Was a Hard Anvil VOL XXI, No. 6 LIONS HARD-PRESSED TO CAPTURE OPENER Lebanon Valley Offers Stiff Opposition to Nittany Attack Pincuraand Watson Get Touchdowns Failure to put across the telling! punch m two instances during the first half of the opening gud contest against Lebanon Valley Saturday cost Fcnn State’s football Combination an opportunity to run up a sizeable score against its opponent, with the result that the Nittany lads were hard-pressed to clinch a 14-0 victory m the second half. Coach Bezdek’s proteges appealed weak on offensive tactics although they used nothing but ''straight foot ball” throughout the encounter. Lack of aggressiveness lost numerous first downs, while weakness on defense was evidenced by the Lions’ failure to bring opposing backs to earth suc cessfully. Offside penalties were entirely too frequent, the Blue and White being on nine occasions guilty of the five yard offence Fifteen yaids were lost because of holding, making sixty yards m all that the Nittany team was penalized during the fracas Pincura Tallies Six-Pomtcr After an exchange of punts which put the ball m Penn State’s posses sion on its own 30-yard line, Pincura, llclbig and Pritchard took the ball successively to the \isitors’ 25-yard maik, where the drive was momen tanly halted by Wheeler, who was substituted ■ for Salmgci m the Val ley’s line Pritchard’s two tries netted seven yards and Pincuia picked up two more on the thud down. On the next play, Helbig went through right tackle for five yards and a first down on the Annville 10-yard mark. Imme diately after the “huddle” Pincuia slid through left tackle, dodging the sec ondary defense, and, with two op ponents hanging on his ankles, dropped over the goal-line for the first touchdown of the game. Berg man added the extra point with a pcrfect-placo-kick -over thc-eross-bar. Watson Doubles Score The second score came in the mid dle of the last period after Bez had sent Greene into the fray for Berg man and Watson was substituted for the injured Helbig. The oval was on the Blue and White’s 44-yards when Cowboy went in, and Pincura, making use of a fresh man in the backfiold, used Greene four times m succession, the burly junior negotiating a first down on two attempts. Pincuia laced around left end foi eight yards and Greene again carried the ball lor a first down Pincura skirted the visitors’ lolt end for fifteen jards and then the (Continued on last page) SAW MILL SCHOOL TO GIVE FREE INSTRUCTION Farmers Interested in Lumber Work Will Receive Week of Expert Training Opportunity is again presented to farmers and all others intcicstcd in wood sawing to sccuie a week of free instruction in this subject when the second annual school of the Por table Sawmill begins heic Monday, October nineteenth, and continues throughout the week Although last year’s school was highly successful in every detail, this year's session is expected to exceed the initial attempt in attendance and enthusiasm Being of a thoroughly pinctical and instructive- nature, the demon stration in October will be conducted along scientific lines Data as to the horsepower necessary to drive the saw and carnage and to saw lumber will be given Several makes of tinctors as well as an electrical drive wiH be used for this purpose Facts may also be secured as to the cost of power used and the time elements in volved. Expert Instruction Experienced sawmill men will di rect the operations so as to secuic the highest grades of lumber and the most profit from the logs. That pei fect lumber can be sawed on a small portable mill will be demonstrated. A hardwood lumber inspector will grade the lumber cut Talks will be given on Wednesday and Thursdny, Octobci twenty-first and twenty-second, by sawmill ex perts, by scllcis of portable sawmill products, by practical loggers, by re tail and wholesale lumbermen, and hy practical men on the various phases of the industry in timber esti mating, such us placing a price on stumpnge, nnd securing a market for sawmill products At the first demonstration it is re ported that a number of sawmill men (Continued on last page) ffetm j§tat? A FINAL CHANCE FOR YEAR BOOK PHOTOS All juniors who have not os yet made their Ln Vic appoint ments* must do so todav, tomor row or Thursdny between the hours eight n. m. to three p. m. at the photographer’s studio on the top floor of the Horticul ture building. The appoint ment card will excuse the bearer from any class at the time designated. HAROLD BAUER IS FIRST“Y” ARTIST Noted Pianist Will Appear at Penn State on Saturday, October Seventeenth PROMINENT MUSICIAN IS ACCLAIMED BY CRITICS Following another colorful year of a career already replete with lllus luous achievements, Harold Bauer, super-pianist, will come to Penn State to present the first number of the “Y” entertainment course on Saturday evening, October seventeenth, in the Auditorium. Many aie the terms which have been used to describe the greatness of this master pianist He has come to be recognized throughout the United States as the greatest exponent of the old master, Schumann Bauer is in reahtv a grownup pianist. He -has the recognized technique and tem perament and is famous for his mas terful interpretations of the most dif ficult compositions Twentj-fifth Tour Mr. Baud’s present tour of the United States represents his twenty fifth season in America, having made his debut in 1900, with the Boston Symphony Oichcstra His lofty musical ideals and his unfailing sym pathy for the musical life of lus na tive country have made his name a byword throughout the country. Bauer inherits his musical talents natuially, being born of a family every mcmbci of which was musically inclined His early framing was spent in playing the violin but Pad erwiskt influenced him to change to the piano After a period of study lus debut was made in Europe. His fame was soon firmly established and he was gieeted with acclaim wherever lie appealed in rccitnl. Praised Highly One veteran critic has literally ex alted Bauer to the skies when he said, “One does not need to be a musician to listen to him. He makes the mean ing of the composer so clear that a person without the least conception of harmony could hear and enjoy. His plnjing is the absolute perfection of interpolation.” Such is the tribute paid to an artist who js in the ma turity of a great art which was young when he first appealed in America (Continued on last page) Senate Appoints New Committees The following standing committees of the College Senate were recom mended by the Committee on Com mittees and were accepted by the Sen ate at its last regular meeting Admission Hoffman, chan man; Knandel, Kocher, Loomis. Athletic* Holbrook, chniiman; 80/dek, Ham, Keller, A. E. Martin. SfiidniC Welfare —Bossier, chair man; Miss Ray, Warnock, Walker, McFarland Publications Wood, chairman; Miss Simmons, Shaw, Crcsswell, Parkinson Academic Stumluuh Dutchcr, chniiman, Kinsloe, Runkle, Mar quaidt. Coin sc of Study —Stoddart, chair man, Chambers, P. B. Bicneman, Boilnnd, Bonine Hetscaich —E. B. Foibes, chairman; Wendt, Heckler, Ilasck, C. Emory Myers lusti action ut Science —Chandlce, chairman; Dushum, llill, lioness, 0. F. Smith Commencement Pioyutm War wick, chairman; W. S. Dye, Cliedscy, Shnttuck, Miss Chnce; the Secretary of the Alumni Association nnd the President of the Senior Class, ex ofliuo. STATE COLLEGE, PA.. TUJESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1925 NITTANY BAND ADMITS MANY TO MEMBERSHIP At the tiuls held Wednesday night, sixty freshmen and eighty-seven sophomores were admitted as mem bers of the Penn State Band, swelling the total enrollment to one hundred and sixty. Out of necessity, about forty good men were turned away, be cause of unbalanced instrumentation and lack of room. As only three bass players arc left from last year, there is a decided need for more good men at that instru ment. A special request is made to all buss players to report next Wednesday night at seven o’clock at the band-room on the fourth flooi of Old Mnin PLEBE GRIDDERS WORK OUT DAILY Fundamental Work in Tackling, Blocking and Line-bucking Stressed by Coach PUNTING AND PLACEMENT KICKERS SHOW PROMISE With a few simple plays added to their rapidly growing store of grid iron knowledge the plube moleskin warriors continue to scrimmage daily in preparation for the open ing contest of the season with Wy oming seminary on October seven teenth Tackling and line-bucking for the linemen and signal practice for the backs arc being stressed by Coach Hermann in an effort to improve the smooth-working qualities of the yearling football machine. The physical condition of the players is gradually improving and is showing in the work of the eleven. Use Huddle System Zuppke’s famous huddle system is being used bv the cub gridders m their dally battles with the second team and will probably be continued throughout the season The players aie having some difficulty in learn ing the work of their respective po sitions but should overcome this ; handicap with practice. Several changes have marked the Last few. days practice, the majority of them affecting the lino. Mathieu has returned to practice and has re placed Moore at left guard and Wol slaj'er, a former .sciub center, is al ternating the center position with Prassc. With Prasse, Wolslayer, Tiaugh and Freney battling for the snapper-back position Coach Her mann will piobably have no definite choice for this berth until the first game. While Delp continues to hold down one of the terminal positions on the first eleven the other end berth is un certain. Marcus and Decker are the most promising candidates for the position at present, with Lord, Lyons and Cuny also in the running I’untmg Improving With Delp, Neal and Wolff sending long spirals down the field the pros pects for a good punter arc improv ing. Neal has good form and his kicks average about the same ns the other two, but Delp seems to have greater latent power at lus command. Wolff is also a dependable kicker, re peatedly sending high spirals for foity yaids or move. Beside his punting ability Delp shows himself to be a veisatile player (Continued on last page) A. S. M. E. DELEGATES WILL MEET IN ALTOONA Junior and Senior Mechanical Engineers Will Visit One Day for Inspection Penn State membeis of the Amer ican Society of Mechanical Engineeis are planning to attend the sessions of the regional meeting of the society to be held under the direction of Dean R. L. Sackett, Prof. J. 0. Keller and Piof C. L Allen, at Altoona on October fifth, sixth and seventh. Jumois and seniors in Mechanical Engineering, will also attend the meeting on one of the days and will visit the test plant of the ‘ Altoona works of the Pennsylvania Railroad company Seveial interesting excursions have been planned foi the membeis includ ing a tup to the old portage lailrond, whole canal boats vveie once hauled over the mountains. The assemblage will also visit the test plant wheie they will witness the test on the fust clectiic locomtive built at the Altoona shops. The piogiam of the meeting in cludes papers und addresses by Ah*. Elisha Lee, and Gen. W. W. Attcr bury, vice-presidents of the Pennsyl vania System, Samuel Rea, president of the same raihoad, Lavvford 11. Fi>, metallurgist of the Standard Steel woiks, and Samuel P. Bush, piesi dent of the Buckeye Steel Castings * company. NITTANY PLAYERS SELECT COMEDIES FOR PRESENTATION English Drama, “Charley’s Aunt” Chosen for Local Staging in November “THE FIRST .YEAR” WILL BE COACHED FOR ROAD Frank Craven’s Comic Play Was Product of All-frcshman Cast Last Year Final cast for “Charley’s Aunt,” the Penn State Players’ choice foi the first showing of the season on Novem ber twentieth, will be selected aftei tuals from one fortj*-five to four o'clock this afternoon in the Players’ office. Thirty-eight have been chosen from the one hundred nnd fifty who lcpoitcd, however, anyone who has not tried yet is eligible. In addition the cast for the road production, entitled, “The First Year” will be chosen with the view to hav ing an initial showing at Gettysburg sometime before Christmas. The Gettysburginns will stage a return showing here early m the spring. “Charley’s Aunt” Written by’ an Oxford giaduatc, “Chailey’s Aunt,” a three act com edy is similar m the mam plot to the photoplay version, but, according to D. D. Mason, directing the play, much of the original humor has been lost ‘and replaced by .“slap stick” interpo lations. A east of twenty-one oi twenty-two will be lequired to stage the show “The Fust Year” is a three-act corn comedy wntteri by Frank Craven It was first piesented by a yearling cast at the University Club last December where it received hcarlv applause The play portrays the troubles of a young husbaiW and wife during the first yeai of married life and is filled with laugh-producing but realistic situat’ons. Leading Roles Tom apd his ifc, Giacc, are the leading characters while the absent minded .father the. colored lady (Continued on last page) Blue Key Society Elects Officers For Coining Year At a meeting of the Blue Key so ciety Thursday evening in the Delta Upsilon house, officers were elected and plans outl.ned for the coming year 11. A Canon ’27 was elected to the office of president, J V. Ing ham ’27, vice-president, C. G Stiang ’27, secretary, and J. B. Jacobs ’27, treasurer. K E. Guilcr ’26, former picsident of the organization, presided through the balloting, and after giving over the chair to Canon, told the members of the purpose of Blue Key. He ex pressed the wish that the organiza tion thiow off the cloak of politics which has been cn .’eloping its actions for the past year, and that the mem beis take an especial mtoicst m en tertaining visiting teams, chipel spcnkeis and other notables coming to Penn State. Matters dealing with society hats and future election policies weie dis cussed for a short time after Guiier’s talk, and the meeting adjourned with several important mutters yet unset tled. Sophs Avow Yearling Class Song, “We Ain’t Gonna Work No More,” Is Bunk A “warm” welcome will in all prob ability bo the keynote of the annual entertainment known as Stunt Night, to bo staged by the sophomoies at some futuie date, possibly this week. The time of the encounter is to be left to the discretion of the freshmen, since the motto of the class of 1928 is, “satisfaction guaranteed ” After considering many plans sub mitted liy members of the sccond-yo.u class, the committee appointed by Piesident Gotnmn has decided to se lect the one entailing the most work for the vearlmgs, since they have em phatically declined that “we ain’t gonna work no more,” It might seem that drastic measuics will have to be taken to cuib this nucleus of a imma tuie revolution, but judging from the enthusiasm shown by' the piosecutors of the dink wearers, no tioublc will be experienced. Lumber Contracts Ar rungements have been made with local lumberers to supply all wood used in the gigantic honfitc That is, with the condition that it must be lamoved from the site of its present location within a certain time One clause in the continct states that a discount ot unbelievable purceutngu will be deducted if the (ExiUrgiatt. SOPHOMORE CLASS TO MEET TONIGHT !A meeting of the class of 1928 will be held in the Bull Pen this evening at seven o’clock GLEE CLUB TAKES TWENTY NEW MEN Songsters Will Begin Wednes day Evening: Rehearsals for December Tour RECITAL WILL BE GIVEN_ AS “Y” COURSE NUMBER Completing the preliminary voice tryouts with the selection of uppiox imatcly twenty new men, the Penn State Glee Club, now at full strength, will lesume the legular Wednesday evening rehearsals under the direc tion of R. W. Grant, in preparation for the initial trip of the season, booked for the fust week of Decem ber A large number of candidates for positions in the organization were heard by Dncctor Grant nnd a com mittee composed of senioi membeis in the club on last Tuesday and Wednes day evenings but although a majority showed good voice quality the greater number had difficulty with the sight leading test. The new membeis of the club represent a fair selection from those who possessed all of the nccessarv qualifications required by the glee oigamzntion. Late in October a second tryout will be given which will include all of the gleemcn except those who have been m seivice foi three years bcfoic the final selection of members of the club for the coming yeai is made The coming tuals will be based both on the ability of the men m the re quirements of the first tryout and in quaitct woik Penn State Concert The fust conceit at Penn State will be given on December eleventh, when the Glee Club will appear in the Au ditorium as one of the numbers on the “Y” entertainment course. Foi the fust time in twelve ycais the opening conceit at Penn State will not be given on Pennsylvania Day. Due to the intei changing of Alumm Dav and Pennsylvania Day, the penod given to the club for prepara tion is not lengthy enough and the Alumni Day plans aie already com- 1 ■ plcte, being filled with special ar rangements for the alumni. On Decembei second the gleemcn will leave Penn State for a four-day tup into the northern and western parts of the state Conceits ate scheduled for Kane, Oil City, Kittan nmg and Pittsburgh Only thirty men will be selected to make the in itial trip, and competition among the (Continued on last page) GRANGE CANDIDATES TO RECEIVE DEGREES SOON Closing its extensive membership campaign, the Penn State Giangc will give the fust and second degiccs to a number of now candidates in the near future The Grange has been active in the College life, presenting the play, “Be tween Two Lives,’ hist Tuesday' night m the Ag Building This same play will be presented next month in Umonvillc with the original cast. pilkus arc tianspoitcd to the vicinity of Holmes field within the next few days. One car-splitting blast from the College fire whistle and the insipid yeai lings will be on the job, i iter ating, “we ain’t gonna work no more ” Co-ed Entertainment Rather than have the fait maids who inhabit Mac Hall miss the fun, the management has specified that they have complete juusdiction over all hie escapes, windows and bal conies. This will enable each and eveiy co-ed to see for herself just how much in the disregard she is held by the fiist-vear men when they civ, “we hate the co-eds; we love the sophomoies ” Thoroughness will be stressed and all ycallings who lad to join the ranks at the command of their su penur olliceis will be piosccutcd to the fullest extent In fact they will have a ten pnitv of then own. Absent mindedness will not be tulcintcd and “all fiosh out” will be the war cry According to tiro Stunt Night com mittee, an unusual method of identi fying the participants will be inau gurated and all freshmen who fail to show* the proof of having attended will be dealt with personally. Mothers’ Day Date Set By Student Committee Marietta Clash and Harold Bauer Will Furnish Entertainment—Plebe Game Also on Program lIORT WEEK WILL START DURING MID-NOVEMBER A special course dealing with the latest developments in the field of hor ticulture will feature tl e second an nual Horticulture Week which will be observed from November seventeenth to the twentieth. This couise will be open only to Penn Stitc alumm Lctteis announcing the data of this special w'eck will be for winded in the near futuie to membeis of the State Horticultural Association and to ap proximately 250 alumm of the depart ment of hoiticultuie The activities of the pened will be closed at a ban quet which will be characterized by a novel ai rangemont Ilorticultui c students will cook the meal, sene m the capacity of wartcis, and super vise ail the details of the affair. Products from the College farm will be served LA VIE PLANS FOR FRATERNITY PHOTOS Group Pictures Will Bo Taken on Campus—Advertising Work Started COVER CONTRACT PLACED WITH MALLOY COMPANY In an endeavor to get the frater nity gioup pictures fm the 1927 La Vie m the hands of the engravei as soon as possible, the lust chapte.' photos will be taken Sunday after noon, October fourth, on the front campus According to the plans of the staff photographers, W. E. Fra/er and H. O Hunt, tw’enty-five fraternity pie tuies will be tuken the first Sunday and the remainder will be photo graphed two weeks later on the after noon of Sunday, Octobei nineteenth Time appointments for the various chapters will be announced in the next issue of the COLLEGIAN Following out a new plan conceived by the executive staff of the La Vie, the pictuics will be taken on the front campus By doing this the dull and stereotyped curtain backgiound which is the environment of a studio, will bo discaided and a natuial setting made possible out-of-doois only will be substituted. The «amc background will be used foi each group pictuic The photogiaphing will be done by the Penn State Photo Shop Cover Contract Placed A design foi the covet of the 1927 arminl has been drawn up and is now in the hands of the David J.jMallov company of Chicago This company is the •■ome winch manufactured the covei foi the 1920 La Vie Advertising Manager J. C Geiiy and assistant manager, S H. Culp, (Continued on last page) WAYBURN STUDIOS WILL AGAIN COACH THESPIANS Maurice Daicy, Representative, Will Take Charge of Cast for Christmas Show Having secured the service-. of Maurice Darcy, of the Ned Way burn studios, to coach the Thespian pio duction for the Christmas road show ing, the club will soon begin active woik on the coming season’s presenta tion Darcy is well known to the student bodv heic having been en gaged as tutor of the Thespians for , several ycais. No plans othci than the itmeiaiy have been contemplated by officials of the club, action being withheld until the conclusion of the prize play con test. At that time the winning play will be announced ami an idea form ulated as to the nature of the produc tion to be staged. One hundred and fifty doll.us in ad dition to loyalties amounting to up wards of five hundred dollius will be awarded the successful composer of n suitable comedy. Containing both the body of the play and music score, each manuscript 13 to be typed off on one side of regulation size paper. The contest closing Thuisday, October fifteenth is open to the entire student bodv. All plays should he submitted to either G E. Brumfield ’26 at thu Delta Upsilon house or to W R. Wiednoi ’2O at the Alpha Sigma Phi house before the above date. Leave Some Lumber for the Sawmill School PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 Penn State’s lirst nllici.il Motliei*’ Day, an event talked of but not de cided upon for the past decade, is now a reality. At the request of Dean Charlotte E Ray, a student committee on Mothers’ Day met Saturday and yes terday to consider the idea and all ol its ramifications, ultimately de ciding that Saturday, Octobci seven teenth. be set aside at Penn State lor the entertainment of students’ moth- Letters will be sent out to all mothers announcing the inauguration of the event and requesting their picsencc on the date specified. The football game with M.uietta college, the plebe clash with Wyoming senn , nary, Harold Buucr, noted pianist, ait ; infoimal tea in the Womens’ Building, cither preceding or following the pudiron contest, and a musicalc in Armoiy make up the round of enter tainment prepared for the visitors, the opening lormal meeting being scheduled for Saturday morning in the Auditorium. Rahhi Laznron To Speak Rabbi Morris S Lazaion, of Balti moic, Chapel speaker foi the eight eenth, will be asked bv the Chapel committee to arfango a special and Lvpical Mothers’ Day address for his appearance Sunday. The student committee, composed of D D Henry ’2O, chairman, D F Groff ’2O, Ruth Schaeffer ’2O, Maiv Chambers ’2O. G E Hill ’2O, II D Fritchman ’2O and 11. W Cohen ’2O, is now in charge of the variou, other types of entertainment to be ar ranged, acting in co-operation with Dean Rav. It was decided at the meeting yes terday that all efforts possible would be brought to bear in making October seventeenth a “reul Mothers’ Duy,” an affair different entirely from Fathers’ Day in the spring It war intimated that Fathers’ Dav was be coming too much of a "family af fair,” and for this reason, the dates were widely scpaiated Another lcu son advanced foi the fall date was that moat motheis are unusually anxious to come m contact w.th thou sons and daughters soon alter Col lege opens, so that they may sec the environment in which then children are beginning the yeir Fraternity Dances Scheduled It was at first thought that all proposed fraternity’ dances lot that Saturday night bo abolished because of thu presence of the mothers, but Dean Ray suggested that all fra ternities that cared to should hold dances that evening so that the oar outs may see their offsprings m a natuial, unaffected "college” atmos phere The suggestion was looked upon as feasible by the student com mittee and efforts will be made to have a laige number of chapter house affairs on the seventeenth PENN STATE ENGINEERS OFFER UTILITY COURSE Fifteen Thousand Copies Mailed to Siv Large Companies by Extension Department Remits of three yenis of study and co-opciation between rep’esentativos of the leading public utilities of the state ami the Pennsvhani.i State Col lege culminated today m the dis patching of the fust 1500 copies of a couise in public relations to employes of six big utility’ companies. The couise has been v.aited for cagerlv by public utilities while Pio fessoi N C Miller and lus associates m the college cnginconng extension department piepaml it as the most complete one of its kind evei offered utility employes Included in the companies that will start public re lations classes tins fall with then own instructor using the State Col lege couise arc the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, the Phila delphia Elect!ic Company, the West Penn Railway", the PitUbuigh Rail ways, the Duquesne Light Company at Pittsbuigh, the People’s Natuial Gas Company and the Equitable Gas Association. It is also possible that the Philadelphia Rnpul Tiansit com pany will adopt the use of the course in tire near futuie. Prof. Millet has icccivcd lctteis from utihtiy companies in all parts of the United Statci relative to the new course and aiiangemeuts aie being considcicd whcicby it may bo offciod ns u home studv coiiho ju-.t iis semes ot other technical courses ure g’\eu at by Uic Pcan btata