Our Boys Played Willi De Buys Frum Dußois VOL. XXII, No. 32 MATMEN EASILY PROVE MASTERY OVER LAFAYETTE IN 26-3 VICTORY Lion Defensive Technique Shows Improvement—Garrison. Ace. Packard and Kaiser Win By Falls DROP ONLY ONE DOUI llollobaugh Loses to Petressa Maroon Captain. by Narrow Margain—Munakata and Cisney Impressive By the decisive count of 211-3, the Blue and White grapplers, showing a decided improvement over the class of wrestling exhibited in the inter class meet. easily proved their mas tery over Lafayette on the Armory mats Saturday. A completely revised defensive at titude was manifested by the Spiedel; coached matmen and while on the of :ewe they o•ot down to the door with . . speed that made ;dad the hearts of .111 devotees of the classic sport. Kaiser Scores Fall After little more than lire mina:mi. Captain Kaiser was responsible for the first Penn State score. Using a head and arm lock. he threw Laurie. Maroon flyweight, for the first count of five points. The next match. in volving Wally Liggett. Lion special weight, and Munakata, was not 1 lee; - ed so quickly. After the regular ten minute period was declared a draw, extra sessions were ordered. Liggett easily proved his suPremacy in the extra period, threatening a fall on several occasions, and was awarded the bout with an advantage of two minutes and ten seconds. lien Long. tbougn unsuccessful , M throning 'Snieliu.v. his Lafayette( op ponent, managed to hold the upper 11;12111 throughout the lightweight bout, to win with a .decision and an advan tage of nine minutes and forty-six seconds. Ace in l'asi Hunt Although Cisney. 3laroon welter weight. seemed to match evenly with Ace in the regular period. the second of the extra te:, , sions had a different story to tell. Neither man could gain an advantage until physical condition became an issue. but in this respect the Lion grappler proved pre-emin ent. Ace used a double arm Irck to effect the fall after more than four 'teen minutes of wrestling. The boat between Packard and Drake. the 3I aroon middleweight rep resentative. WAS decided in the short est time. It required less than three minutes of the Lion grappler's time to increase Penn State'.; total by five points. Ile 'used an arm and body lock. A toi4s-up deehdon between Iloilo bough and Ike Long. Blue and Whitt; light-hearyweights. sent the former to the mat to meet with Captain Pe tressa. of Lafayette. The bout was slow throughout. the men hesitating (Continued on last page) LIST NARROWS IN GREEK BASKETBALL COMPETITION Eight Contests Scheduled for Tonight and Thursday in I. F. Tournament Ili four floor games. of varying in excitement and intensity of competi tion. I'i Kappa Alpha. Delta Upsilon. Omega 3lu Itho and Friends Union piled up winning :..ores Thursday right. More. than tripling its ricars score. the I'i Kapin Alpha team layed low the Delta Sigma Chi quintet with neat ness and dispatch in a tilt ending 17-5. In a game played at the same time Delta Upsilon down Phi Kappa Tau by a 54-10 score. The Omega Mu Rho live next con quered Alpha Phi Sigma 17-S. The closest game was played when the Friends Union team barely secured a lime to eight victory over Tau Phi Delta. The following games will be played tonight: eight o'clock. Omega Epsilon %. Theta Upsilon Omega. Tau Kappa Epsilon vs. Theta Chi: nine oclock. Delta Tau Delta, vs. Theta Ni, Sigma Phi Epsilon vs. Beta Theta i'i. ' For Thursday night teams are pair ed air as follows: eight o'clock, Ome ga Delta Epsilon and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Tau Sigma Phi and Delta Sigma Phi; nine o'clock. Sigma Chi and Phi Kappa. Phi Delta Theta and Alpha Gamma Rho. . , a 4 , iii t , t ' 4 041 A .F . 7 4) . Ei tt , a ~,e , ,,5., 14 r u r , g L i 4""fass'''''!, Forty-three Seek for Reserve Commissions Applications for forty-three senior It. 0. T. C. students for commissions in the Officers' Reserve Corps were forwarded to the War Department through Penn State military head uarte•s last week. Twenty-four of the applicants are members of the in fantry unit. the remaining nineteen belonging to the engineers. Those men meeting the govern ment's standard will be commissioned second lieutenants by President Cool idge. SOPHOMORE DANCE FAVORS SELECTED Novel Combination Pocketbook Chosen—Director Will Use Spanish Motif VICTOR RECORDING BANDS CONSIDERED FOR DANCE Leather pocketbooks each contain ing a mirror. bobbed-hair comb and change purse, with a vanity compart ment and space for calling cards, are the favors selected for the Soph flop. March eleventh. These Inc being secured from the E. A. Wright company of Philadel phia. A program which the commit tee promises will be novel in design and make-up, will be placed inside each favor. In an effort to offer something new and unusual in the way of decorations the committee is planning to have the Armory decked with fresh flowers or ranged in such a fashion as to lend a dialinctly Spanish atinospher,,, to the occasion. If this plan proves imprac tkal, the group is considering On en tirely different scheme of decoration to be carried out with colored cloth. Prospective Bands The orchestra will be definitely decid ed upon by, the latter part of this week. At present,Dan Murphy who played for the University cf Pennsyl vania prom and who is scheduled to provide syncopation for the Cornell prom, Fletcher Henderson and Don Bestor, both Victor recording bands, are under consideration. To secure advertising. posters for the !lop, a prize poster contest is be ing conducted. Both men and women may compete, submitting four posters (Continued on second page) PATTEE TO CONTRIBUTE BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS English Head To Write History Of Several Americans for Nee• Publication Dr. F. L. Puttee, head of the Eng lish Department, has been chosen as a contributing editor for The Dietion ary of American Biography. This project edited hy Professor Johnson of Yale is under the supervision of the American Council of Learned So cieties and will consist of a series of twenty volumes published over a per iod of six to eight years. From eight een to twenty thousand biographies will lie found in this hook. The biographical writing of a few of the most notable American writers ii the task assigned to Dr. Pattee woo is swell-known as one of the leading authorities on American literature in America. The book is to be financed by a wealthy Now York merchant. • Dr. Pattee was recently orator at the sesqui-centennial celebration of the founding of Phi Beta Kappa. hon orary scholastic fraternity, at Dart mouth College. Will Establish Two Nature Study Camps In Tussey Mountains Two camps for nature study teach ers and e nthusiasts will be established in the Seven Mountains this summer by the nature study department as a result of the success of last sum mer's camp, the first venture of its lam!. The camps will continue for three weeks during which time they will be visited by well-known naturalists and specialists in the field of nature study. slrs. Anna Botsford Comstock of Cor nell university, acclaimed the "mother of nature study in America" will spend one week at each center. Among other internationally known scientists who will visit the camps is E. W. Eckblaw. geologist, geographer and naturalist of the MacMillan arctic ex pedition. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1927 DEBATERS DEPLORE PRACTICAL SIDE OF HIGHER EDUCATION Affirmative Holds Materialistic Tendencies Destroy One's Appreciation of Art NURICK '2S PAIRS WITH HEILBRON FOR WINNERS California Orators Impress in First Split-team Debate Ever Ileld Here iSCUSSing the question, "Is the present tendency to emphasize the practical in American higher educa tion to he deplored?," debaters from the University of California teamed with Penn State's forensic artists in an informal split-team debate Satur day night in the Auditorium. The audience decided in favor of the af firmative. G. Nurick '2B. Penn State and L. Ileilbron '2B. of University of Cali fornia. upheld the affirmative while P. S. Broughton '27. California and .1. W. Brandt '29. I'enn State. maintain ed the negative. One of the features of the argument term the Oxford style of debating used by the westerners. This method in contrast to the point (Continued on third page) DUBOIS NOSED OUT BY YEARLING FIVE Thrills Aplenty as Plebes Win Opener. 21-22—Cubs Miss Scoring Chances BOTH TEAMS EVEN IN • FIELD TOSSING HONORS There was more excitement on the part of the spectators than there was playing skill on the part of the two teams in the freshman curtain-raising 21-22 basketball victor • over the strong Dußois high school in the Ar mory Saturday. That does not mean that the court play was miserable be cause there was more than the usual run or thrills. It was nip and tuck all the way with only a few points separating the teams throughout the tun At the end of the first half the yearlings held a 12-II lead. During the second half both teams scored the same number of points recorded during the first. Cubs Miss Chances Because of the noteworthy defen sive exhibition on the part of Ansel mo and Balmer the Dußois team were afforded few chances to drop valuable two-pointers. The yearlings on the other hand had numerous opportuni ties but inability to shoot with an un erring eye caused far too many at tempts to go wide of the hoop. Iloth sides were even in the matter of field goals but the first-yearmen accounted for two more tallies from the foul line and this was the margin of victory. Dinwoodie, former Abing ton high star. was the leading point maker for the yearlings, netting two field goals in each half with a free toss in the first period for a total of nine (Continued on last page) Prof. Shaw Drafts Clay Test Report Preparation of the final draft cov ering his recent research tests in lire clay was finished last week by Prof. .J. B. Shaw, head of the ceramic engi neering department in the School of Mines and Metallurgy. The report was forwarded to the State Geologi cal Department at Harrisburg for publication. Piro clay used by Professor Shaw in the successful completion of the tests was collected from fifteen dif ferent counties throughout the state. A full report of his research work will appear in the bulletin published under the auspices of the State Geo logical Department. •OLD AMIN BELL" JO BE ISSUED IN TWO WEEKS Members of Pi Delta t psilun, hon orary journalistic fraternity, are for. ululating plans to distribute the first 1927 issue of the Old Main Ilell dur ing the first week of the second sem ester. After the first publication ap pears, a call o•ill be issued fur mater ial for the second printing in May. Dean Stoddart Listed On BroadcAst Program Talks by Dean C. W. Stoddart, head of the School of Liberal ,Arts, 1)1., W. P. Davey and N. Montague head the program of WPSC, Penn State radio broadcasting station, tomorrow night at eight o'clock. Several vocal nunibers by .1. L. Nel son '27, tenor, and an educational and industrial program will complete the evening's entertainment. SENIORS CONSIDER ENDOWMENT PLAN Committee Refers Project to Class—Will Take Action At Next Meeting SIMPLICITY AND ACTUAL SERVICE A FFEcT CHOICE With Inure than fifteen propositions for a senior endowment Fubmitted for its consideration, the Senior Memor ial committee announced its final sel ection before a poorly attended class meeting last Thursday night in the Bull Pen. Details and other general infonna lion concerning the selected plan. proposed by E. It. Metzner of Johns town and 11. P. Griffith, State Colic.__. both reprecsentatives of the New York Life Insurance company of Am erica. were reserved until a later date when more senior clansmen are pres ent to offer consideration and discus slim on the project. Such a meeting will be held during the first week of the second semester. Because his committee desired the plan more popularly approved, chair man G. M. Harris '27 withheld defin ite action and will delay voting for malities until the next meeting when the two agents of the New York con cern will present their policy with full explanations. According to thri ;'..mmittee chair man, his group in making a final sel ection has considered simplicity. rate of annual premium. dividend return, returns over cost and actual service. SHARPSHOOTERS BEAT SYRACUSE , MARKSMEN Defeat of Orange Rifle Squad Adds Sixth Victory to • Varsity Record The telegraphic marksmanship con test held last week between Penn State and Syracuse university rifle men resulted in another victory for the Nittany team. This makes the sixth consecutive triumph for the Varsity rifle squad. Out of a group of ten. the follow ing five men contriltuted highest SCUM', to Penn State honors: Fritz. :187 points out of a possible •ldO; Burns, :181i; Pritchard, 383; Detwiler. .178; Stearns. 37a. A match next week with the Col gate university R. 0. T. C. unit will complete the series of rifle meets for the first semester. Intercollegiate League rifle meets will begin sometime during the early p;r•t, of the second term. Lieutenant Miller has scheduled matches with teams of the following schools: Col umbia University, University of PLlnnsylvania, Georgetown University George Washington University. Nor wich University. Boston University. and Virginia Polytechnic Institute. `Good Man Leads Way' Says Chapel Speaker Discussing morals of college men. the Rev. Clarence E. N. IM:tenancy, of the Arch Street Presbyterian church of Philadelphia talked to chapel-goers in the Auditorium Sunday morning. "Will graduates of Penn State be better or worse for the lour years spent in college?" was a question he asked. In answering it he stated that "a good man shall lead and after him come philosophers, scientists, or tists.and others." The Reverend Macartney also said that a good conscience is of more val ue to a man than a great deal of knowledge. Li APPA KAPPA PSI N. I. Cocliley '27 R. C. Dell '27 It. T. Gallagher '27 It. C. Wharton '27 11. It. Carr '2B I). T. Faust '2B J. P. Jewell '2B 11. I). Johnson '2B P. A. Sint '2B SENIORS ASSURE GOOD MUSIC FOR ANNUAL FORMAL California Ramblers; Have Wide Playing Field in Europe And United Slates WESTERN HARMONIZERS RECORD FOR COLUAIBIA Group of Singers and Dancers Will Accompany Orchestra On February Eleventh In signing the California Rambbas for the Senior Formal Ball on Febru ary eleventh, the committee has been fortunate in obtaining an orchestra that boasts of many individual danc ers, singers and entertainers. Almost six years ago this orcheAra was organized in the state which fur nishes the body's mane. The Ram blers played with moderate success in California for three years and in 1923 the management decided to ac cept the advice of Paul Whitenmn and Art Hickman and ignore the words of Horace Greeley. The Alit ter said "Go West Young Man," and Paul Zlllll Art, whose 1,1111(IS were flourishing in this part of the coun try, said "Go East, Young Band." • (Continued on second page) BOXING SITUATION PERPLEXES HOUCK Coach Puzzled in Naming Lineup For Bout With Temple on February Fifth GRAZIER BATTLES ROBB FOR 1 , 15-POliNli lIONORS An enthusiastic week-end in the Armory ring has served to complicate the hoeing situation to such a degree that •vhen Penn State squares off against Temple university on Febru ary fifth Leo Ilona: will face a hard task in choosing a line-up. Wolff and AI :Money alone are sure of their positions—for the reason that they have no competition worthy of the name. Especially Neill Leo find it hard to decide whom to select from Bevan and :Mahon in the I 15-pound division and llleger, Ealikoski and Wilford in the 125 and I:l5-pound (lasses. Even Captain Crazier will have a hard time of it for . Robb., sensation of the interfraternitg tournament last year. is making him step to keep his welterweight laurels. Veterans Versus Newcomers It is largely a question or veterans against newcomers as fe u • as Grazier and !lieger arc concerned. Pilege:- who is considerably under the light weight limit would like to box at 125 pounds but Kalikoski stands in his way. Kal has a terrific punch and like Fileger is always aggressive. Willford has been sparring with File (Continued on last page) Dean, Mrs. Watts Sail From Canton Dean and :Mrs. R. L. Watts who have been in China for the past month sailed from Hongkong on January eighteenth. They are returning to the United States by way of the Suez Canal, stopping at various points of interest. Dean Watts left here in November when he was appointed a member of a special eonimission to Canton, China, I, y the trustees of Lingnan university, of which Canton Christian college is a part. The function of the commis sion was to add to the board of trus tees a number of Chinese w•ho will act as' a local committee of management and operation. Home Economics Head To Attend Conference :11iss Edith I'. Chase, head of the department of home economics. will represent Penn State at a national conference dealing with home and family problems of normal middle class Americans to be conducted at the 3lerrill-Palmer school, Detroit, neat month. The conference will attempt to formulate an educational program showing the next steps in improving licinl conditions hi normal homes. an. Passers Invade Princeton On Eastern Trip Thursday Nittany Lions Face Real Test—Tigers Rule Favorite—Penn State Easily Downs Gettysburg 1 Secure Conflict Exam Cards From Registrar Conflict examination cards are I at the office of the Registrar for those students who have not al- I ready received theta. PLAYERS PRESENT IDEA' SATURDAY Artistic Cost times for Girls Dancing Chorus Add Color to Play IS FIRST GREEK DRAMA EVER PRESENTED HERE The most outstanding production enacted by the Penn State Players 'AM, 1022 will be the new play, "31etlea. - to he enacted Saturday ev ening. January twenty-ninth, in the Auditorium. A noticeable feature about the production is the departure front the usual custom of presenting modern plays. "Medea" is a Greek drama. This type of play is new to mint students as very few have hail the opporunity to see Greek plays. This type of play has long been the favorite at Yale, Penn, California and other leading universities of the country. A chorus of eleven girls who dance as well as act makes up the chorus fur - the play. - Greenk dancing does not resemble modern jazz; it is al ways rythmic and graceful. The un usual array of artistic costumes worn by the chorus is designed to accen tuate the graCe of the human body and adds a colorful note to the per formance. "3ledea." the leading character of the play, is enacted by hiss Dorothy Musser '27. ThiA character. portray- (Continued on last page) DR. WHITMORE ADDED TO CHEMISTRY STAFF Northwestern Department ❑ead Will Assume Duties Here Nekt September Dr. Frank C. Whitmore, bead of the department of Chemistry at Northwestern university, has been appointed visiting Research Profes sor of Organic Chemistry at Penn State. according to an announcement by Dean 0. 1.. Wendt. lie will as sume his position next September. In connection with his work at Penn State, Dr. Whitmore will be chairman of the Division of Chemis try and Chemical Technology with headquarters in Washington. I). C. During the year he will transfer re (Continued on second page) Winners of White and Carnegie Scholarships Announced by Senate nominations of candidates; try association and the Pennsylvania , mri ; State Baby Chick association jointly 'aind er classes for the Louise Carnegie at their business meetings held dur scholarsips for the college year 1926. i rug the state Farm Products Show in 1927 the Senate committee on Arad- I " risb " r g /"A weep`. Of mu ; mint. $240.000 would he used far the CIIIIC Standards has announced the construction of poultry buildings. winners of awards. The Farm Products Show this year John IV. White scholarships were I awarded to A. C. Santy miss Jean eclipsed previous exhibitions, more i than 72,000 persons viewing the ex- Rider '29 and John Ruzicka '29. hibits and attending the meetings. The committee awarded Louise Car laiaths occupied 120.00 square negie scholarships to the following: tea of floor space. Premiums am sfniors, Miss Freda Copperman, mis,omi Wright. G. L. Lippincott mid 1 ,, ;; nting to s9ooawarded. 0 were It Shanty: juniors, Miss E. I'. Cross_ Thirty-five associations and agencies ; helped to conduct the show, while Icy, Carl Dannerth, C. B. Schubauer twenty-eight associations held (Aura and J. 11. Weinberger: sophomores. tional and business meetings there .i. Brandt. I'. A. Shelley. I). E. l during the week. Thomas. F. W. Warner and C. S. A Webb. large delegation of Penn State John w. white Spanish . schoiar. , faculty members and extension work ers was present and took part in the ships were awarded to P. ' activties of the week. A number of '29. Ithoton Lee '29 :tad It. A. Wilson , the agricultural representatives spoke at the meetings and conducted discus sions and demonstrations. The agri cultural extension force, including sixty-live county agents and seven as sistant county agents, took part in yranging and managing the exhib- I'AIC3II NOUS ELEcnoss r. C. Munv. '27 .1. IL shorts '27 S. 11. Darragh '2B I'. P. Mess '2S Wawa or West Chester PRICE FIVE CENTS Five, 46-29 With the last of the so-called pre liminary basketball games now lib , - tory following the .16-29 defeat of Gettysburg Saturday. Penn State's! promising court aggregation will en ter the major part of its schedule when the fast-moving Princeton Tiger is encountered Thursday in his own jungle. For the tirst time this season the Xittany Lions will be the underdog in the pre-game rating. In addition to the advantage of playing on the home floor, the liengals have already taken part in ten contests which should go far toward seasoning the t:ontbination. The Orange and Mack has been called upon to meet some of the classiest quintets in the East and usually has emerged the victor. Tied for'League Lead By virtue of a 3.1-25 defeat by Dartmouth Saturday.. the Princeton te::m dropped back into a tie with the Ilanoverians for first place in the Eastern Intercollegiate League with three wins and one defeat. Colum bia. 1926 champions, bowed in the first game 31-23 while the Orange and Block was triumphant over the Red and Blue of Pennsylvania. 28-19. Yale was the victim of a 30-2 S re versal. Besides its high league ranking, the Tigers boast the leading individu al scoring honors which are held hp Johnny "Gat" Gartner. a forward. Poo:. rang• center. is not far behind his teammate in point-making and it is this pair that the Lions must watch if they are to spring a surprise and stop the smooth-working Princeton out tit. Tiger Record Impressive A surprise setback at the hands of Temple university . in the opening gante . and defeitik by OHO . State'and CinCinatti on the Christmas tour are the only blotelle.; on an impressive record. The list of victims outside the trio of league opponents ineludea Lehigh. Lafayette, Kentucky. and Witemberg. • Coach Hermann, Manager H. Huffman and a squad of prdutbly eight men will leave State College for Tyrone at seven-thirty tomorrow ev ening. They will make connections there with the nine o'clock flier for Princeton. The nest morning the group . trill leave for Philadelphia where they will stop at the Hotel Pennsylvania in preparation for Sat urday's struggle with the lied and Blue in the Palestra. Gettysburg No 3latch "Revenge." a court drama in two acts was portrayed by the Blue and White players for the edification of the usual capacity crowd of Armory-goers Sat urday night. score: 46-2:I. Gettys burg took a secondary part. Captain . Mike llamas in the lead ing role. was supported by four other players who fulfilled their• pacts well. particularly in the first act. An en (Continued on last page) FAVOR HUGE SUM FOR PROMOTION OF POULTRY State Poultry and Chick Groups Vote for Third of Million For College Plant An appropriation of •s2tittaloo for ;oultry work at Penn State was fur red by the Pennsylvania State IPlll.li-
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