Famous ‘Yellows’— Cabs, Slickers and Slips VOL. XXI, No. 20 VARSITY GRIDMEN TURNED BACK BY WEST VIRGINIANS Fighting Penn State Team Bows to Mountaineer Eleven by 14-0 Score MICHALSKE PRONOUNCED GAME’S DEFENSIVE STAR Glenn and Barnum Account for All Gold and Blue Points in Dedication Game Fighting gumclv but being out fought, using good judgment but be ing out-smnrtcd, a twice-wounded Nit tnny* Lion was foiced to fall befoic the well-directed attach of a confident Mountameei, ind the Gold and Blue of West Virginia lose atop the new stadium in Morgantown Satmdav afternoon as Penn State’s stalwui t gridnon wauiois, bittlwg to the end, were foi the thud time humbled on foicign soil, in this instance bv a stoic of 14-0. Never acknowledging defeat and al ways playing fot the bieak which would enable them to pull the game fiom the e’libeis, Penn State's gud deis put up the sternest soit of oppo sition to the crushing attack of the West Viiginians, orlv to have a block ed Lion punt pave the way foi a Mountaineer score in the second peri od With the count 7-0 m its favor, the Gold and Blue put foith a brilliant limning and passing ga”*e vsmeh was not to be denied and m the fomth quarter anothci touchdown vv..s ad ded to the one already posted on the scoic-bonid Lions Get Initial Breaks Weston’s kickoff at the stait of the fincas was shoit anil Davis, Moun t.unccr tackle, snaied the pigskin and in an attempt to pass it to an ap pionclung back, fumbled, and the ball was coveied bv a Blue anil White jersey on West Vnginia’s forty-yard line. Greene and Putrhaid failed at the panu.Uv<t LIVU-jaidrt Cap-, tain Gray punted out of bounds on the opposition's live-v.ud-hne and on the fust plav following, Barnum es saved a boot fiom behind *hts own goal line, only to have the ball blown out of bound-, seven vatds Leyoml the pusts With a lust dov ii and blit '•even yalds to travel re foi a touchdown, (Continued on last page) DRIVE OPENS TODAY FOR LA VIE ACTIVITIES CARDS Will Remove Boxes Thursday Night—Girls Elect Two Women’s Editors Launching a Imal drive to complete the class section of the t‘)27 I i Vic, hoses will be placed in Old Mam. Ln gtnecung A and L A Building thi-» morning foi the deposition of jun.oi and semoi activitv cauls All boxes will be temovod Thu. winy night and tl*o»e who filled to fill out a taid will have onh then name punted along side then pictuie Blank cauls will be placed with the boxes and it is lequested that none be wasted, since theie is but a limited supply New additions to the staff are as follows. by election. Miss Fiances Fcnbes, Woman’s Ilditoi and Miss Ruth Wainei, assistant, b\ appoint ment, S II Toicbri and 1. \V Foigic, assistant photogirphv editors, and E II Coleman, assistant class ediioi, Woik on the junuu ve.u book has piogiesned lapully v.ith exceptional advancement being made m seveial of the dcpaitinents At p.esent all the national and local fintcrnity gioup pictuies have been taken The honoiniv societies have not been ‘cheduled yet because ol an unavoid able delav at the Photo Show Frntcnutv Data Foi m lettei s i equest mg mfoi m ition data to be placed *n the lialcinitv section me now m the hands of each fiateinity and ur oidei not to hold up this depaitment of the book, these questiommes should lie letuined im mediately to J C Reed at the Beta Theta Pi house The ait depaitment hns made con sidciable piogies, and is now woik- ©dml-IA/eolcly flrtm £tafr A 1 RUSSIA OFFERS PRIZES FOR “STATION” DESIGNS Dean Snckett received mi announce ment fiom the Russian Soviet govern ment that prizes would be awarded for “Designs for Hydro-electric Sta tions, Wind Electric Stations and Heat Engine Elcctuc Stations" The prizes mn fiom two bundled to six bundled gold uiblcs each or fiom one bundled to thiee bundled dollnis The “stations" me foi twenty to sixty hoies-powei only, me to be simple m consli action and automatic as lm a-> possible Students inter ested are welcome’ to see the specifica tions in the Dean's office. PLAYERS PRESENT “CHARLIE’S AUNT” Organization To Stage Initial Showing of Year on Friday Evening WEALTH OF MATERIAL DISPLAYED IN TRYOUTS Appealing at the College foi the fust time this yem the Penn State Plaveis will piesent the stage veision of the n itionally famous comedy, "Cliai lie’s Aunt,” in the Auditorium on Fnday night at eight o’clock The play is being coached by Mi. D. D Mason Because of the importance of evciy dimactei in the faice, considerable dilficulfv was cxpctienced at the be ginning of the year by All Mason, as sisted b\ Mi CJoetmgh, in making the selections for the vatious loles Befoie an., of the positions woic filled mx. tiyouts were necessary on ac count of the wealth of good acting dis placed "Chailie's Aunt” is a faice comedy vvnttcn in thiee acts by Biandon Thomas, a giaduate of Oxford uni versity Since its intioduclion it has become univeisally populai and is, pci haps, one of the most attractive of its type ever penned The plav is full qf humorous lines, and. situations which involve even member of the cast Delightful Plot Those* who saw “Cliailie's Aunt" in the photoplay need no intioduction to “Babbs,” the Oxfoid student, who lues to help a fello.v classmate bv im personating the latter’s aunt fiom Bi.nl The complications which mise arc woven into a delightful plav m all lespccla and one which anyone would ill afloid to miss With piacticallv the same east, the piesentation vill lie given at Boating Spitng emlv in Decembei Befoie then, howcvei, it is piobable that a few substitutions will be made giving W W Kelley ’27 a chance to enact the lole of either Jack oi Cluu ley, while Miss BcrLhu Kiause will play the pait of either Dormt oi Kitty J. F. Johnson ’O5 Dies Suddenly of Cerebral Hemorrhage Saturday J F. Johnson ’0.7, a pi eminent Penn State alumnus and manager of en gineering at the South Philadelphia plant of the Westmghouse Electric, ami Manufactui ing company, died suddenly fiom a cciebi.il hcrnoi lliagc Satuiday at the Chester Hos pital At the Alumni Day exercises lust Satuulav Mr Johnson appeared m good health and v.as an enthusiastic spectatoi at the Nolle Dame foot ball game. He left early Sunday morning without nnv noticeable sign of illness Mi Johnson was bom at Zion grove, Schuvlkill County, and after being giuduuted fiom Bloomsburg High and Normal schools he enteicd Penn State in 1901 as a mechanical engineering student Following his gmduution he was cmploved at East Pittsbrugh and for a year he was engaged m shop test ing of steam tin bines. He also took up lailiond woik serving as a tol cginpher and Inlet taught school At various limes he was distnct en gineer at New Yoik and at Denver, latei becoming lust assistant engin eer of the steam tuibinc depaitment at East Pittsbrugh and finally be ing piomoted to the post of chiei en- STATE COLLEGE, PA-. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1925 LETTERS AGAINST COMPULSION IN DAILY CHAPEL OUTNUMBER PROS BY FOUR TO ONE COUNT Portrays Influence of Bible During Early U. S. History DAILY WORSHIP ESSENTIAL Editor ot the COLLEGIAN, In the very beginning of oui coun tiy, the nation was built with the ax and gun in one hand and the Bible in the othei The spint displayed and the icsults achieved surely established the fact that belief in the Bible and daily worship of the Loid was no det riment but a benefit to oui foie fatheis. The will power to conquci illimitable setbacks suich must have ongmatcd from the Bible m the hands of oui ancestors Foi, had their faith not been bolstcied up by tepcatcd icfercnccs to the Onl Book, the development of out count!v might have been non-existent But even m those days, theie were dissentcis Foi example, those nun ry gentlemen who settled at and vvcic continually dancing mound r maypole. Did those gentlemen hold daily chapel f They did not, and wit ness the icsult Then attempts, at living failed and they wine aosorbed into the l.ioic Godly colony of tlifc Puntans • Todav the Bible ns a daily event in out lives has all but been foigottafl. On the hey-day of oui\succcss, when, the fos ce stni ted by those God-feai mg men of eaihor days is nearly spent, evils that sap our life blood, conupt oui institutions, and weaken the foun dations of out civilization aie coming to the foie Penn State hns undergone a sinr ilai development. In the early days of her evolution, the Bible was the chief aid and moral bolstci of- the struggling Farmers’ High school. To both the faculty and student bodies, daily chapel was a constant reminder that the “Lord's will be done" anu that the Loid helped those who stiove foi themselves Gnduallv, with infinite luboi, a college was built up An institution of learning winch is pait of the back bone of the nation was established Those few dissenteis in the early days when compulsoiv daily chapel was a laboi of love, weie foiccd as vveie those debauched gentlemen of (Continued on thud page) VANBLARCOM LECTURES ON CHOOSING VOCATION Speaker Stresses Importance of Sen ice and Personality in Work of Engineers In a talk that fanlv bustled with interest fiom stait to finish, Ilowcll Van Blnrcom addicssed the student engineers Fiulay afternoon on the subject “Choosing a Vocation" Men tioning the four types of onginoetmg application, seivice, design and sales, the sjieakei diagnosed the qualities r.eccssai y foi success in each “Choosing a vocation is much like a pioblem m application engineering. Fust find out seivice to be lendered", said Mi. Van Blarcom as he discussed that paiticulai phase of the science Unless all engineeis me natmally mechanically inclined, they me wast ing then time pm suing that subject, was a highlight mentioned as an aid in assisting the student to find out if he is lightly placed “A little per sonal analysis of youi qualities will he Ip you locate yourself m engined • ing”, was the concluding thought along that line Stiessing the importance of poison alitv in salesmanship the Icctuiei diagnosed pcisor.nlily to consist of ap peamnee, nmnneis and fnendliness Ideas vveie advanced to aid in culti vating the thiee named phases While the sales engmeeis have a gicater chance for advance, the thiee piunc icqmsitcs of that vocation me knowledge of the goods, personality and a business sense Upon master ing those the voung sales cngineei cannot help but succeed TICKET SALE FOR j PITTSBURGH GAME j ILAST LETTERS ON ! CHAPEL TOMORROW j Those who dcsiic to send in | letteis in regard t< eompulsoiy | daily chapel should do so bcloic I { the lattei pait of this week, j ! voting to take place on Fuday j and Satuiday' ' I GIVES RELIGIOUS* FREEDOM Editoi of the COLLEGIAN Dear Sir At this tunc when tncic is so much agitation about compulsory’ chapel attendance I thought'that a few lines from the Pennsylvanii State Statute book might be of interest Constitution of the Commonwealth ot Pennsylvania Article I Section 111 Rights of Conscience, Fieedom ol Religious Wor-hip “All mcriSfanve a natural mid inde feasible ngR to worshipAlnughtv God uccoidinS to the dictates ot his own consciences, no nun cSn of right be compelled t<L attend, erects or xup poit any placeJ|fof vVoiship, 1 oi to maintain any ‘ministry against his consent, no liuraan v authority can in -any case whatever,’control or mter 'fere the&righifi ot- conscience, given by lavfe\Xo establishments ormbdes l aAV^orshipW* -* V P \" v ;‘-Tfou?s v -E<ti!S!- T< HORT WEE@l*\ ATfeLl® TODAY Commercial Fruit and Vegetable Growers Visit Penn State CONVENTION‘MARKED BY MANY NOVEL FEATURES With muLo than one hundred promi nent LOimneicial fiuit gioweis and mj* ket gardeners in attendance, Penn State’s second annual Hoiticui tuic Week will open tin** altemoon with an inspection of the expcii n*ental woik carried on bv the Col lege” Registi ation in Room 102 Hoiticultuie Budding will be earned on this morning Among the fcatuie-, of the piogiam anatiged by the* department ot hoi tcultuie is a demonstration xml dis cussion of the* means and method-> of tianspoitation ot hoiticultimrl pioducls to ba given undei the aus pices ol tho Pennsylvania Kailtoad Wednesday. riomincnt among the officials of tho in.hoad who will be* piesent arc F W B Humes, super m lendent of stations and transfers ot the eastern division, and R k' Stack house, supei intendent of stations and tiansfeis for the western division F A DavH, chtef inspector loi the (Cont’iiued on last page) SCARABS TO MEET HERE IN ANNUAL CONVENTION Special Program for Delegates Will Open on Thursday at Two-thirty O’clock Repiesenting eight western colleg es, thirty Scarab delegates will meet here fiom Thursday to Sntuidav at the fust national convention of the Scitrb Aichiteetui.il society evei held here In preparation foi the umval ol the visitor-, the Penn State chaplci lias airanged a splendid piogiam to be opened by an initial meeting at two thntv o'clock Tl.ui-duy afternoon in tho tovei ot the Auditorium and to In* formally concluded N tunlav night bv a banquet and dince to be given at the Ilccln Paik Cnuti ly club H Y Ditkson *22, Hcciclaif of the soetetv w til .let a* ton-itmast National Ofliv After mommy; an l hions on I r rid»> tlu •>| convene om.e moie at s Speak afternoon scs delegatex will me o’clock faat- Auditoiium to i aging a gio.it- mdny morning in tl discus i means of cnc< TIHIEBTT TURK'S COPIES fflollwjum. Current Agitation Lik ened to Reformation in Old Church WHY NOT FACULTY TOO? Editoi, Penn State COLLLCaIAN This question of conipulsoi> daily eliapel has been discussed on anil about the campus ever since 1 have been a student hoic, and it was not new my freshman year, for it was an old storj to those who wcic sen seis To me it is m miniatuic a replica of the struggle m the old chuich At the time of the Reformation the chuich itself refused to accept ad vice from within and the reformation came about through the efforts of those who broke nvvaj fiom the chinch anil its improprieties The Chustian leiigion was not giv en to the vvoild to be foiced down the throats of men, whethei willing oi imvtiling And, to me, the ones who force compulsorv daily chapel at tendance upon ,the student bodj arc doing just that sort ol tiling Why not make attendance at dailv chapel compulsory foi the faculty as well as the students’* The membet > of the teaching staff should be put l tluough the same religious training; as the students in ordci that the i scemmglv desned one tvpe oi rehg-l ious thought might be obtained on the campus Mote than at anj othet in the state, at ours, the state conti oiled institution of the commonwelath, should we have complete freedom ot lcligious thought and practice, tor it is heie that aie enrolled cveiv tvpe of homo and religious training | m oui entire stale. But instead, we have a semi-ecclesiastical autocrat which wants, and demands, the stu dent* ho taught as it dictates,, and legalds the undergraduate body ns mst so manv members ol a kinder-! gal ten class When, if given the op-i poitumtv, that same student bodj j might attain some ical icligious hie l and thoughts peculiarly then own ll the picsent system of compul sorv daily chapel were developing the leligious hie ol the campus as it should, I am sure the student bodj (Continued on thiid page) Non-fraternity Group Plans Future Events Discussing futuie social and aca demic plans of the* oignn!7atior, the* Penn State Club met last eccnii*;? in Old Chapel Fuithei aiiangcaient* won* male, concerning the dance to be held foi ; Recenmg gifts fiom as fat n\\a\ a non-ftatcimtv men nl the Women’s, California, the committee in ehaige building oil the evening of Decemboi I °f the* Alumnae Club ba/eai is com* eighth Music fm the allau will Ik 1 plotixwr its plans I°i the bazaar on ltnmshcd b\ an oichestia consisting [ Atmla' of Stale Club mombei-. Pl.rns The guls -who iclmned foi Alumni vvete a’so made fui se.eial one-act* Dav ill spoke entlni-vsticrllv of thin plnvs to be given befoie the dub u. exhibition, piomned to nee that theie conjunction with its. coming Kie«litnnn | would he mum and \aued ni ticles on smo'vu Tins enteitainment vill be di&pla* All .11 titles aie hem? col held on a legulni meeting night si am , letted at tlie home of Hi > P II Dale, time befoie the Chtistnias \ million 1 !S West College atenue Undei the sis>tem used m ftateini*l * AliI bc M* l ri au easil >' tics and adopted by the Penn State ] awosMble pint of town, suite Mi Club, non-fiutemitv men will soon if- ■ Sthlow has mnsrised the use of ont of ceive then second pound gi.ules j his stoic rooms Investigation Reveals Literary Tastes Of Students Enrolled At Penn State Whul does the nveiage I’eiri State student icad v Does he ask loi cui unt htciatuic that demands to be lead thoughtfully 01 is he satisfied to lustily scan the pool puns and tit.ll-witty lcmaiks of the so-called immoial magazines’’ It was with the intention of iinsweiing these vital questions that a quciulous COL LEGIAN icpoitcr went forth to col lect statistics tluoughouL oui little college town \\ lint tins rocket of truth found is 1 ot shocking, not does it cast a new light on the mote intimate side ol college life It was discovered, how ever, that Penn .State students do not entiiely throw* away then* leisuic tune bv leading trash Many seem lo icncli out for something to stii tin i FIIESHMAN—JUNIOR ! CLASS MEETINGS ] Theie will be a meeting of I the freshman class tonight in j the Bull Pen at seven o’clock, { At that time W. K l-ehriogcr | will take dial go as the lust ! Iml picsidcnt f At eight o’clock the junioi j class will meet for the purpose | of announcing Junior Piom | committee appointments KISKIGSD) ELEVEN TROUNCES PLEBES Foiuard Passes Aid in Defeat of Cubs bv 41-2 Score m Final Contest WOLFF ACCOUNTS FOR ONLY YEARLING TALLY Intel posing actial attack with end tuns the kiski gild machine handed the > iltanv \eul.ng ele.cn it* woist defeit when the plobes Pirete cd on the losing end of a 11 to 2 scoic in thou last game ot the jeai at Salt-sburg last Saturday Suipii«ed bv the fetocity of the piepaiatoiv school attack and handi capped b\ the mud cleats made ncc cssaiy by the ram-soaked held tlu Nittany plebes • coined in .1 pcipetu nl daze throughout the conflict in hue one instance did the vearlmgs e'emonstiate their usual dining pow u Kiski Scores Early Rushing the ball from the lirst kickoff down the held to within sconng distance the kiski backs] seemed lo be able to penetrate the * Nittnny line at will On the Inc-! yard line the Lion held ami the home' team lost the ball A costlv tumble I b. Monohnn hovvcvei pinved latal 1 tu the yeaihng hopes, Sclummor. ‘ kiski tackle motel mg the bull, ncioss the goal line j Again in the lust quaitci the j picparatorv eleven scoicd a touch-' nov/n-aftci long runu-placcd the ball ; within scoring distance An accurate : pas. at tins time fell into the waiting | hands of Hull and the kiski back tell! iauoss the line foi the second touch-] down 'Jhe ti> for held goal failed, at this time, the scoie standing at 1,1 to oin fa\ur of the home cle\eu I Lions "Miss Chance With a fev minutes to pla\, the : Penn State eleven made their hard-, cst attempt to scoie when they ad vanced the ball to the kiski li\e-vard' line Hie whistle blew at this time 1 ending the half and with it the Lions’, hopes 1 The second half pioved to be a (Continued 0 1 second page) j ALUMNAE CLUB TO HOLD j BAZAAR FOR LOAN FUND to help lill spine moments and olheis seen to find gicat mteicst in delving into the intimate allaus of then : teighbois as made public in the pub luations of tiue coniessions The f..ct 1 cumins though, that only a woefullv small miroiitv are ot the mental calibei necessiuy to nde quatelv appicuate such woiks as the Mouthli', the Imoufin 1 likid'i and the CnMtti 1 miigii7me Put a scant half-do/cu ol these mag.i/ines leave State College book stands each month and theie is ex cellent evidence to suggest that most of these cntci the homes of pio lessois The confessional magazines late muih bettei than then high-bimv A ICibk—l , and a Mountain—car PRICE FIVE CENTS STUDENT BALLOT ON WORLD COURT DRAWS INTEREST Undergraduates in Six Hundred Colleges Will Vole on National Problem PENN STATE POLL WILL BE HELD IN TWO WEEKS Results of Movement Expected To Influence Decision of Senate on Measure Awakening an inteiest in alfnirs of national concern on the Penn State campus that is second.uy m import- ance only to the piesidential election itself, the student poll on the Woild Court which is now* undei way in more than six bundled of Amciica’s leading colleges will soon be taken up by the COLLEGIAN, Whether the students of the Nit lanv institution favor or disfavor the United States’ cnliancc into the Feimanent Couit of lntcination.il Justice will be learned witinn the next two weds ami this together with results fiom other colleges, 1, expected to have considerable influ ence on the Senate’s decision when the question is brought lip for debate m that body December seventeenth m the foim of the Swanson- Willis lesolutions Of International Importance Regional and state conference-, participated in by leading college students aie being hchl throughout the country to study and discuss this impoitant pioblem So lai as can be dctei mined bv the opinions ex piesscd and the ballots casL tip to tins time student sentiment is fuv(li- able to America’s entrance at the curliest date Much Interest Shown Since the pi evidential election w.n moie oi loss of a foregone conclu sion it is possible that even more interest is shown m the World Couit by students xvhciever been. 1 mentioned. Interest m the move is j also increased bv the fact that the ] outcome of the Senate debate may : lcMilt in definite and fai-ieaclung action on the pait of the Gov eminent tovvaid the assumption of greater international ic'ponsibilily Although the idea of an intei na tional tubunal onginated as cailv as the fourteenth centuiv and was mentioned again in the seventeenth centuiv piactically no definite move (Continued on thud page) COLLEGE REPRESENTED AT CHICAGO CONCLAVE Penn Slate Delegates Will Be Prominent in Land Grant College Convention 'lhiee deans and scveial depait ment heads left during the past week, to attend the thnty-ninth annual con vent’on of the \ssoeiatnm of Land Giant Colleges of the United States which is being held at Chicago tod iv and tommiovv One ntliu.il dclcgite i. icpiescnting each state in the Un ion but as man,, a. foui hundicd pm mment college authoiit’es in tin*, countiy aie in attendance Dein R L Saekctt, of the School of Engmceiing, Dean C L Sloddait, of the School of Liberal Arts, Dean It. L Halts and Viee-denn R G Uiess lei, of the Agiicultuic School, Prof M S McDowell, duetto) of Ag ex tension woik and Pi of. W A Bioves .lie Penn States’ upieaenlatncs Promote College Welfare Dean Sackett will toad a pipei on ‘”1110 Value to Imlustiie. of E igineoi mg Iteseaich .it the Pennsvlvanni State Collogt ” Mi McDowell is to -pcik uiion the subject ol "Aguciil- Uu il Extension Hoik” Dean Watts will addicts the bodv on ‘‘Cm 1 icultim 0) imitation to the Demands ot Mod ern Agiicultuic.’’ The association ums lo piomotc the vvelf.m* ot all land giant colleges in Ameuca At such a convention .13 is now meeting the wclfaie ot eacli indi vidual mcmbci will he discussed and suggestions made lot bettei meat m impiovcments Ft nun even influ ence legislation on ccitnin items of mutual mteicst
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