r- - » An ' Old Serial— Quaker Oats VOL. XXII, No. 17 Lion Soccermen Primed For Toronto University Booiers (Continue Kicking Drills To Increase Scoring Power—Canadians Boast ' Strong Teams in Past Encouraged by their success oveil Pennsylvania, and strengthened by another week’s practice, Penn State’s socccrmen are primed foi their bat tle with the University of Toronto hooters on Old Beaver field tomorrow afternoon at two-thirty o'clock In an effort to increase the scoring' power of the Lions and run up a string of counters on the Canadians tomor row, Coach Jeffries has spent the ma jor part of practice during the last week'in drilling the linemen m goal kicking. To date the inability of the hooters to score has been the greatest problem the Blue and White mentor has had to solve. This defect was pronounced in the Penn game when the forwards ear ned the ball down the field many times only to lose it on goal-kicks In addition to eliminating this weak ness recent practices have added speed and aggressiveness to the dribblers. Since past games have also given the new men more experience and made them more confident and accurate in passing, tomorrow’s contest should be evidenced by better teamwork on the Nittany combination Toronto Strong In past years the University of To lonto game has been one of the hard est on the Penn State schedule Al though the Lions did not meet the Canadians last season, two years ago the Northerners held them to a 1-0 score in a game played here. Three ycais ago in Toronto the University socccrmen held the Blue and White to a 1-1 tie. This season the Toronto booteis stop over at Penn State on an itinerary that includes games with Syracuse and other Eastern teams of high stnndmg Although no definite ma terial has been obtainable concerning the strength of the visitors it is al most sure that they again have a powerful booting aggiegation, espec (Contmued on last page) COX OUT-RUNS FORD AND RUNS OFF PITT COURSE But for This Bill Would Have Smashed All Previous Panther Records Even a Fold driven by a student driver could not keep pace with Wil liam “Bill” Cox, sophomoio hill and dale ace, in the Penn State-Pittsburgh cross-country meet last Satuiduy The Pitt course is veiy deceptive, sc a student was detailed to follow the runners in,lns car and direct them should the occasion unsc The flag, marking the loutc wcic small and fai npnit, but Cox and his confreres jog ged along without difficulty the first mile Cox Draws Ahead At the beginning of the second Bill lengthened his studc and drew away from Captain Fouracie and Offcn liauser, Blue and White athletes. He was in splendid shape ami ate up the hills with his mile-devouimg stride. He nfterwnids confessed that he nov el had been in bcttci condition. The Penn State flier lengthened his lead ovci his teammates until at the four-mile mark he was in the van by almost three hundred yards with the easiest part of the couisc yet to tia verse Here difficulty kicked him on the shin Ford Misses Bill The gentleman m the Ford failed to catch him at the cioss-roads and Cox chose the wrong loute. lie strode down a steep lull and up over the blow of nnothei only to be lccall ed by Offcnhausci and Fouiacre, who had tiavelled fiom the beaten path but a shoit distance. Bill nlndc the ictum tup in fast time and passed two Pitt men to finish in third place New York Chemists To Hear Dean G. L. Wendt Dean G L. Wendt of the School of Chemistry and Physics will be the principal speaker tonight at the a ward of the Grnsselh medal to Dr. C. R. Downs at New York city. Bcforo a combined meeting of the New' York section of the Amcncan Chemical Society, the Amcncan Sec tion of the London Society of Chem ical Industry and the American Elec tro-chemical Society, Dean Wendt will deliver his address on tho “Phenom ena F.eluted to Catalysis." flnm§latf Council of Administralion Grants Holiday Tomorrow The Council of Administra tion at its meeting held Wednes day morning, granted a holiday from Satuiday morning, No vember sixth, at eight o’clock, until Monday morning, Novem ber eighth, at eight o’clock. There will be no customs Sat urday. GIRLS WILL HAVE DEBATING SQUAD Prof. Frizzell To Meet Co-eds Tuesday—lntercollegiate Meets Probable DEAN RAY CALLS FOR FORENSIC CANDIDATES In lesponse to the glowing demand for a girls’ debating team at Penn State, Prof J H Fuzzoll has ,ai langed to meet all gals interested in, debating Tuesday evening at seven* o’clock in the office of the Dean of Women At present seven girls have signed up for this new' activity, and it more leport, Professor Frizzell will organize a girls’ team with the probability of scheduling a senes of inteicollegiatc debates . For the past'two'yean there have been a number of girls intcicstcd m debating, and Deim Charlotte E Ray also has received inquiries from othci colleges asking for debating engage ments with the Penn State girls’ team. A week ago Miss Ray' called for candidates for the team, and ex pects a number of girls to be present at tho meeting. Girls who have alicady lepoited for debating are the Misses F. T Starr ’27, J. 0. Hunt ’29, M M Mei eer ’29, H. F. Faust ’3O, E C Klein ’3O, M G. Piper 30, L. Prokounakoff ’SO, and G. M Woodrow ’3O THIRD ANNUAL HORT WEEK SCHEDULED NEXT MONTH Fruits, Flowers and Vegetables To Be on Exhibit—Talks )Vill Predominate Commercial growers of horticultur al products will attend the third an nual Horticulture Week on Ag Hill, December seventh to tenth. The ob ject of Horticulture Week is to pio vide a clearing house of up-to-date in founation. for State grawcis. Among the speakers will be Mr M Schhng, a well-known ictail florist of Fifth Avenue, New York There will be few speakers, the time for the most pait being given over to discus sion und demonstrations. A feature of the Week w ill be tho Hort Banquet, served by students of horticulture and consisting entirely of products grown on the College farm. The “Bug-Fun gus" Luncheon w*ill be another nov elty. Fruits, flowers, vegetables and or namental plants will be exhibited. A silver cup will be awarded to tho vis itor, and another to the student, mak ing the highest score m judging the exhibitions. Dr. Haley To Address Lancaster County Men Di. D. E Haley, profcssoi of soil and phytochcmistiy, will address the Lancastei county tobacco growers at a meeting in Lancaster Monday, No vember eighth. Ills talk will relate to new methods of fertilizing the tobac co crop. For the past foui years Doctor Hulcy und Mr. Otto Olson, agronomist of the Federal Bureau of Plant In dustry, have been co-opciating m re search work upon the tobacco plant Tobacco growois from all sections of tho State nic continually sending sum plcs of their crops to the College for analysis. It is with these samples that Doctor Haley docs much of his experimental work. STATE COLLEGE. PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1926 R: M. Holmes Accepts Office on Engineering Extension Staff Here Mr. R M. Holmes, lately' personnel director of the American Steel foun dries in Chicago and formerly connect ed with the stall educational system of tnc Western Electric company, has been secured by the Department of Engineeung Extension to take charge of its forman conference work. This idea is a new dcpaituro in the field of engineering extension. Supervis es of industry from all over the State will be brought together in con ferences and trained for greater ef ficiency. COLONEL INSPECTS R. 0. T. C. CORPS Deems, Visiting Staff Army Officer, Has Gained Many Honors REVIEW SCHEDULED ON NOVEMBER FIFTEENTH Lieutenant-colonel Deems, who will inspect the Penn State R. O. T. C. unit November fifteenth and six teenth, has attained much military distinction After graduating from West Point in the class of 1900, he was sent to the Philippines where he distinguished himself to such a degree that he was advanced to a captaincy. Foi some years, as a captain, he commanded the Black Horse battery of the first Artillery and it was dur ing lias time that his battery received the highest rating of all the batteries m the armv Later he was graduated fiom the School of Fire at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. During the late war Colonel Deems received his present lank and organ ized the 321 Field Aitillery which he took ovrr-sens The unit made an tr.vtuble iccoid and their leader was {warded the - ' Distinguished ‘Service medul for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services After the Armistice he was assigned to organize •ind later command the Army Artil lery School At presen' Colonel Deems is ii chmgo of R O. T. C. affairs at the Headquarters of the Third Corps Area, Baltimore, Maryland, and is a member of the staff of Major General Douglas MacArtiiur. His present ac tivities relate principally to the mil itary supervision and co-ordination of R O T. C. tra’mng and related in tciests in the states of Pennsylvania, Maiyland, Vuginia and the District of Columbia Major Lyon Speaks To The A. S. M. E. Tonight Major J W. Lyon of the Chemical Warfare service will speak to the student blanch of the American So ciety of Mechanical Engineers on the utrk of his department, Friday night nt eight o’clock in Room 200 Engineer ing D. The primary purpose of Major Lyon's visit to Penn State is to meet the western section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Following a luncheon at the Univer sity Club Saturday noon, all members of the society will assemble in 200 Engineering D. Stern Jurors Decree One Haircut and Six Signs to Hapless Plebe Offenders Not heeding the law laid down for their guidance, a group of wayward plcbes was brought before Chief-Jus tice Pritchard’s court to answer cer tain charges in plcbc fashion. Every fieshman who was brought to tual was convicted and the usual penalties foi then forbidden actions adnunisteicd The initial case scheduled was that of Wilhahi Benjamin Miller, who failed to register appearance. He will make his presence known at tho next meeting The next ense called involved Jack Siegel who was charg ed with having appeared on Dads’ Day without cither hat'or coat and with appealing coatless in one of his classes. The miscreant will sport a huge sign, on which will be printed letters foui inches high and onc-half inch wide, leading, “I forgot my hat and coat ” Ills two-weeks siege will stmt Monday Demonstrating the ait of pugilism which he inherited fiom a "half and half” descent, H. E. Cardy will tread the cinder paths wearing as his reward loi grass-trespassing, hands in pock ets and biblclcss person, n sign rend ing “Ilalf-and-IIalf” with a bible PHILA. CENTRAL “Y” TO ACCOMMODATE NITTANY STUDENTS Announces Rates for Limited Number of Rooms—Has Central Location WITHIN EASY ACCESS TO STADIUM AND THEATRES Travelling Y. M. C. A. Card Is Necessary for Those Using Privileges The Philadelphia Central Y. M. C A., at 1421 Arch street, has announced that it will accommodate as many Penn State students as possible this week-end, according to Secretary W. J Kitchen in an announcement yes terday Single rooms will be $l5O, $2.00, and $2.50, while rooms in the dormi tory are rated at $l.OO Those who cannot be accommodated by the Y. M. C A. facilities will ho recommended to homes in the vicinity of Franklin field. A traveling "V. M. C. A. card will be necessary for,those who intend to use the "Y” privileges at Philadel phia, and such cards may be obtained by calling at the Penn State hut The Arch Street ‘Hr” is near Broad Street, and is within a short distance of the Bellevue-Strntford Hotel where ; a smoker will be held on Friday night and a dance on Saturday for Penn Slate students. PLEBES HOPE FOR WIN AT SYRACUSE Meet Orange Freshmen Today In Their' Last Football Game of : . v NITTANY PLAYERS HAVE YET TO TASTE VICTORY With claw's unsheathed, a bad-tem pered Lion cub leaps into Aichbold stadium this afternoon, confronting the Syracuse plcbes with an attack maddened by four consecutive lash ings. At no time has the Nittany chance of victory been better than today Four times have the junior leonincs onteicd the arena this year and four times have they been conquered. Three times they were slashed by prop school teams, Bellefonte academy 27- 6, Wyoming seminary 10-0, and by Kiski 31-0 The fourth was by a col lege juggernaut, the Pitt plcbes, 13-0 S>racusc Donned Twice But the opponent faced tomorrow has also tasted defeut. Wyoming seminary downed the Orange, 5-0, and Bellefonte academy subdued it easily, 21-0 Three years ago the Syracuse-Penn , State teams battled without a score In 1924 the result was again a tic, 6-6. Last season the Blue and White conquered, 6-0, m a furious encoun ter. On dcpaitingfor Syracuse Wednes day night, Conch Hermann declared, “Wc have just as good an outfit as they. We’re going to win. We’ve (Continued on last page) dangling beneath He could not be implicated foi anv feminine charge, admitting to “free love by corres pondence only.” Another would-be pugilist, a spur ring partner of Cardy’s, Bom J. Cas oni, charged with the same offenses, will carry the usual 18x24, bearing “Too dark to see the grass” w’lth the bible likewise attached, for the cus tommy fourteen days. Pleading guilty of the failure to tnkc freshman customs after a trans fci fiom Temple university, Aithur B Knbcnick, ’29, will assume the reg ulation ycailing attire and rules which accompany it. The failure to obey on uppei class man in running an errand, presented Harry Bracling with the opportunity of bearing the placard, “I Mailed the Shoes." His penalty will only last a week, but his knowledge of tho where abouts of the State College busmens houses will evidently be bioadcncd in tbe future. “Locks, locks—where ait thou?”, will probably be the by-words of Mal colm Borthwick, on whose fnir head the clippers will bo exercised for the (Continued on second page) (ttnitegtatt School of Engineering Granted Recognition by Pennsylvania Railroad The Pennsylvania Raihoad company recently has placed Penn State on the list of approved institutions which students receiving its scholarship a wards may attend. A number of induslncs are award ,ag scholarships to employees or the so’s of employees who have shown a tendency toward engineering subjects They arc required to have high schol arship lccords in their preparatory schools Tho Wcstinghousc Electric and Manufacturing company awards ten such scholarships and several of their students have attended Penn State PLAYERS PRESENT DECEMBER SHOW Dramatists Prepare Adaption of Harry Leon Wilson’s Satire “Merton of the Movies” CAST OF THIRTY NEEDED FOR YEAR’S THIRD PLAY As their third piny of the season, the Penn State Players will present “Merton of the Movies” on Saturday evening, December fourth, in the Auditorium. “Merton of the Movies,” a satire on some ideas connected with the film world, is an adaptation by Kauffman and Connelly, of the book written four years ago by Horry Leon Wilson. It met with instantaneous approval on its opening night in Now York m 1922 and since then has repeated its suc cess on the road in numerous stock companies In bnef the play tells the story of one Merton Gill who, in the wilds of a small Illinois town, contracts movie mama in an extreme form During the course of the performance Merton is fo'lov’ed througK-dho, various per iods of disillusionment as lie tries in vain to do something “bigger and better” for the development of the screen art. His dreams fade one bv one as he learns how' movies are made and stars created, until he finds himself through no fault of his own, in stardom. The staging of this drama is one of the most pretentious tile Players have ever attempted A cast of thirty members and six different sets of scenery are required. Rehearsals have been started under the supervision of Prof. D D Mason, who hopes to be able to announce the complete cast in a short time. VAN DUSEN WILL ADVISE “Y” DISCUSSION LEADERS Seventy-live Students Conduct Programs for Three-day Session Groups About ‘•cvcnty-fne student leaders will gather at the Lytle Memorial cabin two weeks from today to hear Henry Vun Dusen, the well-known re ligious worker and to learn his pnn i ciples of leading college • discussion groups. The Y M C A is again fostering discussion groups among the stu dents and it is the puiposc of the or ganization to stimulate serious think ing on campus question, and free ex pression of all opinions with tho idea of artivmg at a lcmedy for the sit uation Each student who attends this thrcc-day discussion conference later will act ns a center and will discuss questions with the students in order to create constructive thought on col lege problems In no respects will his meetings be confined to any one group or clnss; at every gathering there will exist a democratic spirit which will call these men together for an wfoim al and thorough “session” which can not but prove beneficial to those who pmticipatc and to the college in gen eral At present there is mi abundance of subjects for discussion Moic stu dents arc wanted to express Uicir vows and to hear what others think about the same subject. SAWMILL WEEK PASSES The re-echoing buzz of saws is hourd in the woodlot of the Forestry Building as though the scene is re luctant to leave go the hum to which it became used for a week. Foicstry students arc still making the scene of the Portable Sawmill a beehive of industry under tho direction of the College fnculty. The wood cut will likely be utilized by the wood working department LIONS ON EDGE FOR TRADITIONAL BA TTLE WITH RED AND BLUE NITTANY LINE-UP UNDECIDED ON EVE OF TILT WITH HIGHLY TOUTED PENNSYLVANIA ELEVEN Starts First Game Captain Ken Weston TO PROBE ALUMNI HOMECOMING DAY Penn State Club Will Sponsor Open Forum Discussion On Monday Night ARTHUR HOLMES MAY BE CHzYIRMAN-' AT' MEETING Student opinion will voice itself on the strong and weak points of Alum ni Homecoming Day' as it has been observed in the past, when the Penn State Club holds the first of a series ot all-Colloge open forums Monday night at seven o’clock in Old Chapel. Arthui Holmes, former Penn State dean, is expected from Philadelphia to act ns chairman. “That the studens body is dissatis fied with the manner in which Alumni Homecomings hnvo been held in the past, is our candid opinion,” declared B T. Conrad ’27, president of the Penn State Club, yesterday. We feci, and the faculty’ feels, that an open discussion of tho soit wc plan Mon day will do a lot to clear up the se crecy and misunderstanding which annually have puzzled us ” Athletic Control at Penn State The open foium Monday will be pieliminary to a thoiough examina tion of all phases of the athletic sit uation at Penn State, an examination and investigation by the students . Ihemsel .’cs, accoiding to Comud. Un dei the topic of “Athletic Control at Penn State,” this open discussion lias been scheduled for early Deccmbei. Dean E A. Holbrook, of the School of Mines, will repiescnt the faculty and the College Athletic Committee' of which he is a member, at this De cember foium Duung the discus sion Monday night fout students, as yet unnamed, will give different an gles of Homecoming Day. Two will emphasize the alumni’s viewpoint and the otheis will picscnl the senti ment of the students. Penn State Visited By Former Trustee After Long Absence Cyius T Fox, who first became m tcicsted in Penn State foity'-five venr. ago, has returned after a quarter ccntuiy' of cnfotccd absence, to wit ness the evolution of the institution which he helped in its progicss through a long ponod In 1881, Mi Fox was engaged to submit a icport of the Pennsylvania enducalional organ which was at that time known ns the Farnioi’s High School Nine years latei, after the school had been re-named the Agneui turnl College of Pennsylvania, Mr Fox accepted a position on the Col lege Board of Trustees. This posi tion he held for thirteen years, until his retirement m 1903. Growth of College The origmnl land grant offeicd to the newly-established institution con sisted of only 400 acres Toduy this acreage has been inci eased five-fold. (Continued on second page) The Boolcrs Toe-ronto PRICE FIVE CENTS Gaunt with weeks of starvation di et, a twicc-tanicd Nittany Lion will stalk upon Franklin Field tomonow afternoon dctcinuncd to sink its glis tening fangs into the Jt»d and Bin* jerseva of the heralded University of Pennsylvania eleven in what promis es to be the test of the reason for the King of Beasts Scarred bv the cleats of Notie Dame and stung to the quick b> the taunts of Syracuse, tlic Blue and White gnddeis must use to height-, to tumble one nf the strongest teams m the historj of the Quaker City in stitution Thirty members of thr vainly squad accompanied b> Conch Berdek ond Manager Smuit clipped quietly from New Beaver field ’c-derdnv af ternoon after a brief Mgual di.ll au<l entiamod for Philadelphia The squad will be quavteied at the Phila delphia Cricket Club ami will jog through a light work-out thn aftci noon on the Club gioundr Line-up Undecided Indications nic that Canfun ton, vetcian end, will stall Ins first game of the 1026 season on Franklin Field tomorrow. Ills knee injury is almost entirely healed an l nunh io expected of him. Delp was paired wi*h Weston throughout the week but mv give way to Leßko or Faulknoi The for mci yearling star is still limping with a bad ankle but has shown plenty of potential ability and may draw the opening assignment , First choic? for the fullback berth is virtually a toss-up between Pritch ard and Greene The men are on a | par aa regards plunging ability, but j Pritchard's versatility may give him an edge over the Ohio wlhielo j The return of all the cripples cx i cept Hanington lends a io<ner aspect to the grid situation Joe Kiall, vnr ; sity guard, went down with a bn 1 ankle in the Tuesday aciinmage se3- (Ccntinucd on last page) LIONS WILL NOT RACE UNTIL CHAMPIONSHIPS Soph-Frosh Cross-Country Tilt Set for Tuesday—Classes To Battle for Title Unless some unforseen arrangement is made, the Penn State hare-and houml experts "lit not urn m comp> tition until the I. C 4A champion ships are held m New York November tv. entv-second nnnouncenicnt was made b> Ccach Cartmcll nflei futile attempts wtic made to schedule a iace vdtn Columbia, Rutgers, Manhattan col logp, NYU, and Citj College of New York, to naustom the Nittanv lunners with the Van Cortland pa»K course, scene of the intereollegiitoc. To maintain into cst in the into im, the annual soph-fiosh cross eountiy scrap will bo clagcd om the wcehmnn con.sc Tuesday at four tl irtj o’clock All members of ca"*i Ciiih. are eligible and should report m uniioim at that lime Running o\cr the same distance, the four classes will mo for the col lege championship Friday afternoon at foni-llurty o’clock, when the Intei clas-s harrier contests will he held Satisfied witn the showing of Ins proteg. „ in defy..* mg S\racti.,e an 1 P'tt, especially with Bill Co\*. Cap ti.i Pjuracie, Ofienluuvi accl Res, Ccach Cirtmell gave Ins tj'.m .*i cu lt * week of rest Haul work will '.Urt again Monday and *. piogram of rigorous training will be mam tamed until the Intercollegiate* Besides the effort to «chcdnlo a meet at Van Cortlandt park, Coach Cartmell sought a conical with Cu nrgic Tech it Pittsburgh to bo um o.'oi the difficult Shcnley cucuit Ne gotiations base not been i oinpleteil. Stewart Mnj Ik* Available Harvey Stewart, who did not run in the Pitt cneountei, is still under Doc tor jiilcnotn’s caic and may be able to g*t in condition for the tlnnas of the jeat. Disappointment lan rife in the Lion camp wdien it was learned that Slim Hashns, star who Inis been handi capped this season with a bad ankle, may not be able to run foi a mmth \n X*iay taken Wednesday snowed the mcmbei to be nutated and a long rest was oidcied lluskins is keep ing in good condition by cseicis.m; daily m the Arinoiy and thoie is still hope that he may enter the titular race
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