Not Many Ayes Were Cast VOL XXI, No. 22 Compulsion Supporters Lose by Overwhelming Count in Chapel Ballot More Than 2000 Votes —First Tally Against, Polling one of the largest votcr[ tvci obtained m a Penn State cam pus referendum, students advocated the abolishment ot compulsory cha pel by an unofficial count of 1709 to 015 in a ballot conducted by the COLLEGIAN Friday and Saturday Moie than 100 ballots weie rejected because of fictitious signatures, while half of that number were cast out because they were unsigned. The number of votes cast far ex ceeded the expectations of all con cerned. The ballots have not as vet been re-checked, but an authentic count will be taken and announced in the next issue of the COLLEGIAN With the present unofficial ballot as a basis, Student Council will m all piobnbiht\ petition the Board ot Tiustees m the near future to the effect that compulsory daily chapel be abolished at Penn State Action will probably be taken immediately following Thanksgiving \acation. Many Advocate Change Many of the students in addition to indicating their choice on the punted ballot made suggestions as to how chapel should be conducted, and a few o\en indicated foi a de sire for the abolishment of compul sory Sunday' chapel Sc\eral others fa\ ored compulsory daily chapel if conducted along diffeicnt lines than at picscnt. Of the 151 ballots cast at the Mc- Allister Hall polling station, ‘)0 op posed and 61 favored compulsory daily chapel The ratio of votes at the othei stations generally main tained an average of six votes against compulsion to evciy vote fa vonng it. Students Interested The leccnt referendum marks the fust time an nil-college vote has been taken on the question of compulsory 'chapel on thb campus of Penn £tate The fact that moio than 11100 bal lots weie polled speaks well for the interest of the students in the ques tion, as docs the numbei of letters received at the COLLEGIAN oflice voicing opinions on the subject Eighteen bundled ballots were pi mted and distributed at the sevei al polling stations Friday morning, but the number did not suffice The supply of ballots was exhausted be fote Fnduv noon, necessitating a second edition. Some students, un able to wait for the regulation punt ed blank, used slips of papei with signatures and preference as to com pulsion inscribed m older to insure them a vole in the final reckoning Plaster Pitt GLEE CLUB REHEARSES FOR COMBINED RECITAL Niltany and Alloftheny College Gleemcn To Give Concert December Seventh Rapidly i minding into the fonn that has chaiacten/od the high stan oaids of past aggiegations, the Penn Slate Glee Club Ims been holding regular 1 cheat sals m preparation ioi a joint conceit with Allegheny col lege at Meadville Monday December icvcnth The coming engagement vhich will rnaik the local songsteis fust public appealance of the vear is the foiuimmei of a season of con tinued ectivitv foi the club. Local music loveis will get then initial glimpse of tins ycut’s organi sation almost immodKitcdv • upon the lattei’s ictuin fiom Meadvillc when thev will nnpcai in the Auditoiium ITidny Dcccmbci eleventh as the fourth numbet ot the “V onteitam ment couise Dnectoi R W Giunt, i, being assisted in preparing the singers for these two appearances by Miss Lucille Skinner Biondcastmg from station KDIv-A in Pittsbuigh tomoirovv evening at scven-thntv o’clock, the Vaisity quartet composed ol R W. Graham. ’26, D -P Bush ’26, C E Megargel '26 and Biuee Butler ’26 will be heard foi the fust time this season outside of State Collfcge when Lliev will sing Penn State songs m addition to spe cial selections. An event being awaited with eag erness by the gloemcn is the combin ed concert with Columbia university scheduled to be held line on Fcbiu tuy fifth Students and townspeople rhke will be allordod an oppoilumty to hour singing fiom an oigunuation that has always inlod high in the Intel-collegiate Glee Club contest Immcdiatel/ following this lecital the Penn State Glee Club wil stage an all-college dance to be given in ee>inl-IA/e©kJy Prim #tafr A 1 Cast By Student Body Shows 1709 315 For | A CORRECTION | In D D Hem vN letter which ! appealed in Friday’s COLLEG- I lAN, the following statement I\\.is made, “Religion does not have a place on the campus,” This was enoneously stated. It should have read, “Religion docs have a place oil the cam | pus ” DRAMATIC CLUBS TO CONVENE HER] Slate Organizations to Present Seven Comedies in First Joint Tournament CLARK AND HOLT WILL JUDGE PRESENTATIONS Oigumzod thiojgh the efifoits of Pi of A C Cloctwgh, dneclot of the Tcnn State Playcis, tlie Pennsylvania Inteieollegiute Drnnatic Association will hold its fist joint convention and tournament heie fiom Dccembei thud to fifth inclusive With the put nose of piouding nn agency thiough which Pennsylvania colleges cun efficiently tuiange for the exchange of diamatic pioductions, of promoting ideas concerning then man agement and of encouragirg htghci standard* of uinmntic nppiociation, the oiganiration v as foimed at Penn State last April by lepicsentativcs of eight colleges It was also decided at this meeting that a diamatic tourna ment should be held each yeai'at such time and place as should be designated at the annual meeting Because of the pint taken in this movement by the Penn Slate Plnjers it was decided that the lust one of these should take place heie Present Seven Comedies Finlay and Satuiduv e\filings, De cember foiuth and ffth, have been fixed as the dates foi the tournament, (Continued on last page) Plaster Pitt TRIANGULAR RIFLE TILT SCHEDULED TOMORROW Niltany Marksmen Vie With Pitt and Tech Sharpshoot ers—Team Average Good Scheduled to shoot against Pitt and Carnegie Tech m a tilanguku match which will determine the in teicolleginte title of westein Penn sylvania, the Penn State nfle team will leave for Pittsbuigh eaily to moiiovv moining This meet which is the fiist shouldci-to-shouldcr match of the season will be held at Cnincgie Tech’s nfle lange tomni iow afternoon at foui o’clock With u victoiy over the Dartmouth sbai pshootei s and a foifoited con test fiom Buffalo umveisitv, the Nit tiny maiksmen .lie slightly favoicd even then opponents barring that they aie not troubled by “buck” fev ei Lieutenant Miller, coach of the squad, has been drilling the team dailv to ov ei come this fault and judg ing by the iccont elimination scores winch have been aveiaging a little more than 270 points out of n possi ble 100 he is meeting with fan suc cess Although the team will avei ngc about «>B5 points out of 400 Intel in the season, Coach Millet is satis fied with the steady piogicss which i u now being made. To Be Closel) Contested Judging by the usual high quality of nfle teams turned out at Pitt and Caincgio Tech and by the number of last ycai’s vaisily men to leturij at both schools, the match promises to be closelv contested. Although 1) D Freni ’2O, captain of the Nit trny shiupshooteis, is tlie only reg ular to lelum from last veal’s Vui sity tram, the ability displayed by the new maiksmen has helped to bung the Penn State combination up to past-season standuuls The following is the piobablc list of ulle-mcii who will make tlie tup tomonow C. Miller ’2G, muno ger Ficai '2(5, II F. Weaver '2fi, K U Muck ’2O, M. A Bud '27, II 1. Itiegnl '27, W CL Tmiuin ’27, B. C Seaman ’27, G L McGimiess ’2B, J E Boss ’2B, V C Vnneski '2S and STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1925 WHITEMAN’S BAND TO APPEAR HERE DECEMBER FIRST Orchestration Consists of Light Opera, Classics and Popu lar Dance Music ELL-IvNOWN MUSICIAN IS EXPONENT OF “JAZZ” Concert Will Begin at Eight fifteen O’clock—Tickets on Sale at “Y” Hut Appealing at Penn State for the first time and on the “Y” enteitam ment couisc, Paul Whiteman and his oichcstia tn concert will picscnt a piogiam of light opcia, classics and dance music in the Auditorium on Tuesday evening, Deccmbci fust at eight-fifteen o'clock Played by one of the best known and most talented body of dance musicians in the wothl, the conceit promises to attract an ovci flowing crowd of not only Penn State students but also many music levels from nearby towns and cities Only a few yeais ago the Ameri can people met the introduction of “jnrz" with much adverse ciiticism which augured the downfall of the new style It was then that Paul Whiteman seized the chance to pop ularize the new modes of sy ncopa l*on and gam the fame which is now his. Aftci adopting his standard and founding a new cult m the field of popular music Mi Whiteman oigan i7ed the orchestra with which he wished to present his idea As all music-lovers know, this introduction mere than pleased the public Talented Organization The Whiteman concert oichcstra row comprises a gioup of musicians who arc all considered leaders in then piofcssion. Each playci is a solo aitist, not only on one instru ment but m many cases on as many as six instruments In addition to the individual talent of each membci the organization as a whole produces an unsurpassable- quality of harmony i and rhythm " ' While the members of the first “jazz” orchcstias improvised their < wn parts, took no trouble to arrange them and produced strains which had no connecting theme that would pei (Conlinucd on last page) —Plaster Pitt— Prof. Shaw Conducts Research in Fire Clay Scores of samples of fire clay fiom ah parts of Pennsylvania aie pout ing into the office of Prof J B Shaw, head of the cetomic depaitment, vvheie he is testing them as a part of nn enoimous job assigned him b\ the State Geological Suivey Both clav pioducls companies iid individ ual land owneis aie co-opciating in cuirymg out this piojcct and it is believed that new woikablc deposits may* be uncovered as a lesult ot this vvoik. With the aim of dstcimining the. location and extent of even valuable 1 fire clay deposit within the bound . Mies of the State, Professor Shaw n,. canying on extensive lcscaicli woik on these samples in the ceianuc's laboiatoiy At the present time he has a man tinvehng over the State collecting moic specimens of ditler* ent varieties of hie clav It was or iginally the put pose of the sutvey to include all industrial clays ot the State but limited finunccs nic with holding uctivitic3 in the othei fields for the present ON THE THANKSGIVING MENU PENN STATE L. 11. B. r x K* H. B. lloepkc (36) L. T chase (C) Welch McCann (29) , r R * G * . Wissmger Q. B. K I,tok (u) F. B. ( , Hclbic or Michalskc (12) c „ Gustafson Hardinc Luncrcn (C) Gray (1) Cu,lcl n. 11. B. " I„ H. B. Grccnc (27) I}. T. L. T. Brown lI.IS(UIRS (1) Salala Substitutes—Penn State—Miinz, Muhoncv. Fellow es, Kumbaugh. Rosebcrry, Welland. Welsko, Hartman, Dangerlield, Pincuro, Watson. Bergman, Pntchaid. Substitutes—Pittsburgh—J. Schmitt, Demoise, Roberts, Hagan, Kern, Booth, Coulter, Mc- Cutclieon, Fisher, Linn, lioban, liwin, Goldbeig. COX FOURTH PLACE! IN N. A. U. Running ip remarkable form, Bill Cox, compef(nff as an individual cn tiy placed fourth in a field of thirty six nationally-known stars in the an ual ci oss-countrx competition spon soicd by the National Amateur Ath letic Union on .the Van Couitlnnd (ouisc at New York last Saturdnv Willie Kitola, .wearing: the bunnei of the A C, es tablished a nevvurecoid for the si\ and one-quarte.Sf mile course bv btcakmg the tap'o m 29 37 Tied Wachsmqth of the Millrose A A and .Tames Henigan,- representing the Dorchester club,' • finished second and third respectively. Co\, "the babv of the couise,” was close on the heels of Hcmgan, “the peer of the race" and was timed at 31 07 Plaster Pitt---- KDKA PLANS FOR PENN SfATE NIGHT Program To lie Broadcast on Thanksgiving Evo—Band •Is Attraction THESPIAN AND VARSITY QUARTET TO ENTERTAIN Repeating their last seat's enter tainment from station kDKA, which brought «o much l“cognition to Penn State, members of the Glee Club, the Band and Thespians wi'l broadcast a progiam replete with typical Nit tany selections on Wednesday even ing, November twentv-fifth at tcr.- tlmty o’clock. Staged for the hist tune on Thanksgiving eve of 1021, this fm tuic has become to be a rcgulai pint of the fall program of the Pitlsbuigh ladio station As in past yeats the Fcnn State Military Band will be the mam attraction of the evening Thu organimtion has attracted at tention at every Penn State affau ot note and has been a regular fouluic at all football games away from the College Ma> . —.. The progiam is scheduled to be gin at ten-thirty o’clock but an ef fort is being made to have the enter t inment begin at ten or ten-fifteen so that the performeis will have iroie time from then until midnight Appearing first on the piogram will be the Varuty Double Quaitet, which will open the evening's cr.tei tainnient vyith “Victory," composed by “Jimmy” Levden ’l4 The eight vocalists of the Glee Club aie R \V Gialuin, ’2O, D P Bush, ’2O, C K Mcgnrgle, '2G, B.uce llutlci '2V a, .1 L Nelson, ’27, J II Vance, ’27, I) E Jenkins, ’27 and \V 15 Mc- Combs ’26. A shoit talk bv Judge 11 Walton Mitchell ol the Allegheny County Oi phans Couit and piesulent of the Penn State Boat*! of Tiustees will follow the quaitet Upon the com pletion of Judge Mitchell's speech (Continued’oti last page) - Plaster Pitt PENN STATE CLUB ACTS ON SYSTEM FOR GRADES Under the system ..dopted this year by’ the Penn State club, giados lot the lust eight weeks have been obtained lor all non-fraternity men Because of difficulties arising undei this plun, giadcs foi the following periods wil be accessible to only those men who aie active membcis ot the oi ganuation How eve:. non-fi atci n it\ men nm obtain their giados b\ becoming mcmbeis of the Penn State club L. E. R. E. Stamp or Kifer Wilson House (2) Steele ft. E. Weston, (>5) L. E. McMillcn NAVY SOCCERITES HAND LIONS FIRST REVERSE IN YEARS Annapolis Bootcrs Triumph by 4-1 Count—Griffin Scores Only Nittan> Goal KEEN BATTLE CAUSES NUMEROUS PENALTIES Defeat Ends Record of S v even Victorious Seasons—Was Concluding Game Facing defeat foi the fust time in sc.cn veals when the p.ospects foi another vtcloiious se.uon teemed bnghtest the Nittanv booleis fought in v un to stem the advance of the Navy soccer term, the Annapolis eleven cnptuiing the fia. by a 1 to 1 count Unleashing an attack in the fust quaitci that icsulted in tv o tallies, the Anttnpoli> booteis- piefitcd by the consternation that developed in the Penn State lanks Aftei setting the pace c’ll.. in the conflict, the Middie eleven held the ball m Nittany teni tcri tluoughout the first half Penalties Numerous Fighting despeiatcly’ for even foot of giound in the last half, both teams suflcicd fioni penalties. The keenness of the conflict was dcmonstiuted by the laige numbci of penalties, sutecn fice kicks being charges agam-t the Xa* \ and the Lion hooters suffering one penalty lick and two fiec boots duung the game In the thud quaitci the visiting team pufoimed in its best style and it was in tlm period that the Penn State team scoicd its only goal Attex the ten minute lallv at this t'n.u the game changed to an e.enly-balanced contevt, the spheie see-sawmg up and down ti.e field In the last lev. nnr utes of the game Young, the Middle inside left broke through the Lion de fense,foi the fouith and final goal Fiom the open.ng kiclofT the Navy foiv.nids put up the haid aggiessive .fight ,that featuied their .placing tlnoaghout the game Rushing pa >t the Lion fullbacks thiec of the oppos ing playeis confiontcd Hellmich, the Blue ..ml White goal-tender Hell mich successtully stopped tl e fust tiy (Continued on last page) Plaster Pitt— Nittany Gridders Will Meet Penn Next Year Auotdnig to icpoits published within the last dav oi two, the Nit tanv Lions v.ill see action on Fnnk lm Field ne\t yeai on Novembei si\lh. the date assigned to Havoi ford college in the tentative football schedule issued by the University of Pennsylvania some tune ago When the oiiginal list wis given to tne Pennsylvania Athletic Coun cil foi appro al, the absence ot Penn State’s nemo caused some comment with the lesult tbit negotiations wcie immediately* made with Giat'u ate Manage: Neil Fleming j Since the two institutions have bom rivals foi many seasons on the gndnon and in othei spoits, it was deemed advisable to cartel the 11 iv e.fo.d ditc and continue iclations v ith the Lions, aftei the lapse tins season \nd nc\t veai the ciy will be, ‘On to Penn'" Penn State students will hike, ude the tattlers, ndo the cushions ot sail their clothes to get to Philadelphia in time foi the clash bclv.ccn these two traditional aad geographical nvaK PITTSBURGH LION AND PANTHER READY FOR ANNUAL TURKEY DAY BATTLE IN PITT STADIUM ROEPKE REPLACES PRITCHARD IN NITTANY BACKFIELD—FIVE PLAY FINAL GAME Plays Last Game CAPTAIN GRAY Nir.e Games Appear on 1926 Grid Slate The football schedule fot l°2G, an nounced today b» Giddualj Maragei Neil M Fleming, and appioved b\ both the Facuitv \ilv.soiv Committee and the Conratlee on kthlelics, is a. follows Sept 25, busaueliama at State Col- lone Oct 2, Lebanon A alien ,'t St itc Col lcjje Oct ‘i, Manettn at State College Oct H>, Noli" Ha. hi it South Bend, Indian i Oct J. 5. incuse (Alumni Duj) Oct JO, Gtuise V* iilnnEton at St i 1 College Xo\ l>, Pcnnsthamn at 1 mlidclphia \o\ I 5 Buckne)! at St itc College (Penns, !• am i Rut) Not j:>, Pittshuish it Pittsbmgh LI ite College Plaster I'itl Nittany Alumni To Stage Dance After Pitt Game Burning in ,*n itmos.pln.io that will bo dtudodlv Poan State, sevcinl bun dled gi.nl.nte-> md stiuknts of tlio ivttn’iy institution will i-somble ».t the Lime* lty Club in PitLsbmgb Ihuwlav a.to ~t tl.o h’st anmnil I’emi State d incc even to bo held in that ut\ lirilpi m . ha\c been com pleted I>\ the tommillee ol Pitlsbuigh alumni who ue sponsenmg this social function It is expected tint t’.o lu M i lied nil fiflc pel sum ill dance to the music ot one of Pittshu*gh's lending oielics tias Atti ictivc decorations and nov cl settings will combine to give this soui 1 event i gonoial hol'd iv atmos j.hcte Dancing will continue fioni eight-thn t\ until midnight Although an event of this nntuie Inn long bcen comcmpkiUd In Pitts, buifch ilumni it was not unt’l the picsent »cat that ni lungi'ments Imul 1\ wcnl tlunugh The obicct of this function is to pi ovule a plae'* whete Penn Stateis, new and old, can ton giegatc* amid t.inulmt ‘•iinoundinsi ioi an evening of plonsuio and en joyment - Plaster Pitt SCHINTISI'S HONOR DR lIONKSS Because oi Ins manv aceomplish n.ents in the held ot mineralogy, Ptof A B lioness ol the bchool ot Mines and Metalluigv Ins iccenUy been dotted lellow' to the Amc-icun Assouution loi tlie? Advancement ol Science This societv, which is an hononuv uigum/ution made up of liinnv of the county’s most pioniin ent scientists, haa a chnptui at Penn Piaster the Panther in Hi* New Pill PRICE FIVE CENTS "□ Once again intcd as the undcidog, j once again pic..oil to emerge acaned and bim.ed fioni its Thanksgiving Day battle, a fighting Nittuny Lion h’sbes its thi.ce-hnotted tail in angel, . glovvcis winthfullv at its taunting nd jvei.>ary and eioucnes lov loi the im } pending leap at a poveiful feline ! cnenj—Pittsburgh'*- Panthei i lock Sutherland's speedy eleven, victor in all b”t one engagment this season, loo! s foivard to the Tuikev Dnv clash with confidence, while the Blue md White gnddeis, foiceil to bow to Georgia Tech, torurmo and West Vugmu aie picpatisl to gut then teeth ar l place themselves on football's •’ncnfu.nl alti’ to claw a win fiori the Gold mid Blue rllar to c!.iv> n win from the Gold and Blue The gioat new bowl of the Smoky City uni.eiMtv is said to have been almost completely sold out foi tlio List Pitt-Penn State battle which will he fought ou its chalk-marked loanj The fiacas will be the twenty-eighth between the two mul in Millions, Pittsburgh Im.mg captured tlmtccn while the Lions have a total of twelve victories In 1920 and 1921, the games ended in scoieless tie. Bcrrichians Prepared Captain Das Gray, leading the Nit tanv lineup against Pitt fur the sec ond time, is noncommittal outwardly | when a discussion turns football wmd When Pittsbmgh is mention ed, togetlici with Harding Welch and Gustafson, Gray’s smile slowly leaves his face and his eyes half close a-» ho says "For thice yeais Penn State .ima- goic to Pittftbuigir. picked to win. and for three years the dope has been upset This veai, Pitt m supposed to win. but we’ie going to be consistent and up.et the dope foi l 1 ’*: fottilh straight veai ’’ Giav's lighting spim tvpifies the feeling of every man who is to sit on the bench at Piltsbuigh Pern Slate is ‘ rairia' to go” and theie t-> not n molckm-wemei who tikes his Inn! pmctico on New Beavei Field toduv who is not .staking Ins hat md shoes on the possibility of the uoim's ie vclt Xo*t veai Penn State will be with out the seiviees of five men who will id iv today Captai l Gra\, Mike MichaKkc, Eimc McCann, Bill llous? and Bill Helbig for the last time ai ia, C'l in the football colois ol the Nitti.nv mountain clan slack up against Pitt m the gioitest gunie of then gtul caicei Each of the five lias been a maitu to the Penn State cause foi thicc seasons, hoping to he on the Blue *nd White team vhich wilt scoie a vin ovei its anc.ent mol Oa Thuis dav. aftei battling tluough this sea ‘oii art! two othets. thev get then list oppoituniLv to tinunco Pitt, and knowing that it is then last big game, nothing will be too gicat to do it it leads iow.u.l a,.pc."-. ng tiiat ursne* (Continued on thud page) Plaster Pitt PLAYERS SCORE HIT IN PRODUCING FIRST SHOW Club Will Present “Charlov’s Aunt*’ in Roaring Springs This Evening Staging the initial home pioduc tton of the veai, the Penn Slato Plavets scoied then usual succes, when thev presented “Cliai ley’s Aunt," a Juice comcih uutten m lluee act,, in the Aiuhtoiiuiu Fndav night 11ns pcifoiimitice matked the opening oi the Playei’s seventh season Woven .umind the attempt ot “Babbs,” an CKfoid student whom efloiU to mi|ieisonate a lellow class mate’s aunt fiom Brazil kept the audience in unmtenupted laughtoi, the plot consists of one continual «et of complications The stage vei sion ol this famous comcdv was even letter than the photoplay which was i<guided as one ot the lunmest and host pictuies ot its tvpe ovei to be in educed on the seiccn W'ltn but a few changes m the ' pot sonnet of the east the plat will be given in Roaiing Spimg tonight. The Playi’is appealed m that citv last veai loi the fust time when thin presented “Kempv," and tliey hope to icpcat the success of that pi educ tion with “Charley's Aunt” ' mg the conle-t. , j
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