There Are Some Strings to This Show VOL. XXI, No. 18 PROFESSOR KELLER CHOSEN EXTENSION ENGINEERING HEAD Vacated I. E. Depaitmenl Post Ghen to C. W. Beese by Board of Trustees EXECUTIVES TO ASSUME DUTIES FEBRUARY FIRST .J. 0. Keller Is Member of 1911 Class at Penn Stale—To Tour Pennsylvania Prof. J. 0. Keller, foimei head of the department of indust! ini engineer ing, has been appointed head of the department of engineeiing extension Accepting the post made vacant b> Piofcssoi lxellet’s icsignation, Piof C W Beese will become the new head of the industrial engineering dcpnit mcnl Both appointments ucie ap proved last week by the Boaid of Trustees and will take effect imme diately although the men will not take over then new positions actively until Februniy first It is expected tli.it the development of engineeiing extension mstiuction will be stronglv influenced by Piofes soi Kellei's well known standaids of mstiuction in management Piofos sor Kellei giaduatcd fiom Penn State in 1014 with the degice of bncheloi of science m industnal engineeiing lie has had a wide vauetv of expe ncnce, first in accident mspectoi foi the tVoikmen's Compensation bmeau of New Voih and with the Ocean Ac cident and Guaiantcc coipoiation lie then letumcd to Penn State a-> an mstiuctoi in the department, lesign ing this post at the beginning of the World Wai to cntei the oidnancc de partment as a second Ijouteti.mt Aftei the Amustice he beenn c in structor ami then assistant piofessoi in industnal engineeiing W ule Experience In 1010 Piofessoi Jvcllei accepteu the position ot associate piofessoi of mechanical engineeiing at the lowa State college _ln 1121, however. he returned to’ Penn State, becoming head of the indusltial engineeiing de partment Piofessoi Kellei is an active mem bei of the Society for the Promotion of Engineeiing Education, the Amei ican Society foi the Advancement of Science, the Amcucan Sooietv of Me-; chnmcnl Engmeeis, tlie Associate So-: ciey of University Piofessois and the National Geogiaphic Society, and is the authoi of a numbci ot papcis and magazine ai tides, including "The Pri mary Wage Svstems,” "The llistoiy of Industiv,” "Conditions Affecting Toleinnce,” "Motions Kelative of Mo tion Pictuic* and Ordinary Photogra phy,” and “A Comp.mson of Haid ness Testing Devices” During the (Continued on last page) PENN STATE WELCOMES A. S. M. E. DELEGATION Central Pennsylvania Section Will Inspect Engineering School Saturday Opening wide all shops, laboiatoi ics and expel imeiit stations to mcm heis of the Ceutial Pemisvlvatua Section of the Amcucan Society of Mechanical Engmeeis, the School of Engineeiing is pieparing to welcome a lutgc delegation which is coming lietc Satuidny to attend the fust meeting of its kind that the society has evci conducted at Penn State Acting as clnmmaii ot the piogram committee, Prof F. G. Ilechlet, with the assistance of Pi of C L Allen, societal y, has ai tanged for a busy day, beginning at eight-tlmty o’clock Saluulay morning and continuing till lute in the altcinoon The morn ing will Lc devoted to an inspection ot the engineeiing buildings and all visitois, aftei legislating at tlie AI h Laboiatoiv, will be furnished guides who will show them thiough the shops, laboiatonc's and the cn ginccung expenment station At livelvc-tlmtv o'clock a luncheon will be scivcd at tbs Umveusity Club to the visiting engmeeis Following the luncheon, at otie tlmtv o'clock the session will icsnine, convening m Room 200 Engineeiing D for several nddiosses and a xhoit business meeting l-'nst, a papci will be dcltvcicd by Piof. G F Mel- Jen of the industnal engineeiing de partment on the “Niinual lnvontoiv,” followed bv a siimt discussion on Ins subject. Next, Mr. H V Beach ot the Incoming Muiuififctiiimg com*, pany of Williamspott will lead a pnpei on "Management Pioblcms,” aftei winch a discussion will be held frun §tatr Compulsory Daily Chapel Once again, the question of compulsory daily chapel has been brought bel'oie the attention of the student body. For reasons which are fully discussed in an editorial m this issue, the COLLEGIAN will devote the next two weeks m an attempt to gain unbiased undergraduate, alumni and faculty opinion on the subject of compulsory chapel. The COLLEGIAN invites all communications, pio and con, and will attempt to publish all letters in future issues Following the sounding of opinion, the COLLEGIAN will conduct a student referendum on compulsory daily chapel, to be followed, if results warrant, by a petition to the proper authorities from the undergiaduates concerned. The COLLEGIAN especially desires to print the names ot the communicants, although the wiitei’s identity will be withheld if so desiied All communications for Friday’s papers must be m the COLLEGIAN office not latei than se\en o’clock Wednesday evening, while letteis foi the Tuesday issues must be turned in before seven o’clock Sun day evening. YEARLING GRIDMEN TIE BISON PLEBES Nittany Cubs Trail Buckncll Eleven for Two Periods— Final Score Is 7-7 PLEBES EVEN COUNT BY STEAM-ROLLER TACTICS Unleashing an attack m the last qmulci that lesullecl m a touchdown the Nittanv plcbes dead-locked the (ontest with the Buckncll yeniling griddeis at a 7-to-7 scoie after trail ing the Lev isbuigians foi two pei axis A ninety-y aid dash by the blond luured Buckncll halfback, Nugust,, e.uly in the second quarter furnished! the surpnse of the game and foi a ] long time the Nittany fieshmen; fought to ovcicome the Bison's lead 1 Neal Scores Touchdown Foui consecutive lust downs were, lecorded foi the Penn State fresh-j men in the fourth quaitci in then] (hive for a touchdown With the] pigskin resting five yaids fiom the final chalk-lino, Neal was called upon foi an end lun and was downed i’cioss' the line After both teams wcie called offside m the try foi the cxtia point tlie ball was returned and Neal outwitted the visitois by heaving a pass to Delp Although the Penn State freshmen staited the first quartet with a tei nfic dmc which threatened to re-] suit in a bcote, an offside penalty on the opponent’s tcn-yaid line ruined Ihcir chances On the next down the ball revelled to the visitois and was safely punted out of dangei (Continued on third page) NITTANY STUDENTS TRY FOR BEAUX ARTS AWARD Prominent New York Architects Judge Drawings Sent by Variousv Colleges Submitting foity-two thawings to the Beaux Aits Institute of Design at New Yoik city wheie they will be judged b\ piomincnt aitistx, Penn State jrclutectuial students have just completed then woiks under the di loction of the Beaux Aits and yestci dny sent them to the event m which a gieat numbci of colleges and um veisities take pint All the thaw mg', piescnted will he eitbei one of two kinds and will be judged on excellency of design The sophomoies and juniois tendered com mcmoiativc tablets of famous aiclu tccts while the advanced juniois and seniors delineated cntiances to a cem eteiy at the end of a boulevaid Although this year’s competition offei s no medals vai ious gi ades of honoiable mention depending on the peifcctmn of the enteied diallings will be nwauled Scveial Penn State students won the mueh coveted men tions last vein and Trof A L Kochct, bead of tlie dcpnilmont, ia counting on mote to icpcat tins ye.u For the last ten dais the futuio architects have consistently worked ten houis daily on thou compositions Alumni who saw some of the finished poitiavals on exhibition Saturday ex picssed the satisfaction of the m stiuclois. Seveml diawings of ad vanced students chutcd much piuisc. DEAN RULES ON VACATION CUTS To the Students The student request foi a Thanksgiving vacation was gi anted with the imdoi standing STATE COLLEGE, PA.. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1925 DR. VAIL TO SPEAK AT MEETING OF CHEMISTS Addicssing the State College Sec tion of the American Chemical Society on Thuisday, Dr James G. Vail will be the principal spcakei of the eve ning’s session vvhu.li will be held in the Phy sics Lecture room of the Phys ics Building at seven-thuty o’clock. Di Vail is chemical directoi ot the Philadelphia Qunitz company, mnmi f.tcluiois of silicate of soda m its various foi ms At picscnt he is vvi it mg a monogiaph on "Silica and Sili cates” foi the Amcucan Chemical So ciety. LIONS DOWN PITT HILL AND DALERS Captain Corbett Takes First but Nittany Aggregation Wins by Score of 23-32 RUNNERS TURN IN FAST TIMES ON HEAVY TRACK Running in better form than in any previous meet 'thbr -Penn State hartieis took tlie measure of the University of Pitlsbuigh runnels Saturday morning by a 2” to ,12 count. Captain Ted Coibctt of Pitt was the individual winner, negotiating the five mile couise in the fast time of 25 minutes, and 27 seconds Despite the heavy tiack, the lull and-daleis swung mound the two preliminniy laps of the New Bcnici tiack at a fast clip, with Coibctt of the Panthcis and Captain Baiclay and Fouincio of Penn State in the van The soggv tuif on the couise did not seem to affect the leadeis, who maintained then lead foi the fust ttucc miles Fourncrc Trails Corbett Coibctt lengthened his stude in an cffoit to shake off Fouiauc, who bad been dogging his heels peisit* cntly, but the Blue and White star met the change of pace successfully' Swede Johnson, who htil been foig mg to the foie, came thiough the muck of the baekstiet. h seveiul yaids ahead of the field, following Captain Baiclay of Penn State The giuelmg pace v as beginning to toll on the Pantbci lendei, but he did (Continued on thud page) Professor Boucke Writes Text Book on Economic Life Fiom an out-giow tfi of about fif teen yems of teaching and study on economic problems, Di 0 Fred Boucke, piofessoi of economics, has molded into two volumes a new book on the principles of economics It is a manual foi a new two-semc3tei couise in this field, which will be tcimed economics one and two The book was designed chiefly foi the pul pose of intioducing to students the pnnciples underlying economic life, lather than picparc them dncctly foi u business piofcssion It is a new approach in many important icspects. Supplied with giafts and charts this new book will be welcomed by teach eis of advanced college coutses in tb.e piinciplcs of economics In pimigiapbs that nic emphasized the icadei finds inipoitanLC of gov ernment and law foi a study of eco nomic activities, basic laws of effi ciency and peisonal equations. The nuthoi devotes several p.uagiapbs to capital and cicdit ns an aid foi pro duction. Following this he defines the meaning of high cost 3 of living, shows in a eleui imuinci the pioduc tivc sen ices of the merchant and gives the causes or icasons foi the unequalled distubution of incomes. The book v\ ill be of unusual value to TONY SARG WILL STAGE PUPPETS IN “TREASURE ISLAND” Marionettes Interpret Famous Adventure Storv from i , Stevenson’s Pen MANY ARTISTS USED IN NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT Play Begins’at Eight Thursday Night in Auditorium—Sale of Tickets Opens Although there will be no rum when Tony Sarg’s Marionettes ap pear m “Tieasure Island” under the auspices of the Penn State Players Thuisday night at eight o'clock in the Auditoimm 1 there will be manv a “Yo, 110, Ho” and scveial “Dead Men’s Chests’’. Plenty of action, song and instrument music piescnted by artists, splendid fighting effects, startling scenic 1 developments and cthei novel features aic highlights of the show Tickets may now be purchased of James Blum at fifty and soventy'-fivc cents Mr Sarg, artist, humorist, lectuiei and "marionette muster”, is bringing to Penn State Ins original puppets similar to the manikins which made such a tiemendous hit heic tiuec years ago in “Don Quixote” "Treas ure Island” is not a picture show oi •hadowgraph plav but is a ptesenta tion of the mmlatuie people them* sell es Action A-Plenty From the opening scene, wheie the pirate cutthroats gathci at the Inn, sing their pirate chorus, and depait lor the ship, the cave scene and th final curtain, there is no moment when action lags Fights, murders, mutinies and even animal quunels abound thioughout the peiioimance The Hornpipe Dance is so difficult that foui puppeteeis are acquired to execute the contentions, gumaces and steps In addition to the mechanical ma?. mpulating. of'' pup peteer must be an aitist to belong to Mr. Saig’s tioupe Each inembei of the companv had to .show a io markably good voice in conveisation and song, present a special dramatic ability and be able to play two oi more musical mstiumcnts other than the pioiio With such an aggiegation oi exports the famous adventure story of Stevenson’s offers a real tieat to both the old and young ol this section Realistic Storm During the three years ot icsemch and study since Mi Sarg first de cided to adopt "Tieasuie Island” to marionette drama, he has found much of mteiest as to musical instrument, aril songs picfericd by the old iiee (Contuuied on last page) SCOTCH COMEDIANS WILL APPEAR AS “Y” NUMBER ‘‘The Coller’s Saturday Night’ Is Drama of Philosophy, Wit and Sentiment “The Coltei’s Satuidny Night”, a pioduction with an evei-mcieasing imputation will be picsc-nted as the second numbci of the “V entertain ment piogiam m the Auditoi mm Fri day night at eight-fifteen o’clock Oigaiuzed and dnectcd bv John Dan iels, lamed Scotch tenot, this oper etta gives promise of taking its place alongside of olhei great successes that have won themselves into tno beaits of past Penn State audience". Heralded evciy wheie ns a timmph of song and a inastci piece of acting, "The Cottei's Satuwla., Night” is taken from the famous poem bv Reb el t Bums The sketch thioughout is 1 (splendent v ith wit, sentiment and philosophy Aided by unsui passed acting on the pnit of si\ of the leading Scotch smgcn of the Last, the pioduction affords a chaiiuter study ot tli” quaint Scots as they went about their l.aidv fife in the highlands The scene is laid m a peasant's cottage in Scotland on Satuidny night wheie the simple pieman os of the nigged high lawtois arc deputed. The Intend is earned away to Scotland by the singing of lnmifiar songs, bv the diy wit so chiuactci istic of the nice and the simpleness that is seen in then vciy actions Feet tapping unconsciously to a lythw cenluiies old wall probably be heard uhun the piping notes of the old iUldlci echo foitli The entile story bubbles over with wit that is I’tfully woven in between the quaint (Cuffegtan. LIONS AND NOTRE DAME BATTLE WITHOUT SCORE Touted Offense of “Fighting Irish” Fails Against Powerful Penn State Line—Gray, We'Ston, McCann and Michalske Shine for Bezdekians NITTANY BOOTERS HUMBLE MAROON Powerful Attack Breaks Down Lafayette Defense—Lions Win by 5-0 Score BRILLIANT PASSING AIDS IN PENN STATE VICTORY Displaying an invincible attack that pierced ftic Maroon defense al most at will, the Lion boOters con tinued title to form bv overwhelming the Lafayette soccer team by a 5-to-J score in a ,well-played contest last Satuiday Although the Lion forwaids retted_ cirlv live counteis, the work of Mc- Caughey, Lafayette goal-temlei pie vented many other tallies Through out the fiay the visitois’ goal vva. Menaced by the tlect-footed Nittanv I'liemen Eisenhuth Scores First Dnbbling the ball fiom the fust kickoff to the Maioon goal the Nit tanv foi wauls weie m a position to score but Eisenhuth’s shot was wild .nd missed the net Shoitlv alter (Jil ami Guilin earned the sphere sutv yards down the held and this time Eisenhuth’s aim lcsulted in the Inst scoic In the second quartet Lisenhuth again had an opportunity to add an other tally, but his shot missed the goal bv inches The Maroon foiwaid-> developed a strong attack at this junction and their inability to scoie "wav-doc'to Hellmtch’s brilliant work nl goal The ball then leveitcil to Pecou, who inn tt fm nculi eights voids and then passed it to Gil, who «hot the splrne into the net Maroon Defense Strong Shoitlv aftei the ball was ceuteied (Contmueu on thud page) 1929 HARRIERS DISTANCE PITT YEARLING RUNNERS Six Nittany Freshmen Breast Tape in Succession To Take 15-10 Win Cm iv mg away the fu*t six places, the fieshmen cioss-countiv team de feated the stiong Unncisitv of Pitts butgh yeailmg h.uneis in a dual meet Satuidav, hanging up a pet feet scoie and winning the meet bv the huge maigin of 15-10 The Blue and White combination won all places tiom lust to eighth with the excep tion or seventh, which was caplmed bv Edw.uds, of Pitt The lemammg foui places also went to the Panther aggiegation Despite tlie sfippeiy condition of the couise,, which prevented full ti ic tion, Cox, individual vmnei of tlie lace, coveied the thieo miles in the lemmkablv fast time ot 11 minutes, .5(5 and 1-10 seconds, negotiating the distance moic than a minute soonei than the next neaicst fiainei. He was followed to the tape by Offcn huusei, Lakewood and Bass who ciossed the finishing line closely grouped in the oidci named Pettit and Fnulknei finished fifth and sixth respectively, closely iollowcd bv Edw.uds, of Pitt and Hellfuth, Nittunv haiiiei Ciossmg the lino in dose succession were Cobin, Hoff man, Mcnch and Campbell of the Blue and Gold team Although tunning in then Inst in tei collegiate meet and against a team with a tequitation as stiong as the Pitt fitst-ye.u men, the Penn State \callings displivcd vvondciful endur ance and speed in taking all but one of tlie lust eight places With such promising maleuul as Cox, Oficn itausei, Lakewood, Bass and othcis, Ihe fieshmen liarucis are expected to place high in the Intel -collcgiates at New Yoik city this fall. 11129 REPORTERS ] TO MEET TONIGHT j The second meeting ot tiesh- j man COLLEGIAN candidates i will be held this evening in j Room 14. Libeial Ails Vll men 1 Plunging Fullbacl ‘MIKE” MICHALSKE COLLEGE TO VOTE ON WORLD COURT Nation-wide Poll To Determine Undcitfiaduate Opinion on Important Issue RESULTS SENT SENATE MAY INFLUENCE ACTION i - Co-operating-with "630 othei col lege. in the United States.,, Penn State vv.ll, within a few weeks, con duct a poll to decide the of opinion on the question of a peima nent Woild Couit The Nitt.rn., Valle, school wax icp icsented at a student con.cntion belli lccentlv at llamsibuig and the dele gates have biought bad. with thc.n mfoimatici which is now .tni.ng up consulciablc inteitst on this question, which is. o f vital unpoitance to cvciv -1110 Woild Couit of Intel national Justice is a peimanent couit having as its pump purpose the power of handing do..n advisoiv opinions and ol ivgul itmg niteination.il intei pi ci tations of tioaties Its gieatest fea ture is th it it will tend to iu.iint.uu h.umonv among n it.ons ot the woild Polls Hcd 1 m Colleges Pi ios to the discussion of the ques tion bv the United States Senate on Deteirbu •eventeenth, these polls will be t ikon n n i.iajoiitv of the colleges, the Jesuits being in turn piescnted to tlie Cl.nstun Association of Amcuca, spoil oi. of the ilie i, who vvll tians tei them to the benite, hoping that student opinion will bcai some weight with mil nation il legislative bodies The Penn State committee m chnige of this movement is now planning foi the voting and it is tliui intention to open the polls v itlun a veiv slant time The ballot will outline ti e loui (Continued on tlmd page) 11. V. BLARCOM GIVES ENGINEERING LECTURE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON Continuing hi. pohev ol securing i otcii industi nil men loi the cngi iceimg leuiue tom sc, Dean Mckett has announced tint Mi Howell Van Bliivom ol the Wcslingfiouse hlec tuc iml Mamilactuimg compa.u, Philadelphia, will deduct nn addles, hcie on "('hiio.mg a \o.ation” on Fiulav aftei noon Follow mg Mi Nan Blaicom, M. J Clux.teiman, chief engines*! ol the Bell telephone companv of Pai Ivaniu, will speak bene on Novombei twentieth Mi Van Bl.iico,n has paid scveial visits to Penn btatc lie spoke iicue last Mav on "Poisonalitv”, and nd (hessed the semoi engmeeis last veur on “Choosing i \ ocution”, the same ‘ubject on which he will base his discouisc this vcai In his tecLuc he will cmphasi/e the qualities of the student who cnteis the engineering world todav The next lectuiei, Mi Chcstcimnn, pi onuses to ckdivci a timely address refolding to Dean Saekolt As chict >f the Bell Telepli The Lulebt in Ties— Nought-Nought PRICE FIVE CENTS ® With spnited fight clashing to tlie foicfiont on evciy plav, mud-clcitcd shoes digging deep into the quagnme and evciy Blue end Wlute-jeiscvtil guddci sailing mightih into the smashing offensive of ICnute RockneV powerful Notie Dame eleven, Pcim State’s great defensive team on SaL urdav* was a wall of stone againsL which the "Fighting lush” battened themselves unsucccssiulh, the Alumni Da/ fiacas ending m a scoreless tie Only once did each team have a ghost of a chance to scoie, and then the oppoitunities weic bv the field god icule In the till’d quaitci, Fo ught, ot the invadeis, cssavul u placement fiom the Penn Statu twentv-lnc-vaid-lme, but the kick wn. hut lied by the Lion forwaids and the mml-covcreil oval sweived to the side amid the joyous howls of the Nittany suppoiteis. Penn State’s oppoitunitv came m the final pe.iod, after Notie Dame had battled it's wav to nudficid and then fumbled, Captain Giav’, alcut ne.s lccoveiipg the ball foi the Lions. Gicene toie off li.e yards and on tho nest plav Michalske skilled the Notre Dame left end foi a tvventv-vaid gain, ’)! icing the pigskin on the opposing th itv-y tiffs Two plays gained only foui yaids and a pass, Michalske to Wilson, wis halted foi almost no gam We«loi then went back fm a tn at the uprights, but the pass was lov and the boot blocked, and a gi cen suses cd battloi lecovcied to havo Ldw.uds punt out of danger. Impenetrable Defense "NN ith tlie opening kickoff came a tcirific duve bv the Indianans Ed v'aids earned the bull on the letuin Horn his tvvenly-ynids to tho thirtv five-yaid-m.uk lleaindon nppe.l off nine vauls and Enught waded thiough foi a fust down Flannigan eluded four taelkus and went aiound end foi a second fils* down on Penn State’s twenty-nine yaids Lduaids’ tiv earned him out of bounds and the ball was bi ought m to the ruddle of the giidiion On the nevt play, lleaindon made foui vaids. but Cap lam Ciowc of tlie lush was so badlv hurt that lie had to be icplactd b. r Badiscb FLimrgan was nailed foi a four-yaid loss, an incompleled pas, wasted anothei down, Hastings tlucw (Coatinucd on last page) TRYOUTS FOR THESPIAN PRODUCTION POSTPONED Organization To Offer Six-Act Musical Performance at Bellefonte Soon Because of the inabilitv of Mi. Daicv, conch of the Thespians, and Mi Lee Morrison, also of the Wav butn .Studio, to leave New Yoik Citv this week, the tiv outs foi the cast and choms of “The Kid Himself” have been positioned •Nlthotigh nothing r; ccitain ns yet concerning the exact time thei will be held, it is piobable that it will be sometime duimg tho week of Novcmbci s.xtecnth In oidei to I eep the cast active be foie iegul.il i cheat sals begin, the management of the Thespians has .n -tanged foi a showing of it, six-atl vaudc.illc «keteh at the Uiclicueu thcatcu in Bellefonte on ’lhuisdav, November rineteenth Piacticallv the Mine ch.nactcis that plaved m the lust appearance at tlie Audi toi mm dining House Ikutv Week will take p.ut in the Bellefonte engage ment Tickets for Phil idelphia Showing Mi Tnngi, picsulcnt of the "im'7. pian alumni committee at Philadc I phia, ha*, annngcd to send some tick ets heie so that students wishing to attend the picscntation of “The Ktd Himself” to be given at Philadelphia on Docembei twenty-thud mav secure the best scats These tickets may be secuied fiom F II Conrad ’2b at Hie Phi Gamma Delta house aftei Thuis day and, as no icscivntton. aic being made, the Inst to get then tickets will havo lust choice ot seats Tlie pi iv will be given nt the Elk’s Home on Noitli Biond street, about two min utes v.nlk fiom Citv Hall. Owing to the loss of manv of last veni’s cast thiough giaduation and the failuie of othcis to ictuin this ycai, manv vacancies lemiun to bo filled both in the cast and choms, c
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