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“,' r ?F6r The.Prexy 1
-VOL. XVIII., No 49
DR. THOMAS APPEARS
BEFORE LEGISLATURE
“Prexy” Presents Needs of Penn State
in Stirring Appeal Before,House.
-.'" Appropriations Committee" -r'
- -Down-In Harrisburg, members of the
, - State Legislature are still talking about
the profound Impression-created by
President Thomas in what was charac
- - torlzcd ns the best addiess he "ever
made for Penn State, when on Tuesday
. afternoon, ho told the Houso-Appro
priation;, committee the how, why_and
~,j wherefore of Penn State and her nqeds
It ls i altogether possible -that legis
lators on the committee will continue
■- to talkabout President Thomas and his
speech for days and weeks to come. -
The occasion was a hearing before
the House committee on the problem
of higher education In Pennsylvania
: for the purpose, of determining the need
• for State funds at Penn State, Temple
i University and the Universities of
» Pennsylvania' and Pittsburgh The
heads of all institutions were_ present
and given the floor to present their
'facts It is considered a notable fact
nnd a_ complimentary point in Dr
Thomas' favor that he spoke so fully
'and completely on his subject, unin
terrupted for half an hour, that'a burst
of. applause ,followed his presentation
and no one had any question on the
right of Penn State to-receive all poa*
_ slbio State old.
The President closed his notable talk
. with this statement '
"Gentlemen ,the recommendation to
Penn State. by the Education Council
- . is'\for_ 52,093,914 Won’t -you please
make -it- possible to write "out a- check
- ; for that amount and have. ;it- In the
bank when Penn State needs it?” .
•T ; -1 Best Address -of Session
;* * One of the most prominent members
'of the committee declared after the
ALL STUDENTS MAY
ENTER TRACK MEET
Second,Amateur-Contest Will Be
f;;"£gin‘ After‘lacrosse'Game TW.
'^ ,^~:^inorn>^jbnTsrew'Beaver
PENN RELAYS NEXT ON
SCHEDULE FOR VARSITY
• .Cdooh “Nate" Cartmoll has announc
ed an open track and field meet for to-
morrow, to begin immediately after the
lacrosse gome'-.on New Beaver field
Every student Is eligible to enter to
' morrow's competition, and the contest
ants will be dlvldod into -two large
classes—freshmen and students, who,
because of the migratory or one-year
lesldence rulings, are ineligible to com
pete tor varsity berths, will vie with
ull other contcstatns, Including all var
sity track and field candidates who
may enter. It is C&rtmeU’s purpose to
get his e>e on promising material for
the Father's Day meet with Carnegie
Tech, which will take place on New
Beaver field, May fifth, and for this
reason it is hoped that a largo turn
out will report for comoptltion tomor-
Froali Weak in Field Events
-.Although the irosh uro fairly strong
in the speed events they have few if
outstanding men among the field work
ers, this department of the game need
ing development among tho yearlings
us weU us in vaisity contests ‘‘Nate”
CartmoU is still looking lor more field
men'for varsity and freshman squads
Preparing for Belays
The- Blue and White runners aro
looking forward to the Penn Belays
which take place on April twenty
soventh and twenty-eighth at Philadel
phia. Tho Nitt&ny yearlings will en
ter a mile relay team in the race for
freshman, collegiate championship of
America, and it is possible that a var
sity two-mile aggregation will likewise
compete for the collegiate champion
ship, while a varsity mile relay team
will compoto for the Class -B crown,
Penn State not having four quarter
mlleis of a calibre that would warrant
-their entry ia tho championship, ot
America fight. Besides . tho relay
teams Cartmoll hopes to enter some of
tho weight men at the' relays, "Tiny"
McMahon, on the discus, being the
probable participant.
PENN STATE BAND PLAYS
IN BELLEFONTE TONIGHT
About sixty members of the Penn
State Military Band who have given
the" program at the'auditorium during
the winter.musical course will give a
concert at the Gorman Opera Houso,
BolJefonto, this evening under the aue
-pices of the American Legion
Quite a few now numbers will be pre
sented, unique among which is a march
_ called “Tho Penn State Military Band"
which was wrltfcn by its leader, Mr,
Thompson -Tho band will bo.assisted
* by '-W J. O’Donncl '23, tenor, and by
A. B. Fink '26, violinist.'
SKULL AND BONES ELECTIONS
S. Skalr >2O
_ G. M. D. Kichords >BB ‘
, \ - ." , Seml-M/eeki
flinm
hearing that it was witboui question
the best address he hud-heard'in tho
present legislative session.
-In. his talk, President. Thomas gave
in'moro or.,less .dotal! 'every hit of evi
dence'that Penn “State Is-a charge of
the. Commonwealth, and .that every
dollar Invested through appropriations
returns to thr state many-fold In yie
service the college -ronders’ people
of the state whom it was created to
I servo ' - ,
■"He stressed the importance of ade
quate maintenance that the., college
! standards might be upheld and- that
there might not bo any falling 'back
In'the program established and'that
planned for the future He told of tho
great things accompllshed'by graduates
of Penn State, the harm in the youth
of the state being turned awa> year
after >ear duo to lack of accommoda
tions and instructors, the excellent re
sults obtained and tho great poaslbili
iies.ln research with proper, support
and tho success of tho engineering
agricultural .eduoatlonol and mining
extension were told in a manner con
vincing to all members of the.commit
toe at the public hearing.
Dr Thomas’ story, was ' practlcallj
the some told by him-a score of times
in the past six months In his endcavoi
that led up to Just such an opportunity
os was presented him on Tuesday
s?ho3e from tho college who attended
tho meeting declare that -President .
Thomas' was at his best for the occa- -
sion and thkV-aj great and good turn
was -done '_for“p»nn iStato through his 1
masterful-presentation'of tho colleger
heeds' /-
INTER-UNIT BASEBALL
CARD STARTS TUESDAY
Four Diamonds Assigned to Unit
Be Staged on
- and Thursdays^;*!
Inter-unlt baseball competition will
begin on Tuesday A preliminary
round of practice games will be plqyed
before the tournomont, In order that
all teams may start equally In the
competitive contest.
The following schedule will be played
next week:
_ Tuesday, April sixteenth „
Diamond I—Unit 4 . vs. Unit 7
Diamond 6 vs Unit 12-
Dlamond 3~Unit 9 vs Unit ji
Diamond 4—Unit IB vs. Unit *l7
Thursday. Aprll'ejghtoenth
- Diamond I—Unit 18 vs Unit 20
'Diamond 2—Unit 27_va. Unit 1
Diamond 3—Unit 21 vs Unit 25
Diamond 4—Unit 26 vs Unit 28
There will ho four diamonds avail
able this season The number as
signed to each of the following Is the
number which designates It this sea
son - diamond number one Is-on the
Armory field with home at the corner
proximate to the Beta Theta PI House, 1
number two Is on the same field in
bade of the armory; number three Is
in hack of the mining building, num
ber four is in book of McAllister Hall
Those diamonds are clearly staked out
and are easily located.
Play 'will start at 6:45 sharp on
Tuesday and Thursday evenings on
all four diamonds. (The necessity of
beginning promptly is greatly empha
sized at this' time, as the playing timo
is very limited. It is hoped that ac
tion will soon be taken to allow more
time to be devoted to this sport. .
Material for the games will be ob
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Many Matters of Importance Taken ■
Up,at a Meeting of Student Council
- In the appointment of the commit
tees to.represent the college at the
coming Intercollegiate Conference and
to make arrangements for the annual
observance of Fathers' Day, Student
Council considered important matters
at tho meeting held last Tuesday night
Reports- of various committees were
mado and President Lane named oth
er committees to conduct Poverty Day
and to upon a new class
scrap for the spring, -In addition to the
regular business
- Committees Report Progress
Tho Point System is still an active
Issue la student politics as was.shown
by tho report given by 30P.Kcrr '25
Outlines of point systems used in var
ious institutions In all sections of tho
Country, nows and editorial alleles
from various college and university pa
pers, and letters of information havo
been received by tho-committee This
data'is to be-used for reference in tho
forming of a system for Penn State.
As soon as other more important mat
ters have received'duo -attention from
tho Council, President Lano told Coun
cil that he would appoint a committee
to draft up a system, to be presented
later to Student Council for adoption
or rejection.
The chairman of tho committee op.
STATE COLLEGE. PA'" FRIDAY, APRIL 13. 1923
. CONGRATULATIONS, “PREXY”
Two years ago, on Friday afternoon, April ,16, an automobllo ar
rived In-State College from the Green Mountains of Vermont, bearing
John Martin Thomas, tho now “Prexy" for Old Penn . -
- Three thousand students welcomed him to his new duties and In
itiated him with the College Tell and Alma Mater, and th&opportunlty
of making his first speech for Penn State. ' ‘‘ 'ft
In the two years that havo passed, ‘‘Proxy’’ has probably done more
for Penn State than an average college president could do foi - his insti
tution In twico or three times that period _ }'
. It would take several columns to tell everything that John Martin
Thomas bos accomplished for_Penn Stale, and probably several more.to
tell what we feel that he wlll~accompllsh In the next two years
THn COLJLEGIAIN, as the'spol
Body, on this, the second onnlvcrss
takes advantage-of .thls opportunlt
to congratulate him upon, his great
years, and to express tho hope tffat
of enjoying such devoted service fo:
ACTIVITY PROMISED
.FOR FATHER’S DAY
Student Council. Committee, Will
- Outline Program For After
noon and Evening
COMMITTEE WILL HOLD
MEETING MONDAY NIGHT
To Institute a program which will
bo a fitting reception to those fathers
who will visit Penn State for. the ob
servance of Fathers' Day on May fifth
tho Student Council has appointed nine
.of Its Junior members os a committee
to outline the activities for tho day.
Under the direction of D V. Bauder
’24 these men will make arrangements
for Individual fraternity smokers, a
moss meeting, and some outside form
of entortalnmeat to go hand in hand
with tho baseball game, with Syracuse
University In tho afternoon. ~ ■»
- Last year the occasion was a suc
cess In every way and it Is the desire
of ‘ the ' committee , that the student
body make Its preparations at an early
date-In order to eliminate “the posst- (
biltty of any misunderstandings in con
nection with the program
'' l T&e next meeting of the committee
will'be held Monday evening In room
14 Liberal Arte Building and ,__the_ fol
lowing men are requested to be in at
tendance; R. W. Armbruster, J. C.
Frank, N. S Hlbshman, J R. Eile
man, E. 30. Helm, B M. Jameson, J!
JC'Fsuloa and Fr-cok. young'.-'-'*
EXHIBITIONS BEING HELD
IN FINE ARTS MUSEUM
Includes Drawings 'from the Cur
tis Publishing Company and
- Henry Storrafield- -
- Two important exhibitions ore be
ing held In tho Fine Arts Museum of
Old Main during this week end 'The
first consists of a collection 1 of draw
ings from the Curtis Publishing Com
pany of Philadelphia, publishers of the
3Ladles Homo Journal and tho Satur
day Evening Post. This group Includes
many'cover designs in color and also
soveral drawings In charcoal and a
few oil pointings.
Readers of the Saturday Evening
Post will tako pleasuro In seeing orig
inals of the pictures illustrating their
favorlto stories since many are ap
pearing In present issues of the mag
azine They ore large in slzo and make
a group of very great interest to lov
ers of illustrations. *
The second exhibition is of a more
architectural character and consists
of sketches In water color and in tem
pera, drawn' by Henry Stormfleld of
tho Department of Architecture of
Carnegie Tech Tho paintings are
sparkling with color and alive with
interest
The gallery in Old Main will be open
dally from eight-thirty to four-thirty.
pointed to edit the proposed college
book reported that the committee and
officials of the college had approved
tho suggested contents of the books,
that members of the faculty had been ,
invited to write the various chapters,
that these bad started their tasks, and
that It was intendod to havo all edi
torial matter In the hands of the print
er beforo tho middle of May. Presi
dent 3Lane confirmed tho appointment
of R. A Myers '23 and R. A Noegloy
(23 to this committee
2n ’the of framing the Penn
State Code it .was found advlseabl - )
Student Council to send commlttoes
|to Investigate campus conditions at
western and southern institutions B.
D Schlvo *23 reported for the commit
tee visiting Oborlln, G B Lano '23 re
ported on 'William and Mary College,
W. C Lohew '2B told of tho University
of Virginia system, and W. H. IPayne
'23 reported on Virginia Military In
stitute. Tho committee Is now roady
to start Its constructive work. Upon
the application of A- J. Musser *23
to bo rollevcd of tho duties of chair
manship, I S Adams '23 was called
to this position
Four Studonts to Go to Penn '
An Invitation has been received by
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skesmon for the Penn Mate Student
aary of his coming'to {state College
Ity to voice their continued loyalty.
it achievement during --t Jig past two
t the college may havoTthe privilege
ir.many years' to ‘come.;
MUSIC RECITALS
PROVE [SUCCESS
Talent Marks Music !ciub Concert
Ciub and Orchestra
, , Are Unsurpassed
MADAME SAMAROFF WINS
' PLAUDITS OE[ AUDIENCE
Beginning on Tuoadav evening with
a combined concert by the College Or
chestra and the Men's! Glee Club, a
series of musical programs of the high
est order havo been given to tho stu
dents and people of Sta)o College dui
lng the days of the annual convention
of tho Pennsylvania' Federation of
Music Clubs On-Wednesday evening
Madame Olga Samarofff gavo a sur
passingly fine concert., ;* '
1 -fThe.concert*on Tuesday evening by
' the Orchestra and GleelClub, assisted
by _Mre T. C'Pakonham was a dis
tinct musical success Flaying with a
vim and fire worthylofl a thoroughly
trained professional < organization, the
College Orchestra under''the direction
( of W O Thompson,'College Band Mas
ter, 'opened the program'of the evening
with the bright and Inspiring overture
"Raymond’* by - Thomas,* The Men's
Qleo Club, greeted with u'storm of ap
plause, "a remarkably at
tractive and colonfuF-itumber,, “A Song
of the Sea"’ an old
3F3emlsh folk rhythm
called -• "The Grinder’,’.- t The
‘Prelude to King Manford" by Rein
ecke and the "Pastel Menuet" by Par
adis, followed by tho Glee Club who
sang a somewhat dainty and appeal
ing number, "Elfin Calls in tho Woods"
by Kirchl and “Secret Love”, an
eighteenth century folk song in which
the Club displayed Its ahiitly to ex
ecute fine pianissimo- passages with
pronounced skill _ -
Mrs T. C. Pokenham who represent
ed the music section of the State Col
lege Woman's Club, gave two very
pleasing numbers from -the works of
Chopin,' the' first of which -was "Fan
tasia Impromptu Opus‘‘6G" and tho
second "Polonaise Opus 53 ’’ Play Ing
with the ease and grace of an artist,
Mrs Pakenham immediately captured
tho audience and was' encored with
much applause
The Men’s Glee Club finished Its
part of the program by singing "Good
Night" by Buck and the "NJttany Lion"
which was especially arranged for the
Club by Its director, Richard W Grant
Tho delicate ensemble work, the beau
tiful pianissimo and the flexibility and
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HIGH SCHOOL HARRIERS
HERE ON MAY-TWELFTH
Twenty-five Teams Have Accepted
Invitations To Be Present—
Competition Keen
Words of acceptance are streaming
In daily to tho manager of tho Annual
Interscholastic Track Meet to bo hold
on May twelfth High schools from all
parts of Pennsylvania are going to
take part in this meet which 13 expect
ed to surpass all other like events
sponsored by Penn State
Tho callbro of the different contest
ants Is exceptionally high and this,
combined with the number of schools
that will participate, will insure all tho
races bolng fast At present, replies
have been received from approximately
twenty-five high schools Harrisburg
Tech, one of tho winners last year. Is
one of the few schools that has not oa
yet accepted tho Invitation to partici
pate again this year.
It Is planned to house the teams at
tho soveral fraternities In town during,
their stay here, according to tho dis
posal of the manager. However, If any
fraternity doslrcn to houße a particular
team, It will be permitted to do so and
should. Immediately notify Manager C
B Finley '24, at tho Alpha Gamma Rho
house, giving the name of tho desired
team
BAHKETBALL ELECTIONS
Captain
K D Loefflcr 24
Manager
J R. Hllcman '24 ’
First Assistant Manager-
A York '25
J. L. Wood '25
8. K. Hoffman '25
QJnllpgtan.
LACROSSE AND BASEBALL
TEAMS READY FOR PENN
Stickmen Open Season With Red and Blue Tomorrow On
New Beaver While Batsmen Clash With
Quakers at Franklin Field
The Penn State lacrosse team will
play Its first game of the season when
It clashes with the University of Penn
sylvania tomorrow afternoon at one
thirty o'clock, on Now Beaver Field.
Tho Nittany team has been worked into
a well balanced organization by Coach
Jardinc and he is anticipating a hard
struggle with the Red and Blue veter
ans
Twelve men have been selected as
the most promising candidates for the
varsity team but the final selection
will depend upon the showing made In
this first game, os several of the sec*
ond string men are showing up ex*,
tremely well. The line-up selected by
the coach consists of C. C Morgan *24 i
who will defend the goal, F A. Coulter
•23, captain, will play at point. W. L
Anderson '24 at cover-point, “Hap”'
Frank *24, M. H. Gatchell ’23 and I A
Yo3t ’24 will play at the three defense !
positions, Ray Carson will be at cen
ter and the three attack positions will '
be filled by H D LafTerty '24, Earl.
Singer ’24, and H. C Bash *24 The
two attack positions nearest the op
ponentstogoal will be taken by “Andy”
Shanor ’25 and C R. Elsler '23.
Penn is sending a team which won
the championship of the southern dly
lon of the Intercollegiate League
last year, and has one game to its
credit this-year Last Saturday Penn
, met and defeated the Cornell team,
runner-up In the northern division, by
, a score of 6to 1 This spring there
are nine of last year’s men back in
I the line-up and two football men are
1 also on the team Fleck and Close
| were chosen last.year for all-American
| honors, and with this combination,
Penn will make a worthy foe.
This afternoon the Red and Blue
lacrosse team will arrive In State Col
lege In time for a work-out before
evening. By way of entertainment for
the visitors there will be a lacrosse
danco at tho'Omega Epsilon House to
which all varsity letter men have boon,
invited.
MW GOLF LEAGUE
Eight Eastern Universities Com
pose New League—Penn State’
To Enter Intercollegiates
FIRST GOLF TOURNEY
* - TO BEGIN NEXT MONTH
Penn State has been.admitted to the
Intercollegiate Golf League. Word
was recently received by tho Athletic
Association from James C. Ward of
Williams College, president of tho
newly organized association, that Penn
State's request for admission had been
granted The status of golf at Penn!
State is now assured for membership
In the league will bring tho Nittany
golfers into competition with some of
the_ strongest links team 3 in tho East.
* At a meeting in Now York this win
ter, tho Intercollegiate Golf League
was organized by representatives from
eight eastern colleges and universities,
Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell,
Dartmouth, Columbia, University of
Pennsylvania and Columbia This
spring each member of the league will
play every other college making a
total of seven league matches during
the season A team will be composed
of six or eight men and eighteen holes
will constitute a match
Penn State has already completed a
links schedule for this spring and will
not compote with the members of the
league until next year An invitation
has been extended to the Nittany golf
ers to compete in the Intercollegiates.
scheduled for June fifteenth, and from
present indications Penn State will be
represented at this meet.
Plans have been practically com
pleted by H P. Wiggins *24, first as
sistant golf manager, for the holding
of an Inter-fraternity golf tournament
this spring The tournament will be
gin about May first and will be an
elimination contest. Each fraternity
will be represented by a team of four
men and the Nassau method of scor
ing, in which one point la awarded to
the winner of the first nine holes, one
point to tho winner of the second nine
and a third point to the winner of the
match, will bo used In tho matches
A date will be sotthlsmonthforthe
fraternities-to enter-tho tournament
and. pay the small -feo that will be
charged to cover tho expenses of the
contest and the purchase of a suitabli
trophy
CAPS AND GOWNS
All seniors who did not attend
the class meeting last evening
and who failed to order caps and
gowns should see one of tho
members of tho cap and gown
commltteo Immediately Tho
consists of H. W.
Morgan, C W. Nlea, and W R
'Auman.
JUNIOR PROM NOTICE
Ticket sale for the Junior
Prom will bo held at Co-op on
Monday evening for the juniors
and on Wednesday evening for
tho seniors. Price will be four
dollars for seniors and five dol
lars for juniors. (The drawing of
booths {or the Prom will be hold
tonight In the Bull Pen All fra
ternities and clubs are request
ed to bo represented
THESPIANS SET FOR
SPRING PRODUCTION
Twenty-sixth Annual Musical
Comedy, “His Little Widows,”
Scheduled for Tomorrow Night
With tho strains of an eighteen piece
orchestra under the direction of Sand
master W. O Thompson tho curtain
will rise on "His Little Widows" to
morrow night at eight o’clock in the
Auditorium, marking the twenty-sixth
musical comedy to bo presented by the
Penn State Thespian Club, and at
j which western Pennsylvania College
delegates will bo present at a special
Invitation of the Club
Tickets for this musical comedy have
been on sale every • evening for the
post week and tho sales announce that
the show has been anticipated by tho
student body. The usual custom of
giving two presentations of the show
In close proximity of tho June house
party season has been found inadvis
able so tomorrow night's performance
has been scheduled for tho conveni
ence of State College audiences Stu
dents are advised to take this first
opportunity If they, wish.to witness
— ~ —i
Leading Characters
The leads Cor the production stand
out as characteristic of Thespian tal
ent and all deserve commendation J
H Bance '26 in the role of "Blanche"
does an excellent portrayal of the fem
inine type of lead ns has ever appeared
on tho Auditorium stage R W. Arm
brustor ‘24 as “Lucinda" Is the bright
light In the comedy. Tho scenes fea
turing Armbruster and H E. Schlosser
’23 as "Pete Lloyd" carry tho comic
interpretations throughout the entire
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TROPICAL SETTINGS TO
FEATURE JUNIOR PROM
Harmony Will Be Keynote of the
Booth Decorations—Affair
a Promised Success
Pinal plans for the Junior Prom
were completed at a recent committee
mooting and tho afTair, which will be
staged In the Armory on April twenty
seventh, promises to be one of the
greatest social events ever held at
Penn State The decorations will bo
carried out to represent a tropical night
scene with palm trees and birds scat
tered about tho plnce amidst a galaxy
of colors.
Harmony will be tho keynote of the
booth decorations with tho junior and
school colors predominating on tho ex
terior A largo awning made of tho
class colors will be stretched about
the top of the booths giving tho sceno
a beautiful hotel effect.
Several new Ideas have been Inaug
urated this year, among them being
a new method of drawing of booth
spaces Numbers will >be sent to the
different fraternities and clubs, the
organization whoso number corres
ponds with the first number drawn to
be given first choice of booth and so
on New check room facilities will be
used to accomodate the large crowd.
Invitations to tho affair have been
sent to Governor Plnehot, H. Walton
Mitchell, president of the board of trust
ees, and other prominent men Con
trary to tho general belief, there will
be but one orchestra as tho committee
decided that if two orchestras were se
cured, due to tho high class of music
that will be furnished by Charlie
Kerr’s L’Alglon cafe orchestra, the
music furnished by tho other combina
tion would undoubtedly be too Infer
ior
Tho girls axe represented on tho
committee by Miss Eleanor Knox who
will attend to the affairs of the co-eds
Due to the spirit of economy that is
being advocated by tho college, the
commltteo decided that there -will bo
no flowers Novel favors and pro
grams will bo a feature, tho former be
ing useful ns well as artistic.
Start Early—
Write To Dad Now
For Father’s Bay
More Power To
The Lacrosse Sticks
Tomorrow!
PRICE FIVE CENTS
With the experience of seven games
behind them the Nittany batsmen will
endeavor to annex their sixth win of
the season tomorrow when they meet
the well-drilled University of Pennsyl
vania’s baseball team on Franklin
Field, Philadelphia.
Tho Penn State sluggers will un
doubtedly have their hands full In find
ing Walter Huntzlnger’s curves, who
Is Penn's strongest pitcher, and who
without a doubt will bo placed in the
box against tho Blue and White bats
men. Tho game takes on formidable
form as Georgia Tech suffered de
feat at tho hands of the University of
Pennsylvania during Its southern tour
in which it met the University of Geor
gia and Dartmouth, winning the form
er game and breaking even with the
latter school The' Red and Blue nine
will have the edgo over tho Blue and
White team in that they will have had
tho experience of eight games played
before they lino up against Penn State
It has been predicted that the fans
will be given an exhibition of base
ball such as is not usually witnessed
on a college diamond when these two
teams come upon tho field at two
thirty tomorrow afternoon Sport
critics ore eagerly watching tho po
romance of "Mike” Palm “Johnny"
Reed, and “Ken" Loefller on the dia
mond this spring in order to obtain
side issues with which to predict the
outstanding figures In Penn State
sports to follow.
Palm Fast on Bases
i* In the practice games thfs week
B«4g» was by far the fastest man on
tVb' diamond. His bos® running and
fielding wore without fault Playing
a deep center position he co\ ora more
ground than It is possible to Imagine
from the condition of the outfield
Reed and loeffler are up with th© top
notchers In base running and hitting
The week of practice following tbo
opening of the season served to
strengthen the "team in Its weakest
points, hitting and pitching. The in
flaM-hag,. Vr.tir.
clsion' and coordination' 'that denotes
a well-rounded organization " Bezdek's
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AG STUDENTS PLAN FOR
ANNUAL SPRING BANQUET
Ticket Sale Limited to Two Hun
red and Forty—Prominent
Speakers Listed
The students of the Penn State
School of Agriculture have announced
the annual banquet of the Ag stu
dents for next "Wednesday, April
eighteenth nt eight o’clock Contmrj
to the usual custom, the affair will bo
staged In onlj one building, and the
number of tickets sold will be limited
to two hundred so that the entire as
semblage can be accomodated in the
dining room In Mac Hall
As all who have attended the an
nual celebration In the past can testi
fy, the banquet has never failed to en
hance the feeling of good fellowship
which Is alwass noticeably present on
"‘The Hill” This year a strong and
active committco headed by I S Ad
ams '23 and including the following
chairmen has announced an outline of
a program that promises a banquot
surpassing all former efforts of the
agricultural students W. Trainer, en
tertainment, J O Ely, tickets, G C
Hertlng ’23, menu, and F W Wolp
*23, publicity.
Now Features
IThe outllno of the program for next
Wednesday as announced by the com
mittco includes talks by State Secre
tary of Agriculture Wlllltts, Dean R.
L "Watts of the School of Agriculture,
and Bayard, Editor of "The National
Stockman and Farmer" Besides the
usual group singing led by Professor
R G Brcssler, tho committee on en
tertainment has planned some unusual
features in the way of special songs
by a "Milk-Maid Quartet” comprising
four of tho boet songsters to be found
among the Ags A group of men will
.also stage a short sketch entitled "Ten
Little Bottles".
Further details regarding the an
nual banquet and get-together will ap
pear in Tuesday’s COLLEGIAN Tho
price of a ticket is 31 26, and tickets
can bo obtained through members of
tho committee named above and also
from other agricultural students
REVEREND KJSTLER TO
ADDRESS NEXT CHAPEL
Chapel-goers will have the opportun
ity of hearing the Reverend Raymond
Kistlor, pastor of the First Presby
terian Church of Warren. Pennsylvan
ia, who will address chapel next Sun
day In the morning his subject will
bo, "la tho Church of Christ Succeed
ing’" while in the evening his theme
will bo "Enlistment for Sorvlco".
The Rev Mr KJstlcr is prominent
in the religious circles of Ponnsj l
vania, is an ablo speaker, and has a
clear insight into practical probloms-