Tuesday, October 13, 1925
The “Y” Supplement
Progress Shown In Work
On “Andy” Lytle Cabin
First Cornerstone Work Finished Last
Week— Building To Supply Need
of Long, Standing
When “Andy” Lytle donated an
acre of giound to the Y M C A. a
few yeais ago bright (beams weio
diearned and the place was visioned
as having an attiactive old-fushionc.l
cabin erected on it Todry these
dieams aie assuming definite shape,
the fust coinoiatone work having
been done on the cabin last week
A need has always been felt foi
* ome outs'de leciealioi building at
Penn State When various uiguni/a
tions such an the Outing Club vvoul 1
<tanc to take short hikes 01 evcin
‘ions theie v.oie no a.adable site"-
vvheic overnight accommodation.*
could be provided 'lhe election ot
Ihts mcmonal cab.n v.ill supply tint
want.
The acie given over bv ‘Tieshmau
Andy" is loc ited about three hun
dred jaids west of the Snmgleto,.n
leseivou*, in an ccccptionallv favor
able place An unobtruded view of
Penn’s Valiev is ea u i!y seen fiom the
site In addition to this acio, theie
has been a te*i-..ue section deeded
to the Penn State Y J»I C A These
ten acres aio pui posed to he Uacd
as a park space foi the convenience
of cabin visitors who raa.. have the
inclination to plu games oi to stage
any kind of outside entei tainmonl
Conti ary to common belief the
cabin and the adjo’mnfi plot aie not
for the exclusive me ot the “V”
woikcis Instead it will be given
ovei fieely to anv icputable campus
organization icquc.tmg its use The
Y. M C A will ..ct meicly m the
lole of custodian Along with the
Tnangle woiku s the Outing Club
has been doing active woi! The
n embers of this organization have
been vitally mstiumentrl m accom
plishing what v.o.k has been done
The cabin itself is an L-sh iped
stiuctuic of two unit'*, e’th twenty
feet bv thnlv feet Theie will be.
when completed, a big fireplace at
the cast end oi the building, tin.
fneplacc ooemng out onto the pencil
This porch liieplace will piovide a
means oi aid to any lost traveller oi
campcis who may pa*-s llmiugh th-
Shmgletown Miction The kitchen is
equipped with n smallci fuonlue In
tile ftont theie v.ill be 1 ten-loot
poich running the enlne length of
the section —thuly feet
A lustic ippoai.’nce vv !1 be stuved
foi throughout *1 lie ‘•tone used in
building the cabin will be taken
from ncaibv fiekN and this !•, e\-
pectod to add to its attiactivcms-*
Inside theie will bo a beam ceding
as one of the outstanding fcatuie*
The beams to be used heie will b‘*
puichased fiom a ncaibv iaimei
who has some especially suit.d foi
the place
The upstans of the cabin is divided
into two section* Hus pio.ides foi
mi v ed parties, which Id e.vt.*o mu ,1 bo
sanctioned b the “V’ fust It is
lioped thut in tlio near fiituie the
<abm will be leulv foi use P-hHi
woi k still ue* before the men at
tempting the build ng and any help
offered will be accepted.
Freshman Reception
Made Popular Here
With the flout c utiptis bngluly
lighted foi the occasion and tleco
latcd with bine and white slionmeis
and Japanese lanterns the (lass of
3J129 was given its official welcome to
Penn State bv the Y M C A. incep
tion on the night of Puday, Septeri
bei seventeenth
This leception is now liimlv es-
Lytle Memorial Cabin
Si f "
PROPOSED STRUCTURE
[(,.- ',. Di.i . . ..oom |
SPECIFICATION PLANS
OLDER BOYS OF COUNTY
HOLD CONFERENCE HERE
County Sunday Schools Cooper
ate With Y. SI. C. A. in Hold
ing Annual Meetings
\\ llh the- mu pose m nui'i of help
i. •- the '.o’ or Centu* Countv to but
te. die an I choose tne
life ui.Mtio'i 1c .t st.Ud to them, lilt*
re in Sl.it * V M C \ co-opeiating
v ith too co.mtv baunaih Sc'.ool As
i-ouilion holds a’l unnuil Oltlui Bojs’
Oinfricuca e ei v '■pun r it Statu Col-
'I !u . c«.nfc once was muiguiited
uu vea ago ..ad ins s.rce proven
la i'j a soute - Suite* nu.t of vie
bo' at.on.iu. tbu loadings e< uit
ue’h unit In Ptnn Stall* .s students
Hie* "ilbiiui-t aceoji’jih U’c*> a college
*i tilt ol i’uti *i i* upi.i.g tilt* dele
gate. to 1.0 Ponn State n.cn
'1 lie objective of the conference, to
tdblifchad as one of Penn State’s
traditions. Duiing the last few
\eai > it has become an all
college .Pm than a suictly Ficsh
man occasion The new men make
fic-h acquaintances at this time
while tile uppeicl issnie'n aie busit>
lcnewmg than old friendships As
an additional featuie this vear the
tioblv'ian co-cd- parsed tlnough the
leccplion line, alwajs n pait ot the 1
evening's pm, ia a 'ilns is tin ius‘
time tint j-uls an* Inown to have
tikui si eli a put ri the* piogi mi
The iccsptcon line tins vent in
cluded Hi uu* Butler ’2O, picsulcnt of
l*’e \ M C A , D. I) Hem y ’2O,
pic'dant of Student Council, Hiss:
Ca-olmo 11. inn m ’2u. pmudoui ot tin*!
W C *V , Societal} \Y. .fr Kitchen, \
Judge II IV Mitchell, Dean A R j
Wan.oek, Dean Chailotte D Ray md
Ch ipla’n I<’r««ei Mol/gor I
ONE OF THE FORMER CONFERENCE GROUPS
MANY HANDBOOKS HAVE
BEEN GIVEN OUT AT HUT
, With f:.i nioie than half of the
fteshmnn handbooks gone rheady,
Seerct.uy Kitchen especta the supply
to be eshnusted in u few weeks. Last
year,33oo of the books were handed
out and n similai numbei was
unified tins yeir.
Fiom the available it is
found that pi rcticnllj all of the fiist
vear men lia.e icceived then “bibles”
Mo data, was compiled fiom the signed
leligion cauls oi the new men
wo.ds is “Believing
that God has a plate in life fot evoty
*r ri, we „ie ti ung to help tl e boys
of Centie County find that place
whole thc\ wll not onlv be the hap
piest, but vnoio the’, v ill he of the
{iieatost help to God and thou com
munity anu the woild” It is this
pi.ipose winch guides the “V* in the
woih The gatheimg i. composed ol
tie bi.nda. school bo.s of the counts
who gulhoi on the Nittmy campus
liu two full days alwavs din mg the
latter p ’it of Apul
Owing to the diihcullies of tilled
and the co t, only i limited rumbet of
these bo\ , can mien.! the meetings.
Ilowe.ei, it is riged Hint it least two
icpicjcnlatucs fiom c.uh of the bo
cliools m the count} come ami jo.n
in spu'tuul and physical fellowship
foi U os? s '
Vc c" il spcakcis oi leal abiltlv aie
rl va\s seemed foi this occasion Last
op mg the tonfeicncc had l.sted such
irtn as the Te\ 11 II Bonsall, duet
to. of the SptUco Cieek Cnn.p. J It
Biewci, field seciotaiv of*the State
Men’s Chustian Assoc mtion,
! Deans R L Watts and R L. Sackctt,
F L Pattee, Di P A An
tic i son, I. L Poster and W
V Dennis, and J F Tavloi, Stale
College eh snmn. The bo\s weie
a«ked to .elect then vocations and
then eun was gi.en the chance of
having a neisonnl mteiview with .nv
ot the run mentioned Yoiv good 10-
sull i v ere obt lined
CIRCUS GIVEN FOR NEW
MEN DURING FIRST WEEK
Pitmding a bit of enteitamincnt
loi those new men lioie loi Ftesh
man Wok, the \. M C put on its
tu«t urmial cucus at the Aimoiv
I lull, night, Septembei eleventli A
leal cucus atmosphcie was cstab
lulled h.'.ing “bnikois” and
clowns . scattered tluoughout Uk>
Ai moiv
Pcrcewng that the new men weie
THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
WHAT A COLLEGE
HAS TO OFFER \
“To be at homo in all lands {
and ages, to count nntuic a j
familuu* /acquaintance and act j
an intimate fuend, to gain a I
standard for the appreciation |
of otliei men’s woik and the j
ciiticism of your own, to carry .
the keys of the vvoild’s library I
in vour'poclct, and lcel its !
resouicos behind you in what- |
evet task you undertake, to j
make hosts of fi lends among :
the men of your own age who !
aie to be* leaders m ail walks |
of life; to lose yourself in gen- {
eious enthusiasm and co-opei- 1
ate with otheis foi common I
ends; to leain laanneis from !
students who aie gentlemen j
and form character under pio- j
fessors ,vvho ate Christians— :
this is the ofle. of the college J
for the best foui yeais of youi I
life.” ' e
—(William DuWitlHyde j
“Y.W.” SENDS GIRLS
TO EAGLES MERE
Eight Representatives Sent
From Penn Stale to Confer
ence Held Last June
INTERESTING SUBJECTS
STUDIED AND DISCUSSED
Sending eight representatives to
the Eagles Merc* conference, the
Penn State Y W. C A vas unusu
ally well repiesented at this annual
meeting, the most impo.taat galhei
mg held by one of the
eastein divisions of the National
Student Council The conference was
held fiom Jure 19 to 29 this vent
Eagles Mere u an ideal place in.
which to hold such a conference IL |
u situated idoully, at the top of the
mountains The lake is popular foi '
itr swimming and boating, as well
a., foi its scenic bjauty AnoUiei j
Eagles Mere attraction is the pic-'
itureso.ue country, in which it is to-.!
catcd A very rugged district with l
a calm and beautiful lake placed m 1
the very middle tiuly describe^
Eagles Merc
The piob'ems facing college gnK
aie fulh discussed at these meetings
of the div.-non. -.Subjects aie dis
cussed which a*m to do.clop cliu
actei and give fullness of life
Pioblems that have been meicjy,
vaguelv troublesome are made con
c>ete at Eag'es Hue and then dis- '
cuesod so that the gills may find the |
rctessaiy Imlp Some of the topics!
discussed this yeai weie “Women j
and Citizenship,” “Missions and in-!
tcintional Mind”, “Modem Use of
the Bible", “So This Is College” and
“The Chuuh”. The subject-, dis-'
cn«.ed weie ones icnuostod bv the |
gills between tlie pievious ycai’-«!
confcience and the pnst one j
While at Eagles Merc puls fiom \
otliei schools weie lie ml to tasuilly.
ment’on thou “Y W IIuls” and thisj
>•01 the Penn State gioup to thinking '
The lesult has been that theie i-» now !
a leal done for a similar “Hut” on!
the Nittany campus It is felt tti.it j
the down-town gills could use such'
r building between classes and that
it would also help m the solving oT,
many student pioblems It is hoped |
hy the guK that such a budding will
be under construction bv no\t June
going to be kept busy v.ith cla.-,
woik and would enjov something of
r diveision, the “Y” Cabinet planned
on having the cucus, eailv last
spiing Bon owing equipment fiom
the Engineering school, seven ai sith
shows weie elected and the Y M C
A cucus resulted R D Duudotc
*l*7 was maslei of cciemonies loi the
evening Scvci.il co-eds in fanli?-
tic costumes and nioie than two score
upi.eichu-.men weie enl’ited to ml
in enteitaming tlie vcallings Cuki
and piot/els foi mod the menu
To Speak Here
BRUCE CURRY
CURRY TO CONDUCT
MS INSTITUTE HERE
Penn State Will Act as Host to
Loading Eastern Colleges
at This Discussion
SPEAKER IS WELL KNOWN
AMONG UNDERGRADUATES
Penn State has been chosen by the
National Council of Christian Asso
ciations as the college at which Dr.
Biuce Cun’, of Union senunmy and
Teacheis’ college, Columbia univer-
sity, is to conduct one of his ten in-
stitutes on “L*fe at Its Best.
this institute Penn Stile will be the
ho.t to icpiesentatives from all the
colleges of the eastein teintory
Pitt. Penn. Bucknell and Gettvsbuip
will be among those sending dele
gates
Tih* jiui pose of the institute is to
sludj cnliuil student pioblems and
cuilent social issues ri the light of
the Clnistiun v aj of living as lound
m the reconh ol the New Testament
Bruce Curij last jcm spent all oi hts
time m tiavelmg among the colleges
tlnoiighout lie United States in this
voil,
Ills seruecs piosed of gieat
usefulness in student life On the
I>as»i. of thib uoilc, tome li.ue men-
tioncd him rs the most effective nun
in stsdent Chnsti.m went
Di Cuuj's visit will he maihed bj
the co-opeiati.e eiloit** of all the
Cht istu’i agencies of the to an and
college The l!iuzdie**, together with
the Y 31 C A and the "i W C A ,
Ovpect that Ins usiL to the college
will make improvements in the te
ligious education of thcte agencies
which will be ot pennanent sigmh
cance
1 allowing the institute, a senes of
camnus-wide discussions will bo
launched in v Inch a number of li\e
issues are to he investigated The
woik done la->t \e.n undci the leader
ship of Prof F k Puttee will fmm
ar e\cellent loundation foi the woik
of this, jeai
Twenty-seven fecu'lv men took
pait in di uissjoiis Five noimnl
tiaimng groups weie held at the
Umveisitj Club The senes elicited
the most wuiespicrd .nteiest of anv
piojui v.lrch the ouition pro
moted l’st vcai
Tangible steps have been tul on to
ward the solution of three of the
pi obtains dreissscd A committee of
thm* students fiom Student Council
and tluee faculty men chosen bv the
facultv Senate aie to meet soon to
woik out a more complete under
standing of the basis of mutual co
opeiation between students and fac
nltv After thiee venrs of agitation,
.Student Council adopted the Penn
Stale Ilonoi Code A well-planned
education'll pioginm piomises to
made the code a leal step low aid a
l.nci sprit of Penn State Ilonoi
• U VMM
FRESHMAN “Y” WORK
GIVEN TO ONE MAN
W. C. Calhoun ’25 Secured To Take New
Position—Will Attempt To Hold
Personal Interviews
DR. GILKEY CHOSEN
TO GIVE ADDRESSES
Y. M. C. A. Selects Chicago Man
From Large List of Well
known Speakers
LECTURES ROOKED FOR
MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY
Dr Chailcs W Gilkey, of Chicago,
a speaker of ultimate repute among
students, has been secured to give
a series of addresses at Penn Stitc
fi om Februarj se\enteonth to nine
teenth lie will speak on leligion
and modern life.
Penn State has had a reputation
of having men of the lust iank
Lome to the cumpua foi such presontn
tio is as Di Gdke> will give Among
the men who 1 ave been heie in lccent
jears me John II Mott, Sheiwond,
Eddy and Robot E Speere This
year, the committee selecting the
speaker made then customarv thoi
ough rn estimation of the held and
were easily convinced that Di Gilkcy
was the best ■•peakei that could be
obtained. There was no hesitation
in going to the cential west to get
the man who was felt to be the hod
fitted to bung a \ital Christian mess
age to Penn State this jcai
Di Gilkev vill make two tup*
cast this winter. In December he is
scheduled to pienth at Hnivard unt
\cisit\ on two Sandajs He returns
east again in Pcbrunrj for his lec
tui es at Penn State
Popular Speaker
DR. C. W. GILKEY
Being pastoi at the University Bap
tist chuich m Chicago, Di Gilkej h .s
nameious personal connections .nd
the admiration and lespect oi both
the students ana faculty it tin* Um
\cnsit\ of Chicago Because of this
connection with undergraduates he is
certain to be appieciated bv Penn
State students and faci.lt> lie hi
a keen insight into the cuucnt allaiis
of both the college and outs.de %.oild
During the past jear g. eat nu.n
bero of the people of India ha 'o
heard the messages dclnetnl bj Dt
Gilkey Ills tails were centered
around the appeal of Jesus to the
present goner rtion Forty lecture>
weie deltveicd as well is hfteen
other addresses to audiences lotting
appioxmmtelv 10,000. of whom pmL
nblv scvcntv-five per cent v.cie
students “Dt Gilkev lielnod to l re
discover Jesus foi us,” writes a mis
sion nj, “and his rnipicss on the;
Hindu mmd is one that will not bci
forgotten ” I
BIBLE STUDY CLASSES
CONDUCTED BY Y. M. C. A.
FOIt COUNTRY CHILDREN
Dui’ig the school jc.u the exten
sion seiMte of the \oung Men’s
Christian A«sociulion. with the co
operation of the Young Women's
Christian Association, is bu-ily en
gaged conducting Sunday schools in
one-room school buildings m the gen
eral vicinity of State College In
this manner church bemcos are iiu
uibhed for the people of these liual
communities
Page Three
Securing W C Calhoun ’25 to take
over the entire fieshman Y M C A.
work, the “Y” has taken n decided
step forward in its woik for this
jear This will be the first time tint
n fi-shmati .cvrolnrv his Ivon pail
of the Red Tnangle organic rtion at
Penn Stnt->
New Secretary
W. C. CALHOUN
ncc Cilhaiin was. president ol
U C A c rbinet last jear 1
’ farmin'! with the work in
to him Thus fdi little Iras
since Fieshman Week bt
defi nte program has been mapped
out for tiic coming few mouths.
The piupoacs of this fieshman
semte v.oik are numerous, the big-
ones Lung
“To establish a ietson.il million
‘•h’p with each member of the fresh
nan class,
“To piomote class spirit and col
lege ppmt ir the highest seme of the
term,
“To introduce new men to the work
of tire Penn State Christian Associa
tion,
“To cstubl.sh m the minds of all
fieshmen die practicability of the
Christian Va> of Life, and to Intel out
foi each one the thrilling ends which
mu> be gamed through prayers and
Chi ’sl-ltko dealings with men”
As fai ..s i-. possible personal in
terviews will lie held v ith each
freshman m m efiorl to discover his
mtciest-., to direct his rctiuties to
wai.L the most profitable ends, to
become ncqu tinted with his problems
of life and to aid in the solution of
them
Thiough the agencies of socials
and parties which will be held
thiour ,| ’ort the ve.’i the freshmen
will become more thoioughly ac
quainted with crch other, this being
a nec.ss. i. element m the produc
tion of ".pi:it” Woithwhdc talks
v til ho mane nt these gnthoimgs by
students and fuultv memLers who
me best mi ihfied to present the mat
ter of “spirit” effectively.
The lrechdiiit . of these affairs, at
well as the operation of l.ie \annul
dap ulnmat. of the organr/al’on will
be cued fo, h\ a fieshman cabinet,
oigani ul rnnii'iilv to the College
\ssou t'.io.i ( aiuiiel with olFccis anil
comm’ttco elmitmen A close rela
tion to the Association Cabinet will
be rnaint lined, so tint the nev. men
mnv beco no more intimately ae
on nn'cd v ith the v.oik
Tim work, both witn individuals
and v ith gioups, will be earned on
xvith a smiitnul conscioncencss which
it is planned will dominate all nc
tiv.lies of the oiganmtion The
attempt will bo made to discover just
wht' "Life at Its Best” means,
jtivough pra ci and genuine religious
jo p«M ••)■■> The J f >2o Cluistim
| Association will hold lcgulai meet
■ ings foi the purpose, at v.inch ical
! effort, to get beneath the suifac*
v. ill In* mad* Hcie .dsn the help ol
older me i with practical experience
will bo solicited m oidei to piesent
eonecth the ChiMian cal’ o
tinted lecture? a.e given Thmi
rgam them are often social-, aiul cm
teifainmcnt-. piovidcd for tl.e peo
ple ol these fuming di,tints bv the
group Tim g'i's and bo.s from the-e
oder-ion iMimh. sihools !ot»k loi
v ml to th'*" (***u tmi. pmlv in the
i’c.m flat” Atmm> eacii >ear with
eager nnliupatimi The pail> is a
speual fcti e ot the extension com*
mitt'c’s v.oik It brings some two
‘'limited lin<\l children in to State
College Im enjovable nlteinoou
fcatuiul bv oigam/ed games and
reueshnumt-. ai.d topped oil In a
few voids ol greeting from feunta
C» rus