‘Don't Kush Me, Bin Boy, I’m I'\cdgcdl" VOL XXI, No. 3 CONVOCATION SET FOR THIS MORNING Judge H. Walton Mitchell To Address Student Body at Eleven-thirty in Schwab Auditorium The Honorable II Walton Mitchelr will welcome the students to Penn State at the seventy-first annual con vocation ceremonies rathe Auditorium at eleven-thirty o’clock this morning. The fourth class in the morning willl convene for ten minutes when all stu dents will be requested to attend the opening exercisocs Foi the first time in the history of the leccnt years of Penn State, tra dition that the cciemcmics be held on the Wednesday when Penn State opens its doois, was broken. The I postponement followed an urgent telephone request from Judge Mitch ell, who because of important judicial duties was unable to come to Penn State on Wednesday to present to the student body the several vital ques tions he has in mind. Judge Mitchell will be the principal speaker, of the morning, and while he has not made his subjects known, they are ceitain to be issues which v.nll affect the College at large. Convocation Program The ceremonies will be opened by an organ prelude, followed by a prayer by Chaplain Frazer Metzger. Dr. Metzger is also evpected to give a short opening address to those at tending the convocation, and will be followed by the principal speaker The cexemomes will be concluded with the singing of the Alma Matei. Dean K. L Watts of the School of Agrieultuie, who is also the senior dean of the College, null piesido o\cr the meeting This part of the convo cation was formerly in charge of the president The Council of Adminis tration, together with members of the fncylt / v. v wHV9 I »WPy'«'*W^p,lat£oria,. NITTANY MENTOR CALLS OUT LACROSSE PLAYERS Slicknion Will Be Drilled In Fundamentals—Handling Ball Important Realizing that the weakness of the Penn State lacrosse team lies in its inability to handle the ball accurately and swiftly and its newness to the game, Coach Leonard has issued a call foi Varsitv and freshman candi dates to report at the Armoiy Mon day evening at foui o’clock for a drill in fundamentals and consequent piaeticc in stickwork. Because the Nittany lacrosse men tor will bo occupied most of the time this fall with the soccei team, Cap tain-elect Hackett will assist in the work and have tempoinry charge of practices. He said that time and again the Lion stickw iclders failed to scoie in the Penn game last spring weiely because when they got the ball they could not handle it propeily. Shots at the net Went wide, wmc close and but few found the pocket. Drill Entire Year “All the year aiound” is the new slogan adopted by Coach Leonard. Mentors do it at every college or uni versity'. whore Inciossc is considered ns a sport, lie said, Syracuse, Penn sylvania, Cornell, Army, Navy and many othcis are alteady sending their stick teams through daily grills. Piospccts in the way of material for a winning combination look well although there are several vacant positions, paiUcularly that of goal which was ably defended by Haikins during the 1023 season Veteran can didates for attack positions ccntei around Emory Shanks who will hold the pivot position, lluckctt, Ed monds, Goiscvvite, Binidy, and pos sibly Buckley, when he returns, nie the remaining men from last yem’s offensive. Of the defense which Coach Leon ard developed in building up the team, Cook, Wendell, Seaman, Welker and House have returned to College. House will be pi evented fiom enter ing the cnily fall woik-ouls because of football. Material Here Coach Lconmd believes that there are many lacrosse players attending Penn State if they can only persuade themselves that it can be done by his theoiy of constant practice and study of the game. The Lion mentor came to this msiitution from Williams college where he made a giont success (.Continued an last page.) ( 2 J I ' '' Semi-Week Prim S>tatr ||| YEARLINGS HOLD MASS MEETINGS Monday Assemblage Devoted to Discussion of Penn State Student Government FOOTBALL IS INTEREST FOR SECOND CONCLAVE Closing the successful introduction of an opening period dedicated to the training of the incoming class, two mass metings were staged Monday and Tuesday nights in the Audi torium as a sweeping finish to the first Freshman Week ever held at Penn State The meeting held Monday night Mas demoted entirely to the cluss of 1029. D. D. Homy, president of the senior class, presided at the meeting, at which Dean Sackett, Chaplain Metzger, P M Sclucfer '2O, W. J. Gorman, '2B, president of the sopho moie class, and Jules Pievost, '2G, spoke. The speakers had as their topics some phase of student govern nient at Penn State which familiarized the men and women entering the College with the organization. Fol lowing the meeting, E V Roberts ’26, head cheei-lcader, and his assist ants conducted a cheering practice for the yearlings. Symbolic of former athletic*mass meetings, the team, “Bez,” “Dutch” Ileiminn, Dean Holbrook and' nine hundred freshmen enmasse _ met m the Auditorium on the following evening for the purpose of acquaint ing the new men with the'attitude of Penn State men on the Prevoat, president of the-- Athletic; -. ’-tv» flu fiiWiinrtif eacH'ojThe'speaifersnvitrr appropriate and fitting commendations ' Dean Holbrook spoke of the loyalty and interest of the faculty m the progress and success of all the teams during then contests “Dutch” stressed the need of support of the jeorlmg gndders by the class. Con tinuing, he said that theie was a noticeable reaction on the motale of any team to the cheeis from the side lines Closing the meeting, “Bez” empha sized the importance of having every one with tho team whole-heartedly He pointed out that this was an in stitution and its policies could not be changed by any one individual oi clique, that the best way to get into Penn State spirit was to fall in line with the traditions for the benefit of all YEARLINGS MASTER PENN STATE YELLS AND SONGS Freshmen Rehearse Class Song For Opening Grid Battle With Lebanon Valley With the opening game of the foot ball season only a few days away the staff of cheerleaders, led by “Gene” Roberts, is making a determined effort to tram the freshmen in the \niiou3 College \ells and songs Because the distribution of freshman handbooks hns been delayed, some difficulty bai been experienced m doing this. In spite of this, however, tho new men are making good prog less and have already mastered the pnncipal songs and most of the yells A little sxnpi iso has been worked up by the yearlings foi the first game which will be in the foim of a light musical selection Tho freshmen are co-operating with the chccrlcadcis in every way and it is hoped that after their many rehearsals, they will bo able to make a good showing at the opening fracas on the twenty-sixth of September A call hns been issued for sopho more candidates foi the cheerlcadmg staff and all men who me inteiested are asked to report at once to E. V. Roberts at the Tau Phi Delta house. The training class for tho«e men will be started ns soon as a sufficient num bci has been listed COLLEGIAN CALLS 1928 REPORTERS Sophomore v candidates for positions on the eaitoriat .staff are requested to report to the COLLEGIAN office Tuesday night at scion o'clock. STATE COLLEGE PA., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 18, 1925 VARSITY GRIDMEN DRILL IN SECRET ON MUDDY FIELD Practically Unchanged Varsity and Scrub Teams Battle On Soggy Gridiron SECRET PRACTICE SIGNS MARK PATHS TO FIELD Only Seven Practice Sessions Remain Before Opening Tilt of Season With but seven days of practice re maining before the initial gridiron clash of the season with the Lebanon Valley aggregation, Coach Bezdek is utilizing every available moment in preparing his 1925 eleven for Ijie coming season Secret practice signs have been posted on all ap proaches to New Beaver Field and Bez continues to grill more than fifty men in new plays and the rudiments of the game. A heavy rainfall Wednesday after noon ga\e Bez his first opportunity to use the men as “mud horses " Ankle deep mud covered both practice fields and uniforms were colored drab when the men finally emerged from scrim mage. Practically unchanged first and second team Uncups ha\c been brought together oveiy afternoon during the week, although registra tion days kept many men from pi no tice. Dangerfield has lecovered from several biuvscs and is at present piac ticmg with the scrubs while Lungren had an “off-day” Wednesday and did not don the moleskins The injuied toe of Captain Gray’s left toot is healing slowly nnd it may be a week before he will be sufficiently reco\ ered to take his berth at center. Two-llour Scrimmages On Tuesday afternoon, tho tempo rary Varsity and second team scuin maged for almost two hours befoie the former managed to break through the sciubs* defense to score Neither, combination snake-Tpprccjablc gains and for the most part, nothing but ime bucks were used. Toward the end of the afternoon the Vnrsitv be gan a terrific offense which lesulted m Bergman’s plunging across the op posing goal Cleats were useless Wednesday aft ernoon and the backs were unable to slip away from the linemen of the opposition Soggy and mushy ground with smull puddles here and there kept the ball in action in the air, and it was only the scrubs who were (Continued on last page) PROSPECTIVE SCHEDULE MADE FOR RIFLE TEAM A schedule of sixteen prospectne matches has boon drawn up for the Varsity rifle team by Lieutenant Miller, who will again coach the Penn State maiksmen. A short practice was held last night and plnns weio completed for an 'intensive couise of instruction foi the candi dates All men interested m both gallery rifle and service rifle shooting aie asked to report to Lieutenant Miller at once The R. O T. G. rifle team will compete in about twelve contests this year, while the co-ed repre sentative shooters will mutch them marksmanship m sj\ fujs. Fresh man candidates will not report until tho first week in December after the regular period of instruction in musketry has been completed Yearlings Furnish Entertainment for Sophomores as Customs First Appear Bach first night of College m Sep tember finds n few cirmg green-caps loiteung around Co-op corner—and tlmt fust night finds those few doing all mnnncr of things they have never done befoie. Wednesday evening, tho loitering few didn’t have a chance to get as far as the corner—they were too busy holding the attention of the movie goers The Pastime may have been noisy msuie, but those on the outside didn’t hear nny boos issuing foith Instead, they issued mw.udl Gcoige Leonaid—poor bov—was the important man of the evening The Lion of the houi, so to speak. Throughout the entile peiformunce, lie kept the cioud with him. The roughneck sophomores wove out in force. Although the sandpa pered appendages were smooth enough to be covered by collars, said loughneeks were too smooth to allow “Smooth Georgia” to get homo All tho old customs were revived— also some costumes. Leonaid hud his coat inside out, and it must be said iihat the linings of the sleeves wcie a little soiled, but never a tear had he. Hill-and-dalers Begin Season’s Work Today Reconsidering his decision that cross-country candidates would not be requested b* jcporl until next week, Coach Nate Cnrtmell today issues a call for all Varsity htll-and dalc candidates ■’a icport at New Beaver Field tkh afternoon Early practice will bo inaugurated foi the upperclassmen 'no that on Tucoday', when the 192S*T.a:n aie called, Nate may be able to’Lave the Vjisity for the time being find spend several aft ernoons m condiConmg tnc freshmen. Captain K. R.-Barclay, undefeated in dual meets ; years and last year runner-uppi the Intercollegiate two-nulc{ will Rjtd the Blue and White on the sik-milc course this year. Tho six men will be picked from Stovait, Johnson, Foui »cre, Oldfield, Rtis,'o. Smith, Chan dres, Haskins, .fstcnkm, Davis and Osterling. -ss-• The openingvtlwet of the fall docs not take place \wsl October twenty fourth, when thsyotbns go up against the strong Sywwjijse combination On November sevei&ij.tthe Nittany run nels will cngagSlthe team fiom the University of Fjrasburgh and on No vember will take part in the ‘championship in New York. • MANY PRODUCTIONS Pfogram for|;Year to Include Mystery, Drama and Fatpijfe Numbers dramatistSarrange FOR EXTENSIVE TRIPS! -y\ Farce. and mjs tcry—these wjljkjfje the ••cope of the Penn State Plants’ activ itics for the coming. .5 car ilwprfsent plans mate rialize. The Placers have already announced the fol- I lowing: •>* Aunt,” a well- I Hangs High," which typifies college life; a tevivnl of a Shakcsperean play, probablj, "A Midsummer Night's Bream;" a mjbterv presen tation to be selected later; and seveial one-act skits Extensive touis me being arranged and ahead} contracts have been ef fected with organizations of twelve different cities in the state The first trip will be made early in No vember In oidci to fill the numerous vacancies caused by graduation, try outs will be held during the coming week as follows: Tuesday evening, se\cn to eight-thirty o'clock, jumois and seniors; Wednesday, during the same houis, sophomores, and Thurs day, freshmen All icgularly en rolled students, men und women, arc eligible to participate m the try-outs The tnals will be held in the Play ers’ studio which is located on the third fioor of the Schwab nuditonum abo\c the stage Freshmen who de siio to assist in stage woik me le quested to icport at the studio on Thursday evening at six foily-five o’clock. During the past year the Penn State P Icvcis were lauded for their excellent presentations in evety per formance. The organization regards its uct’.v itica of last year aa the most successful season since its oiganiza tion five veais ago During tins period the Plrycn have staged tnenti-e’gbt complete pln/s and mm.ty--.ix one-act pioductions Tlic orange reinforcements of the in side of Jus dink gave his head the ap peal nnee of a sun-kissed oi.ingc. sutxlv not a halo. With his trousers lolled to Ins knees—by his own hnndi, be it 1 nown —someone noticed gavluis Lecnnud was convinced that m ojder to be collegiate, bo should wear the gaiteis about the neck—fiat's wheie the nd veitisement s'ays thev should )>e worn In the midst of Ins bout with Kayo Temptation, he struggled to his feet and "jumped at a conclusion,” but be foie long, Leonard was on his knees ‘‘digging foi an idea ” And about two imnutes later, while he was play ing for min, some weathei-man on a balcony above the Pastime theatei answered the plea and a pailful of the best ram in She Nittnny Valley came pouring down on tl.c heads of the notcis in the street They dispel sed but not lor long Many weie enlled, and all the chosen cune But it was the same jounrc, and along about the time the fieshmen gamed wisdom, the sopho* moies ucic left without food for for thought ffinUrgiatt. THESPIAN CLUB TO HOLDCONTESTFOR STUDENT COMEDIE! Penn State Organization Tv Select Best Production for Presentation PRIZE AND ROYALTY ARE AWARDS FOR BEST PLAY One Long Tour Scheduled This Year Instead of Shorter Trips of Last Year Following the policy adopted last year, the Thespian Club will again get away to an early start and will begin active work on the selection of a musical comedy to be piescnted dur ing the coming season Api ize-w in ning contest will be held to obtain a play complete with lyrics The play contest will be open to the entire student body as in the past two years and the author of the winning play willl be awnided with the prize of one hundred and fifty dollnis in, addition to royalties A icivallv of fifty dollars for every presentation after the sixth performance will bc i given to the playwright. Ilowevei, if only parts of Qhe play and lyrics aie selected and the vvoiks of other au thors added, the prize and royalties will be divided proportionately . The comedy submitted must be typed off on one side only of regula tion manuscript paper and should contain the music score as well as the script. AU manusCkipts should be in the hands of cither G E Bi unifield '2G, at the Delta Upsilon house or W. R Weidncr ’26 at the Alpha Sig ma Phi house, before October fif teenth Plans for Trip Instead of taking a number of short tups and an eastern and west ern trip at different times of the year, the club will take one long trip throughout the state during the Easter vacation This plan will greatlv leduce the numloi of re hearsals necessary. founder’? day bans, i quet held last spring an organization composed of former members of the club was formally established and ; will be known as the Thespians A constitution was drawn up by R II Smith, comptroller of the College, and was approved and accepted by the or ganization The purpose of the so ciety will be to facilitate the sale of tickets on load showings by aiding in publicity work and to entertain the cast while on tour. SEMINARY HEAD TO GIVE SUNDAY CHAPEL ADDRES! Reverend Richards, Prominent Reformed Theologian, Has Had Wide Experience Returning to Fenn State after a lapse of several years the Rev G W Richards, piesulcnt of the Reformed Theological Sommarv at Lanea&tei, will address the students in the first regulai Sunday chapel sei vices Besides being the chief executive he is the only professor of church his tory at the seminary. Reverend Richards received his early education at Franklin and Mar shal college wfhcie he obtained, his degree in the school of fine nyts?<Fol lowing Uus he traveled where he did giaduate v\o.k. Return ing fiom the foreign fiolcj he enteicd the theological seminary £» Lancaster of which he is now’ the president Before accepting the pnstoiship of the Reformed church in Washington, D. C„ he took a trip mound the woild, spending consideiable time in Japan. While on this tup around the woild he wai ejected president of the Geneial Synod. Before returning to the seminary to tal e up his duties as president lie .was pastoi for a short time at the Allentown Reformed church Last summer be attended the World Re- I formed Church Convention in Wales, and it is likely that his scimon on Sunday lull be the pioblcms that the convention faced He also may speak on lus experiences while in Japan dm mg the caithquahc and his tiavcls on the continent of Europe 1928 MEN REPORT FOR CHEERLEADERS All sophomores intei ested m trvtng out for the cheer-lcudmg staff are icqueated to com municate at once with the head theerleadci, “Gone” Rob cits, at the Tun Phi Delta The tiainmg school wjJ] stmt as soon as the cundidutus arc listed. “Y” Entertains Class of ’29 on Campus Tonight Leading Students in To Be Present and Nov< DEAN SOUNDS DEATH KNELL FOR MOTORS In confoimance with the College regulation as to student automo biles, those students who brought automobiles heic foi the opening ol the year must send them home be fore Mondav, September 28. This year any student who persists in violating this rule will be suspended from classes until his automobile is sent awav A R WARNOCK, Dean of Men. 1929 GRID COACH • SELECTS ELEVEN Temporary Teams Formed In Preparation for Practice Game On Saturday WEIGHT AND SPEED ARE QUALIFICATIONS OF LINE Following a week of haid practice the ycalling gild squad is beginning to assume definite form with the se lection of temporary fust and second elevens With over ft score of fast, heavy uiep fighting for positions the personnel of the first team is still un certain Preliminary work m charging, blocking and tackling for the line men and passing and punting foi the backs has taken up tnc greatei part ; of the practice sessions thus fui, hut staiting Satuiday Dutch will begin daily scnmmdging. ’dnysTave Cefjn'spen’t m 'preparation" for the coming battles with simple plavs, line scrimmaging and gridiron tcchinquc occupying the time. Terminal Berths Uncertain While DeJp and Marcus aiu at pres ent occupying the terminal positions on the fust lineup the work of Deckel and Cuilei is nearly on the same plane Delp and Decker are of the tall, langy typo and tip the scales at about one bundled and seventy while Marcus and Culler are of a much smaller build At tackles on the first eleven Dutch now has McAmlrevvs, a heavy-set lad, well over one hundred and eighty pounds in weight and Sonderburg, an otliei husky viaruor with an ideal builil for a tackle. Bannister, a sec ond team piny ex, however, promises to giv e both men a battle fox one of the berths The guard candidates help to bung up the average weight of the team with Moore and Hillen defend ing the’line at those positions Ma thieu, a tall, rangy player is the best bet at guard on the second team. At the snapper-back position the outcome is still uneeitam, but with four capable candidates striving for the post the Nittany coach is not (Continued on loot page) COLLEGE WILL CONDUCT FARM MACHINERY TESTS Professor H. B. Joscphson To Conduct Experiments In 1 Power and Lighting Penn State’s School of Agnculturc again sets u precedent foi othex in stitutions to follow with the appoint ment of II B. Joscphson as an assist ant piofes , -oi in famx machineiy to conduct an experiment to dote! mine how to icditec the cost of powei and lighting opeiations m powei farming Piofessor Joscphson is a ginduatc of Saskatchewjn and lowa Stale college j Thu in the fint institution in the! countr*’ to (.onducl an evpoumcnt of this kind Atcoiding to Ihof. R U. Bhisir.gv houl of the ik’p.utmont ot fini ri ’Lbrurv, the pnme pur pose i> to obi un some subst uitial re duction fix means of the plans out lined ioi the expeumont il power fit mm/ woik The expcuircrt will be in every way pjnctic.l and will be used in ft legul.u lotation of corn, oixts, uk n and ha, A icccnt sur vby of f uni comli* otix m Lancaster counlv showed tnat powei and labor constituted sixtv-iivo per cent of the total cost ot taxing a ciop of com. Interest, depicu.ition, taxes, insur ance, scud, ferlili/ei and imukctmg comprised the othci Unity-five per cent. "The Green lint”— Broadway to Slate College PRICE FIVE CENTS n Campus Activities t at Elaborate r el Affair I Continuing the custom of foimci jvoars the Penn State V. M C. A. will welcome the yeailings to the Co’luge on the front campus tonight it seven thirty o'clock when the organization will stage its annual Fieshman Re ception For many venrs this lias been one of the traditions of Penn State, but for the class of 192 b it will bo more claboiatc since its members have had the advantage of being heic a week alieady before the official opening of College. In older that the affair will be ft real novelty, it has been arranged to have as many as possible of the lead ing students in campus activities, sta tioned about the campus. The plan is to have the students meet these men v J ho will be introduced by Bruce Butler '26, president of the Y M. C A Major sports will be represented by the captains and managers of football, track and baseball; then minor sports, publications, music; dramatics, student government and religious organizations Tentatively these groups weie to have been placed in booths but instead spacious settees will be utilized. A second innovation is to have the girls pass through the line for intro ductions because it was deemed neces sary that they as well as the male members of the class should make the acquaintance formally of flhe piom mcrit men and women of the student and faculty bodies This i> part of the movement to make this ceremony moie formal. Following this policy the lcfiesh ments will be served by the women faculty members. Punch and cikc., can be had at any one of the tlmtv tables which constitute the cufcter a for the evening After this the first year .students will foi in in line to be intioduced to Judge H Walton MitchcU, Metzger, Dean A. R Wainocb, Dean Charlotte E Ray, Miss Caroline Rahman ’26, picsident of the Y W. C. A i Biuce Butor, '2G, president of the Y. M C. A, Secretary W J. Kitchen, Miss Chambers ’26, and D. D. Ilenry ’2G, president of the Senior class Speeches by Judge Mitchell and “Bez” will feature the evemrg, while (Continued on lost page) SALE OF TICKETS FOR ‘•Y” COURSE CONTINUES Famous Musical Comedy Will Be Big Attraction—Many Good Seals Unsold Returns from the “Y" enteitain ment course ticket sale which h:i3 been in progress foi the past few dais have shown that the students aie taking an lntoiest and appreciate the eftoits of the Y. M. C A However, all the tickets have not been sold and the seats are still on sale, since the ”Y” expects to have capacity cionds at each of the perfoi mancc3 A public sale of ticket will be con ducted at Co-op Monday and Tuesday, but in the meantime seat** mn\ be secuied at the “Y”’ Itut today and to mouovv from nine o'clock in the morn ing till five o'clock in the alteinoon. Many' of the good scats are still avail able and those wishing them should visit the Hut immediately Season ticket prices are three, four and live dollars One of the main attractions of the couise will be “The Cotter’s Satuiday Night," a musical comedy vwjtten and duected by John Dnniels and pro duced by the famous Scottish Musical Comedy company This company was oigam/cd in order that Daniels could produce his own sketches based on the poems, songa and prose of Scotland. Because so ninny songs aie introduced the members of the cast, all Scottish people, were selected for vocal us well as acting ability. The company was un immediate success after its first sketch, “The Cotter’s Saturday Night," was given a hearty approval For this reason John Daniels Ims selected this com edy as the one to bo presented in the Auditonun. The scene for the sketch is a cot ter's home m Scotland. It is n Satui dny night, the cotter and his wife aio seated by the fvic, the son and (laugh tei come home fiom a week's woik, the land’s son comes to couit the daughter and a humorous neighbor also diops m—the evening is spent in song and story Such aie the mu i oundings and to these the {Scottish Musical Comedy company add, humor and wit
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