Winged Mercury :;, ; Has Nothing On. Our Track Men ,VOL. XVII. No. 58 , PENN STATE RELAY TEAM SMASHES WORLD'S RECORD Coach Martin's StarS Lower World's Mark 'By Three and Four-fifths Sec onds in Medley Relay , NITTANY TEAM FIRST TO • ~, , : , ' , LOWER RECORD SINCE 1915 :The fastest race of its kind over seen or hoard of was witnessed by about fit teen.bundred persons last Saturday af ternoon when the Penn State distance Medley relay team added a chapter to athletic history by racing titer the two _mad one-half mile course In 10 minutes 161-s,eeconde, ',stitch was exactly three 'bad fourth-fifth Seconds faster than the world's' record hung up by Yale Cal versity,in 1915 and which remained un toddled until broken by' Conch Mar- Nittany Stars ' The' team responsible for this record breaking performance was composed of D,; C: Taylor In the quarter-mile, Allan nelffrich In the half-mile, S C Enck In "the three-quarters and "Larry" Shields In the mile. Running against this quartet of stars was another Penn State team made up of Crimes In the quartet-mile, Edgerton in the half-mile. Cooper In the three-quat ter. and Romig In the mile. This team also covered the distance In fast time and served to make the members of the first team ex ert their best efforts In order to omrgo the winners, Taylor Equals Record 9u 940 • Taylor, the colorela stash, started the race for the Varsity against Tom Grimes on the second team, both men - starting from scratch Taylor Immed iately serang Into the lead which he maintained until the end of the race, passing ,the batton to Helffrlch with a goodly number of yards advantage His time for the quarter mile was fifty sec onds which equals the college record in this event Edgerton, who ran on the second team .againet s Hellfrich In the half mile, was - given ',theta fifty yards handicap at the start. Be Covered the distance In fast time butaelffsich, with a burst of apeed,,paued l 69lm on the Mat lap and finished , the, lead ~-,...llclffrich , stopped Ms half mile-in 1 minute 56 seconds., breaking the college record for this event Enek and Cooper started out over the three-quarter mile course with Cooper (Continued on livii nage ) NEW LA VIE CONTAINS MANY ADDED FEATURES 1923 Class Annal Will Be Ready For Distribution Within —The Next Ten Days Fran all indications this year's La Vle, published by the class of 1923 un der the direction of I S Adams, Editor in-chief, promises to be one of the best Yearbooks ever issued by the school. The book will devote a large space to the meat important event of the college year,— namely the Inauguration cere monies, and will have an interesting and complete account of this notable affair ' The account hoe been written by a member of the faculty who was in very cloem contact with all the committees ! In charge of the activities, and thus had the opportunity to present all the in formation first-hand. This section will be of added Interest because it will con- 'ten many,plctures typically represent ative of the occasion Memorials to the late Doctors Arms by"and Freer have been written by men who were intimate friends of these two noted scientist. of Penn State and who are'in a position to write a eultable appreciation of the men Realizing that the past 'Season has been the meet suc cessful season that Penn State ever had in football, an interesting and complete account will be given of Penn State's chemplonship team The book will also contain a detailed ' description of the Penn Slate War Rec ord which has been compiled by the Alumni Secretary. This record con tains the name of every Penn State man who served his country during the World War, together with all the au thentic Information concerning his ser vice has been secured from the U 9 War Department, and will bo a valu able memento of Penn State's part In the war , The pictorial section of the La Vie lute been beautifully arranged and will contain campus views printed In eoPla Ink ,on cream-colored pebbled Paper. In addition to these special features, the book contains the Interesting and most decorate accounts of the various de partments of the college that are us ually contained In the ye‘rbook. The book is no yet In the hands of the pub- Hebere and will be ready for distribu tion within a week or two, There will bo approximately ono llu s n- dred and fifty extra La Vies for side after the subscriptions have been filled. These extra copies may bo obtained from H. T. Axford IA at tho Delta Up silon Hones for five dollars. The La Vie Board desires to take this opportunity to publically thank nil Moe° who In any way contributed .0- erixrill matins tko hook 4 success. I ~) r?*." --.. :Semi-Weekly Y ' vr _ . n , ,--... 4 ,,,, ,;,,,, run #tarr 4-74 .„, ~. ~ ', ~,, 4.•1855:, MEMORIAL PLANS NOW UNDER WAY Veterans, Cadet Regiment, Civic and Fraternal Organizations To Participate in Parade TABLET PRESENTATION FEATURE OF PROGRAM The program of events for the annual Memorial Day celebration at Penn State Is rapidly nearing completion The us ual parade will occur. and speeches and the firing of the national salute will also be Included In the program while the feature of the day will be the presenta tion of the memorial tablet for those of Penn State who died in the world war. Parade at Tou O'clock The parade, which begins at ten oNlock, on the morning of the thirtieth will ~he led by the Boalsburg Troop as escort. The first section .willcompilse veterans:of the Civil War . , the Spanleh- Arnerkan" Wtir;""and the World War (Continued on' lief, page ) SUCCESS OF SENIOR MEMORIAL ASSURED Seniors Vote Unanimously to Use Money for Swimming Pool in New Building Unit - - MEMORIAL FUND HEARTILY ENDORSED BY OFFICIALS Haying successfully opened their campaign for a 1922 Clues Fund of fif ty thousand dollars when practically every Senior attending the last class meeting signed a five year note of a minimum of one hundred dollars, the, Senior class memorial committee is now commencing its drive for a hundred per cent contribution to the fund by every member of the graduating clans. "Are you afraid to Mortgage your future" Penn State did when it took you" This is the motto which the class has adopted from the successful Cornell campaign and which is being need as - one of the big selling points by a committee of fifty members now making the canvass of the remaining Seniors. That the success of the cam paign Is practically assured is evident from the enthusiasm with which the whole class is backing the Class Fund Fund For A Swimming Pool The Seniors at a clue meeting unan imously voted to use the money to con struct a Memorial of a swimming pool The note clearly explain, the purpose foe which the money is to be need. "This gift is nude to the Pennsylvania State College for the purpose of the erection of a awlmming pool which shall be a unit of the proposed Physi cal Education and Athletic group But it is hereby understood and stipulated that in case the swimming pool Is oth erwise provided for, this fund shall be used for some project selected by the 1922 Class Memorial Committee with the approval of the Board of Trustee." The notes have a minimum of one hundred dollars and urn payable by November first. 1027, in as any paY musts as the student Indicates It is optional to the Seniors whether they shall make an initial payment before graduation The long five year period allowed for payment makes It an ex ceptionally attractive proposition. The Comptroller of the College will (Continued en last page) FROSH DIAMOND MEN DEFEAT SHADY SIDE Yearling Ball Team Wins Close Contest With Pittsburgh Nine By 8-1 Score The Penn State Fresh diamond ar tiste won their third game of the year laid Saturday afternoon when they de feated the Shady Side Academy aggre gation on New Beaver Field by an 8 to 7 score A total of nine errors for the visitors saved the yearlings from a de cisive defeat, and the bases were filled when White made the third out In the ninth frame by groUnding to Wise on Drab The Freshmen started the scoring In the first inning when Yost was brought In on Wiese homer after iatting to Mouttuned on bat Dens) STATE COLLEGE, PA.; TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1922 Everybody's Going To The Mass Meetings For A State University In connection with the Two Million Dollar Campaign for health and welfare and recreation buildings Inaugurated by the college, classes will be suspended the last hour Thursday morning to permit tile holding of booster meetings The purpose of these meetings is to present to the students the plans of the campaign and their help whieh'is needed for Ito IRUCCOBB Each meeting will be presided over by a senior, and speakers such as President Thomas and Hugo Betdek will en - plain the progress and future stepe of the campaign. STUDENT MEETINGS THURSDAY. 11e20 A. N. Aunrrowum Presiding Officer, E E Overdorf Speaker, President Thomas - COUNTIES Arrnstrone Blair Lebanon Bradford McKean Butler Mercer - Cumbria Mifflin ; Cameron Monroe t, Crawford Schuylkill -. Cumberland , Snyder EauPlan Somerset Elk Sullivan Erie Susquehanna . Forest Tioga Huntingdon Indiana - . OLD' CHAPEL PratWag Ot !e'er. M. L. Shlelda Speaker. Professor Bressler . COUNTIES Buekai Chest.. Delantrze CHBILUITET I.MPEIMILEA.TRE Presiding °Meer, C L Mellinger Speaker, Professor Bogdek COUNTIES Fayette A Beaver Washington Greene Westmor'n'd-i , - BOGYI 100, HORTICULTURE BUILDING ireeiding Officer, C T Douda Speaker, Dean Sackett COUNTIES Lazkn anha DOOM 900, 'ENGINEERING D. Presiding Officer, A. Ci Pratt Dpeaker, Miss Simmons All etudents from other states and countries SMOKY CITY NINE OPPOSES NITTANY TEAM TOMORROW Contest With Penn' State Forces Is Second Game on Pittsburgh Collegian's Schedule GAME STARTS AT FOUR THIRTY O'CLOCK, FAST TIME Blue and White Lineup. Will Be the Same as Was Used in Game With Holy Cross • Following their New England inva sion, the Nittany diamond artists will meet the Pittsburgh Collegian'. Inde pendent team on New Beaver Field to morrow afternoon at four-thirty The Pittsburgh Collegian. are meeting thole second opponents of the year in Peon State, the only other contest which they have played being with the lEski nine lot Wednesday The Blue and White aggregation is in excellent condition after the games with Army, Yale, and Holy Crone and Coach Besdek la confident that hie men will make a gcdd showing against the Smoky City team Ludwlck will prob ably take the home plate lawltiea to tomorrow', fray as Hare eulTered a split finger In the Army game The on ly other probable change in the line-up will be that of Traphoner en second. Boumr had hie knee wrenched In the battle with the Cadets lot Wedneedny and it le probable that the Nittany mentor will reserve him for Saturday's, content with Carnegie Teel. Jim Joninere, who played third base In lot season's line-up of the Collets lime, Is managing the team this year nod ho 21ned up a number of likely players, for thie spring's, schedule Fol lowing the game with the Lion, the Pittsburgh Collegian will mot Belle fonts. St Francis,. and Scottdale. I=l The ballots coot in regard to the elec tion of A. A °Masai and emendmente resulted ea follows. president—since R. L Koehler did not receive a large enough majority over Chuliner Hare, a re-election for A. A. president will be held; vice-president, R. 0' Redlnger, secretary, B. E. Evans; the revised systems for election of cheer and eons loaderta were adopted. Vorthum . lwad NOrtilllMPtoll I==l ISlontgonder) Philadelphia IHARRISBURG TECH PLACES FIRST *IN SCHOLASTIC MEET New Scholastic Records Hung Up in Javelin Throw and One , Mile Relay Race WILLIAMSPORT HIGH WINS - ONE MILE RELAY EVENT Bellefonte Academy's• Track Stars , Give Harrisburg Lads a Close Race For Honors Scoring a total of thirty-five and one half points, Harriehurg•Toch finished in first place in the thirteenth annual Interscholastic track and field meet un der the auspices of Penn State on Now Beaver Field last Saturday afternoon Bellefonte Academy finished a close second with thirty-one points, and was followed by Potomac State School with nineteen and one-half, Altoona with seventeen, Johnstown with fourteen, Scranton with thirteen and one-half, Brookville with thirteen, Nanticoke and Clearfield with eight each and Wil liamsport with seven No other school scored more than three points, Williamsport Wins Mlle Relay Williamsport Male school took Bret place In the one mile relay race, cover ing the distance In the fast time of 3 Minutes, 98 seconds, thereby setting a new mark for this event in interscho lastic circles Altoona finished in mo oed place with Patton and Johnstown struggling for third and fourth honors respectively. Another new scholastic record was established in one of the field events when Trout, high scorer for Bellefonte Academy, hurled the javelin a distance of 152 feet. This same Bellefonte lad took first place In the 440-yard dash, covering the distance In 52 2-5 seconds, Burchfield and Cover, both of Harris burg Tech, wore the only other men to vein first place In two events Burch field copped both hurdling events while Cover won both the polo vault and Ma cao throw. 1924 WELL HOLD SPECIAL MEETING TOMORROW NIGIIT There will be a special mooting of the aloes of 1924 In the Bull Pen, Wed nesday evening at 8:45. Election of oldeced vial be held ot that time, Totirgiatt. BEZDEK'S BATSMEN WIN YALE CONTEST NITTANY DIAMOND MEN LOSE TO HOLY . CROSS AND ARMY ON ANNUAL EASTERN INVASION The Nktany nine retained from their annual Note England tour yesterday morning after minning kom Yale and dropping the Army and Holy Cross games. The tilp man marred an In- July to Hare that mill put him out of the game several weeks. and a sprained knee for Euwer The first game of the trip nu is played at West Point last Wednescisy after noon with the Arms C idols The Blue and White combination held the-score to a 7 to 4 count in the eighth Inning, when loose playing In the inficid, com bined nith eirors, aliened Coach Lo belt's nine two lilts In the last of the ninth. Smythe drone a fin to Lightner In loft field, son ing the too men base and gin ing the Lion the short end of an 8 to 7 score Mellinger MO lied the entire game dith the '(Vest Pointers Traphoner replaced ELISNCI in the middle of the game, tthen the Nittan> second base- Men %trenched Ida knee Thursday afternoon saw Coach Be.- dett and his diamond men In New Hav en for the contest with the Yale aggre gation. DMlle.ild slatted the game for the Penn State forces, holding the "Bull Pun .. to two or three hits In the first eight Innings of the fray. Miller re placed Dosileslci In the middle of the eighth frame ',hen the IsTittany south pau became wild and net retired The SEAMAN FANTASY DRAMATIC CLIMAX Executive Staff Endeavoring To Make Unique Spectacle Zenith of Season SCENIC EFFECTS ARE HEIGHTENED BY COSTUMES The Seven Singing Seamen, which will be given undo!, the auspices of The Alumnae - Club and .timeritan Associa tion of University Women on Friday and Saturday evenings of this nook. In the Auditorium at eight-chit ti o'clock. bill Indeed be the outstanding feature of the week-end program The fan tasy is under the direction of Miss Ethel Sparks and nothing has been spared an making this unique spectacle the climax of the dramatic 5.9011 at Penn State The [fist scene is on the deck of the good ship Here-o-Pot e, as she sails the unknown seas The Dance of the Ship's Bells opens the spectacle Oric by one the sleeping sailors stakes from their - fitful slumbers and sight "some heathen land." The Dance of the Fig ure Head, interpreted by Miss Sparks, foliates aith the Dance of the Sea Waves Then by magic the ship is swept away and the sailors find them seises In a field of poppies, where they are entertained by myriads of Poppy Girls, who quite make them forget their troubles The scene IN orbs up to the Poppy Dance It is then that "Im mortal John the Prester" finds them and ins Res these •even, jolly, English sailors to his mina And the first scene is at an end The second scene Is In the Opal Pal ace of Prestm John, and It Is the most gorgeous spectacle that has ever been staged In State College Dance after dance Salons In one riot of color, and Prester John, the perfect host, shows (Continued on last page.) BUCKNELL RACKETEERS TROUNCE PENN STATE Gutherie and Shaw Only Penn State Men to Win Matches The Bucknell tennis team handed the Penn State combination a decisive 4-2 defeat on the smuts at Lewisburg last Saturday This is Palm State's first tennis game of the season and It la hoped thst the tennis candidates for the vanity sound will have finished the tournaments before the next trip, In order to furnish greater competition and thus strengthen the team Manager Shockcor believes that there is good materialamong the candidates, but nothing can be done [maid choosing any of these as fleet candidates for, the varsity until the finals have been play ed. The singles of Saturday's game re sulted as follows Captain Lybarger of Bucknell defeated Boggs 6-0, 6-2, Captain Guthrie, Penn State, defeated Koch 7-5, G-3, Macßerland, I3ucknell, defeated Gins. 6-2. 4-6, 6.0. Shaw, Penn State, defeated Plana G-0„5-6 Doubles resulted Lybarger and Mae- Berland defeated Boggs and Graves 6- 1, 6-4, Koch and Purnell defeated Guth rie and Shaw 10-5, 7-0, G-2 The Ntttaoy rammeteers will again try their hand tomorrow ,hen they go to South Bethlehem to play the strong Lehigh aggregation from whom an op position as strong en that offered by tiucknoll Is expected. On Thursday the (Continued on Met me.) game , Nan loosely pitto ed on 150111 sides the Blue and 'White batsmen Slitting Bloke), the Yale tell let, hard. and 15001 support behind the Eli pitt.hel Itlndi etltPing bite A reattne or tile tale genie e e 111 letyls homer 0111 k Dzelloeici on haven Ti enhance played the second bane noel than throughout the game with 'Adele'. behind home plate The rind Boor, Was 7 to 4 The Beedektan rolaes had an oppor tunity to lest up at Warble, on Friday and see the Pitt Panther battle with the Holy Cross colimilans, going Macs to a duels!. defeat S iturday afternoon found the Blue and White nine In the field once mole al. Millet on the hul l ing mound Thu big light-bonded Wirier held the Holy Cross nine to a few scattered hits until the smenth In ning. %then the Worster collegians se cured tin. runs Miller then stalked tiro of the Holy Cross batsmen, the next to line bunted and one man scored on a and heave to first. The next man on deck hit to Koehler on short who caught the man on home But Lud ulck dropped the ball and the Nittany team went down to a 4 to 1 defeat Trarhoner and Sparks both featured in the game with Holy Cross for their spectacular catches of lino drives Carrot pitched the entire game For the Worster combination • SENIOR PLANS FILL GRADUATION WEEK Motion Pictures May Be Taken Of Class Day Exercises For Future Reunions CLASS DAY TO BE HELD IN OPEN AIR THEATRE With the approach of the annual Commencement and Class Day exer cises, members of the senior class thru yailous committees are making Tacna , atlons for a program user the gradu ation meek that will ID each day with some form of anthill. The fotmal graduation exeichee mill be the same as In prmlous lease mlth other nese Ideas for the remainder of the week The senior glailuatlon matches mill start Tuesda), June thirteenth at nine tot it-fie o'clock In the morning At that time the annual ALsdcmic Places slon will form and maids Into the Audl toilurn Follomlng the Insoc Won, 'Tiestdent Thomas will dellvm his ad dress to the gradu ding class The Val edictory has been changed Item this Part of the inogi am where It has us ually been glyen, to the Class Dm °N eedles on June tmelftli After the President's message to the scolors, the degrees gill be rtaarded These ail' be Bachelor, Adt 'Awed, and Honorer) degrees awarded for the Com pletion of colain scholastic stone The'! Deans of the set erne schools will ',re sent the degrees which come under the work of their separate schools Piston tattoo of commissions to Reserve Of fl eels of the United States Army sill also be made at this time to those students who hate completed tile required re serve officer's training ENGINEERS COMING HERE FOR MEETING Leading Corporations Will Send Representatives To Discuss Technical Problems PRESIDENT THOMAS WILL ADDRESS TECHNICAL MEN The Conference on Engineering and Industry to be held by the School of Engineering next Friday and Saturday, May the nineteenth and twentieth, re ceived a ♦ cordial response from leading corporations in Pennsylvania which employ graduates of technical schools, and a large number of repre sentatives will come to Penn State at tint time to take part in the discussions The following corporations are sending representatives American Bridge Co, Albright & blebus, American Telephone & Telegraph Co, Armstrong Cork & Insul Co, Cambria Steel Corporation, Cal nogie Steel Co, Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co, Bessemer 8. Lake Erie Ry. Co., Del and Mender, The Elliott Co Fuller-Lehigh Co, Hazard Mfg Co, General Electric Co The Koppers Co. Geo T. Ladd Co, Leeds & Nolthrup Co, Department of iLabor R Indust* , William H King, 7 H McFarland Co, NOW Torte Centred Ry, , Miller Lock Co. Pennsylvania. System. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Ca , Philadelphia & Read ing By,, Ridgway Dynamo Sr Engine Co, Skinenr Engine Co., The MUIR Co. S Morgan Smith Co, Westinghouse Electric & Mfg Co, Westinghouse Air Brake Ca, West Penn Power Co, Tire Bell Telephone Co., Carbondale Machine Co., McClintle-Marshall Co., W C WE (Continued on third page.) What Do You Know Of The Campaign? Come Thursday PRICE FIVE CENTS NINE FEATURES ON PROGRAM FOR DADS AT MASS MEETING Father of Football Captain Will Reply to President's Address In Behalf of Dads TIIREE SURPRISE NUMBERS ARE LISTED FOR MEETING Fraternities and Clubs Making Plans for Many Smokers Over Week-end Amin ding to the megrim itcentio /mounted ho the Path, s Commit tee, the miss Ineetlns,that le schtduled rot Saturday night 0111 be one of the attritalte featuttio et the metk-end and will mobably Insure an oterflowlng at tend nice And similar to that of the mass meeting, the progtam for the en tire eeek-end moultses to be far so miler to the one that matked the first obserraneu of the day 3teettnit to Start Prompt!) Duo to the tact that thole to to be staged a pageant Under the direction of Miss Sparks on the same L.voning, tt Is imperatite to start the mass moot ing promptly at seven o'clock in the evening Thus it will be possible to attend the mass meeting which Will be concluded In time for the performance of The Seven singing Seamen" Tim program as appresed by the Fa her's Day committee follobs 3 Another surprise feature 4 Selections, Varsity. Maio Quartet Address, Ptesident J M. Thomas o Ih..ply ham the Fathers, Mr. 14 S Rentz 8 Address, 9,11 Hugo Bezdek 9. Singing, Alms. :Miter The efforts of the committee In se curing a speaker foi the occasion to repiesent the fathcab ante awarded late last seek uhen S Bentz, fa ther of the football captain for the Laming season, accepted the Invitation that had been extended to him MI Bentz is Supeilmendent of the Schools for Allegheny County, a capable speak and a Blend of Penn State, who has the Interests of the college at healt. He still lep4 In behalf of the visiting Bathers to the adds ess of President Thomas The girl students of the college have been acthe in menacing tot the Usir of theh fathers and line made exten• stye arrangements for theft entertain- (Continued on last page) ' ENN STATE STICKMEN BEATEN BY SYRACUSE Nittany Lacrossemen Unable To Stop New Yorkers Attack in One-sided Clash Amassing enough point. In the filet totaled of the contest to assure the out come, Syracuse had little ttouble de feating Penn Stateis lamoasu team In the clash on Neu Ile net Field last Saturday afternoon by Itore of G to I The alaltois playedboth on the attick and defen, tnd their stick took nag dceldedly senorita to that of the NlttanY aggeeg Won At ectetal timev. doling the game. Paehee Of real ability guru among the Penn Steno pl t3ein, but seen thth eon. 'math el 3 poor foam In handling the otleks tuns It...oho:tonne tat the one-sla ed victory reglottred by the New York loan, Ross, 5150 filled the position of oat home far the %mouse stickmen, figur ed largely in the Nittan, defeat by setting three goals on back-hand flips from diffeyent pat is 01 the field Com a/111, the big ,thatnate halfback on the Blue and White football team last fall, made his debut In iIIeIOSSO last Saturday afternoon and dispk*ed some the defense strult at times token the Penn State citadel scat In danger of being Invaded. DR. SEASHORE EXPLAINS PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC Tests To Discover Latent Music al Talent Is Discussd by National Authority r•Shan) of us die with all the music In us" declined Professor C D, Sett shote, national') bonen ruthoritv on the 'metrology of music, la, P 1 idny afternoon in the Chunistry Amp'thea tre berme a largo group of student, when he esplained the peculiar charac teristics of the musical mind and some methods Or detecting It Dr Semshore also spoke on seine phases of research heroin the local unit of the .tmerican Society for the Advancement of Selene° on Thursday evening and before the enthe faculty on Pride) evening To hate a sense of pitch Is one of the most important essentials for the musical mind, and Dean Seashore demonstrated this to the students, by (Continued on /nee page.)