Drop a Nickel In the Slot You’ll Be Saved VOL XXI, No. 1 VARSITY SGEIM^^ESDAIfcY .'I 'l,l Bezdek Drives Men in Preparation for Lebanon Valley—Squad Has Wealth of Linemen Driving lus men with the determ! E nation and vigor charastenstic of the Nitluny Lion, Coach Hugo Bezdek is conducting morning and afternoon drills on the New Beaver practice field in his efforts to place a well balanced Penn State eleven on the fcridironjn the opening clash against Lebanon Valley on Saturday the * Despite vaiious rumors to the con trary, the outlook fot a successful 1925 season becomes brighter with the return of many veterans, among them Bill Helbig and Cltaihe Light. Ken Weston, Clark Wilson, McPhie and Hayes stand out as possible wing men while Bill House, formerly a tackle, has been shifted to one of the technical positions by Bez, a wealth 6f line material necessitating the change. Bucks Promising Beside Light and Shorty Watson, the stellar giound-gamci of lust sea son, Bergman and Dangerfield have been pei forming in the backfield of the tempoiary first team This quai tfette presents untold possibilities, each fitember being at least a “double threat” man. Dangerfield, at quarter, .plunges and runs the ends equally well, as also does Watson Bergman, though a tulle slow to stait, is a con sistent lme-bugkci and passei, while Light can be used to hit the line, pass or punt. During the past week, and especial ly last Satuiday, Dungcifield has lit erally covered himself with pie-season glory His remarkable ground-gain ing capacity is only realized by viewing him in action. The Lorain, Ohio, flash has consistently wuggled through the second team line and backfield foi long gams, and lus ex cellent end-running and snaring of .•pusses warrants a big Reason for xke diminutive sophomoie back. . Lungien, super-luminary *o£ the freshman team last yeai, also has re turned, and is anxious' to don the moleskins Cy has not been feeling “m the pink” of late, but looked well yesterday when he received his initial work-out. Bezdek's Strong Line Basil Gray, twice lcadci of the Blue and White pigskin wairiors, has ic turnetl to his 1923 form and leads the team from the smippci-baik post. The vvmgmcn on the fnst-stnng line me House and Weston, while Kiall and Gicenshiolds loom us piospective regulars at the tackle bciths Eime McCann and Aug Michalsko, both regulars, aie playing with the sciubs and their work, coupled with their speed and punch, piccludcs any possi bility of their lemaimng long with the vvork-hoiscs Dempsey Hastings’ weight and (Continued on last page) I. F. C. CONVENES TO DECIDE RUSHING DATE Fraternities Asked To Suspend Freshman Entertainment Until After Meeting In a meeting called for sevcn-tlur 1y o'clock tonight at the Kappa Del ta Rho house, mcmbcis of the Inter iiaternity Council will gather to discuss lushing regulations lor the season and to fix a date lor the start of pledging. According to the old rushing ic gulation. pledging of the y callings would be pernussuble immediately alter then matiiculntion today and tomorrow In order to safeguard the Freshmen Week program and to comply with the suggestion of the cimmittee in charge of the period lequcstmg that rushing be deferred until the end of the period, an at tempt was made to cull a special meeting of the lnterfiatermty Coun cil last night, it was found, how ovci, that few of the vepiosentatives had returned and the meeting was postponed until tonight Rushing Deferred In order to dnect the situation un til the time of the meeting, 11 D. Fntchman ’2O, president oi the Council, last night issued the fol lowing request. “The College', administration has requested that there he no lushing of any kind during Freshman Week. Therefore it is the dutv of each iru termty represented in this council to comply with the wishes of the ad ministration to the fullest degree and to give its hearty support m aid ing the men who arc sponsoring the plan ' Until the time of the meeting ilium Slate l|l C PROGRESS SHOWN IN NEW BUILDINGS Odd Effects To Be Produced in Three-Story Structure at College and Allen NEW CATIIAUM THEATER TO BE COMPLETED SOON Building opeiations at State Col lege duung the sunmci months have piogicsscd at a fast pace. Seven new commercial buildings aic being erected and in addition to this, five new fraternity houses are in the pro cess of completion , < - * _ , Occjpynq avenue and Allen stieet will be the new'Lietzell building This structuic will be done in Gothic style and the fiont will be finished with black bucks and gold mortar It will be the second of its tvpc to be elected in this counti \. The fli st flooi of this two-stoiy stiuctuie will be occupied by the Athletic, stole and Graham and Sons Tobacco store The uppci flooi will contain office.* and an apart ment The new theater which is being (Continued on fifth page) THESPIAN CLUBPLANS FOR COMING SEASON Critics Acclaim “Wooden Shoes” As Best Collegiate Show Produced Last Year \\ ith “Wooden Shoes”, the Thespian production of last yeai, judged by such piomment cutics as b'lorcnz ZiogfichPund Ned Waybuin as the hist collegiate musical comedy in the Hast, the club will endeavor to icpout such a peifoimance this year. For this puiposc a plav-wuting contest similar to last yeai’s will be conduct ed. the rules to b? announced in the ne\t i_suo of the COLLEGIAN Accotding to the judgement of the cntics of the .collegiate contest, the Nittanv oignmzation excelled part tcularlv in the plot of tlje play and the d incmg Scenic ieaturcs and lighting effects were of a lower calibre howevei, and the club hopes to improve these features this year. The Unneisitv ol Michigan club was awarded second place, with the Mask and Whig of Pcnnsyhnmn third The proposed t* Ip of the Ihcspmns this sear will, it approved, take the plnce of the numerous trips ot last yi nr. The temporary schedule of ap pearances includes’Johnstown, Harris burg, Indinmiy Umontown, Greens buig, Morgan!dw’ii, Pittsburgh, Cleve land, Ohio, Erie, Scranton, Wilkes Bnrre. Philadelphia New York City, and Atlantic City. The tup will take plnce at Easter Tryouts for this yeui’s pioduction, will hkch lii'Chc'iiist piiit of Deccmbpi. n TbbigieatO'!ti need this' venr is for “guis” m the choius The best typo foi parts of,this nature me men about five feet five inches in height and having small 01 delicate features. There will also be several olhei positions in the cast and chorus that will be vacant Negotiations aie now under way Id have Ned Wayburn also coach the show this veai Ills aide, Maurice Daicv, will piobnbly supeiintend the cailvwotk with Wavbum supei vising the final piepniations Nearly all the members of the chib who hnd lending louts last year will bo back this veai STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1925 “Y” ENTERTAINMENT programinuludes NUMEROUS ARTISTS Paul .Whiteman’s 1 Band To Be Bit? Attraction—Glee Club Billed for Concert HAROLD BAUER IS FIRST ENTERTAINER OF COURSE )onald MacMillan Will Tell of Recent Trip—Jacques Thibaud Is Secured Booking an array of aitists that promise to surpass those of other years, the Y. M. C. A. has airanged the enteitammcnt course for the cui rent season. Among the outstanding features foi the course ate the sched uled appearances of Paul Whiteman and his orchcstia, Donald Macmillan, who will lectuie on his daring exploits into polar legions, Harold Bauer,-the noted pianist who cieatcd a sensation here last year, Jacques Thibaud, the violinist, and Suzanne Keenei, the noted opeia singer For the opening number of the sea son, Penn State audiences will once again have the opportunity of hear ing Hatold Bauer, often teimed tin. master pianist Mi. Bauer, in his appearance here last spung, thrilled a capacity house of music lovers and he is ceitnm of an enthusiastic wel come when he comes to Penn State on October seventeenth. W. J. Hendeison snjs of the wopu ulai musician, “Haloid Bauei mai be legarded as a grownup pianist. He was born m London and was leccntly discoveied by that bus} city, where he played some recitals He started in life as a violinist but was convoitod He is chiefly a self-made pianist and did a very good job. "Now New Yotk has come to dote on Hatold Bauer. People try to climb over one another’s backs to get into a hall to hear him plav. . . . Not even the statisticians could deter mine who was right and who was wrong about Mt. Bauer’s playing in 1900. _ The _ fofty^-hrtiw, of , Bypinp. wrftlieH 7n emotional spasms; the sensitivd nerves of New’ Yoik re mained unshaken ” Scotch Comedians Coming The second piesentation of the vcai, billed for Novembci thirteenth, will be the musical and dinmatic pi educ tion of Robot t Bums’ famous poem, “The Cotter’s Saturday Night” pio duced by the Scottish Musical Coined', Company. It is a musical plaj en (Comlnucd on fouilh page) Lieut. Connell, Penn State Grad, Lost in Sea Plane Disaster Listed among toe crow oi tiie giant seaplane PN-9 No. 1, winch set out upon a non-stop flight from ban Fiancisco to 1 Hawaii and was rc poited missing Monday, August Jl, is Lieutenant Byron J Connell, a member of the 1918 class at Penn State. Connell enlisted m the aviation coips in March 1918 during the Woild Wai : end in November of the same jeai earned the commission ot ensign m the Naval Aviation service in Florida In 1922 he was a post graduate in the United States Naval college. The following }eat, 1924, Connell giaduat cd from the Massachusetts Institute of Technolog} In 1924 he was stationed with the Buieau of Aeron autics al Washington While attending college at Penn State Lieutenant Connell vvjj pt emin ent in student activities lie was a member of the Phi Kappa Sigma fiatcrnity Connell’s home was in Stilkinsburg, Pennsylvania Match Box Collection of Registrar Hoffman Amazes Smoking Fraternity Among the fintcimty of "collect date being Sweden. *i nation whose icns” theie have been specialists in the i '•ole imlusti„ and loirn oi recreation r . 'would 'ccm to be the manulacture ot acquisition of old guns, bhm models, h w:t |, t l,c total ol fitty-lne old tugs, old bottles, old bonus jn|’" , ar ,„ us and shapes, thing taro - but it is 101 l to l'oim am , nle lc „ le , ont e,l btato-to develop a eonnomem «jth , llth M( . h Jn d thne oiatilty a [hobby of hluo-ribhou, supei-supei Uelg.um. Ml Hotlman notelty He n William b Hollman. ~„u . s that he tspetts mo.e lion, these Heg.stl-ar ot the College. t „ ulltr , o , ~ ~„N,m,s In get hoses A stioll ovet the College campus j,. on , Eolith South Ameuc.i Inst spring during which he picked up Austiah.i and China and a lew from five diffeient kinds of match boxes olhei countiict, that nic not as yet rc was the mspiintion for Mr. iloflman’s 1)ro <, en tod m the unique collection, collection. At the piesent time he oldc-t bo\ is one lecoived Horn bus 432 diffeient kinds oi mutch box- college registrar who earned cs, most of the well-known sulety it foi fifteen voais. hiiends aie lum \ai icty, but claims that he has “ju'-t attics and cellars to get stalled” for his goal is one thousand i )f>NC . s now“out ol pimt”. Moic different makes befoie Christmas i|,. in u i uin d*ed boxes ot foi eign make Even now he is said to have the larg- suited f u , m the scar dr of Dean G. est collection of the kind m the woild L Wendt ,of the school of Chennstiv Twenty-five counlnos ara lepic- mul Pin sics, who spent the summer in J. G. WHITE INCREASES, 1 ' LOAN EtJNpj 'ij. G While ’fij \iee-rv 3ulent of tlie Boat d of Trustees, pj» tented, at the annual of t) < board, a sum of $23,000 the. intorcsi of which is to he used m making 5... is to men students at Penn Svtule, vho n«jdj financial assistance. {Tiro .und given in honor of Gcner. 1 Tnmes’jjJ Beaver, formei governor e the Com-’ monwealth and also president oCJJie Board of Trustees. ’ , All icturns fiom the 'lnvestment added to the principal unt-i -he whole will be loaned to students ; t five per cent interest and the refumld will be added to the principal until the whole has reached the sura of sir hundred thousand dollais, when all . f it may be eniplo}ed This.js thov-cond'do nation from Mr. White, tits previous one being foi the benefit c\gul3 at the College CANDIDATES CALLED FORFROSHEiVEN Freshman Gridders --Vail Use New Practice Lots’On New Beaver Fiefcl- — ___ FIVE GAMES SCIIEK.'LED FOR 1929 AGGREGATION In ie«ponso to the cull of, Coach Dutch Keinunn, the wj-.al large squad ol yeailmg football iien will don the moleskins anti biyfvs the fight for positions on the 1929 team this afternoon about fpur o’clock on the new pricticc lots on Bea’cr Field. Definite announcement of tre time of the p.ucticc w ill be made to vhe fiash man scct’ons this mornne - - ; Arrangements hare been<made foi two pucticc fields on the, > terrace abo,e the \.usity scrimmag* lot on New Beavei Field This fi n lt»Jwill in clude a part of the baseball putfield. Coach Bcrdck has planne t'o eiect ten batter,’ dummies on tjus held which will he used bV All the work of instructing jl£ year ling players will lake" pla- 1 '-oh this ficl J The candid » .the iunncij drossfng S rf *.s ’’ears.' Equipment foi sevent} or seventy-five men is now ieadv. Duiing the fust few practices Coach Ilciniim will endeavor mainly to get jcqi.u.nted with his ran* teii *1 and will enil/ begin to cut the squad to a good walking numbei The 10“'i squad piomues to be on a pm with that of list }eai rro e h Schedule The voailing schedule foi tins }ear consists of five gimes, thice of which aie at State College The first game will be plaved with Wvonung Semi nil on Octohei seventeenth on the }eailing’s home field This will be follow el b\ a contest with the Sv in cuse fieshmcn the following Satur dn} at State College On Oetobei tintl\-fust the Nittanv ve.ulings will oppose the Pitt freshmen on the latter’s livid in Pittsbuigh. The last homo game will be p!a}cd with the Buckndl Plebes on Novembei seventh The fifth and last game oi the sea son wJI be staged at S.iltsbmg with the Kiski gndmen DEAN HOLBROOK TO BE GRADUATE SCHOOL HEAD Dunng the absence of Di F D Kein, dean of the Gi uluate Si bool, Deaa E \ Holbtook of the School of *\»ines and Metalluigv, will assume I)i Kein’s duties All business ic lating to gi.idu.ite vuuk will be tian s.,cted m Di Kein’s office in the Bot rnv building, while mining and metal luigieil lieadquaiteis will be in the New Mining building as befoie The lesulcnce ol Den C A Holbiook has now been changed to 103 Hast Fan mount, the new telephone numbei be ing 468. NINEHUNDRE; TRUSTEES NAME GOVERNING BODY Committee Takes 4 Over Reigns of Administration Until. New ‘*Prexy” Is Named DOCTOR THOMAS TAKES v UP DUTIES AT RUTGERS _ ’Following the official depaituie of ,JDr. John M.-Thomns from the picsi dency of Penn State on August thir tieth, the task of directing the col lege policy fell upon an administra tive committee consisting of Judge H. "Walton Mitchell, president of the Board of Trustees, Deans R. L.,Watts R. L Snchctt and C. W. Stoddait and R H Smith, college comptiollcr. No definite movement has. been made to elect a successor to Dr. I Thomas liras far but the-committee .fa pr.'nlcLt of ih-; tna&Tti is searching for a'suitable candidate for the position The fixe trustees who are engaged in this important work aie Judge II Walton Mitchell, Pittsburgh, Vance C McConmck, llar nsbuig; John F. Shields, Philadel phia, W S Wise, Meadulle, and J. L. ilamill, of Columbus, Ohio Qualifications, Important The necessaij qualifications of the man needed to fill the piesidentinl (Continued on fifth page) GLEE CLUB WILL START REHEARSALS NEXT WEEK Tryouts for Now Members To Be Held Soon—Two Road Trips Are Planned * With two tups already auanged and others under consideration, the Penn State Glee Club will lesume tunning on ne\t Wedncsdax exening umiei the duection of ltichnid W Giant, head ot the depaithient ol n.usic, m piopaiation loi what pro mises to be a banner joai for the Nittanj oigunizntdin A laigc nunibei of the club of last joai no expected to lepoit again Wtdnesdnx exening, but there xvill still be sexeral xacanues.in each ot the xoice sections that v ill haxe to be filled to bung the dub to lull stiength r,l appio\miatcl\ liltx xoices The majonlj of those xxill be filled by irombeis of the incoming ficslnnnn class and tixouts will be held xvithin the next tlueo xxeeks to select nexx li’cmhois im the club lixouts xxill be conducted for tenois and lot bnutones and basses on sepaiate dates, which will be an nounced m a latei issue of the COL LEGIAN. Glee Club Trips The fust tup of the season will include foui conceits in the noithcrn and western sections of the state Kane, where the club lecoix’cd an oxntmn last xem, will be visited again, xxlule Oil Cit\\ Kittaning and Pitt sbuigh nuke up the .romaimlei ol tlie ajipcarances ot the songsters I’enn State will be tepicscntcd at the nimunl mtcicollcgiate glee club contest m Ncxv Yoik City this year. Tor some ttme there had been dis cussion of Inning a Pcnnsylxnma competition, the wutnei of xvlnch would lepiesenl Pennsylxama at the Nexv Yoik competition But plans loi the state contest will not be form ed tins vear, and Penn State will pio laiblj be the onlv Pcnnsvlxama college lepiesentecl at the contest. The Nittnny oiganization has al waxs placed xvell up among the lend ers at the intercollegintes ond the giotip maintains considerable prest nge among the ninnv colleges that (Continued on last page) D YEARLINGS tIRESHM» Judge I ; 'Mitchell'i Addresses Initial Chapel Exercise—-New Scheme Will Be Great Help to Students , In order to initiate the incoming freshman class into the new environment of college life and acquaint the net\ students with the customs) and traditions of Penn State, the college administra tion has designated the period from September 9 to 15 as Ficsh man Week. The newcomers will be divided into sections accord ing to their courses, each section having a different schedule of instruction. Each freshman has, already received his section allotment and a seat m the Auditorium which lie is to occupy during morning chapel exercises. Although the schedules for the various groups will differ, each freshman will have six general types of assign ments which will include assemblies, school meetings, lectures, classes, mass meetings and miscellaneous inteiests. 1929 ENROLLMENT NEARS THOUSAND School of Engineering Claims Almost Forty Per Cent Of Students Admitted COLLEGE MAY ADMIT 140 TO ADVANCED STANDING With the opening of Freshman Week today Penn State will welcome appioximately nine hundred new students as members of the class of 1929. Despite the fact that the pres ent freshmen were rather late m turning in their applications, the nine hundred quota hat long since been exceeded; in fact Registiar Hoffman has admitted some eighty more than the set quota. ~ * 1 The size of the present freshman jt_the sjn'ujlest for”/., ve}Ttl_yoHnC Last year eleven hundred students' weie accepted, but of this number mnet> failed to come, which loweicd the size of the class of 1928 to ap pioximatelj one thousand students. Of the gioup foimmg the class of 1929 thcic arc one bundled and six girls The majonty of these have been eni oiled in courses in the schools of Education and Liberal Aits. Fewer students have been admitted ftom foreign countries than in the past and these come mainly from South Amoi ica. Enrollment bj Schools The School of Engmeeung claims almost foitj per cent of the incoming freshman class with an enrollment of (Continued on fourth page) “Big Tent” Denizens To Entertain Frosh Wild Animals and Side Shows Are Features of Friday Night Entertainment Shades of I\ T. Barnum and all the Rmgling Brothers! The realm of the circus lias imaded Penn State. ’Mid the pink lemonade and the stentouan cr> of the big tent baikci the new wuareis of the gieen will be in fa miliar scenes again. So Fndny night don your best togs and make your way through the holiday ciowds that will tlnong the Aimor> to see the Y. M. C A's “Greatest Show on Eatth.” Judging by the wild, blood-curdling cues heaid by several leputable wit nesses when the Bcllcfontc Centml’s bin ill whistle distuibed the calm silence of our peaceful valley seveial nights ago, the gnlaxj of wild ani mals imported for this event should he sufficient to strike teiror and nmazement into every circus-goci. The management, while \ciy uncom municative about the niTau, admits that some of the animals nic like nothing evei witnessed by human ej es befoie (Continued on sixth i> ifco) MISS WILLARD STUDIES FOR DOCTOR’S DEGREE Miss Marv Willaul, recent instruc tor m chemistry at Penn State, is now working lor the degree of doctor of philosophy at Cornell university. She is studying organic chemistry and its applications Miss Willard is a daughter of the late Prof J M Willard, for manv jrars head of the College department of mathematics, and she was giudunt ed from Penn State in 1921. She taught here and studied for her mnsters degree, which was awarded lust voar Miss Willard is a membci ei the Flu Kappa Pin lionoiury acliol- When a Man’s a Man Not a Freshman PRICE FIVE CENTS WELCOMED iEEKASSEMBLY 1 Judge H. Walton Mitchell, Presi dent of the Board of Tiustces, will officially welcome the new Penn State students to the college at W etlnesday morning chapel lie will include m his address general dncctions for the yearlings to follow during the week and will talk on the primu’w objec tives of college Following this open ing speech Registrar Hoffman will outline the various steps of lcgistra tion. Assembl} Addresses For the rcgulai morning chapel ex orcise each day a topic of interest foi the freshmen has been chosen and speakers selected from the college ad ministration and faculty. The deans of the various schools w ill he on the Thursday morning piogiam and will enlighten the newcomers on the scope of the school curnculn. Friday morning the entenng class will assemble m the Auditorium for a loctuie on tht*. history of the College by Comptroller .Smith while Dean R L. Snckctt will talk on the plan of or tion of jthc the ruruliu. sabbath SPMw will Tie heitT wiifruA college chaplaif, Dr. Frazer Metzgei ns the speaker. The final morning addles, by E K. Hibschman, societal', to the picsidcnt, will deal with the College and its relations with the nubile II A. Lietzell, piesident ol the Slate College town council, will also speak on this topic fiorn a townsman s wow point Registration At a specified pcuod during the fust two da>s, Wednesday and ilmis duj, each section will legistei at the Armory foi the semestei’s woik All semester fees must be paid at the tunc of rcgistiatiun The confusion m the mattei of physical examination tot the fieshmen will also be avoided b> having the .vcaibrgs lepoil in small groups at dilleient horns thiorghout the week. Foi the puipose of fumih.ui/ing the students uith the coui'-es the, have elected to puisue meetings ot the incoming class by schools will be holt! for five penods dunng the wee!: At these times the deans and dcpuitmcnl (Continued on mn. pugc.i DEAN WENDT AT WORK ON NEW MOTOR FOEL Cheap Substitute foi Gasoline Is Aim of Reseaich—To Experiment Here I Dean Gel aid L Wendt, head of the School of Chcnustix anil Phvucs at Penn State, lollovvmg seveial weeks of lcscatch in chemical libmatoiios in Geimanv investigating the manu facture of motor fuel, will conduct a senes of expei iments tint. \c.a at Penn State in an cffoil to line! a cheap substitute foi gasoline foi use when the supply of oil m the wot Id is ex hausted, a condition expected within twenty >eais at the picsciil late of consumption. During the summei Dean Wendt visited a Gciman nitiate plant at Mciscbuig, whcic wood alcohol i> nov being nutnufnctuied bv a new pio coss so cheaply that it hat l unit'd the industry in this count! v lie Mated that if the piopoi process could bo discovcied, necessaiv changes could be made at Muscle Shoals to manulat ture motor fuel choaplj and in Inigo quantities. The ptoccss Dean Wendt will at tempt this yeai to make a suitable motor fuel will be the lemoval ot oxvgcn fium alcohol by me.tns ot a catalytic agent. Dean Wendt ha* been a piomincnt tiguie in the scien tific woild for his important investi gations and discovencs on the atom. The research on motm fuel, lie s.ns is more important at the piesent lime, however, and he will devote the meet of hiu tunc to Lhio work.
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