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XXI, No. 29 “Y” GROUPS ENTER ON DISCUSSION OF SECOND QUESTION “Do Extra-curricular Activities Justify Themselves?” Is Topic Considered | IS OUTGROWTH OF- FIRST ISSUE TO BE TAKEN UP Leaders Feel That Point System Will Help—Students Have Complete Charge Considering the question, “Do ex tra-curricular activities justify them selves," the leaders of the Y discus sion groups met Thursday night to prepare for presenting the subject to the various groups The question was consideiod from various points of view m order to determine what bcnciita CAtra-cun icu!ar activities give to college students The general feeling was that too email a number of students enter extra-curricula; acli\ ities, particu larly the honorary type of offices rather than those involving work, with the rscult that these students arc ov erloaded with outside duties to such an extent that their studies suffer It was decided that extra-curricu lar activities arc run on a democrat ic basis, every man lias mg an equal chance except in cases where possi bilities arc limited by previous lack oi opportunities nnd experience Point System A point system w as suggested as a means of dtstnbuting responsibilities, to include a giealer number of stu dents and to create an incentive for getting ahead The activtios listed were publications, athletics, music., student government, class organiza tions, Vcligion, diamatics, iiaterni tics. and clubs. If bulhcicnt intei est 10 shown by the groups each of these; divisions will be caiefully analyzed,: and needed changes m the existing system; w ill be considered Feucr Groups —With fewer gioups than there were last ■‘yca'rr'hiTcT’vUth ’students ‘•ral'KcF than with faculty members leading the discussions, it is hoped that some fundamental thinking will be done l*y the student body In bunging to the students the question of activi ties the leaders will present a stand (Continucd on last page) THESPIANS WILL SELL MUSICAL PUBLICATION Folio Contains Musical Scores From This Year’s Show, “The Kid Himself” Following a custom established three years ugo of publishing m book form the musical numbers fiom its. cnnuul production, the Thespian Club is offering all the hits of this gear’s bhovv, “The Kid Himself,'' in one com plete folio This folio v ill go on sale m State College loi the fust time ut the -Music Room tomorrow. This song collection, which piovcd so populni during the holiday tup of the playeit, contains the fifteen musical numbers presented. Some of tfic outstanding selections are “I’ve Been Looking For Someone Like You,” a fo\-trot written by C it Lrmton ’27, “Just We Two Together” i> fox-trot by K II Coleman ’27, and ‘‘Lanterns” a waltz written by L W. lusher ’2B. All the lyrics were writ ten by Hummel Ftshburn and It li Smith '2G In addition to the musical num bers the folio coutuins the personnel of the Thespian Club and Uie com plete cast of ‘The Kid Ilmisclf" also the members of the Thespian orches tra and of Widenor’s band. While on the road, over 500 copies ot the book were sold The puce i 3 one dollar. G K Brumfield '2O, production manager of the Thespians, announces that “The Kid Himself will be staged in Tyrone m the Pennsylvania Rail road Y. SI. C. A. on Tuesday evening, January nineteenth PENN STATE GRANGE TO INSTALL NEW OFFICERS Sir. J. A. McSpurinn, democratic candidate foi governor in the lm' 1 -. ci mpaign, as past mastet of the Pennsylvania State Grunge, will in stall the officers of the Penn State grange ior the coming year tonight j.t seven-fifteen o’clock in Room 100 Hort, After the installation, Mr. McSpnr ran will address the body on mutters <•[ curicnt interest m Grange circles !Jc is a prominent farmer of Lancas ter county' and also a trustee of the P?nn #tatr A PENN STATE CLUB WILL START DANCING COURSE Meeting regularly each week danc ing classes will be held at the Uubbcll school of dancing under the auspices of the Penn State Club. Classes will meet for the fust time this week nr.d the full couisc will include six les sens One section will meet Monday I night at cighl-tlmty o’clock, while the two other sections meet Friday cvcn iing at eight and nine o'clock lcspcct | ivcly. | This plan met with great success l last year and it is expected that more than one hundred men will be cn rollcd. The opportunity to join this class is restricted cntucly to non fraternrty men B T. Conrad '27 will be at the “Y” Ilut Tuesday evening from seven to seven-thirty o’clock, to take the names of all those who arc desirous of enrolling in the class. PLEBE BASKETBALL TEAM IS SELECTED Yearlings To Open Season With Johnstown High School in Armory Saturday FRESHMAN QUINTS PLAY WELL AGAINST VARSITY Scumnrngc with the Varsity Sat urday afternoon cleared up lor Coach Killingcr the difficult task of select ing a freshman team fiom an abund ance of material, when his tempor ary first five succeeded m extending it*, more oxpciicnccd opponent to the hunt While the game was rather list less the shooting on both sides was creditable. Guarding was loose, which accounted for the high score of 54 to !5 in favor of the Varsity*. For the freshmen Delp and Monahan were the high scorers, the former leading all othci players in Uie contest. First Team Selection Starting the game at the forward position, were Monahan and Jacob- center JJrovvnsteni _and v Dclp rnd Wilson, freshman fullback'' and n-'vv addition to the squad, at guards. Steve Hamas who has been handi capped since the vacation with a sprained ankle played for a while in the second team game In the game with Johnstown high school which is scheduled for Satur day evening at six-thirty o’clock this team will begin the game Hamas, d Ins ankle permits, may be used at forward m place of Jacobson. Scrubs Play Well The freshman second team also showed up well against the Varsity second team losing by a margin of two points. Tim five lured up with ! Rally at the tip-off position, baylor and Rinchold at forwards and Horn nnd Brum at the defensive berths Dui mg the game Dcliancy ot Nanti coke high went in at guard and play ed a good game Kock going in at iotwaid also displayed a line brund ol basketball. The freshman game with Johns-, town high will be played as a foru runnci to the Vaisity tilt with Sus quehanna. The yearlings have been show ing exceptional early season ioinr in practice and should develop into a winning combination EUROPEAN PROFESSOR TAKES POSITION HERE Dr. Lorand Will Fill Chemical Engineering Post Vacated by Dr. J. E. Schott In older to till the vacancy left by the resignation of Dr J L. Schott, associate piofessor of chemical engi neering, the School of Chemistry and Physics hus secured the services of Dr Eugene Lorand, a graduate ol the University of Budapest, Hun fi-uy. After receiving the dcgice of Doc toi of Engineering Sciences, Dr. Lo rand spent six years as assistant pro fessoi nt the university’. He then became chemical duector ot the An glo-Hungaimn bank, whete lie wua employed until he c.unc to this coun try Di. Schott, who has been on a year’s leave of absence has resigned m order to accept a permanent posi tion as a member of the development division of the Atlantic Refining company ut Philadelphia, whete he is now employed. He lias been a mem bei ot the department ol chemistry at Penn State for live years At present Prol. D. S. Ctyder is taking charge of the courses former !y given by Dr. Schott but, beginning with the second semester, senior sub- jects m chemical engineering will be STATE COLLEGE, !RA„ TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1926 CLASS GRAPPLERS CLASH SATURDAY ON ARMORY MATS Tryouts for Three Underclass Teams Set for Tomorrow and Thursday Nights COACH TESTS MEN IN FIRST REGULAR BOUTS Outcome of Nine-minute Tills Proves Disappointing to Wrestling Mentor Wrestling activities at Penn State will be given the initial impetus when the senior, junior, sophomore and freshman grapplers meet in the an nual inter-class wrestling match in vthc Armory Saturday afternoon at Ihrcc-tlmty o’clock. Trials for the class teams will be held Wednesday evening at seven o’- clock for freshmen and Thuisday evening at tire same time for sopho mores and juniors. Selections for the 192 G team arc practically complet ed, but any senior who wishes to try will be given an opportunity. All contestants for the teams should utilize the week m scrimmage prac tice rn order to be in the best of con dition foi the match Nine Minute Matches For the fust time since wiesthng practice begun, Coach Leonard put his men through the regulation nine minute scrimmage bouts Saturday af ternoon. According to the coach the results were somewhat discouraging. The men have been making good pro gress in the fundamentals of the game, but when pitted against an rpporent in scinnmagc they seem to fcigct what they have learned. The men know the holds but have not reached the point wlicic they have confidence enough in themselves to use them in scrimmage. However, the coach hopes through competition to develop ability and knowledge be fore the coiung meets. The first match of the season w’hicli ir scheduled with Alfred university is slatcd,.£oc~Ure..tvventy-t]md qf Jan*- uary. Although Alfred is a smaller school than Penn State.it boasts some good records in wrestling duung the four or five years of the existence of the sport there. Wrestling is popular at Allied and occupies an important place on the sports calendar there CANTON FUND DRIVE TO BE MAPPED THURSDAY Student ard Faculty Committee To Consider Tentative Plans at Dinner In older that Canton Chnstiun Col lege students may* have on opportun ity to furthci then education ut Penn State and that Niltan/ students may be sent to Canton to work, u commit tee is engaged in planning n drive to increase the Sunday chapel offer ir.gs which are rcgulaily given over to the maintenance of the Climtiun college m Canton The committee, which is composed or prominent members of the facul ty and student bodies, headed by Dr. S W. Fletcher, will meet Thursday evening at a banquet to be held m the University Club and will consid ci ways and means of more complete-; ly filling tlv* baskets which are pass ed among the chapcl-goeis each Sun day. At tins meeting the tentativ c plans will be finally discussed m detail be fore the drive starts Beginning next Sunday, an entire week will be devoted to the endeavor to show stu dents whoic and why the money is needed. There v ill be speakers at daily and Sunday chapel and pledge curds will probably be passed out The services of the Sphinx and Blue Key societies have been offered to the committee FORMER FACULTY MAN TO BE COLLEGE “PREXY” When Dr. G F Zook, former head of the history department at the Pennsylvania State College, is in augurated as president of the Mun icipal university of Akron, Ohio, Jan itaiy twenty-second, the college will he officially represented by Plot. C L Harris, of the department of ar chitecture, Ins appointment as dele gate being announced yesterday’ by the administrative committee oi the college The Penn State delegate will car ry many peisonal wishes for success to Dr. Zook who was one of the out standing members of the faculty hero when he left five years ago to join the United States Burcnu of Educa tion ut Washington where he became chief of the division ol higher cdut.r- CAGEKffiSJ ELECT lIOOD TO MfcPLACE McVICKER Following -basketball practice last night D.fG. illood ’2G, who has played ci the cage squad for the past twoyettrs, was elected captain of the 192542 G aggregation. The need for a citp'ttrtn was caused by the fail ure of ‘Ctnftbin-clctt McVickcr to re turn to 'CoUafce last fall. Chick'lntftl&’oar v.on his letter at the fuwnrU ‘position and two years ago was a member of the varsity squad. JUNKS CONSIDER M IND FAVORS Wilkes-Barre Company Presents Novdl Scheme to»Prom Committee FAMOUS SBANDS SUBMIT BIDS TO FURNISH MUSIC Although 'many of the incidentals connected with the Junior Prom were acted upon at a meeting of the Com mittee Thursday night, most of the attention was given to completing ar rangements foi the Aimory decora tions and the aelcclion of favors. The most neve! decorating scheme thus far sent in has been given by*: SihcrKtcm and .Company, Wilke"-, Barrc. Working in conjunction with: the Soph Hop committee oi this pbasc of the affair, it is hoped p much more favorable pi ice may he had by using the same decorators for both class “functions Several other fii-ms are working on appropriate de signs and final word should come from the Committee within the ne'L two weeks No idea as to the tvpe of favor the Committee nmy select vas made known, but the contiact will be given Thursday night. Any representatives desiring to submit favors should make ni rangemerfts with A C Ailoway ’27 a‘ the Cuhcco House before that time , Music Being Considered J As yet “there ha. e been no decisions reached on ‘the Prom music Shiny orchestras have been consulted and their terms rcceved Among them arc -Coon 'Sati.idc&V-Niftht—liawka, Ben Bernie, of New York, George Ol sen and Sirs‘Music, and Herb Wiedofl and Hu 'Orchestra Other famous leaders ffre l bemg asked for their fig ures andTro action will be taken until n thorough study of each band has been completed. After ’tilt syncoputors have been cl.oscn the tpostei contest will begin For the Ifbrfr most novel designs ad vertising ihe Junior Prom by each person *there will given a compli mentary fyeket to the function. Pla cards Should be done neatly und at tractively 'in three colors with the date, the <pkrce, the time and the oi chcstru pnrftcd thereon Forty-eight n all will be received by the Con lint tee and twelve free tickets issued Bids for the checking privilege have been leeeived by tho group and if there urc still others to be sunut ted they must he m the hands ot lly (Continued on second page) COMMITTEE CONSIDERS PLANS FOR SOPH HOP Selection of Orchestra, Favors and Decorations Discussed by Second-vcar Men Meeting foi the first time since the Chustmas vacation the Sopho more Hop committee further consid ered the Stdleclion of the oichestra, favors, “and decorating company o” Thursday night Reports from the various sub committees weie lcccivcd by’ Chair man Bolfictd but no move was made to decide definitely any of the mat ters until furthci woid is submitted by oichestra bookers, favoi concerns and interior decorators Orchestra and Favors It is probable that action will In* concentrated first on the orchestra and favors and then attention given to decorations, checking, rcficsh nicnts, entertainment and other de tails Tho puce has alieudy’ been set ut live doll.ns for ficduncn and mx dollars ior sophomores and the date announced as March filth. Up to the present moment the fol lowing orehestus have been consult ed and bids submitted The Memphis Five, Wnimg's Pennsylvanians, Mai berger, Ted Lewis, Pittsburgh Cru saders, WKitey Kaufman and Alex ander -Mnrv. At least twelve other .xj ncopntots huve been requested to send terms to the Committee Some “of tho fraternity jewelers nndohtci ‘hi ms who have demnstrut cc' fnvoik are llalfoui and company, Hoover ‘tiiul Smith, Silvcrcinftci s, Piochoii company* and Chuiles Eliot company. Thus fni the two funis the Conmfittqc bus considered to decoi ato the Aiinory are Silveistcin nnd ■Wilkes-Barre, mid Bi (CnUwjtmt. PLAYERS TURN TO . MYSTERY PLOT IN NEXT PRODUCTION Trio of Experienced Dramatists Secure Roles in Cast of “The Seventh Guest” MISS M. D. REED GETS , PART AS FEMALE LEAD “Charley’s Aunt”, With Changed Personnel, To Perform in Adjoining State Dropping for a time the light char acter of the comedies with which they have been working for the last few years, the Penn State Players arc putting their whole-hearted efforts into the production of “The Seventh Guest,” which entails mystery to the nth degree. A play of this type has not been attempted since the staging of “The .Seven Keys to Baldpate," which met with great success ot each »JlO Alllg. Like “The Cat and the Canary," ‘The Seventh Guest” is made up of a combination of amusing and blood clul'ing scenes and has the same gen eral appeal. Although it has not been shown as yet in New York, “The Sc.cnth Guest” ran for several months in Chicago last year and was pioclanncd by all ciitics as the best in its class. Three Roles Filled Try-outs for this production were held Inst week under the direction ol D. D Mason He haR picked a tenta tive cast which will rehearse for two weeks uud then be changed if it does not prove entirely satisfactory. Three rules, hov.’cvcr, have been definitely filled Miss M. D. Reed '2S, who will be l remembered for her work last year in “The Rescue,” “The First kcar" and “Children of tire Moon,” will play the part of Marlyn Hcirick, the fe male lead. Miss D. Musscr '27, who played in “The Children of the Moon,” •“Captain ■Applejack*.’I—“ The 1 —“The —Whole Town’s Talking” and numerous one ect plays, has been cast as Vivian, mid H. W Cohen, '2G, will appeal as (Continued on lost page) CARTMELL LABORS DAILY WITH INDOOR TRACKMEN Light Woikouts To Picvail Till Examinations End—Weights and Half-Mile Weak Anticipating the irdoor track con tctU which will begin after the mrd bemester examinations but with no engagements definitely nchcduled tne track team has been working daily under the direction of Coach Nate Cartmcli. Although there ..re only u few i turn including Captain "Gup” Moore, Torrence and Stewart, Condi kartmell hopes to present a well balanced team when it goes into ac tion at the Intcrcollcgiates in March The weakest events in tho squad arc at present the half-mile, the shot put and pole-vault, but all of the otlici divisions beam to be allowing promise. Coach Carlnicll plans to have the men train lightly until after the ex amination period and then will ac cept the imitations ot the various meets that arc presented In older to cleat up a pi evading idea that at tueli events as the Miirosc meet the whole team participates, the Lion conch stated that individual stars will represent Penn State at birch contests Ii the ranks of the freshmen, Cox seems to be m the limelight. Run ning against a field of some of tho best nuleis m the country on New Year’s night the licet yearling romp ed away to a 4 minutes 25 seconds victory from the scratch. Cox may aho be used rnd.vrdually nr borne ot the important indoor events tins sea son DR. FOSTER HONORED BY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION Di I. L Foster, head of the Ro mance Language department , ami who is now in his 31st year as a fac ultv member here, has been honored; with election to the presidency of the! Romance Langungc Section of the Pennsylvania State Teachers associa tion Di. Foster has always taken keen interest in the aflmrs of this organi sation and ut the lai»t meeting pre sented his findings on tests showing that present day college students have smullci vocabularies at then' command than those ot some yern. ugo. He gave the omission of Latin LION FACES BETHANY '"QUINT HERE TONIGHT West Virginians Expected To Offer Stiff Competition to Varsity- Game at Seven O’clock ] Semester Registration I Will Begin Tomorrow I Regi itratron for the second | KLinestur begins m the Arrnoiv I tomorrow morning at eight [ o’clock ami continues until Snt | urday at noon. Ihcie v.dl be J no evening o: Saturday aft:r- J noon sessions At the tunc of I registration ever,* student i., I absolutely* lcquucd to pay ins fees EXTENDED USE OF “Y” CABIN FAVORED Harrisburg “Telegraph” Editor Suggests Plan—Promises Personal Support COLLEGE LEADERS LAUD LYTLE CABIN MOVEMENT That he would like to see groups cutstde of the College uue the And* Lytle Mcmonnl Cabin was the state ment made by Mr. E J. Stackhouse editor of the Hairi.buig Tclryiaph, following a recent interview with Carl Culhoui ’25, secretary of the f-c liman Y. M C A. Becoming en thusiastic over tho proposition end promising personal suppoi t Mr Stackhouse intimated that the pros-; pectivc outside orgamzat.ons would! Or m the imtut e of \ anon- state j “Y” committees I For tho purpose of securing tncj remaining financial uul ncccssuiy to! mountain cabin, a com-! nuttoe was appointed cdn\iVtmg“ of Dean R. L Watts, chairman. Dr. I j L. Fostei, treasurer, W. J Kitchen, sccrctaiy, Di S W. Fletcher, Miss' Caroline Hnlunan ’2G, D D. Henry j '2G, Donald Wyman ’2G, Calhoun, and. f> W. Conrad '27 An attractive! booklet depicting the vanous fcatu*-! os of the cabin in uddition to illus- 1 (rations ha& gone to the pi niters and will be ready foi distribution in a few days. This i*» one of the iiilaa 1 steps taken b rf the new ly-fornivd committee Because of wcalhci condition-, work on the cabin hjs been held up With the roof about to be construct ed it is expected that the remaining portions v-.!l be completed aid the cabin ready’ for use by early npnng Regulations are expected to be drawn up within a short time stating tho conditions under which ary official Penn Stile mgamzation can obtain the building Testimonials coming from n.em (ContinLcd on 1 ist page) COLUMBIA GLEEMEN TO APPEAR HERE FEBRUARY New York Songsteis ll.ivc High Rating—Concert Is at End of Western Tour Coming Ivrc at the o.id of an ex tended lour m the West the Colum bia mine: .it/ Glee club will gr e a loinl concert with the Penn Slate club in the Auditonum Fndiy even ing February fifth The Columbia gleemcn (ompuse an orgnni/nt'oii oi Uuitv-six men among whom arc* an assisting vocalist, an instiumcntaliit rnd the varsity quartet As member of the Intercollegiate Musical Corporation for yean, tin New York club hus always won foi itself a unifoinrlv good luting Then mmibeis have been arranged with caie, and they will presuit a vmiel* of high class music m the coming progiam here Although the I’cnn Slate club gave a concert hoio only a shoit time ago thou icpeibme m the February entertainment will! consist entirely of new selections. Filling then usual iolo as fun-nuik tis, the Varsity quartet will give sev eral groups of humorous selections during the evening. To add to the piogiam tho com mittee in cliuige has auang;d foi an all-college dance in the A.rnoiy immediately* alter the concert. Wido noi’s oichestra has been secured to funiish the music,und the committer plans to make the ulTau a success Tickets nun be secured at the ad vance sale at Co-op on Tuesday even ing, January twenty-sixth at seven thirty’ o’clock, or fiom nry member Ilcre Cornea Beth an’ He A-courtinff PRICE FIVE CENTS I Although Bethany is rated as a class B team, the squn.l that Coach Nuss pits against the Lion quintet in the Armory tonight at seven o’clock piomiscs to offer some stiff competi tion to the Blue nnd White and an interesting battle foi the spectator a The West Vnginmni have developed a reputation for their snappy floor men and boast a number of capable tagers Coach Nuss is yet undecid ed who will represent the Bisons but n i 3 likely that Rush, Peckman, Jay cox, Cochran and Addy will face Coach Hermann's proteges Reports from Bethanv state that the team is in the best of condition nnd arc trav eling here with the intention of skin ning the Lion Xittnny Lineup According to latest indications, Saylor and VonNoida will hold down the guard posts with Hamas mid Hood at forwaid positions and MacDonald at center The team ar a whole has sl’o.vn steid/ improve ment since the initial post-hohday jractice la«-t Tuesday and should prove a poweiful combination when | the season readies the peak Pin. in Uie game between tho plcbcs and the Varsity Saturday ai ternoon was listless and could not be taken as a criterion loi tho -•Length of Hermann’s men although the senior combination took over the yearlings to the tune of 51 to 45. Mike Hamas, although not in nud sta e on form, chalked up a number ot beautiful shots fiom difficult positions nnd should piovc a sconng ace m the coning games Guard Positions Strong ' MacDonald has undoubtedly* shown j more improvement m b.s v\o:k than any olhoi veteran on the team Hit Ijlay. u hQa<l\L ejnei his-shopting undo j the basket, especially on ioliou*-up (Continued on last page) TOURNAMENT TO DECIDE CHESS TEAM PERSONNEL Results Will Determine Rank of Contestants—Team Matches Pending; To determine the personnel of the chess team which w.H represent Porn Slate the Chess Club vviil continue its present tournament until January t.vcnty-ciglith On that date the competition will bo closed and the men will be rated ncoidtng to Ilia icults of the games played A-iyonc inteieatud nuv enter the m itches In attending tho meeting on Thursday night at aeven-lhuly o’clock m Room 2B Liberal Arts * Details max be obta.ned from R. X Leach 201 Watts Hall At the .\ O' kly meeting of the Chesu { ub Thur.dav, plans wore dncus.ed for presenting the members of tho team with specul watch charms at t!ie end of the ‘Cason Tins year’ l ! uheduie his not been completed A match with the Unncisau of Ponn svlvnnm. m pending while engage ments with Williamsport and Duck noil are almost certain J R Mufisci ’27 has been e’ecterl vicc-prcsident and Ibiaol Kanrborg ’23 scuetaiy-Ve.Lsurcr, to fill the offices left vacant by the failure of T F Webb and U S. Lilen to re turn to college Chapel-goers Hear Dr. F. W. T ompkins U«mg “What baytut Thou Thyself’’ as his text, Dr F. W Tompkins, rectoi of Uie Church of the Holy Timily in Pluhaielphia, delivered Uu* sermon m the chapel service fcu’i d.i\ moiiung “What could we answer to this question'”’ Lp. Tomplmu asked. “Do we leally know as much about ourselves as we sometimes pretend to know “People of today fall down m the definite thing, ot life,” declared the speaker “In older to be a success, rather than n failuic in life one must attack his respective pioblems vitli a definite aim m view Even the certainties or hto lack the power of in exactness of purpose” “We cunnot ce.pect to do things to cay us they ought to be done if wo do not have n paitml vision of the iutuie,’ said Dr. Tompkins “l*ui thcimoie, if we know the facts ol the past we are able to get a mou definite view of tho futuic ’’ He tlos-
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