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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.