Tomorrow’s Score Lehigh? I’enn State? « VOL. XVII. No. 10 IMMENSE MASS MEETING AND LEHIGH GAME CROWN GALA WEEK-END EVENTS MASS MEETING TONIGHT Gathering Will Begin at Seven O'clock With Demonstration By Student Body BIG SPEAKERS LISTED Pyrotechnic Display On New Bea ver To Climax Institution’s Biggest Celebration Tin- S*-h\val> Auditorium ami New Beawr Fit-Id will In- the scene of the gr» # ait*st assemblage of students and alumni on Friday evening that Perm Still*’ has ever seen when the entire student hotly, alumni, and guests will gather tu t-nlehrnte the inauguration of President Thomas ami gut prejsired for the l/Ohigh game on the following day. The first part of the mass meet ing will Ikj devout! to a student in- augural celebration, in which a num* Ur of noted men will speak, and the second part will he given over to an athletic muss meeting like they used to It is planned to have the mass meet ing start at seven o'clock sharp, with a procession of all the student governing organizations from the Armory to the Auditorium. These bodies will pro cede down the aisle and up on the platform where the si>eakcrs and foot ball team will already be seated. After everyone has been seated the meeting will formally open with the singing of the Blue and White. Tlie first speaker will be Air. E. E. Overdorf, President of the Senior Class who will be followed by Miss Mary K. President of the Girl's Sen ior Class. These speakers will express the student sentiment on the inaugura tion and welcome the New Prexy on behalf of the students. Following these speakers, there will be a short Intermission when Penn State songs will be sung. The complete list of the prominent men who will speak has not as yet: been completed but It is known for cer tain that it will contain the names of Governor Sproul and President J. M. Thomas. After these speakers, the meeting will be turned over to the Ath letic Association for an athletic mass* meeting, C. L. Mellinger, President of the Athletic Association, presiding. It is probable that a short speech will be made by some alumnus who was prom inent in athletics but who he wißt he Ito not known as yet. Thu response to this speaker will be made by Captain George Snell, on be half of the football team. Captain Sm|\ will be followed by a roll cal! of the entire team, calling for a speech from each man. And last but not least Coach Hugo Bezdek will close the meet ing with a typical "Bezdek Speech." Following the mass meotlng, a pro cession will be formed behind the bind to go to New Beaver. At the field several college songs wil Ibe sung as the alumni sang them Jn the olden days ami the Glee Cub and band will glvo auvonil selections, including "I Ain't Nobody's Darling," "I want a Girl Just hike the Girl that Married Bear Old Dad," and “Pa Went Home in a Barrel." If possible, the alumni will be organized to give a little stunt. The celebration on New Beaver will be brought to a close with a beautiful dis play of fireworks and set pieces. Ev ery indication points to this celebration Ndng the biggest In Penn State's his tory and one that util be long remem bered. GOLFERS REACH SECOND ROUND OF TOURNAMENT Thirty-two Men Qualify In First Round—Great Interest Dis played by Students The second round of the golf tourna ment for the championship of the col lege has opened, and with It has come a great increase of interest on the part of the students and golf fans. Thirty-two men have qualified in the matches for the championship of the college, and have been paired to play as follows: J. W. Crookston '23 and J. D. Sells ‘23; A. K. Wilson '22 and J. F. Styer 22; It. s. Furst and H. S. Bauman '22; B. N. Brainerd '22 and J. R, Tiers; J. Kindt '24 and E. Keller; J. M. Peoples '22 and S. D. Whiteman '22; B. T. Mitchell *23 and L. T. Walter '24; J. H. Workley '22 and S. Y. Boggs '22; C. U Greenley and W. B. Keller *23; *>• Gearhart '25 and G. A. Hays *22; A. J. Connell '22 and J. C. Barclow '22; t. Dale and It. J. Kain '22; H. Euwer and N. H. Lane; C. L. Sears and C. B. Levering '22; P. a. Amram '22 and C. Graham '23; D. E. MagUl '23 and D. E. .McClure *22. Up to date three of the matches as scheduled above, have been played, re sulting as follows: A. K. Wilson '22 defeated J. F. Styer '22 2 up, I*. T. Wal ter 24 defeated R. T. Mitchell *23 6 up, m«i A. J. Connell *22 defeated J. C. Barclow '22 3 up. Mr. Rutherford, who Is in charge of me tournament, requests that the nmtehes be played off as soon as'nos •ble. semi-weekly JJnra §tatr A Call TAG SALE FOR THE BAND A tag salt* to help defray the expense* of .sending the College Band to the Georgia Tech ami the Navy football games will be held tomorrow afternoon before the football game. No (Special price has been set for the tags ami contributors can give us freely ns they wish. The sale of n large number of tags is hoped for as the Baud will be greatly handicapped if it does not receive sutticient funds. The little while tags make an attrnetlve decora tion and every sale means a boost for the Hand. INDICATIONS POINT TO A SUCCESSFUL ALUMNI REUNION Between Fifteen Hundred and Two .Thousand Old Timers Expected Back SECOND ANNUAL EVENT Two Football Games, Three Dedi cations, Mass Meeting, And Golf Tournaments On Program Will the second Alumni Home-Com ing affair be as successful as the first one or will It far surpass last year’s . event is the question that continually asserts itself to the attention to all lovers of Penn State as the date for the second of these annual celebrations draws near. Tomorrow is the time and the cast of characters will Include all former students of the college who are returning in crowds to see the re markable, change that has taken place at State College since.they sat on the ralt at. Co-op or .cut tlie>Xirst class on the morning after the fnlght. before. Also, our Inauguration - visitors will hositate ,to leave the Nittany valley in the desire to see the-feeling of bro therhood and of good fellowship that will prevade the atmosphere. over* the week end. Many Alamnl Expected Back One of the features of the second Alumni Home Coming celebration will no doubt, be the large number of old grads who will return to their Alma Mater in the effort to revive the days of their youth. The fact that the first event of this nature was such an un expected success, and that those who were here iasc> year spread the news through the ranks of the alumni, that this Is an affair that any former Penn State student cannot afford to miss, forms the basis for the opinion that last year's attendance is to be increas ed many-fold. The new stands were dedicated one year ago with an attend ance that nearly filled every crevlco in the new accommodation for it was estimated that at least twelve hundred alumni were on hand to see the Nlttany Moleskin wearors trample over the big greon team of Dartmouth with a 14-7 score. This year an ostimate under fifteen hundred is to be given cred ence for reports from alumni centers support an approximation of nearly two thousand, exclusive of other per sonages that will aid In the fete. With such a number back, it may be said that we may expect the greatest con gregation of former grads and students that ever assembled at one time at the college. The affair will truly be a great one. Hats Meeting Tonight The first event In which the old tim ers will figure is the mammoth mass meeting that will be held in Schwab Auditorium tonight The team will be under "the care of Coach Bezdek and C. L. Mellinger '22 has promised to call upon several members of the Blue and White team to deliver a speech for the occasion. In fact, Captain Snell has been warned and so we may expect an exceptional address from this warrior. Also at the last mass meeting. Coach Bezdek mentioned the fact that he had a good baseball story ready and would deliver it on this auspicious night The band wIU render old and new selections so it may be taken for granted that a regular noise fest Is In order. The fact that several at the boys of former days who witnessed many a good struggle on the gridiron will tell us how they did It in the past Is an at traction In itself and provides suffi cient cause for believing tonight's get together will be full of pep. Prominent men of the college will supplement these talks and clinch the argument for an unprecedented mass meeting. Open house at all of the fraternities in town and on the campus will be in order after that, and no effort will be spared to make the men feel at home. At this time, alumni will have an op portunity to visit the different houses if they so desire and look up their for mer classmates who will be looking for them. The real spirit at the week end ; will then be blown from a spark Into (Continued on fifth page) SCARAB ELECTIONS H. A. Gaul *23 «J. H. Bavoklna It STATE COLLEGE. PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1921 LEHIGH ELEVEN PRIMED Brown and While Warriors Will Provide Toughest Opposition Met This Season GAME SET FOR 2:30 Coach Bezdek Has Nittany Team In Good Shape—Change May Be Made In Line-up Having completed probably the most ntensive week of practice since traili ng began, the Nittany Lion Is strain- ing at Its lease anti waiting Impatient ly for the whistle that will send It against its ancient rival, Lehigh, to- morrow afternoon at two-thirty o’clock. Although not in pink of condition, the Nlttany players are in as good shape ; as might bo expected at this time of the year ami may be counted upon to give Lehigh an exceedingly hard fight. The Brown and White eleven, on the other hand. Is primed for action and is con fident of overlapping its drawn battle of last year with a slinging victory on Saturday. Four days of scrimmage work this week finished off the rough spots which were uncovered In tho Rutgers game. AH of the regu lars arc physically fit and Coach Gllck has moulded together a team which will test Liezdek’s men to the utmost. It will be the latter's first real test inasmuch as the three games that have been played to date resulted in one sided scores for the Blue and White. Six terrific games will follow tomor row’s contest, and the fute of Bezdek’s warriors thus hangs In the balance. Should they win, their chances of fin ishing the season successfully will be increased but a loss or a tie will smash championship expectations. Fully fifteen thousand footbnll fans are expected to watch the fray. Twelve thousand persons saw tho Nebraska game Inst year on Pennsylvania Day but the additional attractions this year connected with the Inauguration and Aluinnl Home-Coming Day have drawn great crowds to Penn State and a rec ord attendance Is looked for. To pro vide for the increase, tho Athletic Authorities hnve erected four new wooden stands which will accommodate three thousand visitors. The field is now almost entirely surrounded with stands. Lehigh Set For Great Battle I-ebigh hus always proven a most worthy foe for the Nlttany Lion and this year will undoubtedly live up to all expectations. Her 7 to 0 triumph over Rutgers on a foreign soil, indicat ed that she has a powerful team. The entire eleven is heavy, fast, and de pendable on all occasions and employs a charge that is very difficult to stop while Its defensive tactics are also well developed and form a combination that Bezdek’s men may not be able to break. Like the Nittany eleven, the Bethlehem aggregation has been train ed to such a degree that the players remain fresh for a comparatively long period and do not collapse after a short length of time. Only three substitutes : wore sent into the game against Rut gers last Saturduy. Because of there being no one-year rule in effect at Lehigh, Freshmen are permitted to try out for the varsity and, as It happens this year, several of the yearlings have made good and may appear In the line-up tomorrow. Hendershot, who was up here for a (Continued on last page)) SENIORS INVITED TO SMOKER The Alumni Association cor dially invites the members of the Senior Class to attend the Al umni Smoker which wil) be held Saturday evening in the Armory at o'clock. PRESIDENT JOHN M. THOMAS STUDENT COMMITTEE WILL ASSIST FACULTY IN SHAPING CALENDAR Student Council Also Discusses Holding Of “Get-Wise Day” For Freshmen A committee of three members from Student Council was elected at the meeting Tuesday evening of that body, to cooperate with a committee of the faculty in making up the college cal ender for next year. This committee made up of three students, and the thrive faculty., will have en tire charge of tiio calender' subject to the rules laid down by the Board of Trustee*. It is hoped in this way to avoid all criticisms of the holiday periods. The student members of this committee are C. Hare '23, A. O. Pratt '22. and \V. H. Payne '23. The Student Council also discussed the advisability of holding a "Get Wise meeting for the Freshmen some time in the near future. These meetings are held in several other colleges with great success In acquainting the new men with the customs and traditions of their Alma Mater, in getting them into activities, and In generally gottlng the men “in college.” The idea on a small scale was tried out at the meet ings of the 1924 class last year and met with considerable favor. AMERICAN LEGION WILL SHOW OFFICIAL WAR FILM “Flashes of Action" Is the title of the movie which will be shown ut State College October seventeenth and nineteenth, under the auspices of the American legion Nittany Post 245 at the Nittany Theatre. This is two thousand feet of offi cial war film taken by the Signal Corps of the U. S. Army of the Twenty-eighth and Eightieth divisions in action. It shows the Twenty-eighth division at Chateau Thierry, Fismes, Appremont, Grandpro and Argonne-Meuse. The Eightieth division is filmed nt Ar rgonno-Meuse, Ruzanncy, Flcaville, St. Juvln, Thiacourt and Huumont, No ex-servlcc man can afford to miss this showing and civilians are suro to enjoy it. "Flashes of Action" has been ncclnimcd by the press and the public to be the greatest picture of Its kind. Special matinees will be shown at two-thirty p. m., both days so that a large number who wish to see the picture may be accommodated. HERMAN MAKES CHANGE IN FRESHMAN LINE-UP FOR MANSFIELD GAME Visiting Team Has Fast Backfleld —Game to be Played In Morning Tomorrow morning at ten-thirty o'- clock one of the most powerful norma! school football teams of Pennsylvania will battle Conch Herman’s Freshman aggregation on the practice field on New Beaver. The reputation of the Mansfield eleven made them the favor ites in'the contest hilt the*past week's improvement in the Freshman squad changes the outlook somewhat. The Freshman team Is developing Into a real working organization and jthey arc bound to give a better exhibition of football tomorrow morning than they gave last Saturday In tho game with Bcllefonte. Mansfield has a compara tively light line, but the men are well trained and know football. Their pow erful driving haekfield is their main defense and in this department of the game they are apt to cause the year lings u little trouble. Coach Herman's squad has worked better during the past week than at any other time, despite the injuries: that were received by many of the men. On Wednesday afternoon they scrimmaged with the third varsity team and ploughed through Bezdck’s men for considerable gains. Competi tion for first team positions Is still as strong ns ever ns Is shown by the fact that the backfield representing the smmd team gave tho third varsity team a great deal more trouble than the first Freshman tine>up. Several big changes will take place In the J-Yosh backfield. Sehmidlln who played fullback in the Bettefonte game is no longer available for that Job as he left town several days ago. All season he has been given a hard fight for the berth by Gregory and Wilson. It, is quite likely that Coach (Continued on last page)) HOUR OF ALUMNI SMOKER CHANGED The Alumni Smoker to be held in the Armory Saturday evening will begin at eight o’clcok. In stead of seven thirty as prev iously an nouncod. fl.nt you you cavne wjtan. STATE COLLEGE SHOULD BECOME STATE UNIVERSITY President Thomas in Inaugural Address Says State Should Follow Lead | of Twenty-Six Others OVER HUNDRED 1 HAVE REPRESS Dr. John .Martin Thomas officially | became president of the Pennsylvania ; •State College late this morning when r he took the Oath of Ollice and Governor: William C. Sproul introduced him in the Auditorium before a capacity audi ence of college and university heads and representatives, delegates from learned societies, faculty members and many specially invited guests. One hundred and nineteen delegates from colleges, universities ami normal schools were present at the ceremoni es, according to the latest figures ob tainable. No less than thirty-nine of these representatives are heads of In stitutions of learning. Dignity and solemnity marked the whole occasion from the beginning of tho processions until the final note of the organ died away as the ceremonies came to an emL The time and setting was auspicious and nothing was pre sent to mar any part of the most im portant point in the history of Penn State when students, nlutnni, and fac ulty pledged their whole support to the new executive, and President Thom as squaroly faced the promising future of the great institution of learning of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Processional Starts Ceremonies At ten a. m„ the academic proces sion formed in front of the Woman’s Building and proceeded to the strains of a fitting march played by the cadet band, past McAllister Hall to College Avenue, to the College Entrance and then to the Auditorium. Great throngs of students, towns people and visitors lined both sides of the line of march. Caps and gowns were worn by the greater majority of those In the line aud the- black of 'the flowing robes; somewhat offset by the different colors of the capes, added to the irrfpresslvo ness of the v kffalr as several'’Hundred marchers passed In slngle fitd'. ’ Dr. John fcf. Thomas headed' the line and following him directly were the speakers for the ceremony and the members of the board of trustees of the college. The delegates from the col leges, universities and normal schools came next in the line. The represen tatives of these institutions marched in the procession according to tho date of the founding of their school. The line was headed by Harvard, with St John's College, Vale and the University of Hub ana following in order. Following the line of college representatives came the delegates from learned societies, the members of the faculty and specially invited guests. The procession then filed into the Sohwab Auditorium, while tho band continued playing outside until all had entered. JThe great structure* was fit tingly decorated for the occasion with banners, streamers jind flags. Credit for this work goes to the members of the Johnstown Club who donated their time and service In honor of Charles M. Schwab, who gave the Auditorium to Penn State and who is a native of their county. Faculty Pledges Support Following the invocation by the Rev erend Lewis Mudge of Harrisburg, Dean Ralph L. Watts, head of the School of Agriculture, addressed the gathering in behalf of the faculty and pledged their confidence and support to the new president. “President Thomas, a strong man’s task is laid upon you today," said Dean Watts, “You are charged with the responsibility of carrying forward the (Continued on last page) CHAPEL SPEAKER IS HEAD OF HAMILTON COLLEGE All those who attend chapel this Sunday will be offered a program of ( unusual interest when Mr. Frederick C. Ferry, president of Hamilton Col- 1 lege, will address the assembly. Mr. Ferry is a very well read man having been a professor of mathemat ics nnd dean in WHUlams College prior to his being selected head of Hamilton College. He has long been associated with moves for the betterment of edu cation throughout the country, and his educational standards are nationally recognized. Besides being an honor ary member of the Northeastern As sociation of Administrative Officers, he is a member of the National Confer ence Committee on Standards of Col-! leges and Secondary Schools, his mem bership in these organizations Indicat ing that his knowledge In scholastic realms is of no small limits. He is also the author of various articles of research In Geometry and Mathematics which have been publish ed abroad in this country in the Am erican Journal of Mathematics. With a speaker so distinguished, chapel shoutd be especially Interesting on Sunday, and from the fact that so many of the alumni will remain over from the holidays of the preceding days, Mr. Ferry will be assured of an especially large audience. LIONS PAW ELECTIONS E. E. Overdcrrf R. B. Bmt Welcome Home Alumni! PRICE FIVE CENTS INSTITUTIONS ENTATIVES HERE A State University as the crown of the educational system of the Com monwealth. is the destiny of the Penn sylvania State College said President John M. Thomas in sounding the key note of his administration in his In- augural address this morning. Already filling that capacity in fact if not in name, this college is the logical foun dation for a great state university of IO.OUO students, he declared. President Thomas, addressing an audience of more than eighteen hun dred people, more than a hundred of whom were delegates to his inaugural from colleges and universities in alt parts of the country, said that Penn State should be converted into a Penn sylvania State University. More than twenty-two states had already taken the step and the time was now ripe for more. The inaugural address in full is as follows: On June 14, 1855. in the City of Harrisburg, at the office of the Penn sylvania Stutc Agricultural Society, the Governor of the State, the Secre tary of the Commonwealth, and seven other citizens met for tho organization of a new type of educational institution In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Their authority was an act of the Legislature approved February 22, 1855, constituting them trustees of "The Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania’*, “an institution for the education of youth in the various branches of sci ence, learning, and practical agricul ture, as they are connected with.each other." Distinctions between grades of schools were not exact in 1855, and it was twenty years before the -term “High School" came to be applied con sistently to the public secondary schools. The sohool Governor Pollock .and. his associates had in mind was .an institution of college or university rank. Every reference In public ad dress or private letter by Frederick Watts, their spokesman and the first Chairman of the Board of Trustees, is to an institution of collegiate grade. Doctor Evan Pugh, the first President, (Continued on third page) SHIELDS AND ENCK WIN IN PRELIMINARY RACES Trials Show That Penn State Will Have Speedy Cross Country Team Drawing front a wealth of truck material such as has seldom been seen around Penn State, Couch Martin is developing one of the fastest cross country aggregations that has ever represented this institution. Shields, Captain Cooper, Snyder. Edgcrton, Enck, Wilhelm, Carter mid Hamilton are doing the best work of the entire squad and it is about these men that the coach is building his team. The athletic budget and the difficulty of gutting the best college teams to come to State College makes it Imiiossible for the managers to arrange a strenu ous schedule. The only big attraction nn the card ut the present time Is the National Intercollegiate Cross Country Championship Meet which will lie held at Van Courtland Park In New York City on Monday, November twenty first. Attempts have been made to ar range a meet with the University of Pennsylvania nnd also with Princeton, but neither attempts hns developed in \to anything with real significance. At > tho present time the management is (planning to have the Carnegie Tech team here for a meet on Pennsylvania Day. Both the Freshman and Varsity teams will run In the intercollegiate meet Enck WJns Trials In the trials which were held yes terday afternoon Enck *24 took the honors by finishing in first place. The event took the form of a preliminary race, held to enable the coach to get (Continued on last page) PLAYERS WILL STAGE SHORT PLAY SATURDAY On Saturday evening The Penn State Players will put on a one act play In the Woman’s Building before the Al umnae Association of The Pennsylvania State College. This is the first produc tion of the year, starting a very bril liant season. The cast is made up of Air. Arthur C. Cloetin'gh, Director of The Players, Mr. David D. Mnson. and Miss Mary Mumford. It represents a triumph in cast selection, the roles being i»artlcul arly well adapted to the characters who will portray them. It is a clever little situation depicting a bit of hero wor ship. written especially for the occa sion. After Its first appearance It will probably be used In the reiiertoiro which The Players will use in their i Extension Work thlo season.
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