Dramatic Tourney Plav by Play in Auditorium VOL. XXI, No. 23 COLLEGE TO VOTE ON WORLD COURT ISSUE IN CHAPEL Results of Poll Will Be Wired To The New Student—Cast Ballot Next Week VOTER TO BE ALLOWED FIVE DISTINCT CHOICES Senate Will Recent! Complete Counts From More Than Sixty Colleges Completing an educational cam paign in ordoi to familiarize the stu dent bodies with the why and wheic for of the Woild Court, the colleges throughout the count! v, in connection with the Council of Christian Asso ciation will conduct a poll of the stu dent opinion on the Wot Id Court, question. Immediately following this vote, the loaults will be wiled to The New Stu dent which is acting as the olficial sponsor for the campaign. Results will be received from sixty-thice col leges and umvcisitica thioughout the United States, and the total count will be presented to the United States Senate when it meets to discuss the question on December seventeenth. Vote in Chapel With the plans piucticully complet ed for the polling of the opinion of the students at Penn State on the World Couit question, it is not yet definitely decided whether the vote will be taken in chapel on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings oi on Wed nesday and Thursday mornings. The final arrangements will be announced Tuesday. This stiaw vote will be taken by the COLLEGIAN in con junction with The New Student The ballot to be used hole will al low of five distinct choices. It will giv e the votci a chance to vote on the following proposals. 1. For United States paiticipation in the World Couit under the “Hard mg-Hughcs-Coolidgc Terms.” (The United States not to be connected with the League of Nations 01 bound to any obligations under the League Cove nant, not to be bound by ndvisoiy op (Continucd on last page) SOPHOMORES COMPETE IN ORATORICAL CONTEST Forensic Council Will Award Prizes—Final Speeches Wednesday Night Instituting the thud annual sopho imne orntoucal contest, open to all second ycui men, the English derail ment will hold the final speeches m Old Chapel Wednesday evening at sev en o’clock. Piclinnnaiv trials will el iminate all but six of the fuity con testants A fust pnze of fifty dollm.s will be given by the college The second pure of twenty-five dolluis will be giv en by the forensic council, a student oigamzution formed foi the develop ment of foicnsics. Last yeui U K Rtddulsbeiger ’27 won first puzo and the initial honors two ycais ago went to D. D Heniy '26 Preliminary Trials Representatives fionv each class in Aigumontntion, English foui; have been selected by the students and m many instances the entrants have de livered daily speeches in picpntation foi the event. The subject foi the piclimmaiy con test will be chosen Fnduy. Monday night at six-thutv o’clock picliminary trials will be held in various looms in Old Main Mcmbeis of the English depuitmcnt will act as judges The six best speakers will then bo picked and will be given twcnty-foui horns in which to prepare their oiations. Pi of T. J Gates has issued u spec ial cull to ull sophomores v no ate not tuking English four und who wish to entet the contest to icpoit to his of fice in JO4 Old Muin At the finals Dean Warnock will picsulc Dr. S. W. Fletcher, Dr. A S. Iluircl and Prof. E D Walker will act us judges FAMED AIRMEN HONORED BY PHILADELPHIA ALUMNI Dean R. L. Suckctt, of the School of Engineering had the honor of act ing ns toastnmstci at u compliment my dinner to two giaduutcs of his school who have figuted prominent!} In the miplnnc activities of the coun tiy during the past two yoais The dinner was given bv the Penn State \lumm Club of Philadelphia in that city on Monduy evening. 11. T. Cocklin, ’l4, designed the PN -9 No. 1, which was flown by Lieuten ant B. J. Connell, ’lB, m the attempt ed flight to Hawaii last September. Prim State A Paul Whiteman Says Penn State Has Extremely Appreciative Student Body No Su ! Jan Gaibei isn’t the only Victor recording aitist who thinks that Penn State is made up of an ex tiemely appiecintivc student body. Paul Whiteman, that worid-ienowned exponent of modem jazz music, con fided to a loomful of admiters Tues day night that “college audiences aie easiest to please and quickest to ap-; plaud In my opinion, Penn State ranks among the top-notcheis of a long list of colleges at winch my con cert band,has played " That, coming fiom Whiteman, means something. Foi fifteen ycais, Paul Whiteman has championed the cause of Ameri can jazz, and for fifteen years he has PITT DEBATERS TO MEET LIONS HERE Nitlany Affirmative Will Engage Panther Forensic Artists in. Verbal Till Tonight PENN STATE NEGATIVE JOURNEYS TO W. & J. Opening the season with u trian gulai debate with Washington and Jefferson college and the University cf Pittsburgh, the Penn State aflirm .ative team will engage at eight o’clock this evening in Old Chapel on the subject* “Resolved, That the United States government should own and opciate the coal mines ” At the same time the negative team will meet the W and J. affirmative dcbatois at Washington while the latter’s negative combination will encounter the representatives of the Blue and Gold at Pittsbuigh For most of Penn State’s arguers this will be the first intcicollegiate debate m which they have partici pated. The Nittany team that meets Pitt here will- endeavor to *keci>*in tact a four year tecord of victories ever the usitois D D Henry ’26, student coach, has selected J W Brandt ’29, S. L Buit ’2B and S k Stevens ’2O for this team. No Freshman Team The aggregation that journeys to Washington consists of Freulon Pate '29, J J Bicnnan ’26, R W. Brews ter ’2B and N. R Adams ’2B, altcr m te. By discontinuing a separate fieshman team there arc several first vear men available. Partly on this account and partly because he wishes to have an expelicnced group for next year Henry will not paiti cipatc in this debate Prof T J Gates, foimer coach, will preside during the evening The audience will vote by ballot before and aftei the debate The side that has convinced the laigest number of people to change its vote will win Decision by an audience though un usual in this type of competition will be especially sinking in view of the open forum which will be con ducted by the Chairman immediately aftei the engagement. HARRISBURG MINISTER TO ADDRESS SUNDAY CHAPEL Rev. Dunn, Speaker, Is Graduate of Yale and t'\ & MHas World War Record The Rev David Dunn of St John’s Rcfoimcd chuich of Harrisburg, has been scheduled to give the chapel ad dres in the Auditorium Sunday morn ing at eleven o’clock. Completing his pinmuy education when he giaduatcd fiom the Hunting don high school in 1907, Mi. Dunn cn teied Juniata college. After two years he tiunsfoicd to Fianklin and Maishull, obtaining his A B decree fiom the lattci institution in 1911.' Enrolls at Yale Two years latei he was giunted an A. M. dcgicc fiom Yale university. Continuing his study, he received the degiee of B. D fiom the same institu tion a ycai latei At the same time he was awaided with the Houkti- Dwight Fellowship for two years of study and tiavel nbtoad. When the World Wai bioke out in 1914, the Rev Dunn was tiavclmg through Germany. During Jre win ter he studied at the university und New college in Edinburgh In the spring he transfered to Oxford uni versity. In the summer of 1915 he assumed a position with the American Ambu lance hospital in Fiance He icturn cd to the United State to take a pas toiale with the Reformed church in Tuitlc Creek. In 1923 he changed to Ins present ministership over the St. John’s Reformed church of Harris burg. STATE COLLEGE, PAv FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1925 made lus hearers wax enthusiastic over the strains he calls “America's real folk music.” Nine years ago, Whiteman formed nn orchcstia which took its audiences by storm and has since made a youngei generation into lovers of symphonic rag-time. Much of Whiteman’s success is due to the fact that he has a complete staff of composers turning out chord after chord of mtiicate rythms foi his band. Because of Ins ability in gntheiing together such talented mus icians and his inherent powers of mus ical direction, he has become the idol of the men of Ins oichcstra and the people who hear that oichcstra per foim Paul Whiteman is called “the most cnitooncd man in Amcnca ” Accord ing to his idea, this is not because of his ability as a director, as a fiddler, or as a judge of harmony*—he says that all a cortoonibt must do to put “Paul on paper” is to draw a big, fat cjrcld, slightly pressed at the sides, use two diops of ink for eyes and make an elongated blot for a mus tache. lie’s fat—but he likes it. He doesn’t diet—and he likes that. He plays jazz—and loves it He also plays golf, handball and tennis—but ho could get along without them Yes an, HE'S MY BABY! WHITEMAN CONCERT DELIGHTS AUDIENCE Dance Numbers and Modernized Classics Show Ability of Popular Orchestra SOLO ARTISTS DISPLAY SKILL AS ENTERTAINERS Thirty musicians, adept at all the varying moods of “jazz” and directed by 'the* colorful .Paul Whiteman fur nished the entertainment for one of the largest audiences that has ever witnessed a “Y” course program, m the Auditorium last Tuesday night Collectively and individually the or chestra members proved themselves master's of modem music during the program Individual solos also added to the delight of the listeners and m this particular many of the perform ers demonstrated ability on three oi more instruments Varied Program Beginning with a “Lone Journey Down the Mississippi," by Ferdie Grofc, the concert orchcstia shifted to several standnid selections and fin ally to the modern dance numbers Selections fiom the “Rhapsody in Blue” and individual sols completed the piogium. Not only did the music enter lain the audience but the antiLS of Paul White- j man and Ins few shoit speeches weie well iccencd A little sketch entitled, “Meet the Boys,” m which the spot light fell on each mcmbci of the band us he played was rnothei featuie of the evening First Number Picturesque Beginning with “Father of the Wa ters,” a short vivid musical sketch of the Alississinpi, the orchcstia contin ued with “Hucklobeiiy Finn” The (Continued on last page) STUDENTCOUNCILHEARS REPORT ON CHAPEL VOTE Committees Appointed To Draw Up Letter and Petition to Board of Trustees Rcpoit on tnc student rcfcicndum on the question of compulsory daily chapel wus made to Student Council at its regular meeting m the Liberal Arts Building Tuesday evening by H W. Cohen ’26, cditor-m-chicf of the COLLEGIAN The report consisted of authorized figuios, showing 205 favoring and 1660 opposing compul sory chapel and other pertinent data. Action developed when it was mov ed, seconded, and passed that a com mittee be appointed to lnfoirn the Board of Tiustees of the College stu dent vote bv a letter to be sent to each member before the annual meeting of the board in January H. D Pitch man ’26 was appointed chairman of the committee to draw up the letter, with R. B. Donaldson ’27 and Donald Wyman ’26 as his co-woikcis. Another committee consisting of II W. Cohen ’26, Bruce Butler ’26 and A C Allovvay ’27 was appointed to draw up a petition to the Board of 1 Trustees to be presented to the Coun cil for appiovul at its next leguhu meeting. Donald Wyman '26 icpoited that the Auditorium could be sceuicd foi meetings should Billy Sunday come to Penn State, and 11. D. Fuclimnn ’26 reported for the Class Scraps commit tee. PANTHER: GRIDMEN DOWN PENN STATE IN SEASON'S FINAL Nittany Eleven Loses to Pitt by 23-7 Score m Annual Turkey Day Battle LIONS SHOW STRENGTH IN OFFENSIVE TACTICS Five Seniors Star in Last Game for Blue and White—Aerial Attack Is Feature Rising to theu greatest heights, tiic 1925 Lion gnddcis put on then best game of the season Thanksgiving af ternoon against f’c Pitt eleven, even though the final seoic lead 23 to 7 in favor of the Smoky City* boys The game was staged in the new two mil lion dollar Panther stadium before a recotd crowd of almost fifty thousand spectators. Armed with numberless tuck plays and eager to gain their fust “abioad” win of the year, Coach Bezdek’s men sprang a big suipnsc in the Suther land camp by their display of power After the game, cirtics were unani mous in agreeing that the Penn State team had shown ihoic than any Blue and White eleven since the cham pionship combination in 191*1 As one writer put it, the Penn State team “was outscoicd, bpt not outplayed, by the Pittsburgh Panthers in the stad ium y*estcrday afternoon ” Field in. Good Shape Foi the first time in many years the game did not end 1 , in a sea of mud The day bcfoie tt\c dash there had been a light snowball, but a coveting of stiaw had helped keep the field hard and packtid-down Pitt’s grad uate manager 0% pthlcticn, K. E Da vis, took extia to put the field in good shape on some soggy* parts j t the gridiron To top things off.'blie'Wathei was'ideaT foi football As usual, the game was maiked by exceptionally keen nvahy, shown at the veiy outset and continuing until the final play* Lungrcn received the kick-off on his three yard line and re turned it twenty-four >aid3. At this (Continued on fifth page) DR. RIDDLE TO ADDRESS JOINT MEETING TONIGHT Expert on Evolution Will Give Illustrated Lectum—All Students Invited Meeting jointly the members of . Gnmnm Sigma Delta, honorary ag ncutural fiatcrnilv, and the Ameri can Association for the Advancement of Science have secured Dr Oscar Riddle of the Cnrnegio Station for Expcumontul Evolution, Cold Spnng Harbor, Long Island, as then* speak er tonight at seven-thirty o’clock in Room 100 Iloit Building Dr Riddle, recognized as one ot the world's greatest authorities on the subject of evolution, has been working m this paiticulur fncld for a number of ycais His illustrated lecture, “Metabolism and the Newer Aspect of the Sex Problem,” is based on his many yenis of research*con ducted while at the Carnegie Station As ducctoi of the research work jn the department of genetics at Cold Spnng Harbor, D' Riddle has ac cumulated many facts which are of general interest The members of the two societies invite every student in the College to attend Sophomore President Names Hop Committee Completing the appointment to the Sophomoie Hop committee President W J. Got man abo announced the names of all who had been selected foi the proclamation, pennant and cla3s colors committees. They aie as fol lows Sophomore Ilop committee John Bclficld, clum nun, H F. Home. J. J Fitz Gibbon, Paul Tulenko, P. It, Smalt?, S A. Hoffman, D. O Lane, J F. Dunn, J R Wilson, G Z Fen cil, Eleanoi Pomciny and Winifred Wiclnnd. F. M. Gager will head the piocln mation committee composed of E. M Stitt, H. F Blnnkcnbiller J W. Cole man and H. E Balnrcr The men chosen to make anange ments foi the 1928 pennant are H B. Von Ncula, chuumnn, W. H. Zeiglei, David Northi up, A S ToinayundM A Hunt W J McLaughlin, W T. Neff and W. H Koyei have cluugc of the class colors selection T. 11. Hamilton as sectotary of the class will serve ex-officio on each com mittee. ' Nittany Gleemen To Open Concert Season Following a joint conceit with ti.c* Allegheny college glee club vh.ch will be held in Mcndvillc Mondav* night, the Nittany songestei s x ill make then fust home appearance in tl e AuiKoi lum I-iiday night, Deeombei eleventh, under the auspices of the “Y” anj Music department entertainment COUISC Ducctoi Grant intimate-, t'at the progiam to be pitocnted wit] iu.,ri: the height of musical attainment, sui passing any prev ious off ol l '1 he club will be asisted by Miss Lucille Skin ner, pianist, and M.-> licne Osborne Grant, accompanist and plain,t Neai !v five bundled sens ue still av li able foi the concert and ma., be hul upon application at the *‘Y” Hut, the puce of each pnstcboau! being f'flv cents DISCUSSION CROUP LEADERS CONVENE ‘ Why Go To College” Is Firisl Topic Selected—Cultural Education Defined TWENTY-FIVE STUDENTS WILL ACT AS LEADERS Striving to develop a gioup of 1 \e vvne leaders to conduct,the variou, campus discussion units twenty-five leading college students met in Old j Mam Wednesday night undei the su-! pervision of W. J Kitchen, secretary*! of the Y. MCA Plans foi the 1 coming week weie foimulatcd and a I model discussion was held. 1 Fust of the topics to be debited by the “Life Experiment Groups’’ is “Vhy go to College 7” As a pielim maiy to the initiation of the yeai’s woik the men themselves attempted to open the problem under the direc tion of Kitchen and Picf M. M Ila.- ris, of the English depn tme:it‘ Whit Is Cultural Education? Among the icasors gi.cn b„. tnc piehminan gioup as to v.h,, they came to college v*eie first that it fi nishes the equipment foi life, and second that it increases one’s earning capacity* A close thud was a gen eiul teim, “to sccuie cultural educa tion ” This phiase ‘‘cultuial education’ (Continued on last page) DEAN WENDT TO SPEAK ' TO GRADUATE STUDENTS' Dean (J L Wendt will lectuic o.J the subject “Research ard the Ait- 1 let” at an informal meeting ot tin, Giaduatc School students ami Incdl-' ty at the Un.veisitv Club Tuesdn. ' evening. Deccmbci eighth at thirty o'clock The object of the meeting is to bung togethc: those at the Co'loge' who .ue especially* mtuesled nr giaduatc study and to fostei t'l'i spmt of icscaich Tli s v ill aLo 1 be an opoitumty foi the sculteieil giaduate students to become bettei j acquainted with each othei a”d with the vunous mcmbci s of the g’-adu- 1 nte faculty ’ 1 What the World Court Is ; The Statute cieatmg the oigamz itiou it! d.'n.ii'- t'i u. i It the International Court of Justice wa. draw i ip h, i i un-M-te . national jurists, of whom Ehlut Root was on , b., di” l • < the League of Nations Februaiv Id, 1!U0 The Court is composed of eleven legulai Tudnv' and ft •> dvu* . T u d r , elected by the nmjoritj vote of t\.c> specnH.v devgruteci i Journal b di- .J each body acting separntclv ; f The Statute provides The Com t “Jiall !> • 10 upo-ed oi \ )» ,d n ,i - pendent Judges . . who possess the fjtitliiK itio is .upi'i'd m lup J i speetive countries foi appointment to the highest judiuil o'f M i jui iconsults of recognred competence in iiueinilio"! in’, ms! 1 • m'd , i represent the mam forms of civilization ml the mmcmiJ 1 >-tl sv >,< the world.” TWO VIEWS REGARDING IT The Coolidgc View Pi evident Coolulgc has strongly ad« Sonitot IJoi iH, 01 Idaho in <>,>-• \ oca toil cntiutnc of the United Slate- [ posed th° rntii’u* <>t tli> UmL *tl 1 into the Woild Coml, with the fol-1 Stale ■. into the World Cmn; ml n 1 ‘ lowing icseivations ; all piobebi'itv wil' lead t'i > jigh, ’ I—Thnt1 —Thnt such cntuncc m no wa\!"Kainst tint ‘top when the debau involve iclation to the League of opens in th - * Senate Detenih.’ 17 ! Nations, I He bases his oposilum to the Cninl' 2 —That the United States ma>[‘ n ,ht ‘ lo!I,u ' hl l? pniticipute in the election ot Judges! c ° ns ( ; thiough repiesentatives designated . 1 , uolll ‘ l 1,0 u.o m tj*it ( foi the purpose and on an equals !S” , L,mcii hutL • l " -‘'-'ft H',‘ l vnth other States, ,\\oild Couit .is on- of the M f«uiU o ; ti ~ mu i ..I Tt 4. i 04. 4 ] tne League of T.auoii',” *e id •.ti'l n J-Thnt the United Stole. pay n' l01tmll „ r ht , rail- .Imre of thn cxpcnui. of the 2 _ l]u[ , he v.'oi M Cmnt ],.,s ih 3 ! OUI ’, , „ • I<>Wol of rc.ulPMngjudiu.il ,nl\un, d 4—l hut the Statute establishing opinion'., vdiiih i, undeniable n the Couit shall not be amended with-! 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