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 - 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.