VOL XXII, No. 33 Players Present Initial Greek Drama Tomorrow Star Cast Revives "Medea", Famous Euripides' Tragedy, on Auditorium a Stage at Eight-Thirty O'clock Rev. Rose To Give Last Chapel Talk of Term Rev. I. 31. Rose, of the First Bap tist church, Philadelphia, Iv ill be the chapel speaker Sunday. Revelend Rose is a graduate of Acadia univer sity in Nova Scotia as well as It mail ante of the Rochester Theological Seminary. Several yenis before al adunting horn Rochester Seminary, he taught school and preached in the various provinces of Canada. The Re, erend Rose has been active in accepting small past. ates and fostering them until they have owned then au n buildings. His ability at organisa tion of chinches has been mai ked SIXTY THOUSAND SEE FARM SHOW Eleventh Annual Convention Is Most Remarkable Held in History of State FRUIT GROWERS DISPLAY UNUSUALLY IMPRESSIVE The eleventh Pennsylvania State Farm Products Show, which closed last Friday at lialrlSbUrg was the largest and most successful exhibition so far held by the agriculture Intel rots of this state, and accouling to reliable authority was the most re markable show of its kind in the whole country. Prize winning dany and beef cattle, swine and chickens vvei e exhibitea by fat mers from all over the State The fruit growers staged the largest show ever held in Pennsylvania and mem bers of the 400 Bushel Club had a noteworthy display of potatoes The exhibit of poultry, pigeons, and egg, emphatically demonstrated the pro gressiveness of the Pennsylvania poul try-men As contrasted with the small num her of people attending the first show in 1917, over sic thousand people VP ded the show this year This is sonic indication of the increasing in terest of inthviduals and organizations of the commonwealth in in emoting the advancement of Pennsylvania ag ticultuth Collegian Responds To Frothy's Taunts With Easy Victory Galloping ghosts of Nick Alhoek, Vie Hanson, Will Rogets and Mike llamas , Diluting on great deluges— the Wins one was manned by the sight honorable Noah Would they arbitrate' No, they could find no one to decide in their tam Fraternity toast at thirty paces' They disdained it They challenged delibetately dared (Frothy, we mean)—to challenge ye Collegian portable-Pounders to cul minate aged scores and sores on the emit. But worse things have been done Ultimately it happened We.uily the Froth .it Tdesday eve betook themselves, creaking in etery creak able joint, to the Armory floor Now they sit and state, pondering their forty-minute basketball session with the scribes The funnyman always pays and plays and pays. The technical side is weatisome Score, 49-14. (High Nano Wins.) Points iegistered —Fletchoi 20, Robb 10, Collegian, Huffman 9, Froth Quarto's, ten minutes. Reims; Els enhuth. Ho, hum! May it be a les son! VALUE OF MATHEMATICS, CHEMISTRY, CONSIDERED Discussing the use of physics and mathematics In engineeiing work, 'acuity membeis of the School of En gineering played host to many in structors and professors from the Mathematics and Chemist*. and Phy sics departments Wednesday night. Mtn an outline was presented by Prof. C. C Wagner, Doctor F. W Owens and Plof. D. C. Duncan show ed the instruction In these subjects needed by engineers, there followed a nand table discussion by the whole Stoup. _ ' - 0 41,A 5. ,.. i., . • Afik' Vt,; - • ; 'at a staff cast, colmful costumes, r stupendous set and carefully woik effout lighting effects, the Penn State Players will stage their sole presen tation of Euripides' drama, "Medea," tomm ion night azi the Auditorium at eight-thnty o'clock Departing from the usual modern type of play the organization is mak ing this ancient Greek drama, first pei formed in the year 431 13. C., the most artistic and outstanding of their productions this year The methods of the classic theater are being fol lowed in all respects, pioducrig an emotional, picturesque and highly im aginative effect 1333=1 Miss Dorothy Musser '27, onc of the Player's most capable actresses, still enact the lending tole, Medea, which demands a strong emotional display, exceptional soice control and 1 owasful acting. The character of Jason will be portrayed by G. A. knight '3O, a newcomer to the Play er's tanks In addition to the prin cipals who are eleven in another, thole is a dancing chorus of eleven girls which will be on the stage fin almost the entree duration of toe play The scene of "Medea" is laid in Cotrith befoie the palmed palace of Medea It is designed and lighted in such a way as to convey the mood of the‘play lather than to create a re alistic background The set, being the highest eves erected in the Audi torium, demanded much case and la bor in its construction Two Stages Accoiding to the ancient Clock mode the stage is divided into too levels connected by several steps. Up on the upper level the principals ap pear and enact then - roles. The chorus lemains on the lower level for ftactically the - entire lerigth- of the rley. dancing inteipictively with rhythm and grace Costumes have been designed with the idea of fultheling the portia.val of the mood of the theme and of re producing the ancient Greek manner (Continued on third page) RUNNERS STAGE SECOND TRACK MEET TOMORROW Absence of Harriers NVeakens Distance Runs—Helf f rich Among Starters With the meinbeis of the champ ionship cross-country in Philadelphia attending the annual banquet of the Veteian Athletes of Amen., the hack meet to be held on the Armory boards tomoiross afternoon at tees thirt,, o'clock will lack class in the distance events. Despite this weak ness, the sprinteis should make this week's competition intmesting, ac cording to Coach Caitmell In the fifty-yard dash which was not tun last Saturday, the lasso •on tsy list makes it possible that several of the Neteran runners will not be in the finals However, Bartholomew, Filkins and Mathias will rule favor ites with the possibility of Mac- Ciacken, freshman luminary, mov ing the dark hove of the afteinoon Hurdle Competition Costello, who was unable to com pete in the hurdles last week, will toe the mad. with Eggets, Lerch and Holmes, another yearling hope The half nude will hnd HeMich amorg the starters, the mile being aln.ost exclusively freshman competition. It he is in condition, Mellinger, one of Nute's best men on the Loins, will make the four-forty race mote com plicated than last week when Sands, Kaibach, and Bowie were in a blank et finish. The two-mile will find ',tactically the some field that stint ed at the post last week The same will be the case in the weight events Coach Cat tmell Is pinning Bill Cox for the mile-and-s-holf eighty-yard limit liandicap at the Newark A. C., Febi nary ninth • Impose Fine for Cutting First Classes of Term A fine of live dollars will be Imposed upon any student who Is absent from the litst meeting of a clam at the beginning of the second semester. Violators of this rule will not be allowed to attend classes until they have paid the fine and re•tegistered. STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1927 NITTANY MATMEN MEET lOWA STATE GRAPPLERS TODAY Lions Hope To Avenge Setback Suffered in 1924—Ames Team Strong MEET TO BE CONDUCTED UNDER WESTERN RULES Mats Placed in Elecated Ring And Jersies Barred—Long Will See Action Four years ago a Nittway mat squad traveled to Ames to meet de feat at the hands of a stronger lowa State team. Today the grapplers again meet the Mid-westerners, hut mith a gum detommation for re. nenge that promises materially to aid their bid for success. The count ot. the 1924 meet was 15-6, five of the decisions going to lowa and tan to Penn State. Innmatio. In Rulings Alto a workout Wednesday, the grapplers left foe thee hip to the West, eat vying equipment enough to I eep in continual touch with the con dition and the weights of the men. Foe the tune being the Lions must foiget the familial rules of the East- (Continues on last page) RINGMEN PREPARE FOR TEMPLE BOUT Clash With Philadelphians On February Fifth—Grazier More Aggressis e FILEGER AND WILFORD CONTINUE HARD SCRAPS These was no let down in the boist erous bning program for Penn State's gladiatois this meek, not ev en the sign of a shake-up except among the su addling membeis of the squad which, as a unit, is mildly im patielt, fot the Temple bout on Feb ruary fifth Houck vls genially stored by the innitosement of hi, veterans this week, especially with that of Captain Grazier, Clarke has been lying in defensive abeyance thus far and his aggiessive stand against WoIIT on Finlay eNening more than pleased the coach. Although the middleweight dro‘c hone many hard drives Gi a/ie.r stood up smell and often took advan tage to send in blows himself Freshmen Show Strength Several freshmen distinguished themselves by sterling perfoi murices against the Vaisity contenders. The tiny Cluistopher and Ebe, who fulls (Continued on last page) TWO ORCHESTRAS PLAY ON BROADCAST PROGRAM Indoor Games and Class Dances To Go on Air From 'Mikes In Armory Balcony Featui mg Buck Taylor's Music Room Hour, composed of local talent, and the usual regular program con sisting of a faint and garden talk, \VPSC, Penn State's Indio broadcast. mg station, will stir the air Monday night at eight o'clock. Lost Wednesday night fans heard Bottorf's orchestra play Item ten thirty until eleven-this ty following in tetesting talks by Dean Stoddart, Dr W P. Davey and E. N. Montague. New microphones are expected with in the nest week which mill enable the operators to broadcast nom the bal cony of the Armory. All basketball games, boxing matches, and dances Including the semi ball, Junior prom, military ball and the soph hop will be broadcasted. Johnny Henszm's Campus Owls played seveial populai selections nt night-thirty o'clock berme the e hien tional talks. Who's Dancing 1 Women's Building—All-College Saturday Delta Upsilon Sigma Pi Acacia (closed) Cliorp,a Mu Rhu Novelty DeCorations To Mark Senior Bal Decorations for the Semi Ball February eleventh, will he particular ly attractive Stripes of alternatim, blue and 'Mute will drape in a grace ful sweep from .the ceiling to the sides of the Armoiy. Oveilaid with smilax this will be set off by novel lighting effects. In addition to the new idea in dee orating, thete will be a diffetent at rangement of flateinity booths CHAMPIONS ATTEND VETERANS' BANQUET Cross-country Team To Be Guest Of Honor in: Philadelphia Ton‘orrow Night BEZDEK. FLEMING AND CARTIVIELL WILL SPEAK Penn State's etoss-country cham pions, It R. Fournme '27, W. J. Cox '29, G K. attenhauber '29, J Ii Ste,- nit '27, P B Reis *27 and G A Guy e. '27 will be among the guests of honor at the tv.ents-lust champion ship banquet of the Veteran Athlete; of Philadelphia tomorrow night at the Penn Athletic club Other guests of honor urll be Navy's Eastern championship foot ball team, Lieutenant-Commando It E. Byrd, palm flight commander, H A Russell, intercollegiate 100 3 and and 220 yard record holder .1-id the Hon Curtis D IYdbui , secretary of the Navy This annual gatheling is unsm passed in athletic' interest and tar ietv of champions present by ant gathering of its kind in the uoild Olympic, American a-id Inte.colleg. into champions will be present, some of the most glorious Pei Cot mances in sport , Among those reptesenting Penn State will be coach, Hugo Bezdek, who wit deliver a few terrier], follov,ing the banquet, N. M Tlemingand N J Cal tmell An of these ale memlie, of the Veteran Athletes of Philadel phia Ember in the day a itintheon of the Penn State Club of Philadelphia ,till take place at the Penn Athletic club Men•beis of the basketball and cross country teams, coaches Hugo Bezdek and N Cattmell and C J. Bete . - man, pi esulent of the Athletic Abso - will be the guests DAN GREGORY TO PLAY FOR MILITARY FORMAL Checking Bids Should Be Filed In Week—Complimentary Tickets Offered With the definite acqunement of Dnn Giegoly to furnish noble foi the Aldan, Ball, the committee has completed piepaiatior, for the an nual formal to be held 11 the Armory, February twenty-fifth. This \sill be an all-college function, not ie.strieted to classes. Bids lot checking pry. lieges must be submitted to G. L. McGinness.: '2B at the Delta Pt house berme Howl.‘y, February seventh. A compliment, v ticket still be pi wlented to the rid,. vidual who submits foul plat that ate chosen by the committee Infoiamtml about these signs can be obtained horn S. Ii Tot clua, 27 Watts Hall. On the day following the I'm ma! the Nittany tamers meet the Penn teem Thole mill also be a Miestling mateh between Penn State an Nosy Tie filit of the amen of %%Intel conteits will be held in the Auditouum Sun day of the same week-end Fence To Be Built on Presidential Lawn if Trespassing Continues An ultimatum delivered by super intendent of grounds, It I Weber, states that a fence will enclose the Piesident's tesulence unless foigetful students cease to mar the beauty of tho lasso by meeting paths through tho President's Somal years ago a fence, reaching front the President's house to Allen street, sins remoted after student, adopted a sense of beauty rule. Plans foi the construction of a Shops and Stores building li we be. ...awned by the Board of 'haste., according to Superintendent Webei. The new budding to lepluce the pres ent wooden structure will be erected this spring and will be situated rim Unit F of the engineciing group Tattrgiatt. DANNY MURPHY'S SKIPPERS TO PLAY AT SOPH FORMAL Band is Popular in Collegiate Circles—llas Signed for Cornell Prom FAVORS AND INVITATIONS ARE DEFINITELY CHOSEN Spanish Effect Considered for Decoration—To Reward Poster Contributors Dan Mmpby and his Musical Skip pers have been seemed to pies do ncopatlon for the undergraduate formal on Mai ch elnenth, announced E. S Locknood, chairman of the Soph Hop committee, at a class meet ing Tuesday c% ening Originally from Boston, the troupe has played estensn, ely rn Michigan and Is well kn. n in the Middle West Many of the members in addition to being skilled mummuns me talented onto tamers, capti‘ating collegiate tides Playing . for the Pennsyhania Prom and during the recent holiday season at the Bellevue-Stratford, Philadel phia the bard uas heir] by the chant man of the Connell Pion, committee (Continued on thud page) CUB PASSERS MEET LOCAL SCHOOLBOYS State College High School Tile Has Veteran Team of Three Years' Experience ENGAGEMENT TOMORROW SHOULD TEST YEARLINGS A ponetful State College high :ghee! basketball [elm, a combination that has been intact fm the past nice ,eats, mill pim ide the opposition for the Piaui State tt eshman quintet to m°, tow mening at smen o'clock in the Nrinoiy With a teem d of foe consecutne t Idol es the local high school com bination has yet to taste the bittti dregs of defeat Altoann Cathol c, Lock Ilaten, Orbisonia, Mt Union nod Poe loge ace the high school toes that hate booed before the ontush of the Stole College team (Contmued of last page) Four Fraternities Bow To Greek Opponents in Fast Basketball Tilts Theta Upsilon Omega, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Beta Theta Pi and Theta Xi Came off tu-toilOub in four fast inter fi Amity basketball game., in the Itimmy Tuesday. night. Sueitael', fast awl. enabled Theta Upsilon Omega to pile up a Prue of 21.6 user Omega Epsilon whale rav and the Tau Kappa Epsilon 11.15501% outmatched the Theta. Clu by a 16-8 SCOI Beta Theta Pi nest compleleh swamped the Sigma Phi Epsilon bee by the ove,helm,g scot e of 85-0 That i Xi fought a dose 1142 game with Delta Tau Delta WILL SELECT VARSITY FENCERS IN FEBRUARY Schaeitzer To Choose Twehe From Forty Candidates Now Reporting Penn State'. new fencing coach, Schwea , er, is ill select a team of snoliNmen to compete in intercolleg iate matches to be scheduled after the beginning of net.t. semester Of the forty students who practice it the Almon, to else ttill be chosen torep resent the College "As ,00n as the twelse most mom -I.llg men me taken in hand and gie en individual instruction I hope to hate a good team," said Mr Schweit zer "This does not mean, hostetet, that those who fad will be automatic ally dropped because theme van also be a sand team " A sthedule of meets wdi net be n - anged until next semestet when the squad will bus e been selected to ep esent Penn State in the tinning en gagement,. Penn State Encounters Pennsylvania Courtmen Old Rivals Renew Feud in Palestra Tomorrow---Ten Thousand May See Clash lo Broadcast Basketball Game Tomorrow Evening I basketball The Penm,hama-Penn State - t game ,ill be bt aad ,through the co. of State WI?, G 13, othei a in Phil alelphia j game scheduled to begin it ,g eight-I , il l tet, and the bi oadeasti h.i begin at eight clock n ,,, ,, l hns as , e length of 550 SI DIAMOND AND GRID PRACTICE STARTS Beadek Plans Three Workouts Weekly in Both Sports At Stock Pas ilion INDOOR TRAINING BEGINS AFTER SEMESTER OPENS To get a using start on the 1927 spots season, lingo Bettlek, Lion hen,' coach, has decided to begin is In t. football and baseball practice in the Stock Pandion th e SiA meek of the second bCllloStel Since the seludule of closes to be held in the building hao. not vet been announced it hai been unpir.sible to announce when inaetine, will start and how often the, will be held I=l It is the pius of the Natany men to:, hou net, to hold three grid prat tle, steek4 and the same number of baseball serakonts These ',ill be held or allot nate class. Football bat . ..held men still not be tolled fot indoor plat:- two inasmuch as mole loom than the pas lion arro,d,, is needed fot putt tits fur the men belund the lints Coach Beetle]. will let these men rest until the s• oath. o ill pernnt them to get mad., Sprints and forma t,oe dulls will then be in onto Hot,. et, Lite pavilion airfoils ex (Continued on last page) EIGHT TEAMS ENTERED IN I. F. RING TOURNEY Della Sigma Phi Hovers Open With Phi Kappa Sigma February Eighth Delta Sigma Phi and Phitnna Sigma etll pry off the lid of the at tetftatetmh hosing ton, nament the Ai moil. reln um s eighth, it 0, announced by 11' It J,i hoon '2l, man age, of the tuu net Eight di ate, nit en h, e sent in then enti ce Thesr, classes ale 100, 11i, ILO and 175 poun Is and the unlimited The bantnnm mgh, class uai di upped because of the scale* al midget ha 'xis Leo Houck, boxing coach, still lefet eu the bouts tt hicb 11 ill he conducted andel intmeollegiate boxing inlet Ant hoses who has taken pat I. In a Pas alit meet to ill be bu ied limn com petition Ficshmen Ile eligible The hose, must n nigh n at ten minute , alter to el, e o'clock on the (la, .f the bouts Phi Knpp t Psi will meet. Thcta Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Theta will box Kappa Signet, and Alpha Sigma Phi still tangle mitts mai Theta Xi on Febt nal v tenth I Firs( Senior Ball Ticket Sale To Be Held Tonight The fist ticket sale fm the Scum Ball, Plains, Faun, ele‘enth, ashll be held at the 31 sac Room tonight farm besot to nine o'clock Tickets she pac ed at ace dollars Fiateinits booth thawing, hull also be held at the Music Room tonight at the canoe tune Each crate, nit. should hose a tepiesenta- Inc ph esent Booths will be - sold at six dollais each Those stishing to smote checking pi wileges at the dance should submit bids to w r Windle, Theta Chi house, before Wednesda3, Febrohy second A %%andel el has t etott tol to its home. .h bank, belongnm to the old Ct e9son latto at y Sous, , has been cent 11 cm the Doh out Public Una! to Its shell to the Cal !logic Llbl het e The ohnne, wlnth is phunlN not-boil on the Inside toter, “This bunt must be taut net! In two %seeks," has been nn,ing lust twenty vein The tome us m good eonditlon, as it ho' been undistut bed lot almost t‘ qu 11 t ,•1 contort. The Palestra Test For Penmanship PRICE FIVE CENTS SmoulJm log °mho s of a ba,l,et ball feud that dates back to P:O2, will huist into flame when Penno,l cania and Penn Stile Itta,n renew a tiaditional battle for carat supi ema cc in the new Palest:a tomorrow night Tc - : thousand person, the least ace: to witness a Lion quin tet in action, are expected to ,ics the stinggle It nntll be the second cia,h nvulun thtee dais fun the Vanslty aganent an Eabtetn Intencollegiate League kale Pinneeton tinting been engaged last night Penns Is allot sit Top l'orm Atte, a lathet thsappointlng st ut the lied and Blue combination bas swept through the opposaton m Im inessne fashion Utsrius gate Penn tylcanin it; fit st opening game set back in htstot but Conch McNichols toss., humbled St Josephs. and Os teopath'' in prelumnaQ, tilts St!, adnuntsteted the second me' 0,11 but the Philadelphians took a dose one ft eon Rochestel Prom that point on the Quaker city team slatted to shoe mitt ON [Relent Onlt tno teams h so 13..1 ible gain it decision of el the McNichob es s.nee the .S,t ran.° tilt Nays was tho sietot at Annapolis sillily Pi ince ion tinunplied in Tigel tons Inc Nati reset.' has since been atcng oil then the 1111ildies x -ming sit cab of nine stiaight sins shatteicil last aLtili in the Palestia Boast Clean Ilalestra SLUR The lied and Blue quintet lio,ts scan slate fin all conteqs alas nil in its new bakketball home, the Palest, a, the hugest ba,ketball as ena in the East P II C 1 ale, Lchigh. Lafay ette, Des tinoath and Nus,' has e all . failed in attiasurks to au est a netsPy lions the home team c s the Palest, a dew The Ui sinus sethads took place on the nos, distal ded Weightdi in Hall court Concn McNichol, aftei sniq.ag ii quad of nineteen players 0ir0.,•1 in (Continued on lost page) SIX GLEE CLUBS LISTED IN FIRST STATE CONTEST l'enn Slate Songsters To Enter Competition—Winneis Go to Nee Yolk The hi st contest of college and in, ve,,it% glee clubs mei held in tins state unit be .taged in Cat nettle Hall, PitLburgh, on Cebi tinny eighteenth The etent Bill be under the thiection of the Inteicollegiate Musical council of Nen Volk City, on huh is the open tet of S111111:11 (.011teSt0 held thiough out the counts Gioups competing in Pittsburgh , II be the Penn State, Bucknell, Cainegn Teal,, Juniata, Unit et sity of Pats. tulgh and Washington and JelTerson glee dubs The 1,1111101 of the song fest Hill hat o the hone, of teptesent ing this state to the National Intel colleginte4 ul Nett Voi k, )larch tnelfth Nittan3 Grad Head , . Commatke Pt ehnunan 5 ic kof on ganvlng the colleges into a competnt‘e glom) ua, done by 111 c thank head of tee Penn State ilepan [lntent 01 runic The ICU% du ectung of the eonteet no Pats ben gh, hooocet, unit lie in the 11.001, of a collimate° chosen ft 010 the alum ni of the lost:totems t eprevented coninuttee udl be headed by (.1 A Sochi, Penn State 'l7 This idea of a college glee club competition, at w !nth 11Ills._ of the highest standatil will be piesented, ha, ahead' met with the enthusiastic unmoral of Nominent 111.101111, and musical eiginizations in Pitthbuigh It is anticipated that a capacity audi ence will heal the singe, Lost Book Returns From Strange Trip
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