’S No Weather For Baseball VOL. XXI. No. 54 LION TRACK STARS ROUNDINTOFORM FOR PENN RELAYS Conference Teams Will Furnish Easi-West Duel—lowa and Wisconsin Favored PERSONNEL OF NITTANY COMBINATION UNDECIDED Mile and Four-Mile Quartets Loom as Dark Horses in Red and Blue Games Fenn State’s filers will have to un leash unexpected strength if the Blue and White is to conquer the cream of America’s mnnmg talent at the thirty-second annual University of Pennsylvania relav carnival Friday and Saturday at Franklin field m Philadelphia. Coach Cartmcll has not yet decided on the exuct person nel of his relay combinations although the trials on New Beaver field Satur day afternoon helped the Nittany mentor to determine his piobablo line ups. Although track critics nccotd Penn State little chance of victory, the Nittany runners loom as formidable contenders for the crowns in the quarter-mile, half-mile, four mile and 480-yard high hurdle shuttle race With cxpcrienceod teams in these ev ents, Penn State is likely to furnish several upsets. East-West Battle The Bed and Blue games will luck the international flavor of past meets cn account of the inability of the Ox ford and Cambridge track stars, to make the trip this ycai, but in the stead of the foieign competition, a keen East-West buttle promises to take place. Stars from all over the country have entered the carnival and the scheduled clashes arc exciting po pular comment. From the Western Conference. lo wa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio State and Chicago are sending strong dele gates. lowa and-Wiscomsn arc fa vorites m each of the three leading icloy races The lowans earned an cveft break in their recent Texas races with the crack Georgetown mile qunrtct, while Wisconsin, bolsteicd bv the sensational Victor Chapman, mdooi tuo-mile champion and record holder, is expected to win the four mile race. Georgetown Powerful Georgetown, winner of three relnv events last year, wilt be represented by another strong team in the relays as well as bv an array of brilliant talent, led by Emerson Noitoa and Tony Plansky, in the individual ev ents. The Blue and Grey will have v hat is reputed to be the strongest (Continued on last page) PLEBE BASEBALL SQUAD REDUCED TO FORTY MEN Coach Leo Houck Confronted by Lack of Hurlers—lnfieltl Material Strong With the close of the first week of practice, Couch Leo Houck has retain ed only four teams fiom the ouginnl squad of eighty-live men that answet cd the freshman diamond tall Although lie is confident thut he can round up a smoothly woiking in field combination, it is the pitching staff that is causing the plcbe mentor the most concern If the batting that has been apparent in the workouts thus fur continues, Couch Houck may be assured of a hard-hittm 1 ; combina tion. Wealth of Inficlders On the mound, Decker, Lews, Camp bell and Shacikoski have been display ing good form. Canan, who repotted a*, a first baseman, is being given a tryout with the huilcrs by the lie-h -mun tutor. Warren, Buck, Nowqumt, Marsh and Unit are likely looking candidates for the catching post. In the outfield Leyden, Monahan, J. Hud- Icy, Ducannon, Knnktn and King have attracted the eye of the coach by their playing. There is u wealth of material for the four infield posts. C. Hadley, Saunders, Allen and Johnson arc dis playing their wares for the first base position At the key stone sack, Bui ber, Humphrey and Dobbclaar aie lighting it out. Two candidates, Ben edict and Grow*, appear to have the edge on the otheis at shortstop whii lleinhold, Wolff and Coiycll uie vic ing for first honors at the hot corner The plcbe mentor has been having u senes of three-inning tilts cvciy dny, which provided Uie candidates with an opportunity to display then baseball ability. In this manner the coach wus able to obtain a line on hm men. Somi-Ul/eekly ffrtrn BtateA ANNUAL POVERTY DAY SET FOR MAY SEVENTH Jogging fieshmen with gicen 11b bons flowing from their dinks will have a short term of trial this year according to n decree ot the class scraps committee which reduced Spu it Week to a three-day period, begin ning Wednesday, May fifth. Poveity Day has been changed fiom its customaiy date immediately fol lowing the Junior Prom to Finlay, May seventh, in order that it might be a part of the Spirit Week activi ties A pushball scrap Saturday af ternoon will close this moit acti.v pci-t lod of a ficshman’s life The fresh man-sophomore .smokci may also be held on the same day although this plan is only tentative DOTTERER ACCEPTS POST AT F. AND M. Penn State Chaplain Submits Resignation—Effecliv e September First TO BE PROFESSOR AT FORMER ALMA MATER Dr R. 11. Dotterel, professoi of Philosophy, has handed in his resig nation to become effective September first, when he w ill accept the chan at Finnklin and Marshall college as head of the department of Philoso phy and Psychology, lie has been a member of the faculty here foi eight years. After teaching two years Doctor Dotterel was graduated from Lock Haven normal school in 1902. The following year, he enteied the sopho more class at Franklin and Marshall college, receiving the degree of bach elor of Philosophy Four years latei he received a degiee of Master of Fmlosophv from the Lancastei insti tution. He also completed a three year course of mstiuction in the Theo logical Seminary at Lancaster, grad uating in 1909 ' Ordained to the ministry of the Re fill med church, he served as pastoi for eleven yenis at several chuiehes These were: The New Ccntieville charge at Rockwtood, The Trinity Re formed in Baltmioie and the State College Faith Reformed While in Baltimore, he took graduate work at Johns Hopkins umiersitv, leceiving the degrees of Mnstci of Arts and Doctoi of Philosophy foi studies m philosophy, psychology and educa tion. Doctor Dotterel has been a mem ber of the College faculty since 1918 He has written magazine articles on various subjects during that tunc, and is the authoi of a textbook, (Continued on thud page) FORMER DUQUESNE DEAN SPEAKS HERE TOMORROW W\ II Walkei. foimei dean of tlv School of Business Administration at Puquesne university, and a popuhu spcakci on business success mid pio fosstons foi men and women, has been sccuied to speak on “IVonicn in Bus iness” Wednesday night at six-foi t\ - five o’clock in Old Chapel Dean Wulkci icccntly left Duqucsnj and is now practicing law in Pilt.-- buigh, besides filling mnnv speaking engagements relative to his piofos* sion He was invited to )cctmc at Penn State at the time of the Vec i tional Conference held licie last spi mg but he wus unable to come at thut date Dean and Mrs Walkei will be the guests of the girls at McAlhstei Hall at dinner Wednesday evening Class Office Candidacies j Must Be Filed Tomorrow j Candidates for all clas--. Stu- | dent Council ami La Vie offices j must submit then names m writing to Thomas Cam Ji , at the Omega Epsilon house, bc foie six o’clock tomonow even ing Thu list of olhees for which nominations will be received is as follow*: president, tiensuier, secietary and Student Count il nicmbcis of the class of 1927, president, secretniv, ticusuier and Student Council membeis of the class of 3928, editor-in-chief and business manager of the 1928 La Vie, president, secre tary, ticasuiur and Student Council members of the class of 1929. Candidates foi Student Coun cil must state the school m which they aie emolled when submitting their names. All candidates must submit then own names in wilting. Anv i one who fails to do this will not I be considoied STATE COLLEGE, PA.. TUESDAY, APRIL 20. 1926 LA VIE SCHEDULED FOR DISTRIBUTION MAY FIFTEENTH Work Nears Completion as Proof Peaches Staff—Editors Submit Last Copy ONE HUNDRED SURPLUS ■ COPIES TO BE PRINTED Juniors To Receive Two Copies Of Annual Book—Others Must Place Orders In order to facilitate the delivering of tins year’s* LaVie, the bonid has adopted a system of taking oidcrs in advance, according to It. D. Dundoie ’2l, Editoi*in-chief Under the new method copies may be reserved by placing oidots with business man* agei, S L Reeder ’27, at the Omega Epsilon house, and making a deposit of two dollais Pi oofs of the 1927 annual aie being lcccivcd daily fiom the pnntess. They me read by the depuitment heads, collected and returned The Senior and Juntoi sections have been eon*,- pletcd Editoi Dundore icceived the last bit of copy Sunday /and as soon as the pioof is lead and the unfinish ed work of the engiavcis turned in, the book will be ready foi publication Because of the gi owing demands each ycai foi the junior ; ear book it was nccessaiv to inaugurate a new system As theic will be hut one hundred cxtia copies available this {Continued on third page) “THE KID HIMSELF” TO APPEAR FRIDAY Cast Remains Unchanged for Prom Production—Tour ‘ Takes Club South TWO-DAY TICKET SALE WILL OPEN TOMORROW With cvciything m readiness for the Junnu Piom showing of “The Kid Himself,” the Penn State Thespians will hold the final dress rehearsal to moirow night The ticket sale for what will be the second State College peifoimance of this wear’s production will be bold in Stalk Brothers store tomouow and Thuisday evenings at six-tlmtv o’clock Auangoments to stage the play to night m Lcwistoun weic cancelled The vast is practically the snme thut appealed on the stage at the Christ mas load showing. The Kid will n gnm be enacted by .1 L Nelson ’2b, while R W. Ginhum ’2G squeezes Ins feet into the d.untv shoes of Sally Men ill. S. C Runklc ’27 will worn tnc wig of Mnijonc Ware and D D Noithiup ’2B will be Jimmie Atkins with P J Failev ’29, Louis Zaconik ’29, Ralph Kennedy and Ewing Kon* (Continued on third page), INDUSTRIAL EXPERTS TO HOLD CONVENTION HERE Discussion Will Be Centered About Place of Youth In Industries j Foi the puiposc of discussing mod em technical education methods, prom inent industiml executives of the East mil convene lieie on May fourteenth and fifteenth tot the eleventh annual engineering confcicnce, it was an nounced by Dean R L. Saekctt More than five bundled executivei of the leading industries have been united to attend Mi. Howutd Elliott, chuuman of the boaid of manageis of the Noithorn Pacific Railway in addition to high officials fiom the Genctal Eleotue, Westinghouho Electric and Bell Tele phone companies have designated their intension of attending the two day cunfeiences It is foi helping the young man to find his pioper place in industiy and tor tlie high «chool and college grad uate to best choose then industnal piofcssion that the annual spung con faience has been called Accoidmg to Dean Sackett tndiis iiics find it moic difficult each yciu to obtain the pioper men to fit into po sitions of icsponsibilitv. Industrial beads believe that emphasis on cci tnm pints of the high school and col lege training will help solve the piob lem and have icquested the College to make this point the chief item far dis cussion at the confeience. Accountancy Expert To Lecture Thursday Speaking on the field of accountan cy, Ernest Crowther, of Pittsburgh, will deliver a lecture under the aus pices of Delta Sigma Pi, honorary commerce and finance fraternity, in Old Chapel Thursday evening at sev en fifteen o’clock. Mr. Crowther is a memboi of the Council of the American Institute of Accountants and was formcily chair man of the Pittsburgh chap'ter of that organization He is the senior mem ber of Crowther-hnd company, iciti fied public nccodAtants The speaker hadjbeen employed with the United States Steel corporation and the American Structural Steel company previous to 1911. Since thnt time he has conducted Ins own offices and has gamed wide recognition as an authority in the field of accoun tancy , SNOW HALTS CLASH WITH CORNELL NINE Scheduled Baseball Contest at Ithaca Cancelled—Frigid Weather Prevails GETTYSBURG WILL PLAY TWO GAME SERIES HERE The first foreign Invasion of the Penn State baseball team rebutted in no addition to the won and lost col umn when snow flumes and freezing weather combined to prevent the scheduled setto with Cornell at Ithaca lust Saturday. An hour before' the game time Coaches Ecklcy of Cornell and Bcz dek appeared on the field to decide on the advisability of plavmg the game One look at the frst-moving gray clouds convinced the mentors that a baseball game would be out of the ruestion. Both conches were unwill ing to risk possible serious injury to the arms of their hurlers and a sub sequent vvoakonifcii. of nlrcndy shaky pitching staffs by subjecting then moundsmen to the cold. The jaunt to Ithaca wus made by motor bus, the team aruving in the northern New York town at foui o’clock Friday afternoon As the weather was even then unsuitod for the diamond sport, the Nittnny squad (Continued on last page) CENTRE COUNTY BOYS END FIFTH CONFERENCE Speakers Instruct Delegates on Means of Bettering Community Life With the slogan “Be n hftei, not a leaner,” one hundred older boys rep resenting the Sunday Schools of Cen tre County, ended a tvvo-duv con fai ence held under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A here Sunday The aim of the conference was to devise means* of bettering life m the communities that were represented. Donald MacMillan, arctic c>.plorer, was a guest of the evening banquet at the Methodist church Friduv even ing. Discussions occupied the bulk of the time on Saturday morning In the afternoon a tour was made of the campus The question of organized activities was discussed at .1 din ner on Saturday evening Sunday morning in Old Chapel five groups were farmed for the discus sion of “What young peoples societus can do for the community.” A din ner at noon in the University club closed the conference. The work tha‘ the boys could do m their own com munity was stressed. Co-eds Trip on Ligh Novel Costume C Fiom the fluffy skirts of a ballet dancer to tbc long train of an old fashioned coquette, fiom the satin garments of a Spanish grandee to the blue overalls of a country bov, fiom the first dance until the whole place so shook with gayety thut the dccoru utions begun to fall, the co-eds’ cos tume cotillion in the Armory Friday night was a huge success. Talk n bout the melting pot—never in the his tory of pirates and bellhops, artists and artisans, nice little girls and Bowery biats, tbc Spanish, Dutch, Ir ish, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Scotch and plain American mingled so smoothly' as m the magic medium of Machlan’b music The prize for the cleveicst cos tumes went to Miss Suzanne Stovei ’2G and Miss C. E. Nissley '2O v,ho weie die«sed m the led and black at s<r a <* 2 ' CO?I3S JUNIORS TO OFFER GALA PROMENADE IN ARMORY FRIDAY Jean Goldkcltc’s Music Masters Will Syncopate at Annual Formal Affair COLLEGIAN ASKS GUEST LISTS FOR PUBLICATION Committee Prepares foi liecori' Attendance—Large Supply Of Favors Ordered The ivy-covcred walls of the Ar moiy will ling once moie with the gayety’ of n .Tumor Prom. And the final magic touch will be the ivllmi of Jean Goldkettc’x music peers. Hun dreds of dancers will swav to the en chanting stiains of the Victoi stre* nnders when the doors open Fnday night to the social event of the year While Silveistcm, the master dec orator, inspected the pm pie and silver ornamentation yesteiday the Piom committee was engaged in the last minute rush for favors, booths and tickets. The final ticket sales will be held at Co-op tonight and tomorrow night between seven o’clock and eight thirty Elaboiatc preparations have been made to assure all guests favois , More than six hundicd have been oi-| dered but if they prove insufficient a reserve supply will be icady aftei the Prom night. The favors, and the pro (Contmucd on third page) WARNOCK EXPLAINS STUDENT CAR RULE Dean of Men Slates Arguments Against Undergraduates Owning Automobiles STUDIES AND RIDING DO NOT MIX, HE DECLARES “Automobiles and studies do not mix,” declared De in A. R Wnrnock in explaining the lulc against btudents owning and opeiuting motor cur* The icsolution passed last Monday by tbc Council of Administration went into cffectyestcrd.iv and all students who disobey the rule against the own ing ami operating of cms will be ms pended far the remiundei of the swn cstei Dean’s Statement “The rule against the keeping of automobiles by student', was by the Boaid of Tiustees two you**', ago Their action was 'lllllllll to that being taken m most of • ur lend ing universities The ngui.ient vr deilving it is that automobiles and studies do not mix, and sUtdi"s come firht It we had no suji mle I be lieve thnt most local peoolo, including the student body, would lie demanding (Continued on thud page), “Y M GROUP HEARS TWEEDY Y M C. A olliccis foi the coming yeni were installed Saturday evening 111 the foyer of the Audtiouum Dr H II Tveedv of Yale umver«itv deliv ered a shall talk while Dr. I. L Fos ter, chairman of Die “Y” Advisory Board, gave the installation address The newly elected officers me. pies ident, R D. Dundore ’27, Mcc-picsi dent, S. L Reedoi ’27; second vice president, B T Comad ’27, seueUrv, A E Wilson ’2B, and ticusuier G. L Setman ’27 it Fantastic Toe as Zotillion Is Celebrated tuc of a bell hop and a ballet darner. In the luckv number dunce Miss D A Tobias ’2C and Miss M. R. Maloy *27 weie the last couple called Thev gave an exhibition dance. Dunng the in termission Mrs Shadd of Bellefonte played some delightful violm solo*. The west cornel of the Armory (who knows which one this is) .vus extremely popular as the location of the Y. W. C. A booth whole ice cieam 'and sandwiches weie sold dunng the ! evening to the fultcimg swains and 1 lovely ladies If the girls’ Inughtei und .smiles meant anything then the culoiful af fair was a success. Aftei the ball was ovei and the music censed and the (lancets disentangled themselves iiom the suipentine, the picvailmg sentiment was, “Let’s do it again.” | Lists of Prom Guests j j Oiled for Tomorrow | J All fraternity gue'it lists j i must bo turned in at the COL* j j LHGIAN office not later than j J ten o’clock tomorrow night I I The list should include only out- | | of-town guests and their resi- j I dunce. Following the system s ] used for the Sophomore Hop I I and Senior Ball the COLLEG- j { lAN will print the names of | 1 guests in Friday’s issue. I ! The final ticket sales will he I 1 held at Co-op tonight and to- j j moiiow between scycn an 1 j | eight-thirty o’clock. j STUDENTS ARRANGE FOR FATHER’S DAY Mass Meeting, Lacrosse Tilt, Two Baseball Games Arc Scheduled SMOKES AND SPEECHES TO CAP ENTERTAINMENT Pieparntions for the annual cele bration of Fathers,’ Day at Penn Stutc weie started today by student com mittees Although the event ha*, been set for Saturday, Mav first, father* of students will airive the preceding day and the majonty are expected to icmain until Sunday* A student commPLo composed of Donald Wyman ’2fi, A C Allow iv ’27 and R D. Dundore '27 has beer work ing on a program that is now in a tentative stage A mas« meeting lias been planned for Fndiy » fnmg that i* expected to rr n’ t u c student pa»h -ci.ii/s pi ui to footba.l games A cared athletic card is the ot tied.or, cn Saturday jf f eiaoon The va p Mt.* baseball teim Ursinus while the fieshmen mien t'n-ir sched ule vyith Slippery Rock Normal school Ihe vaisity lacrosse twelve will also pee action on-that day, meeting the St ir’f.dicns stickmcn in l!»*j evening tl'e.c will be .• -mclcei in the Ainioiv Speaking at the chapel services on Sunday morning will be Dr W. A | Hanson, picsident of Gettysburg col ;b go It is expected that Dr Hanson will deliver an address of special in* Iciest to the gathering of fathers and students. PROF. BONINE ATTENDS GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS Will Represent Penn Sta,lc at International Convention In Madrid, Spain Prof. C A Bonine, head of the gc tdogv department, leaves here today for Madrid, Spam, as the Penn State delegate to the fourteenth Interna tional Geologicil Congress to he held' there fiom May twenty -fourth to thir ty -first ! Professoi Bonine will be one of a bout fat tv American geologists plan ning to attend the Congress The ge olngv head plans to sail on the Levia than April thirtieth, having heui granted leave of absence from the college until Septembei fifteenth. Following the business session' of the Congress Penn State’s represen tative will visit points of geological interest m Fiance, Switzerland, Al sace and Loirninc, England and Scot land Many aide tups have been in rang ed for the geologists who will attend the Congress from all parts of the woild. Tups have been scheduled both befoie and after the business sessions to the largest mercury mine ,in the world, located m Spain The huge copper, iron, poptush and coal deposits in Spam and on the adjacent Hands will be included 111 the itmciary of the delegates BLOCK AND BRIDLE CLUB HAS ANNUAL ELECTIONS 11. A. Willman *27, Samuel Ishlet ’27 and C R. Koch ’27, were elected to the office of president, sccrctaiy and ticusuier, respectively at 11 meet ing of the Block and Bridle Club held Wednesday evening. The association discussed plans fai the All-Ag convention, which will be held on Muy twenty-first and twenty second. PARMI NOUS ELECTIONS A ,T. Collins ’27 II U Huffman ’27 W. P. Reed ’27 H. F. Taylor ’27 Haloid Dangcificld ’2B C. G. Gwi/icr ’2B J G. Lungren ’2B J. P. Roepke '2B Sorr.v Stop Can’t Stop Next Time Slop PRICE FIVE CENTS NITTANY STICKMEN WIN OPENER FROM PENNSYLVANIA 10-6 Tardy Rally Carries Lions to Victor}’ —Score Knotted At End of Half lIACKETT, BELFIELI) AND HELBIG STAR IN ATTACK Clever Passing Responsible for Win—Offensive Effective In Second Period Sconng tlnee goals m less Hum five minutes of plnv, the Lconaid courhod Penn Slate ktuosse team swept to a clean-cut 10 to 0 victotv over the University of Pennsylvania stickmcn on Franklin Field Salmd.iv afternoon With the scon* tied at four all at half-time the Lion eleven swept the Red and Blue 1 acquetecrs eff their feet 111 the final period to vv 111 Bill Holing «-ent the NitLim lamis away to an early lead with a nu.e 11 the epcirng minutes of the game, but Mooie, Qunkci sconng ace, net ted n long attempt Tile Lion attack functioned smoothly* but no foi waul was able to bleak thiough the Pena line-up until Ilelbig again lodged the lubber sphere in the Red and Blue goal Moore, who counted foui of Penn’s six points, duplicated Heloig’s pet foroiance a moment Intel and then added his third countci aftei the b ill bad been centered Bclfield and Ifack ett scored befoie the Lei munition of the first half with the count knotted at four all Victory in Second Half Opening up with cveiv plnv at their command, the Lion sticinun clearly demonstiated then supeuoi ity by breaking thiough the Qunkci defense to score six coals in the sec ond half With Holbig, Bclfield and Captain Hackctt in the leading at tack roles, the Niltam machine worked the ball to within sconng dis tance and drove through the Penn huskies to count Sweeping aside the Quakn goal tender, Welker. Shanks, Hackctt and Holbig each icgisteied a point while Bclfield. diminutive soplicmoie attack man. added two moie tallies to his total Tlie stickwoik of the Blae and White team m then initial game of the season was clean and fist, al though more penalties weie inflicted on the Lions than on Penn The field was haul and div, but a high wind blew dust across the sv.aid, liindci nig the phv Penn Captain Piny s Captain Savdah, Red and Blue at tack man who has been on the side lines with a broken Lolhn-bone, [div ed his first 192(1 game against Penn State Satui dav He co-staned vutn Mdlei Moore in the Penn attack, fm ther distinguishing himself by his cle ver dodging and passing \mong the celebrities pusonl vv is (Continued on last page) SIGMA NU, THETA KAPPA PHI MEET IN CAGE FINAL Phi Epsilon Pi, I*>2s Champions Dropped From Tournev In Loose Till Bv virtue ol mi tones ovci the Pin Epsilon Pi and Pin Delta Theta quin tets, the Sigma Nu and 'lhcta luippa Phi teams, earned the light to mm peto for the mtei fuitei mty has. kethall crown The Phi Delta 'lhcta quint, (haw ing a l)\e in the pluvious louml, w is defeuted In the Theta Kappa Phi’s in the seim-fmnls, 13-11 In this game, pluved Saturday evening, lie had changed hands at sevennl diireiuit stages. U the half. Theta kappi Pin held .1 10 to 8 advantage ovu their opponents, but the losu’s spu tnculai shooting changed this stole to 11 11 to 11 advantage v ith hut foui minutes to play Leuhey, Theta Kap pa Phi forwuul, bioke loose mid scal ed two goals, fiom the held giving his team alsto 11 lend The vvlnlsle, several minutes Intel, ended the com bat with the winner letaming its one point lead Thctn knppn Phi defeated the Ihla Theta Pi icpiesentalives bv a 17 to 11 scoie while Sigma Xu downed Phi Epsilon Pi, 20 to 12, in the games on ’satin dav afternoon Both contests were haul fought and the shooting was of the Inst older The games were slowed up somewhat by the slip pery* condition of the fiooi The Theta Kappa Phi’s wuo louul to the limit to down tlie Beta llooi inen as the losing teum was on the (Continued cm hut page)
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