4
KWICK,
Watson—the
Needle!
VOL. XXI, No. 36
NITTANY GLEEMEN
SHARE STAGE WITH
COLUMBIA TONIGHT
Visiting New Yorkers Booked
as Curtain-raisers—Local
Organization Follows
FAMOUS COMPOSITIONS
LISTED IN SELECTIONS
Dance Scheduled to Entertain
Guests of Penn State
After Recital
Presenting n program which should
•ittiact music lovers because of its
novelty, the Penn State Glee Club will
combine with the Columbia university
songsteis tonight in the Auditoiium
at scven-Umy o'clock More than
«i\ty mcmbcis of the two clubs will
take part in the evening’s enteitain
nient.
The peifoimancc will be well bal
anced with scuous and humoious
rumbeis and will provide selections
v Inch appeal to all classes of music
Invcis The Metiopolitan club will
olTei as then pait of the entertain
ment numbeis which have alicadj
made them famous in eastern collcg
utc musical circles Thirty-six song
sters of the New Yoi k club vv ill aid in
t!,c evening's entci tamment. Includ
ed m this number will be then reg
ular Vaisity (Quartette and their piano
soloist, David Barnett ’27 who is icc
ognt/cd as the peer of pianists at the
university.
First on Program
Aiiatigements have been made for
the Columbia songsteis to make the
initial appcaiance ot the evening and
thair entnc glee club will ollei as the
lust thiee number* selections by well
known composeis* “Enhance and
March of the Pools,” bv bulhvan,
“laillabj” bv Biahms and "llandov
l an Man," by von Othegraven
Two pianoforte solos, ‘Rhapsody,
1a Brahms and “Etude,” by Chop'll
s, ill next* be olTei cd By “Harnett
Following the piano solos, the vi«
lt’ng glee club will sing "Loch Lo
mend,” ai ranged bv Koisythe, “Good
News," by Builin, “beciets," t'u
(Continued on last page)
DR. W. CROCKETT EDITS
EUROPEAN TOURIST GUIDE
Forty-sixth Annual Edition Is
Third Volume Written by
Niltany Professor
1 he* Ilougliton-MilHm Publishing
company of Boston has issued within
the past week the foi ty-sixth* annual
edition of the Rolto-Crockctt “Satchel
Guide to Europe,” edited by Di W
I>. Ci oekett ol the Latin department
This Guide was oiiginally written bv
the late Di. W .) Rolfe, eminent
Shukespeaiean scholar and was ievu
oi’i annually by him for nearl.v loitv
$ ears
After Dr. Uolle’s death in tail the
volume vas edited for a few >c\us liv
Di, II W Danning, travel e\peit and
author of “Today on the Nile” The
loit>-thml annual edition of the woik
i],peaied in 1911, but further publi
cation of it ceased alter the outbreak
if the World War in the latter pnit
or that >eui.
With the close of the wni and ic-
Mimption of touting in konope, so
gieat was the lcvolution in travel
that hail been bi ought about bv the
wui together with the mcicased use
if motoi cats that the publishers ol
lie “Satchel Guide” icalired the need
loi a thoiough i evasion ot the woik
On the suggestion ot Dr. J C Kolle,
» i the iacultv ot the University ot
Pennsylvania and son of Di W J.
Rolfe, the woik of revision was on*
tiusted to Dr Ciockctt m 1922
Travels in Europe
Dt Ci oekett, who was passing the
academic year of 1922-23 tn tiavel
ind study in Em ope, spent much
time woiking on the Guide, e\ten
snelv levising and giently enlarging
k Upon his leluin to Aineiicu in
September 1923, he icsumcd woik
upon the immusenpt. llis work ol
icvision was completed m such time
tnat the forty-louith annual edition
v as published In May 192-1
Within two weeks of this date Ur
Ciockctt again sailed for Euiope, vis
iting Sweden, Not way and Denmark.
As a sequel to tins tour, he added t»
Ihe foity-fifth volume of the "Satchel
fmn State
Ko-eds Kreate Komment Koncerning
Kwickly-Koming -Kostume Kotillion
lhonming to ovcishadow the fumed mask The icnatnt 7 AY. W C. A
l!c-She dance as the loading ienunim cafcteiu will vend hnmbuigci sand
... ... wiclics—and who can scoff a sweep
r.ocm! fund,™ oC tlm sciwn. the tl , o ., >ltcllcn . for . Mlo .. „, lt , f a l M .
Ko-ed Kostumc Kotilhon will have its j mC(J on >
mauguintion on the evening of Aptd
s'.stccnth amid the clattci of Chailes
lomng heels and unjnomptu butk
end-umg dances The tmtmabulation
of the belles—belles—belles will ac
company the student stiams of Joe
Machlan's harmony hounds, who will
cffci musical opposition fiom nine till
twelve
The shindig will be thrown with no
mean background— e\etv costume
must have taken at least tlnee first
prizes in the “Mumniv’s Parade” in
Philadelphia or in the “llommei’s
I'aiade" m Camden A grand pure
will be awarded to the best cxteuoi
decoiator for the cloak of unwisdom
which surrounds hot
Co-eds Clamp Chiselers
Of comsc, since no males are to be
admitted to the sacied piecincts or
•he Kotillioners, there will be a crowd
of prospective chisclcrs in the offing
rwaiting their opportunity But c•-
on in the event that mustacluos arc
disenided and cauhflowci enis sub
lectcd to plastic surgeiv, thoie will
be no entiv The police foice will
guard the Armory gate
At eleven bv the clock, all will un-
First Local Showing
of “The Kid Himself”
Follows Senior Ball
Hcinldud as one of the ycai's best
college dramatic ‘•hows bv New York
end Pennsylvania audiences “The Kid
Himself" written by R B bmith 2G
and J. W Ettgi '25, will be the Thes
pians’ 1926 College debut ne\t Satin
dav, the night following the Senior
Bull, m the Auditorium. \n eaily!
pciformance heginung at seven
oclock will be given to pci mil fra-1
tunity dancers to attend
Aided by numerous loud showings
Ine Thespians have perfected then
acting in preparation for then fust
performance et Stute College The
jdot, humorous, dinmatic und appeal
ing, offers an entertaining evening to
the audience and a chance to display
the acting ability of the cast
Musical Success
Outstanding in making “Ihe Kid
Himself" a musical success are sever
a song hits Although the current
Christmas trip included only one
showing at each utv, the musical
numbers, three compositions in par
ticular, are mpidly becoming campus
favorites Alieadv the lyncs an I
melodies of “I’ve Been Looking Tor
Someone Like You" “lust We Two
Togetliei” and “Lanterns” a waltz,
Lave captivated the students and aio
being plavcd by eveiv local oichestia
The storv of "The Kid himself” is
woven about an old theme, love and
lom.mtc, but the pleasantly shilling
settings, the change fiom the squai
od-ciidc of the United States to col
orful Spam and the magic of music
make tile 192 G show humanlv acted
and appreciatively accepted wherevei
it is played
MID-YEAR GRADUATIONS
WILL BE HELD TUESDAY
Degrees To Be Awarded Filly
Students—Two Prominent
Speakers Scheduled
The atimiul Mid-Ycnt Commence
ment exercises will take place in the
Auditorium on Tucsduv evening, Feb
ruary 9, at 7 .50 A class of approx
imately* fiftv men and women will re
ceive bachelor degrees, while six ad
vanced degiees will also be contorted
Judge II Walton Mitchell, president
of the Board of Tiustees, will pic
side und the Revciend E F Romig,
of the Middle Collegiate Dutch Re
formed chutch, New York city, will
make the addiess
Faculty members me uiged to at
tend the exercises Acud’ennc cos
tume is requested wheie possible but
is not Requited The faculty will
meet at seven o’clock in the I'oyci.
Members of the ginduutmg class and
candidates for advanced degiees vvid
meet in the Nmth loom of the boyei
at the same hour
Evpi'ctim; to study loi his degico
I.r Dcetoi of Pliilosophj m clctlto
lonnatiy, \\ .1 Sweenev, nistuictM
m tin* school ol Cliemistij, will leave
(lus week for Mimaehusettes Insti
-2 First ticket sale fui the Sen* [ I lute of Technology
f .... 11..11 ...11 lw, t,..1,l ~f f’n.n!. I! .. ... . ... , .
Senior Ball Ticket
Sale Listed Monday
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1926
In the event Hint a beautv pure is
Riven, the title of Miss State CollcR"
\,ill be awarded the winner, and the
name on the autobus;will be changed
forthwith The pcipetrator ol the
best decoiulion scheme and the ar
ranger of the most attractive jm»-
ginm will al‘o gain recognition —
piobably with medals
A picture of the prize-winning cos
tume, possibly draped over the wear
ci. will appear in tins newspaper af
ter the Ivotillion if the “Ko*cds Kon
ccde Klass to Eny Won Cet of Gilts"
(Oi if they take this with a gran,
ol salt) The ticket sale for the
event will take place on the Monday
and Tuesday nights preceding the af*
fait.
CAPTAIN LIGGETT
REJOINS MATMEN
Intercollegiate Champion Adda
Spirit to Team—Will Fill
135-pound Berth
LION GRAPPLERS FACE
SYRACUSE NEXT WEEK
With the return of W C Liggett
’26 to Penn Stale, tho Nittanv giap
plers have gained that winch has been
lacking to them all season, a natural
leader dnd a captain
Through two months of practice
and tlnough tv o meets, the Lion mat
men have struggled fuiward without
a head, without someone to lead them
in actual inter-collegiate companion
The news of Capta.n Ltggett’s re
turn following closely upon the bril
liant Mctoiv over the Uimeisily of
Tennsvlvania has, thrown now life
into the loam and has bnghtened
what otherwise might have been a
dull outlook
Value lo S(|tiad
Captain Liggett's value to the
squad is not a matta of so much add
er stiength. although that is ceitam
to follow, but the increase in the moi
„le of the team is ull-impoitant With
a natural leader, one of then own
choice, to head the crusades against
the hind opponents ahead, the team’
chances of success aie gi catty m
cieased The Penn State wrestling
team is no lotigei niddciless
In lus fust woik-out Wednesday
r.ight Liggett wcighcd-in at in
pounds, but bv the nc't match he will
bo vithin the tlmtv-livc pound class,
which post he held down last year
(Continued on thud page)
GRANGE TO HOLD OPEN
MEETING MONDAY NIGHT
Dean R. L. Watts Will Address
Society—lnitiation Called
Febi uarv Sixteenth
Dean W’atts will nddiess the Ciiung
cio and visitors on the topic “Needs
of Rural Pennsylvania" it an open
l,’ceding to be held Monday evening
rl seven-tl.n t\ o'clock in 100 Hot t
JJc will stress particularly the need
lei organisations, such as commodi
ty and lecication societies in ruinl
distiicts and will point out the advan
tages of the Giange there and its op
portunities foi becoming more wulc-
I' oigamzcd
Games and music will be anotliei
pait of the evening progiam undci
the dnection of the entei tainment
committee The Giange membership
driv will close February sixteenth
vhcii lust and second degices will be
(onfericd on all applicants Thos
ocsiimg to enter the Giange this
school ycur me urged to sign up im
mediately, since llicic will be no moic
initiations until next fall
GRANT LEAVE TO
W. J. SWEENEY
DRIBBLERS ENGAGE
BISON CONTINGENT
TOMORROW NIGHT
Hamad Oul for Remainder of
Season—Hood Snitched
• to Forward Post
BARRON TO. CAVORT IN
VACANT GUARD POSITION
Former Yearling Captain to be
Inserted in Line-tip lo
Bolster Defense
Only short practice sessions niaikcd
the week’s prepaiation lor the clash
with Buckncll to be staged in the Ar
rrroiy tomorrow* night at seven o'clock
Because of the'gruelling wcok-c.nl
in Pittsburgh and hnal examinations
llus week, Coach Hcinrann lias beer,
holding brief periods of training with
little scrimmage.' The Pern State
tutor hopes to give the passers a
much needed rest; in this wav.
Hamas Out for Season
Mike Hamas, .-tellur forward, will
be out during the whole season ac
mdtng to a statement made by* Ui
Kitenour, College physiciun Mike
has been ill during the last lev
r onths but his condition was not
I bought to be serious Aftet a col
lapse, iu was confined to the infuin
r.ry where it was announced that he
is suffering fiom anemia
W'lth the loss of the leading scorer
cll the Blue and White aggregation,
(oadi llcimann ’fvns faced with tlv
pioblcm of filling in the vacant beith
and shiftirg his line-up to get the
smoothest working combination Oair
l.iin Chick Hood has been sent to fo. -
v aid and will hold down the advance
posts with Johnny Ilocpkc.
Barron ut Guard
Baiion will bc-'giv'en a icg
i-iar beith at guard because ot his
showing in the Inst engagement The
huskv tosser was captain of the ycal
ling five last year and should help to
lolstei up the crippled team
Although Ducknell has met on!v
modciate success so far tins season,
it boasts a fast team, having display
ed unusual ability* in passing and lloor
woik McCaskey and Riggs will
piobablv take then places at lorwaid
positions when the Bisons line-up
against the Nittany five while Mur
phv and McCormick will be stationed
at the defense posts Bach will be
found at the tip off position
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
CATALOGS NEW COURSE
FOR SUMMER SESSION
The School of Education will in-
clude in its butnmci session a com sc
in Rural School oignni7utiun am!
Management This couise is plained
foi school office!s and teachers in
ii’ial sclioo's and will deal with manv
pioblems of this pi ofessional group
Tin.* cuuisos lull be mulct the di
icltion of men nml women well
know’n m the field Piofessoi .1 K
Buttei wott!i of Cornell uimeustv Trnl n
Fiofcss o > Crnest Burnham of the, .
Western State noimul school, Muhi- i"i 1 ■‘I 1 " 1 011
gun uimo.sitj, ami Ml, Main- Tm-I ( ' l “ Uul * Dam-i—A,,m„ y
nei Hanoi of the Stale Teacher 1 -
loUi'ko, Kuksulle, Missouri are thiee
jmimment edticatois who will instiuct
in these classes
o-
Foolish Gentlemen Unfortunately Fail
To Flunk—Chirp “Bye-Bye Blues”
“Ready.'" “AH Set” “Let 'cm
Go ” Anil the gigantic presses or
the Gut Publishing companv stinted
to thiovv out .mother edition of tin*
Penn State Fiotli. Lung before the
rtudents hml begun to worry about
the final examinaions, tile ingenious
l umonsls of the second fiooi oflice
piepniud to bioadcust fun by ail issue
of then notouous magazine which
will be on snle at Gialmm’s Stoic* to
day at elec on o’clock
‘‘Rvc-bu* Blues,” the title lias two
msulous things about it It seems
the wits unwittingly forgot to con
sulci the twenty-four examinations
which will teuonze some twelve hun
ched studenL. on Saturday morning
: to say' nothing of those bv appoint
ment Again, the would-be wise hoc
“OLD MAIN BELL”
ISSUES FINAL CALL
FOR MANUSCRIPTS
Faculty Members and Former
Student Submit Leading
Literary Articles
MODERN MUSIC ARTICLE
BY DR. BOUCKE PRINTED
Publication Assured Firarcia'
Success as Result ol
Pledge Campaign
With the Inst lexults ot the Old
Mum I'tll subset iption campaign as
suring the financial success ol this
>can's publication, the stall is now is
suing the firul call for liteiarv con
lubutions foi the initial nunibci ol
the magazine which is “dated to ap
pear during the euilv put of nest
month
One of the two leading mamisuipt-,
icceived by II F Taylor ’2l>, cchtoi*
in-chief, !•> an mliclc by Piul \\ I’
Gibbons, of thj English dcpaitmcnt,
on ‘Tnal b\ Newspapei ” The otnci
contubution is one of the lust fca
toic stories vvntten for the Chicago
Duily Journal by W B. Mo.gan. foi
mei Fioth editoi, on whose staff he
(Continued on last page)
COLLEGE EXTENDED
SOCCER LEAGUE BID
Former Association Reorganized
on New Basis—lncludes
Man> Teams
CHOICE OF CHAMPIONSHIP
ELEVEN GREATLY CURBED
Announcement has been made b\
-the Athletic Association of ncc-.pt
nnee of an mutation lu mcnbeidup
in the new Inliccollogiale Sotcu
League The new association ua*
fmmed following the disbanding ot
the foimer Inteicullegialc hoceei
Lcagac at it-- meeting in New \oik
cit\ on lanuaiv ninth
In the opuvon of Coach B G l.con
r.id, the mutation came as a lcsull
of many veais of plaunb bv
the NiUany lepresentutnes The t*i
spoit mentor con-ideis enti ince into
the new league as the goal towai i
which Penn State followeis hn\e beer
'Working foi the past decade The
Lion elc\on has established an in
viable tecoid in the soice* liehl and
his at last been rc< ogtmcd bv the
officials in chaige of the lorm ition
oi the new intcucollegiate league
Because ot the fact that Jlnrvaid
.ml Yale, two old membois ot tin*
louuei league, signified then inten
turn of witluhawing fiom the a->so
ciat’on, it vas ptoposed by sevei il
othei membois who wm* a'-o iti'-
<„ ti'-hed with existing conditions, that
(Continued on second page)
Who’s Dancing
Alpha Z«U
Phi Gamma Delta
Sigma I'ln Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon
sh saungs ate to be admued fo*
then mathematical abilities because
they ha\e conti ived to charge the
Fioth from u two to a thiee column
magazine and still maintain the same
sue page Othcu impiovcinents will
he noted ‘T’oam Fioth Othcu Mugs,”
i- gone with the VoUtead Act The
ui Lists base, howcvci, maintumcd the
"Clippings ”
Tin* editoi lias bianded the covei
design as the best of tile* uai He
devotes Jus column to a slight ciiti
usni on the suppicssion of college
comics, womes of a student at mid
vcai and an announcement ol the el
ection to the mt stair ol 11. K Wef
fei ’2d, It. M. Gibbs '27 and F 11
Reninngei '2S Even dtamu finds it
LION BOXERS DON
MITS FOR OPENING
TILTS TOMORROW
Final Entrants for Catholic U. Battle
Undecided—McClernan Placed
in 125-pound Berth
ELIMINATION BOUTS STAGED BY CANDIDATES FOR
FRISSIIMAN-SOITIOMORE SCRAP—TRIALS ALL WEEK
Out for Season
MIKE HAMAS
STUDENTS TRY FOR
IAPRENSA’PRIZES
Si\ Contestants Submit Names
in Spanish Contest—Money
I .. Gtvon as Awards
SEPARATE COMPETITION
OPENED FOR GRADUATES
Displuung unusual nleiesl m th *
cnntesl held In Li I'ltnsi a bpanixn
i.cv.s,>apei published m New 'Hoik
Cit , spmish students of the College
l„ve alic.ulv uglified then intention
rf competing foi the prize Six on
t-.’ulb have selected topics foi then
c*sa s and mc.ie aiu expected to lu
pc" t ..fter the mid- eui examinations i
In conuacrting on the pieliminaiv
oik done b. the conic slants, Ptofos
,o> lose Ga'kudo who is in clung.
i the essav wilting, sivs that Penn
Stale will be well icpiosented in this
<ontest and m optimistic iig.uding
s i dent' chances in this contest
'ihroc Prizes
Evciv vcai this newspipei oil us
pii'es foi the bc«t Spanish essays
mid tins veil moi „• than si\ bundled
dollai s will be awaidcd Tile lii't
in c* is two hundicd and tifty dol
lai s and the second and thud me one
bundled md twenty-live and sevoutl
ine rc'pictivch Undugiadu lie stu
dents ot ly ax* cdigiblc for competition
and the ess,ns must contain at least
(Keen bundled wowN wntten ir
c ]umsh The -dect.on of a topic i*
left to the disuctioa of the student
Foi g. aduate students desiimg to
mtei tbe competition, thiee sen.uate
pi,zc*> asc »w uded Tne gi.uluate
pn.es aie still fui tlicr mvided into
cfiisse fui cnmlid,.tcs wot king loi
Mastcis’ deglees ami those vvmking
toi doctoi’s dcgiecs The viit’ng ot
the is, i 1 s is not lesliictcd to tin*
Spanish I’nguage and mav he writ
ten m English if the contestant «o
ctsues The uithois of the pnze
winning utides will he announced m
hire and their pictuies will he pub
lished in I a Piensa
Translation Contest
Fm students who .lie paiticalaih
.daptod to the tianslation of the
Spanish languigc. Jucgos Minnie-,
an in gnm/ation ot the bmveisitv ol
Kans is, which n devoted to eiicoui
aping Spanish language, ail and Jit
ciatuie, is olleimg pu/es i.mging
Horn thutv to live dollais
j Cndcth Report for |
j Theater Seats Monday !
| .Sophomoi e classes in U 0
- T C, 1 will assemble foi two !
I hom classes in the old bnnd I
| mom in Old Mum beginning j
| Mowlnv |
* All undei gi.uluate eudels J
* wild,r« si hoillil,". 1
We MU
Hie Errin’
Chillier
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Aftei weeks of stienuoi.s tiaimng
in which Coach Leo Houck develop.. I
a boxing team fiotn rhuost entiled,
rew matenal, Penn State’s ntilmcn
will open the 102 b list c season with
Catholic univeisity lomonov. . ltd*
toon at Ino-thnty o’c'oifi inthe Ai
Only one vcteian, Captain Johan,•
McClcinan. will step into the nng to
morrow The rcmaindoi of the team
i, composed altno-t entixl, ol in
experienced malci’n!
Piactice sessions v.eie hud tvci'*
night duung the week despite final
examinations in the hope of pi cant
ing a foiimdable agg-cgatioi foi the
Id-hfter The lingmen have been
kept in good condition md son Pd
make a c*editable showing against
the visitois
Vo Selection Made
Xo decision as to ic,rcst.ital.v< s
foi the Blue and White will be mid*
until late tomonow moimag Co.uh
Houck plans to weigh-in two nici foi
c ch bout with tilt* exception of tir.*
125 pound class, whidi will he i,n
resented bv the Lion nut Icadc*
(«uns and Mahon, 115 oou’idct,,
I have been pitted agiinst each othu
duitng the enlrc* m tin hope
! ol deteimimng the able of t'r
' two candidates, howcvci it is possild
that Kvashwick may displace one of
these men when the mitmen veigh in
l illiger and .Icnkms have been butt
ling to a draw ill lh thirty-five jiound
class and the selection will greatly
depond on physical condition
Gi.i/’or duung Ihe uih nail oi
j tlie week appealed to be 111* c!iok>
Jen the fortv-five p<‘und division vet
jKiuppa his shown consideiable ibil
j itv to make him a sliong candid i'o
i foi that class Kiel and Hnnmgloti
ale the two most piomising candi
d. tes foi the next highei butli
WcKko atul Kuiland, v.eighing-in
| at 175 pounds, aie battling for hon
m , while Uosebciiy will undoubtedly
( iContlnueJ on last page)
PROF. R. H. DOTTERER
RECEIVES CHAPEL POST
Former Pastor Succeeds Pi of.
F. L. P.tltee «is Spe.tker
at Ddih Evetcises
Because ol the absence ot Ui I .
i. Patter Horn the Golligt daiiiig
the second semester 51 r It II L'o‘-
tcici, professor of I’lulo-oph", v i'l
..,siimc* the duties chant 1 1* id< i
I*i of Dolteiei has supeivisul la
chapel set vices seutai U.vt - m 111"
I ast weeks and thiee veais ago w
pastoi of the locai nefoimul cluiicli
Foi the jiast lew veais Di Dottu
ei has been teaching v.mous conis<
ill pluio lophv at the Coll'ge v.lmh,
..ccordmg to the cntollments ol Ui
classes, inc decidedly popal. . » ilh
tlie students Piol Dotlcici was
giaduntcd liom 1 i inlJui and lU.u
shall college m I'JOo with a luclulnr
tf philospohy degicc and in PUD l i •
licenced fiom tlie same iisUlnlnm
the degiee of niasLei ol philosojiliv
Six veais latci at the Johns Hop
kins iinivoisily ho lecemil Uu* litl<*
of inastoj ~i ails and the lolloping
vcai, IDI7, lie was graduated tiom
tint institution with the i.ink ol do.-
toi of philosophy
I. F. C. WINTER
SPORTS TREATED
Meeting aL dilfeient liuliimt,
houses next Tuesday night, the limn
ngeisof the I F. C spoils will select
r. schedule foi the vmunis cunts
Manngeis of the basheiball l< im,
will meet at the Alpha Chi Uhn ha
tiTiutv house, wie.llmg mauigeis at
the Theta Upsilon Omega liati'imtv
.la use, and boxing mnnageis at tils
Pi Kappa Alpha fiateuulv lions*