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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
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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-
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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
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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,
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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;
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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