Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, April 30, 1926, Image 1

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    Scholars
Arc
All Keyed Up
VOL. XXI, No. 57
Penn State To Welcome
Visiting Dads Tomorrow
Mass Meeting- Tonight Opens Annual Fathers’
Day Program—Four Sporting Events
And Smoker Carded
With scvcinl additional features!
listed on the entertainment piogiam<
for Fathers’ Day everything is ini
icadincss for tonight’s mass meeting,!
nt seven-fifteen in the Auditorium,!
the preliminary event to the fifth an
nual meeting of the Association of
Parents of Penn State. The smoker,
scheduled for seven o’clock tomonow
evening in the Armory, will aim to
create a friendly feeling between stu
dents and parents nnd will aid in ac
quainting the guests with Penn
State spirit and cordiality.
Four athletic events will ofTer the
afternoon’s entertainment following
the tegular association meeting in
the morning The mtcrfintoimty
alhlotes will battle for supicmacv
beginning nt one o’clock, nnd one-half
hour later Uismus nine will lineup
against the Lions. The freshman
game at tlucc o’clock and the La
crosse setto at the snme hour com
plete the bill
Tomorrow evening the Armoij
doois will open'for the big smoker,
and many n vouth of yesterday will
forget his age to cheer v the local
leather pushers nnd grapplers. John
ny McClcrnan, Inst ycai’s boxing cap
tain, is slnted to don the mitts with
Filcgcr in an exhibition bout Bevan,
of the fieshman boxing team, will
perform against Wilford. _
In addition, Puckaid nnd Lord will
display then wnres on the mat A
harmonica duct and a guitat duet will
he supplied ns a soothing contrast to
the rougher numbcis Kenneth Sau
ers, a popular deliverer of humorous
dialogues, intends to add a little spice
to the evening's program with sev
eral recitations.
It is the hope of the committee that
the mass meeting, the smokei nnd
games will be well nttended in order
that the guests may catch the ical
college atmosphere of Penn State.
The visiting riiothen, also* vViH be
tendered a reception. Plans have
been completed to entertain them nt
tea tomorrow afteinoon from tlucc
to five o’clock in the Women’s Build
ing. Miss C. E. Nisseley ’2G and
Miss R. E. Warner ’27, foim the com
mittee tn charge of the affan
COB NINE OPENS AGAINST
SLIPPERY ROCK NORMAL
Tentative Line-up Selected for
Game Tomorrow—Twirling
Problem Unsolved
In the initial encounter of the
year Conch Leo Houck will put Ins
plchc diamond proteges on the field
against Slippciy Rock Normal School
aggregation tomorrow afternoon at
three o’clock
Leo is confident that he has a hard
hitting combination in the vcsuling
nine but has found no solution to his
twirling problem Cannn will prob
ably stmt on the mound, while Shnc
iPoski, Lewis and Cumpbcl! will be
kept m reserve Waircn and Hart
have an equal bid foi the leccmng
post
C. Hadley will be placed on the in
itial sack mid Dobbclam, who has
shown marked nbilitv is named to
cover the keystone sack Benedict
will range shortstop tciritoiy and
Wolff on third will complete the in
fold Clew which gives pionusc of
handling anything oil u Slippciy
Rock bat.
Reserves May .Gel Chance
The outfield will probably be Mon
ahan at left, R J Hadley in center
and Delp at right Leo plans to take
advantage of this gumc to aid m de
termining a permanent plebe lineup
rnd for this reason will keep a num
ber of reserves on the bench Glow
has been groomed ns a shot tstop,
Barber is icudy foi a try at the hot
corner, while Singely and Buchanan
may get a chance in the outfield
The vibitois will start either Duff,
Ripper or Baum in the box. The lat
ter was a icgttlni on the plebe squad
last y ear, but is now cm oiled nt the
Normal school. Graham is scheduled
to receive the shoots Palmci
Wlulelull and Dunn will cover first,
second and thud respectively, while |
Mct/gnr will complete the infield j
Abraham, McKee and DelleValla will j
occupy the outfield posts. |
DAIRY EXPOSITION BEGINS
Beginning tins afternoon and con*
i Semi-IA/eekl;
Prim Sfafi*
! Women To Serve Tea j
For Visiting Mothers 1
Tea will be sen ed at the Wo- i
! men’s Building fiom three to j
five o'clock tomoirow afteinoon !
to the mothers who accompany j
the dads. Musical entertain- |
ment has been ai ranged by j
| those in charge. j
SPIRIT WEEK WILL
BEGIN WEDNESDAY
Sophomores To Meet Plebes in
Pushball Scrap—Pajama
Parade Thursday
FRESHMEN TO OBSERVE
ANNUAL POVERTY DAY
Strcameis of gieen suspended from
the dinks of flying freshmen will an
nounce the opening day of the annual
Spmt Week Wednesday morning, ac
coiding to a program mapped out I>>
the Class Scraps committee and sub
mitted by 11. D. Fiitchm.in ’2O, chan
man.
Sophomoies mnv descend fiom then
high estate to the rank of freshmen
should the yen! lings best the sccond
\oar stalwaits in the push-ball sciap
Wednesday afternoon at five o’clock
If the cubs win, the sophomores will
exchange'customs with them Fndiiy
from twelve o’clock until six
Thursday evening will witness an
nll-cftllege-pnjama'parade - The par
ticipants will assemble at some cen
tial spot and tom the town and cam
pus m then* nocturnal rainment
Hibernating bums and hoboes of
assoitcd descriptions will icport foi
inspection anil appiais.il Saturday
morning and for exhibition in the af
ternoon in recognition of Penn State's
annual Poveity Day A freshmnn-
Miphoniorc smoker m the Armory will
climax the week’s activities
The push-ball scrap will be staged
on the football practice field piompt
|y at five o’clock Wednesday afte'-
noon An attempt is being made io
have all classes excused for this event.
All fiatcinities and boaiding club,
arc requested to postpone their even
ing meals
GRADUATION PROGRAMS
TO ARRIVE NEXT WEEK
Black Leather Cover Encloses
Invitation—Enrollment
Of Class Included
Anticipating un curly call foi 1926
Commencement proginms and name
caids, the senior class announcement
committee will take ordeis at Co-op
next week as soon as the display sam
ples are received fiom E. A Wright
and company, Philudelphin, accoiding
to chan man W W. Alien The exact
date will be announced latci
The 192 G piogiam is huger than
the usual Commencement item list,
and in design is similar to that used
at Pimceton umveisity last June.
Enclosed m black leather the piogiam
contains a complete list of graduates
besides the ariangemonts foi class
day and graduation exercises A
mounted design of Old Main tuwci
mid an embossed gold leaf decorate
the covei. Numeious campus views
aic on the inside pages.
While the piogram has been alleied
fiom the usual Penn State tvpes, the
announcements and invitations remain
the same Names cauls for the in
vitations will be on sale as soon as
the snmples ainve A slight deposit
will be icqucsted with each older
The committee consists of W. W. Al
len, chairman, L K. Wilson, A K
Smith, I. L Bernstein, P. M. Schief
ci, Eleanoi J Lcitch
REVISED CATALOG WILL
CONTAIN NEW FEATURES
Many new routines in cimiculu and
courses of study are contained in the
11)20 catalog of the Pennsylvania
STATE COLLEGE. PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1926
STUDENT COUNCIL
NAMES COMMITTEE
FOR MOVE-UP DAY
Each Class Advances One Year
In Social Standing Under
New Regulation
SUGGESTIONS MADE FOR
PROCLAMATION RECEIPTS
Law-Makers Report Favorably
On Ivy Day—Meeting Set
For Next Week
That Penn State will have a Movc
up Day and an Ivy Day this yeni is
practically assured because of action
taken by the Student Council Tues
day night Committees were ap
pointed to anunge piogiams to be
submitted at the next meeting of the
legislator
Besides deciding favorably upon
these two measures, the student law
maker accepted the Spirit Week
progi am as otilljncd by 11. D Fritch
man '2G sat is a “supcnoi" court in
two cases appealing foi levetsal of
judgment handed down by the Stu
dent Tnbunul and discussed a new
idea of financing the sophomore pro
clamation next vc.u The Council
also refeued the selection of Tnbun
al keys to that bodv, of which C II
Moore '2O is piesident
If Move-up Day is instituted, it
means that on a specially ai ranged
occasion, not moic than two or three
weeks from the close of college,
freshmen will dispose of their dinks
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HOLMES DELIVERS
SCHOLARSHIP TALK
Emphasizes Value of Character
- Analysis—Many Dangers
In Pseudo Forms
CANDIDATES ANNOUNCED
BY HONORARY SOCIETIES
Sptnkmg on "Common Sense Char
acter Analvsis,” Di Aithur Holmes,
formeily Dean of the gcncial faculty
at Penn State, declined that "No man
is going to get m a niche which fits
htm exactly,” at the Scholarship
Duv exercises vcstcidav morning
"Thcie conics a time in eveiy man’s
life,” Doctor Holmes continued, “when
1c will meet a diminution of inter
est m Ins cho«en piofession It is nt
tins time that his real chui actor must
asseit itself ”
Mnnv psuedo foi ms of chniacter
analysis weie baled bv the speaker
and lie explained that although this
Joim of psychology is giadunlly be
coming ieeogni/ed among scientists,
no man should allow Ins careei to be
influenced completely by the analyst’s
findings
The Piesident Spaiks pri?e was
again nwuidcd to Anna Haddow ’2G,
who Ims won the distinction live times
tn seven semesters. D D Henry ’2G
was selected to leceivc* the John W.
White fellowship, winch piovidcs a
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Plans Matured for
Plebe-Soph Smoker
Plans foi the first Xi eshman-soph
omoic smokei to be held in the Ar
moty next Satuulay evening nt eight
o’clock aie beginning to take definite
shape
Dean A R Wat nock will open the
piogixm with a shoit speech J T
McClcunnn ’2O will also speak and a
few selections on the musical saw liy
P. F Fostei ’2!) will follow Thurs
ton’s onlv iiv al on the Penn State
campus, W T Neff '2B, will give an
exhibition of magic while W C. Bowie
’29 will smg scveiul selections to be
chosen at a latci date There will also
be a special novelty act which hus not
yet been aiianged
Tobacco, pipes and eigmcttes will
be at convenient positions in the Ar
moiv while lefieshments will consist
of punch and piet/els
FRIARS ELECTIONS
D. 11. Bevan
W. H. Camei on
W L Dobbcliuu
S Humus
B Jacobson
M. S McAndtews
G K Offenh
Hon. John S. Fisher
Speaks Here Today
The Honorable John S Fishei of
Indiana county, trustee of The Penn
sylvania. State College nnd candidate
for the Republican nomination for
(lovcrnoi of this state, will speak
from, the upper porch of the State
College hotel this nfternoon nt two
thirty o’clock I
Mr Fisher is conducting a speak
ing tour through the pnncipnl cities
and towns of central Pennsylvania in
las political campaign. He will
speak m Bcllefonte this morning and
airivc in State College shortly after
roon, accompanied by Mr. C E. Dor
. worth of the Bcllefonte Itcjnibhcun
BATSMEN TO FACE
URSINUS TOMORROW
Lions Macc Thomas’ Delivery
For Ten Hits in Victory
Over Susquehanna
HARRIS, KENT, LESKO,
CLOUT CIRCUIT DRIVES
Tl.e Niltnny batsmen will attempt,
to make it four in a row when they;
.oppose the Ursmus nine tomorrow
afternoon after downing the Susque
hanna university team in a latlicr
easy fashion, S-3, Wednesday. To
morrow’s tilt will stmt at one-thirty
When the teams clushod in the mid
week game a strong northern wind
swept the field making it uncomfort
able foi both playeis and fans alike
ami causing several misplays.
Three Circuit Smashes
Penn State found the offerings of
Thomas,x'eteian nee of the visitors, to
its h) ing and pounded out ten safe
ties including three home runs Les
l.c polled out his sotoud rouml-trip
per of the senson In the opening in
ning with Lungien,,who had singled,
!on base, accounting for the fir°t
two tallies. In the next inning Kent
caught h*ld of one V-T>6mas" shoots
and ruccd around the sacks after
clouting one down the third base line
Hams opened the fifth canto with a
powerful drive over the left-fielders
head for the thud cucuit smash of
the day.
Lefty Page had things his own way
and was never in danger throughout
the nine innings. The Sclmsgrove
hatters weie unable to cope with his
portside deliveiy and gathered but
four hits, all singles. The tall south
paw had difficulty in locating the
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Dickson Receives
Fine Arts Award
Receiving a Carnegie scholniship
under a plan of promoting ait teach
ing in colleges, H E. Dickson, instruc
tor in fine arts in the department of
Arclntectuie, has been honored bv in
clusion in the list oi twenty-fne schol
arships winch have just been an
nounced bv the Carnegie coiporation
foi the yeai 192 G-27.
These appointments are the fust,
accoiding to the “New York World,"
under the svstem lercntly established
bv the Cainegie corporation to set
aside one million dollais for the pur
pose of increasing the numbci of qual
ified teachcis in arts foi Amciicun
colleges and universities.
Ranging fiom twelve hundred to
two thousand dollars, the awards per
mit students to pursue graduate studv
in the fine arts in this country and
abioad The selection of twentv-five
qualified mstruclois was made from
eighteen colleges.
OLD MVIN BELL. 1»! DELTA
EPSILON ELECT OFFICERS
Choosing ofTiceis to seive for the
192 G-27 teim. the I’cnn State chapter
of Pi Delta Epsilon, international lion
orniy journalistic fiatermty met
Tucsdnv night. Results of the iegu
lai election were as follows* president,
S. L Reeder,' vice-president, II G
Womsloy ’27; secietary, C E. Mc-
Fadden ’27, tieasuier, S. 11. Culp
In the Old Mam Bell elections, R.
D Dundoie ’27, was chosen editoi-m
-chtef, and B. C. Wharton ’27, business
manager. S. It. Robb ’27, was select
ed as the repicsentative to the na
tional convention of the Pi Delta Ep
silon to be held m Berkeley, Califor
nia, sometime during next September.
Who’s Dancing
ly 2,COPIES
(Eflltegfeut
REEDER, BELFIELD WIN PRESIDENCIES
IN RECORD BALLOT-1523 VOTES CAST
MONOGRAMS SUGGESTED
FOR DIPLOMA FRAMES
A umfoim diploma flame beanng a
class monogiam for the class* of ’2b
has been suggested foi semens It
has met with the nppiovnl of the
College o%ecutives and member of
the senioi class to whom it has bom
piescntcd
The monogiani is to be i blue and
white "S” and the cluss numcials in
clnss colois This feature is lespon
siblc for much of the popularity of
the idea At picscnt, scvcinl manu
facturers aic being considered to do
the flaming at a reasonable puce.
G-BURG DRAMATISTS
APPEAR TOMORROW
Stage “You and I,” Philip Barr>
Success, at Eight-1 hirtj
In Auditorium
NOTED COLLEGE ACTORS
CAST IN MAJOR ROLES
“You and I,” a populai comedy by
Phillip Buriv, will be piescnted bv
the Owl nnd Nightingale dinmatic
club of the Gettvsburg college in the
Auditunum tomonow night at eight
thuty o’clock, under the auspices of
the Penn State Players Tickets aie
placed at fifty and seventy-five cents
and aic on sale at Whitey Mussel’s
shop
A conflict between lo.e and artis
tic ambition involving paiental ic
sponsibility is the theme of the com
edv. In the opening situation, Mait
land White is not content as a soap
manufacturer—his ambition is to be
a*paint'd, \t
His heart is set upon having his
bov becoming a great aiclntect but
his son, Rodcna, tails in love with
Veronica Duane He announces his
intention of mairying her and of
learning the soap business as his fa
thei had clone before him The fnthei,
desperate because of Ins advancing
ago nnd with Ins artistic ambitions
still unrealised, quits Ins office and
completes a pictuie at the veiv mo
ment when hts son is about to many
Veronica
Just then woid arrives that the
family fortune has been swept away
in a Wall stieet fluiiv and Vuomui
learns that, while her fiance is duti-
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FRATERNITY TRACKMEN
COMPETE FOR HONORS
Entries Must Be Made By Six
O’clock—Mile Relay To
Be Run Monday
Tiack repiesentatius of nppioxi
mutclv twentv-five fiateimties will
swing into action in the annual inter -
fiateimty meet on New Beaver Field
piomptlv at one o’clock tomunow
The intei-fialeimtv mile iclay will be
contested Monday afteinoon at five
twenty o’clock.
Entries may be made until six
o’clock this evening l>\ remitting one
dollat lu eithei R 11 Donaldson at
the Alpha Gamma Itiio fiateimty, oi
R. G. Oldfield nt the Sigma Nu house
No fiaternity will be pcinutted to en
tei contestants until this fee Ims been
paid
AH the events of a vaisitv tiack
meet will he run off tomonow hut nu
man mav compete in nunc than three
: events. To be eligible for competi
tion m tills meet a contestant must
not have Liken part m vaisity com
petition
The scoring will be the same as in
picv lous meets Five points will he
given foi lust place, four for second,
tlnee foi thud, two foi fourth and
one for fifth.
Because of the V.usity laciosse
game it will he necc«saiv to start
piomptlv at the appointed hum.
DRUIDS ELECTIONS
W C. Bowie
W J. Cox
G S Delp
E J Lockwood
T. W Lord
A. P. Mathicu
11. E. Monah
Berryhill Gets La Vie Editorship with
Lane Business Manager—Torchia
Senior Vice-president
Penn State’s mantle of student admimxtiation fell to new
xhouldcis last night Following a two days’ balloting, Wednesday
and Thuisday, forty-seven students ueie chosen to fill the posts
of outgoing officials fiom the classes of 1927, 1928 and 1929.
S. L. Reeder, with 157 votes, was elected senior class pi un
dent for next year. J. C. Belficld’s 214 ballots selected him as the
1928 class president by a maigm of sixteen \otcs o\ci Hewitt A
J. Garcs, with a total of 192 votes, won the 1929 class piesidency.
Vice-presidents of the classes for the coming year w ith their totals
arc: 1927, S. H. Torchia, 101 votes; 1928, E. E Hewitt Jr. 198
\otcs, and 1929, H. E. Pfeifer, 114 \otes.
By an equally large total R A McQuado was elected secretary
for 1927 w’lth 146 ballots; C. E Gettingcr, 1928 secretary, with
183 \otes and C. A. Yost, 1929,, class secretary, with 196 votes.
C. C. Berryhill ’2B, with 26-
i !
| Move-up Day Committee |
f Named by Council Head f
I The student committee on !
| Move-up Day, appointed vestci- {
| clay bv D I) Ilenrv '2fi, piesi- j
S dent of Student Council, is as ,
I follows -
j II \\. Cohen *2G, chairman; !
| A O McClellan ’2G, R B. Don- )
\ aldson ’27, G. M Haim ’27. W »
I P. Itccd ’27 and G. L. Setmun :
I '27 !
i I
ST. STEPHENS WILL
TESTLACROSSEMEN
Coach Leonard Drills Stickmen
In Offensive Plays foc> -
Tomorrow’s Game
VISITORS EARN WIN OVER
OXFORD-CAMBRIDGE, 6-4
With the scalps of Pennsylvania
and the Svracuse Crescents on the
belts, of lus stickmen, Coach Leonard
foi the past week has been dulling
hi-, proteges in new offense plays to
he used when they meet St Stephens
college on New* Beaver held tomor
iovv afternoon at tlucc o’clock
Aftei the showing against Syia-j
uiso last Saturday, the Nittany coach i
believes the* offense is the department]
nt winch the Penn State lacrossemeni
need strengthening Although he ]
was satisfied with the .showing of the;
defense last week he has also been:
scummaging tlie Varsity goal pro
tectors against the fiist-stimg of
fenso m bi caking up plavs and check
ing attacks
Few plavs weie used in the Cies
unt game Saturday because Coach
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AVIATION OPPORTUNITIES
EMPHASIZED BY COCKLIN
Types of Aircraft Explained in
First Lecture—Models
Illustrate Talk
"Aviation holds a large inducement
for Uie college graduate,” declared II
S Cockhn ’ll in his fourth lectuie of
a suues of fno given in the Old Min
ing Building Wednesday In this lec
tuie lie said that government plants
oflor the best opportunity for the
beginner, providing,one lias had little
oi no experience in aviation work
He also described the inpid advance
ment of aviation in this countrv
The first lecture, "Design and Stiuc
tuie,” given Tuesday at eleven-twen
tv o’clock in Old Mining Building, was
devoted to tvpes of nuciaft, nnd ac
tual models illustrating then genetal
features, weie used
Again addicssmg the students on
“Selection of Mateiml,” at loui-tlmty
o’clock Tuesday, he showed the effic
ient in the ninke-up of the an plane
His thud lecture on "Practice in Ma
terial" was devoted mainly to the
\uiions tvpes of engines which were
employed All lectuies weie lllus-
Liated by slides
Aftei graduation Mi Cocklin solv
ed lieu* us an instructor in desciiptive
Geomotiv and Burning until he
Getting In
Touch With
Dad
PRICE FIVE CENTS
[ ballots, lccenod the election ax
Editor of LaVic, while D 0 L.in<
*’2B, with 18.] voles, was selected .is
Business Manager of the Junioi Yoai
hoolc J R. Keishnw and P R
Sm.ilt7, with 102 and 00 votes iexpert
ivelv took the positions of Associate
Editor* J Ferguson won the Advei
tising Manager’s berth with 15G bal
lots
Because uf me inpxiuy with which
these tihululions weie rounded Uie
totals aie unofficial and the checking
and final icsults will be published in
Tuesday’s COLLEGIAN
Student Council Officeis
Although this is the second \c.u
foi the poll method of class office sc
lection the icsults have been gialifv
ing to Student Council. The ficsh
men cast 17.) billots, lacking b\ ncaih
two hundred that of last yeai, the
-ophomorex cist 189 bnllots, exceeding
last year’s count bv twenty, and the
juniors polled a tullv of 501 votes,
surpassing last yeai’s total by neatly
one hundred-fifty counts.
Fiom the School ut Agiicultuu* m
the 'class’* of 1927, D P Lippincolt'
and R B Dickcison were elected to
Student Council while R B Donaldson
ind J. H Eib polled a tie vote This
will piobablv be decided next week at
a special ballot election
To the student lcgjslativ e bodv fi uni
the School of Education, W A Baei
w.is elected R P. Heiwick nnd \ C
Santy were selected as the councilors
fiom the School of Chenustty and
Physics Foui men weie elected to
Council fiom the School of Engineer
ing, E L Spitlci, R P Strickland, I
A High and T A Mathias G J
Ban was selected as the repiu-enta
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I VETERAN TENNIS TEAM
! WILL OPPOSE BUCKNELL
Penn Stale Nelmon .Jomncy lo
Leuisburg for Opening
Match Tomorrow
With six veterans fiom pluvious
-caseins as a nucleus, Conch W K
Ham has selected a tentative net
squad fiom which the team, which
x* ill oppose Buckncll tomonow after
noon on the Bison courts, wtll be sel
ected Tin* tennis candidates h.iu
been handicapped by inclement wea
ther, hut have dtspluyud pi miming
foim in piactice tilts duting the
week.
Captain Don Malp.iss ’2b. numbci
three singles man in last veai’s umi
hm.ition, will probably be elcvatid a
notch foi Satui clav’s mufib E K
Eggleston ’27 will m nil ptohabilitv
(loss rackets with the lust tanking
Buckncll phtyci
G. L Setmun ’27, veteran fifth sin
gles courlmnn, has displayed a fin
i-hed brand nl tennis during the
week and will piobuldy see action
Saturdav Other veterans LXpu.fi d
to finish high m the intings aie It
A Garman ’2O and W \ McCain
’27. \ K Hcllnuch ’2O was a con-
sistent pomt-winnei on the 1921
squad hut fell under the elegiluhlv
him last season Ills showing thus
fin has piacticallv nssuied him of a
berth on the team
Foui sophomoies have attiacted
attention bv their fast plnv and clev
er stroking and may be given an op
portunity to battle with the Bison
net men Bail, MncCowatt. Jscluix
ter and Hinkle, all of last uni's
yeuiling squad, ioim the quartet
Coach Ham will use at least tlucc
of the second yeai men to test then
ability* m mutch play
The cement court Which is being
constiuctcd on New Beavei field will