Sing A Song Ten Bucks VOL XXI, No. 66 SEVENTH IN TITLE RACES, TRACKMEN FACE PITTSBURGH Strong Niltany Team Expected To Overwhelm Panthers In Meet Tomorrow MOORE SCORES IN BOTH HURDLES AT CAMBRIDGE Penn State Places Seven Men In Intcrcollegialcs—Accident Slops Bartholomew Launching a dcspeiule attach a* gainst the avalanche of spew! that de scended from the Pacific coast, match ing their stride with a host of runa away pacemakeis who smashed si> old records, and 1 allying in the face of an accident that picvenlcd Dick Bartholomew from competing in the century and 220, Penn State placed seven men in the I C 4A jubilee meet Saturday at Cambridge, scored fifteen points ami finished in seventh plucc. Tomorrow the Nittuny loues travel to Pittsburgh’s new stadium where they will clash with Pitt’s cindei squad in the closing event of Penn State’s sixth consecutive undefeated season * Barring a severe letdown, the Blue and White rumicis should over whelm the Pantheis foi the seventh straight year Pitt’s best chance lies in the field where Gibby Welch and Captain Linn should excel. Intcrcollogintes It was n ton id spectacular exhibi tion of speed and brawn that Unified 20,000 spectators at Cambridge Only one element unexpectedness—was lacking to make it the most successful intercollegiate track meet in the fifty 3 cam of its histuiy. The University of Southern Cali fornia, defending champions, swept down upon the East and litorall* iaid ed eight of the fifteen events for a total of 35 1-2 points. Stanford was -second with 25 3-2 points. Yale third with 25 1-3 and Harvard fourth with 20 Syracuse with 37, California with 3G and Penn State with 15, were next After mowing down las opponents in the prcliminaiy heats of the 120- yard high hurdles on Friday and also qualifying m 1he220-.vaid!ow huidles, Crip Mooic, hardly showing the of (Contmucd on Inst page) GOLFERS ENGAGE CENTRE HILLS HERE TOMORROW Invaders Humbled By Varsity In Previous Match—Gioom For Intcrcollegialcs Engei to avenge then lone defeat or the season and to mcicasc then stung of wins to five the Penn Stale golfers meet the Centig Hill-, counliy club linksmen here toinonow at one thiily o’clock. The Lions have al lencly humbled the mvndets m a pio vtous aetto More than fouiteen men will compose each team Although a definite list of players could not be announced because of, doubtful eligiblity it is most likely that Captain Tajloi will lend the ag gregation with Canon, Hewitt and Gieer m the fust two fnuisomcs. During the past two weeks the en tire squad has been practicing at in tervals under the tutelage of Coacli Ituthcrford and are anxious to get back to the winning sli ulc they held before they weic humbled by Svin cuse two weeks ago. The Nittanv mentor is dulling his proteges with a view to piescnting a foimulable line-up in the Intcieollegiatcs next month. Nittany Jazz Artists Set Sail For Europe “We’re going over'” seems to be the populni hue, cry ami song of a septet of local meiry ju/.z artists who arc making hnstv preparations foi embarkation on the Cunatd liner, Bor engena, next Wednesday. Seven expectunt students, having struggled through early examinations, remain without a wonv, eager to pro duce unrestrained thoids foi the ie spunsive dancing feet of a multitude of sen-going vacationers. When the massive floating hotel points her nose toward the Continent the Blue and White Orchestra, ex periencing its first trip neioss the surging pond, will biondcnst a har monious note to foreign poits, that Penn State—spirit, colois and all, is dispatching a lepicscntntive musical regiment to join the winks of Euiope’s latest Invader—General Jiucr-emphasis Of Football—Convenes At Dartmouth Dedai mg its opposition to conipul soiy chapel and over-emphasis of football, nineteen members of the Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper association concluded then annual meeting at Daitmouth college Satut day*. W. P Reed ’27 and S R Robb '27 weie the Penn State delegates to the convention In addition lo this the journalists voted to suppoit the Student Federa tion llnough the news and editorial columns. To enable a bcttei ex change of news among members, an mlei national news seivicc will be es tablished with a mcmbei ftom each paper to serve as editor of all Fedei ation infounation Deciding to hold the next conven tion ut Amherst next yenr ihc colleg iate pressmen also elected C W Cole ’27 of that college as the next piesi ilcnt of the association JUNIORS PLACE FIRST IN CO-ED TRACK MEET At the co-ed truck meet held on Holmes field Friday, the juniors plac ed first m eight events and ginned a total of fifty-live points. Next in order were the sophomoies, who rank ed first in two events and mude twen ty-two points The freshmen wen* thud, taking one event and seor ng sixteen points The semois hud to be content with fouith place Miss N E Shoiulan ’27, the individ ual star of the meet, captured the highest number of points by winning fust place in tho baskctbull throw, Ihc baseball throw and the running broad jump. Miss E. A. Bullock ’27, ranked second by placing first m the hurdles and high jump and-second in the base ball throw. CARIJ3JI3 LIBRARY fjf 4 4 COPIES + Qknmjtatt PROFESSORKOCHER ACCEPTS POSITION AT U. OF VIRGINIA To Resign Head Of Penn State Architectural Unit After Auspicious Service COUItSES DEVELOP HERE UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP Holds Offices On Two National Committees—To Get Ph. D. From New York U. Aiccyling the position as lumd of the Melntire School of Architecture and Fine Arts at the University of Virginia, Prof A L Kochcr, head of the department of Architecture here, will submit his resignation to the Trustees tins month after fourteen jears of teaching at Penn State Since Piofossor Kochcr assumed his duties in 11)12 the department has in creased fiom twelve to 120 student-. Spending late houis with his proteges almost cvciv night he has become nop ulnr with his understudies and has widened the appreciation of sculptuie, painting and nrclutectuie At Leland Stanford univcisity Pro fessor Kocher received his Bachelor of Aits degree in 1909 The next two >eais lie spent doing graduate work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Continued on second page) YEARLINGS BOW TO SHIPPENSBURGNINE Iladley, Center Fielder, Placed On Mound When Pitching Staff Gives Out PLEDES GARNER TRIO OF WINS FROM NINE STARTS Plopping a pair of games to the Shippensburg Noimal school tossers, the fiesliman nine closed then slip shod season Monday The final count of the Memonal Day tilt was 4-2 w'lule last Saturday’s fray finished at iy-7 in favor of the normal school Coach Leo Ilouck sprang a sur pi iso Monday when he put J Ilad lej, ordinanlv a center fielder, on the mound Hadlev pitched a game which belied his habitual post and allowed the Shippensburg batters only a ha!f-do?en hits. Among the multitude of safeties which the visitors garnered fiom the delivery of Cnnan in Saturday’s game weie fmn cncuit clouts which aided materially in the Shippensburg victory Several costly eirors also huit the fieshmen, but the one big difficulty was the lack of a pitchei to iclicve Canan Shippensburg took a lead in the first inning and increased it steadily thioughout the game. Out of nine stalls, the fieshmen have taken only tluco wins this sea son, winning fiom Slippeiv Rock and (Continued on second page) GRADUATION EXERCISES DISCUSSED BY SENIORS Eggleston Elected Permanent Class Scribe—Memorial Report Accepted The class of 192 G elected E R Lg gleslon as permanent sccietarv at their meeting Tuesday night and then ptocceded to discuss details foi the commencement c\oicises. R T Kricbcl, chairman of the cap and gown committee, reported that caps and gowns may be seemed on Fnday afternoon or Saturday moi mng before commencement. The ate to be worn on Sunday dunng the Bacca laureate sermon, on Monday for the Class Day exercises and on Tuesday ut the graduation exercises mil arc then to bo returned immediately tu the cap and gown committee. The repoil of the memorial commit tee was accepted, which suggested that a fountain he elected on the cum pus, in fiont of Old Main oi if tin* did not hurmoni/c with the surround ing architecluie then the Burrow es street enlinnco to the College is to be finished ns a fitting memonal to the class. THETA ALPHA PHI ELECTIONS Pioxulont—F. 11. Kratz ’27 Vico Pics —Doiotliy Musser ’27 Secretary—Helen S Doty ’27 Tieasuiei—H M. Roaenbluth ’27 Lions Encounter Bisons On Diamond Tomorrow Bucknell Boasts Five-Year Winning Streak Over Penn State—Rule As Slight Favorite j i.— v | Dean Requests Names j f Of Parly Chaperons j I All fiateimtics arc request- j i ed to register the names of j I chaperones for Commencement j ! house party m the Office of f | the Dean of Women before June j ! fifth. The town and street ad- i di esses of each should also be ! included. I WILL AWARD PRIZE FOR COLLEGE SONG Collegian Sponsors Contest To Find Suitable Music For Prof. Long’s Poem COMMITTEE TO CHOOSE SCORE BY AUGUST FIRST Feeling that a new song would stimulate flagging interest in Fenn State music, the COLLEGIAN will give a prize of ton dollars to the student oi faculty member who shall compose music suitable to the poem “State, To Thee,’’ written by Prof.: Mason Long of the English depart ment and published on the second page of the cuncnt issue of The Old Mum Hell. The winning score will be selected bv a committee of which Director Kr W Grant of the music department will he the chairman. Director Grant will select three others to serve on the committee AH music must be .submitted to Di icctoi Grant before the first of Aug ust, when the contest will officially close Competition is open Ito all member-i of the classes of 1926, 1927, 1928 and 192!) and all active mem bers of Uic faculty, exclusive of mem bers of the committee and members of the COLLEGIAN staff. The name of the winner will be announced and a reproduction of the pure score printed in the second is sue of the COLLEGIAN after the summer recess. Thu sentiment expressed in “State, To Thee’’ is such that the poem de seives a place among Penn State songs. The only specifications in the contest arc that the composition be entirely original and that the score! be one of easy four-part harmony. Queen Leads Court In Annual May Day Tableau Saturday Bon owing everv color of the min bow, inviting picturesque charm*ers to descend from the pages of history, mutating the most beautiful of flowers and rivaling the famed beauty of Pan’s pipes, Penn State co eds did honor to the month oi Mav on Holmes field Saturday before an au dience of more than 2500 people In addition to the group dances, thcie weie several solos, including a toe dance and a gypsy tambourine dance The most spectacular ot the group dances was a tableau represent ing the passing of winter and the ad vent of spring The Maypoln dance and an old English ceremonial com pleted this part of the program. At the height of the fete the ouocn and her couiL came on the field, ad vancing majestically to the music of the Muy Day orchcstru After her coionation, the queen, who >s Miss C E. Nisslcy ’26, viewed the few remain ing dunces from her throne Misa B J. Krause ’27 was in churge. INTERFRATERNITY NINES ENTER TOURNEY FINALS Elimination m the Intcrfrateriuty baseball tourney uic continuing after the break in the schedule caused by Memonal Day exercises The hauls will be played next week. In the recent games the results aic as follows Alphu Zela defeated Beta Theta Pi, Phi Sigma Kappa won from Phi Delta Theta; Theta Xi eliminated Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Kappa Psi took over Pi Kappa Alpha and Alpha Chi Rho conquered Chi Upsilon. Not Easily Buffaloed PRICE FIVE CENTS J The Penn Stale baseball team will stack up against an old lival on the diamond here lomoirow when it take-, the field agumst a dangeious Buck ncll nine at two-Uurty o’clock It will be the final home engagement of the year for the Lions. Should the Lions spring somewhat of a surprise and defeat the mvadci.s it will be the first tunc since 1921 that a Blue and White baseball team lias been victorious over Bucknell Aided by masterful hurling on the part of Blaisdell and Murphy, the Bis ons have hung up a creditable iccord The Blue and Gold team has yet to bow before the attack of any college team in Pennsylvania. The Bisons have been gathering mo mentum with every game, winning their last four contests DiLkmson, Juniata, Gettysburg (twice), Albright and Ursmus aie numbered among the Bucknell victims On an eaily season trip the visitors lost to Gcoigctown, Catholic univcisity and the Quantico Mauncs and Intel (hopped games to ML St Mary’s and the Williamsport team of the Ncvv-York-Pennsylvani i league Short? will be behind the plate and the playeis will line up with Kostos, first base; Tuck, second base; Gaskill, thud base; MaeCleaiy, shotl stop, N Blaisdell, left field, Quinn, tenter field, and W Blaisdell, light field Should Be Close Tilt It is probable that Lefty Page, who has not seen action since dropping a 5-1 lieartbreaker to Pennsylvania, vvid be Coach Bezdek’s choice foi the mound assignment. The tall south paw proved a souice of worry to the Villanovn and Red and Blue batsmen m the two majoi games that he twirl ed, and with better support would have emerged the victor. Present Indications point to a pitch ers’ battle tomorrow Murphy, prob able Bucknell selection, experienced little difficulty in fooling the 1925 Blue and White sticksmitlis but may bo surprised in tomoirow’s tilt With Ken Haines slurring in the relief role, Penn State took advantage of the bleaks to score six runs in a big sixth inning rally that was enough to defeat a troublesome M.m etta team by a 6-2 score last Satur day Styborski started the game in the box but was unable to maintain the fast pace he set and after filling the bases with only one out in the fourth gave way to Haines Thu lanky soph omore then proceeded to fan the next two battei s, ictiring the side without scoring damage Haines was the com plete master of the situation ami was in danger but once foi the rcm.imdoi of the game In the seventh, foui successive singles after one out threat ened trouble but the Blue and White hurlcr vvoatheicd the attack It was the Hurd victoiy that Haines has gai nered via the relief route. NITTANY NETMEN TEST PANTHERS TOMORROW Brothers Star On Undefeated I’ilt Combination—Lions Top F, and M., 7-2 Facing the undisputed collegiate tennis champions of the Last, Coach Ham’s netmen will attempt to tilt it back the Pitt invasion on the Aunory courts tomoi row afternoon at two o'clock The Panthers have emerged victorious from every one of their twelve matches with the strongest eastern teams this season In Dave and Johnny O'Loughhn, the visitois have a pan of coiiitmen who compare favorably' with rank ing collegiate stars Thu brothers have won every one of their single matches to date, and have captured numerous double tilts Bam, play ing number three, has also been un defeated on the com Is tins season Capturing foui singles and three doubles matches, the netmen gni tim ed their second win of the season .it the expense of Franklin and Mm shall qn the Armorv com Is Satuiday Captain Malpass pluying second sing les, McCovvutt on the thud court, and Eggleston and McCabe on the fifth and sixth positions won tluee-sct victories from then Luncastci oppon ents. Hellmich, stroking on the first court, bowed to Lcfovrc after a limit ing three-set battle, 0-6, 6-9, 4-6. In the doubles mntchex Hellmich and Mc- Covvatt, Eggleston and Bari, and Malpass and Garinan tuincd m vic tories.