Experience Courting VOL. XXII. No. 24 PUBLICATIONS AID IN CAMPAIGN FOR “OLD MAIN BELLL” SUBSCRIPTION LIST Collegian, Froth,, Farmer, La Vie And Engineer Join Forces ' Under Direction of B. C. Wharton WILL MEET TONIGHT Canvassers Will Visit Students And Faculty After Informal Session—Editors Laud Present Issue ■ With 'the assistance of the editorial and business staffs of the COLLEG IAN, Froth, Furtnci , Engineer and La Vic, the officers of the Old Main licll, under the direction of B C. Wharton ’27, business manager, will launch a campaign foi subscriptions to the magazine The dmc will be formally opened tonight at eight thirty o’clock with a meeting in Boom 622 Old'Main. D. D. Henry, former cditoi of the Old Main Dell will speak to the work ers tonight R D. Dundorc, present editor of the publication, will act as chairman of the meeting The cam paigners will canvass members of the faculty, fraternities, clubs and boarding houses in an effort to get subscribers for the two issues which will be published in January and Ap ril. The subscription price foi both issues will be one dollar Abundance of Material Many stories, poems, essays, draw ings and special articles have been submitted by alumni, faculty and stu dents. The editors aie satisfied that the coming issues will surpass all for mer efforts. The value of the Old Main Dell was recognized recently when the magazine was awarded, first" prize by the Pi Delta Epsilon, honorary journalistic fraternity.* Magazines were entered m the com petition from the forty-one colleges in which chapters of this fiatormty arc maintained NOTED JOURNALIST TO SPEAK HERE THURSDAY Glenn Clarke Will Lecture to Four Groups—ls Editor of Works on Religion At the invitation of the Y M C. A cabinet and Pi Delta Epsilon, honor ary journalistic fraternity, Glenn Clarke, noted journalist, coach and icligious authority, will delisci four lectures of varying subjects to gath erings of students at Penn State Thursday Mr Clarke, a graduate of Grinncll college, lowa, has been track coach at Macnlcster college, Saint Paul, Min nesota for the past fourteen years While at Maculcstei, Mr. Clarke has written many books on religious topics that have attracted wide attention because of then simple straightfor ward style “The Soul’s Sincerest Desire" is hi 3 most recent book in the non-fiction field The Western visitor will address the Y. M. C. A cabinet at luncheon Thuis day at the University Club on the sub joct of “Prayeis." In the evening he will give lus “Three Famous Laws of Athletics,’’ to an assemblage at Var sity Hall. After a short talk to the Intcrfiaternity Council, Mr. Clarko will speak on “Inspiration m Writ ing” at a meeting conducted by Pi Delta Epsilon at eight o’clock in the Auditorium. The spcakei is piesident of the Quill Club, journalistic fraternity of the middle west and will be one of the judges at the National Student con ference at Mtlwalkcc Dcecmbci twen ty-eighth to January first. Penn State Gridmen Gather for Banquet Members of the vaisity football squad will unite with freshman num eral men over the banquet board in Varsity Hall Thuisday evening at six-fifteen o’clock. Eighty-five play eis, coaches and mnnagcis will gath ci for the annual event. Dutch Hoi mann will preside as tonstmastci Arrangements ate mpidly being completed for the annual football dance scheduled for the middle of January A committee consisting of Captain Ken Weston, Manager Smart and Manager-elect Hess will select an orchestra and piovidc fnvois Cor the affair. ffenn State A “Build Your Own Home” Is Advice Given In Engineering Correspondence Course “Design and build your own home” is the advice offered through a cor respondence course in building con struction being introduced by the Department of Engineering Exten s.on. A scries of twenty lessons, catering not to the technician but to anyone possessing a rudimentary knowledge of mechanical drawing, will present 1 a working education m the desgn and construction of a modest frame dwell ing. Cliff-dwclers should find the’eourse a boon to them in their stiugglcs with the picscnt building situation “Let THESPIANS OFFER VAUDEVILLE AGAIN Will Present Two Showings in Belicfonte on December Fifteenth, Sixteenth PROGRAM IS IDENTICAL TO HOUSE PARTY CARO Presenting piactically the same bill of vaudeville acts that went on the boaids before a house party audience last month, the Penn State Thespians will appear at the Richelieu Theatre in Bellefonte on the evenings of De cember fifteenth and sixteenth The show will consist of six acts The peiformancc will be opened by ;W. T. Neff ’2B, Penn State's candi date for the late Harry Houdim’s ciown Neff has added seveial mys tifications to his bag of tricks Fol lowing this conjurer comes P F Foster '29 who will feature his edu cated musical saw. “If Men Played Cards as Women Do” is the title of a short skit that will be presented as the tlmd number. » (Continued on last page) DOCTOR HETZEL GIVES UNOFFICIAL TALK HERE Proxy Predicts Service Between Penn State and Industries At Engineering Lecture Dr. R. D. Hctzcl, Penn State’s new proxy, made an unofficial visit to the campus during the past week-end where he gave an impromptu talk to a gathering of engineering students assembled foi their weekly lecture in Old Chapel Friday Di. Hctzel’s talk came at the conclusion of an ad dicss by Mr. F. J. Chestcrmnn, Bell Telephone executive, who spoke on “The importance of being able to get along with people” “I am extremely gratified that such well-known industrial Icadois aic at tracted to Penn State and I feel that the general public as well as indus tries, have as yet no idea of the great service that lies dormant m such an institution as this, a land grand col lege,” said the new College exectuivo He continued, “There is coming a new dawn of conception of institu tions of the type of Penn State, in in dustry and social democracy as well ” In closing Dr. Ilctzcl predicted a groat future of seivice for the indus tries from the colleges Mi Chestcrmnn, a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technolo gy, m a talk aimed at the ambitious college man said, “It is easy to buy brauib but you must have more than technical training to get ahead. Throw your personality, together with an understanding of human na ture, into your job, and always take a whole-hearted personal interest m your work ” College Given Award At Sesqui-Centennial For its “conspicuous educational service in the fields of agriculture and industry,” the College is to ic ceivc a medal of honor from the jury* of avvaids of the Sesqui-centcnmnl Exposition. A diploma of award is being picparcd foi the College, o(h -cials have advised E. K Jlibshnian, assistant to the president, who had charge of the exhibit m the Palace ol Education The elaborate exhibit was dismant led this week and the mntenal re turned. It included building wall models showing the value of insulat ing the home; models of the lospirn tion calorimeter and the oldest fertil izer experiments in Amenca, many varieties of file clays pioduecd in Pennsylvania, pictuics, slides and graphs'of College activities in io search, instruction and extension. STATE COLLEGE PA.. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1926 John do it,” will probably become the byword of the housewife And John, after several trips back and forth to the post-office, can get busy, first with paper and drawing instruments, then with hammei and saw. Within a short time he will be the pioud owner of the piovcrbml “cottage small.” No doubt the course will afford a certain amount of relief to the exas perated architect who is so often ex pected to tajee a two by four lot, a : load of lumber, a keg of nails, wdth which to devise a set of plans capable of transfoiming these picbian mater ials into a lordly mansion j Fraternities Should List I Summer Session Vacancies f Fraternities wishing to have j their houses occupied by women j students during the summer | session of 1927 aic asked to ( register their houses m the of | fice of the Dean of Women on j Januaiy eleventh or twelfth, ! 1927 GLEEMEN TO GIVE ' CONCERTIN ITHACA Club Will Present Recital of Tour Tomorrow—Appears In Lewisburg Tomorrow MISS M. GOBRECHT AND S. H. TORCH IA ON BILL Thirty-five members of the Glee Club together with the Varsity Quar tet, S. H. Toixhia '27 and Miss Martha Gobrecht 710 will leave tomorrow morning for Ithaca, New York on the songsters’ fust concert tour of the year. 'The gleemen are scheduled to sing tomorrow evening at Ithaca under the auspices of the Ithuca high school senior class Thursday morning the Club will visit the various buildings of Cornell university and in the even ing will appear on the musical pro gram of the Courtland normal school at Courtland, New York. On Friday, thi. glee club will return to Lewisburg, t u cre to give a joint concert with tnc Bueknell Glee Club at the Baptist Chuich. Toichia, manclulinist, will give re citals at all the concerts as will Miss Gobrecht, marimba artist Miss Go bi ccljt made her debut recently with the Thespians, the first co-ed perform er in that organization in many years. W. C Bowie ’2B, F. E Ulf ’27, J E Dickson ’2B and D. E. Jenkins ’27, compose the Varsity Quartet. FOOTU \LL ELECTIONS Manager T. r. Hess ’2B First Assistants J W Bair ’29 B. Newman ’29 H. F Smith ’2D Freshman Manager R R Kuhns ’29 CUB RIFLEMEN REPORT All freshmen candidates for the rifle team are asked to repoit to the rifle range for practice every night from six to eight o’clock, it was announced by Lieutenant Miller, coach of the rifle tcum Dean Wendt Shocks Himself and Class When Misbehaving Electrons Revolt Dean R. L Wendt, Penn State’s intrepid apostle of science, added an other thrilling experience to his long list when he attempted to sivea glass tube from bi caking when the current from an elcctuc tiansformer over whelmed the capacity of the demon stration leccptaclc m the Bull Pen Thuisdny morning The incident occuncd while the Dean was dcmonstiuting the signi ficant povvei of the electron before an assembly of students in Physical Sci ence, Dean Wendt’.s newly instituted course. Befoie the mishap the dem onstrator hud exercised every precau tion to pi event casualties, even stat ing that the ten thousand volts the wue cairicd, left no pleasant sensa tion when applied to one’s body A few minutes latei he attempted to disconnect the coiled conductor fiom the tube lie grasped the wire just ns a colleague at the transform ei flipped off the switch nnd the fear ed sensation sent his dcanship gal- PENN STATE WILL HAVE EXPERIENCED BASKETBALL TEAM Eight Candidates Report From Last Year’s Squad—Nine Sophomores Out MIKE HAMAS FLASHES OLD FORM IN DRILLS Hermann Will Retain Fifteen Prospects—May Start Scrimmage Today The five men who draw the assign ment of Coach B. M. (Dutch) Her mann to start the opening basketball game of the season against Lebanon Valley on January eighth will not suffer from lack of court expet icnce That much is evident following two weeks of preliminary drills in the Armory. Included In the twenty-two candi dates that have survived two pievi ous cuts are eight men from last year’s Varsity squad Nine others aie sophomore aspirants who were active on the freshman quintet that went through the season undefeated Hamas Shows Old-time Form Mike Hamas, formci ra.«-saic High star, is again hack and present indi cations arc that he will experience (Continued on last page) PLAN CHANGE OF HOURFORPROM Continuous Dancing From Ten to Three O’clock Proposed by Chairman 1\ P. Hess COMMITTEE - CTKTS-. LIST. 1 '“! TO ELEVEN ORCHESTRAS Instead of the customary dance fa vor, an elaborate souvenir progiam and two orchestras with continuous music will feature the Junioi Prom, the date of which has ben definitely’ set as April tv/enty-nith That fa vors have not been fully appreciated at previous Proms was the reuson g.vcn by P P. Iless, chairman of the committee, for the change in this pol icy Acording to Hess the Junioi Piom committee is negotiating v ilh ten of the leading orchestras in the country and will select two bands within the next few weeks. The committee is In communication with tnc following orchestras Jan Garber, led Weems, Jean Goidhcttc, Vincent Lopez, Gus Ednaids, Fletcher licndcifon, Don Bcstor, Fred Rich, Trn Murphv, George Olsen and Waring’s Pennsyl vanians Plan Change of Hour It is planned to have continuous oancing from ten until tlnce o’clock tfci which mformnl breakfast lunch es will be served at many of the fia lermty house*. The change of hour will be proposed to the college auth orities for appiovnl By stalling the dance one hour later, the Junior Prom guests will be able to visit the variolas entertainments earlier in the cv cning The dccoiation committee umlci B T Webb ’2B is communicating with several Philadelphia and Piltsbuigh firms as well ns the Silverstein com pany of Wilkes-Barre. loping through the air m a most un dignified mnnnei, much as a blind folded freshman scampers at the Just taste of the sophomoic’s paddle. A tcuorized gathering of gasping, fearful students weie quieted as sud denly ns they weie thrown into alarm and even laughed when the Dean came back to earth nnd, composed, announced nonchalantly, “Well, it Lrokc the tube but it didn’t bicnk me ” A minute later Dr Wendt received his second unpleasant taste of lectur ing for that day when he filled a! nearby beaker with watei to soothe himself inwaidly, and upon gulping the contents, writhed, as though in pqm, and gasped, “Ugh! Sulphuric acid!” Surely enough the lectuiei of the preceding pcnod had used the same receptacle to make the potent substance. The same lectuic was given again last night for vnuous and divois lea sons Qtallegfettt COLLEGIAN’S PENN STATE-OPPONENT GRIDIRON SELECTIONS SINGER, Pennsylvania L. E DELP, Penn State GREENSHIELDS, P Stale L. T. HAKE, Pennsylvania LINN, Pittsburgh L. G. McGEE, Bueknell BOERINGER, Notre Dame C. ' BUTLER, Pennsylvania LEVY, Syracuse RG. HASTINGS, P. State McMANMON, Notre Dame R. T. FILAK, Penn State HANSON, Syracuse (Capt.) R. E. ARCHOSKA, Syracuse WELCH, Pittsburgh Q.B. ROGERS, Pennsylvania ROEPKE, Penn State L H. B CLARKE, Syracuse NEIMIEC, Notre Dame RHB. FLANIGAN, N. Dame BARBUTI, Syracuse F. B. DIEHL, Bueknell National Oratorical Contest Is Arranged The thud annual intercollegiate or atoncnl contest held under the aus p.ces of the Better American Feder ation of California, nnd scheduled for early in April is already beginning to attract attention The question to be discussed concerns iho United States Constitutions Seven speakers will be chosen by actual elimination from undergrad uates from all ovet the United States who will speak for pnzes totaling five thousand dollars in value. As cntiics close Mnich fifteenth, Prof. J H Frizzell, of the English depart ment urges that all students inter ested to leport to him in Room 301 Old Main at the eaihcst possible date PLAYERSLEAVEON FIRST ROAD TOUR Wmdbcr, Johnstown, Pittsburgh And Cleveland Included In Itinerary TRYOUTS FOR MYSTERY PLAY SOON TO BE HELD Leaving today for the first road trip of the y'oar, the cast of the Penn State Playeis pioducDon, “The Witching Hour,” will make a five day toui of Windber, Johnstown, Pittsburgh and Cleveland, Ohio. The Playeu will make the in’tial | performance tonight in Windbei un* dei the auspices of the Windbei high school Tomox row the dramatists will appear m the new high school building m Jonnstown The nc f ois will stage the plnv foi the Penn State Alumnae Club in Pittsbuigh Thuis dav evening The final showings will be made at the Western Reseivo university in Cleveland, Ohio, on Fn day and Satuidav. Tryouts for the new mystery play will be held in the Plavers’ office above the stage in the Auditorium at seven o'clock Monday evening. B. D Mason, who will coach the new pro duction, has seveial mystery plays un tie! consideration, but hits not yet made the final selection The first showing will be made hcie at the be ginning of the second semester. PENN STATE DEBATERS OPEN SEASON SATURDAY Affirmative Team Faces W. & J. Here—Negative Squad Goes To U. of Pittsburgh The Penn State debating season will get under way Saturday when the Nittnny forcn.sic artists face Pittsburgh and Washington and Jeffeunn in n tuangular debate The aflnmative team encounters Washington and Jefferson in the Auditorium Saturdiy night while the Lion negative oiatois travel to Pitts burgh Music will be furnished by Iho Penn State ftc&hmjn band before the de bate and after the final icbullal while the judges nic dcleimining the win ner A special .selection of numbers lias been arranged by Bandmaster \V 0. Thompson. Open Forum Debate Accoiding to Piof. J. H. Frizzell, conch of debating, the debate will be what is known ns the open forum tvpc. Under this system the audi ence will have a chance to discuss the question after the teams have expounded on the subject The ques tion of the winncn will rest with the audience 11. M. Tinkcom '.'so, R. L Linde niuth ’2B and Gilbcit Nurick ’2B hnvo been selected by Profc&sor Frizzell ils the team that will rcpiescnt Penn Statu on the Auditouum platform Satuiday Thu affirmative team that tiavels to Pittsburgh and captained by J. W. Biandt ’29 has not been named. LACK OF HEAVIES FACES LEO HOUCK Boxing Coach Musi Develop Men For 175 and Unlimited Posts To Strengthen Team CHAMPION FILEGER MAY CONTEND IN 125 DIVISION I.co Houck laced the first glove of the 1927 boxing season last week, but is was merely a gestuic on Leo's part and none of the twenty-six young pugilrts who arc skipping rope daily in the Armory will foul the touch of leather against his cheek until after the Christmas holidays To date the popular boxing coach has restricted the enthusiasm of lus squad to road work Houck’s biggest pioblcm this year is to find a capable man for both the 175 pound and unlimited divisions Penn State has not had a heavyweight who could keep out of harm’s way , since Hap Frank and Rags Madera were stopped from flinging their championship punches by graduation Rags, is now a professional. Football Men Report A sextet of football players have ••trengthened the squad in, the last few day’s. Mahoney and Roseberry who have had only desultory experi ence are the only two pachyderms re porting, while Livermore and Welsko, seeking honors in the 175 pound class, are likewise lone contenders. Alhe i Wolff, sensational hophomore middle weight, is the one man in the higher division with any fistic finesse and even lie is lacking in varsity experi ence. Intercollegiate lightw eight cham pion Fileger may step down to the 125 pound class to make loom for Bcvan who showed promise with the fresh (Continued on last page) SOPHOMORES PREPARE FOR SPEAKING CONTEST Orators Will Hold Eliminations Tonight—Six Finalists To Compete on Friday Approximately Unify sophomores including the second veai cu-cds, are expected to repoit in Old Chapel to night at seven o’clock to receive speaking assignments for the elimin ation contest prior to the annual so phomore cxlempoutncoui speaking contest Frulav The efimmatim will be held tomotrow evening in Old Cha pel at seven o’clock Aftei icccivmg speaking align ments tonight, the contestants will be given twenv-fom houus time in which to prepaie for the final elimin ation. Tomorrow evening the .speak ers will appeal on the plntfoim ac cording to lot. Choose Six Candidates •Six of the contestants in the elim inations tomorrow will compete for the highest oratoucal honor in their class on Friday in the Auditorium at eight o’clock The winner on that evening will receive fifty dollars in gold while the runnel-up will he re unified with half that sum Pi of F L Patlec is the chairman of the contest Tlnce judges have been named, they aic It. G. Brcsslci. aeting-Drnn of the School of Agri culture durtng Dean Watts’ absence, Prof G C Cimndlcc of the School of Chcmistiy and Physics, nnd Prof. D. F, M and one respectively on the second team Penn State, with two fusUstnng and three .second cam players, Pittsburgh with two varsity candidates and Pennsylvania with one lirsi-tenm selection nnd three second-string wairiois are in cluded nmong the teams whose play ers icceivcd mention Diehl, Buck neil fullback, and McGhee, guard, weie Bisons to receive second-team mention and complete the awards Roepke Honored Blond John Roepke, xUr halfback of the Lions, whose stellai work against Pennsylvania, Bueknell and Pitt featured a lather drab season, was unanimously chosen for a half back post with Neimiec, of Xotra Dame as his running mate. Roepke is one of the best triple threat men in the East, nnd paired (Continued on last page) ANNUAL HORTICULTURE WEEK TO OPEN TODAY Visitors to Participate in Round Tabic Discussions—Social Activities Planned fhc third annual Horticulture Week opens todnv with commercial dowers of fiuit.s, vegetables and or namentals from all pails of the state in attendance The program n unique m that thcie arc no scheduled lectures or speeches, but lather a scutes of round tabic discuss,on-s A certain amount of piactieal work will he offered in connection with the discussions. Several soual activities will take plate during the .session, including a reception tonight at the home of Dr. S W Fletcher, a “Bug-Fungus” lun cheon loiroiiow noon, n piogram of v niied entertainment tomorrow night and the “Hort” banquet Thursday night The banquet will ho prepared umlci the dncction of the department chef, using exclusively pioducts rais ed on the Pliego farm It wiU bo served by Iloiticulture i-lndcnts Students are playing a large part in the .success of Hmticulturc Week, declares Doctor Fletchci, head of the department Tomorrow night’s en tertainment is almost entirely m their charge. Featuies of the program am a short sketch, “At the Movies” by mcmbci s of English 803, a play pi eduction tlsifs, anothci sketch, “Tho Spire of Life” I>\ horticultuial stu dents nnd an exhibition of the old fnshioncd .squaie dance. The Alpha Gamma Rho ia/z oichcstrn will pro vide music foi the occasion. College Radio Station Completely Renovated Renovations in the new .studio of tho College i idm station, WTbC, arc t'eanng completion, according to G. L Ciossley, ducetoi The interior i.< now being fined with acoubttic Celotcx, which will serve to absorb ' ibrations and deaden echoes. Drap eries of heavy mulctlal will then be bung over doors and windows. During the Clmslmns vocation, wires will he installed connecting the Auditorium and Armoiy with the biondcustmg set. Piograms arc be ing nrmnged in order that icgular broadcasting can get under way early in Januaiy Vunous tests have pro ved that a thicc hundred mile ladius in the consistent range of the set, al though it has been heard in northern New England and as far west as Chi cago.