Drink Hearty on the Orange Crush VOL. XXI, No. 42 ARMORY ASSUMES • SOLDIERLY ASPECT FOR BALL TONIGHT Widenor’s Band Arrayed in Full Military Dress Will Play At Formal Function INDIAN LOVE BRACELETS FORM ATTRACTIVE GIFTS Smilax and Oak Branches Lend Natural Touch to Novel Decoration Scheme Discarding for the time being the grim visage of soldiery, many army neophytes and officers will relax into effortless motion with their partners when Russ Widenor and his bond dis seminate modulated melody for the annual Military Ball tonight. The Armory, scene of many a strategic campuign, has been tastefully decor ated for the dancing, which will ex tend from nine o’clock until two. Widenor and his men will be dres sed in full military uniforms and their music will fall on the cars of many distinguished visitors from army and civil ranks ns well as numerous R O. T. C. unit officers. Decorations Appropriate An orderly maze of silver and rose crepe will droop from a ridge high above the polished surface of the floor, and sticamers will be draped to a point behind the booths which will line the walls in their customaiy position Southern smila-x and oak branches, scattered heic and there will add a touch of natural color to the decoration schepic The air of militarism to be '\iir.ul out in the setting will be accomplish ed by machine guns mounted on field carnages. The boxing ring will be removed to amplify the dancing space and the baskets will be given festive accoutrements to disguise their util itarian appearance. A screen before the fiont entrance will insure privacy for those attend ing the dance. Five clusters of lights arranged in a stai-shapcd formation overhead will furnish ample illumi (Continued on third page) FRATERNITIES CONTEND FOR PUGILISTIC TROPHY Six Teams Remain in Struggle For Laurels as Contest Reaches Finals bix fraternities, each intent on winning the cup symbolic of the I'I2G intorfrnternity boxing championship, will send their best men into the Ai mory ring in the lound bcfoie the semi-finals Tuesday night. The first bout will start at seven o’clock and the men will weigh m at one o’clock. The semi-finals aie slated for Thurs day and the finals foi next Tuesday The survivors »uc matched as fol lows. Ph: Kappa Sigma vs. Sigma Pi, Alpha Sigma Phi vs. Theta Kap pa Phi and Delta Kappa Sigma vs Alpha Gamma Itho. Theta Upsilon Omega drew a bye In the bouts on Tuesday evening Alpha Gamma Rho defeated Phi Epsilon Pi 1-11 and Theta Kappa Phi won by forfeit from Al pha Tau Omega. Expected to put up the best fight of the tournament, Alpha Gamma Rho and Pin Epsilon Pi did not disap point the onlookers. The A G. It. contingent won the fifteen-pound bout by forfeit, but Dcutsch, Phi Ep twen ty-liver, waged a scrappy fight a gainst Brnmley to win the judges’ de cision, evening the score The next three settos saw Alpha Gumma Rho clinch the meet with three decisive victories. Wolff, Phi Epsilon Pi heavy, won the next two bouts by forfeit, bringing his team’s total to Uucc The Durbin-Sclnvaitz lightweight scrup was warmly contested through out but Durbm hud the edge in the third lound and made the score 2-1 for Alpha Rho. Cohen, Alpha Gam ma Rho, easily took Klein’s measure in the welterweight division. The foimcr’s savage attack bcvvildcicd the Phi Ep man who was out on lus feet when the final bell rang. Kessler lind the bcttei of the rugged Zimuici man in the IGO-pound class. The cups for the wmneis of the in terfraternity boxing, wresting and basketball tournaments have been se lected bv tbe fraternity sport man agers. C. E. Fellows '27 wrestling manager, 11. I. Schormci ’27 boxing manager, and 11. L. Fntchmun '27 basketball, oldered the tiopiues Mon day night fiom the lloovci and Smith company of Philadelphia __ .43® ml-Weekly flam lilate LIONS FACE CATHOLIC CAGEMEN TOMORROW Stars in Victory CAPTAIN CHICK HOOD GLEEMEN PREPARE FOR EASTERN TOUR Nitlany Organization Rehearses For Intercollegiate Glee Club Contest ATLANTIC CITY CONCERT WILL CONCLUDE JAUNT With then most significant e.enl of the ycui, tlic Intcicollcgiutc Glee Club contest, scheduled for Match sixth the Penn State gleemcn have been rehousing nightly urnloi the leadership of R. W Giant, dnctloi ot music, in an attempt to attain the highest possible plane uf develop ment This will be the eighth venr that Penn State has been lpicsentcd at the New Yoih compciit’cn In addition to next Saluidav’s nf fan, the songsteis aie booled to ap pear in Abmgton on Fnday evening and after a lest over Sunday, the Glee Club will jump to Coatesville foi a two-night stand on Monday and Tuesdav, Match eighth and ninth The loui will come to an officiul close when the Glee Club tiavels to At lantic City Tqi a conceit on Match tenth. Competing against Penn Suite will be glee clubs fiom thutecn colleges and univcisities fiom diffcicnt see- (Continued on last page) Penn State Botanists Seek Mushroom Cures Because mush loom disease-, daays have been a dungci to the inou.tiy, the Penn State botanv dup.u trnent has stalled a pioject to detciminc then cause and cuic. Di W. S. Beach, associate piofes sor of plant pathology leseauh, ia conducting a senes ot investigation« concerning the diseases ami then causes at the Bustlelon held ’aboia toiy, neat Philadelphia Dr. L 0. OvciholLs, associate piofessor if bot any, is making smulai investigations hei e The diseases have menaced the muslnoom industry which ccnteis u lound Chester county. Although tae investigations ot Doctois Beach and Overboils me >et in an e.uly stage, it is expected that then futuie find ings will piove of great value to muslnoom gtowcis. WEEK-END BULLETIN 9.00 p. m—Military Dull—Ar mory. Tomorrow 200 i> m. —Boxing Notre Dame vs Penn State —Armor}. 1.00 p. m—Freshman Bnsket hall—lk'llcfontc Acad emy vs Penn State— Armory 7 00 p. m.—Varsity Basketball —Catholic U vs. Penn State—Armory. 8:1.> ]> m—Wrestling—Lufay-' ettc vs. Penn State— Armor}. Sunday 11:00 a. m.—Chapel Service — Dr. J T. Avion, Chlei Chaplain oT the U S. Army— Vudilorium. «1:J0 p. in— Mandolin Club con cert—Auditorupn. STATE COLLEGE, PA.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1926 Undefeated Syracuse Quint Humbled By 37-31 Count Orange String of Fifteen Wins Broken—Smooth Passing Brings Victory VON NEIDA ELUDES AND OUTSCORES VIC HANSON Battling with determination against a favored quintet, the Penn State court combination brought a dramnt ic climax to Syracuse’s iccord of fif teen straight wins on the Armory court when the I.ion’s registered a 37-31 victorv Wednesday night, and row the Nittany crew anxiously awaits the next major tussle with Catholic university here tomorrow evening at seven o’clock Although the Lion’s mastery over the Orange was won with difficulty, tomorrow night’s contest is equally, as dangerous and only the same .whirlwind passing and inspired shoot [mg will enable the Blue and White | to top the day’s super-bill with a win. [ f’nrdinals All Sophomores | The Washington cagers have proved their supremacy over Princeton, West \iigmia, Washington and Lee and William and Mary, and were forced to bow" to but three court teams this year. In routing Duqucsne, 38-29, the Cardinals gained one of their most significant wins of the season. Duqucsne trounced Penn State on the foreign floor, 3G-12. Unique in its personnel, the Capi (Continucd on last page) PLAYERS TO STAGE THREE-ACT COMEDY Dramatists Depict Married Life In “The First Year” Next Saturday Evening IMPROVED CAST MARKS INITIAL HOME .SHOWING With a cast greatly improved since its last road trip to Cnnton and To wanda, the Penn State Flayers will present “The First Year,” a three act tragedy comic of married life, here for the first time nest Sntur-, day night at seven o’clock in the Aud- 1 itorium. Flajing in the lend roles as Grace Livingston and Thomas Tucker arc Miss M. P. Reed '2B and O. S. Ander son ’2B. The plot ccntcis around the couitship and early marriage of this young couple. As the story progi ess es, it is livened into a spaikling com edy of ambition and jealousy arounsod between the lovers. Many humoious complications result from the tem porary separation to which this feel ing eventually leads. Leads Praised A message received by Prof A. C Cloclingb, director of the Flayer', from Gc-ttysbuig where “The Year” was staged a short time ago, (Continued on second page) Who’s Dancing Frida>, February 2G Military Ball Suturda}, February 27 Fin Kuppu Tau Delta Pi Dr. Ritenour Cites Infirmary Need for Students Infected by Contagious Ills Ini nllghting a severe epidemic of lagnppc, winch bus broken out on the campus, Dr. J. P. Ritenour, Col lege physician, secs the need for n rule compelling students to occupy the college Infirmarv while infected with diseases of a contagious nature, un til nil danger of infection to fellow students is part. There Ims been a greater number of cases of lagnppc this }cur than for several winters and Doctor Ditto nour attributes this mainly to care lessness on the purt of students. The mild wonthei prev uilmg leads them to believe that “spring has come” and as a consequence a let down in dress warmth followed. As a lesult stu dents take cold and neglect their con dition until it Ims mn for scvouii days. Nurmi Invited To Run In U. S. This Summer Because of ihc sensation which he caused In this: country a season ago, Paavo ’Nurmi, Finland’s crack dis tance runner, :will be invited by the Pcsqmccntcnmal Games committee to compete in Philadelphia on the twentysfifth, twenty-sixth and twen-: ty-cighth df June. The National Amateur track and field championships of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States will be held at that time as a part of the Scsquiccntennml exhibition, and it is the desire of the committee that the “Phantom Finn” be entered in this meet. ; DEBATERS ENGAGE BUCKNELL TONIGHT Affirmative 'Team Encounters Bisons While "Negatives Meet Dickinson ARGUMENT TO BEGIN IN AUDITORIUM AT EIGHT Debating on the question, Resolved That the United States should enter tnc League of Nations, Tcnn State’* affirmative forensic combination will meet in verbal duel with the Bucknell negative contingent in the Auditorium at eight o’clock tonight, while the Nit tany negative representatives will en gage Dickinson’s affirmative team at Carlisle. J. .T. Brennan ’2O, S. K. Stevens '2G and N. R. Adams ’2B make up the negativ c team and those who will rep resent the Lions here arc F. 11. Pal mer ’27, E. L. Willard ’27 and .1. W. Brant '29 with A. 11. Ross ’29 as al ternate. The Bucknell orators who will grace the platform of the Audi torium are H. R. Coleman, C \V llile and L F. Lybnrger, Dwight Bahr being the Alternate. This vnil be j the sixth v ycar that these-throc-tcaT*y have met in ti lan gulnr debate. As this is only the sec ond match of the season, not much can be prophesied but since Penn State won one side of the first triangular meet and tied the other against Pitts burgh and Washington and Jefjcr'on, the Nittany team will probably make a good showing. Prominent Arbitrators The Judges for the debate tonight arc: Dr. E. L Craik, head of the -us tory department of Juniata college; (Continued on third page) CITIZENS ACCEPT HOSTELRY SURVEY Fifteen Community Leaders to Meet V\ith llockcnbcrry S}slcm Agouts To Plan Arrangements Realising State Colleges need Tot a new and modern hotel, a committee of representative citizens has accepted a professional survey recommending the erection of a model a to-sized I ost clr} here. More than half of Ike fiftv-lwo residents interviewed by agents of the Ilockcnbuiy System, Inc, of Ilirns burg, heard the plan presented. Ac cepting it, they designated a commit tee of fifteen community lcndc-is lo sponsor the project. This body will meet with a representative of the Harrisburg concern within the next ten days to complete arrangements The plan now under consideration calls for a communitv -built bold Prominent town residents show gre.it enthusiasm over the new project be cause they feel that the facilities of State College should he more ade quate for entertaining the increasing number of tourists and visitois at tracted by the College. After reaching a stage where it be -1 comes too much of an effort to drag themselves to class, they turn their footsteps toward the Infirmaiy and expect “Doc” to cure them over night. When told that they have lagnppc and that thev should stay in bed for a few days, they rise up in arms and say that u little medicine will cure them and thut they don’t need to go to bed. They then return to their or spective fraternity and boarding houses and proceed systematically to infect their healthy brothers by con- unprotected coughing and sneezing. Doctoi Ritcnoui feels that if u stu dent is sick enough to come for ad vise, then for the general good of the community he should be made to heed (Continued on second pago) V 2COPIES i' (Enttegum* MANDOLIN CLUB TO OFFER SELECTIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON Classical and Familiar Songs To Be Flayed in Second Of Winter Concerts PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE TWO NOVELTY NUMBERS Musicalc Features String Trio —Torchia and TuJenko Give Unique Saw Duet Presenting the <-ccond nuinbci on the wmtci’s musical program, the College Mandolin Club will offei a repertoire including familiar song-., operatic selections anil novelties .Sun day afternoon at tbrue-thny o’clock in the Auditorium The organization is under the dnection of S. If Tor chia '27 and W O. Thompson, fac ulty *punM>i * There will be two new uumbeis Hus year. A saw duct bv Toichia and Tulenko and a innnodhn tno will be the new feiiltnes The following numbcis compii e the program 1 Match—“ The Home Town Band” —Weidt (Continued on thud page) PLEBES ENCOUNTER BELLEFONTE QUINT Undefeated Freshmen Dribblers To Be Tested By Academy Passers Tomorrow RESERVES SHOW FORM IN PRACTICE SESSIONS Hagei to continue on its winning wav, the undefeated freshman basket ball team will lock hoins with a strong Bcllcfontc acadenn live on the Arinorv fioor tomouow afternoon at four o’clock Coach Killtnget’s passu s, victoi lous m eveiy stmt this reason, aie deteimined to oveitlnow the Acidemv boys, rivals of long standing and main contenders fot the junioi cham pionship of Centic countv. Eveiy effort has been made tu maintain top form in preparation foi the tilt Sicknc&s and ineligibility have not vet touched the ycatling squad, and the sumo team that has been used in contests so fai will take the fioor a gainst the county-seat lads Captain Delp has continued his «upeib floor woik and accurate shooting and will loud his mates fiom a guard position Steve Humns, lucky fmwaitl, and Wilson, guai<l, have assincd them selves of positions at the opening whistle by impioved passing, while Kcillv seems to be a fixture at ccntet Monahan, formei St dosehp’s Piep lumin.uv, and Jacobson have been straggling for the otliei foiwatd post, with the funnel having a slight edge Wolsinycr, who leeeived a cracked arm earlv in the season, has again repotted and is putting up a stiong (Continued on thud page) herb McCracken to TEACH SUMMER COURSE IN FOOTBALL COACHING Heih McCracken, funnel Univei sity of Pittsburgh slat and present football coach at Lafayette college, bus been sccuied to conduct the couise for football coaches at Penn Slate tins summon In making the an nouncement, Dirccloi of Atlililics Hugo Hc/dtk expressed the belief Hint McCracken would pinvu a cap able teacher for the sununci session work Coach Bc/dek uflcied the lust summci coaching couise several years ago and established the class n v u summer session foutiue Freshman couch B. M. Heimann has been in charge of the football work foi the past two summci s, but due to Ins teaching work in histuty will be un able to conduct the course this year Track Couch Nate Carlmcll will a gum take charge of the course for track mentors. Basketball and base ball will not be included m the couise this ycui. DU. OVERHOLTS TO LECTLKK Dr. L 0 Overbolts will Icctme to the Williamsport Guidon club tomui rovv night. ’ The subject that be will develop befoic the club is “Fungi- Plants that Aie Different,” His talk will he illustrated: bv -dide-* CARinWIS LIBRARY Boxers Grapplers Lineup for Notre Dame Undecided —O’Keefe Clever Mitman LION PUGILISTS PUT THROUGH STIFF DRILLS Smarting fiom the trouncing re ceived at the hands of the Navy pug ilists, the Blue and White boxing squad spent the past week in gruel ling drill undei the tutelage of Coach Houck in preparation for the wily Nolle Dame seven which stacks, up .'gainst the Lions tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock in the Armory Although the South Ilcnd nngmen have suffcied Ihice defeat*, they , l >ust of a strong aggregation and have lost by narrow margins to the scrappy lowa State and Navy’ teams la the first meet, the Irish loulhor ) u*hus laboted undei the loss of two ii’gulais, while four veterans were icplaccd by ycai lings for exhibition | bout* against the future Adnurala Innc-up Uncertain WcKh, HG-poundcr for the IrnJi, will be the piobablc contestant for huiiois against Can« The clever Nit- Umy bantamweight has continued to mipiovc tbiougb bout* with McClcrn tCoiiUnued on last page) ! COUNCIL ACTS ON NEEDED MEASURES Body Considers Report Urging Histories of Classes Be Filed in Library MAY ADVANCE START OF EASTER HOLIDAY PERIOD Piovibions for filling class records and the appointment of a committee to interview College authorities in icgaid to the advancing of the htart of the Easter holiday period from hve-tlni tv o’clock to noon, March tlmtv-fnst, were the principal busi ness items discussed at the meeting of .Student Council Tuesday night. Accoiding to the repoit submitted by the committee on filing class rcc oi ds, the lustoiian of each class is to collect .ill matcnnl dealing with func tions of Ins class The historian of (Continued on Uurd page) CHAPEL-GOERS TO HEAR GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB SING Regular College Chorus To Be Displaced at Sen ice of March Fourteenth Taking the place of the icgalar college choius, the Girls’ Glee Club will snig at the chapel service Sun day, M.ucli fotntuentii The club fins chosen “The Laid Ts My Shepherd," I>v Fian' Schubeit, foi the anthem and has been reheal sing for the oc casion umlu the direction of Hummel Fishbntn at the weekly meeting-, of the Gke Club Although no ]ilans have been made Tor out-of-town trips, the Club is wuiking on a number of songs from ! winch to make up a concert program. The well-known poem “Wynkcn, Blvnkcn, and Nod” by Eugene Field, •lei l*i the music of Etbclbcrt Ncvm, is oik- of the longei compositions io be sung by the Club “Little Mother of Mine” is anoUiei poem winch has luen h.umoni/cd “Butter Hies" and “In Hie Land of the Sky Blue Water" two songs com posed by Charles Wakefield Cmlmnn, ate also being prepared As"BuLtei fiies" was written by Cadnian espec ially foi the Rockfoid College Glee Cluh, it is a p.irticul.nly fine .selec tion for piesentulion by girls' chor uses “Blue and White” m four-part baimonv, with a soprano obligato, lias been arranged foi the I’cnn State women. ADMINISTRATION NAMES NEW DEPARTMENT HEADS Dining the leave of absence grant ed to l>t Puttee bead of the English department at Penn State, the ad ministration committee has designat ed Dr. W S Dye ns acting head of that department. While Di. A. E. Mai tin, head of the history dcpait mont is on leave of absence, Dr. Ja cob Tungcr is the acting head of that dtvtMon Military Ball— That Old Army Game PRICE FIVE CENTS le Irish as Face Maroon Easton College Matmen Powerful Despite Inexperience CAPTAIN MUNATAKA WILL MEET WALLACE LIGGETT Determined to shake oil the slump it fell mlo last week against Cornell, a mentally and physically strengthen ed Blue and White mat team will face the Lafayette ginpplcrs lomoi row evening at eight-fifteen o’clock in the Armory. Although wrestling is just m its early stages at the Easton college, having been inaugurated there three years ago. it has rapidly devclojied ami the Maroon defcmleis are cv* ptclcd to give a good account of thcmsclve> against the Lions La fayette has taken part in as many matches as the Blue and White this sea«on and has been credited with victories over BioolJyn Polytech and C C. N. Y. Maroon Defeated Twice The Maroon grapplers were forced to accept defeat at the bands of Le high and the University of Pennsyl vania in the two most recent encount ers. They succumbed to the power ful Bethlehem machine bv a dl-0 count and were subdued by the (junk ers 21-10 Three of the wrcslteia aie veterans and the entire squad is prim ed to break the losing slieuk they Lave encountered Due to the strenuous natuie of the meet v.ilh Cornell, the Penn Slate grapplers have bod a comparatively easy week. However, Coach Leon ard has been busy since Wodnesdiv in getting bis men ready for tin duel with the Maroon Innc-up May Be Changed Several changes may be made m the Nittany line-up, depending on de velopments since last night Rum h.uigh is not in his usual top-nulcn form • because of his recent illness and may be replaced by Wetzel, who Ims shown ability in practice sessions (Continued on last page) SIX FRATERNITIES SET PACE IN CAGE TOURNEY Opening Round Marked by Poor Floonvork Although Full Of Close Competition Awkward floorworlc. n ngulnr passing and long shouting maiked lb • opening of the interfraternity basket ball tournament in the Armory Tu« s uay night Six team* weie eliminated in the first series of prclimmaiy games Result* of the second raund jof diminutions reached the ( OLLLG [IAN 100 kite last night foi public.!- It ’Oil in today's issue Anxious to slave olf meligibilitv t Lv the loss of one game, the teams raerted every effort to remain in com petition by winning their encounter-, Every game was full or action and r.ot one of the quintets w..s able to rui np a large* score on it* opponent. Both courts on the Armoiy fiooi weie used at the same* lime Friends Union Wins Friends Union stalled otr with t rush against I'ln Guminu Dclli, scor ing a field goal and a Tice throw in the opening minutes of play. Action then slowed up and the half ended, with the former combination leading 0 0 From then on unlil the ind o) the tilt, it was all Friends Union, Hie final count standing J 5-8. Although outscoicd and onlpl.iveil by Rnppn Sigma, the I'iu kappa cug ers fought with detei nmmlion to ov ert omu the tally lead gained by their more experienced opponents. The Kappa Sigs, however, gradually in creased then lead and the g.ume end ed with the Kappa Sigs on the long end of a 1 1-7 score. Starting olf with a bung, Della Sig ma Phi last year’s rntmus-iip, look ed as though they would swamp Delta Pi in the first few minutes of play. The Dcdtft Pi tossers, however, aftei ridding themselves of their first min ute wildness and injecting a little more teamwork into their play, be gan to push the Delta bigs but the half ended with the laltu leading 11-7. Scoring see-sawed back (mid forth throughout the last half, bin, the Delta Sigma Pill doormen manag ed to gum u IG-13 decision Hurd Fought Game Probubly the closest fracas ol the night j\as thut of Delta Tau Della against Alpha Pin Sigma, in which the former emerged on the top or .1 13-10 score. Time after time, the score was tied ns some alert cagei tong up a goal from mid-floor oi front (Continued on thud page)
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