A Lecture From a Higher Plane VOL. X*l, No. 25 ALUMNI AVIATORS TO RELATE STORY OF HAWAIIAN TRIP 11. S. Coekhn ’ll and Lieutenant 13. J. Connell ’lB To Talk Tomorrow Evening SLIDES WILL BE USED TO ILLUSTRATE FLIGHT Pilot of 111-fated PN-9 Plane Will Describe Thrills of Drifting on Ocean Actual account of the huzaidous flight recently uudei taken from the Golden Gate to the Hawaiian Islands and the design ami constiuction ol the planes employed in the feat will be Risen in an illustiated lectrne to the student bodv by II S Cocklin, designer of the an craft, and Lieu tenant B J Connell ’lB, pilot under Commandoi Rodgeis, tomonow night at se\cn o'clock m the Audi torium. All the thrill-, that accompanied the nine days m which the ill-fated rX-9 No 1 was lost and the cxpei icnccs of the crow in the flight across the Pacific will li\e again ns Lieu tenant Connell explains them with the aid of slides and films Honored at Alumni Banquet Although the Pcnu State club ot Philadelphia gave a banquet m hon or of Cocklin and Connell Nocomber thirtieth and piesented two sihei trophies to both fliets. the leal re ception will be given tomonow when the students will join in rcclum with *ongs, cheeis and music It will be Connell’s fust homecoming since Ins graduation During the morning of the day of the dimmer at Philadel phia Connell testified in the Mitchell tnal Dean Sackclt Lauds Pliers At this dintiei moic than one hun dred alumni also piesented a beau tiful mlvoi pitchei to R L Siekett, dean of the Engineering School In commenting on the visit of the nvia tcra Dedn Sackott - enthusiastically awaits then appearance He says “It is .’ppiopuato foi the college to do honoi to these men who have made aviation histoiy. Wo must al (Contmucd on last page) VARSITY MATMEN BEGIN DAILY INDIVIDUAL BOUTS Fundamental Diill Followed by Three Minute Bouts Is Daily Schedule r.u the fust t.mo this seat indi vidual mutches, of thiee minute-, duia tum weie nn luded in the daily sched ule of the candidate-, foi the Vawly wieslhng team Y/eilnesdnv night The fn.st p.ut of the piactice w is devoted to limning in the iimdamon tal holds used fiom the standing and mat positions This was followed bv thice-nnni'te bout r , each man bang icquucd to wicslle No eftoit v\is miide to pail the men except in ie- gnid to class Accoiding to Coach Lconaid the stvle of wieslhng to he used this ycui will 1)0 cntnclv diffeient liom that of last As the -quad is composed almost cntnely ol me.xpci lenccd men, the conch feeds that a change will not he hnid to institute, while at the same time it will he most adv -ntngeous in the meets with colleges acquainted with the old stvle Aiiangements arc being made foi the mlei-class wieslhng meet which will be held lanuatv sixteenth in the Aimoiy Candidates foi the el.’si teams should begin piactice immed iately The ficshnmn squad will stall active wmk the fust of next week A Luge squad of appio\inutclv six ty c indidalcs has been lepoiting dailv Statistics of the various class es show that the laigc-t nmabei is cm oiled in the thntv-hve pound divi sion with the foitv-tivc pound class a close second In the unlimited sec tion hut two candid ites have icpoit ed while thiee me competing m the 175-pound division The attitude ot the c utdidnles is fine and each memboi is putting foith his utmost to master the fundamen tals lluvvcvci, the outlook foi a suc cessful sviihon is still gloomy “DADDY” GROFF ENROLLS IN WESTERN UNIVERSITY iE\am Conflicts To j Be in by Eighteenth j !AII conflicting examinations j must be repoitcd to the pio- I pel authouties by Dccembei 2 eighteenth j TOMANS TO HOLD PARTY TUESDAY BEFORE RECESS Hide will be a Cluismns pally foi the Topinn Club membeis in the diafting loom of the Iloiticultural Building Tuesdav evening at eight o clock Gifts will be piesented to the membeis Music, games and a genetal good tune has been planned by the \aiious committees At the last meeting of the Club it was decided to subscribe to diffeient landscape aiclntectuic and gardening magazines and to keep these magazines on hie so as to build up a libi.uy HOLMES SPEAKS ONWORLDCOURT Noted Lecturer Shows Need of International Body—Three Plans Discussed TERRIBLE TOLL OF WAR DESCRIBED IN ADDRESS Bunging a message of one wcll infoioied in international affaiis to Penn State student-, Mi Ham Holmes, sec let uy -.iid that humanity is not , landing still but is continuallv on the match. Hov.cvci, people have seen l'tlle light tluough the ttoublcs of the pa-t '-even >eais - Hconom.c l*fc has been broken down, the vvctld m deluge 1 in gloom with all hope of mtcinational settle ments lost and the scene of om gical relat.ons and problems Ivis shitted to the Pacific and the West Ibe \\ nsh mgton Disuimament Corfuenu* an! the meeting in Euiopo of enenr na tions sitting togethei on a basis ot equihty have been the only ustim.es that tended to bi'ghten the outlook ot the vvoilJ m the past few yexus Cost of War Next impressing upon his audience the gieit cost, both financal and hum an, of the past wai, the speaker em phasized the inconceivable potent.ali tie. dc-lioved In loss of life in wat faie He also mentioned how mam Inline conflicts millions could be kill ed hi a veiv shoil time Ml Ilolmes then stated that the (Continued on thud page) TRIALS FOR DEBATERS SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK Coach Henry Holds Eliminations in Preparation for Coming Tiiangulai Contest In o'der to make coitain that the best possible combinations meet Bucknell and Dickinson January tvventv-scventh on the pioposition “Resolved, That the United States should outer the League of Nations,” Coach I) D Homy ’2G has decided to hold eliminations in which all candidates me eligible to compete at seven-tbnty o’clock Wednesday night m Old Chapel Although Hem v expressed himself as fauly well satisfied at the show ing the new men made against Pitt and W and J last Friday, he has tin own all places open to competi tion not only m piepaiation foi the tiiangulu debate aftei the holidays but also with the view of Limning the inexpci lenccd foiensic candidates it the niceties of founal aigumont After the atfiimative team meets Biicknell’s negative side hole and Penn Slate’s negative team tiavels to C.nlisle, thrie will be a lull in the schedule until the second semostci i= well advanced In Match, how even, then* .no thiee debates nn ung od the lust is with Allegheny col lege, piobablv on Alnn.li lifth, the second with Rutgeis on the twelfth, rnd the thud with Kansas State col- STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1925 BLUE AND WHITE TOSSERS IMPROVE IN PASSING GAME MacDonald Returns to Ltnc-up After Illness—Greene To Start Wednesday SECOND TEAM SHOWS UP WELL IN PRACTICE Failure of McVicker To Return to College' Leaves Quintet Without Captain Gicatoi skill ill shooting and handl ing the ball has maiked the piactice of the Vtusity cageis in the dailv workouts held dunng the past week m piepaiation foi the coming basket ball .season. Although Coach Dutch Hcimann i* not entueh satisfied with the work of the passeis, the general play of the whole squad is fasten and shows evidence of haul and sincere vvoik llov.ever. the Penn State mentor is looking fonviud to a considerable n . mount of improvement bcfoie the op ening tilt heic next week MacDonald Reports MacDonald nftci a piolongcd ill ness rcpoited foi practice last Wed nesday and appears to be in great shape Because of Ins expeiiencc and superior shooting, he will piobably leplacc Greene at centci who has been plaving a snappy game but has been entitle in caging the ball It is unhkely that MacDonald will sec much scmcc in the Juniata contest, the majouty of the vvoik falling on Giecnc Wclkei and Dick Lowe alternating with Kent have piovcd a fast tuo on the second team while Bauon and Roepke with Lefty Page at center have aided m giving the fust-stung men stiff competition in piactice scrimmages Svvcitzei and Buich field have also been attracting at tention in the Inst week and thicaten to push some of the leguhus foi bciths. Because of the failure of McVickct to leturn to- College, thi-r-jear, the Blue and White quintet is without a captain but it is doubtful w bethel a new Icadci wfll be selected before the Clnistmas holidavs NITTANY RIFLEMEN BOW TO JOHNS HOPKINS TEAM BY 3736 TO 3695 COUNT Coach Miller Will Cut Freshman Squad To Thirty Members Despite the defeat at the hands of Ihe Johns Hopkins nfle team in a tclegiaphic contest last week the Penn State Rifle squad is woiking with more detcnmnation than evei to develop a gioup of maiksnien that will attempt to beat Columbia urn vcisity this v.eek and Virginia Mili t..r\ Institute next week During the past seveial davs ap piuxinmtelv sixtv-fme fieshmcn un «weic*d the call for the 102*1 rifle team which is also being coached by Lieutenant Miller. Undci piesent conditions it is impossible to handle such a large group and the squad w ill be cut to thu ty men next w eek Johns Hopkins foiccd the Penn Stale shmpshootcis to bow in defeat last week by a J73G to oG9r> count. Instead of the usual ten men bring, fifteen entiants shot but only the ten highest scenes counted The supreme test foi the ROT C team will come the first week m Jumiaiy when it fires m the Thud Coips Aiea championships hold to decide which teams will icprescnt that unit in the National champion ships Last ycui the aiea marks men finished seventh in a gioup of sixteen teams competing, but an ev en bettei standing is expected this y cur. Who’s Dancing Alpha Zetu Tau Kappa Epsilon Lambda Gin Alpha Phi Kappa Tau Tau Phi Delta Literary Publication Calls More Material Manuscripts having been called foi recently, piospeots for an issue of the Old Mum Hell, Penn State’s litermy magazine, aio expected to take defi nite shape soon in dummy form. 11. F Tnyloi ’2G, cditoi of the pub lication, has made nnotlici icqucst foi aiticles and 1 stories, humoious, seiious and otherwise It is not known yet whoihci caitoons will be published, but a decision will be hand ed dovzn by the board aftei its next meeting. , Pcisonal experiences, specul feat uies and poetry arc asked for b\ the cditoi ml staff, alung-uith shoit stoi ics nnd novelettes * These ni.uiu scnpt-., wiitten bv eithei students 01 faculty, should be in the hands of Taylo., at the Froth'oftice, as soon as possible DOROTHY BATDORF WINS VERBAL TILT C. C. Bcrrvhill Receives Second place—Six Sophomores in Competition HONORABLE MENTION IS AWARDED MISS HESSLER Although all six* of the finalists in the Sophomoi e extempoiancous speaking contest were dccl.ucd thoi nughly capable of honoiably lepic* senting Penn State at am time, Miss Doiothy Batdoif w«b awarded the fust pure of fifty dollars m gold, and second honors went to C C Bei lylull who received twenty-five dol lais in gold Honorable mention' was nccoided Miss Marion Ilesslci who finished in thud position The pnze was donated bv the College and the sec ond uwmd was forwarded by the Foiensic Council Prof \ R Wai nock, dean of men, presided and in toispelled the awarding of the puzes with original humoi/f’Ts a Pcrma nent- Peace Possible?” tToj* the subject upon vvh'ch Ahss Batdoif expounded Bcnyhill chose as Ins subject “Wil liam Jennings Brvnn” “The Lady Vanishes" was the title of the speech dclivcicd by Miss Ilessler The ie mainmg tlncc of the six final contest ants and then topics aic as follows S L Buit, “The League of Nations,” Adelbui t S Schi oedei, “The Teaching Piofession and Its Advantages,” Jo seph Mathcs, “Ait in Vmcuca ” Each of the addies«es was deßvcicd with ease and detcnmnation and the task of selecting the order of the vvm ncis was a difficult one AH of the judges .no well-known on the campus and then decision was a populai vei dict Di S. W Fletchci, piofcbsoi of Iloiticultuic, Di V S Hun ell. School af Education and Mi E. D Malkei, PiofessoL of Ilvdiaulic and Sanitation Engineeiing lendered the vcidiet LEARNED AUSTRIAN IS SPEAKER AT INITIATION Kappa Della Pi Initiates Hear Dr. Paul Denglcr Outline Foreign Sj stems Addressing the members and in itiates of Kappa Delta Pi, honoraiv educational fratemitv, at the foimal initiation held m the foyer of the Auditoiium on Monday evening, Dr. Paul Denglcr, piofesbor of Educa tion at Vienna, Austno. told of the necessity for co-oporation between Euiopcan and Amcman schools Di Denglcr, who is the delegate of the Austimn Ministry foi Public Instruction and at present tom mg the United States studving pumaiv and seconduiy educational systems, outlined the system of his eountiv in a compaiibon with that of the United States Dean W 0 Chambers of the School of Education mtiodueed the noted foicign educator New .Members The new membeis of Kappa Delta Pi aic Miss M C Ambler '2l>, R M Earlges '2G, Mibb C 0 Bowen ’2O. Miss A. II Edin ’2G, Mibs B V E&- teilme '2G, Miss P W Ungei ’27, Miss E. R. Kitink ’27, R. A. Gentilcs co ’27. S R Han *2O, A M Kisei *27, Miss M. M. Lobb ’2G. Miss Gene vieve Weinberg ’27, S M. Woodhcad ’2O, Miss M. J. Wngbt ’27 and L F Zerfoss ’2G (EnUwjtatt. I.F.C. DISCUSSES SENIOR WEEK AND HOUSEPARTY IDEAS Action of Student Board Places Mailer Before Fraternity I Representatives j ALL-COLLEGE AFFAIR IS NEWEST DEVELOPMENT 11. P. Flint. Tau Kappa Epsilon Officer, Talks—Sigma Tau Phi Is Admitted Addie-sing the Intel fiatermtv Council meeting Wednesday night, W W Allen ’2G, piesented the Student Boaid’s iccommcndation to that body, that the vear-old question of June House Paitv versus Senior Week be discussed Aftei admitting that the success of the Commencement Week plans as caned out last ycai was not co gioat as was hoped, Dean Win nock, chan* man of the committee on Commence ment Wool, stated that the committee would formulate no plans until the consensus of opinion of the student body be obtained After considcimg the question, the Student Boaid de eded to leave the matter to the Intci fiateroity Council foi discussion. Quotes Dean Warnock In speaking of the possibihtv of having Jane House paitv. Allen quot ed Dcnn V.ninock as saying that “we can get June House Paity back again, but it won’t be the same June House Paitv as bcfoie” lie gave a> the posable icason foi the f.ulu’c ot the plans last \eai the fact that with only the two uppci clashes participat ing in the affair, some of the fratci nitics weie unable to give dances This could be eliminated b.* allowing the fieshmcn and sophomores to pai takc ot the festivities The gicatcst changes in the plans lie in the fact | that the house p.utv peuod will be shoitcncd one dav and that piunus cuous visiting will be discouiagcd The plans foi Senior Week present tv. impossibilities,-a- choice..of- dale ly ing between April twcntv-sccond, twentv-tlmd, twcnty-fouith nnd tvveu itv -fifth, and Max seventh, eighth, ninth nnd tenth Both of thc’c con sociations allow foi the Junioi Piom on Thuisday night, followed by house danLcs on Tudav and Satuidav even ings, with a Plaveis’ show and n Thospmn pioduction scheduled foi (Continued on third page) GIRL SINGERS PREPARE FOR CHRISTMAS TOUR Club Rehearses Regularly fori Tup That Includes Three Pennsylvania Cities ' In piepaiation foi a tentative toui dunng the Chimtmas vacation, on v.hii.h conceits will bo given at Giecnsbmg, Altoona and Johnstown, the Gill’s Glee Club and the Girl’s Vaisitv Quintet aie holding icgulai rehearsals Although the tunc has not been definitely fixed foi the inad-tup, it is likeh to oceui dunng the holidays The gnls aie nov, rehearsing the •'lndian Love Call," fiom “Rose Ma ne, ’’ which they expect to sing m connection with the Choiul Club Music for the Old English Christ mas paity which will be held in Mac II ill some evening next week will bo furnished bv the Gill’s Glee Club The Varsitv Quartet will sing car eb at the children’s Christmas party: to be held m the Armoiv shortly be foic vacation and also at the dinner and dance to be given m the Univer sity Club on the evening of Dccem bei eighteenth MINING SOCIETY HEARS SAFETY DIVISION CHIEF Di T T Read, chief of the safety division of the United States Bureau of Mines, addressed the members of the Milling and Mctallui gical Society at a meeting held m the Old Mining building on Monday evening. Di Read brought out the interest ing point that whereas a few years ago giaduatcs from Eastern engm- I coring colleges followed Horace Greclcv’s advice and went “West" to gi ow lip vv ith the counti y, today, owing to the tremendous mining und industrial development in the Last, YULETIDE FROTH '.TO MAKE DEBUT MONDAY MORNING Once again amid the bonking of Kris Kmgle’s Ford dunng the meriv Chustmas lush, the biush-nitints nrd pencTl-pusheis fiom the second flooi office have been laboring to cheei the foolish studes on their long tup to Bellcfunte via the mid-day fiiei I Their binui-chikl, the icsult ol inair. [vigilant night watches o.er the cind b, will be on sale at Giaham’-. Stoic* [Monday morning at eleven'o’clock. | Spectaculaih, the covei exhibits I the skill of the mastei. Kschvnbich I himself He h*u eleven lv entitled [his cicntion “The Pealing of the i Bells ” In place of the double (spread, Fiotliv blew avvav the must' .foam to bleak out with an illustrat ed paiodv on the “Night before Christmas " Odd as it may seem, some niembu ol the staff decided to tell the load eis ‘How to Install a Family Clnist mns Tree " In contrast to the usual line that Fiothy slings, flic foalisb gentlemen have cndenvoied to make it an all-Chustinas mmboi Even the cditoi icspondetl to the spml of the occasion by pounding out “Y.| Mistlc Toe” m good old Englisii and I “Whoops’ It’s licit*" loi the pu.ate-, advice page | 0 G Kaminski ’29 u.dgelcd lu-i l.i uns and fmullv pioduccd a con tiibution on the general topic ot “Christmas Gifts foi Co-eds ” EDITOR OF LA VIE ATTENDS CONCLAVE National Intercollegiate Press Congress Confers Office Upon R. I). Duntlore FINDS WEST AT HEAD OF PRESS PROCESSION Meeting with representatives fiom, more than fifty colleges and univcu uties, R D Dundoie ’27, cditoi-m-j thief of La Vie, attended the Nation- 1 lal Intercollegiate P-ess Ongies confcience held at the Univoisity of Vi'-consin la*-t week The convention embraced cilitoi - of college publications fiom mstitu- I t ons all ovc’i the Uuiteil Slates and I was designed to furnish a dealing house for questions and problems ansmg fiom the editing of yeai book'% and similar projects Discussion Topics Among the fcntuies of the pio giam weie lectuics aad discuvaons, on staff organization and budget svs-j tuns Alethods of obtaining indivnl-j uahtv and of appealing to student: bodies were coiuideied and new ulcus 1 advanced conceining them The tech- 1 meal side of editing also iccuivcd at j tuition, many valuable suggestion being uncovered as to make-up and page balance Dunng the piogiam mtnieiims cd itois ra.sed tn** quest-on pel taming (Continued on thud page) MODERN COLLEGE SHOW REHEARSED BY PLAYERS “The Goose Hanjjs High*’ Will Be Gncn in Auditorium on January Thiitieth Unice Ingals, a flapper, and hei ( Ivnn biotbei, Biadlev, aie the main characteis of the plot Thou fathci and mothei have saciificed eveiv- Ihmg in oi del that the childien mav have an education The fnthci gives up lus hobbies and the mothei a sei - vant and still they have h.mlly en ough monev to keep going Soon the fnthei loses his position nnd he is left penniless Immediate ly upon healing of then fnthei s rnxfoitune, the child*cn leave col lege and return home to do then be .1 to help the familv out of the Double The bov gets a job in a theatre shitt ing scenoiv and the gul a position as s»enographei The cast foi the plav i> as follows Bemaid Ingals—N. D Znnmei mnn ’27 Eunice Ingals—Miss 1> J Ki.utse ** Noel Dei bv— M T Baitiam ’2" Leo Dav— R K Eldei ’2‘.) Rhoda—Miss \ L Bovce ’29 Julia Mindoeh—Miss R L Wm nei ’27 Alls Rt ldlcv—Miss H S Dotv ’27 Hugh Ingals—F S Neiisbaum ’2G Ronald Muidoch—ll N Petuleltou Froth Di’bijins A-pcahnff PRICE FIVE CENTS GLEEMEN SING IN AUDITORIUM AST’ FEATURE TONIGHT Mibs Lucile Skinner, of Music Department. Nanuul .is Fi.tno Soloist TWO (QUARTETS FROAIISE INNOVATION IN HARMONY (oncerl V/iil Be Initial Home Appeaiance of Nittanv Mule Ensemble AfUi scaling s.n uiuiiual succev, in a combined conceit with the A!- leglicnv college glee club at Ale ulvill” this week, the NAlary -ongstei . v ill g'vc their fust home piescnt.it.oa «1 the *c.u when tl.ev appeal as tlio fouitli numbei of the "V’ Couisc this evor'ng in the ~muu at eij-bt-filtcen o clocl- Dncctoi H \V Ci ml, li<*’d of Ike ; derailment ot music, hi hem idd iing tlic finishing torches to a pio ;gr un wmch vil’ contain seli.^tun.” |of a music illy high mdc- ’Uu* limn j bcis to be sung xx.l! lie pi actio tlh the [same as those Used in Lhe M< idville i conceit anil will be sung with that idtgiee of finish which has eh nuclei ! i7ed all Penn State oigam iti<»a» ot j this natuie* in p ist pel fo. u.mcc« Vnrs’ty ()mrtet Bv wav of -aii-tion liom the mm ii'ned vueil numbei-s. the \ i*sit Qunlit, which aU.aetul u.aih favtu iblo comment at the lee-nt ,wi>- f’om-hoiae ptifoimanee, will ippe.i in u mimhei of spcjiallv .clutvil coai positions \n i (novation this yen will he Hie mt'oduetio-i of i uco.nl Vnisity Quatet vvlmb will i.ilei ehangc | 1 ictv.,lh the- icgulni ‘oui membeis on the puiguim Alai, ng '-e-t fust publ e app< " mce-, | Miss Lucille ‘skinnu as- s*,r l piot jes-ox o r musiL. will be- hc.ud m tv.o ! gioup-. of pianoforte nimbus Hu j piogiam will include two numbei * by .Chopin ard one e u-h by L-.-t and | MaeDowcl! As>-jting the- Club a | piano accompanist and oignnist will 'be ALs lien.o O Giant, woo n.is a]j ! (Cont.nued on -ccond p.ige) PLANS FOR SOPHOMORE ! FUNCTION UNDER WAY Woik Divided and Assigned »o Auxilt.iry Gioups—Dale Is as Yci Undcudcd Punaiations >\e*ie nutated liy the Sophomore Hop committee at its fust mc-ting held at the Delta Up silon hm. >e- Alondav n-ghl to stage a seeond-veai class iffaii tlut vi!t justif’ the confidetue- oi eveiy mcm bei of the class of L.ut night a second gathering vv u held but lesults lcichcd the GULLLGI \N too 1 .to foi publication j Little was done on Mo.id iv n-ght [othci than to acqu, ml the nnmhen I with the wink be*mo them ird , assign the vinous np.ut Jio-i visiting eemples, will i! mce to mti-ie tuiaishwl bv Ur* nub’s own oielustia al the I’enn State Club a nice tomonow night m tlie Odd Fellows U ill At a meeting ot the oigam/ation in the Old Chapel Alotidny night Ur ch.uim.i.i ot the decoiiting commit tee announceil that the Odd Fellov.-c linll will be tumniod so as to convey the Clnistmas sjmit \ leatuie ol the bop v-ill ho an exhibition dun lesion dame bv I 1’ Hubboll, of lire Hubbell Stlmol of Dancing lie will be assisted m llr*