This Ear Was Frost-Bitten VOL. XXII, No. 25 STUDENTS RESPOND TO OLD MAIN BELL SUBSCRIPTION CALL Collegian Shows Way to .Campus Publications in Number of Magazines Sold PRESENT DRIVE DOUBLES PAST SALES CAMPAIGNS Nest Issue Will Be Published In January—To Contain Scientific Treatise The tolling of the Old Mam bell at nine-thirty o’clock Tuesday evening Inaugurated the annual subscription campaign of Penn State’s only liter ary publication, Old Main Bell One hundred and sixty solicitors, repre senting the staffs of five campus pub lications, and several girls interested in literary work are canvassing for subscriptions, and according to cam paign manager B. C. Wharton '27 first reports ha\e indicated a fine re sponse from the students Although all campaign reports have not as yet been received last year's subscriptions have been nl leady doubled. The number of sales is approximately five hundred Mem bers of Pi Delta Epsilon, honorary journalistic fraternity undei whose auspices Old Main Bell i« issued, will conduct a drive among the alumni within the next few days According to latest reports, the COLLEGIAN is leading all other campus publications in the number of subscriptions sold, Froth, La Pie, co-ed representatives, Farmci and Engines i, following m the order named. Most of the material has been re ceived for the next issue which will appear about the middle of January. The various manuscripts arc being graded A scientific treatise by Dean Wendt and seveial poems and short stones will be listed in the table of contents of the‘next issue. According to Editor-in-chief Dundore, Boyce Morgan ’25, formei editor-in-chief, has submitted a story of unusual in terest Several charcoal sketches will illustrate the issue. FRESHMAN COURT SQUAD CUT BY COACH CONOVER Basketball Mentor Will Keep Twenty-five Men—Early Scrimmage Rough Move than one hundred and fifty freshmen, each eager to gain one of the coveted positions on the yearling basketball team, weie sent thiough prehminaiy paces while Coach Lany Conovet endea\ored to weed out like ly-looking material. Larry optimis tically promised to slice this huge turnout down to twenty-five playcis before another week rolls around Basketball as it should not be play ed was in oidei on each one of the first three nights that the freshman, accoiding to the lettci which their surname started, reported. All-schol astics of yesteryear performed with lowly subs of the same era. Second assistant mnnagers were about to dash out after step-ladders Leo Houck, surveying the workouts from a distance, thought he saw some future nng champs and the wrestling candidates, large in num ber, dreaded the thought that their tanks would be augmented In the meantime, ten yearlings and a lefeiec were occupying the limelight per forming all sorts of gymnastics in mad pursuit of a harmless basket ball. The outlook is not as gloomy as these words would imply. As soon as the group is reduced to a work able size skill on the basketball floor will doubtless be displayed. Each day brings a reduction. The remain ing freshmen will soon begin serious work preparatory to a strenuous sea son. WHITE LEGHORN BREAKS ALL EGG-LAYING RECORDS White Leghorn E-21C has just shat tered all existing egg-laying records for a period of one ycai. The hen with the submarine name laid two hundred and ninety-six eggs weighing nine and one-half times her own weight. Barred Itoek E-040, former record holder, is out for revenge and prom ises to'put up a close fight for future egg-laying honors. Another hen on tl|c varsity squad, E-824, laid eggs weighing twenty-six ounces a dozen For the past your her eggs totalled six tinges her yeight. ffettn State <fi| Special Train To Leave Lemont at Six O’clock Friday Before Vacation In preparation for the general ex odus of students at the beginning of Christmas vacation; the Pennsylvania railroad has made provision for a special tram to leave Lemont at six o’clock Friday afternoon, December seventeenth. One section of the train will be continued to Wilkes Barro, another to Harrisburg. Regularly scheduled trains will hnvc additional accommodations to take care of extra transportation. According to Dean A. R. Warnock, extensions of the Christmas vacation will be granted only for most urgent reasons In making up the College calendar, the Saturday and Sunday following the opening of vacation, were allowed for traveling. “Y” GROUPS HOLD CHRISTMAS PARTY Two-hundred-fifiy Children To Attend Affair—Pritchard Plays Santa Claus MERCHANTS CO-OPERATE BY DONATING PRESENTS Tw'o hundred and fifty children will bo the guests of the Y M. C A. and Y. W. C. A. tomorrow afternoon in the Armory at the annual “Y" Christ mas party. Kiddies between the ages of five and twelve will be transported by busses from neighboring towns to celebrate the occasion. Santa Claus, m the person of W. E Pritchaid ’27, will give each child a Christmas stocking of toys and can dies. There will be a large Christmas tree hung with colored lights and decorated in true yuleiidc fashion to delight the eyes of the youngsters. Miss Frances P. Gibbons has con sented to tell a Christmas story'/ The children will take part in a short pro gram, and play group games. To complete the afternoon, of ice cream, cakes and candy sticks will be served The Christmas party is given ev ery year by the Y M. C A and the Y. W. C A in connection with their Sunday' School extension work, to school children of Shingletown, Lyt le’s Addition, the Evergreens, the Bar rens and Krumnne Merchants of State College co-operate with the “Y" by donating the decorations with which the Armory is decked This year’s party is under the direction of a joint committee of the Y. M. C. A and the Y. W C A., with N. W. Hock enberry *2B as chairman K. R Wes ton '27 and J C McKerachan ’3O arc in charge of the organization of boys’ games, while Miss Frances P Gibbons will conduct the girls’ games December Engineer To Appear on Sale Today The Penn State Engineer appeals loday* with its December issue Sin gle copies may be secured at the old ludio station for thirty-five cents. Among the feature articles arc. “The Impoitancc of Personal Tirnn mg” by Frances C Pratt, vice-presi dent of the General Electric comp any, and “Rating Scales foi Students and .Employees” by 0 W. Eshbach of the American Telephone and Tele graph company The issue contains campus and alumnae notes in addi tion to a number of technical articles. R. C Diffcnbaugh '27, editor-in chief, and L. S. Hcrtzlci '2B rcpie sented the Penn State Engincei at the annual convention of Engincci ing College Magazines Associated at Milwaukee. Coach Bezdek Speaks To Shamokin Gridders Speaking at the annual football banquet of the Shamokin High school, Shamokin, Conch Bezdek discussed the recent football season and the value of football to the y’ouths of the country Tuesday night In the first part of his talk, “Bcz." spoke on the technique displayed by leading gud iron teams and discussed possible changes in the present rules. Saturday “Bcz” will speak nt the annual football banquet of Lafayette college, whose team was consider ed the leading eleven m the East. SOCCER ELECTIONS Manager W. J. McLaughlin ’2B First Assistants L. W. Barton ’29 R. C. Holmes ’29 J. R Kinkald ’29 Cnptnia J. L Cherry -8 STATE COLLEGE PA.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1926 HERMANN SEEKS SMOOTHNESS AS COURTMEN DRILL Teamwork Is Stressed in Daily Scrimmages—Tries Many Combinations TRIO WILL BATTLE FOR VACANT CENTER BERTH “Squad Most Promising I Have Ever Had,” Declares Veteran Coach The mam pioblem confronting Conch Dutch Hermann in his efforts to produce a basketball team that will measure up to standard set by win ning Penn State quintets of the past, is to find five men from an experienc ed squad who will display the highest possible degree of smoothness In this pursuit Dutch has been jockeying his squad of twenty-two playcis about, taking out one man, injecting another while two rival fives were vicing for supremacy. On occasions an entire team would be removed while another trial combina tion would lcsume the battle. Outlook Promising While no five men have been chos en definitely as the Varsity, a combin ation of Hamas and Roepkc, for wards, Reilly, center and Lungrcn (Continued on last page) HURT WEEK WILL CLOSE TOMORROW Refrigerator .Car Loaded with Preserve Receptacles Features Show DISPLAYS PRAISED BY" STATE AGRICULTURISTS Seventy-five leading state agricul turists, in attendance at the third an nual Horticulture Week, will con clude what they believe has been one of the most successful sessions to morrow’. Alumni, faculty and student repre sentatives combined their efforts to assure the continuance of the annual project, supervised by G E. Garvin 'JO this year Inspect Refrigerator Car Vuiious mechanical displays, sev eral commercial talks and several so cial functions occupied a prominent place on the program of the week The feature of the convention wa3 the demon&ti ation refrigerator car, loaned through the courtesy of the Pennsylvania lailioad, ana explained by' Mi Gaivin The up-to-date util ity’, equipped with various preserv ing receptacles, was placed on the Bellcfontc Central siding and inspect ed by scores of interested students af tci the dcmonstiation Alumni representatives, active m horticultural circles, who will return to then various posts after the term ination of the activities tomorrow arc. R B Starkey’ ’2O; J L Hen drickson *2l, J I. Wcinschenck ’22, G W Baltha-scr ’22; R W Tysscn '25; and G E Maivm ’2O HOLBROOK ADDRESSES OPEN FORUM MEETING Outlines Methods of Athletic Control Used in Leading American Colleges Holding that athletics arc just as much a part of student life as any study and should be recognized by college authorities with the proper emphasis, Dean E A Holbrook, of the School of Mines and Metallurgy, in an addicss delivered at the second Penn State forum m Old Chapel Monday evening, outlined the methods of ath letic control followed in several of the leading colleges of the country Emphasizing the growing need of a system of athletic control, Dean Hol brook sketched the growth of col legiate athletics during the last quar tet century He then outlined the systems of control used at Princeton, Columbia, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, Daitmouth, Yale, Mich igan, Illinois, Chicago, Purduo, Ober lm and Ponn State. Although vaiying in several de tails the methods all embody co-oper ation of faculty, alumni and student bodies with the balance of power us ually in the bauds of the alumm. Arrange Musicale For Sunday Chapel Following an ’• established prece dent, Director R. W. Grant, of the department of music, has arranged a musical program to replace the usual religious address delivered weekly’ at the Sabbath services in the Auditor ium!. For years, the last Sunday be fore Christmas recess has been devot ed to the singing of religious songs, appropriate hymns .and carols Dr. F L Pattee has been engaged to deliver an address purposed to supplement the religious musicale The eminent literary critic will offer a brief discussion of world famous hymns and carols, explaining their origin, their historical significance and their importance m the world of music.* In the course of his address, Dr Pattee will criticise the newly pur chased hymnal urod at chapel exer cises here, estimating the value of what he considers a wealth of old and modern s&cicd and religious songs contained m the new hymn book , DEBATERS TO OPEN SEASONTOMORROW Affirmative Team To Encounter W. and J. While Negative Meets, With Pitt DEAN STODDART NAMED TO LEAD OPEN FORUM Debating on the question “Is the tendency to emphasize the practical in American higher education to bo de plored,” the Penn State affirmative team will encounter the Washington and Jefferson squad tomorrow night at eight ‘o'clock m the Auditorium At the same time the negative team will debate the Pitt forensic artists on the same topic m .Pittsburgh. Since the decision as to the winner will rest with the*audience, the de bate will be of an open forum nature The audience will have an opportunity* to discuss the question after the speakers have finished. Before the debate and in the inter val while the judges arc determining the winner the Penn’ State freshmen band will furnish music Dean C W. Stoddart of the School of Liberal Arts will preside The affirmative team will speak in the following order, first speaker, H. M Tmkcom ’3O; second speaker, R. L. Lindemutli ’2B; third speaker, Gilbcit Nurick ’2B, alternate, W. L. Summer ville ’3O. The negative team will speak in the following order, first speaker, Homei Dodge ’29, .second speaker, Edward Willard '27, third speaker, J W. Brandt ’29, alternate, Philip Foster *29 CERCLE FRANCAIS GIVES COMIC SKETCH,“ROSAUE” One-act Play and Recitations Feature First Meeting Of French Club With the presentation of three in dividual recitations and a short play let, Lc Ccrclc Francais made its first appearance of the voar nt Old Chap el on Wednesday night A quartet of the varsity girls’ Glee Club opened the program Antonin Brenner ’3O, Evelyn Haigcs '27 and Pearl Oldstcm '2B presented shoi t French recitations “Rosalie,” a comedy in one act by Max Maurcy, was the plavlct given by three members of the club. Jean Hugonet ’3O took the male lead, sup : ported by Ellen Bullock ’27 and Bea trice Oxman ’2B The performance was under the direction of P. R Blanchct, of the department of French, who is the Club faculty advisor Professor Blanchct intends to present two moic sketches nest aomcstcr. In one of these plays he will take the leading role Who’s Dancing Chi Phi Delta Upsiton Omoga Epsilon Town Girls at Pin Kappa Fwt— (closed) Suturday Alpha Tau Omega Alpha Gamma Rho Tau Kappa Epsilon Phi Kappa Tau Lambda Chi Alpha 4 1 * acnriTS mlh graft PI DELTA EPSILON BACKS MOVE TO AID JOURNALISM Sponsors Stale Intcrscholastic Contest Open to Any Publication SILVER TROPHY WILL BE GIVEN WINNING SCHOOL Faculty Members Aid Board Of Judges—Form Letters Sent Candidates Pi Delta Epsilon, bonoiaiy jour nalistic fraternity, will sponsor a five-month scholastic newspaper and magazine contest in an effort to stim ulate interest in journalism and to advertise Penn State, according to S L Rocdcr ’27, president of the lo cal chapter. The competition, which will bo lim ited to papers or magazines published at least four times a year in Penn sylvania, will be under the supervi sion of a committee of judges select ed from the beat-informed journal. >- tic authorities on the Penn State campus. Dr F. L Patlce Is Judge Dr. Fred Lewis Pattee, professor of Amcucan literature, whose repu tation as .i critic and novelist is na tional, will serve .is one of the five judges of the contesting publications. Prof W F Gibbons and Prof F. C (Continued on third page) LOCKWOOD HEADS SOPH HOP GROUP Eight Committeemen and Thirty Scholarship Candidates Named at Meeting FACULTY WILL SELECT STUDENTS FOR AWARDS Member-, of the Soph Hop com mittee appointed at the sophomotc class meeting last Tuesday night are E. J Lockwood, chairman, J H Ncs scnthalci, .T B Galiaghoi, W. A Graver, Joseph H Reiff, A. S Payne Miss Helen J Boyle and Miss Mabel Leitz.cH B 11. Wilford was appoint ed to the inter-class sports commit tee Thuty membcis of the class were nominated for the six ono-hundied aoilur scholarships awarded to mcm beis of the sophomore class. From these thirty men one person for each award will be selected Thev will be chosen with scholar ship need, charaetei and geneial at titude us a basis These scliolai ships compn&e one John W. White scholaiship and five Louise Carnegie awards The committee will begin at once to negotiate foi an oichcstu Bids will ho asked from a representative list of leading Amcucan jazz bands. Dur ing the Christmas vacation membcis may interview prominent directors in person. A date foi the functon may be set before the holidays LACROSSE ASSOCIATION RANKS LIONS ELEVENTH Gerding Attends Convention of Officials—Will Announce Season's Schedule Tcnn State was represented by H. V Gerding ’27, lacrosse manugci, nt the annual meeting ot the United States Intcrcollcgmte Lacrosbc asso ciation hold in New York city last week-end for the purpose of arrang ing schedules for the coming reason. The ranking committee gavo the Penn btato lacrosse team eleventh place among the colleges of the country. Johns Hopkins, Syincuse and Navy iimaincd undefeated throughout the season and wcic Ihcrcforo given the first throe places Eleventh place is the highest rating Penn State has had foi some time. Coaches nnd managers from eignt eon colleges were present. Mr. N. A. Hamilton, of Canada, spoke to the delegates on the progress of lacrosse m his countiy, where a movement was started to encouiagc the pluying of lacrosse in high schools The sched ule is now being nnunged, but will i.ot be made public until complete. Seventeen Members Of 1926 .Grid Squad Awarded Varsity “S” Seventeen members of the varsity football team and Manager J. 11. Smart ’27, have been awarded the major “S” by the awards committee of the athletic association. Throe special second-team awaids were made for the first time in several years All were to seniors who have been enrolled on the squad for three seasons yet who have not as yci rained major recognition The major award was given the fol lowing Captain Weston, Filak, Has tings, Grecnshiclds, Delp, Krnll, Ma honey, Lungren, Roepkc, Hamas, Hastings, Manager Smnrt, Greene, Darraugh, Pmcurn, Dangerfield, Prit chard, Bergman and Munz Turisli, Francis and Roseberry were the grid ders to receive the “S 2nd” award. SOPHOMORES SPEAK FOR TITLE TONIGHT Six Win Right To Compote After Surviving Preliminary Trials Wednesday PRIZE OF FIFTY DOLLARS AWAITS WINNING ORATOR Six members of the sophomore class won the preliminary competi tion held Wednesday evening, and will appear at the Auditorium to night to compete in the fourth sopho more extemporaneous speaking con test Thirty second-year men w’ere eliminated in the contests held Wed nesday. The sextet who wcic ‘.ejected and the subjects on which they spoke were I I Epstein, “Coolidgc—The Cool,” R K. Norton, "A Student’s Misgivings;” J. W Brandt, "The League of Nations,” H E Mulvaney, “Cancellation of War Debts,” R. W. Haley "A Student’s Misgivings;” and Miss Mane. Snyder “A .Student’s Misgivings.” The winner of the competition to night will receive fifty dollars and the runner-up will be awarded hnlf that amount. Professoi F. L Pattee will serve as chairman of the contest. R G Bres-sler, acting Dean of the School of Agriculture, Prof G C Chandlce of the School of Chemistry and Phvi* les and Prof D. F. McFarland of the School of Mines and Metallurgy will act as judges. Glenn Clarke, Noted Journalist, Speaks To Student Groups Glenn Cl.nke, noted journalist, coach and religious authority, addres sed several gatheungs of I’cnn State students yexteiday At a luncheon of the Y. M C. A cabinet at the Univei sity Club, he spoke on the subject, “Pravers" In the evening he gave his “Three Famous Laws of Athletics” to an assembly in Vaisity Hall, fol lowed by’ a short talk to the Inter frateinitv Council, and an address oil "Inspiration iti Writing” to a journal ists meeting m the Auditorium, con ducted under the auspices of Pi Delta Epstlon, honoiary journalistic fra ternity Mi Claikc is track coach at Mc- Allister college, Saint Paul, Minne sota and is the author of several books on religious subjects lie is presi dent of the Quill Club, journalistic fraternity of the middle west. Parkinson Represents Vocational Association Representing the American Von t'onnl Asroeiation, Prof 11. G Paik inson, professor of rural education, attended the convention of the fcdci* al boaid for vocational education, at Louisville, Kentucky, from Dccemhei first to fourth The chief subject of discussion at the convention was the necessity foi bcttci co-operation of the rui al di.s ricts with the edueation.il system of the city districts An attempt will be -made to stimulate a gi eater interest in luial instruction. Rifle Team Meets Williams in Opener Shooting their fust match of the season, the varsity rifie team is en gaged in a tclcgiaphic match with Williams college The contest will continue for several days , The prospects for the ficshmim team are promising, although Lieu tenant Miller 18 coaching the yeai lings each night from six till eight o’clock. Whole College'* .Talking” PRICE FIVE CENTS MAT SQUAD, STILL COACHLESS, WORKS WITH 1927 CAPTAIN Freddy Kaiser Will Temporarily Direct Promising Array Of Grapplers CONTENDERS SCARCE IN HEAVYWEIGHT POSITIONS Doc Edmunds *2l, or Spcidell, Olympic Wrestler, May Be Named Mentor Although the varsity wrestlers are not an yet under the supervision of a regularly-appointed coach, a squad of sixty men has been making progress under the tutelage of Freddy Kaiser, who will enptam tho grapplers throughout the coming season. Nei ther Dave Dotar, former varsity coach, nor Cann, well-known referee and former Olyonpic mentor, were able to take a proffered berth ot Penn Slate and a choice now Les between Doc Edmunds ’2l, former 135-pound champion, nnd Speidell, 145-pound runner-up in the 1924 Olympics. Material Promising A wealth of material augurs well for the 1927 reason Tho onlv posta that aro not being contested for by experienced men are the heavyweight and unltmitcd classes Garuson, who acquitted himself with distinction among fcho very-heavics List year, may be placed on tho casualty bench this ‘•eason by an unforunate wrench which weakened his back Hollo baugh, a man as yet untried, is tho lone contender for the 175-pound berth The team mast be re-enforc ed on this flank before a successful season is assured. Kaiser will handle tho 115-pound section, whilo Steele, former plebo grapplers will be held in reserve. In the berth abov e Liggett and Schmuck cr w.U seek honor', 'vth a broader experience nnd a letter award to tho ci edit of tho former. Chcnoweth, 135-pounder who stood behind Cap tain Liggett last year, must reckon with Long, another varsity man of no little experience, who threw off ten pounds to qualify m his present class. Acc and Cameron lead among aspir ants foi the middleweight division, while either Packard or Ike Long will probably weigh in at 160 On the twenty-second of January, the team will meet its fust opponent, Lafayette, on the Armory mats and after the initial encounter, wall tra- (Continucd on third page) PENN STATE ARCHITECTS GET HONORABLE MENTION Department To Show Drawings Here—Many Colleges Submit Designs Thirteen students of the department of architecture vero awarded honor able mentions for designs of problems submitted in an exhibit at the Benux- Art Institute of New York Accoiding to Prof J J* Helme, Penn State’s representative at tho contest, several hundred designs wero entered from various colleges through out tho country, three hundred and fifty-four having boon submitted on the upper-class subject alone Tho sophomores had as their subject, “An Entrance Doorway to a School of Ar chitecture,” and the juniors and sen iors submitted dra rings of "An Ar chitect’s Office.” Thj men receiving honorablu men tions arc E. T. Eggers ’29, B C Hib ler ’29, I), U. Hill ’29, .1 F Morrison ‘2B, N. I Rcssetai ’2B, J Y Roy ’2B, K. L Stark ’2B, .1 W Williams ’2B, C M Bauehspies ’27, A. S. Bombergcr ’27, C. G. Loitzcl ’27, A H Roscnfeld ’27 nnd F G Weird ’27 The department of .uchitccture is planning an interesting exhibit of student work to be shown in Old Mam when the drawings are returned from New York LIBRARY REMAINS OPEN OVER HOLIDAY RECESS The Carnegie Library will remain open during the Christmas vacation, according to an announcement made by Miss Subra W Vought, librarian. All poisons having books due during the vacation period arc requested to turn thorn m on time or the regular fine wall be chaigcd. Students dewr ing books over the holidays should have them ronevveil on the Thursday or Friday before vacation begins.
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