Do Your /
Bit For The
Red Cross
VOL. XVII. No. 20
GLEE CLUB W}LL
TAKE TRIP THRU
WESTERN PENNA
Johnstown, Indiana and Pitts
. burgh Included in Song-
N sters Schedule
-TGIRLS TO GIVE CONCERT
Yale Admitted to Intercollegiate
Corporation—Cornell to '
- ' be Voted In
Under arrangements recently com
pleted by the Music Department, the
Penn State QJee Club will Journey to
Johnstown, Pa, on Monday evening
.where -they are scheduled to appear
before the ahriners of that city From
Johnstown they will travel to Indiana,
Pa. to give a concert before one of the
ohurohes of the town for which all
arrangements have been made by the
Combined Men's Bible Classes Plans
also call for a concert by the Glee
Club on Tuesday uftrnoon at the In
diana Normal School It is not known
definitely whether or not the members
of the Club will appear before the -Al
umni at their annual smoker at. Pitt
sburgh next Wednesday night but ne
gotiations are under way to bring this
about. The Glee 'Club will In all prob
ability leave here in- automobiles on
• Monday noon, arriving In Johnstown
In time for the concert 4n the evening
Thirty members will make the trip
Director Robinson has spent this week
putting the final touches on their work
In preparation for the trip to be taken
during Thanksgiving week The mem
bers of the Club as well as Mr Robin
son have been doing * conscientious
work In an effort to make this trip ns
successful as the one -taken e.irlier In
£he season to Elizabethtown
Plans arc being made by which the
-recently organized Girls’ Glee Club will
present their first homo concert on Fri
day evening, January twentieth in the
Auditorium The Girls’ Quartet as
well as the Glee Club will take part in
the general program which includes
various leadings In addilon to singing
The Music Department also announc
es that Yale has been admitted to the
Intercollegiate Glee Club Corporation
and that Cornell will in all probability
be admitted in time fot intercollegiate
HARTFORD CLERGYMAN
DTO PREACH AT CHAPEL
Dr. R. H Potter,\pastor of the First
Church of Christ at Hartford, Connecti
cut, will be the speaker at both the
chapel services ne\t Sunday moinlug
and evening. Dr Potter Is well known
ns 'the author of “The Common Faith
of Common Men" and also as one of
the leaders of religious and philosophic
thought in the country He Is a grad
uate of ‘Union College and attended
the Yale Divinity School, tho Union
Theological - Seminary, the Chicago
Theological-Seminary and received his
degree of doctor of divinity from Rut
gers People about Hartford aro great
admirers of Dr Potter as is shown by
the fact that he haß been pastor of
the First Church for over twenty years,
a position which he' has held almost
since te time of his graduation / The
First Church of Christ is one of the
leading churches in Hartford and his
work in'that community has caused
Dr Potter to bo well known through
out -the ministerial circles of Connecti
cut
-Ho Is president of tho Connecticut
Bible Society, tho Connecticut Institute
for the Blind and is a diiector of tlnj
Hartford Seminary Foundation His
message will jbe .of particular Interest
to college students
W. A- A. DANCE WILL BE
ALL-COLLEGE EVENT
The biggest All-College social event
for the month of November will be the
Wjpmen’s Athletic Association dance to
bo given in the Armory tomorrow ev
ening. Hie committee in charge of this
affair have secured Thompson’s “Bolero
Six” to furnish the music for tho danc
ers and every indication points to a
very ontertalnlng Evening The tick
ets for this dance have been on sale
or a number of, days at Graham’s Store
and a very satisfactory number havo
been sold Freshmen will bo permit
ted to attend tho affair and customs
will be off for those who come with
girls Tho Women’s Athletic Associa
tion is anxious this affair a
success and so it Is looking for the
support of the entile student body
D. K. ADAMS WINS PREXY’S
MEDAL FOR SCHOLARSHIP
D K Adams ’23- was awarded the
President's Modal for the (highest echo
, larshlp for the semester ending Juno,
1021, by Dr E E Spaiks at tho Chapel
services on Thursday Mr. Adams at
tained 'the high average of 93 32 per
cant for his studies last semester ac
cording- to figures' furnished by the
, Registrar. He is enrolled os a stud
' ent in tho Commerce and Finance
Course In the School of Liberal Arts.
AU Aboard For Pitt
$5.75 Round 'Trip
Lunch Box Special
rim#tatr jl| (HuUrman.
Nation’s Best Harriers
Enter Intercollegiates
Blue and White Will Be Represented By
. Varsity and , Freshmen Teams— >
Race Takes Place Monday
A vast array of the nation’s best
cross country runners will compete
against each other next Monday aftei
noon when the Thhtccnth Annual "Hn
tercoilogiate Cross Country Race is
held in Van Courtlnnd Park, New Yoi k
City Penn State’s team which con
sists of Captain "Cooper, “Larry’’
Shields, Dnck, Snyder, Hamilton, Shultz
and Wendler will *lia\c to every
bit of speed at their command In or
der to make a favorable showing among
the leaders of the hill and dole sport
Coach Martin has a fast team and tho
allowing that his men*mako next Mon
day should go a long way toward mak
ing amends for tho defeat which was
-sustained at the hands of Carnegie
Tech The coach has been training
the men strenuously and they should,
he in better condition than ever when,
tho meet takes place.
- Cornell Favorite
Probably one of the strongest teams
that will take part In the. meet Is the
orfe which will represent Cornell
Three of tho Refit ana Wnito runners
were members of , tho Cornell team
which competed against combined Ox
ford and Cambridge harriers in Eng
land last year, losing to the Britons
by only four points Carter, the Cor
nell captain finished second In this
race R E Brown, another Cornell:
man, holds the Intercollegiate champ
ionship for the two mile run In the
quadrangular inv Italion meet which
was held In New York City, last Sat
urdiv, the Cornell runners emerged
victorious at tho expense of Dartmouth,
Pennsylvania University and Columbia
Cornell nbsoluely overwhelmed tne oth
ei colleges and universities competing,
scoring us low us ilftocn points, while
Dartmouth finishing second, . scored,
fiftv-five points r. E Brown led the
hnriers in this race and was closely
followed by N P Biown,and Cnpain
Carter also of Cornell Last year the
Ithacans won the Intercollegiate cham
pionship and are looking foi u.aid to a
repetition of the victory this year.
Yale also has an e cceptional cross
countiy team Last Satuidav the Elis
: defeated 'HafvYirdljV fho"scofo V ’of" 19 to’
•17. Douglas, the Yale cnpain was tho
; fixst man to finish Enller In the
season botih Yale and Harvard defeated
the Princeton cross countiv team
Buiko is pmbably thq"*best lunnoi on
the Crimson team
The University of Maine, Massachu
setts Tech and Bowdoin should also
figure eonsleuoush In the Intel colie-
STUDENTS INCLUDED IN
RED CROSS ROLL CALL
Undergraduates Expected To Buy
Many Dollar Memberships
In Annual Drive
AVlion tho annual Red Cross Roll
Call Is tiken at State College this week
end students nt Penn Estate will have
an oppottunlly to icspond tluougli the
special dnve which is being conducted
hy the students that the college may not
bo missed In this vvoith-nhilu cause
Since one dollar is tho minimum am
ount which may bo contributed, it Is to
bo expected that tho porccntago of
student subset ibers wilt be very high
The college campaign is In charge of*
Dean A*R Wavnock and will be divid
ed into two sections Tito fraternities
, will bo canvassed by members Irom
their own houses, while the unorgan
ized men will find opportunity to res
pond to tho Roil Call tluougli a com
mittee of fifty men who will bo in
charge of that division of the work
Fraternities are already showing
their great interest in tho Roil Call and
many houses at Ponn State are ex
pected to come through with a one
bundled per cent subscription from
their members The Sigma Alpha Ep
silon lrntoinlty loads all others In tho
dtivc, since its members have already
responded and to it goes the lionoi of
the first college organisation with a
one hundred per cent membership
Man> other houses aro expected to fol
low this example before tho campaign
has been concluded ,
The official canvass among tho non
fratornjty men started' Thursday even
ing, following tho meeting of tho com
mittee of about fifty men students who
aro in chaige of this work Heic the
•town and campus was organized into
sections and each man on the, commit
toe was assigned to a ccitain portion
A confidence that the dilvc will bo en
tirely successful is felt by those 'in
oil irge, since tho students will un
doubted!} respond with true Ponn
State spirit to tho cause of an institu
tion which is “In tho service of those
who suffer ’’
Money Used Locally
State College and other localities in
•the country will fool tho benefit of
ithc now ruling which tho National
Chapter of the Red Crpss has made that
only fifty conts of any amounts sub
scribed <Jn local drives will be all that
shall be sent to national headquarters.
This permits the use of tho rest of tho
amount subscribed for purely homo
Continued on last page
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1921
giate meet Maine wears the New Eng
land Intercollegiate cross countiy
crown, having defeated tv elvo othei
colleges In a meet which was held lust
Saturday This met \ us won by Unit
uf Bowdoin who made one of tho best
tecuids on the cress country path to
I>e made this fail It Is ccitain that if
Hart luns tut well in Monday’s meet
he will finish among the leaders Mass
achusetts Tech which tied Penn State l
for sixth plice In the'meet which was
held lust yeni, agn'n has a strong team
and will figure among the firSt in the
scoring Hoi} Cress, which finished
seventh In the New England champion
ship race, should give most of the otliei
tunnels verv little trouble
Syracuse also tins a fast team this
yoai Last week they defeated Colgate
hy a 15 to 50 score Lafayett&' too
will take part In the inter-colleglates
This year Lafayette is not represented
by a very powerful squad but the Mni
oon has'' an exceptional star in Cravv
lord thc'capiom 'One thing is certain,
and that is that the Ponn State hill
and dale men will meet the best in'the
country when they take part in the
Intel collcgitacs Because tho Red and
White defeated Ponn nmd Cotumba
and also on the merits of the past rc-
sport vvilters me picking the
Cornell team to win
Penn State will bo represented by a
plucky 1 gioup of lunnois who are at
the present time in fine physical 'con
dition Since they have not met any
of the to urn that aie competing in
tho InteicoUeglatos, it is impossible to
make any comparison as to their res
pective merits One thing is ccitain
and that is that the Nittany runners
win li ive lo put foi th every bit of speed
that thov have if they me to figure
irnong tho winnois -nd Coach Martin
jS exporting them to come through
I-ro'.luiuin Race
The Freshman i ice will stait at 2 13
o'clock in tho iflnnoon Seven Ponn
SUtc yearLngs, f-ioiton, Loy, Davies,
MeCiuiel Pollack. Peltier, and cither
Hclffrlt-h or "incent. will represent the
Blue and, yhlto.^Thov, wPI vwjjpMn.
with freshmen trom Cornell, Syracuse,
1 lie, IJnivairt, Piinccton, Daitmouth,
Penn Lafavette Massachusetts Tech,
and the City College of New York The
Freshman lace w'li he tun over a three
m'le couise a d tin* v ,i«‘tv will be run
over a six mile course The lattei lace
will begin at tn-pv <>..lock Both teams
v ill lcive foi New York tomonovv af
ternoon at foui
PLAYERS PRESENT FIRST
BIG PRODUCTION TONIGHT
Rollicking: Comedy, “Nothing But
The Truth,” Represents Best
Efforts of Organization
In the Auditoilum the stage is all
set foi "Nothing But Tho TruUi,"
which Is to be the first'of tho supei-
Playei attractions this The
dress rehoasal is over and everything
in tcaidincss waiting only foi eight
fifteen tonight—Friday—for the open
ing curtain »
Tho dress rehearsals show that tills
production is one of the best, if not the
best of the many Player attractions,
which have always attained such a
high standard The cast is certainly
well chosen and cnah one plays his
role Individually well
Tho cast is as follows.
Bob Bennett —Auslin Blakeslco *23
E M Ralston—D V Baudoi ’23
Bishop Doran—Daniel R Creato ’23
Claienco Van Duscn—W E Romlg
Dick Connelly—John. D McCord ’24
Gwen—Esther Holmes *23
Mrs Ralston—Ligouri S Fleming ’22
Ethel—Ellen M. Kltchln ’23
Maliel —Henrietta Stlckman ’25
S.ibel—Frances H Gager ’25
Maltha—RuUianna Shaipless '23
Persona who like comedy will enjoy
"Nothing But The Truth ” Those who
like tragedy will like “Nothing But The
Truth ” /This play is a delightful com
bination—though nt heart'it Is a com
edy , lolicking, good natured, and full
of fun Yet there arc moments when
it looks like it was going to tuin into
a dire tragedy for Friend Bob Bennett
Aftci all though thcio is a destiny—so
tho poet states—that shapes our ends
and everybody concerned in this little
stoiy lives happilv ovoi afterward
Mr Blakcslce and Miss Holmes carrv
tite pioduction with theh love affnh
which at Limes threatens to tie up the
whole proceedings The situations aro
elevoi ones ami it takes some very clev
ei Ingenuity on Uio part of Bob (Mr
Blakesicc) to get mound them He is
equal to every one of them Mr Blak
osloo and Miss Holmes reach their
height in thsl act when things have
conic to such a high point that Bob
does not know whicli way .to turn Now
complications faco him from every dir
ection
Mr Bauder and Miss Flomlng play
very splendid roles They aro tho fond
parents of Gwen and upon thorn falls
much of tho action of tho plot. They
add complication as woll as thoy
i do add explanation.
j WRESTLING CANDIDATES j
| All candid vies for j
t wicwtling report in'the Aimoiv j
I on Monday' night a£ seven o’- j
| clock. - j , |
OVER FORTY CAGE
CANDIDATES'START
VARSITY PRACTICE
Almost Hundred Freshmen Also
Report to KilLinger,For Bask- -
etball Try Outs
GRID TRIP - .INTERFERES
Ritner, Wilson, Cornwall and Frank
Cannot Come Out Until After j
Pacific Jaunt 1 |
Within a iponth, basketball will have
taken the place of football on tho cen
ter of the sporting stage at Ponn State
Since the first cage oncouliter with the
luniata quintet Is less than thiity days
away, Coach "Dutch" Hirman called
his basketball candidates to start action
on tho Aimory* floor,' lnst-Monda.y ev
ening Freshman candidates respond
ed to Glenn KilUnger s~ summons on
Tuesday evening and the two squads
varsity and Freshman,'vill now prac
tice alternating]}* In tho 'Armory until
the opcning'of the regular season.
A difiilcult problem confronts the
coach tins year in building up a team
of tho usual Penn'Stato calibre Only
one v-usity member of last yeai’a
onatnpion-hlp team will report for
1 ractice, while In recent years, the
gicatoi * peicentago of the team was
composed* ot men with pievlous var
sity experience Betoie, , ( 'Dutch” had
o ily to pick ono ot two men to com
plete ho, lito-up, while th's season foui
nev irembers of high ability must be
t.ught to p’ay together 'V
The foot bn 11 nip to Wellington fol
jovvang, tiio reguiO season uill.gie.itlv
hin pvt the vvoiL ortlioVagc fncntoi,
vincc it lo ist fo ix- ot the 1 strong 1 con
to idols of the vai-olty bus) etboll posi
tion.. vill nat be _ ‘able ,'ttt report for
practice because of tlPs.'ti Ip, until af
ter the Chijstmhs .vu,«iton. Ritner,
Tg-, t■. . w ■■TpW'j-j
son, Coni.v ifl add Fiani. t members of
tiio 1924 cia«s tca.i l u>t .vear, wall all
lie included on the gnd ioiuney to the
coist Ssincv, ti.c ii-st vaisity oge
same K -.chcduled lei the liftcentli of
Dcccmbei Cuich Henman will not be
able to te*>l the ltd! stiongtli ol his
team, !xt mst some o 1 the foatb ill
men aie suio to tarnish h ini competi
tion on ihoh lotum
Many Cam 1 ii lies Report
Ovei foitv vaisHy candidates have
nJicadv lepoited loi practice,' and it
: is expected that tills number will be
ajill fuithei inti eased by othei con
tends s The fundamentals of tho game
uc now being stressed and practice
this week has consisted in shooting,
pissing and dribbling Coich Heiman
wishes to school his men thoroughlv in
the fust lequisltes of tiio cage game
liefoio stilting tho moie difficult work.
Tho competition for the position ot
centei, left vacant by the graduation
of Iteplogle, is causing a,large amount
of intuest Shiii, a member of the.
luislty squad last vear. and Dixtoi,
who filled the center position on the
icailing team lust winter, aro the main
eontondois tor this berth Both men
extend some distance over tho six foot
m irk and show ability at the tossing
game
Ciptiin “Andy” Wilson will undoubt
edly fUI ono of the forvvaid positions,
while Rills, Koeliloi, Miller, Rood and
others will stiuggle tor tho other posi
tions, iccoiding to whero the coach
feels that they aie needed Reed, a
Sophomore, who is displaying good
foi m, was not able to leport for tiio
Ficsliman team last year because of
poor physical condition \
S D Wihitemin ’22, who was consid
ei cd ono of the strong candidates at
foi ward, will he unable to play this
veiu since he lecontlv received severe
acid bums about his face vvhllo work
ing lie has been loniovod to a Pitts
burgh hospital and it is possible that
ho may lose ills sight becauso of thS
. bums Whiteman has been on }the
varsity squad for a number fo years
md his chances of winning a position
tills season wore consideted very groat.
Fresh Sturt Practice
Tiio Fi eslim m practice started Tues
day night under the guidance of,Glenn
Killlngci and icguiai sessions will bo
hold thieo times a week. That ho may
concentrate his time on the best mat
oilll, ho is clitninulng the pooioi mat
oiial it once Ninety-six candidates
have signed up for the competition, and
the first half of this •nnnbct reported
on Tuesday evening Seventeen Froslt
hive been letained fiom tho foity-nine
who reported at that time A similar
out will bo made its *>oon ns possible
fiom tho othei half of the candidates
so that tho real work mav not bo de
layed At Uio present tdmo", no gamos
have boon eehoduled for tho Fiosh, but
it is expected that their season will
open soon after Uio‘ Christmas holidays
All Abonrd For Fjtt
SG.7G Round Trill
Lunch. Box SiQoctal
ARMAMENT PLAN
.. 1 ' MEETS APPROVAL
•Student Support Of Limitation Project
Steadily Growing Throughout
American Colleges
DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES GREATLY SURPRISED WHEN FOUR
BIG POWERS PLEDGE PRACTICAL ADOPTION OF PROGRAM
Evidence of the growing popularity
ot student pirticip ition in tho world
1 v Ide < inipaign for tho limitation of
uimument among tiio student bodies
of American colleges and universities
was again brought forcefully to the
attention of those inteiested in the
movement when the students at Hav
eiford College voted to supiwt the
!’Jm outlined and clidoiaed at the
| Princeton Conference without a single
! dissenting vote This action like oth
| era of a similar nature that havo de
veloped in the past ,fe\v weeks has add
ed impetus of no *mall amount to the
movement and gives great encourage
ment to the origin ttors and supporters
of the -ampalgn in all branches
Another development of the past
.v celt is the announcement of tho names
ot tho«e composing the Executive Com
mltt.-. which was selected fiom the
g. aeial committee—one delegate from
each •nate—who are charged with the
tcsponsibiilty of connecting with the
other sections of the country in a unit
ed -student action for the Limitation of
Armament throughout tho United Stat
es This committee consists of Charles
Dmb* of Princeton. Ohaii man and
Tieasuiei W. R Kiernin, of Wtesiy
<ui, J 12 Flynn of the College of the
Citv of New York, and E E Oierdorf
'22 of Penn State Secretaiy Recent
ly the committee has sent out a cir
cular letter imparting detailed informa
tim of the action taken nt the Prince
ton Confeience and of 'the plan adopted
it tli.it conference
x PJun May Re Changed
The plan as first adopted by the dif
feient colleges provided foi mass meet-
to bo held simnltaneoush it tho
many colleges and u/ihcrsitles ot tho
country when the sentiment of the
student bodies would be nscoitained by
diitct vote. It was then suggested
that the results of these polls be sent
to Washing-tori by wire. ' '
/ A^-s3i^'v- a chanso'-might bo-mod* in
tills plan because of tho fact that a
telegram or message might not receive
the notice and leeognition at the hands
of the International Confeience that it
do-setves Consequents, it is rumor
•'d that the Executive Committee might
suggest the change that is best explain
ed in the Avoids of the chcuiar letter
rh it was sent out from Penn State last
‘Fixm <nt Haid ng approves of stud
( -t-offo-t to submit to the Washington
Conferences, oiidenco which will en
able them to know where the students
of the world stand The results of the
simultaneous meetings could be wired
to each student conference repiesenta
tivo w ho w ill meet w ith the other stud
ent delegates In Washington, D C, on
v pro-arranged date, possibly December
third
“t is essential that the united stud
ent opinions of all the colleges in the
United States should bo presented by
i epresenativo students to the Plenipo
tentiaries assembled in Washington
This is certain, a delegate cannot bo
put In the waste basket like a tele
gram ”
Stirring Events In Washington
Following tho oj>on stroke of Secre-
GEORGIA TECH DECLARES WAR
ON GAMBLING IN ALL FORMS
Georgia Tech athlotic authorities
h i\ e declared open warfare upon gam
bling in all forms, as It affects Tech
athletics of any sort, and have issued
an appeal for the discouragement of
the practice Football Coach, Alexand
er Is stiongly against the too popular
gambling on Inter-collegiate football
games
ETA'KAPPA NU ELECTIONS
J S Elliott ’22
A. F Parent ’22
R II Hoffman ’22
E V. Leslie ’22
P D. Andrews ’2B
H T. Axford ’23
C V Davis ’23
-R. H Norton -
*R A. McKlbben ’23
A J Musaer ’23
READY TO DISTRIBUTE
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
The Inaugural Address of
President Thomas lias been pub
lished in pamphlet form and Is
now ready for distribution Copi
es may bo obtained on application
to Mj E. K Hlbshman at the
President’s Oliice, or will be mail
may be furnished It is desired
to place this pamphlet in tho
hands of every Pennsylvania citi
zen who-is interested in-tho col
lege Tho student body can aid
in -the distribution by mailing
this Interesting and informative
address to their parents,and by
furnshing tho President’s Ofllco
with tho names of other interest
ed persons
tiiry of State Hughes when he outlined
American pioposais foi the Immediate
disarmament of all nations, Arthur
James Balfour icpicsenting the Brit
ish Empire and Admiral Baron Knto
spokesman of Impel ial Japan stiircd
tho conference by pledging their adop
tion of the United States plan us a
busis_of agreement After suction aus
picious beginning, the conclave faces a
crucial test in the consideration of the
Far Eastern questions which will come
before tho Conference loi the rest of
tills week
In ills message of acceptance, the
Great Britain representative uttered tho
keynote when he acclaimed tho United
States for submitting a plan 4 that
makes idealism a practical plan " Res
ervations, modifications and qualifica
tions were foreshadowed in this mes
sage but the fact remains that the basic
ideal of America is assured realization
But the magic, meaningful wolds
came from the Japanese do'egution
which was the-aource of greatest inter
est to the Jiiajoi ity of those assembled
and to the gieatei number of political
students Japan is ready to accept
sweeping reductions. In tho words of
'the Jaiianesc representative, “Gladly
accepting the American plan in prin-
Japan is ready to proceed w itii
determination to a sweeping reduction
in naval dlsatmoment.”
In the case of France, her Premier
launched a plain warning that his
nation is concerned more with the lim
itation of land forces and armament
than in a naval issue Tho nation that
was a'buhvaik in the piosecution of the
worid wai cannot its trusty arms
until It is assuicd that its traditional
foe will -not attempt to repeat the dis
grace of 1914-1918 Limitation of mill
taiy ainmment by the French cannot
be undei taken at the price of national
insecurity *
Italy was as willing to accept the
American plan ns. vverp. the other four
large powers and 'Sohanzei spoke with
feivor on the Itiiian viewpoint of tho
situation
Far Reaching Action Taken
Although the thhd session of the In
ternational Conference took place be
hind closed doots last Wednesday, It
was leat net! that the delegates had tak
en action that might latci pro\Bo to have
far reaching effects A sub-committee
was named to study the plan as pre
sented by Secretary Hughes, of which
Roosevelt head 9 the special group that
ds to make a carotul study of naval dis
armament The committee will report
regularly on the pi ogress tint it makes
in tho consideration of the modifica
tions that have been suggested by the
four povveis in theh acceptance of the
general principles.
Tho moving of the center of the con
clave from the Continena! Memorial
Hall to tlie Pan-American Building
suggests that the delegates are about
to commence their enormous work in
eat nest The delicate questions that
aie conneoted with tho Far Eastern
situation are being discussed this week
end Nino nations are taking part In
this momentous session in which Am
fContinued on last page)
Student Council Appoints Committee
To Devise Better System of Elections
Dale of Freshman-Sophomore Fool
Trip to Pitt Game Set at $6.75-
The appointment of a committee to|
investigate the methods of electing the
class officers and to dev iso a more
systematic method -than the one now In
force, was one of the big pieces of busi
ness accomplished by tho Stufdent
Council at its regular meeting last
Tuesday night
At a previous mooting, the subject
was broached and tho need of a bettor
system shown It was said that under
the old method tho elections were al
ways open to suspicious of dishonesty,
that ithe classos were too big for the
method, and that a system with ade
quate safeguatds would dlsi>ol all
doubts
The committee was instiuctcd to in
vestigate thoroughly all possible olec
torlal systems and report its conclu
sions at tho next mooting of Council.
The eommltteo consists of A G Pratt
’22, chairman, W S Wetzel ’22, D.
M Ivadol ’22, and E. G Tice ’23
Sopli-Frovh Football, Dec. 10
Considerable discussion resulted in
the setting of the dato of the annual
Sophomore-Freshman Football Scrap
eemp on December 10 This late dato
was necessary on account of tho late
ness of the return of the varsity squad
from the trip to tho University ot
Washington Several valuablo mom
bars of tho Sophomore team aro mem
bers of the varsity squad and thoy cun
not take place in tho class scrap until
the close of the varsity season. As the
Sophomores would be tinder too great
a ’haadicap- to ploy without those men,
f Where Will
• We Go This
J Week End?
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BEZDEK EXPECTS
HARDEST GAME OF
YEAR THANKSGIVINI
Nittany Coaching Staff Prunii
Eleven For Annual Clash
With Pitt Panther
MEN IN GOOD CONDITION
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Capt. Snell Rapidly Recovering
And May Start Against Pitt
—McCollum in Line-up
Realizing that Pitt possesses a gieat
football machine this ycai, despite the
three icvetses which it has suffered so
f.u, and knowing that a giidlion team
cannot win on its name alone, Coach
Be/dek and his assistants tuc busily
gigoming the Nittany eleven for the
big annual Tutkey Day ciusslc and ex
pect to hive the players in the best of
condition bv next week Contrary to
all tt|ics and regulations hitherto fol
lowed, out tills season, tho grid mentor
gave tho men a complete day of rest
on Monday as a lew aid lor their wond
erful showing against the Navy last
Satuiday, but on Tuusday they weie
oidoieu out and since then have been
putting in some strenuous w ork.
A tea rifle Little is looked for or
Thanksgiving Day In every game ir
which the Pitt Panther has tasted de
feat tills lali, the opposihg aggregation
has won by a small score, in two cases
only by a touchdown The Blue and
Gold wan lore havo fought stubbornly
until the final whistle and the outcome
of the contest has always been a doubt
Because of this and because of tho ad
ditional fight which tile Pitt men have
never failed to put Into the annual holi
day fray with Penn Slate, Coach Bezdek
is anticipating the hardest game of the
entire season on Thanksgiving. He
has told his cli.uges that they will have
to hit i fast clip to trim the Panther
With eastern championship now within
the grasp of tiio Nittany eleven, no
chances can bo taken, and “Ber with
the othei members of tiio coaching
stafl, is striving hard to prevent the
playeis from undei-rating tiio Smoky
City team
Pitt Determined lo Trim Peun State
In the meanwhile, feverish activity h
going' on’-In tne-Pitt-t^tiltp-and“C’d.icii
Wurnei is woiking with might and
main in, oidei to construct a machine
that will stop the Lions' Having al
ready sent the men thiu one stiff
sciinmitgo since the giuclling fight
with W md T, he is planning to put
them thiu two more similar periods of
'woric Long horns of signal practice
will occui too and considerable timo
will be consumed in teaching the wiu
riois now plavs which have been
drawn up Every trick that .the wily
Pitt tutoi knows will be bionglit to tho
front ind Hied and oveiy possible ef
foi t will be mode to bung tho Panthers
atound into the stiidc which they
syuck igainst Syracuse and Penn
Tiieh playing in these two games was
ilmost bevond criticism If they dis
play an equ il brand of lootbail next
Thursdiv, Be/dck’s men will have an
exceedingly difficult time keeping their
slate clean
Penn State Preparing
The Penn State coaches aro fully
iwuo. of the extenshe |>i oparationa
vliieh the Blue and Gold mentors arc
making and are in turn creating plavs
which will test the reported strength oi
Uio Panther Numerous jiliys of dn-
(Continued on last page)
I ball Game December 10th—Roum
—Junior Prom Date Criticised
ihe due of the scrap was sot for Dec
ember 10, tho only remaining Saturday
iftei the return from Seattle and be-
Jot o the Christina* recess
The committee headed by J L Martin
24, appointed at a leccnt meeting tc
investigate the possibilities ot a Point
System of limiting a student's extra
currculum activities, and tho advisi
blllty of instullng such a system here,
repotted that it was still investigating,
and that it would havo definite report
In a few weeks
Round Trip to Pitt, $0.75
II W Good '22, appointed at tho last
meeting of Council to confoi with thr
College authorities on the mattci of a
special train to Pitt at Thanksgiving
timo, ropoi tied that a special train
sunning on the schedule published in
the last issue of the Collegian had boon
lutliorizcd by the Pennsylvania Rail
toad He also lepoited that the spec
ill rate on this train would be $(1.75 fot
tlie round trip
Prom Date Criticised
Much criticism arose over the date
of tho Junior Prom, February 21. The
members -said that tiio purposo of the
i hango from Tune was to get tho Prom
away from nil other social functions
This year tho Midyo.u House Paitlcs
ilso come on February 21, and thus tho
two events conflict It was tho opin
ion of the Council that if Uio dates re
main fixed, that the undorclassmon
should be permitted to hold underclass
lancoe on tho night ot tho Prom