Time For The 1 I Seniors To Get -_J VOL. XVII. No. 43 BASKETEERS TRIM PRESIDENT QUINTET AND REAP REVENGE Score Overwhelming Victory Over W. & J. in Second Encounter —Score is 32 to 15 BOTH TEAMS PLAY POOR , GAME IN FIRST PERIOD Lion's Swift Came• Back in Last Half Wins Contest—Koehler In Lime-Light Again After displaying a slow and uninter esting brand of ball tot almost Lilo en tire half of the game, Coach Hermann's svarsity Somers finally struck their tride on last Saturday evening and succeeded in clowning W. & I by the decisive score of 32 to 15 It was a meat victory tot the Blue and White quintet and closed the season for them in so far as games with other institu tions are concerned The 1921-1922 schedule will not close officially until this Satusday when a team, chosen from formes Penn State floor stars, will invade the Armory and oppose the var sity passers Minus the fine services of the Conn brothers last Saturday evening, the Presidents lacked the punch which they possessed in the first encounter with thq, Lions this year and, after the init ial half, were entirely at the mercy of the lattet aggregation It was at least set entren minutes, however, before Herman's men broke - through the Red and Black defense and landed a field goal During all this time, both teams fought wildly in an effort to get near the' basket but with their attempts proving futile, the battleconsisted mainly of a foul ehooting - duel between Reed of Penn Slate and Eaton of W & I' Reed dropped two through the hoell before Eaton scored but the latter gladually worked up to the level set by the Nittany foul shooter and, at the end of seventeen minutes of play, the count was tied at 4 to 4 Itoehler Gives Penn State The Lead At this stage of the game, Acting- Captain Koehler of the Blue and White livened up the scrap with a neat field goal from under the basket and, al though-Lyle-ofthe,visitoter-follemtnant with a long shot and thus knotted the score once more, Koehler made another two-pointer by dribbling down the floor and then gave Penn State an undisput able lead by securing a third field goal in lees than thirty seconds of play Not long afterward, Reed tossed a sucess ful foul which made the count 11 to in favor of the Nittanyites The per iod came to a close at thin point Penn State's representatives shooed greatly improved In - the and half The Presidents first scored through a foul goal by Eaton but Reed was on the Job with a field goal and then continued his good work by negotiating two fouls in rapid order Shah., Penn State's rangy center, got loose a minute later and shot a basket ',blob brought the Nittlmy count tell tO 17 Reed made It 18 with another foul W & S came back with a alight splurge at this stage, Kopf and Cavalt each finding the iron rim of the basket with a clean throw and Eaton making his fifth foul, but as the Blue and White de fense tightened up again, the Presi dents were compelled to confine their ecoring to foul shooting from then on Pens State Scores Freely The Lions, on the other hand. had found their offensive strength and in the next few minutes, scored freely. Minor started the ball rolling with a difficult overhead shot, Loeffler fol lowed with an easy basket, and then need secured his second field goal of the evonlng, thus pushing Penn State's score up to 24. Ho scored his ninth foul shortly afterward. With four min (Continued on last page.) STANDING IN UNIT BASKET BALL LEAGUE ANNOUNCED The deciding games of the first rounds of the Inter Unit Basketball League 'ROM played oft last evening and decided the teams to enter the semi-finals Scores of last Wednesday's games are as follows Unit 28-21 that 21— 9. Unit 1-31 Unit 23-13 Unit 11-12 Unit 6-11 Unit 2 forfeited to Unit 7. Manager Hellman '23, announces the standing of the 2 highest teams In each league, which are eligible to enter the eeml-finals for the Inter Unit Chem ',tenable ,League I—Unit 20-1 000 EirMl=l League 2—Unit 24 .800 Unit 28— 750 Leave 3—Unit 8-1000 Unit 7 .800. IRB2IIO 4—Unit 27 .800 I=l The semi-finals will start on Wed nesday evening, March 16th The games will be played the whole length of the floor, and no doubt, 15 minute halves 1.111 he put into effect. The following games will be played on Wednesday 7:00 P M —Unit 20 vs. Unit 11. No games win bo played on Friday on account of the Sophomore Hop The advance schedule for Wednesday, March 22nd Is as follows• 7.00 P. 11.—Unit 8 ye. Unit 1 7:15 P. M.—Unit 7 ye. Milt 20. P . ..- ritli - tati-IE-G'3::i.,.;-,_, c- ..,..., ~..,,, ~_!,: s:' GRADES READY FOR DISTRIBUTION All grade reports still be ready for distribution at the offices of the Deans of the various schools any time betAvene Wednesday aeon and Saturday noon of this heck A H. LRPENSHADE. Registrar DANCE COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES LIST OF HOP PATRONS Affair Does Not Count as a Func _Lion For Co-eds—Waring's Orchestra Secured On the eve of the first Sophomore Hop, the lower classmen are eagerly waiting to trip the light fantastic, and to see the result of many nooks' effi cient I.tba be the Committee, compos ed of L T Walters, '24, Chairman, P .1 Morgan, '24, 7 F Wulfetange, '24. F Wright, '24, F L Cropp, '24; and 'iliac A. S Buebn, '2l, who hove charge of the gala ment This important Miami function v.lll take place Fridot night, March seven teenth, in the Armory The receiving 11ne will be formed promptly at nine °clock, and will Include Dr and Mrs M Thomas, Doan - and Mrs A. R Warnock, Mr and Mrs Hugo Herd.. Mr and Mrs E. H Durham, Dean 21 A Knight, and Miss L V T Simmons, as potions and patron... Program. n 111 he issued on the night of the Hop. The hall will be decorated under the direction of F. L Cropp, '24, a member of rho committee These decorations tt 111 be hunt up on the castle and court Idea. Waling's nine piece orchestra boa (Continued on last ❑age) COACH JARDINE FORSEES WINNING LACROSSE TEAM Coming English Tiff Arouses Much IntereAt—Varsity Against , Scrubs on Saturday., tot. litiarr"m find the opportunity of seeing the Varsity stick-wielders In ac tion against an opposing team for the first time on Saturday afternoon, when the first string mon Ayers pitted against the members of the second team In a hard fought battle on Holm. Field Although not especially pleased with the allowing made on Saturday, the ' , conch has been greatly encouraged by the spirit of the men in their daily' mork-outs and is confident of turning out a team worthy to represent the athletic ability of Penn State The line up on Saturday was as folios. Varsity Second Team Strohm Goal Reese Rope Out Home Shorts Trout In Home Putnam Hegarty Third Attach Free I Eisler ___ . _Second Attack___-Neistroni ll Briner First Attack Stewart Martin Center Deily Yocum First Defense Body Gatehell __Second Defense____ Jones Bash Third Defense 'Yost Blown Cover Point Bretton (Cant) (Cant 1 Coulter Point_ Oehrle clack and Banks acted as substitutes on the Varsity team The first scheduled game of the season with the Oxford team, the cham pion eg-regatien of England, will be pla>ed at Penn State on April fourth This is the second time an English la crosse team fins visited this country to lompete with the stick-wielders of col eges In the United States and Canada. In 1013, a combined team, representing bath Oxford and Cambridge Universi ties, came to this country and made an excellent showing against some of the I mast powerful combinations In the United States. This fact, together with the reputation which the present Ox ford team has for speed and aggressive noes, is arousing considerable interest In the contest and there are numerous I Lonjectures in athletic circles as to the probable outcome of the contest Coach Jardine is doing everything In his pow er to turn out a winning team and the men are displaying great earnestness in an effort to help the coach turn out an aggregation - which will give a good account of Itself In the clash with the English twelve. LOCAL BRANCH OF A. A. A. S. IS OFFICIALLY ORGANIZED The Local Branch of the American Association for the Advancement of Science was organized on the second of this month, assuming us its official title, The State College, Pennsylvania, Local Branch of the American Associa tion for the Advancement of Science. The American Association for the Advancement of Science has dono much in promoting scientific research of all kinds, in this country, and the purpose of the local group is to stimulate and encourage this most valuable work at Penn State , The officers of the Local Branch are Professor A. S. Wood, Railway Me chanical Engineering Department, chairman, Professor C. R. Orton, Bot any Department, vice-chairman; Pro fessor.T. Ben Hill, Botany Department, secretary, Professor C. A. Hunter, Bacteriology Department, treasurer. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1922 NAVY HANDS PENN STATE GRAPPLERS FIRST HOME LOSS Visiting Midshipmen Win Title to Meet By One Fall and Five Decisions CAPTAIN WATSON SECURES LONE TALLY FOR COLLEGE Is First Time Sailors Have Been Scored Upon This Season— Ready for Springfield A Penn State mrestllng tarot Iris been defeated on their home m ite This is the fact that yyas Impressed upon ,1 the cromd of spectators who packed the !armory to capacity last Saturday aft , ! ernoon hen the grappling team from the United States Naval Academy shomed their supremacy in the mat alt ever the 13100 and White contend°. It mas only after a super-human MI uggie !hi cash class eNcept one that a mid shipman could tightfully claim the laurels of the bout and it mats only aft er the chief timekeeper had called tht end of the boiit that a Nlttany matman ceased his struggles to down his snilat opponent Fin the Mgt time this ma t son, a tenet has scored upon the sallot mat artists maid for the first time this Year hate they been forced to host to defeat In any of the grappling dlyisio. Although the midshipmen came to the college with an exceptionally im posing record for the season, Penn State hopes for a victory were bright Immed iately after the first bout when Cap tain Watson threw his salt water op ponent and added the first five points to the score, but as each bout sins stag ed, chances for a victory' decreased and (Continued on last Page) PLAYERS PERFECTING PARTS IN "CLARENCE" P. E. Stanley Shows Ability in Title Role—Miss E. B. Holmes Ads Charmingly - Rehearsals have been 'going on larly for "Clarence,2 the ne',t Imbue to be presented by The Penn State Players, and already the show is be ginning to shape up for the final ion gestation on April eighth and ninth The cast is a very strong one and The Players promise a very brill' tnt pc; - formaime Arthur C Cloetingh, Mee- I for of The Players, from a careful elim ination selected the character; best suited to the roles and the applicants were so numerous that it was passible for him to place an extraordinary cast The work of P E. Stanley '23 In the title role Is remarkable The character of Clarence is rather difficult to Inter pret—he Is a specialist on every thing but those things an ordinary human being would naturally be Interested in —and Stanley handleS It very act P IV Amram '22 plays a very good char acter role Ho portrays the very busy Mow Yorke!, tor. busy with his busi ness to be bothered by his family who bother him to distraction With the in terpretation of Amram the role lends much to the production Miss Esther B Holmes '23 in the part of Violet, plays a delightful part. She is a charm ing bit of a girl and suddenly she finds herself very much sought after by the men of the Wheeler household—but Violet has a. mind of her own and she shows It adorably The play is an Interesting one thst the play going public of State College can anticipate very pleasantly. POULTRY CLUB FORMED BY TBIRTY STUDENTS Thirty poultry husbandry students met on Friday evening. March 28, and organized a poultry club The purpose of this club is to be of Instructional value to ail the members Some of the best poultry men Of the state will give their practical experience at the club meetings The members will bo bene fited by having a social time, getting acquainted, and open discussion on im portant poultry problems Every student of the two or four year coureo, who in interested in poul try is urged to take advantage of this opportunity by becoming a member of the club Another meeting will bo held on Thursday evening, March 16, in the Hurt Building. Thin club will be giv en the support of all the poultry pro feseors and extension mon. The following officers ,ere elected for this year, Leon Todd, '2O-'22, Pres ident, Paul A Scene, '22, Vice-Presi dent; Gerald E Eastman, '22, Secre tary, George C Boone, '23, Treasurer PROF. WALKER LEAVES FOR SANITATION CONFERENCE Professor E D Walker, Head of the Department of Clvll Engineering, has left for Waahlngton to attend a confer which hoe been called by the Sur geon General, head of tho bureau of Public Health, to be held at that place on March 13 and 14. In the conference they will discuss the training of the "Sanitarian." This Is a now name which Is being given to nubile health officers who are techni cally trailed for Ode particular field PROFESSOR McFARLAND NEXT t A. LECTURER Speaks on Everyday Use of Met allurgy in Old Chapel Tonight at Seven O'clock Nfolcal 1 Ind, , FaXe , sol of lfet the nest speakei en tilt Lab or 11 Arts Lecture cools, still talk this esening In Old Chapel at set en o'clock, on the subject, "Everviiuy 1.4. es of Met dim " Of all the 'Countries of the aorld, the United Stotts produces the ',eldest quantity and yarlety of metal- Itugleal products, and ,Pennsvlvani t le the most Impot tent metallurgical smelt no and teething state is the union As t conseq4ence Idetallurg3 occupies a I ttge motion of the •thily 11(c to the ICesstone State, and those aho have tesided for ans length of time In Penn sylsaniu have had upliortunity to see huge Wants alters hon Is smelted and steel Is made and worked It Is probably bccause of this Net that t Pennsylvan ian thinks of 11114 phase of the subject tepee he thinks of the term "llctal large." and although this a sers. Im portant part of the subject, there is a multitude of eserydayluses of 1 fetal- Itn oti 111th uhich most'. people are not moll acquainted in one seas or anoth et, houeser, the products of metallurgi cal St to II touch the life 'of every person Its the communlts.morc_or less Cooly thts, and this deportment at the sub lect alll be the phase ?pen which Pro lessor McFalland ell tonight The widespread and;speelal Imes of metals, and particularly'of those that a few cents ago aere extremely rare Is the result of Cry extensive costly re seatch curried on by n variety of agen cies, often with very 11100 1(100 as to the ultimate practical uses to uhich these metals aould be•put Thus the modern automobile Is possible largely because the metallurgist has perfected and studied alloy steels, uhile the ta mest Indispensable incandescent lamp Is possible because the:metallurgists of the General Glectric Cumpany studied out the method of making ductile tung sten - These are only two of the hundreds of everyday uses to which Afetallurim has been put, and not only will Profes sor McFarland endenym to bring out the fact that Reseateli, has made this osslbla. but he alll alsb show the hos 41b111flee of Improving the conditions of daily me by - furaberl'loseareh along thsao , llnsu_ , , , r:ik ...., _ _.._ TENNIS CANDIDATES START TOURNAMENT ON THURSDAY A tennis totnnament to demlop the aanilable material fat this springs vat slty tennis combination will start In the Armor, this Thursday morning Manage, Shockor has timed all tennis candidates to sign up immedlatela on the placard in the locker room as the matins trill be closed at noon on Wed nesday The candidates will be match ed for the trials by lots, which will be drawn Wednesday afternoon and post ed that evening The men who ate to take part in the tournament ale ut god to lire tine as much as posible on Tues day and Wednesday mornings when the mails will he open After March sev enteenth, arrangements bays been made so that the racket men may prac tice In the emning In the meantime, soph2more second assistant tennis man agers are urged to sign up in the ath letic office for the sport VARIETY OF SKETCHES IN THESPIAN SHOW Splendid Scenic Effects in "Luna Moth"—'Poor Old Jim" Scores Hit Six acts of vaudetille and one comic movie made up the production given by the Thespians In the Auditorium on Fri day marling, March tenth. Practically all of the show tuns the product of the organixation, representing popular types of acts on the modern vaudeville circuits The directing of this petform once was In the hands of all, Albert Lang, the is a professional actor and director, and who Inns had much exper ience in producing successful produc tions The first act on the Dill was a comic movie which the Thumlane secured through the courtesy of Maurice Baum. Conoising this came "Sidewalk Chatter" by the "Boy" and the "Girl," in which B 3 Stern TI and .5 R Gerber T 2 por trayed the humorous side of the lm (Continued on last Pane) TEACHING POSITIONS Prosocethe teachers who would like to have the help of the Board of Recommendations in se curing teaching Malt/one for. ncat year, should register Immo,