ras , ; The Bucket 1 VOL. XXII, No. 29 COX SEEKS TWO-MILE CROWN AT NEW YORK Harrier Champion :Will Run in Fordham Meet 'Tomorrow Night—Four Tilts Listed For Indoor Track Season For the first time since he captur ed the Intercollegiate cross-country title in November, Bill Cox '2.9 trill compete in a special two-mile event at the Fordham university meet in New York tomorrow night. Ilaving worked faithfully here at Ro chester since his last race the fleet sophomore harrier captain is in ex cellent shape for his indoor debut. Cox is the lone Penn State entry in the Fordham games. Since his sensational running in the 1. last fall he has been invited to numer ous indoor events •bit it is doubtful whether Coach Cartmell will enter his protege in all of them. Cartmell, however, has definitely decided to en ter his men in four meets before the Indoor Intercollegiates are held in New York on March fifth, when Nit ta ny track men will compete in nine of the eleven events staged. Ran Fourth Last Year It is likely that Cox with several others will run in the Boston Athletic club meet on February fifth. On the ninth the Nittany team wi:l invade the Newark A. C.. New Jersey. The following Monday a large delegation of Lion athletes will enter harder competition in the New York A. C. meet. Johns Hopkins will play host to Nittony runners February nine teenth, the last scheduled run before the Intercollegiate test. At the Fordham meet last year Bill Cox ran fourth to Willie Bitola. Willie Goode:in and George Lermond. The Lion freshman came in far behind Bitola who finished in t' minutes II stconds. Since then Cox has hl9s scoffed into the best college distance tunner in the East, if not in the coun try. Improving Steadily Clipping thirty seconds fimin the Intercollegiate harrier record Cox ran a marvellous race to win the crown in 30 minutes .1 seconds in New York. During the Christmas recess he lowered Joie Ray's one-mile record on a Rochester oval by more than two seconds, completing the jaunt unpile. ed in -I minutes •26 1-5 seconds. Be came of these accomplishments New York writers are giving him the e•lec tomorrow. (Continued on second page) SENIORS PLEDGE AID TO SULLIVAN ALUMNI PLAN Will Add Two Dollars to Second Semester's Fees According To Secretary's Offer Intending to set an example for the following senior classes. the 1927 class .pledged its active support to further the work of the Penn State Alumni association as submitted in the proposal of E. N. "Nlike" Sulli van. secretary-treasurer of that body. According to this plan. each senior will become a member of the Ahonni group when he pays the two dollars added to the '27 fees for the second semester. The decision was made by the men of the class at the meeting held in Old Chapel on Monday night while the women agreed to join their chum mates in the movement at a gather ing on Tuesday: Membership cards will be presented to the members of the class of 1927 as some as a list of the June graduates can be compiled. Sullivan's Statement Mr. Sullivan, in discussing the mat ter, stated. "I feel that the class of 1927. in signing. to become members of the a.:sociation has taken a unique position in the history of the College and has taken one of the best steps possible in showing a united front for their Alma Mater. The work of the association is just as strong as the support given it. The class, by its action, has shown a true spirit, has tnabled its members to maintan as rociation., formed while attending college and has provided mommy avm ues for mutual help and assistance." Ile remarked further that the as sociation has several plans for com plete expansion of alumni work that will include greatly increased service for the alumnus. The class will join the association more than a semester before they leave the campus. Following the meeting of the senior class, Mr. Sullivan conferred with 8. Reeder '27, president of the sen ior class, and discussed the participa tion of the class in the events of Al umni Day at the tints of graduation lu June. The upperclassmen will formulate plans for their part in the program at that time. 4. 9,), . .... .'s Tv, titivt ~.„..„....... ~ tit ...... 1 RECEPTION HELD FOR DR. HETZEL Board of Trustees Entertained Faculty Last Evening at Women's Building EXECUTIVE INTRODUCED TO THOUSAND VISITORS President and :Um Ralph I Iletzel were officially introduced to the faculty and administrative hotly of Penn State by the• Board of Trusters in the Wumen's Building last even ing. Penn State's new executive receiv ed his guests from eight until ten thirty (o'clock, according to the schools or departments to which they belong. Because faculty members with wives number more titan a thousand, the group was divided into three par' z. In order to facilitate Introductions and avoid congestion each ?:route was entertained for three quarters of an (Continued on third page) SOPHOMORES PLAN SINGLE ORCHESTRA Committee Expects To Secure Danny Murphy and Band For Annual Hop ATTRACTIVE PROGRAM CARDED FOR WEEK-END Unlike most of the College func tions which are being planned for the :!oming social season, the Sophomore Dm). announced definitely for March eleventh, will be conducted with one orchestra. Guests that. night will be presented with a suitable favor. Tha committee is making a strenuous ef fort to obtain Danny Murphy and his Bellevue-Stratford Musicians and it is very likely that this band will be ddained, according to Chairman E. J. Lockwood. This orchestra is one that is fast gaining favor throughout the East as is seen by its bookings during the past (Continued on third page) Metropolitan Museum Oil raintings Will Be Exhibited Next Month An exhibit of oil paintings sent here through the courtesy of the Met ropolitan Museum of Art, New York city, will be shown in the art room of Old Main from February tenth to twenty-fourth. No definite description of the collec tion is available at the present time. but life size paintings, sea scenes and landscapes by such masters as Sir Joshua Reynolds and W. M. Chase will be included. According to present plans, periods when the Women's Club, the faculty, students and the general public may visit the display will be announced later. Lectures explaining the qualities of the paintings will be given by mem bers of the department. Lions Meet California In Split-Team Debate Nittany debaters a•e preparing for their meet one week hence with the forensic team of the University of California. The question to be dis cussed is "The tendency to emphasize the practical in American education is to be deplored." Coach J. 11. I•'rizzell states that the debate will be an open forum affair with the audience as the judge. The English split-team system of debating will be used here for the first time. With this method a team composed of one Penn State orator and one of the opponents will take the affirmative against another pair, also made up of one 1111111 from each school. C. E. Enrich '2S will repres6fi the affirmative while J. W. Brandt '29, winner of the Sophomore Oratorical contest. defends tile negative side of the question. STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1927 Mesmeric Eye Wins Acclaim for Plebe Among other things the freshman class boasts a real hypnotist. in its ranks. The young man with the psy chic powers is D. Preston '3O. Ills ability was brought to light last Saturday night at a freshman smoker given by Omega Epsilon. To the amazement of all present Preston suc ceeded in placing several fellow stu dents under the influence of his hyp notic eye. It is wondered to what ex tent he can exercise his powers on faculty members. BOXING WORKOUT SATISFIES HOUCK Hiegel. Shows Form in Clash With Wilford—Mahoney Whips Donahlstm WOLFI' LOOKS GOOD IN BATTLE WITH GRAZIER For the first time this season the curiously assorted squad from which Penn State's hosing Leann will he sel ected had its first taste of man to man lighting on Tuesday—and liked it. This in spite of the hear mats that passed as a ring when Leo Houck found the space for the area occu pied by the treasurer's booths. The scrimmage.: were gratifying not only to the contestants but to. Leo who expressed the opinion that considering the handicaps imposed by the speed-killing- mats the condition of the unit was better than he had ex pected. Two men whom the hastily constructed ring did not slow up were Fi!tiger and wow. Fileger Down to 135 Hiegel. weighing. 1115 pounds show ed his old speed and punch in the ' , so rounds he sparred with Wilrord, a likely candidate who seems capable of giving Kalikoski a hard battle for the lightweight post. Time after time the Intercollegiate champion (Continued on last page) PI DELTA EPSILON CALLS ENTRANTS FOR CONTEST Literary Fraternity to Sponsor Coin petit ion for Secondary School Publications kith hope:; of gaining a prize lov ing cup, numerous secondary schools throughout the state have responded to the cull for entrants in the liter sty contest which being sponso:vd l'i Delta Epsilon. honorary liter ary fraternity at Penn State. The officers of Pi Delta Epsilon in charge of the contest arrangements •renounce the clime of the registration for schools on January thirtieth. This novel contest of Pi Delta Epsilon's activities is arranged for all Pennsyl vania secondary school news sheets and magazines. A loving cup and an engrossed citation will be awarded to the winning school and editor, re . - spectively. Several setae& have written lo ;he officers of the literary frrate•nity re questing a special criticism of their papers by the judges of the contest. Papers and magazines may be sub mitted fur entry up to the middle of Nay. The prizes will likely be award ed at the graduating exercises of the winning school. Strictly Collegiate Haircuts, Freshman Style, Will Grace Pates of Plebe Duo Go-op corner will be the scene of an impromptu exhibition of tonsorial dexterity tomorrow night after the basketball game, when two erring plebes have their youthful locks shorn in fulfillment of Tribunal justice. The affair will be of a charity na ture. in that the usual fee of four bits will not be collected. inasmuch us services rendered will be free of charge. embellishments such as Ed. l'inates will not be provided, al though the participants may receive r. massage. Even the Customary light lunch of molasses will be dispensed with. The principals will be M. J. Bort wick 'llO and 13..1. Casoni 'llO, the for mer guilty of associating with mem bers of the fair sex. Since vacation, Casoni. custom breaker extraordinary, has imitated a walking signpost, bear ing the legend, "1 got what I wanted" with commendable fortitude. Ile hasn't gotten it all yet, since a strictly collegiate cut—Penn - State style—is promised each offender. with the as surancc that it, will need in further COURTMEN FAIL TO IMPRESS IN DRILLS BEFORE TILT WITH SUSQUEHANNA FIVE Coach Hermann Does Not. Hide Pessimism—Bewails Lack Of Teamwork —Still Seeks Polish GAME 1111A,E0 TOMORROW Inexperienced Visiting Quintet Has Met Defeat at Hands Of Alfred, Juniata And Ducknell A Susquehanna fmskethall team with a far from impressive record in its contests thus far will attempt to break into the win column at the ex pense of the Nittany Lions tomorrow evening in the Armory at seven o'clock. Three teams have taken the nym sure of the Selinsgrove passers. Al fred university finished on the long end of a 28-20 score. in the opening game while Juniata romped away to a 40-2.1 win. Bucknell was the most recent opponent, the I.ewishurp courtmen running up a 56-28 tally. Coach Hermann is plainly dissatis fied with the showing of the Blue and White squad during recent workouts. (Continued on last page.) NAME DECORATORS FOR SENIOR BALL Committee Secures Silverstein Company fOr Dance on February Twelfth CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS 'AND MAJORS TO PLAN With the contract signed for dec orating the Arntory by Silverstein's of Wilkes-Barre. the Senior Ball committee advanced another step to- Ward:: completing preparations for the annual dance on February twelfth. Continuous dancing from nine until two with two orchestras alternating will be a new idea at the Jtall and the committee believes that the crowded conditions existing, at previous chi:ic es will be eliminated lay this method. Adrian ltollini's California !lamblent will occupy the stage while Lloyd Nla jor's band will play from a specially constructed platfOrm in the right hand corner of the front of the Ar mory. The California Itainltlers are well-known throughout the cauntry and are Columbia record producers. Decorations will consist of stream ers of purple and silver, the class colors, with some parts in blue and white. Smilax vines and jail:mese lanterns will be strung overhead in order to make the decorative scheme more effective. Black leather dance programs will have of likeness of Old Slain enMoss ed On them. They will he given in stead of favors. The 'trice of admis sion will he live thdlars. Forty booths will be constructed and offered for sale in two weeks. attention for at hoist two week Six other yearlings found guilty of customs infraction started the new year via the sign route. W. G. Fleck enstein 'JO, seen in a pool 1 . 00111 and apprehended when he disobeyed upper is carrying a doll and a poster inscribed "r - eshmen are not babies. Seel" J. I. Ifert '3O, guilty or cockiness, bark talk and disobedience, bears the message, "Young Put Willing—ll. Alger." G. G. Gay ':10, also guilty of back talk and suspected of associat ing with girls, tells the world in big black letters that "I didn't deny the ones I admitted." ' Caught warming his hands in his pockets. ling,rund '3O and C. Herr '3O, both apparently sponsors of international peace, 'carried signs till Tuesday. The foriper's sign read "Hurrah for the Irish: I'm Dutch" and the latter's ''There . was too much Dutch in hint." I'. D. Robertson '3O, guilty of holding forth in a pool room, may still be seen bearing the enigma "I don't know. Sure!" Seniors Will Meet To Decide on Endowment A definite decision as to the type of endowment fund for the senior me morial is expected to he reached at a class meeting to be held next week. Agents of several insurance rout• panics will present their plans for endowment. funds. The entire class will select tho best method by vote. Maximum at tenilanee is urged by members of the memorial committee. COMBINED PARENTS' DAY NOT FEASIBLE Council So Decides at Recent Meeting—Sale of Dinks To Ile Controlled QUESTION OF NUMERAL AWARDS RE-DISCUSSED Since a combined Parents' Day can not be effected at Penn State, Father's Day will he held in the fall with a holiday for Mothers on a separate occasion. 'fits Ike'FAO!) was made at Student Council meeting Tuesday ev ening when it was decided that 110115- log accomodations are not sufficient to care for a visit of lathers and moth ers at the sa u te time. The council alsa decided that it should appoint a group .to purchase freshman dinks at a price to he Droved by the seertnary of tilt. V. M. C. .1. and the' graduate manage• of athletics. The head coverings may then he sold by the usual number of senior football men at a fifty per cent profit. Numeral:lwarda Following the report of a commit tee on the informal reception for President lietnel on Wednesday ev ening, a recommendation was read by W. P. Need '27 to change the method of awarding numerals to athletic managers. Action on the latter re port was tabled until the proposal has • (Continued on third Page) "THE REAR CAR" IS NEXT PLAYERS' PRESENTATION Mystery Production Will Be Staged in Auditorium February Twelfth AA a change tram the tragic type or play which will be presented in "Aledea" on the twenty-ninth of this month, the Penn State Players will enact "Thu hear Ca," mystery pro duction by Edward I•:. Rose, in the Auditorium. February twelfth. Thu worl•: will be utakr the supervision of D. D. Mason. Although the story was - presented to the public as of n u n•ie thriller al ums: two years ago under the title of "Red Lights," the adaptation Of the story for the stage is new in this part of the country. Taylor Holmes' road company presented the sho•.c in CM cago and many middle Western cities, but it has never appeared in Pennsyl vania or Now York. Deep Mystery The story is line of act' ' , mystery, similar• to "The Cat and the Canary," with trick entrances and exits and mysterious appearances and disap pearances of human beings trod ob jects. It. is the ino ii a young girl who has been lost and who is hieing taken to her home in a private rail road car. Unknown to the occupants the train, mysterious forces are working to harm her. The mysterious appearance of a mail-eating gorilla that has escaped from a wreck of circus cars leads to other complicathms. The timely ap pearance of an amateur detective solves the mysteries before the play j terminates. Candidates are, at the present time, trying out for the parts in the pro duction but no delinite roles have been assigned. Parts for the iirocluction will he distributed next week by Di rector Mason. E. F. Romig, New York Pastor, Speaks Sunday Ret•. E. 1 , . Romig. minister of the :Middle Collegiate Dutch Refortned Church of New York, will address chapel-goers this Sunday. This will mark Reverend Itomig's third appear ance before Penn State audiences. Last year he spoke at the mid-year graduation exercises. Rev. Romig taught for• four• years at the American university in Beirut, Syria. Travelling about Europe ex tensively before returning to this country. Ile is now minister of the oldest Protestant church in this hem isphere. • att. Surprise hew President With Impromptu Parade Students Officially Welcome Doctor R. D. Hetzel at Residence With Songs, Cheers MATMEN CHOSEN FOR CLASS TILTS Ilard-fought Rattles Prevail in Finals—To Run Tourney Tomorrow Night PLEBE REPRESENTATION IS STRONG CONTENDER Twenty-eight men, bearing the ban ners of their respective classes. will go to the mats tomorrow night at eight-thirty O'clock in the annual in ter-class wrestling tourney which precedes the regular Varsity season. With few exceptions, the personnel of the freshman and sophomore teams has already been chosen. Upper classmen are still contending for berths, but it is likely that a number will lie tilled by Varsity aspirants. No freshman established his right to wrestle for his class without win ning a hard struggle. The bouts (Continued on last page) ARTISTS OFFER "Y" MUSICALE TONIGHT Soprano and 'Cellist To Give Joint Recital—Novelty Numbers Included MISS MARIE TIFFANY • IS POPULAR VOCALIST Miss Marie Tiffany, soprano of the ThAropolitAn Opera company, and Hans Kindler, noted cello virtuoso, two renowned celebrities of the music world, offering a joint recital as the fourth number of the 'l'" entertain ment course, will appear in the Audi torium tonight at eight-fifteen o'clock. The :tletropolitan vocalist has select ed for presentation more than a dozen songs of varied nature composed by American and foreign masters of mu sic. A modernized version of Franz' "Good Morning-, Pretty slaid" by F. Corder, is one of the many novelties included in her program of light and heavy musical scores. "Moon Mark eting" by Powell Weaver and "Love Went by Frank Bridge, :ire two other numbers that have taken the fancy of audiences wherever the vocalist has appeared. The two soloists, both representa tives of well-known recording compan ies, are noted for their versatility and smooth expertness in their respective professions. Aliss Till:::Y has been a (Continued on second page) Rees To Lecture on Future of Engineers In Old Chapel Today '''The Future of the Young Engineer" will be the subject of an address by f. Rees, assistant: vice-president of the American Telephone and Tele graph Company of New York, who will deliver the engineering lecture in Old Chapel at fora•-thirty o'clock this afternoon. M:. flees is in charge of the per sonal division of his company and is also the general personnel director of all the Bell Telephone interests in the country. Ile heads an organiza tion which -visits colleges and selects graduates for employment in the var ious branches of the company. As a result of his position, i‘lr. Rees has made a careful study of engineer ing interests and is well prepared to discuss what large companies demand of the young engineer. 1 Who's Dancing [12!1:CIE1 Delta Kappa Sigma Tau I'hi Delta Saturday Phi Kappa •rat; Ileta Lambda Sigma Theta Xi Phi Delta Theta Cox Runs Two Miles—One For Each Leg PRICE FIVE CENTS 1.3 With a roar that made the pro fprietotts of candy stores and soda fountains slightly nervous. more than live hundred students, headed I,y Cheerleader !luck. proceeded to the president's home Wednesday night and - informally welcomed President and Airs. It. D. Iletzel to Penn Sta.e. Itrimzing hack fond remembrances of the days of the pajama parades the "mob" circled the town, marched no Allen Street to the tunes of "Victory" and "The Nittany Lion," then tramp led down the snow to the president's lteeder Welcomes Presidnt While the crowd yelled and sang before the big front porch, the Col lege executive, his wife and the for mal reception committee appeared. 1,. Reeder. president of the senior class, welcomed President Iletzel, idle on the veranda stood the mem , bers of the Student Council, who sponsored the welcome. The mem bers of the committee were G. ill. Harris, W. P. Reel, W. E. Pritchard, C. lt. Bergman and . K. It. Weston, all seniors. After the well-known "Locomotive Yell" had been given for the Presi dent and Airs. Iletzcl, the former gave the welcomers a laugh with, "You boys would be here all night if you yelled for the whole family," and he pointed to all the rest of the little Iletzels peeping front the windows and doors. (letting more serious he said. "Yon students have 'certainly enlisted my heart bylthis welcome. I am Mighty proud to' be affiliated with an institu tion like this one. I shall always re member an editorial that I read in the Collegion in which the editor made it plain that I would net be giv en the name of 'Presy' 1 . had proved Myself worthy of the title. I admire that attitude and I am looking forward to the day when I shall have proved myself worthy of being called "Prexy." Representing the freshman clam:. R.. 1. Porter '3O, welcomed President Iletzel on be h alf of his class and of fered him an honorary membership to the class of MO. The president (Continued on third page) FIFTY REPRESENTATIVES AT HEATING CONFERENCE Many Companies Attend Second Meeting of Kind To He Held in Country I'r•esenting interesting papers on engineering topim, representatives of more than fifty companies attended the industrial electric heating confer ence Ulla week at Penn State, the sec ond meeting of this nature ever held in the United States. 't•he conferenct opened Tuesday af ternoon in Room 200 Engineering D with a short address by Dr. Ralph D. Iletzel, l'enn State's new .president. Dean It. 1.. Sackett of the School of Engineeeriug presided. W. S. Scott, special representative of the industrial department of the Westinghouse Electric company and inventor of the Scott T connection transformer gave the history of 0- eetrical heat developments. Ile point ed out how electrical appliance:: no longer regarded as luxuries. have be come nemisities in Loons atul Iron 3lellisig E. It.: Williams of the Vulcan Mold and Iron company and .1. KniVeton or the F... 1. Ryan company spoke on the electric melting of gray iron and on heating appliances, respectively. N. P. Stansel of the General Electric company concluded the first session of the conference with a discussion of (annealing furnaces. Wednesday was devoted to talks of electric beating. topics .by various rep resentatives. heat furnaces, enam elling furnaces, heat-treatment of !steel tools and diletometrie heat treat ' ing were discussed at Thursday's ses sion. In the evening the conference Imet at a banquet in the University Club where Pat Dwyer, engineering editor of The Foundry, traced the ev elution of the foundry industry. The conference will conclude this morning with several talks by Prof. O. D. Malin of the School of Metal , lurgy, Prof. ,I. 0. Keller of the de partment of engineering extension, end W. Adams of the Ajax Metal I company.
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