VOL XXII, No. 37 NITTANY BOXERS TOPPLE VAUNTED CADET TEAM FOR SECOND VICTORY Grazier's One-round Knockout of Preston Features 5-2 Vin • Over Touted Squad From V. M. I. MAHONEY DEFEATS RIVAL Kolikoski and Wolff Account For Easy Decisions—Bevan and Wilford Beaten In First Bouts The old army game failed to take Perri State into the V M l camp Saturday . , but failed by so narrow a margin that before the meet was over the Nittany Lion almost had been shell ..hocked to defeat. Only until Captain Grazier knocked out Preston and Attic Wolff left-Jabbed Moorman to extinc tion, was Penn State assured of vic tory And then, to make things reas suring, Roger Mahoney outpointect Chambers, the visiting heavy; so Penn State won, 5-2 Sandwiched between the defeat of Bevan by Hardenburg, the cadet cap tain, and the loss of Wilford to Grif fin, came Kolikoskes decisne victory over Baker Still, the 2-1 lead had Penn State in a bad way; especially when Bendiek, who together with Be van and Wilford, was expeilencing his first taste of Varsity warfare, wavered after establishirfg an early lead against Gisen The Nittany Noel ter came back in the extra round and eked out a decision that tied the scale at two all. Gra>ier Ka} oes Preston . With tsso ledpubtable six-footers on the V. M. I bench it looked as if the match depended on Captain Glaz ier The climax came suddenly. Hardly lied thok ihot-roat2 - gotten un derway when Grazier stepped inside Preston's guard and-planted a right, flush on the V. M. I. sixty-pounder's jaw. Preston tottered. Grazier cooly reconnoitered the situation, stepped in again, and crashed two more rights against Preston's head The Virgin ian fell flat on his face, unconscious, in the middle of the ring It was a clean knockout The crucial match ended in an easy decision for Wolff Allie had no trouble in eluding the mountainous Moorman and cr..), tune the V. M I. (Continued on last page) FRENCH SUMMER COLONY TO BE EXPERIMENT HERE Students Will Practice Foreign Languages and Customs During Courses The fundamental aim of the ro mance language Institute for toe ! coming summer, the directorship of which will be entiusted to Prof G P. Fougeray, is to seek perfection through intense study and practice With this plan in mind, student pas lance will be noticeably French and Fienth only. During the six-week session stu dents of the French Institute will be requested to read only French news papers and to speak to no one in any language but their macticed tongue. Only by special permission may they confer with poisons speaking a lan guage foreign to French. I=il=Ell In conjunction with the academic work the Institute offers a social hie putter end after that of Fiance. Pro grams including ensemble singing, solos, lectures, poems and plms will be conducted - nightly Smeral danc es and parties me also scheduled lot the proposed French colonists During the coming summer session the department of romance languages plans to attempt a new idea in re gard to teaching begmneis in French and Spanish. By the new plan, a stu dent will recite to ice daily in order to complete a year's work and receive six credits. TOURNEY WILL DECIDE CHESS TEAM MEMBERS Elimination contests to determine the personnel of the Penn State chess team will begin nt seven o'clock to night in Room 28, Libeial Arts. Matches will continue throughout the week. All students, including fresh men, interested in chess, ale invited to enter the tourney. ..! . .:,..4.8 - ..1; i Semi-Weekly I ''' ;, 51 !‘ !: , 3 4..., 4 ,z,'!;,. 1 IA fin a f t ..„.:1„.,,,,,„.....•,.,„,,,. 1 ,„,, ~.,:eq-a1,511;v4.A Paintings, Property of Metropolitan Museum, On Exhibit in Old Main Penn State's first art exhibit, dis playing several original master paint ings borrowed from the Metropolitan 'Museum of Art, New York city, is being viewed by ninny interested in art, according to Prof. C. L Harris, tread of the inclutectural department The exhibit in the Fine Arts Mu seum Room 284 Old Main began last Thursday and will continue until February twenty-fourth. Paintings by European artists date back as far as the seventeenth century. The architectural department has been invited to send ten studnet draw ings to the Pan-American Exposition of Architecture in Buenos Aires, July first to tenth. Diawings will also be sent to the exhibition conducted by the American Association of Colleg iate Schools of Architecture in Wash ington during the first neck incillay. DECORATING PLAN FOR HOP CHANGED Sophomores Will Choose Colors Thursday—Wright To Make Favors DANNY MURPHY'S BAND TO GIVE NOVELTY ACTS A late change in the decorating scheme for the Sophomore Hop was announced by the committee after a conference last creek with Mr. Jacob Silverstein of Silverstein and Comp any, Wilkes-Bane Accmding to Chairman 2..7 Lock wood, the coitus of the Class of 1929, which will be chosen at a meeting Thursday, vvill take a predominant part in the draping of the sides of the Armory A checkered ceiling will also be introduced. Word has been received fa om De troit, where Danny Murphy and his 2.luoic.il Skippers are fulfilling an engagement directly folloiving :lean Goldlette, that the Hop orchestra has produced greater enthusiasm than the more famous organization. :Murphy (Continued on third page) INITIAL ROUND OF 1., F. BASKETBALL NEARS END Four Teams Eliminated—Games Played on Armory Floor Last Week Games played tonight and Thurs day will complete the first sound of the interfraternity basketball sched ule according to A. II {Ville '2B, in terti eternity manager Another month, however, will be inquired be foe the tournament will be brought to a close Tonight at eight o'clock Phi Kappa Sigma will meet Phi Sigma Kappa and Acacia mill line up against Lambda Chi Alpha At nine o'clock Phi Epsilon Pi will contest with List year's winneis, Theta Kappa Phi, while Sigma Phi Sigma and Alpha Chi Sigma me perfoiming on the ad jacent team t Thula,lav's battle will include Sig ma Tall Phi and Sigma Pi at eight o'clock, with Sigma Nu finalists last scar, against Alpha Tau Omega Ind Kappa Delta Rho against Alpha Gamma Phi at nine Three games wine played last week, Chi Lambda Zeta downing Delta Kappa Sigma by a 36-28 score in the first engagement. Alpha Sigma Phi eked out a 13-10 win over Beta Lamb da Sigma while Alpha Chi Rho de tented Phi Lambda Theta, 28.4. The playing of King and Peak enab led Chi Lambda Zeta's team to met come Delta Kappa Sigma by the scale of 36-23. Simultaneously, Alpha Chi Rho overwhelmed Phi Lambda Theta, piling up the score of 28-4, while Al pha Sigma Phi met stainer opposi tion in Beta Lambda Sigma, the mar gin of victory being only three points, 13-10. Default and Win Mark Opening of Fraternity Wrestling Encounters Gaining four fall% out of a possi ble flue the Sigma Phi Sigma wrest ling team downed the Acacia matmen by the score of 20-3 in the Ainicay Tuesday evening in the opening march of the I. P. touraament. The only points gainered by the losers were accounted for by Lewis who gained a decision over Haling., Phi Larnbill Theta defaulted to Phi Delta Theta in the only other bout of the evening. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1927 FAMED VIOLINIST TO GIVE RECITAL HERE TOMORROW Zimbalist in Penn State Debut, Appears in Fifth Artists Musical Program WILL PRESENT CLASSICS IN AUDITORIUM CONCERT Is Also Known as Composer of Piano and Violin Numbers And Noted Operas 'evsN Efrem Zimbalist, one ;of the few famed violinists in the present musi cal world, will offer as the.fifth num ber of the Penn State nnimcal enter tainment course a program of classical selections tomorrou night at eight fif teen o'clock, in the Auditorium A mastei of musical interpretation his piogram sviltinclude selections by famous compoSors and by some more modern scram, Doing not only a violinist, but an accomplished pianist and a composer of note, Efrem Zim bahst is able to express the soul and spa it of the music he plays. The in struments he uses are among the fin est in evisteree. Makes American Debut Having achieved terown in his na tive Russia, he came to America and made his debut here in 101 l He was immediately hailed us one of the world's gleateseswilinists and his ap pearances since then base confirmed this impression As a soloist he has (Continued on second page) COUNCIL FAVORS OLD SONG REVIVAL Student Council Restricts Size __ And Material of StunL,, Night Paddles TO ACT UPON CONDUCT OF STUDENTS AT MEETS To revive the old ~ ongs of Penn State, arrangements for a special song week with a mass electing a, a climax we!, begun by the Student Council Tuesday night Repiesentatiy es of Pal nu Nous and Skull and Bones base been ap pointed to help assistant managers in keeping letter men and girl's seetmas of the Ai mory stands flee from umvarianted occupants. Stu dent co-operation is asked A new rule requiring that padd'es used for Stunt Night be of soft wood and of a stated ore was pas,ed order to prevent injuries which hose occurred in the past After th.scussmir the unguntlemanly conduct of students in the Armory (Continued on third page) Grange Broadcasts From Station WPSC Offering a vat lety of student talent, the Penn State Outage ariangcd a Indio progl am which NM, broadcast ed last night front the College sta tion, WPSC The openinr, number seas a piano solo by Miss It. M. Dasid '27. This was followed by a talk, "The Penn State Grange and its Activities," by W. C. Gumbel '2B, new master of the local order. Seveial offerings by the Grange quartet, selections by the Grange orchestra and a banjo duet completed, the musical program fon the evening. In internist talks L k. Canter '27 spoke on "The Function of the Grange" and Miss Z. Y. Floyd '29 told about the memoilal dormitory for women students fon which the Grang es of Pennsylsania are now noising money. The Indio plogram lot tomorrow night will consist of talks by Dr F L. Puttee and Dean G L. Wendt, with musical selections by Chang Smith's orchestra. Preceding the pi ogi and the station will In ondcnst the Juniata basketball game beginning at seven o'clock Collegian Calls 1930 Business Candidates Freshmen candidates for the Collegian business stuff will meet at seven o'clock tonight in Room 1122 Old Main. Transferring; Students Meet Tribunal Tonight For the purpose of hearing the cases of those students 'who care to ask for exemption from curtains for the remainder of the year,'W. E Pritch ard '27, president of the Student Tri bunal, hus called a special meeting of that body tonight at , eight o'clock in Room 222 Old Mara. Those students who have transfer red from other colleges and are unde cided as to then status are asked to be present tonight SILVERSTEIN WILL DECK ARMORY FOR MILITARY FORMAL Committee Picks Novel Scheme Of Tricolored Drapes And Fan Flags GREGORY PRAISED ON WESTERN APPEARANCES Posters Must Be in by Tonight While Bids for Checking Close Thursday Decorations for the Mditnis Ball will bo furnished by 'Silverstein's of Wilkes-Boric, according to an an nouncement made by the committee in , charge of the fonduv to be held in the Armory, February tuenty-fifth Dance music will be presided by Dan Gregory's Victor recording ar tists who have recently played in many cities of the Mid-West Filling an engagement in Michigan after Jean Goldkette, Murphy's band was prefer led to last year's Tumor Prom or chestra Plans for decorat.ons this year pro vide fin mote elaborate diapings thug weie used for last year's event. 'Red, white and blue stripmi still cover the ceiling ',bile. drapc2.- ir white. A fan of flags aill be plac ed behind each booth A gold gilt eagle will be put on either side of the Armory and a lingo Penn State sent will be put placed above the stage Ticket sales will be held tonight and Thursday night from sit to eight o'clock in the Music Room The price per couple is four dollars Bootn (Continued on third page) PLEBES TAKE FOURTH IN DOWNING SCRANTON Will Essay Fifth Win Against Bellefonte Tossers in Armory Tomorrow Arri untried Bellefonte Academe use Hall meet the freshman basketball team in the Armory tomorrow even ing The county seaters have not played this season sshrle the Lion plebes have gone through four bat tles unharmed. Lade is known about the Academy passers but Rankin, former Union town high star, and Hood, football duminarv, are veterans who writ see actlon at forward and guard, respec tively. The yearlings will line up as in pro i6us games wrth Captain Sta ley and Dinuoothe at the forward posts, and Lee and Anselmo at guard with the lanky Let da as tip 01l man Fkulung a fast offense and a star ' rip defense, the Cr e,hman basketball team estended its string of Nritesse, to four at the expcmse of Scranton Laclorwanna Business college on the Armory floor Saturday evening by the score of 85-18. The game btaikeil slowly, neithei team being able to find the basket Dinwmulte opened the scoring with a foul. Ostrowski tied the stole na• ment later Then Lee netted a shot tiom mud-court followed by Dinwood ie's second successful foul try Two pointers by Lee and Staley enabled the plebes to draw away fiorn the vis itors, the half ending with the count 18-8. Scoring Honors Leyda's Jumping and shooting aid ed tho yearlings in the second peeled, the big freshman nettiag foul Man shots berme being removed in favor of Ridgeway. It was dining this time that Ostrowski, diminutae Scianton guaid, rang up a pair of sensational field goals and demon strated some closer dribbling Scoring honois went to Lee with five floor shots, Le,lda being ,Nlro counts behind Captain Staley's floor work Was also a factor in the victory. During the last few minutes of play Coach Conovei sent in seen al substitutes The Scranton aggregation is coach ed by "Pipe" Geihardt '25, tomer Lion captain. . I "21.1BLICTTT 011F1V-3- "" 2" CO - PI (111:iiiirig; tati4. RELIGIOUS WORKER VOICES OPPOSITION TO MATERIALISTS Reverend R. Niebuhr Stresses Humanism in Three-day Lecture Series NOTED SPEAKER SECURED UNDER AUSPICES OF "Y" Similar Talks Rctently Green At Conference of New England Colleges "Can Materialism Comprehend Life's Meaning" is the general subject of number of speeches which the Res trend Reinhold Niebuhr AN 111 deliver under the auspices of the Y. M. C A during a three-day visit at Penn State beginning Sunday Reverend Niebuhr is pastor of Bethel Es angelical church, Detroit, and is contributing editor to the CI: )mtean Cotteuy and the IPm Id Tontof Re‘ciend Niebuhr has neon Seemed by Harvard, Braun, Yale and other colleges in the Northeast as one of their principal speakers. He is cell ',noun throughout the country as a religious leader and regarded as one of the mort intelligent. straightfo, Atari! and outspoken ministeis in the country Conference Speaker At the confem once of Non England colleges held in Northfield, Massa chusetts, he discussed the "Practical Belief of Modern Civilization" and "The Denial of the Possibilities of (Continued on third pogo) MATMEN PREPARE TO INVADE HARVARD Problems in Middleweight and Light-hcavyn eight Classes Bother Lion Mentor INJURY KEEPS PACKARD OFF MATTS INDEFINITELY The general loss and morale which usually accompanies an unscheduled date was not apparent during the last few weeks, among Coach Smedcl's ,armtv grapplers. Saturday the mat men .face a decidedly respectable Crimson representation at Ilm card, 11110 or the following week-end the Annarol, middies are scheduled for State College visit Couch Spiedel is still at odds with Ins 158 and 175-pound problems. As yet Packard has not been able to shake the stiffness out of his misled knee, and Spiedol has cast about him 1,1111 for a substitute as well versed in the art of grappl.ng us is the var sity regular. The question of the light-heavyweight berth also Is occu py.ing an UMISUAIN lirge portion of the mentor's busy mind In all prob ability Ifollobaugh will make the trip to Cambridge Saturday and in a shmt Lime Ike Long ma, be seen wrestling nr r class lighter than that which he now' occupies (Contmutd on Ust. page) STUDY AND RELIGION ARE RELATED, SAYS POHLMAN Philadelphia Pastor Impressive In Fitst Chapel Service Of Second Semester "Study to show thy.elf ammo, oil by God," was the text chosen by the Sun day chapel speal,m, the Rev. A Pohl mann of the Lutheran Church, Phila delphia, in the lust chapel service of the new semester. "Life is a school in ulna man is constantly learning, from the moment of his Muth until death," declared Reverend Pohlmann. lie said he bungs college students into so ninny of his talks because, in his mind, they 'epic-sent youth. Reverend Pohlmann was bead of the mission in Liberia, Africa, for four years Broken health forced Ins return to tills counts He is -row pastor of a Phrlarle!ohm Lutheran Church and president of the General Synod. 8 KAPPA C 111IMA PSI ELECTIONS 0. J. Farrel If. N. Worthley IV. E Patterson '29 C. R. Smith '29 R. \\Whet '.lO Lions Meet Juniata After Stopping Dukes, W. and J. Nittany Passers Reach Victories—Johni Take Pro Senior Re-Exam List • To Be Announced Soon In aceoi dance 111th the rtgu- 1 fat o• 1 of the Council of Munn ! utrat;on serums may he g.ven I re-e•aminations in subjects 1n ; which thcy Intiu red glades of -1 at the end of the first senv,- Let A ,Inlule of all such fin al e•aminations foi SENIORS j ONLY will be puba,hed %bort- le The e•annration, will be given probably during the I foul th or fifth week of the etn a semester. GLEE CLUB TO SING IN STATE CONTEST Winner of Friday's Competition In Pittsburgh To Enter National Finals KDKA MAY BROADCAST PENNSYLVANIA CONCERT Penn States Cite Ch.b has ing gre en the opening number of the Sunda/ aftetoesu conceits, is now busib rte paring fin the State inteicollegiate contest to be held in Cainegto Masi, Hall, Pittsburgh, Ft idue Thr contest being held for the first time in the State, is putt of the na tional contest which will include more than one bundled college glee clubs During the past eight years Penn :Alas :lab zeplasentcd Pennol , ante-in the inter-state classic. without ha, ing previously been winner in a pre• hmtnan contest. Since last May a committee headed be Directot of Mu s.c, it W Grant, Ins been at roth u,th the tesi,lt that their still be six campetitois, Pitt, Cat norm Tech, Itm ntn, Bushnell. Washington and Jeff steno and Penn State in the plehm mail contest Ftiday night The contest still probably be btoad cast by station KDKA The commit tee in c'nnige of the contest ss headed by C A Desle, Penn State 'l4, while the chaninan of the judges is Di AV thiectoi of music in the pub lic scoop!. of Pittsburgh ARMORY BROADCASTING HEARD IN MANY STATES Sunday Concerts Will Be Added To Radio Program—Grange Last Night linywhate ,ucc e, apparentb has Oct the efforts of the College bi oad east lg station n ith the new i emote control ••tattoo in the Ai mop. , tot the purpose of In ontica,tai4 running ~C. counts of the athletic es ents thew. A largt, numb. of lotto S and cards have crone from all pails of Pennsyl ,,nua, New I:tight:l,l, the Middle West end some fi OM the South declaring line reception and pleastne oith the accounts of the events Boston, Nev. York, Philadelphia and Washington .11 . 0 some of the larger cities front which !welts has o conic on these lea tui cs, and that of the early morning Inman]. by Bottorff o orchestra loot Satin da: Realistic leports of the indom on countets tech 1111111 V local hstenets away. Clam their Iceeiving sets to go thernsches to the Armoi,y, to see the tem:under of the event as spectate]. The basketball game, me announced In, John 11, "Bink" Teas '27, who it e‘perleneed in than work, having. done (Continued on thud page) President To Receive Callers at Residence An old College custom, that of the Piesident and hm mire teeming and entertaining guests at then residence on the campus during the winter months, mill the towed after lemm ing dm moot tot some time Anxious to become thoroughly to quaintml malt the faculty and sto mas President and Mrs Iletrel an nounce that they will he pleased to teem° cutlets at their home Monday aftemoon4 and evenings thning Feb booty and Match. Military Ball— Right Dress! PRICE FIVE CENTS Top Form in Brilliant y Roepke, Hamas inent Parts The Juniata college quintet, al though fat twin n pu,huvet, is nut es peeled to °fro much opposition when it confronts the Nittany cagers on the Aimory floor tomorrow night at seven o'clock. Bad the too teams come togethei when they one originally scheduled early in January the Huntingdon chances for ‘ietmy oouid have been bright. At the present time the Lions moat the top 01 their form and pres ent a combination that would be dif ficult for any team to stop. Barring r mai Iced let.dom n or oxen-confidence, the Dine and White should min by a handsome mai gin Stop W. and 3. Duquesne fliilhant victories o}er Washington and Jefferson and Duque,ne retarded the elfin is of Qualm llamas and his men in games 1,1 },eol, Both tilts one rustic the hest-played of the home season and had the cloud at a high pitch Dom the start until the mil gun. • In turning back the Dukes, 39-1:, Saturda} the Finn State team reah, ed a bitter desire fol concise for the :14-12 defeat last season Oddly e lough, the diffetence in point score between the uu•ne: and Inset t“IS numm wall} the same rs in 1920 Johnny Roenke Scores Often Duquesne presented a clever pass ing game upon mlneh depended the entire scoring system Long shots nolo taboo m the offensi, taught by Coach Chick Dimes and on not more than fife occasions did the Dukes at tempt tries fez the basket outside the fifteen foot men Johnny Roept e ssas the high scorer foi the thud stiaight game, netting threo foul shots and sic too-pointers for a total of fifteen counters. 111,ke vas closely watched by De- Mat la but managed to bleak at.ray. for (Continued on last page) LION DEBATERS ANNEX THIRD SUCCESSIVE WIN Team Opposes Modification of Irolstead Act Legalizing Light Beverages emel;; ng tictor.ous in its foul th debate of the season, Penn St ntc's forensic leans rept its 1027 lam d clean The latest clam is the tern of the Gem go Washington miner at, which ons defeated Filday night it: Coltalan lull , Va.shingtun The Natant , debatels tool, the negatne side of the que:ooin, "Should the Vol slead Act be so n • od:Ded at to Petnit the manufacture and sale of light cones and beets" The Penn State participant., in tin oidel of then positions on the team mere dams '2B, John Brandt and Gilbeit Nola.]: '2B John Enhard, ')O, accompanied the team to Washington as an alternate Thee niminent W r,liingtonians acted as judges of the debate lam ned ,VISIOII , fni the loon spe User, astute one fat natal tha Geolge Washingtan team klthet.gh the teams wet e on en en lams ailea the del:, el ante or ne three pi elnminai 0 talks, In to-ordinate,l and Intelhgently an tangent rebuttal Rave the cletisin,n to Punt This debate mos the loin th !molar meet foe the Penn State tot en,,c team in the ern -thig tilt of tho sea son, the Unit en city of Plthbui gh was defeated Shot tiv al term a d coma n cKAUu3 one Waslungton tad .ielren son The b.= next patt¢ipat ed no n split-te un Entrain with the Univet city of Galata DM The WI II MI Ph lilac night gone the team it net - f ea. round Blue Band Will Offer Military Week Concert To bi mg Military Week to an ap pi opt sate close, the Blue , Band wall give its lust conceit of the season In the Auditca mm at three-thirty o'clock, Pebruan• ent!.. -set enth. The pi ogirm consists of a military fantasy, "The Battle for Democrac y ;' plated by the entire band, a to unmet solo bt W B Bleu '2B and a flute and alto sa,ophone duet by E. E. llowaid '27 and P V. Moe '29. The complete m ogi am still he announced lota A selected gi imp of Um tt' teen ft OM the Band will broadca.st a con cert ft one the College radio station. WPSC, at eight o'clock on the evening of Match second.
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