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
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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
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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-
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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.