VOL. XVII. No. 59 STUDENTS SUPPORT MOVE FOR GREATER PENN STATE Enthusiasm Reigns at Five Meetings, as - Undergraduates Adapt Resolu tions Endorsing Plan MANY TURN 0 -DETAILS OF The support of the entire Penn State student body was enthusiastically given to the campaign for a "Create! Penn State" at five simultaneous mass meet ings on the campus yesterday morning Resolutions endorsing the plan for ex pansion of the college and urging all possible means to achieve the change of the college to the State University, note adopted he students t con each of the sixty-seven counties of the state. after they had been taken Into the con fidence of the college officials with re gard to details of the big campaign for state recognition, which has fat Its fits[ object the raising of a two million dollar emergency building fund An a direct result of these meetings cvery student at Penn State hoe a clew conception of n hat the college °span sins program will m and now has facts and figures with am which he can become an individual publicity inan and booster for the college A "Stu dents Handbook" containing Penn State's position In condensed form, was distributed to eacli student at the close of the meetings President Thomas, Hugo Dudek, Dean Sackett, Professors Simons and Bressler, speaking at big meetinet In the Auditorium, Dull Pen, Hoyt Build ,lng, Engineering D and Old Chapel, told' the students In effect that the ul timate goal of the campaign program would be to gain recognition through out the state that would enable this In stitution to rank as It should, with the great universities In Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and California. Their messages w ent over with a great showing of that old time Penn State spirit, and when the resolutions were presented to each assembly. stu dents from the various counties arose and moved their adoption for `their In dividual 'county. representation. This eeemea — tu laic each etinirty grouplnto a chain of units that will be heard from In the future when campaign action Is reckoned The same Ideas were presented by all speakers at the separate meetings President Thomas spoke to the students from fifty-four counties in the Auditor ium, and told generally what other states have been receiving front their legislatures for State University sup port He said that for Penn State to receive a maximum amount of support from the Pennsylvania Legislature was entirely a question of public sentiment Nun Convince People "If it is the conviction and desire of the 8,700,000 people of the state that this college become a State University salth the millions it would need tor maintenance - and development, then that support will be Rolthcoming." President, Thomas said. He added that the else of an appropriation will be governed by the general popular con viction of the value of Penn State to the Commonwealth "We do not want to bo the State University unless the people want that St 0 should be. The people will not wish their State University hole lin tels-he prove we can render service In proportion to the cost" Pacts were then given as to how this conviction can be created, which Is for the most part a simple problem at Pub licity Details as to how the students —often referred to as the beat possible advertisement of the college and what it stands for—can scatter this Publicity to every community in the state, were given to each meeting. "Students need no argument as to the vnlue of the college and Its need tel growth In all departments," the Presi dent mall "But how one he get others to feel as they do? How can we carry to the general public, facts which have convinced students that Penn State (Continued on third pogo.) PIII KAPPA PIII ELECTIONS M. A. BaZIOM S. B. Baughman. F H. Beam P. T Bear D. L Blocher A. R. Borden R. A Braun. . E. El Cowles. W. R. Errett E. B Fields Tinily A- Gray C. B. Hamilton S. F. Hinkle Valeria E, Hoffer/. B S. Leathern Gillermo Medina. Mabel A. Myers S. M. Peoples. D. B. Phillips A - G. Pratt. Ramsay. , R. F. Sterner. J. F Styer. S H. Taylor, Jr W. H. Weaver, 3' H. Zimmerman. Lora L Dennis Leander B Dietrich. A., ill Martin, (Faculty). D. F. - Molcarland, (FoaUltY) - Sehril"illea,xly run itatr ~, ,c ::,“ si,„N: f.._ o ;A : .:„ ,; :, ~,<..,. . 4,855. . T TO HEAR BIG CAMPAIGN PENN STATE NINE BESTS COLLEGIAN Hunter Shows Up Well on Mound - for Bezdekian Forces and Al lows But Three Hits GAME CALLED IN SIXTH BECAUSE OF WET FIELD Ploy lag in a thirrling rain that be gan In the fiat inning, the Penn State nine detested the Pittsburg Collegians by a I to 1 scow on New Beaver Field last Wednestisy aftemoon The game was called In the middle of the shth Inning on account of the wet field ohleh made good fielding an impossi bility Planter pitched the entire six Innings lot the Nittany diamond artists and held the t Isltots to two hits, Pinning eight of their batsmen, Henderson, for the Smoky City ag glegatlon, allotted the Blue and White nine a total of fhe wallops and nos able to fan but too batsmen The first frame of the contest opened when Williams mounded to Traphono on second and was thrown out on first Jennings, next in line, reached first on balls Brill made first on an error at third Rush registered a hit, advancing Brill to second The first half of the home ended when Rankin, the next man at bat, grounded to Snarl , s nn third, enabling the Manny third base man to tap Brill and then making a neat double play by throwing Rankin out on first. The Bezdekian forces were un able to register:a hit during their turn at bat, going out In - order - The second inning was uneventful for the Collegians, Hunter fanning Weis house and Whalen In succession The ! Lions began their scoring during their time at the plate Koehler singled and was advanced to second when Bedenk was given a base on balls Sparks (Continued on last page ) GRADUATES PLAN BANNER REUNION Largest Return of Alumni in Sev eral Years Expected at Commencement RENEWAL OF PARADE TO PRECEDE CLASS STUNTS Plans are lapidly approaching com pletion fat the most successful teturn of alumni during Commencement meek that has been held for several ye ors and eporto leeched at the Alumni Asso ciation office Indicate a large turnout of Rumor graduates Recently local teptesentatives of graduated masses met and stunted plans for class reun ions with the result that the classes of '77, 'B2, 'B7, 'l2, 112. 'O7, 'l2, 'l7, 'lO and '2l promise to return In force The classes of 1892 and 1907 have ar ranged to have Mei. headqual tars at McAllistei /tall while 1912 has secured the Tioiltsblre This year will mark the twenty-fifth t minion of the class of 1897 and a large yawn of this class Is ex pected Their headquarteis will be an nounced latm The other classes which have not designated any particular spot will establish themselves at the blg tent on the Front Campus The tent will (Continued on last noirs) INTER-CLASS BASEBALL SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED The schedule for the Inter-class base ball games has boon completed and will be played as Hated The Sophomore- Freshman class scrap will be held on Friday. June second at four forty-five o'clock. All games aro to be played on Old Beaver Field and will be seven in nings each Mends), May 22 Seniors vs Juniors-4 30 p rn Freshmen vs, Sophomores-6 00 p m. Tuesday, May 23 Freshmen - vs Juniors-4 30 p en. Seniors vs. Sophomores-0:00 p m Monday, May 29 Seniors vs Freshmen-0 00 p. m Sophomores vs Juniors-4 30 p. m. Tuesday, May 30 Seniors vs. Sophomores-71.30 p Freshmen vs. Juniors-3.00 p Wednesday, Mop 21 Seniors vs. Freshmen-4.46 p m. Juniors vs. Sophomores-6.16 p. m Friday, Sono S Sophomores vs Freshmen-4:45 p. m. (Chum Scrap). - Juniors vs. Seniors-6:16 p. m. STATE COLLEGE, PA.,`; FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1922 "Dad, thalltaea is Yours." 'MTTANY RUNNERS OFF FOR WESTERN INTERCOLLEGIATES Pittsburgh and Ohio State Strong In Distance—W. and J. Has east Hurdlers SEVEN INSTITUTIONS IN ANNUAL TRACK CLASSIC Penn State Ras Even Chance To Duplicate Last Year's Win In Meet Tomorrow Coach "IMP' Martin and his squad of track and field athletes alit leave State College this afternoon on their Journey to thb Is scheduled to take part in the annual Western Pennsylvania. Intercollegiate Meet Penn State took first place In the meet last )ear with a total of mare than one hundred points and the Blue and White stars hase an uses chance of duplicating the performance In the clash at Pittsburgh tomorrow West Virginia, 'Washington and Jef ferson, West Virginia Wesleyan. Uni versity of Pittsburgh, Geneva College and Ohio State are expectedto furnish the Nittany aggregation pith some strong opposition, Pittsburgh and Ohio State being especially strong in the dis till.. runs The Penn State entries in the 100- yard dash will probably be Moore, Palm, Taylor and Sal ets, while Grimes, Tay ler, Moore and Sayers will likely ema nate in the -=O-yard dash Wakefield, of Pittsburgh and Windrum, of Genova areexceptionally fast in the sprints (Continued an last page.) FRESHMAN TRACKMEN EASILY DEFEAT SOPHS Yearling Stars Win Every Place in Seven Events—Sophomores Strong in Sprints Scoring twelve flints and ten seconds In the fifteen events on the progtam, the Penn State yearlings O.IIV defeat ed the second year men in then nual underclass hack and field meet s held en New Beaver Field on Wednesday afternoon by a score of 104 to 31. The Pt eshmen Mon every plate In the 120- card hurdles, 440-ya“l dash, two-mile tun, high inrfle. shot put, discus throw and hammet China while the Sopho mores showed strength In the splints Following Is a summary of the vat foul events 100-yard dash—Won by Stabler. '24, econd, Atkinson, '25, third, I