Page Two *' Penn State (Eollegian Futiliahcd semi-weekly during the College year by students of the Penn* •ylvania State College, in the interest of Students, Faculty, Alumni and Friends of the College. EDITORIAL STAFP H. W. Cohen *26 K. T. Erisbel '26 A. K. Smith *26 . W. J. Durbin '26 H. L. Kellner '2G It. A. Shaner ‘26 JUNIOR NEWS EDITORS W. F. Adler *27 R. 11. Colemnn '27 G. 13. Fisher '27 W P. need '27 JUNIOR WOMEN'S NEWS EDITORS Ellen A. Bullock ’27 Frances L Forbes ’27 Mary E. Shaner ’27 BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Advertising Manager Circulation Manager ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS T Cain Jr. ’26 ... G. L. Guy *26 G. E Brumfield *26 S. R Robb *27 F. N. Weidner. Jr. ‘27 B C. Wharton ‘27 The Penn State COLLEGIAN’ invites communications on any subject of college interest. Letters must bear the signatuies of the \\iiters. Names of communicants will be published unless requested to be kept confidential U assumes no responsibility, however, for sentiments expressed in the Letter Box and reserves the right to exclude any whose publication would be palpably inappropriate. All copy for Tuesday's issue must be in the oiP.ec by ten a. m on Monday, and for Friday’s issue, by ten a m on Thursday. Subscription price: $2 50 if paid before December I, 1926. Entered at the Postoffice, State College, Pn, os second-class matter. Office. Nittany Printing and Publishing Co. Building, State College, Pa Telephone* 292-W, Bell. Member of Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association TUESDAY. MAY 4. 1926 AND PHOENIX-LIKE. ARISES FROM THE ASHES Just as the fabled bird once each century braved the flames of a slow-burnmg fire and arose fiom the ashes to live for another hundicd years, so Penn State, m inaugurating its new customs awakes fiom its lethaigy to partake of a new hie, a life of symbol ic action m a world fiaught with tradition. Move-up Day will be to Penn State men what Commencement Day means to the father of a college man—the passing from the old to the new. the completion, the graduation. Mo\c-up Dav. in years to come, vv ill be the backbone of Penn State tradition: it will lie the stem that winds the mainspnng of college life Customs and traditions at Penn State mean something, whe ther that something be tangible or not Freshmen are kept com pletely in check and the reins loosen only gradually until, as thev become seniois, they aie fiee-agents. Old Mam has a hold on us which cannot be denied, the old tower against the moon-lit heav ens brings Penn State ever closer to the heait. The Nittany Lion, tierce in its rage but lordly in its wisdom and carnage, symbolizes all that Penn State stands foi—strength of muscle and of mind. All these traditions have their place in the progiam outlined foi Move-up Day, I\y Day and the Senior Sings Each class will participate in a ceremony on May fifteenth which is destined to become the ci owning event of the College year. Lpperclassmen and underclassmen alike will mo\e up in customs Seniois will don Lion suits, a garb which signifies their completion of their four years here; juniors assume senioi cus toms by discaiding their hats and wearing their blazers, sopho moms icmove coats as they become jumois; freshmen cast aside then dinks and aie sophomoies! The passing from the old to the new. Old Main, that giand old building “built by students woiking nights” becomes the scene of Senior Sings, a half-houi in the spnng dusk spent in low, close haimony. “Victory,” “The Nit tany Lion,” “Alma Mater"—blended mellow voices on the front steps of Old Main. Ivy Day—the planting ceiemomes and the Ivy Day Oiation pieceding the first Senior Sing. Old Main brought closei still. The Nittany Lion, chosen as a champion because of its coin age m battle and its calm, cool wisdom, adorns the back of the jacket of the seniors’ Lion suit. For these men belong to Penn Stale, and as they pass fiom these poitals they aie marked as Penn Slate men, woithy to weai the Lion. All of Penn State's ideals aie symbolized in Move-up Day, Ivy Day and the Senior Sings; not one detail has been omitted m pieparing for the occasions E\en the social aspect of "the custom lias been i emembered in the all-College Move-up Day dance to be held in the Aimory on the fifteenth, to which seniois and jumois will repair in Lion suits and blaz.eis, which sophomores should at tend m jeikins and slipo\ers, and to which fieshmen may escoit gills, with no qualms of to-be-adnnmstered justice. I\y Day ceiemomes will take place for the first time on Mon day evening when the seniors will gather in front of Old Mam to plant the immoi talizing vine and heai a shoit oration by one ol the membeis of their class, saluting the event. Ivy Day has been foi jears a successful and picturesque tradition of other institu tions. and in installing the custom heie, Penn State finds time to make its campus moie beautiful, its buildings more attractive, its setting more sublime. Time may have been when the graduating class grouped itselt on the front steps of Old Main to sing the songs which belonged to Penn Stale Time was when seniors planted clinging ivy next the walls of Old Main. But with the coming of the blatant twent ieth ccntmy, Penn State students probably lost theii ideals of a univetsity almospheie and became interested in the material side ol life only. But now, as we obseive our actions with the bystand er’s cutical eye, we find that habits which were once formed must ondme; that atavism is a human tiait and must be recognized Penn State approaches what will most likely be the crisis in a Imlf-centmy of tiadition. With the innovation of Move-up Day, Ivy Day and the Senioi Sings, Penn State recedes in order to ad vance. Colleges, the lives of which are measured by hundreds of years rather than more decades, have commemoiated the passing 1 1 om the old to the new, the planting of ivy and the senior singing lor many, many years. In a short time, Penn State will live a now hie, forgetting the present and becoming engrossed m the past; living the traditions which should have been instituted in years gone by but which somehow were neglected. Move-up Day, Ivy Day and the Senioi Sings will remedy an aching void m Penn State tradition; they will serve their purpose and be ically tiaditions, recalled as pleasant memories in later life, remembered as we will remember the Nittany Lion and Old Main, idealized as we idealize Penn State. DADS ENTERTAINED BY STUDENT BODY Attend College Mas«; Meeting Friday—See Four E\ enls On New f»ea\ or Editor-In-Chief Assistant Editor Managing Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor PARENTS WILL CHANGE DATE OF OBSERVANCE U. W. Howard '27 11. G. Womslcy ’27 “Dads’ Dnv” passed at Penn State for anothei >e.u, was a higlilj suc cessful atfun Although i number of fraternities hail piovmuslv ob'-eiv td the custom of having fatheis of membe-s «puid a week-end at the College. Futheis’ Dav at Penn State was ollioialh cstiblished ..a an an nual feutuie m the <.pimg of 1021 Fust on the piogiam foi the bene fit of the Msiting pu outs this yem was the mass meeting held on I'lidac night in the Auditonuni It was op ened with u talk bv Di Aithui Holmes, foimerlv dean of tbe gcneinl fucultv, who extended a heat tv wel come to the visitors Ills talk was unfot luw’tclv untmled to enable him to catch an outgoing tinin Bez spoke m tegular football sea son stjle D D Henrv '26 rcpiesenl ed the sons while one of Penn State’s former football captains, Mi Hewitt ’Ou, spoke foi the dads Parents* Association Meets The fifth annual meeting of the Penn State Parents’ association was held m the Auditonum, Satui duv morning, at ten o’clock President John S Mussor of Ilarusbuig made the opening letnarks Pi of C K Hibscliman discussed “The College Administration” and Di. Riter otti spoke about “The Health of the Students” Dean Stoddnit talked on “The Place of Schohushtp m a College Education ” D D Ueniv , ’2G and Ruth N SchuefTci ’2(5 acquainted the paients \ ith the students,' social life They told of the mam oxtia-cuiricular actiMties and of the vinous publica tions and oiganizations of the Col lege Sports Entertain At the business session new ofiiceis were elected as follows 13 13 Hewitt, inesident. Mis Eli/ihcth Olewme vice-president; and Prof J 0 Kellei, societalv-lie isuiei The otgani/j -tion also expiexscd itself as being m fivoi of a movement to mtoiclningo the obseivanco of Fatheis’ Dav, now held m the spiing, with Motheis' Day, stalled last Octobei as an occasion of caily fall This would pci nut the obseivanco of Molheis’ Day on oi ncai the da‘e set foi national obser vance of the occasion Satui day afternoon v.is replete with the v.uioits athletic events, in cluding the baseball game with Ur simis college and the hiciosse game with St Stephens Visiting motheis vveic* entoit lined at n tea gven by the gn!s in the Women’s building fiom thiee till live o'clock A smokei and stui.t show vv *s staged in the evening at the Aamoiv Committee Arranges Move-up Day Program (Continued fiom first page) pioceding a traditional Ivy Dav ova- Aftei the planting Mondav evening, tbe lirst Sen.oi Smg will be inaugu lated, with the seniois m Lion Suits seated on the finnt steps of Old Main Penn State songs will make up sim ilm song Tests to be held at the same time Tuesd iv and Wednesdnv even ings, lasting fiom seven-tl.nty until eight o’clock The proposed Lion Suits must be appioved by the senioi class at its meeting tonight and the tentative piogiam adopted b> Student Council befoie the new tindition becomes a jni't of Penn State Snmlai suits me an integral pait of the Move-up Days WRIGLEYS flffflftfc BB MT More fiy fflft for your BpMk money B © Blt9 and thd best Peppermint Chewing Sweet for • • any money Ql3 THE PENN STATE-COLLEGIAN AGRONOMY DEPARTMENT TESTS QUALITY OF SLAG Occasion Marked By Numerous Talks—Professor Borland Acts As Toastmaster Among the recent developments to indicate the importance of 1 the depart ment of Agronomy m the agricultuial field me the tests on slag being con ducted at the experimental «tntion, the appointment of 11. P Ulueli '2O to the position of assistant on soil sui vov m the state of Indiana, and feitility detci minations on soils along the Ene railroad being made b> stu dents of the department. lit coopeiatton with the Mellon In stitute at Pittsburgh an elaborate test is being conducted on blast fur nace slag ns a souice of lime foi cor lectmg soil acidity This material will be tested on a pool acid soil at Snow Shoe, Centre county. The use of different amounts of pulverised slag m compmison with the pulver ized limestone will also be tried this vear on a vnrietv of eiops indoors and outdoois Piofessoi J W White, who has charge of the experimental woik for the station, assisted by Prof J. S. Cobb, expects to have the value of the slag piacticnllv detei mined bv the end of the yeni Uluch, a student of Agronomy who will soon leave for Indiana has leceiv ed his appointment through the ic commendation of the department as u result of his standing as a student F H. Calkins '26, J. G Steele '27, J. K Thotnton '27 and C D Eybel ’27 arc the students having the val uable and interesting experience of making soil fertility tests m eight counties of the northern p.ut of the state fiom a soil fertility tiain opci nted by the Erie railroad FORESTRY DEPARTMENT SHIPS MANY PINE TREES Although it has been sending small tiees to all parts of the state fiom time to time, the Forestry department loccntly sent one of the largest lots when they shipped two hundred dol lnis.vvoith of led pine tiees to var ious farmers m Pennsylvania The f.umois plant these tiees to help de velop then forests at some of the most tradition-steeped institutions m the East, and will plnv a large part in making the day a suc cess at Penn State. Ninety oi one hundred 1927 blazers have been shippiil and probably will be icceived this week They may be had at the Fashion Shop A secoud consignment to outfit those jumoi-, who did not ordei will be shipped piescntly The extin blnzeis will be made up in icgular sizes from mntei in! on hnnd before the Passaic strike. During Spirit Week fioshmcn vv'l gathei the wood foi the bon-fire in which thev will burn their dinks Booklets containing all Penn State songs, including the new “Pennsylva nia State”, will be published and dis tnbuted to all students m preparation for the Senior Sings. NEXT SUNDAY MOTHER’S DAY FLOWERS! State College Floral Shoppe A Jaywalk from the Post Office X-X-X-X—X’-X-^-X-X-'l—X**!* ITHE BLUE MOON | APPETIZING FOOD ? EXCELLENT SERVICE | Sandwiches Lunches j Confections Pastry | Under New Managemant BOTANY STAFF TO ATTEND CONGRESS International Plant Science Con vention Will Meet for Second Time DR. OVERHOLTS WILL READ PAPER ON FUNGI Penn State will bo well lepiesented when the International Congioss of Plant Sciences convenes for the first time on Amencnn soil at Ithaca, N Y, August sixteenth to twenty-third, nccoulmg to the Eotnny dep.utment heads The cnino force, togethci with sev eral scores of mteiested students in tend to jouincv to the congress, thev stated It has, also been learned th it Di L. 0. Ovoiholts, piofessoi of Bot any here, has been neemded the dis tinctive honoi of reading a paper at the Ithaca gathei ing The subject upon which Doctoi Oveiholts will write is entitled, “Classification of Fungi ” The first of tlnee scientific conven tions was hold in 1910 in Europe The next meeting, scheduled foi 1915, was pievented bv the World Win*. In 1920 European conditions would not wauant the repetition of the affnn and it was negleeted until last year when Amencnn botanists asked pel mission fiom Euiopean botanists to sponsor the Congiexs in this countiy They received the heaity uppioval of then co-vvoikois on the Continent The convention is to be held under the auspices and with the coopeiation of the American Reseat ch Societies in Plant Science At piesent theie is at hendquaitois i list of moic than forty scientists of European promin ence who have piomtscd to attend Papeis will be road onlv by request of the men in chaige Scores of American universities will have stu dent and faculty repiesentatives at the convention Cornell university is located in Ithaca and the Now Yoik institution has offeied the use of its domutoiics for the convenience of the bundicds 1 of delegates. INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE SLATED TO MEET HERE Will Combine with Extension Department in Seventh Annual Convention The Engineeung School of Penn State will be host to the seventh in dustrial conference and the Dngin teimg Extension convention on the thirteenth, fouitecnth and fifteenth of Mav heie The Extension Depmtmcnt’s con xention begins on Mly thirteenth with a proginm fentitling the sub jects “Industrial Tiaming,” “Shop Tiaining,” “Appientice Training” and “Industrial Training by the Col lege” Robert S. Bmkeit, vicc-chan mnn of the Committee on Public Re lations of the Eastern Raihond Pics- R. I. ZWEISELE | ident’s nsocintion, will speak at the dinnei at the Centre Hills Golf club nn Thursday evening Robert H. Spnhr, foimcrly a mem ber of the Engineering extension fac ulty heie will speak on “Investiga tion of Foromnnship Training by the b S. Chamber of Commerce,” on Filday morning. Mr. Spahi is a member of the U S Chnmbei of Commeice Meetings To Combine Duiing the remainder of the day, the two meetings will combine. The Extension Department convention will adjourn after the annual dinner, while the Industrial conference will continue thiougli Sntuiday Senioi engineering students aie to attend the addi esses Fridav evening in Mc- Allister Hall Uppei classmen and faculty mem bers of all schools me invited to at tend the discussion to be held in Room 200, Engineeung D, Filday at two-thirty o’clock and Sntuiday at nme-thuty o’clock The Engineering Bepaitment will pi ovule tianspoita tion for the visiting delegates fiom nearby lnilroad towns. Lower Classes To Tangle Tomorrow (Continued Iron, first page) uppoiclass honor societies be pres ent in oidei to assist in conducting tnq undeiclnss battle along the piopei lines The lules for the scheduled fracas as announced by II D. Futchman ’24, chairman of the committee, nue The two clnssos will be assembled at oppo site ends of the field The sciap will he tun m heats with fifty men on a side Ten minutes will be the time of each heat A gun will announce both the slatt ing and end of cadi setto The huge an-filled ball must be kept in bounds or between the side-lines. The sun tng will be determined by the pjint system The side succeeding in push- FOR RENT—I2-room house furnish ed for roomers. Also furniture for sale. Inquire C. W. Smith, 210 W College avenue. 4-22-Itpd SONS! DAUGHTERS! HUSBANDS! Booth’s and Cupid Chocolates For MOTHER’S DAY May 9 CANDYLAND ALBERT DEAL&SON Heating AND Plumbing 117 Frazier Street x*M'-x-*-x**-k-*-x-x-4“X«*-xk~h- Industrial Engineering Department CEDAR CHESTS - - - - 53.50 to 52-1.00 Student Desks and Chairs, Student Tables CHIFFONIERS 512.50 TYPEWRITER TABLES - - 51.00 to 510.00 CHAIRS 53.50 DESKS 512.50 lo 525.00 TABLES 55 00 COSTUMERS 52.00 GATE-LEG TABLES 55.50 DRAWING BOARDS - - 51.25 lo 53.00 SWINGS 55.00 to 510.00 ROOM 106, UNIT B WATCH THIS AD ■anHBHHH ,, ALWAYS REUABLE”;HUnHBBNUHMHBi More Value and More Style for you this Spring at FROMM’S Kirschbaum four-piece Knicker Suits $37.50 Society Brand Suits . . . $4O to $75 Topcoats, Society Brand, August Bros., and Hart, Schaffner and Marx $29 to $45 Our Blazers, Knickers, Golf Hose and Sport Shoes are new and different. FROMM’S OPP. FRONT CAMPUS ■fuosdiij. May 4, 15)26. ing the ball over the cross Bur lie tween the soul posts will be cieditei with two points Should the offensi be nblc to lush the bull ncross th< goal line a single point will be nwai Ci‘ Precautions Token Measure* of precautions have Ik or taken by those in charge Should . participant fall during the height oi conflict a gun will be the sign for nl activities to cense until the situntioi is remedied. If is essential that spec tators jeninin fiom the field oi actior m order to icduce the n°k of injuiy All fiatermtioi. and boarding house' are asked to postpone then cvcmne until «ix-fiftoen o’clock. Should the sophomores be defeated m the sciap they will be requited to change customs with the jcallings on Fridnv fiom twelve until si\ o’clock, An nll-College pajama parade is or the bill foi Thursday evening On Satuulny the ficshmen will don an* Lient, tattered laiment as a part ol the annual Poseity Day celebration Sphit Week will come to a close at six o’clock on that diy as an attoi math the ficshmen will cnteit.un their sophomoie biotheis at a smokei in the Armoiy. ®Tft’Riffan!}TWt'eQo. "Photopla/S __ Jwo**q.Tw CATIIAUM Monday— \NN\ Q. NILSSON in “The Greater Glory’ Tuesdnj DOLORES COSTELLO in “Pride of The Storm” Wednesdaj CONWAY TEARLE and DOROTHY M VCIvAILL in ‘The Dancer of Paris’ Thursdaj GEORGE SIDNEY ANIT \ STEWVRT in “The Prince of PiKen’ ANN V Q. NILSSON and HUNTLEY GORDON in “Her Second Chance” NITTANY Tuesdiij ANNA Q. NILSSON in “The Greater Glory’ GEORGE SIDNEY ANITA STEWART in “The Prince of Pilhcu' Stark. Bros. 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