Will the Frosh Make the Sophomores Hop? VOL. XXI, No. 41 BLUE AND WHITE BOWS TO SKILL OF NAVY BOXERS Midshipmen Clinch Five of Seven Matches in Topping Lion Ringmen, 5-2 McCLERNAN WINS CLOSE DECISION OVER OPPONENT Kcil Gains Easy Bout—Ragsdale Knocks Out Grazier in Second Canto Trampled over by the aggressive Kavy leather pushers for the hrst de teat of the senson, the Penn State fistic artists bowed before the super mi onslaught of the Tars who emerg ed from the battle on the long end or a 5 to 2 score in McDonald hall, Sat urday night. Each team came to the ringside eager for the fray and m every bout the contestants nu\ed it up with the result that in all but two, the decis ions were close. Kiel, perhaps gave the keenest exhibition of boxing by taking over his man easily, while Captain Ragsdale of Navy scored a technical knockout when Referee Short stopped the bout in the second canto. Gans Game With the results of the match a future event, Gans entered the squar ed circle against Collins, veteran bantam-weight of the Midshipmen Although Cans put up a strong hght, the Navy boxer seemed to have a slight edge. At the close of the bout, thr judges disagreed and a fourth lound was ordered by the referee. The Blue and White hfteen-pounder came back in the extra period but failed to show a marked superiority The judges again disagreed and the lefcrcc awarded the fight to Collins Stepping into the ring with the determination to win, Captain Mc- Cltrnnn set a fast pace for Allen. Repeated .rushes by both men left the bout undecided at the end of three rounds. In the fourth canto, Mac showed up well but was unable to get away from the rushes of the Blue and Gold boxer. The judges still disagreed, but Johnny won on the referees decision The lengthy reach of Horncy, Mid d • thirty-five pounder, had a telling effect on Filcgcr who lost his bout by a judges’ decision at the close of the regular period The Lion pugil -1.1 put up a stubborn resistance tlioughout the battle, exchanging (Continued on last page) VARSITY GUNMEN WIN FROM JOHNS HOPKINS Penn State Rifle Team Carries Off Appalachian League Honors for Week Defeating Johns Hopkins Universi ty in the match on Saturday the I’enn State rifle team won its second vic tory in ns many mntchcs conducted in the Appuluchmn Rifle league The Penn Stale team scotcd 1926 points out of n possible 2,000, this be ing the highest team total scored this year Scoring 000 points out of a possible four hundred, Donald Frear '2O, captain o£ the team, captured high scoring honors, followed closely by M A Bud ’26, who run up u total of 000. Four matches still remain to be fired, after which the winning team of the League will compete for the championship of the Eustern league at New York 01 Philadelphia on March seventeenth to twentieth. Next week the Penn State team will he matched against Gettysburg The scores made in Inst week’s match of the Appalachian league fol low. 1026 1886 1867 1821 18K) 1810 Penn State Johns Hopkins Western Maryland Carnegie Tech Gettysburg . West Virginu PROF. DICKSON TALKS TO TOPIANS THURSDAY Selecting sketching as lus subject, l'ruf. 11. E. Dickson will speak nt the meeting of the Topiun Club on Thurs day night at eight o’clock in .the draft ing room of the Horticulluie build ing. All architects of the college arc invited to attend the Icctuic At pres ent the members of the club aie mak ing arrangements to have cthet lec turers for future meetings fhrtn State I 1927 and 1929 Meet 1 j In Bull Pen Tonight j I There will he meetings of the | Junior and Frcshmnn classes ■ 8 tonight in the Bull Pen. The 1 I Freshmen will convene at seven i I o’clock and the Junioia meet nt \ I eight o’clock. ) : s All Juniois me urged to ut- I tend this impoitnnt meeting ns 1 I the subjects of La Vie Keys, I { pennants, blazers and the Junior j j Piom will be discussed. j HOLBROOK TO OPEN LECTURES TONIGHT SPEAKS ON “COAL AND MODERN CIVILIZATION” Mining Dean Inaugurates L. A. Series in Old Chapel at Seven-fifteen * Dchveiing the first addicsx of the Liberal Arts Lcctuie course, Dean Holbrook will talk on the subject of “Coal and Our Modern Civilization” in the Old Chapel tonight at seven fifteen o’clock The topic, which he has selected, deals with the problem of the coal supply in lelation to our modem in dustrial civilization. The United States, today, tanks fust in the pro duction of coal; it is the one gient source of powei m this country. The lmprobabiiitv of the picsent supply becoming exhausted and the efficiency and economic value of coal-substitutes urc othci phases which he will dis cuss Experts have long been working on the possibilities of replacing coal ns a means of powei with substitutes such as oil and the use of waterfalls in gcnciating electricity. It has of ten been n question of debate whclhci coal is and will continue to he the greatest source of power Hut we have. He believes that it is the only fuel we possess that will lust ihundieds of ycais Oil, he stntes, is moic efficient, pound foi pound, and more easily used, but is moie costly than coul The watei and oil power resources are small us computed with coul His lcctuie tonight is the fust of a series of five which the Liberal Alls, school is offering for its 11)20 pio gram The lectures will be given on Tuesday nights in Old Chapel, and arc arranged at intei vals of two and three weeks, the last number being scheduled for April twenty-seventh. The course contains the following speakers and their subjects March ninth, Dr. W S.»Dye, Jr, “The Many sided Kipling”; March twenty-third, J)r. L V. T. Simmons, “Ameuenn Shrines in England”; April tlm tcenth,, Di. W. F. Dunaway, “The Peopling of Pennsylvania”; April twenty-seventh, Di R 1! Dottercr, “Tendencies in American Philosophy.” Prof. Nixon Uncovers Plant Disease Causes As a result of tvvo-yeais’ icsearch E. L. Nixon, professoi of plant path ology in the School of Natuial Sci ence, hns recently discovered a num bci of new stages and phases in buc tennl diseases of plants At piescnt, Piofessot Nixon is studying the underlying causes and methods by which the plant cello arc attacked by bactcuu. He bus mnoc utntcd an apple blanch with bacteria, and is now analyzing the path ol the germs through the cells and Hie sub sequent resulting reactions. ills discoveries have been continued by Doctors J. B lhll, professor of botany, and W. S. Bench, ussoeiule professor of plant pathology rescaicli They have found, in their research work, conditions which prove Dr Nix on’s conclusions to be coriect. Dr Beach, who is stationed at the field laboratory at Bustleton, neat Phil adelphia, is hcic foi a visit of a few weeks. ETA KAPPA NU SPONSORS NEW HONOR CODE PLANS Feeling the need of an honor Codu on the Penn State campus Hie mem bers of Etn Kappa Nu have been liymg to formulate plans fm a new code and are awaiting action on this subject by other groups. The society has announced a schol arship prize in the form of a hand book for cloctrlcul cngineeis and will award it’to the sophomore electrical engineer making the highest avetage grade during lus freshman year The immediate activities ot Eta Kappa Nu will be the election of new members ftom the clcctucnl engmccis in the junior class. STATE COLLEGE PA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1926 INDIAN BRACELETS SELECTED FAVORS OF MILITARY BALL To Stage Ticket Sale Today and Tomorrow at Seven—May Get Booths Tonight INVITATIONS EXTENDED TO MANY FAMOUS MEN Widenor’s Orchestra to Furnish Music for Affair—Several Innovations Planned With the avowed intention ot mak ing Friday’s affair everlasting in the minds of all who attend, the Military Bnil committee has planned several unique fcatuics to insure a formal that will be more elaborate than those oi former years when the followers of \erpsichorc gather to dance in the Armory Friday night from nine until two o’clock. Russ Widcnor and his band, appeal ing in full military uniform, will fui nisli music for the occasion. The Ai mory will he decoiated in lose and sil ver, with the finternity booths in their customary positions about, tnc sides A militaiy atmosphere will be furnished by means of the uniformed band and the character of the dccoia tions. Favois have been selected from Hoover and Smith, fraternity jcwcl eis. An Indian love bracelet will be given each girl on the floor. These bracelets me of silver, set with stones and embossed with a military seal as n memento of tho occasion. (Continued on third page) YEARLING TOSSERS CRUSH GETTYSBURG Plcbe Five Lengthens Unbroken Siring of Winb by Topping Battlefield Quintet DELP AND HAMAS PLAY LEADING SCORING ROLES Extending its strmg of consecutive victories to six, the Nittany yearling basketball team took the Gettysburg plcbe five into camp by a score of 44- 22 in a ton id contest on the Armoiy floor Saturday evening The fresh men passcis jumped into tho lead at the very outset and weie never head ed. Field shots bv Captuin Delp and Hamas and fouls by Monahan gave the Blue and White tossers an carlv advantage, which was stretched to eight points when Delp again hit the cords with a drag shot from side court The Battlefield cugers weie unable to penetiate to scoring dis tance but acquired five points from the penalty line. After a icfereo’s time out to fix the yearling basket, Hamas arched a one humleil toss into the net. Challenger opened Hie field scoring for his leum by sinking a lengthy toss on the ensu ing jump-off, but Delp cancelled it, duplicating Ins feat a moment Intel. Increased speed brought with it un steady play, and both tennis passed up numerous opportunities to aci e by erratic passing Monahan finally bloke loose to receive a pass from Reilly and score via the field goal route. Heiges made good fiom the foul line, but Arnold was not so suc cessful, the score remaining 22-8. A beautiful double-decker by Mona luin wus the signal foi Coach Killing er to unleash an entirely new 'earn a gainst the Gettysburg collegians. The diminutive Jacobson lost no 'imc in annexing a long two-pointei, but (Continued on fouilh page) Waring’s Pennsylvanians Record Two Penn State Songs on New Victor Disc Two of I’enn Stale’s favorite songs with several of her veils have been "canned!” Not banned or disposed of by uny means but simply lutked away in the baked confines of a mns lei Victor record. And if there is any blame to be placed for the occur ranee it must fall upon Jimmy Ley den ’l4 and Fred Waring ’22. Not content with resting the laui els he Ims alrendy garnered for him self in the world of the Charleston with his tuneful coilegiute clmractci izations, Waring has initiated a novel stunt. It is nothing more than re cotthng popular college songs and dit ties for the Victor Talking Machine LIONS ENCOUNTER SYRACUSE CAGERS TOMORROW NIGHT Visitors "jHave Won Fifteen Successive Victories—Passers Defeated by • "Gettysburg Collegians Facing a foe that has vanquished fifteen quintets m n low this season the Penn State, basketball team will line up against Syracuse five tomor iow night on the Armory court at seven o'clock. Only by closer team vvoik and more’accuratc shooting can the Blue and White couitmcn hope to stave off defeat, according to Coach Hermann. ", Although the Onoduguns are han dicapped by the ineligibility of Carr and Micstcr, two of their stais, the Orange followers arc placing confi dence in Vic Hanson to annex anoth er victory. Hanson, who has pkiyed a leading role m evLry Syracuse vic tory, is nationally known for his un canny ability to toss the sphcic through the loop from any position. Lee, Eiscman, ltakon, Hiehtmcyci, Rosser and Rossen are some of the SOPHOMORES BOX PLEBES IN MARCH Twenty-sixth of Next Month Is Date Decided Upon for Annual Scrap CUB TEAM PRIMED FOR BELLEFONTE ACADEMY Fuduy, Mai eh twenty-sixth has been definitely divided upon iis the date when the freshmen will don the gloves against thijraiphomore team in the annual boxing tussle According to Coach Leo Houck the material for either underclass combi nation is far from promising but with five weeks lemauung before the scrap it is expected that continued pincticc sessions will enable the pugilists to round into better form At present the second year men ate handicapped by the lack of n heavyweight while m the light-heavy class there is but one candidate. Sloan Eliminated An upset rnuikcd the trials held Thursday when Bendick, a ungmun of hitherto untued ability, piovcd his class by copping a decision from Slonn [who hnd previously loomed as the choice for one forty-five pound hon ois Bendick until two weeks ago had not been reporting reguljily liJt diligent training togethei with nat ural talent have won for him a bcith on the tcum that meets Bcllefonte Acadmy on March thirteenth Wolfe, 160 and McAndrews, 175, arc two depcndablcs and will foim Hie nucleus about which Coach Houck will build Hie yearling mit team. White sell and Young have still to fight it out for the one hundred and fifteen pound beith By victoiles ovci Stiles and Palumbo, Bevan won Hie light to (Continued on last page) CONFERENCE ATTENDED BY SIX FACULTY MEMBERS Six members of the faculty of the School of Education uie attending the convention of the National Educa tional association ut Washington, D. C , w Inch began Sunday afternoon and terminates Thursday evening i)e..u W. G. Chumbeis, Dr. Andoi -.on, Dr. A S. llurrell, Prof U G. P.ukinson, Pi of. B. W Daily anil Mr W. H Wcuvei are representing Penn State ut the educators’ meeting. company, of Cumden, New Jersey. The title of his first record is the* Blue and White’s own, “Pennsylvania Slate College Medley Fox Trot.” This record, number 19911, includes snat ches of the “Nittany Lion,” “Susie” and several college cheers Leyden wrote music for both numbeis Waring originally started lus cui ccr with a six-piece orchestra ut Ty rone. At that time lie showed no ex ceptional ability us an orchestra lead er, or musician. Most of lus work consisted of furnishing music for fra ternity and college dances at Penn (Continued on second page) others that Coach McCai tin may use Lose to (icUyshurg Despite the lack of unily shown b the Nittany dribblers butuiday night in losing to the powei ful Gettysbuig court machine, .38-92, it is piohable that Coach Hermann will use the same men to start the contest lomui row. Von Neidu, who was the* out standing player for the Lions with his guarding and shooting, will open at guard with Lungren as a tunning mate. Lungren, with the experience of a few more games, should been,lie a dnngcrous offensive guaid MacDonald at ccntei with Captain Hood and either Roepko or Saylor m the forwaid positions completes Hie line-up. Roepke's tossing fiom h.c foul line mid lus Llticc field goals mi lled materially to the score against (Continued on fouilh page) HOP TICKET SALE STARTS THURSDAY Fraternities Draw for Booths in March—l92B Colors to Deck Armory COMMITTEE PROVIDES FIVE HUNDRED FAVORS \\ j tli Hie announcement that tie! lLs foi Hie Hopltomuic Hop Match sixth may be purchased at Co-op Thuisduy evening-_.it seven o’clock oi at_any later date at the Music Room, the committee in charge of arrangements for the annual umlcicluss function reveal-, the last salient hit of infor mation concerning the affan. Fraternity booth spaces will he put on sale some day dining the week of the Hop, five dollais being the price set. The drawing system will be used to determine space allotment po sitions Fiatermlics will furnish then own furniture in tho booth. Five hundred favors have been <n dcied by the committee with piuvision foi nioie should the ticket sulo exceed that number In the event that last minute decisions «.woll Hie number at tending the undei class dunce, names will he taken at the dooi and f.ivois piovided at a later date Decorations, to he done by lncnb bilvei stein oT Wilhes-B,n re, will have a chcckcrhoanl effect as their motif. Orange ami Black, sophomote culuis, will form the basis of a huge system of checks to cover tho ceding btieam cis from the top center to a point above Lite booth, will be alternate oi nnge and black and Blue and \\ lute, diopping behind Hie booths ovei a backgiouml of coloicd linen South ern Smilux and car leaves will be used extensively in the dccoialions Chief Army Chaplain To Address Chapel ; Di John T. Axiom, chief chuplnm of the United .States Aimy, will he the chupd speaki r next Sunday, on the occasion uf his Hind visit to Penn Stale in as nianv yea is Dr Axlon was bum'in Salt Lake City, mid educated at iMtddlebut \, Uistmis, ami Elon College.,. Ditung the pruod fiom 189 3-IMO2, the noted speaker was Geneial Seereluiy of the Y MCA; and in 1902 he was ap pointed as a chaplain of the United Slulci Aimy with the rank of Cap tain. The commission of’Mnjoi was given to him in 1017 and three* ve.us later fie became a Colonel, and Chief Chuplam uf the United States Aimy. The distinguished chaplain lias sol ved m thu Philippine Islands, and lot live years saw service on the Mexi cun border. Duiing the Wuild Win, he had general cluugc of philnnUimp. it*, religious, and social work .it Ho boken. SOPH JIOP TICKE'IS ON SALE THURSDAY Ticket sale foi Hie Sophomoic | Hop will be held at Co-op Thurs- I day night at seven o’clock. I SOCIETY URGES CLOSER UNION AMONG ENGINEERS In oidci to bung campus engineer ing societies in ch>-<*i coptait. the Motive Powei club is spunsonng i joint meeting to lie held in the Old Chupel, March third, at seven-thirty o’clock Prof. O K finikin will give nit il lustrated lecture at this meeting, us ing the “Mechanical Design of Llcc tne Locomotives” as lus topic. Among olhei things, an explanation wnl he given of geared construction, »de lod drives ami goalless locomotives Aiticulatcd and ngid frames .aid -Jecple and multiple cabs will also be discus ,cd. A'tliough this meeting is especial! for engineering students, all who aie intei ested will be welcome MANICURE SET IS PROMENADEFAVOR Blue Enamel on Aluminum Ca.se Works Out College Color Scheme on Souvenirs PROGRAMS INSERTED IN METAL-COVEREI) FOLDER Announcing the selection or mum cuie sets as Junioj Piom favois, the committee will piescnt an attractive and useful gift to the dancers at the eppcrclash function on Apt il twenty third Covered in giey suede ,the sets are folded to .i convenient pocket size On the inside “Junior Prom ’27,” is hot-pressed on the suede cover The lining is of blue silk will white thread liiimiung The pieces of the set, sx til number, aie field in place by a rib bon of pin pie ami silver This color scheme bungs out not only the Col lege tolois hut also those of the Jun ior class. The favors will be furnish ed bv the .Skillkraft company of Phil rdelphia Enclosed in a metal cover, the pro giams foi the Junior Promenade will be unusually attractive and unprece dented at Penn Slate This cover, made of two aluminum pfittes joined with nngs, is ti mimed in blue en amel, the aluminum and blue bringing out the College colors On the front of the progiam is the Penn State seal ir aluminum A white pencil ts at tached to the piogrum with n blue and white tassel Within the folder is an cightpagc insert enumeiatmg the dances and naming the patrons and patronesses Skillkiaft will also supply the pro grams Decorations ’1 he conti act for decorating the •vtinoiy has nlicudy been given to the Wilkes-Barre artist, Silvcrstcin He* will turn the Armory m the 1927 cl.-* s colors superimposed with the College cofius, blue and white Slungs of fights covered with Jap anese lanterns will be draped from the ceding to the walls fo the budd ing to furnish the correct lighting ef fect. DEAN SACKETT SPEAKS TO ENGINEERS FRIDAY Lecture on Character of Sun Spots To He Illustrated By Lantern Slides Using “Sun Spots” ns the subject foi lus address. Dean il. L. Sacketl will speak nt the Engineering lecture Fud iv at funi-Unity o’clock m Old Cluipel In older to show the cluu atlei of sun spots Ins lecture will be illustialed by lantern .slides collected fiom thffuenl observatories. OHui phenomena Midi as the co.ona and led (lame, will also fie illuslialcd and desciibod fiv tho speaker Aceoidmg to scientists the sun's suifaco is dolled with a huge numbu < r immense spots winch appear at different pounds Tho, maximum tune fui thou occutrcnce is about ev eiy eleven vears, but there ts Hie pos sibility of still lunger periods between then appearance. The effect of these sun spots on the weather, their iela tion to the auioiu buiealis and to the ladiu inter ference me some uf Hie must widely discussed subjects a liiong scientists at present I’ENN STATE CLUB TO DANCE Ai uingemcrils fur a dunce to he hold sometime dunng the middle of Minch weie made at u meeting of the Penn State Club last night. This dance will be the culmination of the series of dancing lessons given by the 1 Hubbell School of dancing through the Penn State Club Sued 16? Not If We Cun Help It PRICE FIVE CENTS NITTANY MATMEN LOSE TO CORNELL IN CLOSE CONTEST Kaiser, Garrison ami Wallace Liggett Awarded Decisions In H-9 Encounter BIG RED TEAM INCLUDES SIX VETERAN GRAPPLEKS Kumbaugh and Packard Lose In Extra Period Matches To Howard and Pailee Cornell matmen continued Hum senes of uninterrupted victone Jr subduing the Penn Suite grapplcn , 14-9 in a closely fought conlcl on the Armory mats Saturday afternoon With the scalps of the Umveisily of Pennsylvania and Rensselaer Poly lech severed by' large margin,, the Big Ucd team faced the Blue and White matmen determined to avenge hi a mcasuie the 20-5 defeat handed I it last ycai. The hello condition of the vialoi ~ and the brand of ginpphng thev dis played spelled defeat foi I lie Lion,, although tiie majoiilv of Hi* match es were gained only bv a small nun • gm of time*. The lifty-eiglit and seventy-hve pound divisions went to the Ithacans only after two c\l»t periods of three minutes each hi ought out the endurance of the opposing inutmen As an opener foi the dual me** l Ficddy Kaiser stepped to the* mat to ftvec Loch, veteran JJ r < pmindm. Taking the offensive fiom llic stall, Kaiser brought lus opponent to tfi mat with clever fooLwmk and held a comfortable time advantage until I.acb eased from lus giusp and both came again to the neutral position iThe last four minutes weie contented above the mat Freddv was aw tid ed Uie decision with a time ad.ant.igu of two minutes and fifteen, seconds. Interesting Match Wallace Liggett had little* trouble with Eiscnhaucr, ncweonuu on tbs visiting team, and gained Hie decision with a time advantage of si minutes and forty-five seconds Liggett di,- played an impro'cd bland of wie 1- hng and took his opponent to the mat fiom the neutral position, with a clev er arm twist and quick follow up to gam the advantage. Krcnhauci wa. a dehbeiate grapplcr and made good u*-e of his legs, which pi evented him [from being tin own for a tail 'ill, j Ithacan gave the specatois plenty of thrills when on scveuil oc<a-ioii* he 'almost succeeded in getting Wally (Continued on third page) SCARABS HOLD SKETCH EXHIBIT AT PENN STATE Six Colludes Arc Represented In First Art Display Ever Held by Fralernily With chaptcis of six udltgis and uiiveisitus rcpiescnt.'d Hu* Scaiah finternity is holding its lust nttional sketch exhibit in the Old Alain Ait museum this week ’I he sl.elclii ,>• i display show a wide vanalmn both m the selection of suhjicts ~nd the n (til ed of treatment A jmy consisting ol Pun \ L Kucher, Ptuf V C Dpipie md P.cl I !>. Ilelmr* of the depai Inu nt of at - multure selected Hie vvminis in tin water color si etch class, the Aim-ui Institute of Chicago wa, g.vir mi first mention and loin honmah!* nun. lions, while one second mention .-id one hunurublc mention wen ouaided to the Univirsilv of Illinois In the held of pcmil skelilnrr' ( ai negie Tech captuied a hi,l mention, second mention ami two Imnui.’blc. mentions For oil color paintings P-rui stab was uwuidcd an hoiiui.ihh mcritimi W. B. Esehenhach ’26. uraloi oi ific prize-winning oil sketch, sihclmi Mount Nittany us a subject lor Ins puinlmg. Although the exhibit ha, m.ii been held befoie, neatly one hundiid sketches have been entered It is in teresting lo note that many ot the contributing ut lists have made then sketches while vacationing abioad. In the exhibit Hie following oil logos and universities aie included Washington univetKity, Missioni, Ai muur Institute of Teelinologv, Chica go, University uf Illinois, Kansas un iversity, Carnegie Tech, Perm Still From lietc the exhibit will go to Chicago and will tiavel hum lliue to cucli college in which the Scaiab fraternity has a chapter.
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