Don't Forget !
That
Mass Meeting
VOL. kVII. No. 29
MASS MEETING CALLED FOR
ACTION ON ARMS QUESTION
Students' Part In Wo
Ends Sunday Even'
And Dr. Newm
Let There Bo Pence , Such will S
the dominating note of the student
mass meeting to be hold on Sunday,
night In the Auditorium for the pur-i
Pose of considering resolutions defin-1
log Penn State's stand on the ques
tions-pertaining to the Limitation of.
Armament As has been planned, thol
meeting still be a combined chapel dis
armerit service - beginning- at the
regular time of the Sunday night chap
el
This meeting of the student body will
give the last opportunity to Penn State
for united action In the student move
ment that has swept through all of
the largest colleges and universities In
the country since the first week of Oc
tober Since that time, Penn State has
taken a leading part and nett Sunday
night will mark the closing action. Af
ter that, the details of the finale of the
campaign will rest In the hands of the
regional and state chairmen who will
carry on the stork till completed
The Penn State Committee on the
Limitation of Armament has made ex
tensive arrangements for the coming
meeting and a definite announcement
can be made at this time as to the
program and as to the speakers that
will appear before the students to dis
cuss the movement President Thomas
and Doctor Newman, chapel speaker
for Smula}, will present different
points connected with the movement,
and a member of the committee will
give the histmy cf the cause, telling
how it originatel •it two different
loges at at the same time, why the Penn
State Plan of united action met the
approval of the National• Executive
Committee and was adopted, and how
the remainder of the campaign Is to
be conducted
After a concentrated discussion and
summary of the subject, resolutions
5111 be presented `by the Penn State
Committee for student consideration
These resolutions ' will acted upon,
after which they will be forwarded_to
They- , will then be presented to
the President of-the United States by
the regional and state chairmen who
will meet together In Washington Feb
ruary first
Duo to the fact,that the' results of
the Washington-Peace Conference will
be presented to the .Senate of- the
United States ,for ratification' during
the last part of this.month 'or during
the early pant of February, 'President
Harding feels that he will need -,, tlie
united support of the advocates of the
movement If It is to succeed. For this
`reason, statesmen, leaders in politics,
notable diplomatic celebrities, and high
government officials deemed it of par
amount importance that the represent
atives of the American students be in
'Washington at the crucial moment.
President Harding appointed n time at
which these representatives will meet
with him and present the resolutions
that have been passed at the differ
ent Institutions in the nation.
State Conference Annnled
As was announced in the previous
issue of the Collekian. the National '
Student Executive Committee found it
necessary to abandon the plan of
holding state conference In the var.
lons regions and advised the state
chairmen to annul all nreparattons
that had been made to this end. Dur
ing the past week. state chairman E
E Overdorf, .22, has sent notification
to this effect to the sixty-four institu
tions in the state that had Intended to
send delegates to the conference to be
hold here at Penn State.
Tho following is an extract from this
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Student Council Against Staging Of
Underclass Dances On Night of Prom
Feels That Outside Attractions Would Mar Success Of Annual
Ball—Shortening Of College Year Proposed By Committee
Disapproval of underclass dances at
fraternity houses on the same night as
the Junior Prom was expressed. In Stu
dent Council at its regular meeting
last Tuesday evening Tho Council felt
that any other social funotions should
not be allowed to distract from the
brilliance of the annual Junior Prom
and accordingly unnanimouely voted
to discourage all underclass dances on
that evening.
This committee eleeted from Student
Council to meet with a committee from
the Canoga Sonata for the setting of
the college calendar for next year was
notified to meet as soon as possible,
as tho catalogue in own to be publish
ed One change in the calendar which
was proposed was The shortening of
the college year and the elimination of
the minor holidays so that school might
open en October 1 and close on June
1. Thin Would allow more time during
the summer when the student body has
an opportunity of earning money.
Tho Council also voted to allow the
Froth/nen to wear the customary green
toques' from December 1 to Mooch It.
ti ,
o „"irtik %
' Mil tate' AM"
, ri-
rld-Wide Movement
ing---Pres. Thomas
an Will Speak
,AG STUDENTS MEET IN
AUDITORIUM ;MONDAY
An important meeting of all
students enrolled In any of the
numerous agricultural courses
of the college will bo held in the
Auditorium on Monday evening.
Prominent speakers will address
the assemblage The hour of the
meeting will be announced on
bulletin boards on the campus
UNDERCLASS MAT
SCRAP TOMORROW
Sophomores Favored Over Rivals
In Annual Match—Teams Are
Chosen Following Trials
INTERCLASS MEET HELD OFF
Clapplers from the Freshman and
Sophomore teams will furnish the first
wrestling attraction of the year when
they meet in tho annual Fresh-Soph
wrestling scrap tomorrow afternoon on
the Armory mats at two o'clock 'Wrest
ling fans throughout the college are
taking a great deal of interost in the
meet in that they are anxious to see
tho neanon got started and are doubly
anxious to see Coach Detar's products
at ,work in actual combat.
The Sophomore team, because of the
previous experience of its members,
appears to have a slight advantage
over the Fresh The yearlings, how
ayer, are not be underrated Some of
the men who have reported for the
Freshman squad have shown remark
, •le stain:Ft—although rt in,goneraltit
imight be said that the first year men
have not as yet the ability to do their
best work from the standing position
In the trials which were held during
the past week, most of the Freshmen
showed remarkable endurance qualities
and they will cortainly•make the Soph
omores work fast and hard if the see'-
d , year men are. to lOn , tomorrow's
The Sophomore trials were held be
fore the Christmas vacation and at
that time the following men earned
the right to represent their clam In
the Frosh-Soph acme:
115 lb clans—Bogor
125 lb class—Hunter.
135 lb. class—Leah
145 lb close--Manderville
158 lb class—Davidson
• 175 lb class—Burden.
He
:avyweight—Parks
The Freshman trials wore held dur
tg the past week Many of the bouts
walked in draws which bad not been
3-wrestled at the time the COLLEG
IAN went to press. The Frock team
will be made up as follows.
lb. class—Lehman or Robinson
lb clans—Laurie or Allen
lb elass—Nalto.
lb class—Black.
168 lb. class—Parthemaro or Pollock
175 lb class—Thom°.
Pleavywolght--Stricklor or Wotael
Interclass Scrap
The date of the Inter-class wrestling
scrap has been changed from the
twenty-first to the twenty-eighth of
January because of the fact that the
former date comes at a time when all
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In the peat the time when the toques
might be worn woo fixed on no defi
nite
, adte and varied considerably ca.
year. By this action however the coun
cil has set definite dates which will be
observed hereafter.
A committee was appointed to meet
with the Athletic authortllea and ef
fect same mating arrangements for in
door meet.] In tho 'Armory Sections
wore sot apart for the four classes
and various other groups last year and
in Chia way much Zonfuelon from ov
ercrowding was avoided. Tim commit
tea which will confer with the Ath
letic authorities on this matter consists
of C. Flare, '23, S. Y. Ban., '22, 12 .0
Tice, '23, 6 C. Kuhns, '23
- The proposal of collecting tbo class
dues with tho incidental Leos was dis
cussed and President Overdort report
ed that the change bed been approved
by the Senior, Junior and Sophomore
clasace.
A committoo condoling ot 'pr. W
Good, '22, C. W. Parsons, '23, C. Hare,
TS, and G. B. Lana, IS, Was appoint
ed to look Into Me matter.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1922
LEBANON VALLEY
PASSERS OPPOSE
VARSITY QUINTET
Veteran Annviltle Aggregation
May Give Undo. eloped Nit
tany Five Stiff Battle
LINE-UP STILL UNCERTAIN
Coach Herman Switches Players
Frequently in Practice—ls
Dissatisfied With Team
Although Ma opponents on the
1522 basketball card hate already been
disposed of and the showing of the
tiunity quintet in these contests was
mmenha, better titan slcpccteel,,chances
of Nietory mar' the Lebanon Val- .
ley team tomormw evening are far
from brilliant The Annville Institution
is sending Ur a veteran aggregation,
four of its members having played on
the team lasts eason, and In addition,
the lteluaus file suffered a relapse of
farm this week mhich caused It to
barely hold Its Otto In practice nettle
the second five Its p using stun !ma
culate, Its Montt ork ragged, Its gunsd
log meal:, and its all-round playing so
inadequate that Coach Holman teas
entirely dissatisfied with the progress
made
Thom the set, beginning of the
ueek, the basketball mentor began to
put the large squad through strenu
ous Mork and each night, atter put-,
ling the' first and second teams 1
against each othet, sethurnaged either
of tile I..trsity fit es with Killinger's
fast yearling, tossers On Tuesday
night, the filst quintet was given a
terrific battle by the Freshmen, win
ning by only three or four points,
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'ENN STATE MAY HAVE
OUTDOOR - SKATING RINK
Athletic Association Planning
Rink For Old Beaver—Will
Fill Long Felt Need
If all Plans, • nnle
Vte fonfitrld:r.
year, Penn State will secure one of the
wany things that her students have
ished for for many years, namely, a
place to skate Isolated ap in the moun
tains, at least four-miles from a body
,hater of any size..the glittany Insti
tution I has been compelled to devote
the long nfoter,hours to indoor sport,
alone Latest , developments •though
will change all.of this In all probabil
ity and In one or tno years, the Blue
and White colors may appear on the
ice as well as on the gridiron, track, or
mat.
fissoon as weather permits, the
Athletic as
will flood Old
Beaver Field and will attempt to turn
the field into a first-class rink lifit
nure, with m hick to bank the edges of
the rink in order that ice may be re
tained as long as posvlble, has already
been carted to the field and taped down
in position and every thing has been I
prepared for the first cold snap that
will allow freezing It is planned to
sprinkle the Hater on by a hose, the
leo being layed does layer by layer
In this manner, the water will freeze
much more easily and a temporary
warm spell will not have such an ef
fect on the rink as it u mild have oth
erwise Two or three big arc lights
will be strung across the field in the
air, thus giving brilliant Illumination at
night
Tameless hockey evm be arranged
undoubtedly if the proposed plan is
successful and a series of games will
be run off this winter It is too early
to make predictions as to the possi
bility of Penn State being lepresent
ed by a varsity hockey team but such
a step may be taken next year There
is an abundance of good hockey ma
terial In school at present and a well
balanced aggregation could be select
ed. An Intercollegiate Hockey League
already exists in the east.
PENN STATE CLUB WILL
HOLD BIG GET-TOGETHER
The first meeting of The Penn State
Club for the new year will be an Im
portant one, and will take tile form
of a general get-together and smoker
to be held in the Armory at seven
thirty o'clock Saturday e‘ening, Janu
ary twenty-first
At this gathering, plans for the fur
ther progress of the big non-fratern
ity organization 'will' be discussed, as
will also the enlargement of the non
fraternity sports program, and more
wartieularly the wrestling scheduled for
the coming season Besides the two
Items above-mentioned, final arrange
ments for the first of the winter series
of dances will be discussed This
first bop is scheduled for the first
week-end of February, and it Is hoped
that It will prove as successful as its
predecessors.
PENN STATE IVILL TAKE
PART IN PRODUCTS SHOW
The State Palm Products Show will
So held In Harrisburg on January 29
to 27th and the Agriculture School of
Penn State will play an Important part
In this show as each ❑apartment will
be represented by an exhibit.
FRESHMEN MY NOW
WEAR TOQUES
Frost-bitten ears will be a thing
of the past for the 17; orth as they
may discard the scanty disk
and don the more enveloping
green toque, according ,to the
retina Passed by Student Coun
cil Tuesday evening, Home/let.
the Freshmen may wear the to
ques from December 1 to March
15. The toques must.oe devoid of
a button and must be worn pull
ed dean of er the erne
DRAMATIC CLUB' WILL
GIVE POPULAR COMEDY
IN AUDITORIUM TONIGHT
Penn State Players' Presenting
"Nothing But The 'Truth".for„
Second Time This-Year
In the Auditorium this cuening at
S 15 o'clock the Penn,. State Players
n 111 Closest reshowing of "Nothing
But The Truth." the Sumo by James
Montgomery, which metwith a shlen
dld reception when first 'presented be
tote a Pane State audience last Nov-.
ember
The plot of the plal , 18 decidedly
clever and holds the nu ence In sus-
pelvic to the end, While throughout the
entire production finagling humor
reigns The story is a comedy about
a little het, that it Is not possible to:
tell the truth for tasenty-four hours and
still keep any friends It is very elev.
elk. written and Is played in real pro
fessional fashion by the Penn State
Players under the direction of Mr. Ar
thur C Cloetingh.
The leads of -the play are taken by
Mr Austin Blakeslee and Miss Esther
Holmes and they play, splendid roles
On their romance centers the plot of
the tangle and they carry the sublime
and the ridiculous alorfeat the same
time with clever ingenuity. The role
was lust made for Mr.-Blakeslee, bril
liant, sparkling, witty to 'the extreme,
and under It all, the padidness which
so reassuringly vouches that the world
Is a pretty good place after all. Miss
Holmes is equally fitted tg her part de
picting realistically the, dsughter of a
busleres
kovr to - do one thing - wellancl that Is
to be attractive
The parents . or 'fie girl" are played
by \f Donald Bauder and Miss Li
gouri Fleming These atty two-splen
did roles and, they, are.intarpreted very
well Mr Bauder portrays , a business
nhile Miss Fleeting taims‘the so-1
dal sUmbers character.
Each, member. .of,-the cast might be
tadhlduatiy signaled -eat for comemnt
so splendid lis The_entire-production.
The junior partner, of B M. Rolston
(M. Bauder) is played by Mr. David
son McCord, while the friend of the''
firm, uhich Is p. necessary evil for ev
ery firm, Is well done by Mr Winston
Romig The two chorus girls for
this is a real show—are sparklingly
realistic so hen they are played by Miss
Gager and Miss Stickmen Miss Bitch
en Is attractive In the role of the petted
doll of the summer colony The old
bishop, who blissfully and thoroughly
adds complications to the plot, is play
ed by Mr Dan Create in a splendid
fashion The maid is played by Miss
Hazel Dymond
The reshowing of the play was
brought about by the numerous re.
quests of those who wares unable to
see the first production, and.by the re
quests of the enthusiasts who have
seen the first showing and are anxious
to see it again The opportunity is
open to all tonight when the curtain
rises at eight fifteen.
WIDELY-KNOWN POET
SCHEDULED BY Y. M. C. A
Edgar A Guest, the poet whose
work is read and loved by all Amer
ica, will visit Penn State on January
twenty-first as the fifth number of the
popular "V' Entertainment Course Mr.
Guest Is the poet of the home of fel
loushlp, of the children, of the com
mon Joys and common sorrows of daily
life. He speaks to everyday people in
oseryday language. His Is the gospel
of humanity and high ideals, his
verses swinging off into a chuckle and
a smile, and now and then Into the
right sort of a sigh
Mr Guest has spent a good portion
of the year 1921 in getting acquainted
with the millions of his fellow-citizens
who read his daily verse, which is
printed every morning or evening In
more than one hundred American
nen spapers. His first tour was
through the west where he traveled sev
en thousand miles and talked and read
to one hund . red thousand people This
fall and winter, he is making a:tour of
the east. visiting New Englaitd, New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Mr. Guest known bow to laugh and
how to make others alugh. 'His versos
reflect the joys and sorrows, the pathos
and humor of the home, and are sure
to strike a responsive chord among the
Penn State students who will soon have
the opportunity of hearing and getting
acquainted with "the poet of the plain
people..
Tatirgiati.
TENTATIVE PLANS
MADE FOR PLACING
"S" ON MT. NITTANY
Colonel Sod Grants Students
Permission to Erect Large
Emblem on Mountain
REHABS AIDING IN PLAN
Service Men Will Donate Sum
From "Jollies" Proceeds—
Trees to Form "S"
TM long-talked-of . S .. to be placed
on Mount Nit any Is about to become
a reality Through the generosity of
Colonel Coal, the Sonleo Class and the
Rehabilitation Club Mice found It pos
sible to cooperate In the plaeing of a
giant lettei "S' . composed of two
!kings of trees and covering an area of
about flee acres, on the side of Nittany
mountain, and these two mganDations
h ose named committees cho will work
In conjunction with the School of En
gineering and tin, Department of For
estry of the collate The expenses In
curled mill be defrayed by the Rehabs,
IA hilt: the Senior Class will have charge
of the designing and placing of the
. 5 Professor G It Green of the For
estry Department mill be In charge of
the planting of the trees and mill be
assisted in his cork by the members
of the School of Engineering
Concrete "se Undesirable
The long and apparently causeless
del:* In establishing the "S' . has been
due to the difficult) experienced in se
eming permission from Colonel Beal
who owns the land His reason for re
fusal bowevor has been nell-founded
Colonel Boal's chief atm in purchasing
the tract was to presort° untouched
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NOVICE BOXING MEET
OPENS SEASON HERE
Tournament for New Boxers Set
For January 28—Varsity
Candidates Improving
' - Yenu - Swat€ fight Tabs' will sec'Yilue,
and White boxers in action for the first
time this season ashen those out for
this sport, Nth° have novel 'appeared
still compete in a notice meet in the
A.niort ring enis. evening of January
ore ling on the meeting of January
the twenty-eighth Conducted under
the same regulations as any other box
ing contest this affair should untover
some good boxing materixl, since some
of the novice candidatoi competing in
the serious weights me showing Pon
sibillties and they should be eager to
put forth theh best efforts, since their
showing at this time still greatly fore
cast their future welfare In the fight
ing game
Elimination contests, to determine
who shall appear in this meet, ',till
soon be started and Coach Harlow ad
ites that those echo contemplate en
tering shall be on the lookout for no
tices to be published, announcing the
time of these trials Candidates for
the meet will be separated into weights
and competition started, the winners
in each ditision to apepar in the com
ing event As a result, visitors to the
Armory in the afternoons for the next
two specks still see men greater a,
tivity in that section of the gym al
toted to boxing and competition prom
ises to he keen
In addition to the novice meet and
the varsity meets scheduled to be
fought et Penn State, sport lovers will
see still more boxing touwaments with
the inter-class and Soph-Froth scraps
to he fought some time next month
The exact dotes for these have not
been decided, but they will be fought
nt some open date In February when
no regular athletic event is scheduled
The Soph-Fresh event still lake place
first, however, since the victors in
this contest will probably appear In the
inter-class meet.
Vomit) Conranacre Improve
qt otek4alna improve:neat
of the, varsity boxers, although In
some cinsses there must be ail great
,er improvement if Penn State is to
have a well balanced team The open
ing home meet with Springfield on the
fourth of next month is causing Coach
Harlow no little amount of worrying
and he Is anxious to develop his team
ns much as possible, since that school
Is reputed for its strong boxing
teams Last season, this college was ' ,
the best that faced the Penn State mit
men, and the Nittany combination was
only able to emerge victorious because
of the weakness of Springfield In a few
classes. Although nothing definite is
known of their team this season, the
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GIRLS' QUARTET APPEARS
AT STATE CAPITAL SOON
The Varsity Girls' Quartet is now
Planning a trip to Harrisburg Thurs
day, January twenty-Math, ahem they
will tube part at the annual Penn
State Alumni banquet, Mrs C C Rob
inson will also make the trip with the
Quartet, and will act as pianist at the
time
Muss Mooting
Sunday OM P. 31
Auditorium
COUNT TOLSTOY WILL TELL
PLIGHT OF RUSSIAN NATION
Son of Literary
Tomorrow Even
"Russia Fro
SPECIAL 1924 CLASS
MEETING TONIGHT
A special meeting of the Class
of 1924 will be held in the Old
Chapel this evening at seven
o clock fat the pun.xe of pre
senting un Athletic Council prop
osition and to take orders for
class hats A deposit of one dol
lar nlll be required on all or
data Orders will be taken at Co
op on Saturda ening front
930 to 8 00
FROSH FIVE READY
FOR ALTOONA GAME
Yearling Tossers Pllay Initial
Game Tomorrow—Strength
Of Opponent Unknown
FRESHMEN IN GOOD SHAPE
The Fresh basketball quintet will
hate Its first net of the season tomor
row afternoon ohcn It meets She five
front Altoona High on the latter's home
floor In this, their initiation Into col
lege basketball. the Fresh mill engage
in a battle olth one of the.leading'
high school teams of the State, and
be forced to ghe a good account
of themselves In order to win the con
test Coach Hlllinger expects to take
seven men with him on this trip, and
these men will be picked from the first
too teams on the yearling squad
At the beginning of the season the
Freshman squad No. over one hun
dred_ strong but, the „good men have
been ° bitted out gradually until now
there are only about eighteen men on
the squad These men who have stir
rhea the competition afe being stead
ily 'drilled In the rudiments of the
game, and are gradually dot eloping In
to marked Improvement In their scrim
mages against the Varsity, and hose
frequently pushed the Varsity, rather
hard The t lest two teams of the
squad are pretty eyenly matched, and
he respecthe members are fighting
hard for berths on the team for the
coming game
Those men who are strong contend
ers for Saturday's events are Shaver,
Hartman, Yost, Ramsay and Black for
the forward positions, Artley, Stuclie
man, Bursteter and Woods us guards,
and Gerhardt for center All of these
men are
well yersed In The game, and
are capable of putting up strong Op
position against any foe.
BIG SPEAKERS LISTED
BY HONORARY SOCIETY
Famous Author, Noted Newspaper
Representative, and William __
Jennings Bryan Coining
Pule State students are Indeed 'for
[miltt in having the opportunity of
hearing some of the most prominent
men of the norld yyho will deliver lec
tures Item the platform of the Schwab
Auditorium during the next Lao
mod hit Count Ilya Tolstoy, one of
the most prominent Russians of the
day, tirade the list ofothebe men who,
four in number, are coming hero un
der the auspices of the Phi Kappa Phi
honorary fraternity The lecture by
Count Tolstoy which promises to tie es
pecially Interesting and instructive. will
be delhered in the Auditorium tomer
low night at eight °clock
On the second and third of Febru
ary, Mr. William IV Ellsworth. one of
the greatest publishers In America, will
dellyer lectures in the Auditorium with
a view toward encouraging Young Peo
ple to enter the writing field. Mr
Ellsworth Is an ex-president of the
Century Publishing Company, in which
capacity he came In contact with many
of the leading writers of the world
His first discourse 0111 be on the sub
tact, ' . The Joy of Writing. and is a
study at the development of story
GLEE CLUB TRAVELS TO
LOCK RAVEN FOR CONCERT
About forty members of the Glee
Club AN 111 make a sojourn to 'Lock Rav
en tomorrow evening where they will
given concert in the Normal School
Auditorium The concert will be giv
en under the auspices of the Men's
Bible Class of the Institution
The tnernbers of the Glue Club had
not been contemplating am trip at
this dine bu the people of Lock Hav
en. having heard the songsters In pre
vious years, are insistent that they be
given tile rare treat of hearing them
again.
Who Said —• t
Spring
Was Coming? j
PRICE FIVE CENTS
enius Speaks Here
ng On Subject Of
The Inside"
If anyone Is interested In learning of
the strength of Russian Bolshevism, of
the intimate condition of affairs in
But epos great East land, or of the
norkings of the deceased Imperial
Government of The Bear, ho should
hear the lecture to be given by Count
Bay Tolstoy In Schy.ab Auditorium, on
Saturday night This Russian noble
man, ieformer, lecturer, and famed ar
tist of the pen, Is being brought to
Penn State by Phi Kappa. Psi as one
member of the Imposing series that will
be nines throughout the winter
months
At the present time, the Count is
on a tour under the auspices of the
American Committee for Russian Re
lief and It was at tho Instigation of
this committee that he loft his coun
try in the Interest of his countrymen
On this tour, he has boon exceptionally
melt received by many American col
leges and universities where his corn
mpnd of the EngiLsh language and the
sincerit of his talk has gained him
Immediate attention
A Son of Tiro Nobility
The history of the Tolstoy family Is
Interesting in that It discloses many
of the traits of the coming speaker
In the days of ,Peter The Groat, this
family moved from Germany Into Rus
sia, chore It slowly arose to promi
nence through 'the efforts of Its
scions After producing many leaders
In thought, statesmanship, and poli
tics, the family became related to the
royal blood through the marriage of
Count Ilya Tolstoy'a grandfather with
the Princess Marie In the early part
of the nineteenth century. ToWore
father was one of their six children
and was given a eery liberal education
'While attending the University of
Kazin, where he mingled with the aris
tocrats of the empire and paid little
attention to the rumors of famines and
°volts that continuWly drifted Into
the instPution. — be-casr-the,rrstr, - A=N 7
bility of the upper classes After grad
uation, Count Leo became an admirer
of ROUSH.au and finally decided to at
tempt aerial reform He soon became
discouraged and entered the army
here ha took part In tho puroult of
the Circassian races and Abe siege of
Schastopool The associations formed
In the army formed the boats for his
love for the mum of the Russian peo
ple and The thereafter devoted his life
to literature - In their Interest and In the
interest of all mankind.
B 3 the marrlngeor Count Loo, thin
on children formed the family of the
. .
ovellst and reformer who had gnMed
ountm wide recognition for his
orks And the homellfe of this taut
ly etas nearly Ideal.
Count Lyn Succeeds Pother
Like the father, each of the thirteen
children was given the best education
procurable for both French and Eng
lish governesses Yore secured No pun
ishment of a harsh nature N 1,115 meted
out but a strict boocott uns not raised
until , a frank confession of the guilt
yas made.
Free option In tho selection of stud
ies yas alloyed at all times, with the
result that he early became interested
In the hobbies of his father As a writ
' er of literature, as a philosopher, and
as a practical man of the yorld, ho
has not been as prominent as his par
ent, but ho has taken an acti‘e part
In recent reform movements, and has
studied the needs of the Russian pens
ant and of Russian Bourgeoise
In his lecture on Saturday night, ho
will probably tell of the early history
of his country, of the revolutions for
independence, of the develowaent of art
and science, and of the present indus•
trial stools Part of the lecture will,
no doubt, be devoted to a portrayal
of the needs of the four hundred thou
wand Russian refugees In this country
and to the history of his father, Count
Leo Tolstoy, who is regarded through
out the world today as the greatest
Russ!an of this generablom
Tickets have been on sale since last
Wednesday night at Gilliland's Drug
Store and at the Athletic Store Thee
will be sold at the box office In the
Auditorium, also The proceeds secur
ed from the sale of the tickets will be
used by the American 'Committee for
Russian Relief
POLLADELEDIA COUNTY CLUB
DANCE ON FEMMES THIRD
The annual Philadelphia County
Club dance which was postponed from
December to a later date will be held
In the Armory on Friday. February
third The committee in charge of the
occasion Is planning to run a novelty
dance and every one attending will be
assured a good time
DEAN OF 'MINING SCHOOL
ATTENDS TORONTO CONFAB
Bean E S Moore, of the School of
Mines, attended the meeting of the
American Association for the Advance
aent of Science held, at Toronto, Can
da, during the Christmas Natation
to secretary of Section E be had
thargi. of the program on Geology and
Geography.