Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, April 04, 1922, Image 1

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E CONFIDENT
WESTERN TRIP
: ce Hard Program on
al Jaunt Starting
ow Noon
MAHANOY CITY FIVE
WINS TOURNAMENT
Defeats Harrisburg Tech, 22-17,
• By Staging Thrilling Rally
Near Close of Game
WILKINSBURG AND MT.
UNION LOSE PRE-LIMS
Aftet battling Ito wan [though to the
final bound of the tournament by de
feating INit Union High School on Fri
day evening by the score of 26 to 25,
Mullaney City came from behind last
Saturday afternoon on the Al morn floor
and nosed out Harrisburg Tech for the
scholastic basketball championship of
Pennsylvania. The wind-up of this last
contest was the most evoking staged
in the Armory this year
Alahanoy City and Harrisburg Tech
earned the right to -participate in the
final game by coming through pleilm
leery Contests successfully Harrisburg
Tech opposed IVilkinsburg High in the
first game Friday evening and had lie
tle trouble !in trimming the latter by
25 to 14 NI. bile Mahoney City, as already
stated, met and defeated ➢lt Union
High in the other prelim Alabanon
City, however, only won this contest
after' staging a remarkable uphill
fight
The ease with which Harriuburg Tech
disposed of ,Wilkinsburg on Fr!dal
evening caused It to be regarded as a
far orite for Saturday's battle but the
groat determination and fight of Ma
hanoy City tinned a trifle too much for
the Capital tamers and they finally
broke down Deadlier shooting 'from
the floor played nlarke part in the Ma
horny City victory. The' latter
eight baskets during the game, five
coming In the last ten minutes of play,
while Harirsburg Tech only succeeded
in - making four field goals Tho Capi
tal passe,rs held the edge on foul-shoot
ing however, although neither - team
Was very good in this department of
the game
Harrlsbuig Tech held .the upper
hand throughout the entire first hull
and the first part of the final ported
and It appeared as though It would win
the trophy quite easily The first h It
ended pith Tech maintaining a 12 to
10 advantage; Mahanoy 'City having
made a 'short spurt at the close, which
brought it up somewhere near the Har
risburg five, and at • the opening of the
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UNITS START PLANNING
FOR BASEBALL LEAGUE
Department of Physical Education
Is Cooperating With Penn
State Club
The Penn State Club Is looking for
, mud to inter-unit baseball, now that
the most successful basketball season
in the Club's history has been brought
to a close with Old Main, Unit twenty
foul, as victor 'Basketball medals will
be presented to the men of the * Old
Main [earn, whose names' appear be
low.
XV. E Hellman '23, athletic manager
for the Ponn State Club, has announced
a
mooting of unit athletic managers, at
his room in the Berkshire, tomorrow
evening, at eight o'clock The men who
aro expected to report for this meeting
are those who have been serving cm
basketball managers during the past
season, since 'these students were
elected as salt athletic managers and
will be expected to go on with the
beechen teams, It is absolutely neces
sary that every unit expecting to or
ganize a baseball team sends its bas
ketball manager or another person to
this meeting, as a representative, since
spring practice will begin immediately
"Se." is, es usual, actively backing
unit baseball and will give It as much
support as possible from 'the Depart
ment of Physical Education, Although
this phase ,of the Penn State Club's
athletics will not be as fully developed
this spring elf it is hoped to develop it
next year, several stops have_beon tak
en that will prove to be material helps
The Phylsical ,Educoltion Department
will allow the units to use the Varsity's
bats, while the Penn 'State Club and
the Department will co-operate in sup
plying baseballs and catchers' outfits
Five Mani - ends will be available,
The Department of Physical Educa
tion promises a-completely syste - matic
organization for unit and fraternity
athletics - next year, and It Is expected
that a plentiful supply of athletic ma
terial of all kinds will bo supplied on n
checking system.
Manager Heilman announces that the
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STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1922
SPORTSMEN ELECT
DEAN WATTS HEAD
OF PENNA. COUNCIL
Twenty Organizations Unite to
Form State Conservation Coon
' ' - cil at Session Here ,
PROFESSOR FERGUSON
CHOSEN SECRETARY
Meetings of Newly Formed Body
Will Be Held Annually at
Penn State in Spring
'The formation of r Pennsylrania
State Conservation Council is one of
the most progressive steps ever made
try the sportsmen of this Common
rrealth," said Professor J A. Ferguson,
Head of the Department of Forestry,
slur necly elected Sect etaly of Censer
talon Council which - cos formed here
last Thursday and Friday, when 175'
delegates from fifty state and county
onservation organizations met here
"The new organization secures unity of
talon nn matters concerning conserve
lion By it, over twenty organizations
preylously acting separately, will now
stork an a unit Action in the future
trill be cooldinated and the possibility
of accomplishing greater results trill be
Immensely increased."
Dean Watts Elected President
Di Ralph L Watts, Dean of the
School of Agriculture, wail elected prey
Mont of the now council Dean Watt
mae largely respodalble for starting th.
mo‘einent for abody of this kind, whe
he called conservation leaders together
lute last January
The Conservation Council is to b.
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TWO CLASSES APPROVE
CONSTITUTION CHANGES
Juniors and Boobs Both Ratify
Amendments—Other Business
' Transacted at Meeting
The ptovlslon that the changes In
tIM - -Intercittes , 2'
constitutions must be Milled by the
three upper eladees of the college was
partially fulfilled last week by the fav
orable action of the Sunlot and Soph
omore classes The .Senlor class meet
ing occured last night
Besides ratifying the proposed
changes. the Junior class also voted to
engage The Seven Vital,.tans for the
Prom and fixed the assessments 'for
juniors at the dollats and for Seniors
st three dollars
President E E Ot eidorf of the Stu
dent Council spoke at the meetings,
pointing out and explaining the
changes proposed Overdorf also stat
ed that a new spirit in regareto stu
dent government at Penn State must
make its advent soon, if it has not al
toady done so, and he urged upon the
students of the college the paramount
.necessity of electing to Council the
best men to be found in the institution.
He showed how the proposed changes
nould help to consummate thin No
mediocre man should ever occupy a
place in Student Council, he said
The president of the Council also
brought out the fact that a practical
oworking system should be devised up
n A census recently taken of the
senior class coricerning this subject
showed that the outgoing class Is unan
imously in favor of the construction of
a new one that will adequately serve a
student body as large as Penn State's,
since both the old honor system and the
present proctor system have obvious
tailed to accomplish the task for which
they tilers designed
Considerible debate took place at the
Sophomore meeting, on the provisions
of article three, section ono, part (c)
which require that Sophomore MOM
bers of the Council bo elected one from
each school of the college, but the vote
demonstrated that a majority of those
present wore in favor of ratifying the
proposed amendment.
Soph Hop Again Lauded
L. T Walters, chairman of the Soph
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SPRING GRID PRACTICE
OPENS FOR CANDIDATES
Spring practice for' next year's grid- *
Iron warriors was started last Thurs
day and a large number of can
didates for, the line and backfield past
:lons responded to the first call. al
though the coaching staff is still work
ing on their plans for the spring's
work, it le probable that It will consist
of instruction in all the rudimentary
departments of football. ouch as tack
ling, falling on the bail, sprinting, and
a small amount of line sciimmage
Coach Beodek does not intend to stage
any actual sertramage work this spring
as ho feels that the time can be spent
more profitably in elementary work
The coaches plan to spend a great deal
of time on personal instruction, with
the Idea of getting a large number of
candidates in good shape for an early
start next fall
While the opening baSebe.li mhson
mill prevent Coach Bezdek from actual
ly directing the spring football prac
tices, the work will be under hie super-
Anion at all times .. Dutch" Hermann
will have charge of the practices and
will do all the actual coaching work.
PROM TICKETS
Tickets. , for the Junior Prom
trill he placed onlittle at the Co
op from 7.00 74 it 30 p m.
Thursday, April slicth The price
of the tickets Is 13 000 for Sen
ior, and $5 00 for-Juniors
DIAMOND MKOPPOSE
JUNIATA ON SATURDAY
Lino -up for Initial Game Still
Doubtful—Hurlers Show
Much Improvement
Although hindeted 'lo a considerable
extent by the unfavotable eeather con
ditions of the past week, Coach Elezdek
Is making rapid progifess In the work
of smoothing dou a the rough edges for
the that baseball gime of the season.
which will be playedion Nee Beaver
Field this SaturtlayAv th Juniata Col
lege furnishing the Manny diamond
men with strong opposition_
While the net tettm;is far from per
fect, the conch Is optimistic about the
coming game and feels sure that he
will he able to place it combination on
the field worthy of upholding the en
viable reputation which Penn State has
built up for herself on the diamond dur
ing the past feu pearlty. The entire
!quad has been practicing every even-
Ing that the weather would permit, and
on data when the weather made out
door work Impossible, the batteries have
practiced In the Stock:Pavilion.
Juniata Has Strong Team
Juniata is reported ,to bane an ex
' ceptionally strong team this year and
the Huntingdon forces aro coming
hero on Saturday with the utmost con
fidence in their ability tb take the com
paratively green Blue and White bets
men into wimp Thegitrne promises to
be a thriller from beginning to end and
will ghe Conch lierdek an excellent op
portunity to sive up the now men in
action for the first time under foreign
fire
Mellinger 1.'2, ster'hurlor of last
year's varsity nine, will' likely take the
mound In Saturday's 'game, although
It-Is possible that one uaf, the nee, men
trying out for - the plMlilag staff moo
be given an opportunity to display his
wares in the game with'kunlata
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A. H. DEPARTMENT
STAGES STOCK SHOW
Grand Prize Won by M. T. Foster
'22—Sirloin Club Holds
Auction Sale
The student+ of the Dep.++ tment of
Animal Husbandry held their fifth an
nual stook show and mock auction sale
at the Stock Pavilion last+Saturday aft
ernoon
The stock show of thirty entries oc
cupied the first part of the afternoon
It was divided Into four sections each
comprising one class of stock The
Judges of the excellence of the fitting
of the animals were Prof W H Torn
heve of the Animal Husbandry Depart
ment, and P C McKenzie.
The st.k show prizes were awarded
as toilette
Cattle First prize, 7 L Kirby, '23;
second pries, C H Kick '22, third prize
prize, C A McKinney, '23
Horses First prize, 7 H Arnold,
'24, second price, IV E Hunt, '23, third
prize, 7 R Paxton, '24
Sheep First prize, HL T Foster, '22,
second prize, H Hood, third prize, IV
P Bell, '25
Swine First prize. V Kirsch, '24,
second prize, C. S Ferguson, '22, third
prize, C L McVaugh. '24
The grand prize of the stock chow
w.
on by IL T Foster, '22, who ex
hibited a fine Shropshire Ehve.
Tho mock auction sale immediately
followed the stock show. IV B Con
nell, of the Agricultural Eitension De
partment, acted as auction.r. Only
members of the Sirloin Club were al
lowed to bid For the MOUL part the
bids ran very wild, often far above the
actual value of -the animal. Tho bids
ran from $4O to as high as $1175 The
winners of the valuation prizes, have
not been fully decided on and will be
published In the next lame of the COL
LEGIAN
The prizes are In the form of ribbons
The Sirloin Club helde ono of the mock
,sales every year. and they serve to
cause a great deal of intertlst in the
club and its work
TICKET SALE THURSDAY FOR
PENN STATE CLUE DANCE
There will be a general sale of tick
ets for the Penn State Club dance on
April twenty-ninth at Co-op on Thurs
day evening of this week between the
hours of seven and eight
USE COUPON 31`FOR
LACROSSE GAME
Coupon 91 will be used for ad
ealeelon to the Oxford-Penn State
Lamella game which will take
place on New Beaver Field thin
afternoon at 4.30 o'clock (Day
light Saving Time). The band
will be out.
Tottrgiatt.
CHARACTERS WELL
PLAYED IN COMING
FARCE PRODUCTION
Players Present Second of Year's
Offering on Friday and Sat
urday Nights
"CLARENCE" HAS ENJOYED
POPULARITY ON STAGE
Entire Cast is Composed of Stu
dent Talent—Final Rehearsals
Live Up to Expectations
This neele will see the final touches
put upon the latest Player production,
"Clarence," which will be given Friday
and Saturday of this week In the Aud
itorium weight -fifteen p. m The
high mark of dramatic excellence that
oat reached in "The Witching Hour"
has not only been lived up to but It
has been surpassed in this offering
The title role of "Clarence" is played
with a pleasing drollery by Phil Stan
' ley '23 It is a very clever piece of in
terpretation and Stanley presents It In
a splendid manner Stanley is remem
bered for his remarkable Interpretation
of the role of Jack Brookfield in "The
Witching Hour" "Clarence" shoots the
keen versatility of Stanley In present
ing an entirely different character
with equal success
Phil Amram '22 and Josephine Ruth
'23 Play the father and the mother of
the fancily in which Clarence sudden
ly finds himself installed Their roles
call fog much closer acting and in the
hands of, these two people they are
played cleverly
The parts of Cora and Bobby Wheel
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MARTIN PUTTING FINAL
TOUCHES ON TRACKMEN
Nittany Runners Have But One
Week in Which to Prepare
For Southern Trip
-- Wlth-just4tu; * week-inhicieto ap
ply the finishing touch,. to rho Penn
State track team before the season op.
'ens with Georgetown at Washington,
D C, Coach 'Dili" Mat tin Mil put his
men through a period of intenalye train
ing, V. hick will be brought to a climax
on Saturday afternoon, when another
handicap track and field meet will be
staged The Southern trip promises
to be one of the hardest eyer scheduled
bl Nit toe) runners. In nddltion to
meeting Gootgotown, - which Is repre
sented on the track by such famous
men as Connolly, LeGendre, Br ewster,
Walsh and Fitzgerald, the Penn State
runners mill oppose a very formidable
foe at Blacksburg, Va, where they meet
the trackman of V P I
Virginia. Powerful
Among the most prominent of the V
P I representatives are Brittenglanor
Woodbard and Byrd last >ear at the
Southern Intercollegiatel, Br'Glees,
nor won the 220 yard dash. finishing In
21 and 3-5 amends At the same meet
Woodward won the quarter mile, cover
ing the distance in 50 seconds. Bird
Is a man of all-around ability, and at
the present time is holder of the South
ern Championship in the blood lump
His record at the Southern Interconeg.
Inns last year eons 22 feet, 0 inches
The Penn State runners still meet the
V. P I team on the fifteenth of April
sad will encounter the Georgetown
runners tbo or three days before, on a
date which has not as yet been offi
cially settled
Good Fresh Material
The Indoor season and the serious
meets o blob were staged this spring
has brought to light a number of good
track:nen In the Freshman clash
Wicand has been showing excellent form
In the quarter mile and the coach ex
pects him to develop Into ono of the
speediest runners that Penn State has
ever had In this distance In addition
to Nilleand, Proudfoot, another member
of the Freshman class, Is able :showing
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PLANS MADE FOR DEANS •
OF WOMEN CONFERENCE
Definite plans are taking shape for
the conference of Deans of Women of
Pennsylvania•collegco to be held here
the week-end of May twelfth and thir
teenth President John M. Thomas
will deliver nil opening address of wel
come at the opening In the Joyer of the
Auditorium Friday evening, May
twelfth This will be followed by a re
ception in Women's Building at which
the Penn State Players will entertain
with a abort production
The program will continue the next
day with conference meetlngu and
luncheon at noon In McAllister Hall, at
whch Dean Rosenkrans of Wilson Col
lege will act as toastmistress. A round
table discussion on ... The Realization for
the State of Pennsylvania of the Ob
jectives of the National A;sociation"
will be led by Dean Knight in conjunc
tion with Dean Meredith of Dickinson I
The other features of the program
have not yet been definitely nettled,
but they will bear directly on the prob
lems confronting Deans of Women In
this elate and will be adequately hand
led by able spankers.
NITTANY LACROSSE TEAM
PRIMED FOR ENGLISH TILT
Experienced Men on Oxford-Cambridge
Twelve --- Lehigh Swamped by
, Englishmen Last Saturday
SYRACUSE LOSES
IN CLOSE DEBATE
Visitors Unable to Outpoint Blue
and White Arguers on War Debt
Cancellation Question
CONTEST IS LAST HOME
FEATURE ON SCHEDULE
With a score of 2-1, the Penn State
varsity debating team non a victory ev
er the Syracuse trio last Saturday night
In the Auditorium when they upheld
the affirmative aide of the question, Re
wired, That the United States should
cancel the war debts owed her by the
allied nation This Is the third ale
tory scored by the Slue and White ar
guers this year Tomorrow the team
leaves on en extended tour through the
scaters states to debate on the insur
ance and the Japanese questions
The ',kiting Syracuse debaters have
been meeting some of the strongest
teams in the middle East during the
past seek and came to Penn State just
after sustaining a defeat at the hands
of the Penn representatives Several
times during the course of the even
ing, the New rockers scored Success
fully and It was not until the last speak
, er had finished and the judges had
rendered their decision that the out
come of the contest was decided.
As the first speaker for the affirma
tive, E E Overdorf '22, gave a brief
outlook of the situation at hen he said,
"We must face the Issue clear 4 We
era dealing with a unique economic
problem The afflrmathe triainlains
that these debit sere contracted under
peculiar conditions and must be treat
ed In a class by themselves The argu
ment can not rest upon a mere popu
lai appeal of every man honoring his
own debt and this economic problem
cannot be settled on a mere patriotic
appeal, my country right or wrong or
American first, but It must be belted
on the principle of international jus
tice "
A Iloral °sae
On the basis that the United States
is ditty bound, to morally bound to can
cel these debts, the first speaker for
the affirmative spoke on the promise
that the debts contracted conferred mu
tual benefits To support this asser
tion, he, maintained that the 'United
States profited at the expense of pros
trate burope and Intel he gave statis
tics to short that the loss Incurred by
America uas much less titan that In
curred by Europe Since America en
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SCHEDULE FOR CLASS
SOCCER IS ARRANGED
Varsity Booters Now Receiving
Daily Practice Under Direc
tion of Coach Pakenham
Coach Packenham has been putting
the members of the varsity soccer squad
through daily scrimmage for the past
week In order to prepuce them for the
regular spring practice which sill be
gin immediately after Easter ,acation
At a recent meeting for varsity candi
dates about seventy-five men reported
for varsity and class soccer The num
ber of aspirants in former years has
never corne up to this and from the
wealth of material among this group
the coach hope. to pick a winning team
for next year
Alter Easter the coach plans to di
vide the remainder of the spring sea
ran into three parts The first will
be devoted to teaching the men the
rudiments of the game Thls will be
followed by instruction regarding the
relative importance of the various po
sitions, and bow they should be played
In order to secure the graltrat coopera
tion The last part of the season will
be devoted to scrimmage
Each crass team will hate an Indi
vidual catch who will be some member
of lastyear's varsity team. A series of
games has been arranged, the schedule
of which appears below. Every team
plays three games in the competition
for • class championship The senora
Will bo cloned by the Fresh-Sophomore
scrap which qvill take place on May
twenty-seventh, after the finals of the
Interclass contest have been played
off Tho varsity schedule for next fall
has been completed, and will appear in
the COLLEGIAN as raon as it bra
been approved by the Graduate Man
ager The schedule for the Interclass
game, is as follow.
May G—Seniors vs. Sopho
May 9—Juniors vs Frosh
May 12—Sopbs vs Irosh.
May 19—Senlars vs Prosh
May 20—Finals.
May 27—Frosh-Sopta. &MP
See the
British and Nittany
I Lions in Action!
PRICE FIVE CENTS
The strong Oslo, il-Cnnthi blot I t
105,0 team of Cog] nu] the t h mlpion
ship aggregation of that Lounlit meets
the Penn State tombination this aft,-
noon on Non Be !Act' Fltid Tin, ennui
Is scheduled to begin promptly at four
thirty. According to the neuln Wonted
atandard of time
The Oxford-Oemln bloc to ml , Compos
ed of Clef en Oxford pleats, Ind Pon
Cambridge pl l yet s, an if ed at Ns p
York City on Wednesday, 'March te en
ty-ninth, - where they acne met and ex
tended a hearty melcome to this coun
try by a delegation . of Amen is in College
students representing lacrosse teams of
several institutions with a hid, the
Englishmen. ore scheduled to vompete
This is the second time an English
lacrosse team has visited this sountty
to meet the stlek-ff kldets of colleges In
tho United States and Canada In told,
combined team, representing both
Oxford and Cambridge Universities,
came to this country and made an ex
cellent shutting against some of the
most pokerful combinations in the
United States This fact, together mith
the reputation akin the present Eng
lish team has for speed and ages essaf e
ness, is arousing a great amount of In
terest In the contest
Last Saturday afternoon, the oxford . -
Cambridge atlek-v.ielders opened Melt
'American and Canadian tour In an ius
picJous manner at Bethlehem, Pa., by
defeating the Lehigh University
twelye, Intercollegiate champions of the
United States for the season of 1920-
21, by the score of 7 goals to 2
The outstanding feature of the game
was the excellent defensive Needs dis
played by the Englishmen at critical
moments during the pl ty Time and
again they effeetuallyssy(' theft
Plasters althin the vicinit y
aof the goal
and . , prevented
.. the aggregation
from scoring. 'Cawley. at cover point
and Lett et goal shaved exceptional
ability in turning the tide of play and
In guarding the gent against the on
slaughts of the Dethlehemlntes
The klnglish _stickmen still tour
America during the entire month of
Apt it, undet the auspices of Syracuse
tinlyerslty and the Intercollegiate La
crosse League of the United Stator
During thel,sts) in tins country they
will face fourteen teams representing
the leading colleges and urthersitim, of
the East
The institutions uhich they meet in
the older of pin)ing are as follor,
high. Penn Start, Pcnn, Johnb Hop
kins, Mount IVashineton Country Club
at Baltimore, Hobart Collect, Truman
Unit entity of Cansol I, Colette, :ism
ease, Hal raid, Sterens Total, Prince
ton, Crescent Athletlt Club it 73a. ,
Ridge, Brook4n and McGill UniserslH
at Montreal, Canada
The Englishmen arrited at State Col
lege yesterday evening rod am Lein,.
entertained at the Aliih t Delta Sigma
nonce during their stay it the college,
which will moliabb be until Wednes
day afternoon or Thii,dl3 mot fling
l'onns)illinia Man With Team
It is interesting to knots that ono of
the Star players on the Oxford-Cam
bridge combination, Prank Morley, is a
nathe of Pennsylvania, basing been
horn at Has erford, nem Phladelphia
Morley is a graduate of Havetrout Col
lege and Johns Hopkins University,
and is now a student at New College,
Oxford University, having been ap
pointed a Rhodes Scholar from the state
'of Maryland for the year 1920 Ile was
selected to play lacrosse for the South
of England, and Was duhsentantly
chosen no member of the champion
ship lacrosse mom of England
Among the other play ms on the Eng
lish team, the names of Herbert Hop
kins, an Australian by birth. Is captain
Lett are especially prominent Hop
kins, an Austrlinn by birth, is captain
of this year's Oxford Jura.. Kam and
Is known throughout Europe far Pro
ficiency In cricket, lawn tennis, golf,
billards and bon ling Ile n - as a lieu
tenant In the Eing's lAympool Regi
ment from 1915 to IBIS and was cited
several times for heroism in the Wotld
War Ho Has wounded In July, 1917,
and invalided from the service in Oc
tober, 1918
Frederick Ne3lan, a law student at
Osgood and Pembroke CoHeger, Orford,
is another veteran of the Wok Id War,
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PENN STATE TRUSTEE
SPEAKS HERE TONIGHT
Under the auspices of the Plc-Lewd
Club of Penn State. former Judge lilts
I. Orals, '7G. of Bellefonte, will speak
tonight in Old Chapel at seven o'cloclt
on some phases of constitutional devel
opments The subject upon which he
cviii lecture should prose of great In
tel est at this time, ninon the federal
constitution 19 receiving special ;Men
tion on the pant of the public bensubc
of nations questions !mob. ing IL. con
stitution and denelopment
Judge Orvis' ItTtnne tonight trill 1,,
open to an, there Will be no admission
charge.