E Sparks. the founder of the class, will speak to the Freshmen. The program still also include several other speak ere The Theshmen Bible Class for this' year has been the largest that Penn State has ever had and, judging from present Indications, the class for the Freshmen next year will be even larger and better than the pres ent One INTER-CLASS LACROSSE - SERIES BEGINS SOON Coach Lewis announces that for the next two weeks there will be a soles of Inter-class lacrosse games I' li. - Leusehner '2l, win be In charge of the series, and it Is "Doc" Lewis' plan to lot the varsity stick-wielders coach the class teams and teach them a few of the tine points of the game Thls will continue for about , ten days, ate, which Cie varsity will begin to train for the Toronto game: TELEGRAPHIC RETURNS _Captain Haines' lusty trite In the tenth Inning against Prince ton on Wednesday gave the Blue and White diamond men a G to 5 victory over the Tiger "nine In the first galbe of the eastern trip A wonderful running catch by "Joe" Lightner In the ninth In ning saved the Nlttany nine tram defeat at the time, the score then being 3 to 3, hut the Princeton inns secured two more fillies in the tenth and it remained for 'Tlinky .. to push the winning runs across tSr Penn State Mel linger pitched good ball for nine innings but Amin taken out In the tenth frame and his place was taken by Thomas, who fanned three batters, after hitting one man and walking another The varsal be7gehall team plays Yale at New Haven today and then motes on to meet Le high at Bethlehem tomorrow. Telegrams announcing the re sults of these games will be re ceived at the Collegian office and will be posted In the window as soon as possible YEARLING DIAMOND MEN WILL FACE BELLEFONTE Academy Team Defeated Panther Cubs by 2-I—Freshmen Have Shown Little Improvement With a . ..cord of three straight de feats and no victories to their credit, the Freshman diamond men will make a desperate. attempt to overcome the jinx tomorrow afternoon at the expense of Bellefontc Academy, the game being scheduled to take place on New Beaver field at four o'clock The Bellefonte nine was originally slated to play hero an April twenty-third but wet weather t that time prevented the clash and It was moved forward to tomorrow A colors contest will be played at the county seat next Saturday ' Judging by the work of the yearling players In the last two weeks and their failure to show any Improvement over the poor baseball dlsplayed in the Baltimore Polytech game, it would seem that the Academy nine should be aide to pull through with a xiotoM tomorrow since It Is a fairly strong aggregation and has defeated the Pitt Freshmen by 2 to L Lost week the Panther Cuba slipped one run too many over on the Ilittany Freshmen In a thlrte'en Inning contest and their eet •eek_byLthe,Bellefonteslteam,thusvilar, the silences of the Blue and White Freshmen against the same out fit The Bellefonte batsmen also nos ed out the Penn State varsity emend team three or four weeks ago by the Seunt of 5 to 9 and walloped Dickinson minary, 12 to 6 Juniata College and Wyoming Seminary, honorer, manag ed to turn the tables on them The Bellefonte nine meets Wyoming Sem inary again today so that the outcome of the game may greatly affect tumor- row's contest Floe Veterans On Academy Team Bellefonte eons fortunate enough this year to have five men back from last ason's team and the baseball mentor was thus able to mold the nine around these players Captain Parshall, who is doing stellar work behind the bat, has played with the Academy baseball team for the past three years and Is now performing better than ever while Steffen, although not a veteran, is pitching excellent ball and has held the majority of opposing batters at his meicy He may be railed upon to hurl afainst both Wyoming Seminary and the, Nittany first-year men this week end Besides Patehall, Mahon beim, Rigby. Hillard, and .0 Fleming e the Other old members of the team and hold down their positions well Hlhand covers first base In good style while Highs' appears at third C. Flem ing iln, es center .field and F•rauea helat usually guards right field The latter player may bo replaced by Mc- Bride, who has made a strong bid for tho garden area. Irwin, Foreman, and Webb at second, short and left field respectively-round out the Bellefonte nine The slugging of the Academy team this year is much better than In former seasons although It often runs streaks, and the teamwork as a hole Is a decided Improvement over Ira of last year, so that the Freshman (Continued on fourth page) PRESIDENT THOMAS TO - ' BE CHAPEL SPEAKER President Thomas will address both chapel services next Sunday In the cap acity of speaker Nearly one month ago, Dr Thomas spoke on the sub lea of "The Use of Freedom" which Ras especialy prepared for the visiting fathers The address next Sunday will Probably relate toeome phase of free dom and as such should prvo to be of Interest to all VARSITY TENNIS TEAM TO MEET SWARTRIIOIIE The varsity racquet wielders will got Into action for the second time this season when they meet the tennis team from Swarthmore College tomor row afternoon at one thirty o'clock on the 'Armory courts Two or three weeks ago the Blue and White Players lost to Bucknell on the local courts by,a close margin but strenuous Mae . ' 'Moe since then has greatly improved Abelr style of play, and they Premiss to give the Swarthmore men a stiff fight. The Blue and White team for tomorrow's contest will be chosen from I the following men: Captain Beard, W,ll son, Boggs, Guthrie, and Watts DELTA SIGMA RIIO ELECTIONS Ralph S. Adams T 2 Raymond C. 'Kramer '22 Barclay S Leathern '22 wineton E. 'tows '2l PRICE FIVE CENTS GRADUATES ACTIVE ON JUNE PROGRAM Saturday, June Eleventh is Day Set for Alumni Stunts for Commencement Week RECORD CROWD EXPECTED Track Events, Baseball Game, Re ception and Important Busi ness Meeting Scheduled Cronds of Penn State alumni and friends will fleck to State College for the Commencement Week at Penn State this year, according to all indi cations that speak for the biggest and best June program in the histoly of the institution Flom Friday, June tenth :then the lortshman stunts start the Program until thc following Tuesday ev ening uhen the reception to engage guots brings the activities to a close. something will bss taking Place. from athletic events to executive meetings The old Penn State gendu ttes will fea turc largely in the affair and many hate already decided to come, either singly or kith the entire family. Alumni Day, uhich lam been set for Saturday this You, Is going to tvl clouded with events that nromise to attract many flutters for tile Ueek end In fact, the alumni hate vo much to do that they hate been forced to sche dule an Important meeting far Friday eNenlng. so that they will not be kept from the fun on the folloking day Immediately after the Freshman stunts, Frld o evening, the Penn State Playms will prevent "A Thosuand Tear Age" In the Open Air Theatre The aluranl meeting which occurs a little later Is that of the Alumni Council This Is the second time that this body has come together Although author ized In 1917, owing tonar onditions, thin orgnnization met for th e firsttime last January tt hen important business was transacted and the organisation bettered. The June meeting kill ac complish much in gaining more effi cient methods of narking and In se curing a more unified action among the alumni Band Concert Starts Elg . Day The class• of 1010 which holds its first Mc yeas reunion in June expects to start Alumni Day right by awaken ing the rest of the town Saturday morning with their osn noise and as sisted by the band This eser popular musical otganization still then continue Its work by staging a concert at nine o'clock business meeting of the General Alumni Association at ten o'clock In the Auditorium will be one of the most important ever held by that body. It Is expected that this (Continued on last nage) DRAMATIC DIRECTOR TO EXPLAIN PLAY STAGING Arthur C. Cloetingh to Address Normal School Students on the Production of Plays On Friday oyenlng, May thirteenth. Mr Arthur C Cleetingh, of the Depart ment of English, pill deliver a lecture at Bloomsburg on "How to Entertain The Community " The problem Is one p hien Is confronting the people today and Mr - Cloetlngh Is pointing to the 0111100 as a logical solution for It He Ismarrylng along Pith him a portable stage Phich he still erect In the course of the lecture by trig of illustration Also he 0111 bring out the veil°us ef fects that can be PI 000000 pith simple scenery and curtains When the stage has been build and set step by step pro one act plays pill be given to empha sire the various palate of the lecture The filet peiformance pill be "The Noble Lord," Perchal Wilde It pill be remembered that the play NI. presented hole by The Players en April fifteenth in theh hill of Three Representative Plays It Is a bit of human nature which culminates In a typical Wilde ending The cast of characters Is He Etonian G Adams '2l She - Sara C Hoorper '22 Peters Dodd D Afason The other play will be "The Farewell Supper" by Arthur Schnitzler, the Vien nese dramatist It Is taken from the Cycle of Anatole, a series of seven one net plays, which piesents Arthur Schnitzlo at hie best Off with the old love, on with the now to happiness Is the bit of philosophy he portuos The cast In the production is— Anatole _ .Arthur C Cloetlngh . Mex. Hayman G Adams '2l Annie Frances C Hewston '24 Title Is the Clint extension program of The Players In addition to this theta will be also another performance Inter In the month in Lock Haven Al ready plans eta under way to make this department of The Players a very Important factor In their program for the coming season. FRESHMEN MAY ATTEND SENIOR GIRLS' LAWN FETE The lawn foto which the Senlot wo men students are holding - tonight from seven to ten on the lawn In front of the Women's Building may bo attended by Freshmen as soot as rho other three classes Customs will be off thorn and many first year men will undoubtedly take advantage of this oppottunity to gut back Into the nodal world. As previously announced, the danc ing Is open to everybody at the nomin al charge of ten contra per tp.ent The music will be furnished by a special dance orchestra of Women students. Other features of the evening will be card games and refreshments at o. small cost, •
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