This Ear Frost-Bitten VOL XXII, No. 27 Lions Open With Veteran Lebanon Valley Quintet GAME SLATED TOMORROW-UNANIMOUS VOTE GIVES MIKE HAMAS TEAM CAPTAINCY Led by Mike llamas, brilliant for ward who was elected basketball cap tain by a unanimous vote of the 1926 lettermen Tuesday, the Nittany court men will encounter a veteran Lebanon Valley team in the season's opener to morrow evening in the Armory at seven o'clock With only Sour nights of practice following tho long lay-off caused by the holidays, the squad has been some what handicapped and has been slow in attaining the desired peak of ef ficiency. A final polishing tonight will serve to put the passers on edge for the opening game. Two Positions Undecided Coach Hermann has definitely de cided on three of the five men start ing for the Lions. Captain Haman and Roepke have clinched the forward berths while Whitey Von Nieda's per formances in daily workouts has earn ed him one of the guard positions. All of these men were regulars on last year's team Eddie Baron, who bloke into the line-up on several occasions last yeas is having a merry battle with Cy Lungren for the other guard posi tion and will probably receive the opening call in tomorrow's game Reilly has had the edge over the other competitors for the pivot post but was sent to the sidelines Wednesday with a twisted ankle. Should the in jury keep him from starting Phil Page will be used us tap-off man. Stove Hama and Monahan, forwards, Brownstein, center, and 'McKeown and Peek, guards, will be ready for ser vice should the occasion arise. Lebanon Valley. in addition to pos sessing a squad of veterans, is start ing a team every one of whom saw service on the gru iron dining the past season. Cunjacl and Gelbert, for wards, Wheelei , center, and Piela and Metircenpp= ening line=up for the Annville "OLD MAIN BELL" SALES REACH SEVEN HUNDRED Drive for Faculty Subscriptions Will Continue—King Wins Campaign Honors ' With seven hundred subscription raids already hulled in and prospects of two hundred snore front the facul ty, the business management of the Old Main Cell, Penn State's sole lit e:my magazine, e\pects to mole than reach -the goal of a thousand paid subscriptions The Old Moot Dell subnaiption campaign, conducted by Pi Delta Up silon, honorary jouinalistit flatel nity, immediately before the holidays, fanned hitherto smouldering Joui nal istic cavalry to mhite heat King Tops Caul asset, The canvassers Neese grouped ac cording to the publications w.th which they were affiliated, and the battle began for individual and team honors. A. W. King '29, of the Penn State KIWI", . topped the entice squad with a total of thirty-nine, L H Bell '29 of the COLLEGIAN, with thirty-three subscriptions was awatd ed second puze and L Stein 10 and Herman Nathan '29, COLLEGIAN, meowed the thud cash times with twenty-three The first thee awards were cash paws of three dollars, two dollars and one &dial Ten subsetip tons to the 0/d Main Dell were offer ed as additional rewards foe the ef forts of campaignets The following received subsclm ton awards R. Pleham '29, COLLEGIAN, twenty, J iii flamish '29, Froth, eighteen, Miss Jane Smith '2B, sixteen; Miss L I. Clocker '2B, sixteen, J. L. Gonnely '2B, La Vie, 14, William Turner '29, COLLEGIAN, fourteen; J. M. Russell '2B, La Vie, thirteen; L. Mitstifer '29, COLLEG IAN, twelve, L E. Goodenough '2B, Pal aim twelve; Miss Jean Rides '29, ten; an dn B. Graham '29, COLLEG IAN, ten. PROF. WOOD IS HONORED BY ENGINEERING SOCIETY Professor A. J. Wood, head of tne mechanical engmeining depai tweet, was elected vice-president of the Am erican Society of Refrigerating En gineers at the tecent'annual meeting of the society in New Voile city. lie has long been name 111 the affairs of the society and has conducted num erous refrigeration expesiments at the engineering experiment station here. Seirini-Weekly ....., . '.,,,, , ;Lki s 0, , c ' ,,, ,,,.: .... ' ' I nt ~.,„ ~,,.... 4. V t ' W \ , .., Cox Lowezp, Record . On Ri,chester Track While training at the Rochester Athletic club during the holidays for a strenuous campaign on indoor tracks this winter, Bill Cox, sensa tional Penn State Intercollegiate har rier champion, bloke Joie Ray's rec ord for one mile on the twenty-four lap oval there by more than two sec onds Running unpaced, Cox finished the, eight furlongs full of running in 4.26 4.5 seconds, against Ray's 4 29 made when Joie was in Inc prime in March, 1922 Cox with other Blue and White runnels are corking out daily on the /lamely track. TWO ARTISTS WILL GIVE "Y" CONCERT Marie Tiffany and Hans Kindler Appear in Joint Musical Recital Next Friday_ CELLIST AND SINGER TO OFFER VARIED PROGRAM Appearing in a joint conceit, Hans Kindler, famous Dutch 'cellist, and Hiss Mane Tiffany, widely-known soprano of the illettopoldan Opera company, will give a vaned musical program in the Auditorium at eight fifteen o'clock next Friday night, as the fourth number of the "Y" enter tainment course. . —.-31ma-Wfuny -"Wait-mat:l: number oC American songs, including both mod ern compositions and old favorites During her nine years in musical work her NOICC, charm and musical talent have made her a Metropolitan favorite. For several years Miss Tif fany has been one of the stars of the Brunswick Recording company and her records have carried her NOICC and art to eve* pint of the land as' well as to Europe Tier records are consistent best-sellers on the Bruns nick lists Although Kindler has had success nith classical music and modern uorks, he does not scorn "popular" selections His program here will in clude a Narlety of clasical, modern and "popular" compositions. Kind ler has one of the largest repertoires of any 'cellist now before the public. He is also a popular Victor artist CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS SIGN FOR SENIOR BALL Committee Considers Majors, Peck Mills as Second Band for Formal The California Ramblers, Columbia recording orchestra, have been secur ed to furnish music for the Senior Ball which will be held Friday night, February eleventh. Two orchestras will play alternate ly during the dance front opposite ends of the Armory. The choice for the second orchestra will be made front the following: Chess West, of Philadelphia, Lloyd 'Majors of Har risburg and Peck Mills of Cumber land, Maryland Decorations for the ball will be in purple and silver, senior class colois, and will be draped under the dare bon of the Silverstein company of Wilkes-Barre J. G. Hesse '27 ino mises something new and unique in the decoiating scheme. Dates for booth diuwings will be announced latei Dean Wendt To Edit Chemical Quarterly A signal honor was bestowed upon Dean C. L. Wendt, dean of the School of Chemistry and Physics, avhen the executive committee of the American Chemical Society elected him to the editorship of Chemical Reviews, a quarterly published by this society. Dean Wendt succeeds Prof. William A. Noyes, retired bead of the Depai t ment of Chemistry at the University of Illinois. The magazine, which is entering upon its fourth year of pub lication, issues reviews of special chemical subjects by research men tthroughout the world. STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 7. 1927 HEATING ENGINEERS TO HOLD FOUR-DAY CONFERENCE HERE Second Meeting of Metal Firms Held in This Country Opens Tuesday PAT DWYER, EDITOR, TO GIVE TALK AT BANQUET Electric Ladle Furnace, Loaned By Pittsburgh Concern, To Be Exhibited Representatives of more than fifty companies engaged in metal indus tries will attend the industrial elec tric heating conference at Penn State January eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth. The conference, the second one of its kind ever conducted in the United States, is to discuss means for furthei ing the use of elec tric heat in iron industries. The mornings and afternoons of the four-day convention will be dev sated to speeches by some of the most outstanding men in metal industries The first session will be held Tuesday afternoon at which DI Ralph D Ifet vel, Penn State's new president, Dean (Continued on last page) CROCKETT LEAVES ON FOREIGN TOUR Heads Paity Which Will Travel Through Egypt and the Holy Lands TO SEND IMPRESSIONS OF TRIP TO COLLEGIAN Prof. W. D Crockett, of the depart ment of classic languages and litera ture, left for Ness York City New Year's Day to head a party of four which will tour the Continental Medi terranean, Egypt, and the Holy Land during an eight. months' period. The group, which includes Mrs W. D. Crockett, Miss Mary Hime, of Prince ton, New Jeisey, and Mrc Helen P. Pond, widow of Dr G G. "Swampy" Pond, former Dean of the School of Chemistry, will sail on the North Cer (Continued on third page) FIFTY STUDENTS ENROLL IN AG SHORT COURSES Dairy Manufacturing Attracts Largest Number—Two Girls Listed Fifty students have enrolled in the Minter short courses in agriculture and daily manufactui ing which started Thursday, It G Bressler, acting dean of the school of agricul tote, announced today Eleven of the shoat course students ate Item ethos states• foul front Vir ginia, two each from New York, Kew Jersey and Connecticut and one diem Michigan Too girls, Miss Helen Fay, daughtet of State Senator Fred L. Fay, of Gieenville, and Miss Ber tha Finale, of Money, are also en oiled Thirty of the enrolled students have signed up foi duty manufactur ing courses Psi the past thuty thiee years this has been one of the most popular courses offered Elev en hundred young men have been trained at State College in the %al ums lines of creamery walk and now arc filling positions in dairy plants throughout the country. Errant Doe Dashes Through Borough A number of Penn State students, returned from their Christmas re cess, watched the antics of a stray deer in the %sanity of Co-op corner Tuesday morning during the first hour. Eye-witnesses further claim to have been well over the effects of their New Year's celebrations. Merchants and local hunters believe the timid creature sundered from its secluded wooden abode, was sighted by dogs and chased Into State Col lege, slime 1..“1101s qudent specta tors frightened it from the Campus. The deer, the first seen here In many a season, rurally book night, leaping over the wall near the power plant and speeding out West College avenue. Mid-year Registration To Start . , Wednesday Second semester registration will be carried on January twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth, according to Registrar W. S. Hoffman. All fees must be paid at the time of registra tion. Prompt payment of fees will lighten the clerical burden involved in leg.- tering more than thirty-five hundred students. Fees for particular courses may be estimated closely if reference is made to the College catalogue GRAPPLERS WORK WITH NEW COACH Charley Spiedel Shapes Squad For Opening Match With Lafayette ROG MAHONEY, GRID STAR, TO WORK WITH MATMEN Under the watchful etc of Coach Charley , Spiedel, recently imported from New Jersey to take the mat squad in tow, the urestling candidates are bending every efioit in grim anti cipation of the Lafas ette match Janu my twenty-second, ,Inch will open their season The diminuti,e champion, supple and powerful enough to have von reseral championships, found ready favor with the men who will work with him In return he predicts a successful season Los his charges, al though his policy tends rather toward allowing performances to speak for themselves , New Hem> w etght Aspirant Rog Mahoney, center on the Blue and Wnite football team, recently repotted to do battle with Pop Car noon for the nonrated post in future engagements. Several other men have appeared to bolster up the se:- enty-pound ills tston. In order that thi.,,,rpier 4 well not be cramped for lack of space, their dias in the northern extremity of the Armory has been enlarged out (Continued on last page) CARNEGIE PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS CHAPEL SUNDAY Dr. T. S. Baker Formerly Was Teacher of Literature At Johns Hopkins Dr. Thomas S Baker, well kno.vn educator and the president of Car negie Institute of Technolog}, will address chapel-goers this SundaN. Dr Baker, always a favorite at Penn State, is a graduate of several unnersitres After taking Ins de gree of Bachelor of Arts in 1891 at Johns Hopkins he uent to thb Uni versity of Leipzig for special t.ork in German literature He returned to the United States and in 1895 uns ewarded the degree of Doctor of Phil osophy by Johns Hopkins Since then he has been a lecturer of German litelatute at Johns Hop kins and head-master of the Tonle School, Poet Deposit, Maryland. He then rent to the Carnegie Institute of Technology, where he has been presi dent since 1922 Armour Representative To Give Lectures Here Mr. Victor Cofman, of the research laboratory of Armour and Company, of Chicago, will deliver a series of five daily lectures on "Colloid Dy nem ms" beginning Monday evening at sev en-fifteen o'clock in the Bull Pen The last lecture will be given on Friday Chemistry and Physics teachers of all the high schools and colleges of this State as ssell as members of the American Chemical Society and the Ametican Physics Society has e been invited. Sydney Debaters Will Not Meet Penn State Because of n change in plans, the University of Sydney debating team which was to meet the Penn State or ators n week Amu nest Thursday has cancelled the engagement and sailed lot Austi aim yesterday. Prof J. If Fticccll, coach of the forensic group, hits begun ariange- Incas to have the debate with the University of Califoinia, which was to have been held in Cleveland, Wins toned to Sind, College the twenty second of Sammy. V. COLON FRIAS CroifilltrigißCfrltt42: P . EDRAS , papacy RIC COLLEGE STATION, WP SC, RESUMES RADIO PROGRAMS Will Start Broadcasting Monday Night at Eight O'clock—To Continue Regularly PRESIDENT HETZEL WILL TALK OVER MICRAPHONE Deans Sackett and Wendt Give Short Talks—Special Musicale Planned WPSC, the College radio station, mill Sesame regular broadcasting Monday night with a special opening program, including a shoot talk by Dr. Ralph D Hetzel, ncm president of the College The program will begin at eight o'clock math several selections by the ‘arsity quartet Doctor Hetzel mill speak to alumni and friends of the College. Dean It L Sackett of the School Engineering and Dean C L Wendt of the School of Chemistry end Physics mill go, short education al talks Music kr} the Penn State Collegians mill conclude the program It is planned to broadcast regular (Continued on taut page) COLLEGES ADOPT NEW BOXING RULE Seconds Not Alloned To Enter Ring by I. C. Association's Edict Last Week TO HOLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY AT SYRACUSE When - the Penn State boxing team face, Temple here on February fifth, Nittany ,tudents suit observe the ef fect of the new boxing iulc passed December twenty-ninth by the Inter collegiate Boxing association The change piosidea fos only one man to act as second and presents him from entering the ring without the ref eree', pea mission. According to Giaduate Manager of Athletics N. ➢I Fleming, nho 13 pies ident of the association, the nen act nas the result of al decision to make the Inteicollegiate association iules conform with the national collegiate rules The barr,ng of seconds from the ring nos the origami intention of the rules committee, and this year it nas decided to permit the Loser's (Continued on loot page) Varsity and Freshman Footballers to Dance To Joe Buck's Tunes Forsaking muddy moleskins for the idiot black of tuxedos, the vaisity and freshman football teams will at tempt to demonsti rte then knonledge of the ball-loom oi:triales of open field running at then annual duce in Versa\ Hull Friday, January tuenty-first Johnny Buck and Ins talented or chestra has been secured to provide the music so neces,my to a true grid dance. All membms of the out arty squad and fie-shman nummal men are invited to don formal trappings and appear for a program it Inch will ex tend from nine until one o'clock The neces,aly quota of managets sill be present to Insure a smooth •if fan The usual tavots of silvet footballs utll be th,tilbuted to mem bers of bath squads Textile Equipment Given to College A machine which a ill test any fab le. Oils t meetly teceived by the De pertinent of Chenustiy as the gift of Rich Brothels, Wooltieh, Pennsylva nia, manufacturers of woolens. The testel is the rust piece of equipment for the textile laboratory now being established. Research work to test the strength, durability and purity of fabrics %elll be tamed on undei the direction of Mrs. Pauline Booty Mack, assistant ofe,or of ehemistiy bliss Mary C Hughes, graduate assistant in home economics, has prelim ed u set of standouts and speedications for tex tiles. Two courses in the chemistry of textiles will be established in the near future, with numbers to be an nounced ham. Doctor Hetzel Greeted As He Assumes Duties Tenth Penn State President Inspects Offices And Departments—Thanks Students in Chapel for Cordial Welcome raternities Should List i Summer Session Vacancies Fraternities wishing to hose then houses occupied by women students during the summer session of 1927 are asked to 2. legister the, houses ii the of fiee of the Dean of Women on 2 Tuesday or Wednesday ne',t week RIFLEMEN OUTFIRE THREE OPPONENTS Burns Leads Scoring in Defeat Of Williams, Dartmouth And Gettysburg FRESHMEN MEET WEST VIRGINIA NEXT WEEK Three uctottes in as many meets augures tsell for the future success of the Penn State tine team, which turned in victories over Wllhams, Dartmouth and Gettysburg in tele graphic contests Londucted before the Chttstmas vacation. The Nittany riflemen topped Wil liams by a 1895-1610 count, outfired Daitmouth to the tune of 1920 to 1860, and took the long end of a 3775-3929 score in an elongated match with Gettysburg. A S Burns '27, captain of the Blue and Wilde sharpshooters turned in the highest curd in all three contests, although Detwiler, Pritch ard, Stouffer and Stearns shot credit ably. The team mill engage in three shoul der-to-shoulder matches away from home this yea. The first of these is r triangular meet milli Carnegie Tech and the University of Pittsburgh list ed for Arid second, the second with George Washington, Navy and Johns Hopkins at Washington, D. C, on April ninth, and the third the climatic test of the season, the intercollegmtes at Ness- York City April twenty-third. Trials nom being conducted mill do te, mine the pewannel a the freshman team ',huh mill oppose the University of West Virginia nest meek. Lieuten ant 11 T Sliller is holding daily trials Loin sit until eight o'clock in the et ening in an effort to discuses likely t ifle talent. One-week Course in Farm Management Will Open Monday Institutional farm supeuntendents mill remise a one-meek course in man agement hem Monday until Friday, acemding to Prof. R. G Bressler, act ing dean of the School of Agriculture. Farm managers of state, church, lodge, county and endomed charitable institutions are being invited to at tend. Although the course mill in clude some of the subjects given in the inter short course, the.: mill be dis tinct. o educational tontines through out the meek The special progiam mluch has been prepared has been commended, by farm supenntendents to m hom it has been submitted IWho's Dancing 1 Friday Kappa Sigma Sychin and Nita Nee Salairda3 Phi Kappa Chi Upsilon La Camciadc uc Sealed Bids Asked for Senior Ball Orchestra The Senor 801 l committee loss signed the California Ram ble., Columbia recording or chesti a, foi two nights Pm tamales desung to secure them for Saturday night, February eleventh, should submit scaled bids to J. G. h osse, Chi Phi House, berme Friday, January fourteenth. This One PRICE FIVE CENT.'.. A general survey of the respective departments, visits to the offices of the heads of the var.ous schools, and addresses to the students mho attend ed chapel services y esteidny and Wednesday morning comprised the netnities of Dr Ralph D Hetzel, new president of the College, during his fist three days of active paitic.po don head of Penn State "I am glad to respond to the invi tation of this enterpr-sing publica tion to eNtend through its columns a cord of greeting to the students of Pennsyls tuna State College," said Pre;Went Het7el "I shall alwaNs be gratified for the ninny esidences of good will which hose come to me from time to time from individual student., and from student organizations. These thoughtful and cordial mes sages haw made the assumption of my new iesponsibilities a pleasant exam ICTICC "There is nothing so town and blu eing to courage and enthusiasm and so well designed to enlist de,ot.on to the intelcs's of our College as this col dial student ucicome I hope a. time gee. on that I shall Inner my self unloosing!, north} of a place in he splendid fellowship of Pcan State" 12ecets es Losing Cup A large silver locing cup, tilled with icscs, was presnted to Picsident and Heteel upon then urinal at State College nit month. The cup, which is mole than a foot high, is re traced with the words, "Piesented to President and Mrs. Iletzel from the students of Pennsylvania State Col lege." Immediately after the assump.ion of executne duties by President Hated, the special adminiktratl^n,camniiVec_ %cinch has cOnducteu en ... ." 'state af fairs since the resignation of Dr. John .Itl Thomas in September 1925 d.banded. On the committee were (Continued on last page) NAME NEW ASSISTANT PUBLI:ITY CHI' F HERE W. W. Dunlap Will Report All Nittany Sports Activities For Eastern Press Appointment of W W Dunlap as assistant director of the department of public infoirnat on to succeed G. W Sullisan, has been announced by Du ectoi D I\l Crcssuell. He has al ready taken up his dune , , having ar med early tins week, and mill enter all Penn State sports activties for the press of Pennsylvania and neniby states. Mr Dunlap conies from the copy desk of the Minneapolis Ti ibtoto where he was located by the publicity department through ,the Plnencan Association of College Nev.; Bal.'', lie has had a wale new.,paper e•.per renee and sirs a sports correspondent while a student at the University of Wisconsin. where he sills also editor I, of the Daily Cai ¬, the student • newspape, lie is a grads the of too school of jour natives nt Wweons•n He sorted as asomate editor or the Badge', the annual, a member of the student goveining body, the Student Senate, Limon Bound, several honor societies, Phi Kappa Pin and Sigma Delta Chi, Jour nala,ttc fratertut. "Pat" Sulltvan has taken up his non duties inserting with the man agement of the Baum theatres in town Ile was a former COLLEG IAN editor Ile stun ted wt tting Penn State athletic publioty matter in 1918, Joining the College Nets Set % tee stag in the department of public information in 1919 on part time and becoming assistant director in 1920. Geologists Gather in Three-day Conference Professors C. .h Bonine and C 11 Robinson of the geology department attended a thien-day conference of the Geological Society of Alumina The sessions wet e held at the Uni versity of Wisconsin hoot December meaty-seventh, to December twenty ninth, and were of laciest mainly to reseinch workers and geologists. Mr 11. 11. Hughes Jr, also of the geology department, woo present at the convention of the Amman Asso ciation fat the Advancement of Sel ene° held in Philadelphia Ile was particularly intuteated in the sections peitamang to geology and geography.
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