VOL. XXI. No. 28
-* # THE KID HIMSELF”
MEETS UNRIVALLED
SUCCESS ON TOUR
TJiospians Produce Show Before
Packed Houses in Six of
Eight Performances.
MANAGER PREPARES FOR
SECOND TRIP AT EASTER
Play Will Make First Local Ap
pearance Night After
Senior Bali
■ Presenting "The Kid Himself," n;
musical comedy Hint. piovod even
more populai with Pennsylvania
audiences than last gear's p,oductlon,
the Penn State Thespians completed
thou* first trip of the year and arc
now working to peifect the show for
its initial staging in Stats College
ur.d foi the spring toui during tl>e
Easter vacation Judging trom com
ments mado upon the holiday per
formances, the club will continue to
piny to crowded houses foi the re
mainder of the season
■ Having coached the playeis to the
point whole ho was satisfied with
their production" as the best college
show that he has ducctcd, Mumice
Darcy, of the Ned Wayburn studio.,
Ims left the gioup to continue its
work undoi the guidance of G E
Biumficld ’2O. Plan 3 are now bung
made for tho first pcifoimancc hers
m the Aud.torium on Saturday Fcb
luaiy thirteenth, the evening aftei
the Scmr Ball The ticket salo will
begin soon at the stole of Jainc-*
Bloom on Allen street. Prices will
he from seventy'-five coats to two
dollars.
Spring Tour
With engagements foi the spimg
trip now booked in six cities, the
Thespian organization will Have!
through eastern Pcnnsyhan'.v uiid
will also go into Ohio during the
Easter recess. Without those dates
which aro yet indefinite, "The K.d
Himself" will bo staged in Altoona,
Johnstown, Hue, Butler, Mcadvillo
end Cleveland. «
In addition to this extended torn.
(Continued on fourth page)
ANNUAL MILITARY BALL
SCHEDULED IN FEBRUARY
Widenor’s Orchestra To Furnish
Music for Affair—Several
Innovations Planned
After completing plans for the an
nual Milhtary Ball to be held Fcbru
aij twenty-sixth, Student Colonel A
C. Miller ’2O has uimouncd that the
afTan this year vvjfi be more elabor
ate than cvci before.
Appealing in full militaiy uniform,
“Russ" Widcnot undhis band of mus
icians will furnish the music for the
occasion. The scheme of decorating
Ims not yet been decided upon but
the committee have several novel
j lans under consideration. The pio
grams and favors for the mid-winter
function have been selected and the
older placed in* the hands of the
pimteu Something unusual will bj
given us a souvenu of the dance and
committee promises that the fu
voi* will be unlike anything which
bus c\ei been given at a Penn State
dance
An attempt will be made this year
to reform the methods of holding a
dance which have befoic maihcd all
functions held m the Aimoiy To
elmunmtc crowding on the dance
floor the committee has ai ranged to
beep the crowd away fiom the mam
doorway. There will be no nubs
eliminate exchanging ot tickets nnd
pass out checks will be given to tho3D
who wish to leave the dance at anv
time Th.s will be done with the
idea of insuring the plcusuro of those
who attend the dance
Fraternity booths will be sc ittered
•Jong the sides of the Armoiy ami
cheeking privileges foi the alfair vv.ll
he sold Students mtciestod in
chocking privileges are tequested to
see A C. Millet at the Della Pi
house. The concessions wll be sold
with permission to charge a fee for
checking wraps and ai tides.
. All the It 0 T C units m the
country arc holding then military
hall on this evening, and it is tho de
sire of tho committee that the danco
he strictly formal
R. B. WRIGHT WILL SPEAK
It. B Wnght, v iLc-picsidcnt of
the American Society of Mcehanic.il
Engineers and managing editoi of the
Railway Age, will deliver the engin
eering lecture next Fndav afternoon
in Old Chapel
There will bo no lectuic this after
noon R. S Benkerd, the sponhei,
is unable to appeal Mi Wright’s
talk will be the last befoic the ex
aminations
Prim iTatr (gl
Knotty Ropes Tangle up Penn State \
■ i Professor With Novel Championship'
, Upon the waste stretches of ng
lull the bosoms of the faculty elite
swell with justified pride. And why
knot? One of "their number one
Trof. R W. White, familiarly known
Ins "Fanner," has just thrown a coup
jlj of half latches nnd n double car
jnek around a national chamuionship!
| Professor White accomplished this
ifeat by tying no less than two hun
|died separate and distinct varieties
jef krots, hitches, braids and splices
land mounting them upon large ox
[hibit.o’.i boards in such a way a 3 to
liliovv how they were assembled Each
I is numbered and named and the w hole
'collection tacked to.twin panels now
I lunging m the Agricultural Expci i
imcnt Stato*\
Soma of the more intricate knots
amt splices no woven m rope with
eo'orcd strands to enable laymen to
follow the vanous bights and loops
Included among these are tuc Japa
nese knots, tho masthead, the Turk’s
head, and log and eye splices Dis
playing skill m artistry as well as
draft in fashioning hempen puzzles,
tlij rope artist wove a symmetrical
vase from common barn straw and
put the work of Indians to shame
YEARLING TOSSERS
RESUME PRACTICE
Coach Experiments With Var
ious Combinations—Mater
ial For Team Is Excellent
PLEBES TO MEET BISON
FRESHMEN IN FIRST TILT
Experimenting with a diffei ent
combination each night, Coach Kill
mgur is giving every man on the
freshman basketball squad an oppor
tunity to show Ins ability before the
opening game with tho Bucl.neU
plebos Maich twenty-thud
Practice was lesumed immediately
efter the vacation with about twenty
five mcn.rcportmg, Hamas, who had
been playing icgularly on the tem
po} ary first team, sprained an ankle
fit rng tha boll ’sv-s ahiThiis hern un
able to begin work
Good Material
With a wealth of material from
which to choose, the coach in finding
difficulty in selecting a fir3t team.
All the cond dates aic showing good
form and competition is strong at
i.jch posit on* Vanous combinations
jne being woikod with, but as yet
r.o team has been outstanding.
At the center berth Biownstcln
end Reilly have been alternating,
neither seeming able to gam tha up
per hand Competition at tire for
ward positions is proving to be fast
with manv accuiatc shots fighting
im tha call, llamas, Monohan, Jac
obson, Snyloi ami Rmchold aie out*
sUiuLng among the foiwards
I)clp at Guard
Delp who prior to the vacation
was playing at forwaid has been ic
turned to guard wheie he will prob
ably lcniam Other guards who arc
showing* good form aic Horn and
Inum. In addition to these many
food players aie still in the running
Most of the playcis now on the
rquad conic Horn schools where they
hin c mude enviable records Schools
that are lcprcscntcd aie West Phila
delphia, Easton, Germantown, East
Rutherford, La Salle and Uppei
I'aiby
Police Force Hounds
Newfangled Burglar
As Delta U’s Worry
Member* of tho Delta Upsilon fia
tcimly are seriously consideimg lur
ing a house detective to clear up a
mystenous lobbery During the
Christmas vacation tho chapter
house was tho victim of a thoft that
has. tho local polite detachment com
pletely baffled
No dues have been uncovered, it
is not even known how many pnitici
pated m the tlistt. At picscnt a
fooling of gloom pervades the houso
on Locust Lane The faith of tho
local chuptoi m the honesty of man
mul incidentally in the piotection ot
locks has been rudely biuiscd il not
shattered
Scveial oi the biothers ictuvnod to
college Inst Saturday and noted
nothing anuss—at fust. Then they
decided to play the victrola, but
found no iceoids A fiantic search
jevealed that all except two disci
were gone, Foi some icason the
thieves left “Yes Sn, That’s My
Pabv” and "Stumbling All Around "
Piobably they ivcie tiled of heating
them.
Furthct investigation showed that
the houscbieakcrs luul us discrimin
ating a taste in clothing ns m music.
Two valuable fur conts, thiec to,i
coats, one ovouoat, thiec suits mid
othci nppnicl was the pnncipal loot.
STATE COLLEGE. PA.; FRIDAY, JANUARY 8. 1926
with an example of ornamental knot
work.
The twin boaids were awarded first
prize at the Eastern States Exposi
tion held in Springfield in September
1923 nnd have enrried off numoious
ether blue ribbons Prof. White ha 3
lust completed a third board, contain
ing kuota and tics of paiticular in
terest to tho famcr. ’
Tacked to the venccied surface of
the latest board arc knots such ns
tho Spanish bowline, the harness
hitch, the farmer's loop, the binder
knot, tho timber hitch and others hav
ing a purely agricultural application
A photogiaph of this collection will
U published m the February issue
of the Penn State Farmer.
INTER-CLASS MAT
SCRAP DATE SET
Movement Started To Change
Intercollegiate Rilling on
Third Place Bouts
MEET WITH UNIVERSITY
OF OHIO IS SCHEDULED
Opening the wrestling season ot
Penn State the annual intei-class
sciap will he held on the Armory
mats Saturday, January sixteenth \
On tho following Saturday the Var
sity grapplers will meet the ropre-j
sentatives of Alfred university m
their first match
Trials Tor the four class teams will
be held the middle of next weak It
is important that all men who intend
to tiy for tho teams get some scrim
mage practice before that time
Resume Practice
Tho Varsity’ wrestlers lesumed
practice immediately after vacation
and arc now nard at work undci the
lutclaga of Coach Leonard. No ef
fort has been made as yat to line up
a team which will i opresent the Col
lege m tha first match. Most ot tho
time iq being spent in practicing tho
fundamentals of'wn catling < ' r 'rctn of
the'diolds used 'nstf year have been
eliminated nnd some new ones have
been added.
The open date left on tha schedule
for March thirteenth has been filled
by Ohio unvicraity. The match will
be at home nnd will probably be one
of the hardest meets of the season
Changes Urged
At a r occnt meeting of the Inter
collegiate Wrestling Association u
movement was started to eliminate
or change the manner of determining
the third place title holder at tho
vvicsthng intcicollcgiatcs Under
tho present system the winner of
I t!i id may have to wrestle five times
dunng the same day which is too
haid on him
A questionnaire is being sent to the
colleges m the Association o i this
subject and each coach has been ask
ed to give his opinion. Another movc
(Continucd on last page)
LIBERAL ARTS COURSE
SPEAKERS SCHEDULED
Dean Holbrook To Give First
Talk on Program—Five
Speeches Planned
The Libeul Arts school has again
sreured speakers from the vanous
departments of the college for the
sixteenth senes of vvintoi lectuies to
be given m Old Chapel beginning
Fehruaiy twenty-third
Dean Holbrook will speak on "Coal
rnd Our Modem Civilization” at the
fast one on Tuesday evening, Fobiu
ery twenty-thud On Maich second
Dr W. S. Dye of the English dopntt
n.cnt will take foi his subject "The
Many-sided Kipling" The third lec
ture which will be on MJich sixteenth
will be “Ameiican Shrines m Eng
land” by Miss Simmons of the Gor
man department.
Dr. W F. Dunaway of the depart*
ment of History will speak on “The
Peopling of Pennsylvania” m lus lec
tuie on Apul twentieth. The last
lecture will be given by Dr. Dotteier
of the dopaitment of Philosophy, on
May font til on the subject “The" Ten
dencies in American Philsophy.”
Who’s Dancing
Friday
Ile-ShA Dance—Armoi y
Cuhcco
Beta Chi Soiority—Country Club
Saturday
Delta Pi
Chi Upsilon
Sychoi club—Pin Delta Theta
I Scholarship Owners * ;
’ Must Gel DfcfennteAtsft
All holders of scholarships
must report at the President’s
office for deferment slips so far
as tha incidental fee is con
cerned before they can be reg- .
istered for the second semester
and pay their other fees.
ii—a— Q
BORDERDESiGNOF
LA VIS COMPLETED
Final Dumpiy for ,1927 Annual
Made by Editor —Several
Sections Finibhed
INDIVIDUAL PHOTOGRAPHS
ARRANGER FOR PRINTERS
With the border and co.ci designs
completed nr,d the junior sect.on well
under way thg jnembers of the 1927
La Vic staff qtc now turning their
attention to finishing the woik in the
\ arious departments of tho annual
During the Chriatftias holidays a
final dummy for tho junior bonk was
completed by Editor'll. D Dundore
and with this arrangement to woik
on the nmteiiil for the various do
tnitmcnts is being turned mto the
hands of the punters. The senior
section is also finished.
Bofdpr Selected
| The individual page boidci design
is the latest )voik of the art depart
ment and owes much of its beauty
to the simplicity of design The out
side bordei is rcctangulai. a key stone
bcirg placed in Dm center of the up
pci portion and a sketch of the Old
Main gates with 1327 m the cental
being placed at the bottom Tbc
v ord La Vie is placed in the uppei
forneis
With the exception of selecting the
coloi, the leather cover is complete
A veiy heavy grain leather is being
used which yri|l givo a rugged ap
pearance Tiinngies will be placed
at tho comers of the border with the
class numerals and th>* woid La Vie
embossed within
Art Workj£v”~c.ss
•Ovui thirty* slcetuT-a - nave been
submitted by (he art staff of the
book, headed by* R. M. Gibbs, and arc
(Continued o.i last page)
COMBINED GRID ELEVENS
SCHEDULE ANNUAL DANCE
Penn .State’s varsity and fresh
r.en football i,quads wall hold their
annual social eelebrat'on at Varsity
liall in a foimal dance January twe i
tj -second from nine o'clock to one 1
J. E Smart '27, K. R. Weston ’27, i
B G. Giay ’26 and W. W. Allen '2C,
Iho committee in charge of tho affa.t,
have promised that the dance will be
a. festive occasion The decorations
a c m the past years will be blue and
white. Russ Widcnoi’s orchcstia will
furnish the music
COLLEGE SENATE APPROVES
TENTATIVE 1926-7 CALENDAR
Foi the past few weeks the Committee on the College Calendar has
been vvoikmg on the 1926-27 roster and the tentative ycaily ptogtam ns
foimulaled by them follows*
1926
Freshman Week * .Sept 9-11, Thurs-Tucs,
Examinations foi Admission, Advanced Standing and Removal of Condi
tions Sept 9-11, Thms.-Snt
Rcgistiation Days Sept 13, 14, Mon., Tucs
Fust Somoxtci begins 10,JO A M Sept 15, Wed.
Alumni Home-Coming Day (Holiday) Oct. 23, Sat.
Scholarship Day Nov, 4, Thuis
Thanksgiving Recess begins, 12.10 P. M
Thark«giving Rcccs, ends 1.30 P. M
Christmas Recess begins 5:20 P. M.
Chtishuus Recess ends 8 00 A. M
Wintci Courses in Agucultme begin
Registration ot Students in Residence
Rcgistiation of New Students
Fust Semester ends
Second Scmcstci begins S 00 A M.
Mid-Yent Graduation 7.30 P. M.
Wmtei Couises in Agncultuic end
Eastci Recess begins 5*20 P. M
Eastei Recess ends b 00 A. M.
Pcliolniilup Das
Fathois’ Dnj*
Mcmoual Das (Holiday) k
Second Seincstei end? Election of Tnibtees
Alumni I)a>, Annual Meeting: of Board of Trustees
Buccal ampule Das
Commencement Da\
Entrance Esqpunationß at the College
Young Funnels' Week
Fnrmcib’ Field Das
Summer Session negotiation
Summer'Session begins
Summer Session Commencement
Summer Session ends
Freshman \Veek
E\nminatii)iis foi Admission, Advanced Standing and Removal of Condi
tions Sept B*lo, Thurs.-Snt.
Registinlion Days ' Sept. 12,13, Mon., Tues.
Fast Semestei begins 10.30 A. M.
(Collegian.
•VARSITY PASSERS
WIfUffiPRACTICE
AFTER LONG REST
Mike Hamas Absent From Squad
Because of Illness—Greene
Also on Sick List
WELKER AND ROEPKE
CONTEND FOR BERTH
Hermann Faced With Problem
of Reconditioning of Men
for Coming Battles
Faced with the pioblem of recon
ditioning his ,men nfter an idleness
of over two weeks, Coach Dutch Her
mann put the Blue and White basket
ball squad through active practice
sessions daring the past week with
the paramount purpose of toughen
ing his men for the approaching en-
I gagements. Little attention was
paid to form or plays, although the
Penn State mentor will stress the imo
points of the game in the linal prac
tice pciiods preceding the clash with
Bethany Tuesday night.
Consumable anxiety was'caused
when Mike Hamas, probably one of
the flashiest couitmcn on the Nittany
cquad failed to repoit back to school
on scheduled time. Hamas suffered
a slight illness during the last few
nays of Ins vacation and foi uwhile
it was thought that the Blue and
White passer would not be able to
don 5 uniform for some time How
ever the former Passaic star returned
(Continued on last page)
Orchestras Studied
By Prom Committee
Tak’ng advantage of the opportun
ities offered during the holidays,
members of tin* Junior Prom Com
mittee personally inspected the per
formances of several of the orches
has under consideration and will re
port on them at a meeting to be held
cither tonight or Monday evening.
A number ot bids havo* been re
ceived from nationally famous muoi
cal organizations and several i,rcw
ones asked to play at the early spring
dance. Among these was the “Cali
fornia Revelers,” an organization
which met with great favor at Penn
and Princeton. All bids will be con
sidered at the meeting, it being de
sired to secure the best music possible
for what is recognized as Penn
State’s greatest social function ot
the year.
j Decoration offers will also bo
I brought up and a discussion will bo
held as to whom the ( contract shall
be released Although u subsidiary
item to the music, the methods of
beautifying the Armory will not be
overlooked and the Committee ul
icady promise-, something unusual
foi the dancers.
Nov. 24, Wed.
No%. 29, Mon.
Dee. 17, Fn
1927
Jan 1, Tues
Jan G, Thurs.
Jan 12-15, Wed -Sat
Feb. 4, Fit
Feb. 5, Sat
Feb 7, Mon.
Feb 8, Tues
Maich 4, Fn
Apul 13, Wed.
Apul 21, Thins.
April 28, Thuis
Muy 7, Sat
Mav SO, Mon,
June 10, Fri.
June 11, Sat.
June 12, Sun.
June IS, Mon.
June 15, IG, Wed., Thuis.
June 15-17, Wed.-Fn.
Juno IG, Thurs.
June 25, Sut,
'Juno 27, Mon.
Aug 1, Thun.
Aug G, Sat.
Sept. 8-13, Thurs’-Tucs
Sept. 11, Wed
THIBAUDAPPE,
AUDITORIUM 7
French Master Violinist
Here on Itinerary of 1
to American Con'
French Violinist
JACQUES THICAUD
DRAMATISTS PLAN
NEW PRODUCTION
“The Seventh Guest” Is Drama
Filled With Mystery And
Unexpected E\cnts
CAST TO BE SELECTED
IN TRYOUTS NEXT WEEK
Replacing then former produc
tions of light farcical nature with,
plays of a heavier \cm, the Penn State!
Players aie holding try-outs for “Th: 1
Seventh Guest" by Inms O3born and,
,A. J. Aubrev. Tha tlvriil producing
atmosphere oi ‘’this ' pieA'nchho i
should score a {.ureas-, Mimlar to
thut of "The Seven Baldpate"
when it vns produced in 1921 and
again last June.
The effect of the latte: play v as to
prove conclujivelv that a nclodrama
1 as a great npeal to Penn State aud
iences “The Seventh Guest" is a
model n, mystery-melodrama i coking
with murders and ghostly appari
tions, supplemented by mysterious
pounds and unexpected happening l .,
which always bring the
to the edge of their reals, tense vuth
cxpcctat on
Having as jet assigned none ot
(Continued on fouitli page)
Dr. Foster Gives
Scranton Speech
Language tests iecc,.tl. given to a
group of iir e t-yem students of Pe n n
State would tend to sho v that the
averrge .student ol lod-\ i. belt’ei
in Esperanto, than in Engl.sh, in
wh eh he ha, been trained all Ins
1 fc. Such was the deLla'ation of
Professor 1 L l o'tei, head of th •
Romance Language d< paitn.cnt of Lhe
u liege m addicsing tne annual meet
mg of the Pennsjlvaiu.i State Teach
ers Association at Scranton bust week
Tin derailment g**ve one hundred
eighteen iieslnncn the lowa Place
ment Examination, published bv the
University of lowa and constructed in
part bv Prof G D Stoddart, a Penn
State giadult 1 : Onh 51 passed the
lost as a whole, vhilc (> 1 failed. A
total ot 71 failed the English but
o’ilj Gl fai'cd tl”* Esperanto, wliuh
i*. used in such tests because it re
quites some skill m invention .ind ob
aenaton, aceo.dmg to the speaker
Removal ol Latin fiom the cutricu
la of the high schools is one of the
chief causes of Innguage fatluies to
daj, accoidmg to Professor lo.lei
Other mfeiencos to be drawn fiom
the iccent tests, he pointed out. weio
the neglect of technical Enghsh in
piepaiatoij schools of ignorance of
the average student of the gi animat
uol vocabulaij nccessaiv for the an
alytical study ot a language, ot the
pitiful stress on the building up of a
vocabularj on the pait of the student,
and that the habits ot caielessness
and inexactness mo growing among
the younger generation
1929 Repoitcis Will
Have Meeting Tonight
AH freshman candidates tor
the cditonnl staff ol the COL
LEGIAN nic lequoslod to lc
pojt to the othce tonight at stx
foity-livo.
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