i'Md.i;., Janu.ny 21),
SPORTS WRITERS
WRONG—SULLIVAN
Decries Newspaper Criticisms
of Aiumns’s Interest in
Colleß'e Athletics
SECRETARY COMMENTS
ON “NEWS” EDITORIALS
That the alunint’s concern about tne
athletics at Penn State is pericctlv
laluinl and consists ol more than
mcie chainm at a defeat or two m
football, is the opinion of alumni soc
ietal y H N Sullivan ’M In editor-:
li.ls of the Decembei Alumni News,
Sit Sullivan deciles newspaper ciiti-
Mvm of graduates’ interest in col
lege athletics and calls, haimful the
cxtieme publicity sports wiiters de
vote to individuals of the teams.
It becomes a mama with the young
Jellow to see lumselt i>o exhibited de
ckles Mr Sullivan ‘‘Nothing is.
moie linrmiul to the piopei dcvrlop
nent ot the average youth than to
have his name appear prominently in
the ncwspapei columns”
Blaming the alumni for ovci em
phasis ol lootbull is untan Mi Sulli
\an continues While nothing suc
ceeds like success, he believes that
most college alumni will not hnd fault
v hen the team loses but puts up a
good light
.Air Sulhvan stiongly asserts m hw
riticle that it would not be much ol
an alumni body that was not interest
ed in the affairs of its Alma Matei
Alumni lelations m athletics, the soc
ietal y points out, is “played up” ami
'•cathmgly cnt’cised while publicity
lui alumni concern m other activities
rod in the college wellme is cones
pondingly avoided
New spapers
Nevvspapet exploitation ol individ
ual stars Mi Sullivan thinks is woise
than a healthy graduate mtci
ect The Alumm societaly contends:
iuithei that the diiiiculties ot ntoie
than one pioinment college eleven
that went into a “slump” was ioall>
the result oi pernicious news adver
tising
The familiar civ of “haul sched
ule” is heard as the primary cause o!
the slump comment, the secietary
He says “As it happens this jdon ot
I,at d schedule has been picsented so
< i ten as the reason tm a 'mid-season
fiump that players, coaches, specta
tor and newspaper vnters all be
lieve it To out wav ot looking at it.
this is pure Turn! un’ ami is bj wa“
ol alibi lot both plaveis and coacho«
‘The cflect of publicity on the mind
oi the voting tcllow who is in his most
lermntive penod tcccivcs uppaiently
no attention vvhatevty Age’ll war
rant bettei collegiate competition
would lesult all around if most ol the
publicity vveie shut oil ”
R. I. GIL ’2(» PLACED ON
INTERCLASS SPORT BODY
U I Gil \2<s was appointed senior
mombei of the Intel class Sports
Council to net with J N. Stewart ’27
and P. F Houseman ’2B, the Junior
and Sophomoic members of the coun
cil. Gil was appointed by D D. Hcn
iv ’2G, president of the Scnioi class,
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while Slow ml and Iloiioci man wcio
cn the council List jeni No fresh
man lepicsentntivo has been elected
and will not lie until the class n or
ganised.
The vvoil: of the council is to gov
ern and riiiect mterclass sports and
1 each membei of the council is le
sj.onsiblc* foi the conducting of one ot
two class activities and the awaids
connected with them.
COLLEGE CLOSES ONE
HOUR TO HEAR GMEY
Special Convocation Affords
Students Better Chance
To Attend Leeluie
To affuid the students a bettei op
poitumtv to heai Pi C W. GilLcv,
visiting lectuiet from Chicago, the
Boaid of Administmtion has giantcd
a convocation to be held in the'Audi
tornim, Wednesdav, Febiuaij seven
teenth, at 11 ’2O a m.
Di Gilkev, who comes to Penn State
undei the supeivision of the Y 31 C
A, will give four majot lectuios to
the students, beginning v.ith the lec
tme Wednesdav morning, followed bj
othu speeches on Wednesdav’. Thuis
day and Fndav evenings at seven
o’clock.
Acknowledged as one of the most
populni spcakeis in Amcncn, 13i
Gilkev speaks with an authentic
voice of the vounger generation Ills
lcctuics, which lie gave while acting
as Billows lectuier in India, will
Mion be available m book foim at the
“Y” hut Men, granted this honor,
aie chosen on a basis of then ability
to piesent “in a friendlj, temperate
and concihntoiy waj the tmths of
Clmstiamtv to the schokvlj and:
thoughtful people of India”. i
COUNCILMEN VOTE TO
RENEW PUSHBALL FEUD
(Continued from fust page)
moies. The class seiaps committee
will anunge foi contest-, m the
spi ing
Freshmen vveie giantcd a lepneve
from the ignoimmty of street-wall
ing when D. II Groff ’25 lopoitcd
that Superintendent of Grounds and
Buildings R I Webbei had not as
yet given his consent to the suggested
plan by which weaieis of the ver
dant fe/ would poiambulate on the
drive at the mam entrance to the
college rather than usk then young
lives and limbs on the slippeiy pave
ments
Ivcjs for La Vic Board
*A suggestion that hevs he piovit’cd
fci membeis of the La Vie Boaid was
brought before the body by G L
Setnign J 2- JTbe counciLalUu jiuiuh
discussion sanctioned the wealing of
such kejs, the cost to be included r
the La Vie budget 01 taken imm
class funds as the finance committee
sees lit The motion was mad * le
tioactivc* to include membei s of tne
1925 La Vie Boaid, and Setnvi: and
S K. Stevens *2(i weie appointed by
Piosident D D Henry ’25 to take
up the mattci with Neil Fleming,
chan man of the Intei-class finance]
committee 1
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FYE’S
ON THE AVENUE
Tin* bioaching of the rjucAion uf
jumoi blazeis icsultcd m lengthy
but no tciion was taken
The pinblcm left to the class
committees with the suggestion that:
thov consult the Student Tilbunal on
the weni college insigni i on the
pioponed dll'-, bla/cis
\nnounccment was made that a
leaflet containing the iccent addi
tions to the list of college and class
customs had been punted and was
teadv foi distnbulion at the next
lieshmm class meeting
YEARLING FIVE FOLLOWS
VARSITY TO SMOKY CITY
(Continued fiom fust page)
gim i ficshmcn TI to US Enilier in
(he season the Panthci cubs defeated
the Bmddotk high school tosseis
When the team lines up against
Pitt plebes in the new stadium gun,
lielp ami hoch will be at the defense
positions Reilly at centei and llamas
aid Jacobson at foiwaids Coach
kilhngor is taking Eiownstein, cen
tei, Monahan, forwaid and Wilson,
guaid to substitute
In the game with Bucknell tin*
combination ptoved to be well bal
anced which was evidenced bj the
final ''puit that put the yearlings in
the lead The shooting, which was
the most noticeable defect of the team
in that game, has impio\ed to a gieat
c'tent
Pitt has gaineicd a fast outfit foi
its jearlmg team this jeai McCand
liss, Merus, Skmnci and Shciwm
.lie all capable ftuwaids with the
fnimer two showing a slight edge
At centei Wonderlich pio\ed to be
tiir high seoier foi bib team in the
West Virginia tilt McLem and Mi
i’iei will hold the guaid position
v nen the g ime opens
Little is knn.su concerning the
'-hidj-ide academy e\cept that they
ha\o a strong team and will gne the
} carlmgs a haid tussle. The Shade
b.de lombinat’on annexed a victoij
tAcr the Indiana Normal tosseis,
which bpeaks well foi then prow os
on the tlooi The congest will br
plajed Satiudav morning- at ten
•thirty o’clock
I In a practice game w ith the State
'College high school pns«cis Wedne--
i Ja> etcning the \enrhngs displaced
speed on the Jlooi and accuracy ir
shooting The game was fast fiom
Jhc start, but the Nittar.y plebes pro\-
et* then supcnoiiU by piling up i
h.p-bulcd bcoie
Captain Delp and Hamas weic the
outstanding atais, although the otha
plnjus showed considciable ability
The team woik on the pait of both'
(Coins was oNrellent
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Penn State Grapplers , v, * !lt ' ;' 1 v , R " tI -' p' P''" l - N '°
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(Continued from first page) | l|S (.uponenl in the Blown match lie
will be close and the 115, 1115, f<>n> ji\o minutes wcic* up
r>s and 158 pound elnsse, will piob- ~ . ~ ,
. Z , . „ Juimliaiigh. Onh Veteran
i blj detcnniiK? the final outcome of _ ,
Ihr. m *f«h v KniMMUgn,'•o\entv-fi\e poundei, is
no, m * , , Ihnn State’s onh wiestlmg lettci
ronn St.dc till be .it a .l.'t.mt .Its- Ulira ~„t c-lr 4roun( , ,„ m tlvj
>■<l .antaye that if a beat t-tt ei.rl.t „ LmR an( , th( . c „, u ,
used be tv,II be ..totally twthmit et- l0 „„ t ,„ E „„ hlnl l 0 ]lls
pel aide 1 lie ,neliK,b,l,tv ~l Tie- rt.oiVtwl, tt.ll be oppose.l bt He,-
vost lias left the Nitiunv combuiatio’i ,„n n , j> cnn
Milneiable in thc'Wnlimitei] class At' ... ~
Itesort thete ate ttto nten p.att.u,,.; V ll 1 ep>e-ent Pent ... tlf ;
ir till, (lit ,*ion. Ml!tie ..ml llcehtol, '" llra,tal l '“ '■ '“>‘"'l T
but both aio iiomccs at the spm
Opener
In the d|iraii!" match SpiuKue will 1 -.tpffvacK.w |f
I tcptesont Penn, while ICais-.i will up-,
j hoUM'enii State's •wiie Spraj-ue \on j
. bihty .ind
ms; pood foim aiul mav iocoi\e the i
call MacDonald who v ill lake to the l A \
i inks foi Penn is of the tall \aiictv —-'" ~'^^‘sV^A.
which will five him an advantage of CjlTSj 'tL *S* yKsL
tc-ch cnci Lißjfctt For this ie..s«n] ■£?' \\flJi)osW
Longcneclai, who is mine neuih, S' ifjs&
MacDonald's t\pe may be used bvl ■ '//
Lillienheld will lepiescnl Penn in -&‘^ r
the tlmt\-t.\o pound veignt Penn B &
ftate is weak in this clasu and as EMf
the Blue and White niento has not. sMB»yn/OW3 fiSrak
made a selection Chenoweth uh>' fj © g
‘cored by a fall n the Alfitcl meet. __
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Lew mf-tlinc f<„ Tlio Ijon, hack°z a”d hurce
<lhe » pound weight will -lift Hal- fIUTSS
Icm Lons: is one of the niunstivs, M , _
of tfio m.,,., Lon,,, M to Penn
L .ten ,tou- in the moot tomomm Cta^sSv/ootforinvmonoy
linlpcrn was thrown in the Ihonn:
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i’in}f the matches b.’ 20 to f) 27 to oj/ FIOTCII ShoppQ /
•m.l 21 to 0 U'tjxctitrh Tint tea. \f nj £ Bcay(!r Av - <
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