VOL. XXII. No. 22 Dean Watts Chosen for Special Work in China Head of Agricultural School Leaves Sunday For Three-Month Absence—To Organize Better System of Education Dean R. L. Watts of the School Agriculture, has just been appointed a member of a special commission which is being sent to Canton, China, by the trustees of Lingnan university of which the Canton Christian college: is a part, it was announced Saturday. Leaves Sunday Dean Watts will begin his leave of absence Sunday, November twenty eighth and will return to Penn State within a minimum of three months. He and Mrs. Watts will sail from Vic toria, British Columbia, on December fourth and will arrive in Hong Kong, China, on December thirtieth. The 'commission will add to the Board a number of Chinese who will form a local committee of manage ment and operation This will then satisfy the recently announced regu lations of the Southern Government with reference to the registration of pmnatc educational institutions Great satisfaction is felt by the New York Board of Trustees and all the friends of the Lingnan university over this step, which will afford the Chinese a grcatci opportunity to share in the direction and support of the university Other Members of Commission In addition to Doctor Watts, the members of the commission are Di C. K Edmunds, who has just recent ly resigned the pro\ostship of Johns Hopkins university to become Amer ican Director of Lingnan, and Dr. W. W. Comfort, president of Haverfoid college. Penn State has long been a pioneer in the work of agricultuial education rn China. In 1907 it sent out Mr G W Groff, known familiarly to the student body as “Duddy” Groff, Who is recognized as one of the leaders in the -development of modern agricul ture in China Saits Prom Victoria Dean Watts will begin his leave of absence November twenty-eighth, sailing from Victoria, British Colum bia, on December fourth, aboard the S. S. Einjncm of Canada. He will (Continued on third page) PLEBES WIN GRID SCRAP AND GO WITHOUT DINKS 1930 Numerals To Be Placed On Trophy—Miller Leads Spirited Onslaught With an onslaught as furious as the icy north wind that swept light snow Hurries over New Bcavei practice field Saturday, the freshman football cubs baled then talons and mangled a sophomore eleven, 21-6, in the an nual soph-frosh gnd scrap A thous and shivering spectators saw the fust plebe triumph of the year. It was accompanied by the shedding of a thousand dinks, a customs holi day. The class numerals, 1920, will be engraved on the handsome trophy cup offered to underclass scrap win ners since 1890 by C W Powell The cup is now on exhibition in a College avenue display window. Plcbcs Score Early Stung by the thoughts of a victor y lcss season the plcbcs lost no time in wreaking vengeance upon thcii dis ciplining elders. Six plays after the opening kick-off the yearlings tallied tlrcir first touchdown and although their opponents came within one point of them late in tire same quarter the freshmen wcatheied the rally No score was made in the second quarter although the half ended with the pigskin on the sophomore’s one yard line. Miller, plebe quarterback, heightened the feud by flashing a thirty-yard run for « touchdown early m the thud period. In the lust canto the freshmen made it 21-6 when Weiland scooped up Monohan’s blocked kick nineteen yards from the sophomore goal line and stumbled across for the final marker Miller was the outstanding star of the game COW-TESTERS COMPLETE SHOUT TRAINING COURSE Ten prospective cow-tcstcis took a short training course at Penn State frem November fifteenth to the twen tieth. The work was under the direc tion of C. R. Ccarnait, state super visor of cow-tasting associations and member of the extension staff ol the College. The routine consisted of testing milk samples, figuring rations of dairy cows and the recording of results. . JJptm f&atr A R. O. T.'C. To Continue Drills After Vacation Whether the Penn State R. 0 T. C. will receive honorable mention in the third corps area will not be known until Lieutenant-colonel Clarence Deems, Jr, completes his review of the regiments at the University of Pittsburgh and the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Lieutenant-colonel Mc- Laughlin said yesterday Although the inspection was held last week, drill will continue after the Thanksgiving vacation unless the weather does not permit it. There will no excused absences except by word from Dean A. R Warnock, on the several days before and after the vacation. HORT WEEK OPENS HERE IN DECEMBER State Growers Will Convene To Discuss Discoveries In Research Lines TO ILLUSTRATE METHODS OF LOADING VEGETABLES Meeting for the third time m the annual Horticulture Week, orchard- i q ts, gardners and florists from all ever the state will assemble here De cember seventh to the tenth Round table discussions and question boxes "di take the place of lectures in this short course Recreation will be mixed with ser ious work. There will be an apple judging contest, students and gindu ates competing To the winner a sil ver cup will be awaided The col lege entomology and plant pathology departments will enteitain the visit ois with a “Bug-Fungus” luncheon m one of the laboratories, and on one of the evenings all will sit down to a (Continued on second page) Student Organizations Donate to Red Cross Ono hundred and seventy-five dol lai*, will be donated by the various student organizations toward the Red Ci oss fund, L R Plotts ’27, said yes terday. The ficlcimtics have been asked to nave all their men donate ten cents each. This will give an average lota* of thieo dollais per house To d.'it* prachudjy every house has time through with a hundred pci u-i,t i;Uotn Theie will not be a tegular ll**d Cross drive among the girls of the College. Instead the W S. G A , «he 'V A A. and the Y. W. C. A iwJJ all give a certain amount Freshmen Succumb In Tie-up Contest The “under dogs” failed to come through this year. The best tie-up representatives the freshmen could accumulate were thiown for a 26-37 loss by then* tra ditional overseers when the two clash ed in the recently reinstated scrap on the New Benvcr practice field Satur day afternoon. The battle was marked with exhi bitions that resembled lariat twirling, Texas bulldogging stunts, wild bron cho riding and Japanese jiu-jitsu— anything but a tie-up scrap. Only Two Heats The small sophomore representa tion confined the tussle to two heats °f fifty men each, both of which were won by the second-year men by scores of 13-22 and 13-15 respectively Each team was “fined" one point for each of its members whose wrists w ere hound by the hemp bracelet and an other for each whose legs were tied. The team with the lowest total was returned the winner. | 1930 Class Meats j i The class of 1930 will meet in } the Bull Pen tonight at seven o'clock to nominate candidates for freshman president. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1926 SOCCERMEN DOWN FAST SPRINGFIELD COMBINATION, 2-0, IN LOOSE CONTEST Mud, Ice and Heavy Wind Retard Play of Both Teams—Lions Tally in First Periods But Weaken Later COUNTERS HEAVED IN Contract Signed for Season’s Fourth League Tilt with Swarthmore Booters Here on Monday Mud, icc and n cutting, snow-laden north wind retarded the play of the Blue and White soccer eleven against the fast Springfield college booters on Old Beaver field Saturday after noon but the handicaps were not en ough to Keep the Lions from downing the visitors, 2-0, to continue their sea son’s winning streak Although Satui day’s game was the last scheduled contest on the Lion’s slate, negotiations have been closed with Swarthmore college for a meet ing here on Monday aftenoon after the Thanksgiving recess This will be a regular association game. Since the outcome of the Svvarth rnoie meeting will make or break Penn (Continued on Inst page) COMMITTEE NAMED FOR SENIOR DANCE President Reeder Selects Hesse As Chairman—Stewart Heads Class Memorial Group CLASS TO INVESTIGATE ENDOWMENT POLICIES Senior Ball and Class Memorial committees were appointed by Presi dent S L Reeder at the senior class meeting Thursday J G Hesse ts chairman of the Semoi Ball commit tee and J H Stewart heads the group which will select the class memorial. President Reeder appointed another committee to investigate endowment memorial insuiance policies with G M. Harris as chairman. Mcmbeis of the Senior Ball com mittee arc Chairman Hesse, L T. Dcn mston, W T. Wingle, H S. Buck, A. (Continued on second page) VAN BLARCOM LECTURES ENGINEERING STUDENTS Says Specialization, Business Ability Necessary for Future Success “Selecting a branch of engineering is like selecting a machine,” said Mr. Howell Van Binicom, representative of the Wc'ltinghoiisc Electric com pany of Philadelphia, m Ins lecture to the engineering students on Friday. “You must purchase the machine which u, suitable foi jour needs "Likewise,” the engineer stated, “your choice of a branch of engineer ing depends on its requirements, your qualifications and liking for it. For, if you are to make the greatest suc cess of engineering, you must do your own selecting of your typo." Mr. Van Blarcom pointed out that a man cannot ably perform m more than Ins one typo of engineering. He said that he only knows of one good salesman who evei did any good de signing The Westinghousc rcpiescntative stressed the point of salesmanship in engineering, with which work he is connected, suying thut a salesman must have business ability and per sonality. HOLBROOK AND CHEDSEY TO ATTEND CONFERENCE Bean E A, Holbiook and Professor TV, R. Chedsoy of the School of Mines will attend the annual meeting of the Coul Mining Institute of America on December seventh, eighth and ninth m Pittsburgh Both men are directors of Uie Institute. “Coal preparation," tho paper Dean Holbiook will deliver, will tell the various means and methods used to prepaid coal for the market. New Prexy, Family, To Spend Holidays At Lion Institution Doctor Ralph Dorn Hctzel who will assume his duties as president here on January first, and his family will spend Saturday and Sunday at Penn State, it was announced yesterday. Judge H W. Mitchell, president of the Board of Trustees, will welcome the College's tenth executive late Saturday night. The visit will bo purely an unof ficial one in that Doctor Hctzel will do no more than inspect the College buildings and arrange for his arrival here in January. , Doctor Hetzel’s family wall stay at the Guest House until the President’s House can be made ready. VAN DUSEN HELPS STUDENT LEADERS Addresses Groups in Week-end Stay at Lytle Cabin—Four Topics Discussed RELATION OF RELIGION TO LIFEr POINTED OUT Discussing a wide range of sub jects, all dealing directly with prob lems at Penn State, a group repre senting the student body, met with Henry Van Dusen of the Union The ological Seminary of New York in various sessions held at the Andy Lytle Cabin at Shmgletown Gap The sessions extended from Friday evening to Sunday evening Mr. Arthur Mooi of Harmburg, Y. M C. A secretary in charge of student work in Pennsylvania, wns present at the meetings and partici pated in many discussions Many of the men present at the Cabin stayed there for the entiro period of three days while others 'traveled between there and Stats College. The'num ber present at the different sessions varied from forty-five to sixty The questionnaires distributed last week by the Y. M. C A were benefi cial in the choosing of topics for dis cussions An effort was made to talk on subjects l that are- fundamental to (Continued on second page) MORAL NEUTRALITY AN EVIL, SAYS VAN DUSEN Chapel Speaker Assails Attitude Of Average College Man Toward Religion “There is too much moial ncutiuli ty in the world today,” declared Hen ry Van Dusen in his chapel address Sunday in the Auditorium. The the ologian explained that the typical col lege graduate is one of the gieatest offenders in this respect “Much too often,” he continued, “the attitude of ‘Wall, what difference doc 3 it make anyhow 9 ’ is assumed m re sponse to questions concerning lehg lon While we hold an attitude of benevolent sympathy toward the ex ponents of religion and give our time and money for it, yet we ncvei ac cept the responsibility which is need ed ” Reverend Von Dusen stated that moial neutrality is impossible because in this woild of moral struggles, in difference and neutrality connot ex ist He added that moral neutrality is also unsatisfactory, that wc ai c lestles* and unsatisfied with things and that what we really seek is re ligion. The speakei concluded by saving that religion was the life of true re lations and that people should find the life for which their spmt seeks Delegates Will Attend Convention of College Agricultural Journals Representing the Penn State Farm er, three members of the staff will at tend the annual convention of the Ag ricultural College Magazines associa tion in Chicago Friday and Saturday. The delegates chosen foe the trip include J. H. Erb ’27, editor-in-chief of the Fauna, C E. McFadden ’27, business managei and F. U. Walton ’27, circulation manager. They will attend the Pitt-Penn State football game on Thanksgiving Day, going on to Chicago following the game. Circulation pioblcms will constitute tbo chief theme for discussion at the convention, and the circulation man agers of all the fifteen member mag azines will attend. (EuUwftatt. KDKA TO TRANSMIT PENN STATE NIGHT ON EVE OF BATTLE Pittsburgh Alumni Will Conducl Mass Meeting and Smoker • At Kaufman’s Store BLUE BAND ENTERTAINS AT SMOKER, ON RADIO Musical Entertainment, Alumni Welcome and Football Talk Go on Air Radio fans of the United Stales and Canada will have the opportunity of listening m on the third annual, Penn State Night to be broadcast from the studio of the Pittsburgn Post, station KDKA, Wednesday ev ening at ten-fifteen o’clock The Pittsburgh branch of the Penn State Alumni association will con duct the mass meeting and smoker which will be held at Kaufman’s be ginning at eight-thirty o’clock Following the game theie will be a dance at the University Club. The admission puce is foui dollars Speeches by Coach Hugo Bezdck and several members of the team as well as Be?’s assistants will form a part of the program foi the smoker The Blue Band will present a conecrt with the probability of the varsity quartet singing several numbers (Continued on last page) ROBBERS GET LOOT FROM LOCAL HOME Take Car But Later Lca>c It In Barrens—Henszcys Now in Europe FEDERAL AGENTS HUNT POST OFFICE THIEVES Foi the second t.me m three davs, thieves visited State College, tins time breaking into the home of J W Hens zey on Locust Lane, sometime Thuis day night The burglars took only smeiware and several small pieces of jewelry, and although they forced the lock on the garage m the lear of the house and stole an automobile, they abandoned it later m the Bai icns a short distance from the town The Hensrey family is in Europe although J H. Hcns7oy ’2£), a son, is .staying with neighbor Friday morning he noticed that the gaiage qoois weie open Upon investigat ing, he found that thieves had biok en a window and climbed into the house Neighbors saw lights in the Henszey house about one o’clock in (Continued on second page) YEARLING LACROSSEMEN WIN ANNUAL SCRAP, 5-4 Freshmen Overcome 3-0 Lead To Defeat Rivals—Barclay ’3O Sustains Broken Leg Displaying a bland of piny that be lied the fact that it was its fiist ap peal ancc ns a unit, the ficxhman In ciosse team overcame a g to 0 load and won the annual scrap, 5-}, from the sophomoie twelve on the Aimory Feld, .Saturday afternoon With the scoie tied at foui goals each, J C. Edmunds, who had heon elected captain of the y cat ling team immediately' befoic the game, tallied n pretty shot, breaking the tie and giving the frosh their vietorv. W. R. Wendcl ’2B, captain of the varsity team, acted as coach of the xeccmd jeai men and G. E Edmunds ’27, nl -o a Varsity laciossc man guided the lieshman team. Roy Baiclay, Yearling goal tender, cxpeiienced a senous casualty when he sustained a broken leg just befoic the fust half ended. The injury came during a mix-up near the fresh man goal. TAU BETA PI ELECTIONS J A. Costello ’27 Claiencc llugglei ’27 C R. Keatley ’27 Fiod Link ’27 P. J. McCarthy ’27 J. V L. Middleton ’27 W. H. Newbold ’27 F. R. Shanlcy ’27 C F Gcisvvito *2B H E Hastings '2B F. W. Olshcfsky ’2B Lion Squad Points for Season 9 s Climax with Pitt Thanksgiving Day Warriors on Edge for Annual Panther Conflict—Hastings May Be Out Of Nittany Line-up Pill Returns Will Be I Announced—Open at 1:43 ] Returns of the Pitt-Pcnn j Suite game will be given in the Auditorium Thursday after- noon. The telegraph wnc -will I be opened at one forty-fi\e I o'clock when preliminary an | nouncements will be made, play ! hv play reports to begin at two I o’clock Admission will be fif j ty cents KDKA BROADCASTS NEW NITTANY SONG Charles M. Atherton *92, Son of Former “Prexy,” Composes “Old Penn Slate” QUARTET TO INTRODUCE AIR TOMORROW NIGHT A new Penn State sons, composed by Charles M H Atherton ’92, will be introduced to listeners-in on the "Penn State Night" Wednesday as far as the KDKA apparatus can cany it. The sow?, “Old Penn State,” will be ren dered by the Varsity Quartet, as part of a radio program that will last from ten-fifteen o’clock to midnight on Thanksgiving Eve “Old Penn State" is not a football ' or "athletic” song, its composei, son of. the formal Penn State president, Dr G \\. Atherton, said yesterday It calls for “close hiumony” and is j easily adaptable foi glee club.or quai- i let use | Director It W Grant of the Glee Club expressed pleasure with Mr. Atherton’s song According to Di lcctor Grant it begins with a lively march tune and shifts to a slow, har-i momous waltz tempo It has rc- 1 (Continued on second page) New Students Changed By College, Says Dean “T\ hen freshmen go home fot their first vacation tomoriovv they will find that college life is changing then',’' said Dean A It. Wurnock yestordav "Changes in nature and m peisona’- ity are bound to take place, but t gloat deal in the old home life should be saved and cherished “I hope that out teaching at Penn State has taught ficshmcn a ical sense of values so that they n<a\ know what most to appreciate m the home life they have absented them selves from foi such a long time” Dr. Crockett To Leave Early in January for Second European Trip Di W D Ciockctt spent last sum mer “living over Europe" and found this method so gratifying that ho ex pects to letum carlv in January for additional data During the summer he made Unity-six anplano flights for a distance of five thousand miles while visiting twelve countries In one day he breakfasted in Ber-. Im, lunched in Amsterdam and dried before sunset m London In one day he made five flights o\ci six coun tries. lie feels that futiuc touring of liui <jpc by Amencnns will he done largely with the aid of the aii planes, and is enthusiastic ovci the oppoitumtics of fered Di Crockett has recently’ com pleted a lcvision of his “Satchel Guide to Europe " ■■nw ii muhi} | Pitt Tickets on Sale I | At A. A. Office Today | t Tickets foi the Pittsburgh ] j game may be ptocuied at the l f Athletic Association office to- ! I day or at Kaufman’s in Pitts- j i burgh tomorrow’ The tickets | | me thiee dollms. I Panther Turkey For PRICE FIVE CENTS D Six' yeais’ failure to storm the Pitt citadel has incited the 1020 Lions to avenging rage as they prepare for the annual grid classic with the Pan thers in their lair Thanksgiving Day. The Xittntiy warriors, forty strong, will leave tomorrow’ noon with but one casualty m its number Hat Hnstings, veteran guard and one of the mainstays of the forward wall fell victim to a blood infection last week and will in all probability be un eble to breast the Panther wave at his accustomed position. Darragh, his understudy, will doubtless receive the crll. Lions Savage Hard sessions in spite of inclement weather Thuisday and Fndav after noons helped Coach Bezdok and his nsxociates whef away the major nicks :n the Blue and White lance Yester day and lodnv woie devoted to putt ing a final edge to the weapon with which Bez hopes to bleed the Pan ther Is’o phases of the grid game were • ovet looker] os the coaching staff pol ished off the final plays of the kxo ron The squad rounded into the home-stretch with a will which bodes ill for the brnoky City gridders The new hackfiold quartet of Pm cura, Lungren, Itoepke and Pritchard seems to have added a measuio of row-found deceit to the attack The burden of the Nittany offensive will icst upon the shoulders of this com bination, although Greene or Berg man may supplant Pritchard at the lullback post Dangerfield, Hamas, Monahan, Wolff and Harrington will be held m reserve Line in Form The Penn State line is at this blago of the season less a problem than the backfield The replacing of the in jured Hastings by Darrugh will not weaken the line materially in spite of the Kiski red-head's compaiutive in experience Ftlnk and Weston on the right side of the line are expected to bolster the news omer Roger Mahoney will take the field (Continued on last page) [THREE CAPTAINS CHOSEN ! TO LEAD LION DEBATERS Nurick, M. D. Berryhill, Brandt, Prepare Colleagues for December Eleventh Captains have been selected to take chaige of thiee of the debating squads in piopuratton foi coming meets, I’tof J II Pi izrell, forensic coach an nounced ve-tci day Profc«soi Fnrrell has not yet picked the teams, but has appointed the captains so that they may help otgam/e the men under them. ; I. W, Bi imH ’JO an I frdhett Nu lick ’2B are ciptain, of the affirma tive and negative squads respectively on the "pricticil tendency” question. M D Bcuyhilt ’2B is captain of the affirmative squad on the “Volstead" question The captain of the nega tive “Volstead" squml has not y’et been selected and at present the squad is in charge of A M Lamtore '2B and Kenneth Hood ’.JO. Debate December Eleventh The fust deh-uo will tike plaro on Satin day, December elm-onth, when the uflhnutivo “practical tendency" team vuli encounter Washington and Jeffoison college m the Auditorium. The negative to mi will meet the Uni versity of Pittsbuigh in Pittsbmgh. Penn State Registers 156 Advanced Students That Penn State is continuing io attract students, m good standing from other colleges throughout the entire United States is indicated in a report of advanced standing students hero which has just been issued by the col lege examiner, Dr C E Marquardl. A total of ISG advanced students, sixty-six of them women, have been admitted to all classes at Penn State this fall. Many of them arc normal school giaduates who have enrolled in the School of Education in order to obtain a college degree so that they mnv become prepaied for the teaching piolcssion. Forty-eight have been ad mitted to the Giwduate School.
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