Sophomorc * Proclamation— We Need Funds! VOL XXI, No. 33 NITTANY MATMEN DOWN ALFRED IN SEASON’S OPENER Rumbaugh, Chenoweth, Long and Liggett Get Falls—Lions Win by 26-5 Count A. A. DECLARES PREVOST INELIGIBLE TO WRESTLE Crantier Provides Best Match for New Yorkers—Visitors Score on Default Shoving form that pro-season dope ' ould not have predicted, the l’enn State grapplers opened the 182 C vrcstling activities by defeating the University of Alfred giapplers lib to G on the Armory mats Satin day at ternoon. Less than twenty-fours hours be fore the meet, Coach Leonard receiv ed the upsctUng news that Jules Pre vost, Varsity heavv-weight v/rcstlci and last year’s letter-man, had been declared ineligible by the Athletic Association He was disqual.licd on: Hie grounds that lie had played three years of inter-collogiato football Default Unlimited Mitch Since Garrison, the only other heavy-weight on the squad has been loiccd to gne up wrestling on account ci an infected leg, Penn State vvai left without a repiescntative in the unlimited class Coach Leonard un forced to default the heavy-weight natch winch accounted for the lire points gamed by the visitors. To open the meet Kaiser, Nittany 115 poundci, took Captain Gaiuse or Alfred to the inat3 but lulled to get him turned over and was foiced to be satisfied with a decision Kaiser had a tune adv antage of G minutes “2 sec onds. Liggett, in the 125 pound class, piovcd to be mote successful and al ter 3 minutes 51 seconds of wrestling succeeded in ptnn.ng both of Mofiltt’a shoulders to the mat foi a iall. Lig gett threw Ins man with a half Ncl —son •and ibOdy ‘loriyholrf. "Tins- made j the score 8 to 0 in favor oi Pern State. In the thuty-fnc pojnd class, Chcnoueth proved Ins supeuonty by Ihrowing Pi uden, of Alfied, in t> imn (Contmued on lust page) CLASS IN ENGLISH-303 TO STAGE FOUR PLAYS Onc-act Comedies Will Display Talent of Students After Semester’s Training OlTuing u piogiam teeming with comedy, my stay and thrills, the cluss m play-p:oduction, English >U.S, will present foui one-act plays in the Aud itorium on baturdny evening ’lint class has been giving plays throi gh rut tho semestn and has selected liom those alicady presented lour ol the best foi public shoving The plays to bo presented are ‘ Moonshine, ’’ by Arthur Hopkins, a comedy of the Kentucky moonslunci, “The Man Who Died at ’lwelve O’clock,” by Paul Green, a comedy dealing with the superstitious, old rcgio, Jus grarddiughtci and her colored innee; “The Drums ot Onde,” by Austin Strong, a tlmlling melo otamo, the plot ot which is laid m India, and the last, a comedy acted entirely by gills, entitled “The Ke licarsal ” The secr.etv, costumes and lighting clfccts, as well as the coaching and directing are the work of the students themselves. The plays are jndcr the gcncial direction of l’rot. A C Uloc tmgh, whose comment states that all of the production*? have a stiong pop ular appeal and should prove exceed ingly entei taming Ticketu for the performance are on bale ot the store of James Bloom, and arc puced at tiity and seventy-live cents. GIRLS’ GLEE CLUI! PLANS LATE WINTER CONCERTS The Penn State Unis’ Glee Club has made tentative plans foi the sec ond semester ot the college yeai, ac cording to Miss M A Ucindel '2b, president ot tho organization. limy m lobxuary tho club will icn dei a sacred numbei at the bunday morning chapel service. A week latei the quartet will sing scrota! special numbers and assist the chon rt the Lutheran chuich. This year the glib’ club will appear jointly’ with the gleemen in the seriei of annual Sunday afternoon concert* Although plans lor a two or three days' conceit torn including Altoona and a lew othci places arc being con- ' «<fcml-\A/®©kly P«tn ftfatr A 1 I SOPHS URGE GREEN-TOPS TO SCRIMP FOR PROCLAMATION Freshmen! Hen would you like to to tell some roug’uicCk sophomore to take your laundry case down to the postofilce? Or butter yet to carry wood? And more mldly gratifying ot all to exchange customs with the class of ’2B ! That the dream of gleeful antici pation may be turned into a stern ac tuality is the fear of every serious minded sophomore, for to the 1828 Proclamation committee, which ib working on a fitting poster for the yearlings has come a vision “What right has anybody to denv the freshmen the eternal rights of li beity and equality."’, thunder the prophetically inspired mcmbeis ot the committee, but an obdurate wing re-: flies with eloquent terseness, “Humph ” Night after n.ght was spent m struggle Each side refused to yield the bitter duel The fate ot the treshman class hung m the balance Should the downtronden and the meek rise up against their oppressors oi should they continue to .-be custom made? That was the question. Alter weary hours of stress the DISCUSSION GROUP LEADERS CONVENE Main Issue of Present Topic Outlined—Four Questions Receive Comment LEADERS RECOMMEND NEW RUSHING SYSTEM Discussing the main issue of the “Y” discuosion topic, “Fraternity Life on tho Campus” the group leader, met last Thursday night. The advan tages ana disadvantages ol fraternity life were weighed and remedies given to overcome its m.stakcs. • One belief hold by every member , of the gathering was that fraternity . l.fe possesses seveul advantages, , principally preparing students lot Aiothor, point ■ brought! out! -was that the fiaternity man should develop this asset and so pro* . mote the ueliato of the college. Outline Main Issues Five questions lor tho individual gioups were given by the leaders The fust two have to do with the ai gv.ncnls in favor and the objections to fiatemty life The Hurd topic was related to the first two m that it (Continued on last page) WILL INCLUDE FACULTY IN “DADDY” GROFF DRIVE One Hundred and Fifty Cards Gathered as Result of Student Campaign Having closed the “Daddy” Gro't fund drive in the local chuichcs us well as among the student bodv the committee intends.to make a thor ough canvass of the faculty members within the next few weeks. Accord ing to Di S \V Hetchci individual letteis will be sent to every instruct or regardng lull deads ot the piojeot, its mm and purpose One hundred and hlty pledges were received Horn the students m the drive that touched its end last Ihuis dry It was made krovrn by \V. J Kitchen, secretary of the Y M C A , that the amount of pledges docs net represent the amount of money that has been paid m foi the support ot “Daddy” Grort The drive among ihc student body opened on Sunday* when Bruce But- Ici ’2b in a short talk before the cha pel goers, outlined the work being curried on in China by “Daddy” GiofF m addition to the urgent need lot fom thousand dollars foi the tur- Ihonng of extension work in the Orient. A member of the committee spoke at each suceecd'ng chapel ox eieisc. Miss C F. Hahman '2b was the speaker on Monday morning, F M Kchcifci '2O, Tuesday, D D. Hen ij* ’2G, Wednesday, G L hetman '2?, Thuisdny completed the list ot stu dents that exhorted aid for the four thousand dollar campuign fund P. J. REBER ADDED TO ENGINEERING FACULTY Because of the large number ol htudents taking mechanical engineer ing subjects this year, tho depart ment has secured P. J Rebel ’22, to fill one ol the vacancies resulting m the luculty as a consequence ot the increased emollmcnt. 11c will take up Ins duties here the beginning ot tho second soiuestci Since his giaduation, Mr. Robot has lived in Dclicfontc where he has been employed b> the Tilim Metal companv|ji complete l-eport ol w inch STATE COLLEGE, PA.. TUESDAY, JANUARY 26. 1926 committee reached a decision. It de cided that at all* costs the freshmen must have a pioclamatlon. A com piomfse was linally reached and the postei drawn - up. The men who wrestled with the problem; F. AI. Gaffer, chairman, J. W. Coleman, L. isi. Stitt, H. E. tialmcr and 11 K Elankenbillcr, plan to send the result of their efforts to be photographed The poster will then bo lithographed by the firm submitting the bebt bid. To embody both sides of the ques tion the five men on whom the bur den rested agreed to liberate the fieshmcn (on the postet alone of course) but then to bnnff them back to ffnra reality. The joys and sor rows of the yearlings aie humorously portrayed in pictures In the center of the proclamation is an unusually iorceful poem The stupendous con flict that raffed among the members of the committee has its faithful ro -11-ex in the portrait of a freshman who '■ is torn with grief at the fate of his chasmatos. AH m all its is a very picturesque pioclamatlon that wilii greet the freshmen several weeks af ter the second semester opens PROGRAMS CHOSEN FOR SENIOR BALL Committee Names Wilkes-Barre Company To Decorate for Upper Class Function DATE SET FOR DRAWING OF FRATERNITY BOOTHS With the selection of the Sdvci stern Decorating company to lurmsh the decoration for the Senior Hall in the Atntory, February twelfth, all ar langements for the upper class Junc tion oi c now complete. The design, submitted by Jacob S;lvcrstem of Wilkcs-Danc was con sidered the most original and most appiopriatc for the occasion. It con sists of a lattice ceiling composed of fireproof buntmgnjrthc center ot tho Arrnoiy with the class colors, blue and gold, predominating The squares between the strips ot bunting will be Idled until Southern Simlax which will be arranged to hang below the ceiling The sides of the ceiling will be covared with a draped border tiom' (Continued on last page) I STUDENTS WHO FINISH R. O. T. C. TO RETURN UNIFORMS NEXT WEEK All students who have completed the tour semester comses in K. O T C. should retain their umlorms to the storeroom of the militaiy depailmcnt m DlacAlhstor Hall any day of ex amination week, between the hours, of nine to twelve a. m. and two to five p .m. itefunds will not be muds by the College treasurer betoic Feb ruary eighth. Those students who have newly* scheduled K 0. T C foi the second semester will receive their umlorms at the sume time fiom the stoicroom A receipt fiom the Collcgo treasurer ehownng that the icquircd twenty five dollar deposit has been paid will be necessary to procure the clothing. Engineering Heat Specialists Declare Value of Fuel Savers Overestimated So-called "iuct savers” lor attach ment to furnace pipes or doors aie practically valueless when it comes to cutting bills ten to fifty pet cent, a> cluimed b\ manufacturers, heating specialists at the engineering experi ment station have diseoveicd, alter many months ot painstaking research experiments at the college heat test ing laboratories When anthracite costs began ris ing several years ago, augumented by the frequency ot strikes m the hard coal fields, several varieties ot iuol saving devices appealed on the mai led, extensively adveitiscd. Saving Claimed It was claimed that big savings could be made on coal bills thiough llieii use, and users gave testimonials m then bciull It was claimed toi liic “fuel savcis” that through ad mitting air ovci the lire, gases vveie consumed that usually passed up the chimney as waste. Four of the devices weie tested by Frof. F. G Heehler, ot the engineer mg experiment station, lie used a Inboratoij heater and the one m his home throughout all of last winter, totting the various deuces. He also tested the licateis without the ”lucl suv eis.” “Only one ot the loui showed a l'artlclc ot fuel sunner," Prolcssor Ifoehler said in icviowuifi* his lirtclings, ARCHITECTS SET EARLY DATE FOR ANNUAL BALL The Annual Architect's Club Hall v, ill be held FobrJary nineteenth at the Omega Bpsiloi) fraternity house, hi years past thesf frolics have taken the form pf tnasl«*d airairs, but this year, it has been announced, the ball vail be of a strictly foimal character, cuitc in contrast to the colorful and picturesque Russian Hall of 1924 and the equally unique' Egyptian leativnl of last year. The committee has rot decided whether or not this jcar’s at fair will be an open or closed dance, but they promise more complete de tails within a few dajs. Mnchlan’s orchestra will furnish the music FRESHMEN GAGERS NOSE OUT BISONS Trail Bueknellians During First Half but Recover To Win by Score of 31-24 TEAMS ALTERNATE LEAD THROUGH CLOSING PERIOD After trailing fopalmost three per iods, the dittany .freshman basket ball team staged & strong comeback in the second half and defeated the Eucknell plcbcs Ul’’.o 124 in an excit ing but loosely played game Saturday evening in the Armor) The game started out with neither team showing an effective offense The ball passed team to the other, bhootmg wr> liequent bu* - wild, while personal louls ucic plen tiful Bucknell scorned to be the bet ter organised team and as a result the lighting was mostly in Venn Mate territory, liowever, the guarding of the yearlings was close and prevented mucii scoring. { Bucknell Scores Firt Bucknell jumped <nto the lead when Stcler counted fro: v the fiee thiovv line, Honouring closely upon this he caged a shot from the tloor which put lus team out in fenht 'S to 0 Hi own ‘ stem tied the scorn with a Held goal ; and a foul AnotM;.'oul by Brown- lead-bat they soon lost it and remained in the rear till tie second half, f Captam Delp, who on account oi 1 illness had not started the game, uos I sent into the line-up but still the Iplebes failed to legain the leal [ When the hell ended the visitors were I leadtng by a score of Mto 1) bieter | led the attaeL for Huckncll with tlueu (Continued on thud page) Rev. Wingard Speaks on Prayer at Chapel “The .Supreme I’rajer ot Man a Lite" was the subject ot the talk giv en by the Rev. G. D. Wtngcrd, pastor of the Piesbytenan church at Colum bia, Pennsjhama, given at chapel on Sunday. Rev Wingord, in his address, class ified the people who attend places ot worship, into two divisions, the peo ple who wear icligion on their sleeves and not in then hearts and the people who pray because thev are sincere m thou* worship His sermon empha sized the fact that attendance at chap el or an) othei place ot worship should be piomptod by sincenty ia thei than because ot compulsion just published on “Tests ot House hold Fuel bavcis and the Economical Use of Coal" Seven Per Cent The economy ot the furnace with this one device was about seven per cent better than for tnc furnace alone, the Penn Statu research man asserts This vvulrl be the saving of about one-: U nth of the cost ot the apparatus in no jear when the season's coal cost is about $.lOO Professor Ilechlur will not dispute Ihe fact that some uscis ot “luel savers” have lessened thou coal bills, Lut believe the savings aic usually due to mine intelligent opciation ol 1 lie furnace than to the inherent mer it m the attachment. “That nianutautuicis ot luel savc.s aie awutc of this” he states, “is shown in the ictusal oi one ol them to co operate with us in testing (ns device because he feuied that we would not operate oui Imnace as inefficiently as the ordinniy household plant is oper ated, and that consequently his 'sav u’ would not be able to make a sat 'cfaetoiy showing. Fuinacc manu facturers make little clioit to mstiuct householders m tiro operation ot the imnace, but the ‘saver’ mnnutactui eis take great pains to give implicit instructions tor operation Oui new bulletin, sent tree to residents ol Pennsylvania, contains valuable sug- (EnUcgtatt. COLLEGE SENATE APPROVES COMMITTEE REPORT ON COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM PROVIDING TWO-DAY FRATERNITY PARTY Junior Class To Meet for Blazer Discussion | An important meeting of the ? Junior class will be held mi t\: £ Bull Pen Tuesday evening at | seven-thirty o’clock. The qmsj- : tion of blazers will be discussed. - THESPIANS PLAY TYRONE TONIGHT “The Kid Himself” To Be Shown for Last Time Prior to Local Appearance EASTER HOLIDAY TRIP TO INCLUDE SIX CITIES What promises to be the last out of-town showing of “Ihe Kid ttira srlf,” pnor to its initial appearance before a Penn State audience,will be given n the l’ennsy.vania Railroad Y. IU G. A at Tyrone tonight. The cast, chorus and “Russ” Widenors Thespian orchestra wall leave State College sometime tins morning for the neighboring city, going by auto bus Because of the success that “Wood en Shoes” met with when it was bhovvn m Tyrone last year, the Thes pian management lost no time in booking that city for an engugement v'licn the road itinerary was being made up Dress rehearsals were held last night lor the first time since the Christmas tour. | Tonight’s show will come as a help ful break between the recent holiday engagements and the performance to be given hero Saturday, February thirteenth, the night fo!lovvin£..,th-* Senior Ball. 'As a result ot the'ex perience gamed in playing betoro var : mus audiences, both the cast and the Lborus should be at their best for the local opening. Holiday Tour Dur.ng the Faster holidays th: Thrspian pioduct’oa will vi-at sit citti*3 m wejtcm Pennsylvania and Ohio The tour wall start at Altoona f, n Monday, April fifth, going irom there to Johnstown, Cleveland, brie, Butlei ard Meadnlle on successive nights The folio, containing all the musical hits of “The Kid Himself” may still be purchased ut the Music Room. This song collection contains such ropular numbers as "I’ve Been Look ing For Someone Like You,” “Just Y\c Two Together” and "Lanterns,” nil three of which compare favorably with tho latest songs out. first two selections are fox-trots while the latter u a waltz. While on the rood, more than Inc hundred copies of the book were sold NITTANYMITMEN POINT FOR COMING MATCHES Houck’s Charges Show Form in Short Bouts—Aggrega tion Faces Hard Schedule Two-mmutc bouts continue to make up the greater port of training of the boxing squad and it will not be long until Coach Leo Ilouck will be able to select a team to wear the col ors in the first match The mitmcn are showing moie pionuse ever) day and the Penn htatc mentor feels certain that he wilt have a formidable team b) the time ot the fust encounter Catholic University tomes here on Fcbiuar) sixth to open the season and although the Blue and should experience no great dit ficuly m taking honors, the visitor v.ill reveal the strength of the Var sffy The University ot Virginia will rend Is representatives here the week lollovung the opening ot the season and should provide a scrappy meet foi the Lion imgmen. However the lemaining meets will test the mettle ot the Blue and White when they en gage Navy, Notic Dame, Army, byra cuso and Penn. These tcunis aie noted tor their ex ceptional stiength and comprise al most without exception tho cluet contenders for inlcicollcgiato honots. 192 G LACROSSE SCHEDULE Apul 15—Stevens—Away. April 17—Penn—Avva>. Apul 21—Crescent A. C— Hole May I—St Stevens—Here M.iv B—Syracuse—lleic WELL-BALANCED SCHEDULE OF ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EVENTS OUTLINED Provisions for a two-day fraternity house party in June, open to all classes, and a Commencement Ball, for seniors and juniors exclusively, were made in the report of the Senate Com mittee on Commencement Program for 1926 which was accepted by the College Senate at the last meeting of this body. Friday will piobably be formal night, with a Penn State Player show also scheduled, while one of the features of Satui day’s program is the Thespian pertormance The new Commencement program came about following tho Program Committee’s attempt to provide social entertainment for every undergraduate and at the same time maintain the academic atmosphere of the 1925 graduation exercises The report also carries a recommendation to the effect that the restriction which last year prevented freshmen and sophomores from having guests at the fraternity parties bo removed m order that tho social af fairs of the two days be made a complete success CINDERMEN SHOW ABILITY IN TRIALS Wintry Blasts and Icy Track Hinder Nittany Runners in Handicap Meet COX STEPS 4.42 MILE FROM SCRATCH TO WIN Braving ity northern blast.'', iun-; ning on a truck that was slipper) to i the point of being treacherous, Loach Lartmell’fl track proteges competed m the initial aU-coUcgu handicap meet of tbo indoor season on the Ai mory boards Batin day afternoon. Al though no exceptional •spued mark - , were established -dao to the condition of the oval ,lho events afforded Natuj on opportunity to see how* his me" j shape up under compctit.on loi the! coming indoor imitation mectu. j Bill Cox, Irishman lununmy, pro.- rd too fleet to: the entries m the or.o mile race Clone on his heels were Barcluy, houraerc, and Johnnon vhn brushed i:i that order. These tout runners, starting at scratch, were ev en with the handicap men ot the halt. way maik and vvcic clocled ot 214 Cox bet the paco throughout and I bi cozed across the final line m 1 12 H. j Offenhausei with o twenty-five yard handicap, Brown and bnyrier thirty. I Reis and llaskins thirty-live, Wild-* fort)-ftve and Fisher with a Mty-hve (Continued on bCtond page) PENN STATE DEBATERS FACE TRIANGULAR MEET Coming Bucknell and Dickinson Clash Precedes Series of Contests for Locals Having defeated Washington and Jefferson at Washington and tied Fitt here December iittb, the Bonn Sliita debating team, coached by 1). D. Henry ’2O, is pi sparing foi the triangular meet with Dickinson and Huckncll. The Blue and White affir mative team will be host to BuckncllS , negative group while the Nittany squad contends with the Dickinson affirmative team at Carlisle. Several new men have shown abil it) to take the place vacated by one of the veterans oi last y cat's squad Coach Heniy was pleased w.th the pood showing made m the hist en gagement, and expects the new men to profit greatly by that th. meets temaimng on tho schedule rrc as follows March twelith, Rut gers umversitv, in New Biunswich, Now’ Jersey, Match thirteenth, La ia)ettc college in Easton, Maieh eighteenth, Allegheny college n Moadvtllc, March nineteenth, Kansas Stale college at home; March thirti eth, Wyoming Stale college at home. An Easter tup to Syracuse is pend ing. YMien the Kansas squad was met m Manhattan, Kansas, in 1025, the Penn State team was defeated Y\ yomng State was visited by the Nittany lor c'ixic artists in 1921 In the contests •v.th these mstiutions, the twontj four hour system will be omployed. In this type ot debate, the question is not announced until twenty-tour horns befoie the debate. Although there arc now sixteen men on tho squad, none of the places on the team are secured permanently, accoidmg to coach Henry As there were not sufficient lunds available to Numcials were nuaided to the in! Io« mg members of the clus i ot }V. J. Cox, O. U Heinrich, A w lioss, J. H. Wilde, U K. Olicnhjuvji . , , ,I' «>• Lockwood, A. W. I J ettit and li suppoit u freshman team, hrst >e.ir|G. Monts-omeis. The team Lost! 194 Pounds of Jules PRICE FIVE CENTS 3 The Friday night program calls lor |d: i.ees in the Armory and at frater nity houses and the l’lajers show, 'while Saturday’s festivities include ’ the Thespian show and dances in tho IA nr or> and Uatern’ty houses han |dc> us reserved lor the Uaccalaureato •service, band concert. Vesper service i and the Choral Club conceit. Monday jis Aluinm Day and the crowning '(.lent will be the Commencement Dali J in the Armory, open to faculty, alum- Jn, seniors, jumois and guests. f*o j underclassmen will be permitted to j attend this affair. Tucsd ty is Com i mcncement Day. ! In commenting on the nev Com ii.icncement program, Dean \Vjmoc<c [issuod the iollo.ung leinatks to the COLLLG2AN: "Under tins plan lia- Urmliu« are given tlie privilege of holding Commencement parties in the nature of house parties, but with this new leature; a part ot tho ween is to be given over to undergraduate bouinl actlvltlcb ’ CTClusndlj " "Alter Sunday the fraternity house progiara I g:\es way to u full program ot aca dem.c and social events on the cam puo ,1 desue publicly to commend the loyal broad-minded attitude of the student loaders whose new. were presented to the Committee in it» hearings If this attstudo can ha (Continued on last page) OLD MAIN BELL STAFF CALLS FOR MANUSCRIPT First Issue To Be Published in March—Faculty Memcbrs Contnbut Articles Plans ior the publication or tno fnat ivsuc ol the Old Main Bell whicn will be circulated n March me rap irilj being completed. In addition to the manuscripts already submitted the staff requests students and fac ulty members to submit articles of literary interest. W 1,. Werner of the English de partment has written an artie'e which gives promise of being interesting to the leaderi. l'rof. M M Harris will l.hcl> hive a wntnig on dramatics An earnest endeavor Is being made to have !•’ 0 Nolle, formerly ot the trench department and J. Gordon An end, who was previously engaged in the English department, lcprescnt cd. The two are now landing m Paris The staff desires to make this pub lication us representative as possible. Ilowcvci, this Will not be possible un less more manuscripts from the stud ents ate forthcoming. All material should be turned m at or.ee to It. h Taj lor '2G at the Froth oilito as it j*- the purpose ot the editors to get tlm magazine on press ps, soon us possible. FOURACRE TO- CAPTAIN 1926 HILL AND DALERS K R. l'oui.iac ’27, who has c.Olll - Ins third \car with Penn State cioss-countiy teams, has been elect ed to captain the lnll-and-dalcrs dui mg the 192 G season. Letters weie awarded to the Al lowing. K. B Barclay ’2G, K K loui atio ’27; P. Reis ’27; U K .Johnston -<, J H. Mew-art ’27, and G A Gu\- rr '27. These lunncis eompiiscd the Blue and White aggiegation thut placed tifth in the inteuollegiutcs tin-, 3 cat.
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