All-American lta2zbcrries Are Read VOL. XXI. No. 65 Cadets To Participate In Field Day Exercises Activities Will Be O’clock Today- Memorial 1 With the appioaching clima'C of l being a soldier for this semester, near at hand, the R. 0. T C. Field Day will start this afternoon on the Drill Field at one-thirty o’clock. After forming in the same order as on Mon day nights, the unit will march to New Beaver Field where they will be Although the formation beings on the Armory field at one-thirty o’clock the afternoo’s events including the review are not scheduled to begin until two-thirty o’clock on New Boa ver. reviewed by Dean R. L Watts. The companies competing m the close order drill will assemble at the boxes while the others will be assign ed sections m the stands The judges will be two United States Army off it ers, Captain C. A. Horger, director of the National Guard at Tyrone and Captain .1. A. Weeks, occupying a sim ilar position at Bcllcfontc Decorate Winning Company Each member of the winning com pany will receive a blue and white service ribbon from the Scabbard and Blade Society. The company com mander will have his name engraved on the cup while the company will carry the red, white nnd blue banner for one yenr. The winner in the manual of aims competition will receive the Piesi dcntMcnt’s prize, a gold medal, the **ccond best a silver medal and the third a bronze Following this the teams will com pete in the events in the order named equipment race, rescue race, tent pitching contest nnd the shoe race. There will be three prizes foi each race Valuable prizes donated by State College merchants await the winners of the individual contests. There arc six first prizes, six seconds and six thirds The list of fust prizes include twelve portraits valued at twelve dol lars offered by the Penn State Photo Shop; a Blue Boai humidor offered by Graham’s nnd a pair of golf knick ers by Montgomery’s. Rcxall’s ha-> place n SchnfTct fountain pen for a first prize, Metzger’s has a book of Robert Service’s poems to add and Crabtree’s piumisc an ivory Lion cig arct holder. with the suspension of classes all (Continued on lust page) LION COURTMEN SET FOR FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL Visilorh Have Well-Balanced Squad—Matches To Begin At Two Tomorrow Displaying continued improvement in practice matches, the Penn State tennis squad will endeavor to out score Lite Franklin ami Marshall rac quct-wiolders on the Armoiy courts tomorrow afternoon at two o’clock The visitors, although defeated by Pennsylvania, Princeton and Lehigh, bonst a wcll-bnlnnced combination and will lest the mettle of Coach Ham’s lictmen. Experimentation with doubles teams uncovered an unusually good combina tion in Hcllmich and McCuwntt, who will play cm the first couit tomorrow Captain Mnlpass and Gmman have teamed well in practice tilts and will probably play the F. and M second doubles pair Failings for third doubles are as yet undecided, although McCabe uml Barr mnv see action llelltmchi Mnlpass, McCowatt, Barr, Schuster, Eggleston and Caiman me the players fiom whom six will lie selected to compete in the singles matches. Should Penn State be in the lead at the completion of the sin gles contests, the doubles pairings mny be changed. Reports from thu University of Pennsylvania, Navy and Lehigh indi cate that they desire to schedule mutches with the Lion netmen on the home courts next your Should they* be arranged, a western trip will be planned for the rucquet-vvicldeis. LEGION HEAD CONDUCTS SUNDAY CHAPEL SERVICE Chapel-goers tins Sunday will heai the Honorable .T Mitchell Chase, who is the religious speaker of this mil itary week-end. Mi. Chase, u World War veteran, is an attorney at Clear field. He is eommundci of the Amer icun Legion of this state. &eml-Weelcly flenn Bfatt igin At One-thirty -Unit To Stage Day Parade | Senior Class To Elect I Permanent Secretary The Semoi class will hold its final meeting on Tuesday at sev en o’clock in the Bull Pen At this time the election of a per manent secietary will be held, i and instiuctions for Commcncc- I incut Week given. COUNCIL ELECTS BOARD, TRIBUNAL Stringent Measures Taken To Prevent Electioneering At Voting Booths ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SANCTIONED BY BODY Election of members to Student Boaid and Student Tribunal was the chief business transacted by Student Council at its first meeting since elec tions m the Liberal Arts building Tuesday evening Elections to Student Board, a body designed to function in all matteis involving relations between the faculty and the Council i exulted in the selec tion of R A. McQundc ’27 and W P. Reed ’27 with S. L Reeder '27 a mem ber ex-officio as senior representa tives P P. Hess '2B was elected to sene with J.'O Bclfrcld ’2B, ox-offieto member from the junior class, while A. .1. Cares ’29, pi evident of the soph omores, automatically became a mem ber of the Board Dean A. R. Warn ock also is a member. Tribunal Elections W E Pritcbatd , 27vvnselectedpie>- ulent of the Tnbunn! for 1920-27, with C R. Beigman ’27 and T A. Muthtnx ’27 as Ins senior associates Other membcis elected from the student I bodv at huge were Untold Dangci field ’2B, E E Ilewitt ’2B, J. G Lun gren ’2B, G. S Dclp ’29, II E Mona han ’29, J. R W ilson ’29, and R G Whitmore ’29 J C Bclficld ’2B, picsident of the junior class, and A J Gaies ’29, picsident of the sopho mores, me membcis cx-offtcio The presidential chan of the Coun cil automatically fell to S. L. Rccdci ’27, senior class president, with S. 11 (Continued on thud pa^e) OLD MAIN BELL WILL BE DISTRIBUTED NEXT WEEK Staff Reserves First Copies Foi Old Subscribers—Literary Features Numerous With the pi oof Hie Old Mam Bell in the hands of a publishing tompuny, the staff awaits the ari ival of the magazine early next week when it will be distributed to several bundled sub scribers Pi Delta Epsilon, honoi.uy journal istic fraternity, xpotixoix of the mag azine, will umleilukc its side to the students H. Kuhns ’29, F. 11 Bnuci ’2O, ami I> C Workman ’2O, have been appointed to eiiculale the product of talented pens. Thu several hundred students who subsetibed last full to insuic thu success of the Old Main Bell will be the fiist to iccetvc copies. The composition of the latest issue will follow that of last veai. The contributions, strietly hteinry in char acter, include seveial shmt stone*, plays, poems, reviews, essays and sketches PI LAMBDA SIGM \ ELECTIONS W H. Smith ’27 F N Weulnci ’27 W. R. B Apple ’2B C. C Beiryhill ’2B L C. Mullen’2B David Putney ’2B A. S. Scluoudui ’2B Honorary Members Dr. 0. F. Bouckc Di R II Dottciei Dr. A. E. Martin Dcnn C. W. Stoddiut Dr. Jacob Tungci Dean A. R. Warnock STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1926 Grid Coaches Convene At New York Sessions For the purpose of selecting fcrid lron officials for scheduled games dur ing the 192 G season, football mentors from every college and university in the East convened vestciday m New York in the annual splint: session Coach Hugo Bczdek repicsented Penn State According to Coach Bczdek the method employed by the couches in appointing the whistle blowers is to into the weekly Saturday contests in to four classes Games that are of national bearing uie placed in the \ class am! the leading officials arc designated to the tilts When all the Class A battles ate cared for, Class B games arc next m order and the system is continued until every sched uled football clnsh m the East is tak en care of. LIONS MEET UNION TWELVE TOMORROW Schenectady Lacrossemen Boast Enviable Record—Best In New England Area NITTANY SQUAD POINTS FOR SEASON'S FINALE Winding up the most successful sea son since tne inauguration of Inciosse at Penn State, the Nittany stiekmcn will line up against Union college to morrow* afternoon on New Beaver field at two o’clock The Union college Incrossemcn, boasting the best combination in the New England area, comes here with an enviable record The Schenectady stickmen hold decisions over New Yoik university, Rutgers, Oxford- Cambridge, Harvard and Stevens. Extend Brooklyn Crescents Holding the Crescent A C of Brook lyn to a three point decision is the oatstanding achievement of the New Yorkcrp. According to Coach .Leon aid, this performance rates Union a mong the best stick aggregations in the country. The Brooklyn club is noted foi its consistency in having high-ranking teams, the Crescent A C.-Syrucusc A C match in New York being the annual lacrosse classic of the venr Wcndcl Returns To Line-up To add the finishing touches to the season’s plays, the Blue and White U crossemen have spent the past week in ironing out the defects of the entire > cat and in perfecting thcirtcamwork The Penn State line-up will probably included the same men who started the Swaithmoie contest Wendel, Lion attack man, who was injured lust week lias been out to piuclicc the past two nights and will likclv start the game ARMY CHEMICAL CHIEF SEEKS GRADUATES FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICE Calling foi ten graduates in Cliein uul Enginceimg from Penn Stale, .Majoi Guneinl A. A Fns, Chief of the Chemical Warfare Scivice of the United States Aimv, has asked Dean G L Wendt to iccotnnicnd that num l)oi of giuduating Chemical Engmccis foi commission as second lieutenants in the Chemical Wnifare Reserve. Men will he chosen for their ability to opeiatc chemical plants and will be assigned to a specific type of factory which will be prepared to operate in time of win All graduates of Chem icul Engmcn mg aie eligible without further triiming 01 examination. SCABBARD \ND BLADE ELEC I’IONS .1 C. Meeds ’27, Captain 11. A. Patterson, First Lieutenant G L McGinnoss ’2B Second Lieut W L Wagnei ’2B, First Sergeant Gnashing Of Teeth . “Razz Sheet” Vii “The All Ainei lean Itazz Sheet” de scended upon an unsuspecting cam pus Wednesday night spiead rum pestilence and disaster in its wake. Bearing the captions “Knows all—Sees all” and “If the shoo fits, You’re Cimleiella,” the pale green sheet resplendent with bold blacktype, and goiv with the attacks upon piom mcnl clubmen, men about tyvvn und faculty members, converted sleepy Co-op into a maelstiom of howls, gionns ami threats. Teai mg icspectcd names to shreds, the ten cent “scundui sheet” took Col lege Avenue und environs by storm. The official All-American team arous ed only desultory comment smeo it DR. F.W. OWENS NAMED NEW MATH DEPARTMENT HEAD Cornell Educator Famous For Research—Was Nineteen Years At Cornell STUDIED EDUCATION IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND To Take o\er New Position In September—Fills Long Vacant Post Dr F. W Owens of Cornell univer sity has been appointed head of the department of mathematics at Penn State according to nn announcement of the College Board of Trustees yes terday. His duties hero will begin at the opening of September. The ap pointment of Doctor Owens means that the post left vacant in 192 5 by the resignation of Prof. J. M Willard after twenty-eight years here, has been filled. Associate Prof C. C Wagner has been in active charge of the department for the past three years. Doctor Owens conies to Penn State thoroughly recommended not only us a mathematician but ns an educator The new hend of the depaitmcnt hns done research work in higher mathe matics and has taught gradual * courses for many years. lie has spent considerable time in Englund and France, studying. Nineteen Year* At Cornell Thoroughly cognizant of the gen eral college administration after nine teen years at Cornell, he comes dis tinguished ns a teacher and adminis trator. At Cornell he served on cer tain important university committees and also the college entrance board He is a graduate of the University of Kansas and holds doctoi degrees from .Chicago .ipfrcrsity. Before teaching at Cornel/ no’was at North western university MAY HOP TONIGHT WILL BE ALL-COLLEGE AFFAIR Penn Slate Club Invites Entire Student Body—Widenor To Furnish Music Uuss Widenor and his band will fur nish the music for the fourth annual May llop which will be held m the Armory tonight fiom nine until one o’clock. The affair is being sponsored !>v the Penn State Club The organization lias nude much preparation for tin Hop ami as a result the Armory will he gavly bedecked m nu effort to add color to the event Tile management of the Hop wishes it to be known that the afair will lie entirely infoimul ami is an All-Co,- lege event Because of this ami the season of the veai it is expected that theru will be a large representation from the student body Subsu ipliom will be two dollars a couple FORESTERS GET MOTOR The Westinghoiiso Electric company has donated to the Forestiv depait mont the motor used in connection with the sawmill demonstrations of last fall, it was announced yesterday This electrical motor was used in mu lling the sawmill and m demonstrat ing the adaptability of electric power for this purpose. It will be housed m the eighteen acre woodlot near the Forestry building to furnish power for the Department sawmill and will he used for instructional and expet mien ltd purposes. Accompanies Pithy operation Of Faculty hud been icdeascd earlier Most ie lentlcss of nil the vituperations were the scathing criticisms of publications and secret societies. The puate editors, gleeful m se crecy*, nre being hunted by various und assorted peisonages. Grim hum or hus it that they will be hunged m the Auditmium, the Frotli office or the Stock Pavilion No rewmd, dead or alive, is offcicd. Coupled with the announcement that a posse is out for the blood and brums of the guilty ones is the rumor that several of the victims, whose inner lives were so relentlessly icvcnlcd me pluiining a stealthy but hasty exit from the College. sJr H 2 ' CO^ 3S ' (EflUwjtatt, Trustees Announce Graduation Speakers Commencement and baccalaureate speakers for tbu June graduation in vents nt the Pennsylvania Slate Col lege were announced yesterday bj Judge II Walton Mitchell, president of the board of tiustoes Dean Raymond Walters, of Swurlh inoic college, will be the spcikcr a* the commencement exercises on Tues day morning, June fifteenth He w.u foimerly registrar at Lehigh univer sity’, becoming dean at in 1921 The Rev. Di. MntlnmJ Mevund r, pastor of the Fust Prosby tei iin church of Pittsburgh, foi the past Unity years, and piesidcnt of the board of the Princeton Theologic.il Seminal y, will dclivci the baecalaui eate seimon to mole than five bun dled graduates on Sunday, June thir teenth Tiie College ami the senior class have practically* completed arrange ments for the commencement week program which is to start on Finlay, June eleventh. The lust tw > day* will be featured by entertainment fd alunint and undeigiaduatcs and the last tv.'o days will have a foimal acad emit toueli throughout VARSITY BATSMEN ENGAGE MARIETTA Diamond Strength Of Visiting Squad Unknown—Walker Is Hurling Star LION STARTING LINE-UP UNCHANGED FOR FRACAS Marietta college of Ohio will pro vide the baseball attraction heie to morrow when it tangles with the Penn State nine at two o’clock In the probable absence of Hug* Ucrdck w ho attended a coaches’ meet ing in New York vesterday and who is expected to continue on to Cam bridge to witness the intercollegiate track competition, the Nittany team will be undci the ducetion of Captain WiKon The same Imc-up that finished the Svracuse fiaeas will be the Blue and (Continued on thud page) Fire Brigade Called To Fight Brush Fire “Where theie’s smoki, there’s fire ” That is the fiieman’s creed A fit* battling the flames Monday night in an unsuccessful attempt to save Ner hond’s garage on fm West College av ; tnue fiom destruction, the fnem-ii vveie prepared foi a contingency Wednesday mmnmg at elevui-tiurty (»’< !o< k when the mkii howled the be ginning of a m w fire on I’ai k avenue Quickly grabbing the usual para phernalia, the Alpha (linplu of the Suite College firemen dashed imullv lo the scene of the would-be conTlng i.itiou In this case the siren had announced a peculiar form of fire which scventv-livc ycais ago might have been leimc-d a pi.urn fire, hut today must lie called a bon-fire The slaiteis of the fue intending to hum some rubbish, were vtnuldc to confine the blaze and the flumes spiead to the und( ihi tish Noticing with growing ul.um that the glass had a most peilurbing habit of carry ing the flames to ne.uby residences, the men who had lighted the fire re alized then pi edit nmeiil, lienee the fire dep.ulment Little damage was done except to a few scorched weeds C. 15. Wharcn ’] 0 Dies At Grand Forks Home G B Wh.irtn ’lO, graduate of the depailment of Mtchatmal Eiigmur ing, died at Gland Folks, Noith Da kota, Mav twenty-first, of cancer, ac cording to word leceived here yester day. Professor Wh.ucn was lx ad of the depuitment of the University of North Dakota He leceived lus dc gico nt Penn State in 1912. At various times Professor Wlmicn was connected with the di lifting de partments of the American Locomo tive company, the Pennsylvania Rail load company, Altoona, and scived as an mstiuclor with the Wentworth in stitute, Boston, and Ihu Umvcisity of Pennsylvania In .1920 Professoi Wharcn was placed in the posilm i which he held at the time of Im* death. lie was recognizes! as one of the leading nuthoulics of the Northwest as a power plant engineer and ns an authority on the combustion or Lig nite. Mr. Whnicn was born in Wilkes-Burie, Octobci fourteenth, 1882, und entered Penn State in 1008. TRACKMEN BATTLE FOR INTERCOLLEGIATE TITLE Southern California Favored To Retain Championship—Lion Aces Primed For Trial Heats Today D Tim ly-Luo colleges from coast to j Collcßi.m Will Not lie ! «>» “""■'l' of mt=u <.lIe K ,.ilc U.u). Hus I # | afternoon uL Cambridge. I cnn State | Printed Tuesday* June 1 I with its suiprismtr band of warriors, IThuc will bo no issue of the I I'ist m the army of bfiO athletes will COLLi:GIAN T Tuesdav, June j line up expected to finish anion;; the first, because of the Memorial | leaders | Day exercises on Monday. I The Golden Ammcisaty of fifty | I tears of I C A A \ A track and - **' field competition will be tawed with the colors of thiee I’aufo Coast teams As the time foi the ratis draws near the fiyun s of llousci, Dye, . Ihirnes, Gi umbles, Reynolds, Cook and Copgcrshcll loom poi lentously as the | men who will give Southern G'alifoi ! ma its second consecutive champion- CO-EDS REVEL AT MAY DAY PAGEANT Observe Ceremonies On Holmes Field Tomorrow—Girls Glee Club Assists CLASSICAL DANCES ANI) FANTASIES ON PROGRAM Holmes I'ield is to be transformed mto an English gieon and I’cnn State Kills into happv revellers of Merry England when May Day is celebrated Satin dav evening The ceremony is to be obscivcil at M\-tliirty o'clock instead of earlier in the afternoon as in fanner \oars, and the various episodes arc so stayed that tlie toner of Old Mam is featui cd in the backgi ound Pageant Of The Seasons After the music of the processional and the reading of the prologue, Wn tei enleis bringing the winds who dance until Winter, growing weal, sleeps and the winds flee Wafted n by "the Spring "breezes, tbc flowers enter and dance around Winter, while Mav dav was high festival, form the pageant of the green where they await the entrance of the queen, A selected chorus fioin the Girls’ Glee Club had with singing the ar rival of the da.ui of May Day as thc\> gather floueis for the festival. Then the peasants of England, to whom day was high icslival, form the page ant of the green uhcie they await the entrance of the queen The queen, Miss C E Nisslcv ’2iS, and her attendant', form a gorgeous court in their costumes shading from palest lavender to roval purple Af ter hoi coronation by the presulcnU (Continued on third page) STUDENTS WILL STAGE FOUR PLAYS TOMORROW Affords Chance For Pradicum In Acting, Directing And Stage Setting Ailing the vanous parts, supirvis nig the plays mid setting the stage will be the task oT a student class in stage ptoduction when they undertake the presentation oT foui one-net plavs in the Auditorium tomorrow evening A varied program, including four plays, each of a diffeient tv'pe, will offer the students a vwde field for dis playing then talent "Copy,” .1 1 mn edv, will be the first offering, with a short inelodiiiina, “The Lion's Dare," immediately following. "Thank You, Dm lor,” a popular farce and "When the Clock Strikes,” ,1 burlesque, \vill conclude the evening's entertainment Only those especially invited sv ill be admitted tomorrow evening. Who’s Dancing Fridas Ctjhccn (House-party) May Hop—Armory Saturday Alpha Gumma Phi Mac Hall (Closed) BLUE KEY ELECTIONS A. E Aimstrong '2B .1. C. Del held '2B It A Urooks *2B IC. G Humes ’2B P. 1‘ Hess ’2B W H Hinkle '2B W Lord, Jr '2B J. R. Mathews '2B W. 11. McConnell '2B C. C. MeElvam ’2B V. S. Patton ’2B 11. N. Pendleton ’2B It. C Quigley '2B A. IS. Wilson '2B In Union There Is Strength PRICE FIVE CENTS Lions A Puzzlo With emh passing hum the e\.u l foun of the Lions become-, moie and more a puzzle. Under norm il condi tions the Blue and White tanks about sixth but the startling upset' which the Nittany imineis have bum stag ing all season and the icmarkablr pei foimnnce of the Nittany distant* men and bioad jumpois .it the Pennsyd vania Relays makes it ha/aulous t*> predict exactly where the Lions will finish. Yale’s victory over ILuvaid by a onc-tlmd of .1 point maigin .tamps tne Blue runners as the best tinea team in the East and it is to the Bull dog and the Ci nnson that the East is looking to repel the Coast invader., Southern California, Stanford ami California, fiom sweeping the In »t three places Trials '1 his \fltnmon Thirteen events, all of them elimi nation contests to deteinune the final ists, are scheduled foi this aftei noun at the Harvard Stadium as Liu fiftieth annual I C -1A meet gels un der wav Tn spite of the many dual meets that have tlmlled track fans this spring and in spite of the bril liant indoor season featuicd by tccurd breaking pufornuinccs by visiting stars ami homebred-., tins afternoon's events will 111.uk the climax of the year’s tr.uk and field competition Tlieie will be tinds in six track events and seven field events The first event upon the tiack list, the elimination contest m the ccnltu y, will bung together one of the most luil liant galavies of spimters that evci graced a single meet The race will decide who wilt run m the semi-finals, and finals tomoi low and it will decide vvhethei Did. B.n tholomcu has the championship caltbre of Phil Bui her, California cap tain, Eil House, Southern Califoinu ,ue, Don Chailes, Colgate's best bet, Haves Norton, «eccnnl last y«ar tu (Lutilmued on List p.igc) PLEBESWIND UP SEASON WITH SHIPPENSBURG NINE Cun.tn Ami C.tmpbell 'Fo Twirl In Double Dill —Humble Sophomores 7-B 'I he ficshin.in lossiis will wind up thur season Momluv when they plav the second of a double lull lini with Slnpprnshurg Noimal school mil trav el to tthippensburg foi the second fray. The plebts look an ea.y one ft 0111 tin sophs in the umleri las-. ,t 1 ap Tuesday when they won hv a 7-. I count The vein lings will stack lip again--! the Normal school nine for the tnsi game at one o'lhuk Satin dav "ii New Beavei fn Id Catian w ill probably pilch while Warren will be Ins battuy mule Delp will replace C lludlv at fu-.L and Grow will retain the shorl ‘lopslop position whuh he has bicti holding foi the last two game. Sing ley, Thomus and Monulmn will piob uhlv take the outfield posts. The plebes will visit the Noimil school for Monday's fiuv. Campbell is slated to start but mav be pteceded by Thomas who has broken into only one game this season. OUTING CLUI> .SELECTS OFFICERS FOR 1920-27 The Penn Stale Outing Club held eleelion of officers at the filial meet mg of the ycai in ."11 Old Main Tues day mgtil The results of the election weie a > follows, piesidenl, E. R. Bainsley ‘2B. vice picsulent, J. W. Phillips '2B, sec retary, Miss L E. Andeison '27, trcusuier, N. R. Adams '2B, outing director, J. J. Johnson '2B.
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