And Now the Frosh Can Wield the Stick VOL. XXI, No. 19 LIONS DEDICATE NEW W. V COLLEGE PREPARES TO GREET STATE HORTICULTURISTS Prominent Fruit and Vegetable Growers Will Assemble Here on Tuesday APPLE JUDGING CONTEST IS FEATURE OF PROGRAM Outstanding Leaders Will Head Discussions—Plans Include Novel Entertainment Prominent commercial fiuit giovv cis and market gardeners fiom all parts of the State will attend and par ticipate m the program of Penn State's second annual Horticulture Week, which will extend fiom November sev enteenth until Novembei twentieth, inclusive Eatlv rcpoits mdiea’o that last year's attendance of seventy-hve will be surpassed by mote than a scoie this ycai The program auangod by the de partment of Horticulture is unique in that it embodies no speeches Sub jects of primal interest to the vis ilois will be taken up at lound-tnble discussion groups, led bz members ot the horticultural faculty specializing n. those subjects Registration The visitors will legister in Room 102 Horticulture Building, whore they will be assigned looms in town Tues <lav .ifternoo", Novembei seventeen*li, will be devoted to an inspection of the experimental woik carried on by the College and to an apple show to take place in Room It*" (lort Building This will be followed by an apple judging contest between the students rnd the visitors, the latter endeavoring to avenge their defeat of In't ycai. One of the leatures ot the program i, the demonstration and discussion of the means and methods of transporta tion of horticultural products to be conducted bv V C Davis, who is in charge of fruit and vegetable inspec tion of the Pennsylvania Railroad The discussion will be considered (Continued on last page) ANNUAL LACROSSE SCRAP SLATED FOR TOMORROW Yearlings Aie Favorites Over Second-year Stickmen in Intcrclass Match Engugmg in the annual Ir.cioiso scrap on the Armory field tomonow after noon at one o’clock, the y calling lacrosse team will meet the second year stfekmen Never before in the history of the scrap have the freshmen had such a good chance of winning ovei their soplromoie opponents Usually the lust year team u composed oi green men, some of whom have ncvoi had a stick in then hands This vear, a number of candidates turned out loi the sport who were successtul in it m high school. The lineup Sophomores Freshmen Gluvizzum—--- G Roberts Slenr C P Stine rellowes— P - -lliltner Miller— 1 D Yocum ~ Ulsei 2 D bchmitt Holcomb .1 D Deulsth Jacobs—- C Lurok Keifcr 1 A Schacllcv HofTmun 2 A bluve McKlvecn J A. Hector Houser 11 Glow Bolfield I 11 Townsend BASKETBALL SCHEDULE December 1G —Penn State vs. Ju niata, home. January IG—Penn State vs Sus quehanna, home January 20—Penn State vs George Washington, homo. January 20—Penn State vs. Pitts burgh, away January DO—Penn State vs Du quesne, away*. February G—Penn Stale vs. Buck i.ell, home. Fcbruiuy 12—Penn State vs Georgetown, nvvuv. Penn §tatr £ Collegian Besieged by Many Communications .On Compulsory Chapel Favors Continuation of Service but Would Change Time ADVOCATES LENGTHENING OF PERIOD TO HALF-HOUR Editor, Penn State COLLEGIAN, The recent agitation for the abol ishment of compulsoiy chapel has re vived old menionci, memories of a similar attempt made three years ago winch has now been almost forgotten It failed then, even though student sentiment was mi.cn stiongoi in sup poit of the movement than at the present time, and it will fail again because the Board of Trustee 3 want conpulsoiy chapel, and theicfoic compulsory chapel it will be Why not, then, agitate improvement instead of the impossible abolishment 7 I believe that the students here at Penn State do not leally dislike chapel, but they do dislike clmpcl as it has been for a long time I believe this, notwithstanding the fact that chapel-goers do have a just grievance in the present system of compulsion whereby students of two creeds are excused from such attendance The main reason foi discontent is that they feel chapel is not worth while, that the little bit of inspiration and encouiagcmcnt foi thedav’s problems v.hicb the authorities wish to be got (Continucd on third page) H. VAN BALCROM WILL LECTURE TO ENGINEERS ‘'Choosing a Vocation’’ Will Be Subject of Lecture Given This Afternoon “Choosing a Vocation" will be the subject of a lectuie given by Mr. Howell Van Balcrom of the Westing house Eloctnc anil Manufacturing company, Philadelphia, at the weekly meeting of the student engineers tins afternoon at four-thirty o’clock in Old Chapel A talk to Penn State students will be no noveltv to Mr. Balcrom as he lias aheudv spoken here on several occasions Last May he addiossed the engineers on the subject of “Per sonality," and also spoke to the scmoi students on the same topic which he will use in today’s speech Aiming to give the undergraduates nn insight into the problems conftonting the en gineer of today, he will especially em phasize the dualities of the student who enters the engineenng world R L Sackctt, Dean of the School of Engineering has arranged for a prac tical engineer of many years e pe uence to appeal as the next speaker in the series of lectures Mi Chester man, chief cngineei of the Dell Tele phone company, will come to the Col lege with a timelv subject and a mes sage foi nil students Mr Chester man has made several trips here and comes with the purpose of learning of men who wish to entei the indus trial held after graduation THESPIAN TRY-OUTS FOR “THE KID HIMSELF” WILL BEGIN MONDAY EYENING With Mi. Leo Morrison and Mi Maurice Darcy of the Ned Wayburn studios in New York conducting the try’-outs for “The Kul Himself,' this year’s Thespian ptoduction, the Club has issued a call foi nil men who have any ability either dancing or singing to lepoit to the Auditorium on Mon dav evening at eight-fifteen o’clock 4 As the Thespian trip during the Christmas holidays is the most im pressive undertaking evei attempted bv the club, Mi. Darcy and Mr. Mor rison aie particularly anxious to stmt emly rehearsals. Both men have been connected with m.uiv Bioadvvav hits Bcfoie Mr Mormon became the casting director STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1925 Letter Praises Services but Derides Idea of Compulsion CHAI'EL DEFEATS OWN PURPOSE, SAYS AUTHOR Editor, Pern State COLLEGIAN, Of course Daily Chapel is a good thing, a mighty good thing It can be one ,of the finest institutions at Penn State. When Dr Pattce, m his opening chapel talk, told us of the purpose and development of our chapel services, I knew bevond a doubt that one of the things that Penn State needs most is a keen appreciation of those senti ments which men call tcligious As he outlines the idea of the “soul" of our College, I felt that I knew some thing of the leal value of nn early morning devotion in the daily life of any student That was my feeling concerning the “ideal" as I sat and listened to Dr. Pattce. The issue, however, has nothing to uo with the ideal but with compulsion. If we lay aside our prejudices for a moment and consider the queston from the outsde, vve immediately' see that the question must be decided upon one standard and that alone—Does "“com pulsory” daily chapel defeat its own purpose? Its purpose, ns I see it, is to give (Continued on Hurd page) j “Y” COURSE TICKETS j j ARE ON SALE TODAY 1 j Tickets foi “The Cotter’s I I Saturday Night” will be on s ile j at the Ilut todav. Season tick- j ets may be had at reduced rates ? i i R. 0. T. C. CONTRIBUTES TO DOUGHBOY MEMORIAL Local Unit Donates One Hun dred Dollars for Box at Fort Benning Stadium Shaiing the honor of contributing to tl.c Doughboy Memorial stadium at Fort Benning, Georgia, with a num ber of other colleges and iinversities, ll*e Penn State R O T C unit has don ited one hundred riollai* foi a box at the stadium The box will always be open to Penn State students who wish to attend anv athletic or militaiv event there. An appropriate plate commemorating the donation will be placed on the box All National Guai J and oigintzed rescivc regiments wete asked to hel» defray the expenses of Uic stadium The response was general and with the assistance of the R O T C units every* box has been sold Forty thou sand infantry men scattered all over the world contributed. Named for “Doughboys’ Just as the neighboring Govvdv Field wus n imed in honor of the fust big-league baseball player to be wounded m the World war, the Doughboy Memorial stadium was named for the “doughboys” wlro were killed or wounded overseas It was dedicated on October seventeenth at the Fort Bcnmng-Oglelhoipe univer sity football game In commenting on the campaign Cadet Colonel A C. Millet ’2G who miscd the money* here says, “I desire to express my sincere thanks to the cadet officers for then kind assist ance and co-operation A letter of appreciation fionr Foit Benning will be posted on the Armory bulletin board " FKESHMCN BASKETBALL January 2"—Penn State Fiosh vs. Bucknell Fiosh, home Januniy 2‘)—Penn State Fiosh vs Pitt Fiosh, avvav. January oo—Pendi SENIORS ENDEAVOR TO BOOK TED WEEMS FOR ANNUAL SPRING/ DANCE Endcavcnng to book Ted Weems and hie Victor Recording Oichestia on then tup East from the midule west ern states where they arc now play ing, the Senior Ball committee is planning for the annual foimal on February tv/elfth The favors are now under consider ation bv the committee, and the pro grams have been selected A number of companies have been consulted about the decorations,' and it is cx pectcd'that something unusual along this line will be designed A new system ot checking every ticket sale has been do.used by the committee m chaige of the dance According to the committee this sys tem will probably be adopted tor the Junior Prom and Sophomore Hop The committee in chaigc of the af fair consists of G. II Cook, chimmun, B M Hockett' ex officio, Miss M. B Chambers, Mias Ruth SchaefFer, W G. Gray, Hugh Jones, E G. Hawkins and A Y Smith. YEARLINGGRIDDERS FACE KISK! ELEVEN Nittany Plebes Close Season With Preparatory School Team Tomorrow INJURIES HANDICAP CUBS ON EVE OF FINAL GAME Clashing with a stiong Kiskr eleven, representative ot a school famous for the AU-Ameiicnn playeis it has developed, the veailing grid team will journey to Sa’tsburg de termined to bring the 1925 season to a successful close tomorrow. Despite defeats suflered at the hands of the i»tt, W and J and : Carnegie. Tetfiarfeshmen, the Kuski griddcrs are formidable opponents and should tax the Lion plebes to their utmost to win The piepaiu torv eleven has offered Penn Mate yearling-teams stiff battles in previ ous yean, and this year s clash should piovc no -exception Lineup Revised With Dep musing an rnjuicd leg ai.d WiUe lost to the team because o* - a “Chsiley Horse’’ several new n on will probably take the field foi the Lion freshmen Marcus, veteian right end, will be given n needed rest and Loi3 ma\ occupy that berth During the past week of piactice, Schultz, a newcomer from South Hills high school, Pittsburgh, has (Continued on last nage) COSMO OB WILL PLAN FOR PLAY AND MAGAZINE Organization To Mod Tonight To Outline Productions Under Consideration lo make tentative ariangemcnls foi the pie.entation of a play to be given nftet the Chustmas holidays and the publication of a magazine to be completed cither at the end of this semester or at the beginning of the next, the Cosmopolitan Club will hold a meeting in Rrom 121 Old Mam to night at seven o’clock The magazine will be the fust of a series of ‘•evcial issues and will con tain the history and development of the Cosmopolitan Club together with sonic short stones, illustrations and sidelights on campus topics Spanish Play According to S K Hapmigm ’27, president of the oiganuation, the nlay will be an “International Stunt Night" foi it will give a mmiliei of foreign students n chance to display then fluenev in interpreting the Span ish lines ir.lo English It will be given in the Auditoiium and no ad mission will be thru god Intermixed with the program will be several in strumental and vocal oolos bv the niembcis of the club Representatives of the Cosmopoli tan Club attended the meeting of the Missionary society* of the Methodist church yesteidav and the entile or gnmzntion will be present to duett the fieshnun social at the Methodist (EuUrgfem. SCOTCH COMEDIANS DRAMATIZE BURNS’ POEM THIS EVENING “The Cotter’s Saturday Night” Will Be Second Number on “Y” Course CAST INCLUDES NOTED ACTORS AND SINGERS Life of Rugged Highlanders Is Depicted—Scene Is Laid in Peasant’s Cottage Scotch wit and philosophy as per meates Robert Burns’ immortal “The Cottei’s Saturday Night” and as pre rented bv a gioup of Scotch come- dians will provide the entortammert for the second number of the “Y" coiiise to be nresented in the Audi toiium tonight at eight-fitteen o’clock The phivers, organized and duected by John Daniels, the famous Scotch tenor, have met with a high degree of success m presenting "The Cot tei’s Saturday Night," an operetta derived from Burns’ poem of the came title* The musical numbers arc* delivered with all the beautv and; hnimony of the age-old lavs of the ancient country, and the acting is : «uch as is lately seen outside of, Scotland ; Scottish Wit An undercurrent of the dry satur nine wit foi which Scots the woild over me famous run* through the whole production, giving it more than • touch of humoi Sentiment andj philosophy as presented by a cannvi peasant are present in abundance | \ The scene is laid in a peasant’s r OtL*C<> - ,T > Scotland or Saturdry ! night, where the home life oi rugged j highlanders is delightfully and ac icurately' depicted Familiar songs interspersed throughout the opoietta •no supoiblv rendered bv six oi tilt* leading Scotch singeis of the East i The production alFoids a stnkmglv , accurate chninctei studv of the] ouamL Scots on their native heaths ' Tiie personnel of the company is en-j tuelv Scotch, insunng collect into -1 pretations of the manners, vaganes. speech and mode of life of the resi dents of the “Land of the Thistle” i Tickets for the play mav be pur chased at the dooi oi season tickets, at l educed prices, mav be had upon application nt the “Y” hut VARSITY BOOTERS MEET CUBS IN PRACTICE TILT Game Tomorrow WiJl Prepare Lions foi Navy Bailie Next Saturday Profiting by an open ante on the soccei schedule the Varsity hooters will engage the yearling aggregation m a piactice game tomonow after noon at foui o’clock on Old Beavei Field Judging by the limits of the pre vious Vaisitv-fieshmen ‘eiaps a haul battle* will be in stoic* fot the Nittnm , dev on tomo* r o\\ In the thi ee con test- between the tv.o teams the Yai sitv have two victories ind the pHies have defeated the Vausitv o**ce. *\ll three games were haid-fought and wcie won bv nairovv margins in an cifoit to get the boolets in the best of condition foi the last bat tle of the season with Navy next Sat in day Coach Leonard is putting the Vaisity thiough hard scummngc, dally Although the work-outs me hindeied by darkness this difficulty has been overcome by pinctcing on the New Beayei piactice field within the* glare of the football flood lights each afternoon Few changes lime occulted in the personnel of the hist team during the last few drys Probably the most drastic change yvns the dtopping of two promising Varsity candidates be cause of repeated infractions of tunn ing mles WRESTLING SCHEDULE . STADIUM 'BOTH ELEVENS WEAKENED FOR TOMORROW’S BATTLE Lungren and Munz To Replace Injured Helbig and Hastings—Opposing Eleven Loses Four j STUDENT DIRECTORY j j IS PLACED ON SALE j Copies of the College dnec- } torv nun now be obtained at the j registrar's office The pi ice is j twenty-five curls per copy* ( GLEEMENPREPARE FUR CONCERT TOUR Club To Appear Jointly With Allegheny Musicians ul Meadville PRESENT PROGRAM HERE UNDER DIRECTION OF “Y Regular reheat sals aie being held by the newly-selected Pen.r State Glee Club und**r the supevnsion ol li W Grant, dnectoi of the organi zation, m order to prepul c for the lust roau tup which is scheduled foi December seventh and eighth On Mondav, Decenibei seventh, the club will piesent a conceit jointly yvilh the Allegheny college Glee Club ;at Meadville The latter institution j u awaiting the appearance of the I Penn State songateis with great en thusiasm a ul the siUaunts regard trn occasion as one of the most impor tant social and musical c*\cnts of the year Concert r.t Penn State The NrtU*n»* gleemcn will appea* 'the folloyying evening at Warren ; under the auspices of the Penn State alumni ot tiiat locality Upon then utun to State College, they will be luaid Friday*, December eleventh, in the Auditoiium under the ducction ol the “Y" and musical department ci tcitaiumont couise The piogiam tliisveai will consist of a gicit yaiietv of compositions anil will be p.ascntod m a nijnnoi that promises a pleasant evening’s entertatuinenl to the mumuoii'' audiences The personnel of the club and their voice divisions as announced dv Dncctoi Giant aftei the final tnals lu-t week u*o as follows In the fust tenoi section C \\ \bson ’27. A C Allnwov ’27, W C Bowie ’2B, D P Bush ’2G, .1 B runpbell ’25, R \V Graham ’2b, Is V.* Hcaly ’2B, W W McCombs '25, P G Nagle ’2B, II W Pennington '25, R 11. Ponv '2s. R b Pritchard '2O. W S Sims ’2B and J A Water field ’29 In the second tenoi section G K Former ’2S. L W Fuller '2B, M D (Continued on last page) PERN STATE BAND WILL MAKE MORGANTOWN TRIP Mus:uans To Aid in Dedication of New Stadium Erected by Mountaineers leaving Stale College* at eleven o’clock this morning, Bandmaster W. O Thompson and fifty members of the Penn State Bind will tiavel to Moi gnntovvn. West \ugiuia, where the*, v ill assist in the dedication of the* ne.. University of West Virginia mcmoiial stadium Mthorgh thev will make the tup hv bus, the musicians expect to reach Morgantown in time to take a leading part m a concert to be given at the Hotel Morgan tonght Bundmastei Thompson plans to piesent some ol the numbers which have made the Penn State organisation rocogni cd as one of the best of its kind nr the cast to the eiowd of football enthusiasts who will thinng Muigantown Ad-a-line on the Chapel Discussion PRICE FIVE CENTS Transfoi med ir.to a smooth- icLittjr, casj-runmng machine bv a week ol stienuous piactice follow.hg its scoreless battle with Rockne’s Lodi imnrs of the West, l’emi State’s lighting gudiron combination, weak ened in both baelc'ield and line, ticks tomonow into an unknown counti\ to do battle with a powerful Moun taineei ele\cn in the game which will foimally dedicate the new West Vn bima stadium in Moigantown Ficceding the opening whistle of the contest, theie will be a pmaile ol .students from both institutions, the Penn State etui West Virginia lands ard oflieials of both states Gmemoi Ilowaid M Gore of West \ngimi and Lieutenant Go.euioi I>avid J Daus of Pennsd’ mm have been seemed as the spenkcis for the ceremonies and will he assisted bv the president of the Mountain State i nncrsitv Iloth Elevens Weakened An injuiv to lklb.fr, sustained in stiimmage Tuesday night, v.dl Keep the Lion (ju.iitcib.ick from the frav, r> the Newark la 1 is not expected to recovei .befoie Wednesd i> Hast ings, icgulai light tack'e of the Clue and White, will not stuit becauv of i badh biuised hand v hum lie ic ccned m the clash with Notre Dame Berdelc. howevei, is not liuubled immensely with a seaich foi substi tutes As signal-callcis, Pmcura anil I.ungrcn have been perfoinung in gicat shape and it is litely that the litter will lmvc the call over the Ohm ho* beous* o r Ims '•omd >n plate of Hastings will be Munz, foimci stm tackle on the 1027 year ling team fllunr is a big, stuidy (Continued on last page) VISITING RULES ADOPTED BY INTRA-MURAL COUNCIL Policy Follows That Accepted Bv I. F. C. Establishing I’cnn State Custom In actoi dance wt’i the pi evading sentiment as to the entertaining of ‘■tag guests at fialerritv dances, tlic Inlia-Jlu’nl Countl adojited toe fol lowing lesolution at n nicetnig last week “The Inti i-Mmul Cojiiul c »jmos .cd itself as f.ivonng the policv of sh'U ing the lospon-üb.litj of entu tailing stig gue u ta from t!.e n itoimtj to the visiting men 'lhe fialeu.itics hav ing (lances will 10 longei fed obli gated to «ccuie dances foj then vis itois, but these men, with the pci mu sion of tlic pai ties dancing shall be pci m tied to ‘cat in ’ “It shall also be undeiitjod that when a fialemite announces u for mal dance it shall be confide.ed a 'closed dance ’ "Blae Key men who i.e (nlcitam ing guests of the College shall te ctive evciy couitesy” The adoption of tin ■» police b\ the local fiateimtj oigani/ation follow < sunilai action taken some time ago b\ the Intel nitv Council, theiebv establishing tins custom on the Penn State campus Steps we’c also taken touaid tile puichasc of a new scholuiship cuji for next scmestei Titend’s Union b\ winning the oigmal tiooh.v foi tincc times, sccuted penmanent possc-'ion of it The petition of Pin Kappa Nu Fiileimt. lot mombciship to the Coanc.l was eonsideit'd nnd final ai« lion icsultcd in it«? acceptance PENN STATE GRADUATES WIN A. S. M. E. PRIZE Hewauling t\.o Penn State gi.id iinlcs for then cngineesing tumtisu on “Sonic Attempt > to Jlcasinc the Diuwing Ptopeilics of iMetals,” the Amencan Societv of Aicch.mical Kn gmeeu. has nwaided to K It Endcus
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