The “Y H Course Is Getting Keener VOL. XXI, No. 47 FAMOUS SOPRANO TO GIVE RECITAL FRIDAY EVENING &uzanne Keener, Pennsylvania Singer, Secured for “Y” * Entertainment •TICKET RESERVATIONS MAY BE MADE AT HUT Y<oung Opera Star Scores Hit in Joint Concerts With Many Leading Vocalists Suzanne Keener, one of New Yoik .city’s youngest dobuntnntcs of tho Cjicra, will appear here Finlay night at eight-fifteen o’clock in the Auditor ium under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A Tickets priced at one dollar may ■jbe secured at the “Y” hut now or at the door preceding the entertainment. Miss Keener, who was boin at Ln trobc, Pennsylvania, comes to Penn v State highly lecommcndcd ns a pupil of Mnie. Valcu, noted New York jteachci. Befoie going to New Yoik city tho young opera star had little hopes of ever becoming a great sing er having appeared before the public on a few occasions While singing during the Libeity Loan duve, how ever, her voice atti acted Inc atten tion of some influential Pittsburgh people who, immediately iccogiming her ability, sent her to New York where for several years she studied under Mmc. Valeii. Attended Carnegie Tech While she was still a student at Carnegie Tech v it was always Miss ' Keener’s desire to visit Penn State and so when an opportunity presented itself to include this place on hci itinerary, she immediately advised her booking agent to sot aside a date for her appearance here. That the "Y” is fortunate in basing seemed the famous soprano is indicated by the ■number of engagements that have ._^been^hoQhcd-in-ndvAnce*,a-_«„— That Miss'Keener has'attained a concert vogue is evidenced by the 'number of appearances she has made, both in joint recitals and solos In a! single senson she appeared in sev j cnty-eiglit operas, many of which weie return engagements She is heralded as and most beautiful sopiuno of the Metropolitan Opera compnny and acclaimed everywheu* as'a singer not only with a pleasing voice but with a stage personality •that adds to her popularity Her joint iccttals this ycai ha\e included appealancos with such noted opera stars ns Tito Schipn, John Charles Thomas, Guiseppc He Luca, Beniamino Gigli and Erwin Myirc gyhazi. During this time the young v bopr«ino has sung before many East ern and nud-westcin nudienccs ns well as those in several latgc Canadian cities. SEVEN GREEK WRESTLING TEAMS SURVIVE TOURNEY £\cilmg Contests Marked By Numerous Falls —Resume Grappling This Week Omega Mu Rho, Sigma l’i, Delta Kappa Sigma, Kappa Delta Kho ami Sigma Phi bigma battled their way through the first round of the intei fraternity wi catling tournament by ■defeating Pi Kappa Alpha, Alpha Chi Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha, Theta Chi and Delta Sigma Phi on the Armoiy mats last week Delta Upsiion and jPhi Kappa Sigma also advanced to -the second round by vntuc of Sigma JCu's and Alpha Tau Omega’s for feit of their matches In the opening match the Omega Mu Rho nrntmen scored first, winning the initial bout by default only to lose the 135-pound tussle when Morse of Pi Kappa Alpha tlncvv lams. Jami son of Omega Mu Rho then gained a Jail over Pritchard in the 150-pound .d.Msion, but Beardsley retaliated for J>r Kappa Alpha by throwing ilog aett m the ne\t weight. In the ISO pound class Ollendiek scored a lull pver Reibler m two minutes, clinch ing the meet for the 0. M K. gi ap plet's by u 15-10 count. Sigma l‘i Wins Easy Mutch Alpha Chi Signm opened the next set-to with n win over Signm Pi, but the hitter captured all the remaining ■bouts, winning the contest by an 18- 5 BCoie. In the next match Delta Kappa Signm swamped Lumbdn Chi Alpha, gaining three fulls unci u de- Tribunal Vacancy Filled By Council Acting upon the withdrawal of J It Wilson from the Tribunal, the Stu dent Council elected W. 11. Royer ’2B, of the School of Education ns a sub stitute member, at the meeting held last Tuesday night , Having interviewed Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, R. T Web ei, D. F Groff ’2G announced that a cinder path might be placed between the main walk and college dmc for! use of freshmen, in older to relieve the congestion on the mnm walk. However, after considerable discus sion it was decided not to adopt tins custom at the picscnt time At the next meeting of the Student Gouncil, nn election will be held for suuor mombci of the Student Bonid to fill the place vacated by Bruce But ler *2(5, who graduated at mid-semes ter. LION GRAPPLERS SWAMP OHIO U. Wrestlers Close Dual Session With Easy Victory Over Buckeye Champs GARRISON GAINS FALL OVER 250-POUND RIVAL Trampling over Ohio untveisity by a 19 to 8 margin m the Armory Sat urday afternoon, the Penn State mat Combination w ill enter' the intcrcoi lcgmtes with six victories and but one defeat to its credit. • Ohio university, although vvinncis of the Ohio Conference by a large mnrgin proved no match for the well tiained Lion seven, although all of the opposing grapplcrs displayed a brand of fast aggressive,wrestling The wearers of the Green and White showed plainly their inexperience since this is the first year of wrest ling- in the Ohio Conference. . ' The Penn State matmen were in deliberate and steady while the Athens matmen depended on their nggicssivcncss and breezy grappling to turn the score (Continued on last page) ORMEROD LECTURES ON NOVELTY IN ADVERTISING Address Marks First of Series Of Talks Sponsored By Delta Sigma Pi “Novelty should bo the aim of e\- ciy advertising man,” said Mr. Leon ard Ormeiod, gcncrnl information manage! of the Bell Telephone com pany, in his addicss Finlay night m Old Chapel, the fust of n series of ’ectuies sponsored by Delta Signm Pi, piofessional commeice fratcimtv. Mr ; Ormerod gave an informal talk, cit ing methods of succeeding in the ad vertising game. “Good ods me not composed of text ciowded into small space, but of ma teual which is pleasing to the eye” continued Mr. Oimerod, “and since time changes ideas and methods of adveitismg, they should be novel, trick of baztmo, something that is certain to attiact the attention of all readers.” Advertising men as well as thus.- in other lines of business must be able to get along with the boss Speaking along the same trend he said that he would like to see n couisc in all .el leges and universities foi the instiuc tion of students in the fncutlv of get ting along and in the cultivation of patience. “Slogans have been worn out as an advertising novelty and have lost thei- value and poetry advertis ing is poor and bungs no results." "There me many ways of cnteiing the advertising business,” lemnikctl the expert. “Fust one must have genuine interest and then he may ■start in an ugoncy or in a business concern.” lie estimated that but a small puceutnge of those now in the advertising game started out in that business Mr Oimeiod concluded by nnsw ciing questions put to him bv some of the interested spcctatois. JUNIOR FLORICULTURISTS GO ON v INSPECTION TRIP In order to obtain n betloi know ledge of the florist trade, eight junior floriculture students will leave to moirow for an inspection trip winch includes visits to Philadelphia, New York and southern New Jersey. Dur STATE COLLEGE. PA., TUESDAY, MARCH 16. 1926 BOXERS TROUNCE ORANGE; PLEBES ' DOWN ACADEMY Varsity Scores Wins in Five Bouts With Forfeit Jo Gain Meet, G-l YEARLINGS SHOW SKILL IN TAKING 5-2 VICTORY Promising Material Revealed For Next Year’s Team of Leathcrpushers Punching, hooking and. jabbing their way to two victories, the Var sity and plcbc boxing nggicgntions flounced the Syincusc and Bcilefontc academy fistic artists, G-l and 5-2 lcspcctivcly, in the last home meet of the season Saturday afternoon. 1 Weakened by* the epidemic of Grippe which had taken toll in three classes the Orange mitslingers fell before the onslaught of the Lions in all hut the light-heavy scrap in which Gugmo proved too much for the vei si.ttle Welsko Captain McCleinanj exhibited intercollegiate championship’ style when he hammered his way to! a technical knockout m the thud can to against Dunn in the featherweight battle. Chambcis, forty-hve-pounder from the county scat, gained the decision (Continued on last page) YEARLING PASSERS TOPPLE PITT FIVE Plcbcs End Season Undefeated By Taking Panther Cubs Into Camp, 26-24 RALLY IN SECOND HALF Terminates in victory Two lone points marked the mar gin of victoiy for the undefeated picbe baskctccrs over then ancient nvnls the Panthei cubs, m a torrid contest on the Armory floor Saturdav evening. Outclassed in cvcrv de partment of the game in the initial ] mods, the yearling five retaliated with a concerted attack which'result ed in a 2G-21 win. Engcr to make their ninth consecu tive coup of the season, the fieshmen passers overcame a 14-10 advantage held b ythc Pitt plcbcs nt half-time end fought an up-hill battle to ulti i mate victoiy. Reilly put the year lings into the lead for the lirst time when he netted a long loop from side court in tiie fourth quarter, and Ha mas and Captain Delp clinched the game with a brace of fouls . Trailing by four points, the Blue and White cubs assumed the offensive pc the opening of the second half onlv to have-McCundlcss, Pitt lot wind, take advantage of a bad pass to score a long side-court shot. In the ensu ing pump-up, Monahan emerged from the group and flipped the boll thiough the cords for his first field goal of the game. Reilly missed fiom the penalty (Continued on last page) SUNDAY CONCERT GIVEN BY KAPPA GAMMA PSI Presentation of Varied Program Scores Success Before Large Audience With a vmietl instiumental and vocal piogrnm, Kuppu Gamma Pm, piofessional musical fratcimtv, pie sented the fouith conceit of the Sun day* afternoon senes before a huge audience in the Auditorium last Sun day afternoon. The instiutnentnl numbers includ ed a cornet solo by A M. Swift ’27, a pipe orgun and piano duct bv J. M. Kvumrine '27 and II A Wahl ’23, a violin and viola duet bv F R, Shun ley ’27 and D 11. McKinley '27 and the selection, “The Student Puncc,” by the Kappa Gamma Psi oichcstia A baritone solo bv J E. Dickson ’27 and n tenor solo by H N. Worthley accompanied by the Symphony History oiehcstia with Mrs Huvner, Woith ley and the Symphony* Ilistorv oichos trn [assisted Ivappu Ganum Psi in their concert program. Y. M. C. A. CABINET TO BE ELECTED NEXT WEEK Elections for the IH2G-27 Y M C. A cabinet will be conducted next Mon <lny nccoidmg to nn announcement bv W. C. Calhoun ’25, ficshman “Y ’ se<* cictnry. At that time ballot bores will be placed at points of vnnt*u.e on the campus and it is hoped Mint a Inige percentage of the student bod: v ill vote The nominations ns appioved by the outgoing cabinet at a meeting 'lhui'- il.iy night, aic ns follows, fot presi dent, R. D Pundoic ’27, & L Itredei ’27, and L. R Plotts '27, foi secoi *1 v icc-preseident, G. M. Harris ’27, B T. Conrad ’27 and R. D. Geoige ’•*7, for secietnrv, A E Wilson ’2B, I") K Hendricks ’27 and W. E Themes ’2B. lor tiensuicr, G L. Setnnn ’27 and E. S. Wetzel ’27 The canditdatc re ceiving the next highest numbei of votes for president is automatically elected to the office of vice-president TOSSERS LOSE TO .PANTHERS IN FINAL MacDonald and Lungrcn Star For Lions—Second Loss To Pitt Cagcrs TARDY RALLY FAILS TO OVERCOME EARLY LEAD P.attling fui lously every minute ot the encounter the Pitt dribblers down ed Penn State *l7 to 31 on the Armoiy flooi Satuiday So rough wus the play that botli captains,' Hood of Pena Slate, and Parsons of Pitt, letired eailv in the second half via the pei sonal foul route By staging spasmodic rallies m the second half the Lion five seveial time* drew within winning distance but supeiior shooting (s' the visitois enabled them to draw* away each time. The defense of the home club hi pt the Panther at boy for a major part of the fincns but the accurate long shots of the Sir.Oky City five found therr toiat'k-'iticfltefcrr*- Lions Dangerous Only Once The Blue and White floormen again Inched the punch which has obviously handicapped them thioughout the sea son except for one oi two games Once in the second hulf of the con test the Lions showed a spailc of that indomitable spit it that has enable.! fcimcr Nittnny* quints to come from behind and tuumph At thnt time Rocpke, MacDonald and Lungren each scored a field basket in quick succession and the Panthers weic helpless. They called time, hovvevet, ; and the spui t ended The cncountei was the last college (Continued on last page) EXHIBIT DISPLAYS MODERN PAINTINGS Works of Emiiu Wallers, Noted Landscape Artist, Shown In Old Main Shop Believing thnt Penn State students will nppieciate the woik of Emih* Waite) s, a modem nilist of distinc tion who is a member of the snmmu school faculty at Penn State, the Old Main Ait bhop is exhibiting i num ber of his smaller oil paintings foi u : pcuod'of two weeks ending Wednes day, ,Maich tvvcntv-tlmd Mi. Waßeis is considered to be one of the foremost of Amouca’s Younger landscape painters lie has gained lecogmtion because of the fact that his paintings occupy places in a num bei of exclusive art galleries, includ ing the National Ait gallery, Wash ington, D. C, and the Tate galler, in London. Last vein he won the onlv landscape puze offeied by the Nation al Academy of Design, New* Yois. For three consecutive venrs, pmnhngs by Mi Walters have been accepted at the International exhibition at Cai* negie Institute, Pittsburgh Ills paintings aie chaiaeteuzcd li\ fice treatment of light and color. All his woik is done in high key, that is, the colors vary only slightly in tone Mr. Walteis is u student at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Au- t a membci of the. Salamangunde Club of New Yoik, and a membci of the Philadelphia Ait Club Roboit Ewing, of Wa.himrtMi and .Jefferson, «ai elected president and .Tnmcs Wilson oi Delaware college loecned tile \ .Stops ''ore taken to incoipotato the nntion i'l oig.uu/ation under the laws ol Pennsylvania. To seeuie tins recog nition it will be necessary to lm\e the npptoval of the Dellefonte court. The business session was held S>nt umluv morning nt the JJetn Thet t Pi house. Sntuidn\ nfteinoon the as sembly weie seated in a specially re . , . - . | m ned section at the uthletic contests ci ii imsumlw»tiindins of the nilc on | tire Aunoiy In the evemmr tin- CADET EXCUSE AFFECTS ONE-HOUR PERIOD ONLY It wus. announced Monduv by the department of Militmy Science that a numbci of students are jocemng bcjow grades m that subject because irural law cqurse INAUGURATED BY AG HILL STUDENTS Fifty Upperclassmen Undertake Optional Work—Dean Watts Heartily Approves A. R. WARNOCIC TO HOLD o FIRST CLASS TOMORROW V *“1 I 'ticket Sale Set for j Credits and Attendance Ignored f j XT , n , , , i Tickets foi tlie vicstlinir in- I In No\el Educational * co )] L . Km t. ca W) jj be on sale ut j Experiment 1 the A A. olliee tomoriow e\en- j I irjr at se\en o’clock and Thur«*- * { (1. v morning, afternoon ami c\- I j emnjr Prices foi the prelimin- | (' aiv and semi-final mutches arc { sc\ent>-fivc cenU and Jmnls, ! I one dollar 1 When fifty upperclass Agiicultuio students meet tomonow for tlietr fuat week!} lecture in the new Rural Law couise established by themselves, it will be the first time in the last seven yeais that a no-citfdit, optional at tendance couise will be given at Penn State. Dean WdLnock will deliver the first lectuic to the gtuup at 100 lloit tomonow at four-thirty o’clock. The new course, which will he held e\eiy Wednesday aftcinoon, lias been sanctioned by both Dean WiunocL and Dean Watts Accoidtng to A 0 Rhoad ’2O, student leadci in the niove ment, the new couise, with its no ic stnetions and icquuements of at tendance and grades, hns won the licuty cooperation of the faculty All students inteiested m rural law may (Continued on second page) JUNIORS DECIDE ON UNIFORM PROM TAX Assessment for 1D27 Function Levied nt Six Dollars B> Committee THREE ADVANCE TICKET j SAT3S TO TAKE TUACE Departing fiom the usual custom of chaiging one puce for juniors and a dilfeient one for seniors, the Jumoi, Prom committee lias decided that the a«>essment foi this }cai’s upperclass function on Apul twent}-tlnrd will be umfoim for all those attending. The puce is set at si\ dollars A now plan for issuing pass-out checks has also been adpoted by the committee The anangement calls foi a stub attached to the tegular ad mission ticket. Tilts stub will be de tached at the door to be used us a' pass-out check To obtain a favor, 1 the admission caul must be present-, hi Thioe advance sales scheduled in' (Continued on second page) j DRUIDS GRANT CHARTER TO BUCKNELL SOCIETY Washington and Jefferson Man Gets National Presidency— IJodj To Incorporate Assembled in two-da\ convention hue the national Druid societ} cleet id officers foi the coming jear, giant* id n chmtei to Duckncll university nml weic entei tamed at a banquet Ki id.i} night and n dance h.ituvdnv afici noon. Petitions fiom Daitmouth and La- Livelte were considered but Uucknell was the onlv college giantcd admt sion this vcai Action was taken, however, to eventually establish blanches in these two schools \JI five of the present chnptcis had up •n‘i( itat'yes at vho meeting. '1 he University of Pittsburgh had two (’dogates, Carnegie Tech two, Wash ington and Jeffeison one, Delawaie college one and Penn State two Duckncll sent three lepresentative*. E K Ilevvitt ’2B and W N Kaibach ’2B weie the Penn State *ofhciul del*- gales Details Set for 1926 Mat Intercollegiates Columbia, Princeton, Cornell, Syracuse, Penn, Yale, Lehigh and Penn State Compose Eight Contenders R.O.T.C. CRITICS FLAYED IN DEBATE Kansans’ Eloquent Defense of Military Training Routs Penn State Orators WESTERNERS SCOUT IDEA OF “MILITARISTIC PLOT’ “It is not the national government but the state and the college them selves that make nuhtaiv training conipulsuiv m the co’lege,” was Kan sas State college debateis’ reply to the Penn State team’s charges that an insidious movement, fostered b} [militarists, vvu, on foot to establish j R 0 T C dull in all colleges, i The Kansans, R E Holier and Carl [Tayloi, taking the negative side of j the, proposition “Resolved That com pulsoiy nulitaiy training_m colleges and univciMties should be abolished,’’ I defeated S L Burt '27 and S. K Stevens ’2(i in an evtempoinnoous de bate m the Auditorium Thursday night "No whoie in the Moirill Act oi in the National Defence Acts of IDIG and IP2U can be found mention of compulsory R 0 T C,’’ declared Hebcr, “in three hundred and ciglitv two college-, wheie nuhtaiv science] and tactics aie taught theie are onlvj eights-two who make* the course com-! pulsoiv, and then onlv foi tho fir>t! twovea.s” 1 In the opening speech of the even ing the nffnmativc maintained that the whole idea of compulson dull 1-. that vvai is human, n ituial and inevi table “Such a doctrine is vvhollj un-Ameiican and entneh contrarv to modem academic principles,” stated Buit The fust speaket then tapped (Continued on second page) Closing Rumor Branded False Rumois going the rqumls of the <..ni]His tilth-* effect that school would be closed one week cailict at Enstei tune unless theie was a uipid dc eieusc* iti sicknesses are unfounded, emphatically rtated .1 P. llitenoui, College ph}sieian, when questioned as to the veiaeitj of the leport An .utide in the Williamspoit SliN is believed to have led to the jumm gaining headway The SUN punted an account of five hundred 1 Vnn State students taken ill »t one j tune with la gnppe. A State Health 1 ofliciul .upon leading the oitic’e i**i mcdintclv nude an ltiquu.* ot the College Health Seivicc and was in* formed that although theie wad an epidemic of la guppe pi evident on the campus, it was not as s.'i'un* a the newspapci article had lead him to believe. The week has biought an abate ment m the disease although there is still dangei of i ‘Vm-p outbreak rules-, prec lution is taken bv tin* .student bodv “A. little moie aio c\eicised by the individual, especially duung tins mtci niittent ,ea-un of cold and balmy du>s, would go h long wav toward lidding tin* io’li munitv of the dang"* ot li guppe," was Di Uitenoui’s closing comment on the epidemic situation JUNIORS MEASURE FOR ! BLAZERS ON MONDAY j Dean Warnotk Lays Down (he Law PRICE FIVE CENTS , On Pomi State will be centered the j eves of the Eastcrp wrestling woihl this week end when eight teams com posing thd Easturn Intercollegiate j Wrestling association compete hcr« | for the ID2C intercollegiate wrestling [ title. The teams meeting in the . championship matches are Talc, I Princeton, Cornell, Syracuse, Penn, j Lehigh, Columbia and Penn State. Arriving here Thursday, more than |onc hundred wiostlmg representn- I lives of the schools in the meet will jhe given complete use of Varsity Hall A meeting, in charge of li lU. Hill, of Cornell, president pro j tempore of the E I. W. A., will be ( held on Fnda} morning. Aftei the business of the organization has been ’disposed of, and ofiiccis for the nc\t season have been elected a dra ung will be held to determine the pau mgs for preliminary contests The mtercollegiates will be run rff m three senes of matches, with two mats jn use at all times, prelim inaries, semi-finals and finals. The fiist-round bouts will begin at two (’clock Frida.v afternoon; the semi finals at eight o’clock Friday evening ind the final championships at two o’c!o< k Saturdn} afternoon. Follow ing the championship matches, those contestants eliminated in the couise of the meet will compete for second and third places. A man scoring a fall m nnv bout pielmiinary, semi-final or final, will receive one point. In the finals, the v inner gets four points, second place gets-two points and third gets one. The team receiving the greatest to tal of points will be intercollegiate i hanipion Thiee rcfciccs will handle the in tercollegiate*. brat i»- ,E Cann, conch of the’Unltcd States Jfl2f Oljmpic wrestling team. Mr. Cann icfueed the Cornell match here this season The second oflicml is D D Dctnr ’2l, coach of tho Penn State infeicollegiate wrestling champions of 11)21 who will referee matches in which Penn State men do not com pete The third official is Mi Lvneli of the United States Naval neadeniv A banquet* sponsored b} the East ern Intercollegiate Wrestling asm,, •ciation m Varsity Hall on Saturday night, will furnish the climax to the (Continued on third page) SUMMER SESSION HEAD PLANS ENGLISH SEMINAR Zona Giile Included in List of Famed Authors-To Act as Visiting Professors In older to give a moic spccifu training to those w i iter**, 'teachers ami students of English who wish to advance into specialized fields, Hi. G. Chanibon, dean or the .School of Education ami dnector of the Sum mer Session, has announced that an English Educational Institute will be inauguiated at Penn State tins sum mei This institute «ui oe or the «imc nature as the Institute of French Ed ucation which has gamed nation wide fame since its inauguration here thiee venrs ago An institute for Music students will also be launched 1 1 the coming session. Writeis and plavw lights of interna tional fume have been secured to in* stiuetthe English students. Promi nent among those who will act a visiting piofessors and lecturer-, an* Zona Gale, winner of the Pulitzer prize m PJ'2l for hei pla} "Miss Lulu Bett,” and Edvviml Davison, poet, lectuier and editor from Cambridge, England. Enrolment m the institute will be limited to those whose pruptnai.on in English qualifies them for tho pursuit of the advanced grade uf work which is being scheduled. Summer .session will open Julv sixth and close Aug ust fourteenth DEMOLAYS TO MEET AT ACACIA HOUSE TONIGHT There will be a DeMohty meeting tonight at eight o’clock at the Acacia
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