From llis lies’ Deck VOL. XXI. No. 5 BLUE AND WHITE BOOTERS ENGAGE IN DAILY DRILLS Short Scrimmage Sessions Are Part of Regular Program of Nittany Coach LEHIGH ENCOUNTER TO OPEN SOCCER SEASON Conditioning Work Is Stressed In Early Practices—Forty Candidates Report Fundamental drill followed by a short sci.mmage session will be the daily prop am lor the Nittany hoot ers until the opening game with Le high on October tenth. By this method Coach Ralph Leonard hopes to give the Vaisity soccer candidates n practical as well as n theoretical training. Over foity men responded to the first call foi soccei candidates last Fnday and began an extensive penod of conditioning, dribbling, passing and punting drill. Following three dnyo of this preliminary work ternpo laiv first and second teams were se lected and a brief scrimmxgc held. Conditioning Work In addition to the drill m passing and kicking, speed and ability to turn quickly is being stressed by the Nit tany mentoi The playeis ure lined up in gioups of five and at the flip of a ball travel at full speed foi about twenty yards Revising direction while running and Panic mo\ements are two othei featuies of the train ing The stake dull as perfected last year by Leonard is abo being used this season. S’X sticks are driven into the ground and each player is given an oppoitunity to dribble the ball alternately to the left and light of each stake The bootets also make ten laps around the field in order to implore their wind. Bachftchl Prospects Lippmcott, a vetciau of last real’s eleven, and Clieiry, captain of,last y car’s yearling aggregation, urc-the most promising backfield candidates Both are good kickeis and steady playeis. The goal position will prob ably be secuied by Hehmch, a vet eian of seretal seasons, although Lord, a sophomore is doing good woik. , Captain Raymond Gil is at piesent occupying the center halfback posi tion and is playing his usual consist ent game The battle for the other halfback beiths is being waged by Bell, Il.utgest, WeLscll and Griffin, the Just two mentioned holding down the present Vaisity team positions. Experienced Line With foui expel lenced playeis among the linemen, Coach Leonaid does not expect much difficulty fiom those positions Schuaitz is back at the center forward position, Pecori occupies the outside left bcith, Michael Gil is at inside left, and Keene is busy with the inside light position. Giay, Musser, and Hoffman aie three othei nspuants foi the line who aie showing ability. W lule the Lion soccei schedule has not jet been completed by Manager Sweeten, games v ith Lehigh, Syia cusc ami Lafayette me teitain A game with Rensselaer Poly tech is still pending PENN STATE CLUB HOLDS FIRST MEETING OF YEAR President Hill Makes Speech ot Welcome Before Capacity Crowd in Old Main Before an attendance that filled the loom to its full seating eapncity, President llill warmly welcomed the freshman and \eteian members of the Penn State Club at its initial meeting in Old Main on Monday evening. “We hn\c been filling a much needed place heic at Penn State dur ing the past few ycais,” lie said dui mg his talk, and “we will go fuithei m piomoting non-finteimtv men’s wclfaie thi3 yeai than ever befoie.” Among the projects picsuitcd at this eaily date was a plan foi a Penn State Club lounging and loci cation room modeled on the order of tiro “Y” hut. Following his opening remaiks, Hill called on the other othccis of the oiguni/ntion foi short talks. They all reflected his optimistic spuit for the expansion of tiic club. S. II Toichni '27 went into considerable de tail in outlining a bellci club consoli dation. Hu statements were very enthusiastically lcceivcd. Belore the meeting adjoin ned a plea for addi tional men was made. Ev ci y one pi cs ent was uiged to bring an additional student for the next meeting which will take place on Monday, October ffcttn glair @ Busy Court Gives Stay of Judgement - to Lucky Unlucky Yearling Offenders Because of the overcrowded list of names of those petitioning the Tri bunal as worthy of being excused from part or all freshmen customs, cases of erring freshmen were nearly omitted fiom the itinerary for that august body when it convened m ail Old Main Wednesday night with a crowded room of upper-classmen as r background Meting out justice, however, that is characteristic of jurors, the “sol emn council” disposed of twenty three cases under the executive guidance of M. A. Buckley, '26, presi dent pro tem in the absence of 0. H. Moore, ’26, who will not return until later m the semester. Before the docketed cases were heard, elections were held for secretary. Pritchard, ’26, was selected to fill that role for the coming season. Sargoant at Arms Bergman being absent, the part was given to the charge of Michalske, who filled that dignified position both efficiently and humorously. His antics and wit, coupled with the crossfire of the “judges” and the comments of the audience, made the affair quite lively despite the dull nature of the cases. First Transgression First and only of the luckless year lings to toe the chalk line during the evening for a freshmen custom of fense was Charles Seligman, ’29 No matches, no bible and no namecard was the charge After a thorough examination of him and Ins case, he was sentenced to tote for public dis play, the usual eighteen by twenty four cardboard bearing the inscrip tion, “Didn’t expect to go, but hur ried back,” m four by one-half inch letters CHEERLEADER ROBERTS TRAINS CANDIDATES IN PREPARATION FOR GAME Training his staff of sophomore as sistants for their initial appearance at the game with Lebanon Valley to moi row* aftei noon, Head Cheerleader E. V. Roberts ’26 has been conduct ing a nightly ting week to ac quaint the'newcomers with the~Col-~ logo cheers and yells. Although only a small number of men reported for the school, some very piomising candidates aie among the niimbei. The .‘•quad of ten men has been mastering one yell each night for the past week, and the school will be continued eveiy night next week. After the prehminaiy training has been given, the men will meet but two or tluoe nights each week. The new theei-leaders will appear for the fiist timmo in action at the ftcsliman cheoiing practice in the Old Chapel, Satuiday afternoon befoie •the game, and will then journey on to New Beaver Field for their fiist pet foimancc at the game with Lebanon Valley. OLD GRIDMEN CONTINUE DAILY SCRIMMAGE WORK Few Changes Made in Lineup of First Team—Work of Line Disappointing With only a few changes marking the piactico of the yeaihng gridders dui mg the past week, Coach Her mann is continuing the daily loutine work in picpaiation for the opening game of season with Wyoming Senu mni>, Octobei seventeenth. Hnid scummaging, with the fust team continually taking the offensive, has been the regular program for the pigskin wairiors for the last week Starting, tackling and ham mering the bucking machine' also oc cupy n large part of the after noon's woik No longer do the tired bn'ttleis leave at an early hour, but now dusk gicets them before the last whistle sounds. Poor Line Despite its weight and speed the line is one of the poorest in sev cial years, according to Dutch Al though this is, partly duo to inexperi ence, the tioubic is dccpci seated and the final outcome will depend on the llnec weeks’ practice lematmng be foie the yooiimg’s first clash The situation in the backfield is moie pi onus mg, Neal, Whitmore, Wilson and Wolff gaming ground consistently against the scrub elev ens. Sevoial other backfield candi dates on the second and third-string aggiegations might also develope into good players during the coming w ceks WohUyei, a former center on tho foui Ui team, is now occupying the coveted position on the fust eleven, while Prnsse has been lelegutcd to the second team. A slight infection has kept Matlucu, guuid on the first eleven, out ot practice and Traugh and Mooic arc at present alternating iu that position. | STATE COLLEGE, PA*. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1925 In addition he will have the honor of displaying his name on a twelve by twelve cardboard pinned to the lapel To complete the outfit he will carry with him a huge match, made; especially to “fit” hts case These three sentences are to be of two weeks’ duration John H. Webster, who took a year of customs at the University of Penn sylvania, was excused from freshmen customs at Penn State. W. H Bring ham, who took a year of customs at Virginia Polytechnic institute, must take one semestci of Penn State re quirements. Michael Pclock will be required to undergo a semester of the green cap treatent heie, although he took a semester of customs at Dick inson and one semester of customs here. Must Avoid Pool Room Joseph Dolan of St Francis must take the full course of yearling limi tations Because of a crippled con dition, Harry T. Westfield will be* excused from stunt night operations Walter G. Herr, who underwent a year’s discipline at Carnegie Tech will assume the rating of a sopho more. Permission was refused E. J Stotack to pass through a pool room while working as furnace tender m the rear of same. W. Diflenderfer will be rated as a sophomore in cus toms because of his yearling experi ence at the University of Pittsburg. After suffering two years of tho gruelling work at the Naval Acad emy, Iborne Torak was excused im mediately from any freshmen re quirements Joseph Eisilein was also exempted because of previous cus tos taken at tho U of P. and at (Continued on second page) CANTON COLLEGE ISSUE INTERESTS COUNCILMEN M. E. Buckley ’26 Will Head Tribunal Pending Return of C. H. Moore ’26 AppolntmenUof a committee to con fer with “Daddy” Groff along lines relative to the best interests of Can ton Chmtian college was the main issue resulting fiom the second meet ing of Student Council Tuesday night The committee composed of P M. Sclncfer ’26, chairman, A. 0 McClel lan ’26, R D Dundore ’27 and G. L Setman ’27 met with “Daddy” Gioff after a banquet given in his honor by the Y..M. C. A on Wednesday eve ning. Although C. H Mooic ’26, presi dent of the tribunal, has not returned to College, his place will be tempoiai ily filled by M. E Buckley ’26 who received tho next highest number of votes foi tho office. Because of a se vete injmy to his hand while working this summer uncertainty suuounds the date of “Cup's” leturm Tlnough the fniluic of .T. A Bv« lem ’2B to matriculate this fall the office of secretary of the sophomore class was left vacant By a ruling of the council Dewey '2B, who polled the second highest number of ballots m the elections Inst spring, becomes the new sophomore secretary. According to T Cam, Ji , sccrctnrv of Student Council, the regular sched ule of meeting eveiy othei Tuesday in loom 14 Libctal Aits at seven o’clock will be followed by the body. JUST AS A STARTER PENN STATE L. E. ! Weston J II (J, W 18l L. T. ; Fellow s II <} 1, W. 15 L. G. ; Itoseberrj H. 0, W. 20 or Krall F. li. H “ H ~ 73 It. G. Hasting: 11. 6, W 10 It. T. | fthclmlsk 11. b, W. K 5 It. E. House (AD.) H. 5 u, W. ,00 It. H. B. Pritchard 11. 5.11, W. 175 Q. B. Lungrcn H. 5,9, W 160 or Pincura H. 6.11, W. 160 L. 11. B. Hclbig H. 5.y, W. 185 Substitutes—Penn State—McPhie, Filak, Munz, Schminky, Onyx, Watson, Rooplce, Light, Lewis. ; Substitutes—Lebanon Valley—Piele, fitrauer, Wheeler, Wilson, Best, Kuhn, Dillieban, •Smuck. THESPIANS UNABLE TO SECUgE NED WAYBUItN AS COACH AT PRESENT Because of the inability of Maunco Darcy, of the Net! Wit’,burn studio 1 ;, to coach the Thespian Club's show foi the proposed Eastern tup, it was de cided to pioduce the musical comedj for n Christmas showing A slight change m the cities in which the pie sentation will be shown was also af fected. The club also asks that all manu scripts foi the Thespian contest bo turned in to (E E. Brumfield ’26 at the Delta Upsdon house or \V R Wiodnor ’2O Alpha Sigma Phi houbc. befoie October fifteenth A pn/e of one hundred and fift.v dollars will be awarded to the winning pla\might. Among the cities which will be vis ited by the Thtspijvn production me Wilkes-Baire/fikianlon, New York, Newai!c, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Altoona, Cleveland, also Pittsbuigh, Morgantown, West Virginia; Grcens burg, UmontowTi and Johnstown WORK CONTINUED ON LYTLE CABIN Building WiFi Be Constructed of Stones Collected by Student Volunteers TWO MAIN ROOMS WILL HAVE OPEN FIREPLACES With the reopening of College, work on the Y. M. C. A cabin in Shingle town Gap is being resumed Seveial masons have been lined and will soon start laying the foundations, which have already been dug Students un der the supervision of V*. C. Calhoun, acting Fieshmari Secretaij, will as sist in so far as |s possible The site of the cabin is located about three hundred y.uds to the light of the Slnrgletown lecotvon on a tiail cut by students last spung The cabin wiU~ye built of stone col lected from theifooUntninside by vol unteers-frail' -t_jsody_ .gjd will face State) College Views of the Nittany valllj and Penn’s vallc> ma> be had fiori the clearing in which the buildup will be located Specifications .which arc being drawn up b> thd architect tins week, call foi two mail room, on the first floor, each to bcialmtv feet long uid twenty feet wide, and each to contain a fireplace of gmcious piopoitions In addition then will be 1 poith thirty feet long ind ten feet wide to accomodate luke;s m ense of 1 un The fiieplaco in jone of the huge rooms, to be kmwn as the lounging 100 m, will be doible-faced, having a health both on tie inside and outside of the cabin TLis anangement was planned foi the oenefit of tiunsicnts who do not haven key to the budding but who find it convenient to use a sheltered and sale fiieplaco Two 100 ms nth clo-e sleeping quniteis for tlirtj people will com pile the upstain of the hut As vet no definite type,of loofmg has been decided upon though stones to con struct the founditions have been col lected so fui, md cvcij thing is in lcndmess for tin 1 masons to begin w ork | When the caljn is completed, the keys to it will probablj be placed in the hands of a loinnuttec which will lend them to an* icsponsible college oigam/ation upn request and tea sonablc notice, j . R. E, Mctoxcn 11. 58, \V 100 R. T. Zerfass 11. 0 3, W. 201 R. G. Elberti 11. C, \V. 170 C. r * R Wood . 11. 5.10, W 100 U 5 ' 8 ' W 185 L. G. Ginguch 11. 5.11, \V. 170 L. T. Piersol 11. 0, W. 100 L. E. Heilman (C.) H. 5.0, W. 150 G. W. GROFF AND W.K. CHUNG GIVEN BANQUET OFHONOR Canton Christian College Bettor Situated Than Many Others, Says “Daddy’' Groff DR. CIIUNG IS FOUNDER OF ENTIRE ORGANIZATION Associate President Travelled In All Parts of World To Study Methods As a welcome to G W (“Daddy") Ci off 'O7 i nil Associate President W. K. Chuns of Canton Clmstian college, and in order to discuss the interests of the Chinese college, the student committee in charge of the work hole held a dinner at the Center Hills Country Club Wednesday night Because the Chinese institution lias suffered least of the foreign edu cational colleges, "Daddy” Groff sug gested that the students go ahead with any campaign which they might have m mind When asked for his ideas as to what form the movement should take, he pointed out that Can ton was Penn State’s child in China. In view* of this he urged an endow ment in the foim of a memorial to piovido funds for recipiocal study between the two colleges Reciprocal Studj Giuduutc students from Canton Ctuistinn college would be gianted a scholarship to spend a jear in ad vanced work here with a similar en tailing of men from Penn State to China Student loadcis piesent cx piessed the opinion that theie would bp something done, but will confci 1 itei with Dean Gioff as to the dc i tails mohed Canton lies m the southein purl of Chma and draws its student per sonnel fiom what is regauled as the moic intelligent portion of the coun try When “Daddy” Groff went theie in PlO7 he taught secondarv subjects in the middle school which is the equivalent of the UmtedStules high tv Inn,,. lf« - tirtnK)ucv<F {;iiniwlli^r6l'' cultivation by the students Continu ing the work, he staited a Buffalo dan v faim and othei gat dens, putting them on a commcicial basis (Continued on last page) BUENOS AIRES TUNES IN ON DR. E. C. WOODRUFF Doctm I' C Woodiuff, ladio ex pel t of the department of clcctncal cngineeiing locened notice from Bueno*, \nes, that he was heaid clear!.., and without distoition when ■•ending fiom his station BCAP on July 25th. Piofcssoi Woodiuff at tended the i.idio convention in Chi cago, August 18th to 21st and did ex pcnmental woik dining the vacation. I \ j 1'12"» FOOTBALL SCHEDULE I j Sept. 2fi—Lebanon Valiev Home J | Oct 3—F. &. M Home j ! Oct. 10—Georgia Tech j I -New Yoik | | Oct 17—Marietta Home I | Oct 24—Mielrgau State—Home | ! Oct 31—Sviacuse Sjiucuse | I Nov 7—Nolle Dnmc Home | j Nov. 14—West Vngmia I j Moigantowu j ] Nov 21—Alumni Home j f No.. 20—Pittsburgh Pittsbuigh ] i I LEBANON VALLEY R. H. IL Singlcy H. 5 8, W. 150 Q. B. Reijile II 5 7, W. 117 L. 11. B. Gilbert 11. 5.11, W. 100 NITTANY GR READY FO. CLASH C Lid-prying Fracas W: Slated Tomorrow Veterans Fro j COMPLETE CHAPEL ! LIST NOW POSTED f Fuithei chapel lists will l>e j | found posted in Old Mrun and j • the Auditoiium tudnv j FIRSTPLACESWON BY JUDGING TEAMS Live Stock and Dairy Squads Rated Highest at Easlern Stales Exposition COLLEGE CATTLE TAKE HIGH HONORS AT FAIR After vicing with teams fiom ten eastern states and the Province ot Ontario. Canada, in the annual judg ing contests at the Eastern States Exposition at Spungfield, Mass, last Monday and Tuesday, Penn State’s representatives returned home with an enviable lecoid Individual pines for high scores vveic aw aided to members of all the teams The live stock judging team, composed of A O Ilhoad, T E Wood and R P. Armstiong made a clean sweep m their combined scores and also placed fust, second and thud in The scoring W. C._ Barrett ariiTTr’ C tTfc two alternates, added further honoi to the team by placing fouith and fifth m the com petitive scoring. As a judge of sheep Ehond showed his supeuoritj bv turning in the high score of the contest, while Cans won high honors over all competitors bj his piohciency in judging swine Dairy Team V ins The dairy cattle judging team, consisting of M M Feiguson, J b Divan and A W Fox proved to be the best of all student judges, bring ing the coveted lirst plate to Penn State’*, School of Ag.icultuie In the individual honois Feiguson was thud. Divan eight and Fox eighteenth Still competition was evidenced m these contests but the futuic djirvnicn veie well levvarded for their elloils, receiving medals and cash pi ires The team scoied 3375 points out of a po-siblc 1000 Plating second to Connecticut, the wmnoi of the d.m\ pioducts ludgmg contest, the team lrom tile Nittany Valiev institution came within an ace of securing the covoted golden tiophv svmboli7ing “Jennie the Milkmaid” Criticism was passed on live samples of the following pioducts: milk, but* tei M.mll.i .to acnm and clieddai cheese The team was hist m the lrdging of mdk, second in buttci, thud in cheo«e and fouith in ice oenm In the individual seen mg 11. M M.mv v is thud, W W Kuhnian hfth and \V R Fieidlet ninth Seminary Head To Be Next Chapel Speaker Coming tj Penn State fiom Cio/ei Theological scmin.ui at Chestei, Pennsvlinma, Di. Milton C Evans will nddiess the student bodv .it the chapel sen ice on Sunday morning, Scptombci twentv-seventh Di Evan-*, who was elected presi dent of Cio/er scmitiuiy in l'Hl'l, has been letamcd I>., tint institution m some cnpacitv oi othei even sinco lus giaduation fiom it m 1 S‘)o. Fiom 1890 to 1805 lie was instiuctm in lie* blew, fiom 1805 to l‘)07 ]nofcssoi in Biblical theologv, and fiom 3907 to 190'i he was piofossor of Cluislrui theologv. Since Ins election to the pic'sidcncj of the seminary lie has been piofcssoi of comp native theologv Di Evans studied foi a time at Leipsic, Gcimtuij The honoiarj de gree oL Doctor ot Divinity was con* iciieil oil him in 1805 ami that of LL D. in 1911. He is the nutlioi of a book on New Testament theology and a bool: entitled, “Wlurt Jesus Taught ” Dr. Evans was bom on n faim near Ebcnshuig, Pennsylvania He ic* teived the degieo ol A. B fiom Buck- ncll u:mei-itj
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