Penn State Has Hit a Losing Streak VOL. XXI. No. 4 VARSITY GRIDDERS TROUNCE SECONDS IN PRACTICE GAME Scrubs Suffer 26-0 Reverse in Hard-fought Struggle on Ne\y Beaver Field ALL TOUCHDOWNS MADE IN TWO FINAL PERIODS Bergman and Helbig Score Two Six-pointers Each—Pincura Shines With Scrubs Counting one touchdown in the third quarter and three more 31 <- pointcrs in the last period, the Penn State Varsity gridmen handed the scrubs a 2G-0 lacing in a hard-lought practice game on New Beaver Field Saturday afternoon Scoring was at a premium during the first half and the final outcome in numbers dons not indicate the terrific struggle throughout the stretch Bezdek’s temporary first team took the field with Mahoney at center, Itoscberry at right guard, Munz on that side as tackle and Hnitman taking care of the right wing On the left side of the lino were Hast ings, Filak and acting-Captain House stationed at guard, taVkie and end, respectively. Lungren played quar ter, Helbig left halfback, Pntchaid right half and Beigman fullback. Michalskc acted as captain of the scrubs and held down the tackle po sition on the light side of the Imo Hayes played that terminal while Krall was used as right guard Onyx at center, Schininkv at guard, Mc- Cann at tackle and McPhie playing the end completed the forwards. Pincura called signals and acted as safety man, Watson and Lewis played the hahes and Light was at full. Score in Third Period Bill Helbig, Varsitv back, crossed the opposing goal line once in the third quarter and again in the fourth, Bergman counting the other two touchdowns m the final period The fullback also accounted for -the two remaining points, gathering these in booting the try-for-point twice out ol four chances. The initial six-pomtei was annexed by Ilclbig after the Varsity had scored three successive first downs In a march from midfield Helbig started the procession, scooping up a bad pass from Mahoney and teai ing to the sciubs’ thirty-five \ard line where lie was stopped by Pin cura Two more first downs and Bill went over for the fust score of the afternoon Lungicn held the ball and Bergman booted the oval squarely between the uprights and the score stood 7-0 for the Varsity. If the struggle was a nip-and-tuck afTnir before that touchdown, it be came even more so nftciwaid Onyx Kicked ofi to Lungicn on the 10- yard line and the stocky quarter can led the ball to the scrubs’ G - yards, u hair-raising 51-yard run through a mnss of opposing players. After two unsuccessful plays, Helbig, on a fake reverse, made a first down on the 24-yard maik. Lungren tried a left end run and took the pigskin to the 10-yards as the quarter ended (Continued on lust page) GLEE CLUB REHEARSES FOR CONCERT SEASON Tenor Candidates To Be Heard This Evening—Basses Will Appear Tomorrow With definite plans for a busy sea son, the Penn State Glee Club, under the ducction of R W Grant, head of the department of music, will hold a senes of mtensne lehcursals dunng the coming weeks, in ordei to pie paro thoioughly for the se\eial con certs scheduled both at Penn State and while on tour A large number of men who were members of the oigamzation last year have returned to the ranks of the club, but bevcial \acnncics remain which will likely be filled by candi dates ftom the ficshnum class. Director Grant and .1 committee selected from the club will hold a pre liminary tiyout for candidates for the tcnoi positions tonight at set on ; o'clock in the Auditoiium A similar be held tomoriow night at eight tivout for baritones and basses will o'clock, also in the Auditonum The first Glee Club concert at Penn State is scheduled for Decombci elev enth, when the Nittany songsteis will appear as the fouith number on the "Y” entertainment couise. Three road tups me also being planned, the first of which will be taken in Novem ber. Late m Febimuy and the eaily pail of Match the club will tour tluough the cast, while a tup into the northern and western p.uts of the state is scheduled lor kite spiing. ffettn jfctlr A Named as Rutgers’ Dean FUND NEARS COAL Undei the tutelage of Coach Nate Cartmell, the Varsity squad of cross* country candidates has been practic ing daily on New Beaver Field. The new course over the golf links has not yet been laid out and the work has eOnfrfiCu'ta prel.i imary'joggmg around the tracks and some limber ing-up woik Freshman candidates ate tequestd to lcpoit to Caitmell todav and the Nittnny mentoi will instruct the 1920 runners in conjunction with the Var sity men Nate looks foiward to a good year with the Varsity’ since thcie aie so many vetcians back fiom Inst year's team, but he is not so wcll h\ed as to ycallings and his call is issued onily so that all possible mater ial in the new* class may be looked over m preparing for the futuio. TEXT ON LOCOMOTIVES REVISED BY A. j. WOOD New Edition Contains One Hun dred Additional Pages—Pre sents Hauling Statistics With the addition of one bundled pages of new piatci nil togethei w ith an entne revision of the first edition, “Principles of Locomotive Operation,” a text book by Pi of. A. J Wood of the depaitment of mechanical engi neering, has iceentlv been icleased by the pubiislus This second edition which will be used by mechanical en gineering students at Penn State as well as at scvcial otiiei institutions contains the latest developments in steam locomotive design and opera tion Depaiting fiom the conventional method of discussing the locomotive, Profcssoi \\ ood treats the “non lioise” as a powci plant in which the maximum amount of cneigy m the fuel should be made available foi Imuhng a lia.n A significant fact is pointed out in the statement that at the close of a centiuv of piogicss in railroading, the steam locomotive stands supreme. An outstanding fcatuie to be noted in the book is the gtaphical methods applied in such pioblcms as the time lost in slowing down a tiam A prob lem of gcncial interest biought out by Piofesaor Wood bungs out the rel ative cost of stopping a train of eight jiassengci coaches and a fiftv car fieight train boUntiavellmg at thirty miles an hour The former costs sixtv-onc* cents while the expendituie of the fieight liam is one dollar and seventy-live cents. GLEE CLUE TO HOLD TRYOUTS Tenor emdidatea foi the Glee Club are requested to le poit to the Auditonum this evening at seven o’clock, ban tone and bass tomonovv evening at eight o’clock. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1925 Executive Committee Plans for $lO,OOO Endowment Fund— : $4,819.80 Collected UNPAID PLEDGES SET AT • TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS The executive committee of the Edwin Erie Spaiks Memorial asso ciation, of which Dr A. E Mai tin, head of the histoiv department, is chanman, repoits that collectiovs amounting to almost five thousand dollars have been made fiom the stu dents and facult.v, and the committee intimates that the permanent endow ment fund will be brought up to the ten-thousnnd-dollar-mnrk when con tributions fiom College alumni and friends, of the late ex-Presidcnt have been finally tabulated Pledges to the. nmount of nioie than two hundred dollars made by individuals and fra ternities lemain unpaid Of the $4,819 80 turned ovei to the Comptroller of the College by the ticasuiei of the student committee, thice thousand dollais have been in vested by the College tieasurer as an endowment fund. The remainder was made available for the puiclmse of books for the collection. Entire supervision of all mnltcis peitaimng to the Sp.uks Memoual will bo in the hands of the executive committee, composed of Dr Mai tin, Miss Sabin W Vogt, hbianan, It. T Ivi icbel ’26, president of the Sphinx society, P. M Schiofei, vice-piesident of the senior class, and the President of the College. Arrangements are being made to add the American history librarv of the College to the Memoual collection This would not only greatly incicasc the number of books in the collection but also would simplify the pioblcms connected with the admnistintion of the Library. Until the Libiniy is ic niodeled, oi a new one constructed, the collection will be placed on the second floor of the present building. A special index for tins collection is being made and when completed will be placed in a conspicuous position in the Library. Miss Malian Leatlioiman, a giadu ate of Cornell university and yf the University of Illinois library school, will have jurisdiction over the Spaiks (Continued on last page) J. R. DUNLAP BECOMES ASSISTANT CHEERLEADER Because of the absence of all the managers and members of the Ath letic Association who last year, ns seniors, elected the cheerleader it wri3 necssnry for the executive heads to choose another lc ider to fill the va cancy caused bv the failure of F. W. Raj 1 ’2(5 to return to College. At the meeting held for this put pose, assistant E V. Robeits ’2O was elected to succeed Rayl J. R Dunl ip ’2(5, one of the outstanding candidates fiom last yeni, was appointed assist ant cliccilcadci. EDM OF LA VIE SELECTS MENFOR YEAR BOOK STAFF Ten Departments Will Compose Editorial Section of Junior Publication ORGANIZATION CALLS FOR METHODICAL PROCEDURE Preliminary Dummy Completed by Board—Women’s"" Editor Not Yet Chosen With the appointment of depart mental editors md their assistants the task of organizing the La Vie board is now completed and active woik will be started on the 1927 year book within th<* next week Careful consideration ha*- been given to each office on the staff with the result that all appointments have been based on merit and reliability alone. The editorial section of the book has been divided up into ten depart ments which will be idled by seven teen men The La Vie appointments are as follows* department of ath letics, W. P. Reed, editor, K. D Parry, assistant; department of pub lications and religion, C N Higgins, editor; department of music and dra matics; U. W. Howard; class editor, J H. Stewart, G. V. Mattson, assist ant; department of fraternities, J. C. Reed, editor, J. A High, assistant; college editor, L R Plotts, depart ment of society and debating, P. .1. Smith, art department, II M Gibbs, editor, M. A Chngcr, R \. Drcsher. K. 11. Saylor, assistants, department of campus and clubs, R. D George, editor; department of photograph}, W E Fiazer, iditor, II O llunt, assistant Business Staff Heading the business staff will be S L Reeder and he will bo assisted by J. C Gerry, advertising manager, and B C Wharton, circulation man ager. S 11. Culp will be assistant advertising manager. The assistant circulation .ninnrjtor has not as yet been ck‘fin : tolj.' l Lc -.dc<! upoi? According to the method of organ ization which has been selected, the entire editorial stall will be divided up into .two sections Each ot the two associate editors, R P llervvick and II G Womsley v\ ill be responsi ble foi one of these sections The associates m tmn will be lcsponsr ble to Editor-in-chief R D Dundore Tins method of organization will (Continued on last page) PENN STATE GRADUATES FIGURE IN PN-9 FLIGHT The designing and fly mg of the U S. Navy airplane PN-9 No 1, winch recently had such an adventuresome time on its Pacific flight, was m the hands of two giaduates of the Penn sylvania State College Lieutenant Bvron J Connell, graduated in 1918, sat at the controls of the plane on all but one hour of its 22-houi flight, a very noteworthy feat The design ing of the “ship” is credited to II S Cockhn, a giniluatc in the clnss of 1914 at Penn State Until a few vcais ago he was a member of the College engmeenng school faculty Last Mav he was officially* commended when the PN-9 type of seaplane com- ; plctcd a non-stop flight record of over 28 houts He supeivised the as sembling of the No. 1 and saw* its take-off on the voyage to Hawaii Restaurants and Lead Pipes Account for Rush on College Health Service In going ovei the picsent list of “vital statistics” made public bv the College Health Scivicc, we note many things These Penn State bears haven’t been as busy as thev should be; they've accounted for only one bear bite so fai We do not know whet “biush bums” are, but ainvvnv, up to tire present, there have been sixty-two of them. Here’s hoping The R. O. T. C lias accounted foi thutccn cases at the infumarv These are divided up as follows bunions 3, ingiovvn too nails 1, and weak feet 0. But in older to check up on the night wall eis 1 and the insomnia ai lists, seven cases of the last named afflic tion may be assigned to guard dutv in oidei that then feet may not stiay from the “given path" Lnkoiatory work has accounted for forty-one patients It seems that the acids are too sliong. Thcie lias been one case of chicken pox but the co eds immediately stamped that out We do not know which dog it was that bit somebody, but there aie enough of the latter to kill oil a few and give them to Urc-bactcriology de paitment for specimens. Ton people aie classified as having “foreign body in eye.” They say that on a clear day, one can tee fifty miles (Eollrgiatt. LAST APPOINTMENTS j FOR LA VIE PHOTOS j All junioia who have io- | coned their La Vie pliotogia- [ phei’s appointment must be at | the studio in the Ilort building j at the t.rnc designated on the j card or foifeit the light to a j picture in the yeai book The ! appointment caid is an excuse j fiom class foi fifteen nunutes. i Bring one dollar for deposit. » All juniois who have not filled f out caids will be given a final { opportunity to do so Wednesday j evening at Co-op between seven ! and eight o’clock. I YEARLING GRIDMEN HOLD SCRIMMAGE First and Second Teams Engage in Opening Clash—Condition Stressed by Coach PROMISING MATERIAL IS UNCOVERED IN PRACTICE Carrvmg the ball repeatedly for substantial gain-> thiough the second team defensu Coach Dutch Hermann's temporary yearling eleven demon stiated its driving power in the fust scrimmage of the season on New Beaver Field Saturday afternoon. With the opening game v ith Wyom ing Seminary approaching, scrim mages and strict training will begin in enmc«t for tire cub gndmen Each of the four teams were given an opportunity to display then prowess in Saturday’s battle; the fiist eleven taking the offensive against the second and fourth teams, and the present thud combination de fending its goal from the onslaughts of the second team With the selec tions by no means ccituin, Dutch hopes by these tactics to uncover promising material among the see end-stung men Changes In Lineups Several charges marked the ap pearance of the first eleven Saturday, Mathieu replacing Moore at left guard and Wolff filling Hamas’ posi tion at halfback Mathieu, although lacking experience has the speed and dining power nocessaiv for a good lineman and should develop into a sterling guard. The ground-gaining ability of Wolff in the scrimmage was all that could be desired Plunging time after time through holes m the second team defense, the first-stung backfield combination of Neal Whitmore, Wolff and Wilson plaved tip-top football Neale, es pecially, was hard to hold and re peatedly escaped from seemingly suie tackles Whitmore at fullback, with over one hundred and seventv fivc pounds of bone and sinew, piom ises to be a dependable line-plunger Line Inexperienced While the backs are all seasoned players, the linemen are largely in experienced plavers While tiiev v.eie able to open up holes easily thcie was a hesitanev m munycascs ns to the right man to take out. The black-board talks that Dutch is now making should overcome much of this inexperience As the line has worked thus fax on the oflensive, the first team will take the defensive at times dui mg the coming week The woik of Delp and Marcus at the terminal positions was lairly good Both men arc fast and Delp demonstrated some prowess at Inm- (Contlnucd on third page) from the top of Old 51am. Quite a few towns fall within Hint radius Thcie have been seven evidences of dislocations These rue attributed to ficshmen who have been rushed and also to crowded space in locnl res tamants. There me no friends of ouis that we know of who have torn their muscles at Penn State, but the Health Seivicc report! one. Will the College Modal Service please rewnid said invalid’' Who’s the person who said, “Four out of live have it'” Thcie is onlv one up heie Fear of the lead pipe must have caused the ficshmen to re pott headaches. Nineteen have the .iffiiction. and the Scmce wishes the fi.itcinitics to tise a lightci instru ment No statistics have been com piled on married students, but there have been foui cases of splinter & lieutcd A complete tabulation of the re maining cases follows nbseosses 5, blister v 39, fiactuics 13, grippe 150, hiccoughs (~ infections 178, insect 1 bites 1, lacerations 7 1, measles 9, i hcumatism 4, scat let fever 3, sprains 115, strains 130, stvc 20 , situ bum 2. tonsilitis 112, tvphoul inoculations SO slost likely’ the inoculations vvcie made for the students who will go to an R. O. T. C camp next cummer. COLLEGE CHAPLAIN QUITS PENN STATE Dr. Fraser Metzger Resigns Post To Become Dean of Students at Rutgers University Class of 1927 Loses Dr. Fraser Metzger The clnss of 1927 bemoans the de partuie of another of it- members who is none other than the Chaplain, Dr. Fuller slet/gci, who drops fiom the class just as he is cntciing his junioi year But then Dean R L Sackett says that of seven ficshmen m College only two receive sheep sk’irs In the fall of 1923 when Chaplain Metzger first came to Penn State, he v.’as cordially invited and foimallv accepted as one of the incmbcis of the class of 1927 He didn’t wear a “dink” but he did carrv matches, foi the doctor, like the noted \icc-piesi dent Dawes, enjoys a pipe. Although he was accosted frequently by his brothers of the faculty for the ac coutrements ot the yerrhngs, lie only laughed and gave them a match. “DADDY” GROFF TO VISIT PENN STATE Old Graduate Returns After Serving Fourteen Years m Chinese School ASSOCIATE PRESIDENT OF CANTON VISITS COLLEGE Aftei more than fourteen yeais of service as head of the Agricultural School of Canton Christian college, C. W. (“Daddy”) Groff ’O7 will visit Penn State for a few days to confei with officials and friends of the Col lege. Accompanying him will be As sociate President W. K. Chung who has been attending the confeicncc on American relations with China Four \eais of constant study and woik aftei “Daddy” Gioff was grad uated fiom the department of Horti culture m l‘U)7 found him m chaige of a small gaidcn plot which was known .is the department of Agricul ture of Canton Christian college Recognition of his woik by the Chinese government biought an ap propriation of from two-thuds to tiuce-fouiths of the expenses of the research “llerbography” is the title of the classific ition of the Chinese plants which was established by Dean Gioff So thoiough and accurate was the woik that the United States govern ment invited him to this country in 1921 to prepare the Bulletin foi the National Depaitment of Aguculture The manufacture of silk was in creased almost three times by the application of genetic laws, since it was found that the cultivated worms pioduced a gieat deal more silk than the vild specie. Consisting of little more than a garden m 1911, holdings for the work have increased until, the (Continued on last page) STUDENT COUNCIL HOLDS FIRST MEETING TONIGHT Committees on Canton Chris tian College and Constitu tion Will Be Appointed Appointing committees to handle undcigiaduate issues will be the chief duty* of Student Council when it meets foi the fust time tins vein to night The most impoitnnt commit tee to be selected will be that one which will conduct a student cam paign for the enlarging of the Penn State mission woik in China To pi o mote better co-opciation with the fac ultv a committee will be appointed to continue icscnich woik on the Student Council constitution “Daddy” Gioff, who for fourteen vcais has been the head of the Agn cultural School of Canton Christian college, will confei with the commit tee appointed by the Student Council to discuss plans-foi a campaign to in* crease the work that Penn State has been doing in the foicign field Plans for this campaign will be foimulntcd at a banquet which the Y M C A. is giving in honor of “Duldv” Gioff Forensic council elections will be he’d as soon as the thieu uppci classes hold class meetings. Scniois have four representatives, juniois three, while the sophomores have two The duty of the Finonsic council is to manage the financing of the debat ing clubs The council is represented in Student Council by the piesidcnl of the organization. Campus Cutups Study Know Their Indimary PRICE FIVE CENTS Following Ins acceptance oi tiie office of the dean of students at Rut gcis university Dr. Fraser Met.gei * lesigned fiom his position as chap lain of the College on Saturday morning after more than two years j of service at Penn State However, i, no action has yet been taken by the t executive board The resignation < will take effect November first ami reads as follows. 1 I foil If. Walton Mitchell, President of Board of Trustees The Pennsyhnnn State College, 1 State College, Purina. ; Dear Sir I beg io submit herewith my : resignation as chaplain of the College to Like effect November 1, 1925, which date vou so gener ously consented to in our conver sation of vcslerdnv In submitting this resignation, permit-me to express my grate ful appreciation of the couh.tl support and many kindnesses ex tended to me bv vou and the offi cials of the College during mv brief rncumbencv in office I shall leave Penn State with many happy memories to cherish Very rosppetfull,’ voii'-s. (Signed) FRASER METZGER Chaplain Metzger m an interview spoke kindlv of the students for ■ fall of 1923, when he first came to the Nittany Valley “I am leaving Penn State,” he said, “with a veiy’ fine appreciation of the type of men and women who make up the personnel of the fac ulty and student body* I have greatly enjoyed my associations here and particularly gialcful foi coop eration lcccivcd, espociallv fiom the students I believe that l’cnn State has a rematknbte future before it. I am convinced that the promise of that future will be realized very soon. “The charactci of men and wonren on this campus is such as to give the best possible assurance for the fu ture of the College I can express no better wish for their welfare than that her spirit of work and honest purpose nay continue to be the well known ‘Penn State Spirit’” Eight Years Vacant Eight years puor to the coming of Di Jletzger, Penn State vas without a chaplain, Ins predecessor being the Rev* Robert R Reed, who served for several years ns chaplain and as assistant-coach oi the foot- (Continued on last page) STUDENT TRIBUNAL WILL HOLD COURT TOMORROW Cases Largely Petitions Asking Exemption from Customs — House To Preside Meeting for the first time this year, the Tnbunal will convene tomoirow night foi the purpose of passing mdgment on sevenal erring vcurlings. The session will take place in 314 Old Main and it is expected that a ljigc* number of upperclassmen will be present to take cine of the oral end of the proceedings Thus far, no ,cuous ciscs have been lopoitcd und it is thought that most of the yuiois’ time will be spent in discussions of the pleas of several ficshmen who wish to be excused from the privilege of enjoy mg cus toms Many cases will be those of men who weie heie a pait of last yeai, and who consulei themselves vvoithy of being excused for the latter part of this vear The class ot 1929 has expei.enccd n few days of regulations, and it will soon conic to the conclusion that Freshman Week “doth have an end thereof.” Chief among the violations which seem common to all ycallings is the fniluio to speak foitli the Penn State “Hello ” The common opinion is that it is necessuiy to speak only to classmates but after a few moui days of ti inning, the yeai lings may come to the conclusion that others than ficshmen aie entitled to the tra ditional giccting. “Cold hands” seem to be popular among tiro mcmbeis of the incoming class and many offenders have boon icpoitcd for this infi action. It is a difficult matter for the new men “to check up" on all the customs after the week of freedom which they have been allowed, but it is cmlv a matter of time until the dmk-weaicis begin to rcalro then* proper place C W. Moore ’2(>, piesident of the body, has not vet i etui net! to College, and administration of the customs and attendance to loguhtions will he conducted by the Tribunal with W. B. House ’2O, at lU head.
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