'ucMlay, I'cbi'u.u.y t!j, l*)2;»
'rofessors Not Old Grannies” Asserts
Gravy Garver—Life Proves Statement
r ofessors nrc decidedly not old
lines' If some moic obdurate np
itice to leni ning should disagree
ash foi proof of this somewhat flat
ement, Penn State could pioudlv
it to Piofessor j\l. M. Gaiver of
depmtment of Physics
infessoi Carver was emphatic in
nng the justification of the op
tion " softy” when applied to fue
mcmbeis in a speech befoic the
sbuigh alumni last Finlay c*\ en-
Jloie than one hundred weie
lent at ? the alumni banquet licit! at
Umveisity Club and it was the
sensus that GiMver pioved his
it
’hen questioned, Piofessor Gaivei
lifted some of the high lights of
biillinnt caieci Recoided in tab
foun they constitute absolute
if to the statement that “piofes
and “gianny” aie not nnn!oguu‘
Versatile Career
liavy”, ns the physicist h nflVc
itely known, has been gnldu<,
>oy, athlete—these aie bjt mci
s m his caieci ofNeisat'htv At
ige of sixteen tyq joined the nimy
upon his lelease i. >cni lafii
elled to the wild' or Colorado to
two yea is of “bullwhacking”
ng this pound he wmteicd Se\-
nules south of Pike’s Peak, tough
g himself by using snow as a
Let in cold wcathci
Playing to the stnuns of Russ
Widenot’s band befoio a ciowded
house, the Penn State Thespians gave
then fust local peifoimance of "The
Kid Himself” m the Auditonum Sat
in day night Writton'nnd played en
tuelv by Penn State students and di
tected by Mnuuce Darcy, icpresenta
tive of the Ned Wayburn studios,
the show was excellently put across
and was enthusiastically lcccivcd by
the huge audience
The title lole was played by J. L
Nelson ’27 and dealt with Kid Bums,
a professional prize-fightci nnd hi-,
much-opposed lovo nflan with Sally
Meirill who is It W Giaham ’27 off
stige The love affair is opposed by
Rally’s pments, mtei preted by II 11.
Bimneid ’27 and II W Pennington
’2O, who me stiong foi the union of
Srllv and Duke Chcstcidalc, played by
II Vance ’27 Aftei the duke is
pioved an impostei the Kid is finally
accepted as a son-m-lavv bv Mr and
Mis Mcuil!
In the scene of the fust act nt Pine
huist, Noith Cainhnn, Kid Bums
meets Rallv The setting for this
act is a hwn of a Caiolina hotel The
chotus is clothed in vari-coloied spoits
costumes, the “gnls" in white skirts
end led or vellov. flannel coats and the
men in blnzeis and light knickets
The scene changes in the second
act to the Spanish estate of the Mcr
nlls in Madnd This is an mtenoi
setting piofusely deeoiatcd in black
and gold, with a gate leading out to a
garden in the icai The choms is
(bossed in Spanish costumes for this
act and in oidei to put ovei some of
the Spanish numbeis the leads also
assume the nttiie of the don and lus
sinom Pionnnent m this act me
J.m Atkins, played by D D Noith
lop ’27 nnd S. C Rankle ’27, as Mm
jone Wme, who help make a success
of the Kid’s lovo affau
tofessoi Gan or is u Pcnns>\lvan
by bntli, jot lie lias \ote<l in New
k, Ncwaik, Gieelov, Coloiado and
icious othei pi ices. Aftci taking
hum* of studv at Rockfoul acad
m Illinois, he cntcicd Cm noil
•eisily
h
ule an umlcipiailuato he lowed
ie Coinell cicw ami attained such
rmtion as a student that he was
ed assistant to the piofcssoi of
ics Dunns this pcnod he made
“.\tended oxpei imental in\estipra*
or the tiansnussion of sensation
\nhtion thiouph the neives, the
Its of which were published m the
iiruv Journal o] Suuicv
ftei receiving his sheepskin from
nell in 187 G Piofossor Gaivei
rht at Meiceisbuig aeadcmv, le
ung to lus alnni matei as an in
ictoi in mmemlogv and assaying
he vcisntile scientist ne\t tinned
.ittontion to elcctiic.il engmeenng,
lining supoiuitendcnt of the Unit
states Electi ic Lighting company
it in Philadelphia, which position
leld for tlnce jeais
o then became engaged in the
iufuetuic'o! suigteal instiuments
a shoit tunc, but letumcd to the
tucal field as assistant eloctncinn
genci.il nianagei of the Weston
itucal Instiumcnt conipnnv* In
capacity he took out several pat
; foi in\cntions including new al
iments and improvements on old
ofcssoi Gaivet chuckled when jo
ie inquned as to whethei the cui
lcpoits that he had invented the
tmghouse an-biake weie true
mid the lumois weie gioundless,
having doubtless nnscn fiom the
that he took out patents while
the Weston Instiument com-
hilc connected with the Queens
puny, Pi ofcssoi Gaivei peifectcd
lal elcctncal measunng instru
ts and seemed patents as a icsull
nine novel expci nnentntion. One
.hose was a hnt-wnc voltmeter
li took a medal in the Wot Id’s
in 18‘),J
The thud act takes place in the pa
latial home of Kid Bums at Rye, New
Yoik, on the Hudson livening attne
and immaculate flannels are much in
evidence in this act, foi the Kid is now
the husband of Sally and he lias given
up his caicei in the prize-ling foi the
social life of a gentleman Even n
very* attiactive offer fiom the Kid’s
foimcr manugei, Dugan, played bv
P. J Fniley '29, fails to elicit nnv in
ten est, show mg that the Kid has really
foiesworn the ung foi good.
The wide diveusity of musical num-
iiavy” was the fust mail in the
cd States to 1 ide on an elect! ic
oiu!—a lathei laic distinction!
iv is with Vandcipool in Chicago
i lie peifectcd the ouginal “Toon
le Tiollcv”
ice coming to jPenn State in 18011
essoi Gaivei tinned out mini
> scientific woiks and has attained
nation as an c\pcit in certain
of elcctncal measuiements lln
at Penn Stale has been of ines
ble vnlue nnd has won for himself
dmu ation of students and faeultv
For Hight 1 ears—
concluding, “Giuvy" (luestioncd
:nbe as to whethei he h id missed
classes the past scmcstci. Pu
ly vvondeiing what was coming
, the guilt was natuinlly admit-
)o vnu know", ho said, and the
“METZGER’S HAVE IT”
Should we be sold out of any particular Text Book we
will order it for you and give you a 5 per ct. rebate on
publishers price.
Our regular price on Luckey Strike, Camel, and Ches
terfield Cigarettes will now be 13c. Herbert Tareyton
22c, Fatimas 17c.
L. K. METZGER
: twinkle in his eye belied an assumed
cvpiession of seventy, “Foi eight
ycais I did not miss a single class at
! Penn State". Wo gasped, and seeing
that wo weie not cfleetunllv squelch
ed, he added, “noi was I t.mlv duiing
that penod” Furthei investigation
pioved that with the exception of one
week dunng which he was attending
his mother’s funcial, Profcssoi Gni
vci met every one of Ins classes on
time foi a penod of sixteen yais
That was too much. Paying silent
tnbutc to one so punctual, wc giaspud
oui aged lid and departed, thinking
mwaidly of the advisability of call
ing the -profcssoi "tough eggs" and
oui own collegiate selves "grnnnies".
SUCCESS MARKS
THESPIAN DEBUT
“The First Year” Scores Success
on Second Tour—To Play
Here March Sixth
MANY GUESTS THRONG TO
INITIAL'LOCAL SHOWING
Five Tone
Dinner Chime
$12.50
CRABTREE'S
Allen Street
bens was probnblv the most attractive
fcalme of the whole peifoimance
Jimmy und Mmjorie have sovoml of
the numbeis while the Kid nnd Sully
also appeal quite it few times. The
negro songs, howevet, weie gieetod
with the most enthusiasm. These
weie sung by Lmdy and Jackson, J
E. Kennedy ’2B and R. G Kennedy
Ji ’2B, and the bell-hov, plnvcd by
L Zucomck ’29. Although the negio
paits had nothing to do with the de
velopment of the plot, it enabled the
producers to introduce several speci
alty numbeis and much of the lutnioi
of the plnv.
The Charleston vv.ts very much in
evidence tluoughout the peifoimance
which featured every phase of the
dance from the ball-room Chmleston
to the migmnl step as interpieted by
the negio chainctois. Besides those
dance nnd song selections the mini*
bei s "I’ve Been Looking foi Someone
Like You” and the wait/ “Lanterns"
were piobnblv the best received The
fomier was sung by the Kid und Sally
while "Lanterns" was a puiely chor
us number with the solo sung by E
JI. Peek ’27, of the male choius
In the second act, sevcinl Spanish
numbeis were intioduccd including a
Spanish dance, a tnmbouimc dance
and the “Sunny Land of Spain" sung
by the Kid The outstanding featuie
of the third act is undoubtedly the
exhibition Charleston danced by Jim
my and Mnijnrie who uic Intel joined
by the entire company Jackson
Lmdy and the bell-boy’ me injected
into oveiy act and me ulways the
signal foi lonis of laughtci and en
thusiastic culls foi encores The
choms, too, pioved very efficient in
the knowledge of nunieious intricate
steps nnd several musical numbeis
INTERFRATERNITY BOX
ING TO START TOMORROW
Intel fraternity boxing will get un
iht way tomorrow evening at seven
tl irty o’clock when Phi Gamma Delta
meets Phi Kappa Sigma and Lambda
Chi Alpha clashes with Sigma l'i
Thuisday at the same hour Beta Sig
ma Rho will pan off with Alpha Sig
ma Phi while Delta Sigma Phi en
counters Theta Upsilon Omega. The
d’awings for I’ndav evening find
Alpha Gamma Rho lined up against
Phi Epsilon Pi and Delta Kappa Sig
ma against Pi Kappa Alpha
Intel collegiate rules will picvail
dining the bouts No yelling or root
ii g will be allowed. The teams must
weigh m at one o’clock on the dav ol
the meet No man who lias boxed m
* regular collegiate mutch is eligible.
.AH boxing manngcis arc to furnish
their own equipment nnd seconds
LION TOSSERS WIN AND
LOSE ON SECOND TRIP
(Continued from fust page)
were tossed from mid-couit, although
he only counted once in the hist half
The Nittany defense vv.ts mipene
liable dutmg the entuc contest and
the Hilltop team was forced to take
eveiy shot at least twenv-fivc* feet
iumi the basket
Navy
Meeting with less success the fol-
Icwmg night, the Blue and White
courtmcn weie downed bv the super
ior shooting of the Academy passois
Conch Hermann’s men biokc tluough
Navy's defense but the shooting was
bad and opportunities for scoung
weie thrown away
Both teams fought haul through
the c|tire contest especially duiing
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the fust neither team
counting unill five minutes had push
ed. Savloi scoied first but Penn
State soon lost the lead nnd was un
able to lcgain it.
Shots bv MncDonuld, Non Ncul.i
iiid Sayloi tied the score at vanous
stages of the came, but the Nittany
combination wps to forge
ahead nnd wa'L.Jpst when Jones und
Pat rush counted hud put the Sailors
in the lead. Captain Hood nnd Say
hn were the individual stars for the
Naisitv. * '
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Snjlcir I Norli
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Von Not.! i (. Vuktimnlc
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siHliluUoiH—l>»timnn for Nort 1 lav in fnr
hvnn, Tomnini Tor Jnlitinno* Hicl.y for \ilk
mimic fnr f.ltllt*, Knit for Kajlnr.
It.-., for Mnrtkimil.l t.unxn'n for Von Nil'u
(,i R m for llnrrnii
Hi'M isoiitk—lloilil Saylor (. VlnrDotmlil
Von Ni icln, tlnrron Kuril 9 lt> tin 2, I !n\in
lomnini 1
Penn Mule—Jl
S:i>lur I
llomi I'
MurDonnlil C
Von Ni i.ln '(I
lli.rr.m (1
Suli.tilulloiH—lliill for I'nrnrli for
lliimih.m. Himnr.l for fimf. Nlni'liy for
j. tie* kail for Snj lor. Sujlor for Kua, I'm’i l
for MmDom.M I.imc’rut for llurr.m
I ivl.l Gonii—< rni \ I'umh 4 llnn.l, Hum*
llton. .! Siijlor. J Von Nciiln, I'un.’isn (Iruf
J. nc I
Dr. Gilkey Talks at
Assembly Tomorrow
(Continued fiom fust page)
M C. A offices, Room 424 Old Main.
Anyone who desnes to talk privately
with the Illinois pastor about social
oi moiul questions may meet with him
at that time or at any hour during the
afternoon of Wednesday’, Thursday oi
Fi ulnv
Being the guest of honoi of the
State* College Rotiuy Club at five-
Urn tv o’clock tonight Penn State’s
pionnnent guest will journey to the
Centie Hills country club. Thcie lie
will addiess the business men and re
turn to the College to speak to the
combined meeting of the Intorfratei
mty nnd Intramural councils at seven
tlmtv o’clock
Meets Townspeople Thursday
It is probable but not certain that
lie will meet with the Advisory Board
of the Y. M C. A. at tunc o'clock.
Besides the convocation tomorrow und
the confeiences in the afternoon Dr.
Gilkey will begin the scries of three
evening lectuics at ’seven o’clock in
the Auditnuum In these direct ap
peals to 1 cason Gilkey will attempt,
with his cluuncteiistic attack, to an
swei the question, “Does* the college
man need leligion’' 1 ’
Pastor of “BezV Church
With no special engagement ar
langcd foi’Fuday morning and after
noon the theologian will probably vis-
Names you should know
Yet there are names that thousands of people know
j -that can give yot\ much, more pleasure in a much more'
u personal way. Names that stand for the best things to
•i at. to wear,to sleep on, you can buy. Names that if con
nected with the salad dressing, hat, mattress you select
—or any other desirable thiing you select—mean it is
most desirable. Names written large in advertisements.
Advertisements tell why those are wise names for yau to
know. Why such names greet you in the best groceries,
department and hardware stores. Why those names are
in the buying-vocabulary of thousands are believed
in by thousands justify belief!
it vaiions li.Uumtie' and continue
the puvale coiiieicnec* The lectuic
at seven o’clock will nimk the Imul
message to :m audience im lus sta.v
hoic. He will dcpait fm home late!
Finlay night. I
At piesont I)i. Gilkey is pnstoi of i
the U.vde Park Baptist church on the'
campus of the Uimeisily of Chicago !
This same chapel was the (.lunch at-j
tended b> Hugo Bezdok, the Nittnnvj
mentor, while emulled at that insti-i
tution The piominont Chmti.mt
woikei is also n tmstee at the college
and has recently been pinposed as i
pie4idelit. !
Wide Experiences ,
At the iminj Anicucan institutions
of highci learning wheie Di Gilkej
has spoken Ins success lus been im
mediate Some of the places wheie he
has won commendation this >em me
lliuvnrd, Miami, Cornell, Dmmouth,
Broun nnd Illinois Fintheinioie he
has spoken to every state university
m the Middle NVost and has been uni-,
versity preacher at Hmvnrd, Nale,
Chicago, Vassal, .Smith, Mount Hol
yoke and others.
As Barrows lecturer, the highest
honor a spiahei of that type may ic
coive, he has tipokcn to foity thous
and people at the six student tentcis
of India including Bombay, Lucknow,
Luhoie und Cilcuttu. The gieutci
pmt of a join was spent in this vvoik,
piesentmg the tiuths of cluistiamt^
I in a "fiiendlj and coneilatorj way to
j the schol.u Iv and thoughtful people ol
1 India "
Dr Gilkey guiduatcd fiom llmvntd
n 190.", then going to Oxford wheie
he continued lus studies From the
luttcr he iccenod advanced degiees
in 1903 Continuing his studies along
religious lines nt Union semimuj,
England, he was graduated fiom that
institution in 1908
Because of the mnnnei m which the
pionnnent scholar has exploded pat
ented ideas concerning ccttnin cieods,
tinditions and cultmes of the chuieh
Di. Gilkey has been termed the “Fo&-
dick of the West." Gilkey makes no
attempt at emotional appeal but makes
his teachings effective thiough the
bulliancy and dnectness of his word
pictures and the conciseness of his il-
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You like to know names that everybody knows—name of
the man who tied lightning- to a kite; name of the man
who watched a tea kettle and went out and made an
engine. Just knowing- such names gives you pleasure.
Read the advertisements Don’t ask vaguely in a
store fBr “cold cream,” “a skillet,” “a vacuum cleaner.”
Ask for So-and-So’s Cold Cream, So-and-So’s Skillet,
So-and-So’s Vacuum Cleaner. Use the names you have
learned through advertisements, that stand for the
product that means most to you and most to most
everybody.
Read the advertisements to know
I lustiaiiuns ! pi ('sent Inmio is m Chicago with i
He dnccl*- no efioit m ’Spellbind- witc .uni two ilii.dtei. Tin lunn
11111 ' 1,1 lll ' ; \isiL. i ~ntici|>ilL- tct.iijr tl
sobd'" p|,™ l | r,>,‘' stl o.itrtl. ~f the Ikiil fnculU lemlc
the place of lehgion m life and in tlici "•"L* heie
dnih expenence of thoughtful stu-
dints as well m evoivbodv «»Ne ” i
When ho is not entrnjjod in apeak- 1
int* or confemhtr Pi. Gilhe> usimllv'S r T'l 17 _ ■ • 1
indulges in u 1 1\ civ uranic of handball j£ X lll*G6 £«SS6HII£II£
oi n fuondlv match of bowling to i $
“Keep in tnm.” In the season of I'iO'J ' $ Thorn nro oc.
Gillcov hold a \nrs.tv bcuth ns p.tchei |$ 1,,e j ‘ ellll
on the Huivaid nine Since ihai he « SentlcllS tO ft gfOOC
has manifested an intcicsl in athletics is Vircf a 1
althoui'h he cannot devote the time] 5
to them he would like
Amonjr nthei prominent u-lmioii*
‘lndents anil tcachcis Di CJilke\ i'
tufened to as simph “Chalky" lh«
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