“Just A Song At Twilight” VOL. XXI, No. 62 CLASSES MOVE UP, SENIORS PLANT IVY IN SPIRIT REVIVAL Lion Suits and Junior Blazers Add Picturesque Touch Here Saturday “IVY DAY MARKS REBIRTH OP TRADITIONS”—PREVOST Class of 1926 Engages In Sing Following Vine Planting At Main Building -Convening at the West lorncr of Old Mam for the first Iw Day ex ercises to be observed at Penn State since 1808, more than six hundicd seniors gathered yesterday to witness tho planting of the class vine and to bear the Ivy Day oiution delivered by J. F. Provost ’26. After ft few introducloiv words by President D D Ilenry, Picvost de livered a stirring appeal to Penn State spirit, reviewing the past and predicting the future He mteipret ed the revival of Ivy Day as symbolic of the new bhth of spirit and tia dition at Penn State. Movc-up Day and Spirit Week wili i be of inestimable value in arousing the College from the lethargy into which it has lapsed during the past few years, according to Prevost Time will heal any ical oi fancied grievances and give added meaning to our beloved Alma Mater Dedicates Class Ivy “Ivy is ever green and grows for centuries. Is it not fitting then that on tins morn of the lcincarnatwn of leal Tcnn State loyalty and spmt we should plant ivy? Gradually it will creep up ovci the walls of Old Main and gather the old gicy stones into its gentle grasp, and so hold to gether the beloved honor of our Col lege." The Ivy' Day oratoi closed by quoting the last verse of Alma Mater. At the conclusion of the exercises the seniors withdrew to the steps of Old Main for the first of thulr'classr sings? Move-up Program Successful Penn State’s first annual Movc-up Day waa inaugurated Saturday and met with striking success Seniors and juniors donned Lion suits and class blazers lespcctively at twelve thirty o’clock, while at one-thirty all students gathered at Co-op and marched the band to Old Beaver field, scene of the fieshman-sophomoic tug-of-war scrap. Winning the first and last of three heats, the ficshmcn omcigcd on the long end of the lope in the last underclass scrap of the ycai, earning the right to select the colors for their class blnzei Immediately after the fray, sophomoics pul on slipover sweaters or jackets to mdi (Contmucd on second page) NETMEN FACE MICHIGAN STATE HERE TOMORROW Lions Shut Out liy Cornell In fl-0 Defeat On Armory Courts Saturday Shut out by Cornell on the Ainmry toiirts by a 0-0 scoie Saturday, the I,ion netmen will attempt to stage a comeback against the Michigan State racquet-'wieldcrs tomouow afternoon nt two o'clock m their second home match of the season Little is known of the strength of the invader*, but a close buttle ib expected Displaying unexpected strength, the Cornell squud made a clean sweep of both doubles and singles matches Sat urday. Eggleston, playing on the fourth court, extended Bat then. Coi ned!, to tliree sfcta before the lattci drove his wuv to a 4-6, 6-4, 6-11 win. Carman, playing sixth singles, was nosed out by Noble in an extra-game third set. The Lion repicsentative won the first bracket 6-1, dropped the second, 4-C, and lost tho third 8-10. Barr, lunky sophomore, playing his first match on the first singles court, w*us unable to cope with the stiokes of Eggman, who won 6-1, G-3. Captain Mulpuss succumbed to Garreston, 2-G, 2-0, while Hollmich fell before Blight, 2-0, G-7. Schustei lost to Stem, Coi ned fifth singles man, by scores of 8-G, 1-6. Eggmun and Ganeslou continued their winning vvuy ut tho expense of Malpass and Mitchell, Nittany fust doubles combination, turning in U-l and G-2 sets. Hcllmich and Eggles ton, after diopping u ti-8 set to Bur then and Blight, evened blatters with a 7-5 win, but lost m the vubbei, 4-6 McCowntt, puued with Barr, lost in straight sets to Stein und Noble, 4-C, 2-0. B®ml-iA/eokI; Mr an §fatg @ DOGGED PLEBES DRAG SOPHS THROUGH MIRE TO WIN SCRAP While several bundled seniors m white Lion suits anil a hundred juniois in purple and silver blazers looked on as nonchalantly as Move-up Dav and several hundred co-cds would pmmit, the membets of the'two low er clusscs joyously smeared them selves in the mud and watci of the nnnunl tug-of-wai Saturday. The freshmen did most of the cheering and the sophomoics got most of the smeunng, so next year 1929 may choose whatever color combination they desiie foi their blazers. It was a spiuted tug all the way with two heats of sophomores being enthusiastically dingged through a choice assoitment of Old Beaver mud CORNELL STICKMEN TUMBLE LIONS, 74 Weak Pusses And Loose Defense Cause Downfall—Rough Play Penalized LIVELY SPURTS FAIL TO OVERCOME EARLY LEAD Pool passing on the attack, coupled with loose defensive plav, was re sponsible for the 7-4 defeat admin istered Penn State's laciosscmen by the Cornell combination on New Beaver field Saturday afternoon Although the Blue and White twelve displayed spurts of championship foim they weie unablo to oveicome the fou; point lead garnered in the first half by the visitors. Duting the first period the Ithacans showed a brand of play that bewil dered the Lions and scored tlnee goals hcfoic the Penn State stickmen were able to tally once The Blue and White aggregation earned the ball to the Cornell net seveial limes but legisteicd no countess until near the middle of the half. Although ,th« Lions (Ud~ not Lock fighting spirit they passed wildly, es pecially in scrimmages before the cn cinv goal. Spuits of activity in the defence formation led to furious stick checking and well-maneuvered body checks on the pait of the Nittany crossers. The spiuted play was ev idenced when two penalties were in flicted on each side bv the referee. Aftei the fust faceoff Cornell car (Continucd on last page) INITIAL FARMERS’ HOP SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY Second Floor Of Barn Will Be Remodeled For Informal College Affair Anolhei All-College dance will Lake place Fndav night when agricultur ists and other students wend their way towaid the Hill foi the fust Ag Hop at Penn State A lunwav to the second flooi of the new Beef Cattle Bain lias been constructed, wheic theie will be found a smooth dance floor dccoialed bv bales* of hay and different agiiculluial im plements. The Hop, made lively by the haimoni/ing of Buss Widcnoi's syncopatois, will be the big social event of the all-ag week-end. Infoimality of Uiess will mnik the occasion and it is the hope of the committee that the seniors appeal in their Lion suits Bui prise novelties will also help to make the atmos phcic moie enticing. The affau will be held under the auspices of the Col lege and if well suppoitcd will be come an annual event. Tickets foi the bop will be sold on Wednesday and Thmsdav evenings at Co-op and will be priced at one dollai and seventy-five cents. SIGMA PI SIGMA ADDS LOCAL PHYSICS SOCIETY TO ROLL OF CHAPTERS Another honoiary fraternity' was added to Penn State’s t oil last night when the Physics Club became the local chapter of Sigma Pi Sigma, national phvsies fraternity The for mal installation conducted by ProTes soi W W Wood of Duvidson college took place at u dinner in the Bouls buig Inn. Chattel membeislup consists of eighteen men of winch the following me officers Piesulcnt, 11. B DeVore ’26; Viec-picsulcnt, II H. Keielmid ’27, Secietaiy-ticasmer, M.W. White. All students taking advanced phys ics arc* eligible* to election rogaidlesu of the school in which they are en rolled. STATE COLLEGE, PA.. TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1926 and a continuous stream of water, while one heat of freshmen was be ing «mu!aiily treated The crowd enjoyed it immensely. It was a fine day for a tug-of-war. On the left of the scene of combat a pitiless mob urged the struggling gladiators onward. The struggling gladiators were two long lines of pul ling, determined underclassmen who hat] a gicat time adjusting tho rope around their bodies Finally they started. The fust heat was a rout. Before the sophomores knew what it was all about they were being doused by an unerring hose. Those who were pull icd ovei the line expressed no willing ness to pull themselves back through the water and those who were the exact taigct of the playful hose could not pay much attention to the rope The glee of the insurgent plcbes was positively unholy. Round two was a pink and blue dream to the sophomoics and a pink and bluo nightmare to the freshmen. Starling fan ly even the sophomores (Continued on third page) PLEBE TRACKMEN DEFEAT PANTHERS Mulhicu, Cox And Offenhauscr Star—Pitt Freshmen Take Eight First Places YEARLINGS PLACE THREE MEN IN TWO-MILE RUN Scoung heavily in second and third places the Penn Stale freshmen open ed their season w*ith an 80 1-3 to 51 2-3 victory over the Pitt yearlings here Satuiday The Panther cubs won eight of the fifteen first places Captain Cox was high scorer in the track events, winning the mile and two-nulc runs und finishing sec ond. to _OCfcnhuuper in the. half-milo. while Mathieu annexed honors on the field with victoues m the discus throw* nnd shot put Mathieu also captured thud place in the mvclin throw and second place m the pole vault. Offenhauscr Wins Two Races Although Pitt excelled in the dash-, es, Penn State, with Offenhauscr. winning both the quarter and the half-mile runs in good time, had lit tle tioublc in holding u slight lead throughout tho meet. The Lion plcbes’ other first place was m the (Continued on last page) Obedience Lauded In Chapel Sermon “Obedience is the only path to effi ciency in daily life,’’ said Bishop •lolin C Ward, of the diocese of Ei ic, speaking at the chapel Sunday. “Discipline is the only thing which gets i csults ” Bishop Waul *aid that modern self-expression and individualism are only* new manifestations of the well known spirit of the man who will take no ordeis unless they are his own. The impracticalitv of this at titude was deinonstiated by showing how it weakens society, the develop ment and lights of which are more impoilant than the rights of the in dividual That the ability "to sec life slcad , ily and sec it whole” comes from o* bcdiencc to the highest was tin* speaker’s next point and was fol lowed by the suggestion that obed ience in relation to other people re sults in unselfish service, understand ing of human nature and faith in the power and goodness of the ordinary man. “Bv obedience to the highest that we know," concluded Bishop Ward, “wo get a vision of God which we must have to give direction and foice to oui lives." j A. A. Election Tics I Voted Off Thursday | Elections for Athletic A.sso | ciatiou officers conducted on ! Tluusdav morning resulted in I a tic between C. R. Beigman i ’27 nnd G. L Setman ’27 for j piesulcnt, and u second tic be f tween C. G. Grazier ’2B and P. | It Page ’27 foi xecretnry.Thcse I ties will be voted off in unother election in the respective sclmuls Thursday morning. The amendment concerning the tiansfer of athletes will not be adopted since it did not secure a mnjuuty of votes. The a mcndincnt concerning the eligi bility of athletes was passed. College To Display Walters’ Paintings During commencement week the Museum of fine arts will exhibit a collection of twenty paintings by Em ile Walters, who was foimcrly in structor at the summer session hcie He spends the fall and winter months in painting at his studio nt Coscob, Connecticut, and has exhibited many' of the important pictures recently se lected for the Tate galleries in Lon don He will again teach Landscape Gardening here this'sumnier. In addition to tnc exhibit of oil paintings, a group of small punts will be shown. It is ulso the inten tion of the department of architecture to have an informal tea in the galler ies on a nafternoon dining commence ment when many alumni are present SENIORS GATHER FOR INITIAL SING Second Songfcst Scheduled For Tonight—Juniors To Join Group Tomorrow OBSERVE SONG CUSTOM HERE FOR FIRST TIME Meeting on the front steps of Old Mam, the senior class held the first of n scries of tlnee sings at the con clusion of the Ivy Day excicises at soven-tlnrty o’clock last evening More than four hundred participated in the senior class songfcst, which was the fust ever to be arranged at Penn State. Tonight the wearers of Lion suits will again gather at seven-thirty o’- clock for a half hour of College and popular music, while tomoriow even ing the juniors to sit on the steps of Old Main with the sen iors and paiticipateun the last sing ing. j Booklet* Distributed jfoui-pngc book vords of tho Al- AVhite, Victorv, Niin-Todayj Ctd-~ ,ic were printed he songfost last jnt page of the s inscribed “Sc lnrd page) Fifteen hundred 1 lets containing the ma Mater, Blue am -Nittany Lion, Win ? lege Medley and St und distributed at ' evening. On the fi souvenir booklets w (Continued on \ COLLEGE -MITCHELL PRESIDENT FI BYNEXTTERI itlec To Report one Session Executive Commij Progress At Jt Of Trustee itchell, president cs stated Friday committee was sc<l zeal in the u pi evident foi Judge 11. Walton J of the board of trust that tho executive working with mere; matter of selecting Penn State. “There arc several ican educators undo Uio committee but o for will not allow u dication as to the i the College. “Many important < vcstigalcd bofuic th choice may come su be prolonged. Altli almost impossible to by Commencement o sion, it is the hope to give a favorable Board of Trustees m “If nothing mais forts, Penn State v by Fall of this yei unforsccn happens 1 however, so that tl lects a man, it wilt sion of the Trustees prove or reject the n irominent Amei tho scrutiny uf ir piogress thus to give anv m •xt executive of tails must lie ill selection The dcnly or it nmy ugh it would be ha\e a president ,the summer ses f the committee *cport when the ets at that tune oui present ef- II have a proxy . If something cfmc that time, i committee st ill a special ses o hiu c them ap •mincc at onto.” e Whets Scythe As Classes nomptu Move-up Day Pageant Father Tin Stage Im The veteran read sido pocket of his i a buttered whetsti cully honed the cd Across the tui f on t mongrel trotted, p then to enst an ini ward the idle mowi The click of lent! ment aroused the lethargy. Fne wli tered up the walk, et suits in vogue ai utors and plusteion brilliant tics, shrit and bare heuds ga' artisan attne. Th us if in painde, bl BCious of their novc No sooner hud the by corner than a b :t ;xl down into the t .emits, extracted < ic and methodi- I e of Ins scythe t ic asphalt, a lone ) using now and .< idling glunce lu- hcels upon ce i- tcinn fiom his i i figures snun ad in the jack u ng milk distrib . Spotless shirts, Lng suspenders c the lie to then ) quintet passed hmgly self-con- Jrcss. ! rounded a neui i of color drew uny 'y _ B 'Cojpxss {Eidtegfem* VARSITY TRACKMEN CRUSH NAVY, 82-53; BREAK TWO MARKS Mooio and Bartholomew Win In Record Time—Penn Stale Falters In Field LIONS TAKE TEN FIRSTS, SWEEPING THREE RACES Coach Cuitnicll Disappointed In Showing—lde, Mathias And Roberts Triumph Penn Stale's track team defeated Navy at Annapolis Satuiday and al though Moore vet a new dual meet iccord of 11 1-5 seconds in the 120- yaid high hurdles and Bartholomew shattered another old mark with a 10- second flight m the 100-yard dash, the Nittany Lions failed to reveal more than ordinary times According to Coach Cartmcll the Blue and White must show a icvcrsnl of their Satur day’s form to rate in the wteicolleg lates at Cambridge ne<t Saturday The victoiy lesulled more fiom NavyS weakness in the tiack events than fiom Penn Suite’s strength. The Lions inmped away with seven of the eight first places on the cindci paths and the Blue and White’s score would have been much larger hail it not been for Navy’s power on the field. Crip Moore, 1921 intercollegiate (Continued on lait page) “Y” CABINET HITS CHAPEL SYSTEM Pass Resolution Urging Change In Present Plan—Group To Study Situation Advocates substitution- OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES “To icnli.cc m oui lives the desne for the richest way of life and to in vite others to join us m this attempt to find life at its best,” uas the obicc tive stated by the Penn State Y M C A. cabinet at a meeting at the Fair brook Countiy club on Sunday. With this object in view the association will, conduct its vvoik foi the coming yem. Til accordance with this statement the bodv dtsnppiovcd the present sys tem of compulsory chapel attendance as superficial and haimful ind a icao lution uiging the substitution of daih vvoiship with voluntuiv attendance was adopted A committee was ap pointed to make a Ihotough study of of chapel conditions The “Y” howevci is emphatic in (Continued on occuml page) AG SCHOOL SPONSORS COURSE IN LEADERSHIP Itenli/.mg a glowing demand foi some fmni of Icadcislup training for agiiuiltuiisls of neaibv counties, the Club Work depaitmuit of the local School of Agnuiltuie is sponsoitng such a coin sc to be m-tituUd lieie during Funnel’s Week in June Pioposing to give the students a cleat conception of possible problems and detcimined to uige them to be come community Icadeis ami winkers for the betterment of local conditions the Dep.it Uncut st.iff has nirangcd .i definite progiam fm thirty or moie farm lad, ranging between sixteen and Iwcnty-unc vears in age nnd hav ing fiom tv’o to foui ycais’ experience in club work. Uiu watcher’s cus to a second gump Two tall blondes flanked a cliubbv biunette, but all weie clad alike in puiple and silver bla/cis. No hat band hindeied the giow-tli of then luxuiiant locks Like then prede cessor, they looked to neither right noi left, pioeeedmg in the genual di rection of New Beuvoi field. The wondeting gaze of the statues que mower encounteied a lluid con tingent Four pans of lmilli-luied golf hose lose and fell m unison as if to emphasize the linen knickers of which they weie the sub-structuie The sinking eontmsts in spuili sweateis was offset by a <|uaitet of caps a-ln-mode, eoekeil jauntily over poi t-side eius. Then Joe appealed, putting to (Continued on second puge) Varsity Nine Faces Three Foes On Eastern Invasion Meet Princeton Tomorrow—Clash With Penn, Syracuse On Successive Days—Vanquish Bethany Final Opportunity To Order Caps And Gonns Special nirnngcmcnUs have been made with the company which is supplying caps and gowns to receive orders this w eck. Measurements, including icight, weight and hnt size, must he sent to It T Kncbcl m Boom 212 Varsitv Jlall before tomor low evening This is the last oppoitumty to be outfitted with a cap and gow n. ENGINEERS DISCUSS TECHNICAL TRAINING Two Hundred Thirty Industrial Delegates Of Wide Repute Hold Convention Here MEETINGS,AND DINNERS PROMINENT ON PROGRAM Futuio tiTiling of leaders and em ployees foi the mdustiici, of the state and nation were the topics foi dis cussion at the combined engineenng extension convention nnd industrial (onfcience which convened here from Thursday to Saturday noon Two hundred and thirty delegates from all parts of the state aided in establish ing this conclave as the laigest nnd most successful in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, anil helped to de tciinino methods for helping high hc’lfctd and college students find the woik to which they are best suited Judge II W Mitchell, president of the Board of Trustees, welcomed the visitors at the first meeting Thursday mot mug Following u luncheon at the University club, the delegates divided in order to discuss the various phases of the work in then own groups Dinner at the. Centre Hills countiy club was follow ed bv an addiess by It If Binkud, vice-chan man of tbc committee on public relations of tho eastern rail i ends Fudav afternoon wns devoted to (Continued on second page) E. I. N. A. DELEGATES TO CONVENE AT DARTMOUTH Outstanding Editorial Questions Will Be Discussed And Policies Adopted Accomplishments of the Eastern college piess in the scholastic veai now ending will be levieved during i the seventh annual convention <»r the Eastern Inloicollcgiale Newspaper As sociation, which will be held at Dait mouth college, Ilanover, N 11, M.iy twenty-eighth and tvventv-ninth. The undugraduate chiefs of the Eastern college publications are to be guests oT Thr Ihn hinnilli Out standing editorial policies notably concerning overemphasis of football, abolition of compulsorv chapel and prohibition, me expected to be crys tallized m older that a unified pol ice might be suggested for the col lege editor's pul in the scholastic yiai lo come l'reMdenl E. M Hopkins, of Dart mouth, will speak lo the convention concerning the uudergi ulutilc voice in eduialion.il policy. Othci spenk eis ate Plot Wilbui Urban, presi dent of the Ahum ican Philosophical association, on “Undcrgiaduale Val (Conlinucd on third page) Y. M. C. A C VBINKT President —R. 1). Dundore ’27 First vice-piesidenU-S L Reeder ’27 Second vice-piesident, B T Conrad’27 Secretary— A E Wilson ’2B Tieusiuoi G L, Setniuu '27 Cabinet Members At Large .1 C. Belfield ’2B H R Cair ’27 G F. Kishci ’27 It D. Geoige '27 G M. Hums'27 W. Ilockenbrriy ’2B T. F Neel ’2B L. It Plotts ’27 W. S. Seibert ’29 F. E. Ulf '27 Sjjfnaturcs— Over All Lion Suits PRICE FIVE CENTS With tlucc foi midablcy diamond foes to be met in us many days the Penn Stntc baseball squa'u will leave early tonight for Pnncolon to engage the Tigei tomorrow afternoon Thurs day the Lions oppose Pennsylvania at Philadelphia and the following dav the baLsmen hop to Syracuse for then final lilt A glance at the conipm.ilne iec ords uf Princeton and Pennsylvania make tlie Oinngc and Diack appear stionger than the Philadelphia nine. Columbia and Now umveisity both hold decisions mer Coach Wal ter Caws' pupils but two Metropoli tan teams met defeat at the hands of the I’nncetomans Kaihor in the season Washington - ‘ I.ce Lw and Leo twice bumbled the Ked ami Blue oni> to ho beaten in turn I>> Coach Olntke’i New .ferscj nine I’linelun aNo chalked lip a win at the expense of Hart mouth, sole comjucrnis of Hnlv Cross, while on Finlay'the Gicen defeated PennsjKama ' Sl>boraki Ma> Face Tigers Pimccton, captained by Dign.m, 20U-pcumd second baseman, po-aces-us a <iuailet of reliable* hurleis. Kel logg, veteran ace, Gticll/, Rankin 01 Hendey, mav draw the mt>un<l ai- Mgnmcnt. Slybuitki will probably be Coach Eezduk’s choice to face the Tigeis In spite of eight ie\u-.nl. the Quakei City batsmen appeal dangei- The Ited and Blue has tal.cn pirt m twentj-twu contests anil holds decisions o\oi Uiexel, Vitgtnia (twice), Richmond, Williams and M-uv (twice), Maivland, Aim}, Fiankhn and Mai shall, Sw iithmoic, Biown, Yale, and Ilanaid The Philadelphians 10->t thiec sti .tight bufoie beating Haivaid at Cambridge Satan da>, 2-1 Led b\ Zip Long, noted si tb.natw the Red and Biuc n noted m an tin ts! tain team, one that is likol\ to breuk forth at any moment Long has turned in o\ci thnty victoucs (Continued on thud page) VARSITY GOLFERS MEET LAFAYETTE TOMORROW Match Opens Season On Home Links—Best Williamsport Saturday, 7-B'i Aftu capturing its thud coiisccu ti\e win of the season fiom the \\ il liamsport countij club, 7 to d J-'5, on the foreign Imks hatuidav, the Vm* *-»ty golf sipiad 1-, priimd to encounter the Lafnjettc lmksmen m the lirst home game of the se.uon tomoriow aflei noon Although the foui men who will op pose tlie Easton college quaitct are not yet known, it is likelv that Cap tain Ta\loi and Canon will play the lust font some with Hewitt and Meeds following Canon has been a consist ent low scorer m the previous match es, his tally .Saturday being 77, and his game is unpiovmg steadiL If anv of these men do not Incak into the lineup Coaili Kuthei foul may call upon the Futchman luotheis, (Leer, Ludes and Sickles Othei promising pelkt-chaseis .u<* wmlciug with the Varsity and Coach Kuthu ford ma> put in a daik hoi ,e at tlie last minute. 'I he sticnglh of the Lafayette ag gregation is unknown Inleicollegiate golf at Lufajetle is a luent umoca- Lion hut theic are several )uomincnt tec cxpeils competing foi positions on the squad, and the NilLmv Coach i. doubtful at. tu the showing of hi, pmlegos hcoung one point fm cadi game and a <|iuiter point Toi each hole won, Tayloi and Canon tallied three point, m the.r foursome. Hew ill and Meeds in the next setlu wuil scoreless with H V. Fnlclmi.ni and Cicer in the following quai let. Ludes and Sickles annexed two and one-half points in their canter and II L Fi itciim.iu ami Clulev made it seven for tlie Lion goit ers with one und one-lmlf cuimtets HONOR CiIRLS SELKCTIiI) Commencement honors im the gnN weie announced aftu then election at the senmi class meeting last Tuesday Fust honois go to Miss R N. Schaeffei, picsiilcnL of the dnss, who will sene as how gnl, v ocond honors to Miss E .1 Lcileh as slipper gnl .uid thud to Miss A M. Hcmdcl who will he fun gnl Class donor is Miss I) C Bowen and Liu* 111111*01* oiation will be given to Alias C E. Coogan.
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