We Get a New Pushball Too VOL. XXI. No. 34 PENN STATE TO HAVE THREE NEW BUILDINGS Hospital, Dormitory and First Block of Gymnasium Will Be Constructed Within Next Two Years Penn State will get three new) buildings by the fall of 1027. Plan 9 for the immediate erection of three additional student welfare buildings on the eairfpus. 'of Penn State with money from the emergen cy building fund campaign conducted in 1923, were announced yesterday by compti oiler R. 11. Smith, sccrctaiy pro tempoie of the Board of trustees. A hospital with emergency operat ing room, dispensary*, isolation facili ties, and other accommodations will bo erected on the cast campus with funds piondcd laigcly by the potato growers of Pennsylvania for that special purpose A dormitory* foi men students, the third building in the quadrangle, fac ing and being a replica of Frederick Watte Hall on the west campus, fiom funds designated foi that pui pose by tuel.e branches of agricultural inlui ests in the state, is the second struc ture A iccicatton building foi intra mural and intercollegiate indoor ath letics, the first unit to be elected now, providing a laige floor space and an; amphitheatre seating 5000 people, will i be completed within tv.o years. j Half Million Dollars Required 1 More than half :i million dollar's will bo required for this purpose, Vhtle additional student welfare build ings in the campaign development (Continued on list page) Exquisite Cravat Will Adorn Pinehot's Bosom ,Goveri)o> .Fincbot vtlL-noar a new t s c—a four dollai one and of exqui sitely woven silk—as soon as the I’enn Statu engineering extension student > m Allentown weave ’it Irom ma terial donated to them, by Mr A A Tilt of the Phoenix Silk Manufactur- ing company Besides silk foi tics and materials for certain textile work which the students aie now* do.ng, amounting to au approximate value of two hundred dollars, the engineering extension in Allentown has received permission to use the looms of the Phoenix Silk company These offers will be taken advantage of piouiptly and the stu dents will weave ties loi presents, not only foi Cover no*- Pmcliot, but for other officials The gift to the engineering exten sion comes from Mr. Tilt who has several bilk mills, two of which aie in Millheim and Bcllcfonle This u. not the fust time Mr Tilt has proven lumself a friend to Pepn State i— PROFESSOR STINE WILL TALK BEFORE STUDENTS “American Educational Out* posts” Subject of Speech in Auditorium Tonight Through the efforts ol l’i Lambda Sigma, prc-lcgal piotcssional frater nity, Prof J. H. Stein has been se cured to speuk to the student body on “The American Educational Out ].o*ts»” m the Auditorium at eight o'clock tonight Piotcsboi Stem is a representative ot the organization oi Near bast col leges which includes KobutL college, the Amcieuui University ot Beirut, the Constantinople \yomen's college, the International college m Smyrna end the Sofia American schools ’lho speaker attained his U. degree at Franklin and MmshuH * college in 1921. His fust position was with the trucking stall of the Amcitcnn umvei bit> of Beirut, Syria, wheie he re mained three yean. hoi tiie tcim 1921-25 lie was a student at the Ke- Jormed Theological scnunaiv m Lan caster and at piesent is continuing Im. studies at the Union Theological •seminaly in New Yoik city. Dunng his travels m Syria, Palas t’ne and Egypt ho visited American colleges rn Constantinople and in Smyrna, Tuikey Three summeis m Europe and his success on the Chuu tuuqua citcuit pioimses to luimrir a tieat for the audience. flnm Slitfr (|| j Mid-Year Graduates j Will Meet Saturday j Mid-year graduates and all J those receiving degrees will J meet Saturday afternoon at two I o’clock in Room 322 Old Mam. BOOTH SEE LISTED FOR 1926 COTILLION Floor Space. Drawings Set for Wednesday—Price Quoted al Five Dollars ; TICKET SALE BOOKED FOR FEBRUARY EIGHTH Drawing for spuccs for fraternity booths at the Senior Ball to be held m the Armory February twelfth will take place Wednetiduy, February third, accoxdlng to G H. Cook *26, ' chairman of tho committee in charge of the affair. Inter-fraternity Coun c.l granted the petition that the pnee ct the booth spaces be set at five dol lars each Jacob Stlvcrstcm of Wilkes-Barre, ' who has been selected to decorate for •he occasion, has secured permisb.on P remove the boxing ring from the 'Armory*, greatly facilitating arrange ments His plan calls for a blue and gc.M lattice coiling of fireproof bunt ing with tho intervening square filled .vvth hanging southern Smilax* The sides of ceiling will bu draped to the walls, yhicb will be eight feet from the floor. Decorations Attractive Fraternity booths to the extent of fifty oi poss.bly more will lino the sides, separated bv wooden railings decorated wrth oak branches At one end on a platform backed by an eflr ccnt sounding box Whites* Kaut raan’s orchestra wall broadcast lilting lyrics of a syncopated uatuic, while at tho other* extremity the entrance will be decorated w.th blue bunting over a heavy white shooting. Elect!ic stars and streamer will (Continued on last page) FAMOUS THEOLOGIAN TO CONDUCT SUNDAY CHAPEL “Hazarding: Life” Selected by Dr. Wesley Boyd as Topic for Comm" Address “Ilaza.dtng Life” is the subject se lected by Di. Wesley Boyd of the Bethel Methodist church, Shenandoah, for his addiess in chapel Sunday morning Di. Boyd was bom in liolanri, but because of his parents coming to the Un’tod States, he received his ele mentary education in tho public schools of Philadelphia. Returning to lioland for Ins theological work, he took his A B, M A. uad D. D at colleges in Belfast and London, In 1912 he came back to the Untied States, was ordained and began lus ministerial work at lus present charge in Shenandoah. Military service rn tenupted his work here m 1918. Recognition of Ur Boyd’s lehgious leadership was evident in Ins appoint ment as a delegate and speaker at the Economical Conference of World Methodism winch convened m Lon don during 1921. As Denominational Treasurer, he lias scived the Board of Foieign Missions for seven years HONOR CODE GOES BEFORE FRESHMEN Thu Penn State Jionoi code was pu'senled bv J. W Brandt *29 and A. J. Cures *29 when the freshman class met lust night in the* Bull Pen. This code was adopted b\* Student Council last spilng .is the official: College code Its effectiveness in the student body must he brought about by giowlh of student opinion and n was m this spirit that it wai pre sented last night by Brandt am! Car es. The code appeals in full in ano ther section of today’s issue of the COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. "FA.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 29. 1926 BLUE AND WHITE GRAPPLERSFACE PENN TOMORROW Niltany Matmen Confront Real Test in U. of P. Contest— Outcome Uncertain FIVE VETERANS WRESTLE ON RED AND BLUE SQUAD Lions May Not Be Represented in Unlimited Class—Berth Remains Unfilled Facing a team that already has en gaged In three major meets, the Nit tany wrestlers will grapple with the University of Pcnns/lvania matmen in what promises to be a closely* con tested match tomorrow m Weightman Hall, Philadelphia. While the Penn Stato team is prac tical]/ inexperienced the Red and Blue combination has the advantage of having five lcttermen from last yoai on the squad. To date tin* Penn wrestlers have recorded one victory i.nd two defeats Princeton bowed to the Philadelphians 12 to 10, while Columbia and Blown outclassed them by the scores of 19 to 8 and 15 to U respectively Strengthened The lcceit match with Brown in dicates that the U. of P. matmen have improved, since Brown is rated as having aone of the wrestling combi nations in the East Accoiding to Coach Leonard, the match tomorrow {Continued on thud page) Knights of Thespis Incur Wrath of Tragic Muse—New Tunes Stay Crowd Talko about bad luck, black cats! end broken nun orb will arouse noth-] mg but appreciative groans and low I weary murmurs from tne Thespian Club, They have lived and know.] They too have suffered aud-tasted the ’ bitter dregs ot d*ro disaster. But m the future they will know better, the next time they play Tvrone they will come prepared with rabbit’s feet, horse-shoes, swastikas, four-leal clovers and all other manifestations und accompaniments ot good luck Tho Thespian troupe learned its les son well Tuesday night. To begin with the Thespian trunks were too large to be earned through the dressing room doors ot the Penn sylvania Railroad Y. M O A. audi torium. borne inventive devotee ot Thespis* conceived the bright idea ol hauling tho trunks through the win dows of the story above The trunks were majestically .ascending upward • when the wavering tope* pjrted with MAHONEY RECUPERATING FROM SEVERE ILLNESS R. S Mahoney '2S, who has been i : the college infirmary* since lust Fn dry, is slowly recuperating from a severe attack of pneumonia Dr Ritenoui, college phyacian, state** ■ that Mahoney is past the crisis now : und will be able to leave for Jus home 1 with lus parents, m a few days 1 Dr. Boucke Defends “Fill-in” Courses as Essential to Mental Development To the student who "kicks” because he is required to schedule certain subjects that he ncithei likes nor needs, according to lus. personal vicab, Dr. O V Uoucke, protcisor or c-cononue i, submits the logical reas cn why these so-called “lill-in” cours es should remain in every* student's curriculum He says, “When you delve into mirtteis ot banking, trans portation, insurance, accountancy f-ulesmanship or just plum economic., you seize an opportunity to analyze vuiblc and invisible relations, to hml why as well as how, to clarity your opiniom, end, at last but not least, to see old things in a new* way ” What a college student, can learn in foui yoais may not be much, but it as an undergraduate he has ac quired a habit ot thinking things through, ot cultivating intellectual integrity and of diopping any mat te t only when he has made a final dispassionate weighing ol all pios rnd cons, “success will follow* as n b\-product of slashing vigor in mind Rnd body,” according to Dr Boucke “Just ns engines generate the power oi locomotion, education supplies tin* power ot thought and of personality." In* says. Virtue ol Economies Nearly ull students, but to a gieut- Class gf Forty To Be Graduated at Mid-year Judge H. Walton Mitchell, presi- tjtp Board of Trustees will preside' g£ tho | mid-year graduation forty uciyprs in the Auditorium a*. o’clock Tuesday evening, fcbrtygjg*} ninth.’, The Rpy. E. F Ronug, pastor of the ■MuJalg-Collfirrmte Dutch Kolorm* cd clrurpjj‘of New York city will ad-, dress 1 tlip graduates The Rev. Ro* raig .fipoKp at chapel last year. Ac coidiig'tp Registrar Hoffman ho is one of tfie ablest speakers to talk to a Bonn fgyrte ‘ar dience COUNCPIEN REVIVE PUSHBALL CONTEST: Early Date Set for Underclass Scrap-—La Vie Board Keys Approved by Body BLAZER INSIGNIA TOPIC REFERRED' TO TRIBUNAL Penn State will again have a push ball! Student Council authon/cd its finance committee to purchase a sec ond immature bailoon in Pern State’s history, at its regular meeting last Tuesday evening. Tljp cost of tire pushball, estimated to be approximately three bundled and fifty dollon., will be defrayed by revenue raised through a tw.nty fivc cent addition to the second sem ester fees of freshmen and copho- (Continucd on third page) tragic results A dull thud followed and a lot of unmentionables were i strewn on the , surprised Tyrone | street. j Undismayed by 1 Hus cv.l omen the players finally Waited the petform iircb-an** the uuif&iibu nettled bntlito* enjoy an evening’s entertainment Hardly hud the curtain risen when tho lights suddenly went out The audiencp should htve considered it as part of the plot, but a fire on Mon day in ijje budding two doors away, made it a ratlicr cynical audience There they were, lour hundred and fifty people, all ready to start a pane Tho panic never happened. •lust qs the rush to the exit!, was about tp/s>egln the trained Thespian orchestra burst into full blast. The crowd paused, a flashlight flashed and the danger was averted For the next fifteen minutes several member, of the cast performed five impromptu vaudeville act.. Elcctncal repairs vere made and the regular show “The Kul Himself” was stalled. The actois reached Mate College m a much peiturbcd state ot nund V/ho’s Dancing Friday Delta bps*lon Saturday Sigma Chi Sophomore gnls—Women’s Bldg ci extent those spcciuhz.ng in Com mcraq and Finance, tend to exagger ate the content side ol education Cer tain courses aie taken not foi the subject itself but because it is re quited foi graduation Business ! graduates of highet institutions ot 'learning are generally expected to be I partial authorities on certain phai.es I of the mdastiml cycle, and to cater to this need or notion, whatever it nrav be. a cjinculum in economic things is olleiod .it neatly eveiy college. In this couisc armies of facts, some of which “slick" longer than a dav oi even a month, are presented Di Boucke asks, “although viewpoints, not lads, govern the world, should we mtcntionalL cast off tho .0 facte we have learned, thereby despising one phase of our mental develop-: menF”' “That which nratteis today is the question ot thinking and not the question ot individual facts. Knowl edge is but coal heaped inert in your basement bin, but intelligence ac qimed tluough prolonged thinking is the Hash which ignites, givag us heat, light i.ml powei Nothing that ex ists today can bo used to better ad vantage in developing one’s power of reasoning than these bctoic-mcntioncd ‘useless’ subj*ects,” Dr. Boucke stated in conclusion ' ;3. K. STITT • . 216 ATFPSRTOft (Emkgtmt PLAY SHOP GROUP WILL PERFORM IN ONE-ACT COMEDIES Student Dramatists To Stage Four Shows in Auditorium Tomorrow Night “THE DRUMS OF OUDE” IS OF SERIOUS NATURI “Moonshine,” “Man V/1.0 Liei* at Twelve O’clock” and ‘*The Rehearsal” Listed The Play Shop composed of the class in English 303, will present four ene-act play? in the Auditorium to* morrow night at eight o'clock. Of the four plays, all acted and directed by students, three are comedies, 1 Moonshine," by Arthur Hopkins, “Tho Man Who D.cd at Twelve O’clocL" by Paul Green and “The Re hearsal” by Christopher Slorley With its tensely dramatic situation, “The Drums of Oude” by Austin Strong strikes a more serious rote. A moonshiner's hut in the Kentucky Mountains is the background for the amusing situation of “Moonshine," m winch the characters are Luke Hazy, a moonshiner, played by* M M Houser ’27, and tho icvcnjc officer played by* W. Simla ’27. The pis) 1* coached by* Miss J. C Cook '2O. January E.*ans, a hard-drinking, superstitious old negro, portaryed by G. i: McSlheay* ’2O; Sally, bia grund aaughter, Mjss If. C. Foster and Charley McFarland, a farmhand in •eve with Sally, played by O G. Me- Candles '2B arc the characters of ‘The Man Who Died at Twelve O'clock,” the play being boxed on certain negro superstitions Mias J C. Cranmci '2O is directing this com edy ( haractcrx "The Drums of Oude" takes place •n the interior of a palace in India occupied by British troop-\,during an uprising of the natives.fttsios r’.cro of juspurso aid ‘'Mmperdio,} (!orm u heightened by unconsciousness of danger' shhwn by* Mrs Clayton, tlio one woman preo ent. She calmly piavs the piano oa death hovers o.er them, Mn-s 11. C. Pow ell takes this jmt. Tire other chur reter 1 are Captain McGregor, K. L. Cropp ’26, Lieutenant Hartley, M. M. Junavitz '27, S**rger.nt MeDougai, M. L. Firestone ’25; Stewart, the hcntiy, If. I. Scherraei '27, two Hindustani servants, W A. Buck '2C and A. M Swift ’27 Swift is also coaching the l lay- A group of guh v; preparing foi r pluy in “The Rehcarral.” Thev have borrowed cletlies from the jani tor of the school for tho girl viho takes the male part and they acquired u pipe which she tries to manipulate realistically The cast is composed of Slish M I*\ Calhhan ’27, Miss H M Unger '27, Miss Beatrice Orman To, M.ss J C Cook '2G, Miss M. A Campbell and Miss M. A. RlcLaugh hr ’27 Miss Ola Keefer ’2O h di recting this play BOARD-TRACK ARTISTS TO RACE IN HANDICAPS Second All-College Meet To Be Contested on Armory Oval Tomonovv Afternoon In the second all-college handicap meet of the indoor scjxou, Couch CartmeM’s board track urtn.U> will again compete for honors on the Ar mory oval tomorrow afternoon at threc-tlnrtv o'clock The handicap events, hJieduled for (he mc"t arc*. 80-yatd bprint, 50-yavJ high Inn dies, 110-yard and 880-yurd tun and the one* mile run. Filkuib, winner of lust Salutduy’s 50-yar d dash, Bovmp and Bnerlv, me i** peeled to compete m the first named event Cup Moore, who crossed the line last after starting fiom scratch' m the special taco for hurdler s at the mitral meet, together with Lei eh, log gers and Costello, v.ill probably enter Ihe 00-yard high hurdles Bill Cox*, ficshman speed mtist, winner of tiro mile ran and second man m the halt mile last week, is expected to enter bith events tomorrow*. Molhngev, voatltng qnartev-nulci, will probably show up well in tire 110-yard run Bv staging weekly handicap meets similar to the tilt scheduled tomor -1 o\\, Couch Cm tmell hopes to uneov - ci* new maternal and, at the same tune, get an oppottumy to see how lus men shape up tindei competition len the coming indoor invitation iiioelb Tlie icguhir Satui dav compe tition will also do away with the ne icbbity of a treat many trial tuijb. Varsity and Freshmen To Play Double Bills With Pittsburgh Fives Plebes Primed To Meet Shadyside Academy and Panthers YEARLINGS SHOW FORI! IN PRACTICE SESSIONS I Usn g the same line-up that proved so effective during the closing min utes of the Euckr.ell freshman game, the yearling tosiera will clash with the Panther cubs this evening in j freh.nmary game to the Von»ity-Pitt contest in Pittsbuigh On Saturday morning the plebca will conclude their trip when they meet the bliady s.dc academy cagers. The game tonight wi l b? anothci real test for the frevlnnen, but ac rcrding to comparative recoids the Nittany yc.nli-gb should annex th** tilt In tkrir last cnconntci the Pitt plebes vent down to a fighting ueieal bcfoie the onslaught of the Wc**t Vu (Contmued on third page) “OLD MAIN BEL” CONTINUES DRIVE Staff Will Extend Campaign to Non-fraternity Men and faculty Members LITERARY PUBLICATION TO SOLICIT MORE ADS Thu* the traterml/ subscnptioa campaign now n progresj has al ready asourred the succexs of tho Old Ha-ai Dell, is the opinion ot ed ltor-m-chief U. F. Taylor '26. Al though tlu literary publication’s rvp re«.f*ntftti»e,-» . h'jv*» .nnv. twenty-one chapters they luve secur ed nearly three hundred mibscnp tions Beginning next semester the stafi will Cvtcarl tlve campaign to non frutermtv men and taculty member-. The firjt of the two issues will be published early m March. To insure the financial foundation for early is* «ues more cdveit.aing will be solic ited thi3 year tlun vr., demo last year. Keprcocnlativcs The tabk of the editors m making (nc mogarine more truly rcpi*e-o;uta tn*.- of the student* is being simpli fied- UnJergradu »te mamiscnpts an* ruracraus and include essays stor.c. ird book re»tews Dr. F L Paticc, who leaves foi Florida soon, has written an interesting article on dogs Doctor Boucke, piofesjor ot econom *cs, has contriliatw! a special featu: ! u tory on music. j Moit of the r.tuder.t article, have, thus fai c-ime from Liberal Aits up pcrclassnu-n Stones from ugncul turul and engine: mg men are lack- i mg All niitenal should be hiougii! ti the editors ut tho Fioth olhcc* ] EXHIBITION OF STUDENT PAINTINGS OPENS TODAY Sketches Will Rcpiebcnt Work oT Many Architects front Eight Colleges Sin* ting today and hst.ng till Tuesday, an exhibition of student Architectural sketches will be held rr the Fine Arts gallery in Old Mam by sc* on college;, and universities, in cluding Tenn Slate* Inlcicollogmtc competition of this soit was institut ed four veais ago bv the* Scarab so ciety, an architectural liateinity, foi the purpose of encouraging sketching m penal and uatei-colois among the students of architecture. The competing schools m this veai’a exhibition arc the Univemty of Illi nois, Aimnur Institute ot Technol ogy*. University of Kansas, Carnegie Insutule of Technology, University ot V* aslnngton at St Louis, George Washington university* at Washing ton, D. C., University ot Minnesota and Penn State. The sketches an* cntircl; the work' of the* students prepared during thea sp.ue time, and are of interest be cause careful cldsswork with the as sistance of instructors is lacking Tho drawings will be judged by u jury composed of A. L Kocher, F. C Disque, II K. Dickson, and J B Holme. After the exhibition the drawings will be returned to the com peting schools. A Midnight Death Via Moonshine PRICE FIVE CENTS Crippled Line-up Faces Strong: Duke and Pitt Teams BA.IIAS MAY NOT FIGURE IN TONIGHT'S STRUGGLE Confronting the first real lest of the ycai, Penn State's Varsity cagcr-r leave this muriting for Pittsburgh, 1 where they will, engage one of tho ! strongest teams ever turned out bv that institution. Following the en gagement tonight, Dutch Hermann’s non will tackle Daquesno university The team was struck a r eitous blow vhsn Mike Ilanr is, stellar forward, failed to leport tor practice since Mondiy bccnuic of Jlncis. Although Slike’s corditioi io not scr ous, yej ■t is questionable v hethei he will be rble to participate in the game* be tween the ancient uvjls and Coach Hermann vv.ll probably tend in 1 crippled hnc-up However if Hami-' fondit.on improves, he will be taken along v.rth the team Substitutes Heady In the event that the ink foiwarl will not be able to lake bis pine.* m the l*iie-up, Saylor or Kent will start lire Penn State tutor »m been pol*sh ,*.g botlr men to fill the .icnrcy It w lilmlv, howov’t, that Sayha will stmt mure he pulled out ol hw icccrt slarau and u showing stead,* improvement. Kent hv*. also been do !**g cied.table v.otk lately and has de veloped into an cspcc ..ily goad .ci manage shot Another nsujJtv in the JJ’ue ar*d Vv'l’itc camp was renorted when Chit* Hood complained of a cliff muscle m h»& back, but Butch Hermann hope-, that he will be able to get him into condition foi the fracas tonight Little Scrimmage Onlj erne *ic.*niimage‘nis~hiTd lias week, the rest of the time being de voted to perfecting play. In tW game between tho fin.t ml second iContirucd on last page) COMMENCEMENT PLANS GET I. F. C. APPROVAL Keys Will Be Awarded Senior Members—Body Chooses Sports Managers Batificat 0.1 of the comm , * , *.ce,ne*it program recently outlined nut parsed upon by the College Senate was, t!i» chief action taken at Inter-Fraternity Council meeting held Tuaidny evening a tire Phi Kappa Tau fiaterr'ty* houf« After luvit'g heard the* proposed program for the* 192*1 comi.ienrcr*f*rt, the council discussed it, po ..'bdiUe . The combiniton of .1 -<u al and aca dmnic house-putv v.as agreeable to the n.ajonly of the council member i rnd the piogianr was uniraci vcdly t *iloi veil Keys foi Senior jCeys for the senior member, of Ihe coumil \v<nc voted in iccognitun ci *ci vice* i.ul aiT.ingi nients wcr.- made* to place an mdui foi them m (he near future*. Pc.ini-.sicn was granted the Sopho mori; Hop coiamittee to charge five dollars for spaces for fi.llollll' ! ooths at the annual underclass ul iur Announcement was made that all inter-fraternity spoil' would begin the second week in February Nom inations and elections or athletic managers for Lho Council re,lilted 111 ‘he selection of R E. MrQuadu '27. basketball. R K l’urmil ’26. vvietl. ling and J E. Gerry ’2b, boxing FORMER STUDENT DIES OF TYPHOID Won] racer.ed at the College* this week told of the death of II C Bash -a at lus home in (Jieensbuig, Mon day night. Bash Was taken ill during the Clnistmns hol'd iys> with an attack of typhoid fever, and was on the wav to rccoveiv wlun he sutlerud 1 te lapso within a fcv. days, pilot to his death. While at Penn State, Bash u.i.s a varsity Inclose plavci, having ear ti ed his letter in ’2JI and ’2l He* was also a member of the Omega Epsilon fraternity and Delta Sigma Pi, pio lcsbionul commeice rnd finance fra ternity*, Student Council and the 192 i La Vie board
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