Need 3loney?
There Is A Check
Up On The Campus
VOL. XXII, No. 39
Quint Meets Carnegie on
Western Jaunt Thursday
TEAMS VIE IN RETURN TILT---HAMAS
STARS AS LIONS SUBDUE
BUCKNELL, 41-22
crne to t to
western end of the state. will take the
Penn State basketball team into ac
tion against Carnegie Tech in Pitts
burgh in a return game Thursday.
When :he Plaid and the Lions
clashed in the first game here early
this Month. the Blue and White pass
ers had kist dropped successive tilt.;
to Pennsylvania and Detroit. The
c o :l ott ing- decision over the Tar
tang started the varsity off on a win
ning streak that has now reached live
games including at victory over
Bucknell here Saturday.
Tech Still Formidable
The only high spot in a rather drab
season I'.r Carnegie Tech was a 28-27
win over the Pitt Panther early in
the season. The same Pitt team Inter
more than evened the more with a
decisive victory. 'rms does. not mean.
however. that Captain Mike llamas'
team will have an easy time of it
against Carnegie Tech for it has the
advantage of playing on the home
floor in addition to being anxious to
atone for the 41-31 setback by the
Buck'tell Overwhelmed, 11-22
It took Penn State almost the en
tire first half to get into smooth work
ing order against Buekneil but once
they started the Bisons were com
pletely outclassed. With the score
tied fo• the rah and last time at el
even near the end of that canto. two
field goals by Luepke. another by Ed
die Baron. and foul shots by Von-
Sleds. Reilly and llamas made the
score •_'D-1J at the half-time gong.
For the first ten minutes of the
second half Penn State's scoring was
the result of the "dead-eye" work of
Mike llamas, the Lion leader• account
imr for eleven points to make the
count read, tll.-20. (In two occasions
he converted foul misses into two
)ointers by fast work 111111 Cr the bas
ket. Mike almost outscored the en
tire Bison tenni, with a total of nine
teen points. Fifteen of these were
the results of his sterling sectrad half
performance.
Advance reports of Seiler. lithe
center of the visitors, were borne out,
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ARCHITECTS TO DANCE
MARCH TWENTY-FIFTH
Secure .Joe Buck To Nay for t he
Annual Hall at Lambda
Chi Alpha (louse
With fancy costumes to represent .
al!' eras of dress giving a Mardi Gras
atmosphere the member.: of the Penn
State Architect's Club will condoct
their annual ball on March twenty
fifth. The atlair which will be known
as the Beaus Arts Ball. will be held
at the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity
house. Music will be furnished by
.100 Buck's orchestra, and the sub
scription price is three dollars.
According to C. M. Ilauchspies '27.
president of the club, 210 Otte but those
who receive invitations will he admit
ted. Prizes will he awarded for the
most artistic costumes. The artists
arc now workiwg on the designs which
are to be used on the block print in
vitations and dance programs.
Work Starts on Next
"Old Main Bell" Issue
Making preparations for the second
i.•ste of the Old Bell. the stall
will make a call fur manuscripts
Myna the tiriit n•eek in March. An
iittempt MI be made to have more stu
dent tyritings in this number titan
appeared in the January publiciati:m.
All students are eligible to submit
short stories. poetry or any other lit
unary articles. The next edition of
the Old Main 1:c11 will be published
between Mat• first and fifteenth.
PROF. FAIRCHILD. DAIRY
EXPERT, VISITS COLLEGE
Prof. 1.. 11. Fairchild. formerly of
the dairy department of Purdue uni
versity at Lafayette. Indiana. and
now associated with the l.etz Milling
tomPanY. Crown Point. Indiana. vis
ited the College Thursday. February
seventeenth, and addressed the dairy
svaiors on the subject of ualeuman.
ship. Professor Fairchild is especial
ly interested in the experimental work
being conducted by the dairy depart
tnent.
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1930 Business Candidates 1.4.0_
o Fold Meeting Tonight
o rreslunan candidates for the
me i i i . t t li .t h t , n .. business stair will I
; m.ll
3.„, t.‘ o e i t , t i o l ' i ctch tonight in
ing and circulation I . net 4 l l tots el l l v i iil
be discussed.
GLEE CLUB WINS IN
STATE ELIMINATION
Will Represent Pennsylvania In
National Contest—Given
Silver Loving Cup
NIYFANY PRESENTATIONS
COMMENDED BY CRITICS
Earning . the right to represent :he
state of Pennsylvania at the ..nitional
musie contest which will be held in
New York on March twelfth, the
Glee Club captured first honors in
the first annual Pennsylvania inter
collegiate glee club contest staged in
the Ca v.-tegie Music hall in Pittsburgh
Friday. Six colleges participated.
In previous years Penn State was
the recognized representative of the
state. this being the first year stick an
elimination was held.
Vin Cup
Immediately after the award of
first place, the Nittany songsters
were presented with a beautiful lov
ing cup, the prize offered as an in
cvative to the songfest by the Pitt: ,
burgh The cup will bee.ime
the property of the organization win
ning the competition three years in
succession.
The Glee Club scored 268..1 points
out of n possible three hundred in
winning the contest. The other five
colleges finished is the following or
der; Carnegie Tech. 2:17.2, Juniata,
211.0. University of Pittsburgh, 206.0,
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Wilson's Athletic
Triumphs Continue
Carrying on with the sante spirit
that rated him with the best athletes'
who have represented Penn State.
Harry WiLam. Lion star of several
years, who was recently elected cap
tain of the l(127 Army grid leant is
steadily gaining a .position with the
United States Military academy ath
letic teams that has been unsurpassed
in West Point history.
In the athictir encounters in which
he has participated with the Army,
Wilson has followed a practice that
he made while at Penn State, that of
being particularly hay] on teams from
the Navy. Last year he was award
ed the Army gold star for participa
tion in victories over the Navy in 1924
and 1325 both for football and bas
ketball triiimphs.
At the present time Wilson is hold
ing a gaunt position on the Army
court live. Other accomplishments
the Sharon boy boasts of arc: a meat
bet of the basketball teams of 1:12.1-
25 and 11125-21 t. a member of the foot
ball team in 192.1, 1925, Ifr2ti and a
member of last year's lacrosse team.
In addithm to these activities, Wilson
qualified as a pistol and rifle marks
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Ag Depart!bents Aid in
Determining Costs of
State Farm Equipment
In nn effort to determine the main
tenance cost and extent , :tf distribution
of farm machinery. a survey of the
state is being made by the College
departments of argieultural ectmom
ire and farm 'machinery working in
co-operation with the state and na
tional departments of agriculture.
At present the survey is luting made
in Centre county, work already hav
ing ball clone in several other coun
ties. Sections differing widely in tup
bgraphieal features are being studied
in order that a comprhensive conclu
sion may be drawn. Although re
sults of the survey will not be
~c ail
able until all returns have summar
ized, it has been observed that most
of the farms are well supplied with
modem and ellicieat. equipment.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1927
; REVEREND NIEBUHR
CONCLUDES TALKS
HERE THIS EVENING
Detroit Clergyman Chooses The
Building of Charnel er
As Final Topic
CO3II'A RES GOD AND MAN
IN SUNDAY DISCUSSIONS
Colored Singers Ret urn After
Debut Here Last Year
With Dr. Gilkey
Concluding his series of discussions
on "Materialism Versus Religion," the
Reverend Reinhold Niebuhr. of De
troit, will speak MI "thlilding Your
Character" in the
Auditoria m to -
night at seven o'-
clock. ln conjunc
tion with the com
bination lectu r e
and open forum.
the Lincoln uni
versity (min te t
which appea re d
here with Doctor
Gilkey and in the
town theatres last
Reverend Niebuhr first 'appeared at
the Sunday mornhu~ chapel service.
His text was taken from the ehr.hth
chapter of St. Mark in which Jesus
asked his disciples two questions—
" Who do men say: I am?" and "Woo
do you say I am?"
'ro the first of (11.11.:410111, the
reply was "Some say one of the pro
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NAVY BOXERS TOP
LION RINGMEN, 5-2
Wolff and Mahoney Account for
Victories—Middies Score
Two Knockouts
FILEGER DROPS CLOSE
BOUT IN FIRST HAVFLE
The laurels that represent seven
undefeated years of intercollegiate
boxing came perilously close to being
torn front Navy's l,row Saturday,
closer than the 5-2 score at Annapolis
would indicate. A hairline decision
against Mahon itt the opening bout
sad a similar break against
in his first battle or the season. were
the margins that kept l'enn State
from victory.
Navy had two knockouts to its
credit, Cearin stopping Captain Cra
zier in the first round and Coleman.
middie light-hc;a•yweight, kayoing
Harrington in the seeond. The de
feats were unfortunate. for Allie
Wolff and Rog. Mahoney put up bril
liant battles and won easily. Fatting
the hardy Weintraub in his first im
portant bout Kolikoski, Penn State
twenty-lice pounder. dropped a deci
sion.
Lurk; Gun' in Ilefeat
Though defeated by Annapolis ring
men, the Nittany sluggers have no
!season to feel discouraged. They
should trounce Pennsylvania Satur
day as soundly as Army did last week.
Mahon and Fileger both lost close
bouts after apparently showing su
periority while Kuslikoski's loss can
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GRANGES AID IN RAISING
MONEY FOR MEMORIAL
County Lodges To Stage I'lays
In Auditorium—Silver Cup
For Best Offering
in an effort to boost the receipt,: for
the Grange memorial dormitory to be
erected 0.1 the Penn State campus,
three Centre county Granges have or
ganized a play league with the pur
opso of giving three presentations in
the Auditorium within the next month.
Logan Grange. Pleasant Gap, will
stage the first offering entitled "The
Road to the City" cm March first.
"Polly of Sunshine Inn" will be given
by Ilall•moon Grange dramatists on
March ninth, while Penn State rep
resentatices will contribute "Poor Fa
ther" to the series the latter part of
'March.
silver loving cup will be award
ed to the players presentimc the best
play. A board of judges, consisting
of local professors, is to determine :he
winners.
Checking Concessions
Called for Soph Hop
Sealed bids for the checking. con
cession for the Sophomore Ilop :March
eleventh must lie turned in by Satur
day to K. .1. Lockwood at the Phi
Polio Theta house. No lim o! , or
group of persons tiny submit 111 , 112
than one bid, :adect to the approval
of the committee.
Sh»ultaneously with the announce
ment of the class colors of steel mid
garnet. comes word from Silverstein
and company of Wilkes-Barre that
streamers of the same kind will he
Used as a part of the decorating
scheme.
URGE ADOPTION OF
ENDOWMENT PLAN
Conimitlee Considers New York
Life Company's Project
Most Suitable
WILL EXPLAIN POLICY A'l'
SENIOR CLASS 3IEETING
"Because of its simplicity. service
and return over the expense involved,
the endowment policy of the New
York Life Insurance company will be
recommended to the Class of 1927 by
the Endowment Committee for carry
ing out its graduation gift to Penn
State," declared G. !lards, chair
man. yesterday.
Adoption of this plan will provide
for an annual collection of premiums.
and it is expected to prove one of tile
best means of maintaining class un
ity and loyalty. The contracts wili
carry payments so small that each
member of the class can help carry
out the proposed project of a perma
nent scholarship loan fund. a winter
sport park, or the erection of a unit
to be added to one of the College
buildings, either dormitory or class.
Suggest Sports Park
If a loan fund is. , !stablished to pro
vide scholabThips ird• needy stade - nfa
it means there will be two hOode , 2:l
dollars each. and if the desired quota
of endowmfeat is reached. twenty-live
of the awards can be maintained a
year.
If the plan of donating a winter
sport pa k is chosen, the grounds will
he located opposite the Evergreens
just east of State College on the road
to Bellefonte. The park would in
clude a skating rink, a recreation
hone. a ski-junto and a toboggan
slide.
The third course of action is that
of a unit to be added to one of the
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DEBATERS PREPARE FOR
WEEK-END ENGAGEMENTS
Negative Team 3lects Dickinson
And Lincoln—Affirmative
Squad Busy
Debating on the question "Should
the Vo!stead Act Ito So - Modified As
To Permit the .llanufacture and Sale
of Light \Vine:, and Beers," Penn
States negative team will encounter
the Dieltimum college d ebaters in Car
lisle Friday night and Lincoln uni
versity in Philadelphia Saturday
night. •
The affirmative squad will oppose
Dickinson in Lock Haven Friday
night and Western Maryland here.
i•.t the Auditorium, Saturday night at
eight o'clock. These men in the order
of their positions on the team are:
M. R. Davis '81), D. K. Dodge ".Co!
E. .1. Blatt '3O and M. D. Derrylffil
'27. Prof. C. B. Swats will accomp
any the affirmative team.
The negative group will speak in
the following order: first speaker, N.
It. Adams '2B. second speaker, .l. W.
Brandt '29: third speaker, Gilbert
Nuriek '2B. Prof. .1. 11. FriZZCII.
coach of debating. will make the trip
to Carlisle and Philadelphia with tne
squad.
Ritenour To Give Next
Liberal Arts Lecture
1)1.. J. I'. Ititenotu• will speak on
"Some M eil ica I Facts and Fallacimi"
On Tuesday evening.. larch eighth.
in Old Chapel as the second number
or the Liberal A eta free lecture
course.
The lirst lecture of the aeries.
"What Ails the Colleges?" given by
Prof. A. 11. Espenshade, was better
attended than any of those delivered
last year, and it is expected that Dr.
Ritenotir's talk will attract equally
as many. Ile will attempt to show
how much truth there is in some of the
poular medical and scientific beliefs.
TRIBUNAL AIMS AT
TRADITION REVIVAL
BY CHECK-UP WEEK
Sophomores Asked To Enforce
Carrying of Bible and
Freshman "Hello"
STUDENT BODY SHOULD
SALUTE NEW PRESIDENT
Scarcity of Custom Infraction
Charges Indicates Laxity
In Observing Rules
With the hies or reviving a greater
respect for Penn State traditions and
customs among the student body, the
Tribunal has set aside the week be
gritting February' twenty-eighth as
Cheek-up Week.
'Phis week Ims been established as
a special challenge to the :sophomore
class that its members see that the
yearlings properly observe their cus
toms. Upper-clansmen are requested
to give the plan their full cooperation
and the entire student-body is asked
to pay more particular attention to
its conformation to the College
cus
toms. especially to that of saluting
the President.
The starchy of cases iirou g bt be
fore the Triliblal this year has caus
ed that Maly to sense a general laxity
among the students ill their regard
for the e,tahlished rules. Check-up
Week is tieing instituted especially
for the purpose or getting members
or the upper classes into the habit of
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SUBMIT PROGRAM
FOR GRADUATION
To Include Dances. Players and
Thespian Shows in Plans
For Commencement
WILL BEGIN EXERCISES
ON FRIDAY. JUNE TENTH
Recommending that the 19.27 June
commencement follow the st n to order
of events as the exercises of last year,
W. S. Dye. Jr., chairman of the Sen
ate committee on .Commencement Pro
gram has submitted his report vii the
College Senate.
The tentative program. if the rec
emmendation is .accepted. would oc
cupy live days and would start on
Friday •lone tenth and end Tuesday.
June fourteenth. The first day of the
program would include general .wel
cooling events. fraternity dance.; and
a performance by the Penn State
Players.
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J. F. HARRINGTON WILL
GIVE TWO TALKS FRIDAY
fk ree Engineering Societies To
tear Evening Address on
"Movable Bridges"
John Lyle Harrington. past pre.ii
limit of the firm of Harrington. How
ard :tail Ash. or Kansas city and
New York city. trill deliver the en
gineering address in Old Chapel Fri
lay afternotra at four-thirty oclock.
In the evening 31r. Harrington will
speak to the members of the student
branches of the A. S. C. E.. A. I. E.
E. and the A. S. M. E. on the subject
of "Movable Bridges" which will he
illustrated by lantern slides.
Photos Prove Lion Gridmen Too Fast
For Paddock in Race for Fair Prize
'Twas all a plot! Yes. it was w a i.i Bebe. herself, wad Chester were re-
This year's East-West football game bearsing for ":1 Kiss in a Taxi," ask
at Pasadena New Year's day was a I Mr. Baum he knows, and George and
deliberate frame-up to entice lovely, Bill went right user. After such in-
Bebe Daniels from that , big, brave! significant formalities as introduc
athlete of the cinder path, Charlie Lions and weather forecasts the noys
Paddock. settled down to business. In less
Seemed as' though the West could : time than it takes to tell Liebe was
not dig up a Itomen capable of ousting! having herself photographed with a
the redoutable Charlie from anything few new college pals. We saw the
except his sprint crown and Charlie: evidence. They were in Buck Tay-
Borah fell just short of that mark. ! lie's display window. Now they're
So 0 call was sounded for Penn gone. howel.er. so we're left to our
State men to strew banana peels on: imagination to ascertain the final de
the path of love. and Bill Pritchard relopments of the case, although Post
and George Greene responded. It master Glenn has announced that
was all through George's cousin, not
n .
•1 an
•atl between here d California has
a stellar athlete though he bears the " •
put ' almost doubled and that Norma
monicker of Harry Wilson, to
the !Wishing touchles. Shearer is getting her share, too.
tti,tl 4 ,
KAUFMAN WILL PLAY
FOR MILITARY BALL
Victor-recording Orchestra Signed After
Dan Gregory's Release From
Friday's Contract
American Legion Asks
For Display of Flags
The flan committee of the
i Nittany Post 2.15. American Le-
glom requests that nags be dis
i prayed today in honor of W3l
ington's birthday.
VARSITY MASTERS
CRIMSON MATMEN
Kaiser. Long and Garrison Earn
Decisions—Liggett Wins
Through Default
ACE ILVITLE'S TO DRAW
WITO HARVARD WELTER
iiv the determined grappling of a
str, - .le: Lion team. the Ilareanl mat
'nen were forced to aceept the small
end of a 15 1 / 2 -tf'f! count at Cambridge
Fararday. A default. a draw and a
lone fall all were features of the meet.
The attention of Conch Spietlers
charges.is now centered nn the threat
(mint: Middie team which will wrestle
here SaittninS night. Navy has been
turned back ir.tly once this season
and On Unit occasion the sailors suf
fered defeat front nip less than Okla
homa Agricultural and Mining school.
powerful team in the Western con
ference.
llarrartl Defaults 10 I.il.mett
Raiser first lirche. into •the :toxin;
colunrt by his one-sided decision over
illassell, Crimson 115-pound represen
tative. Turner. of Harvard. eras not
able to appear on the mats and Wally
Liggett was given tire points by de
fault. Hen Long again inereasoil the
Penn State tally to p tabu he turned
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LION TRACKMEN LOOM IN
INDOOR DISTANCE EVENTS
Cos and Fouracre Star As Coach
Primes Men for I. C. 4A.
Races March Huth
With the tntercoilegiates less than
two weeks away. Coach Nale Cart
melt is priming his charges for the
championship college track meet on
March fifth in New York city. Cart
mell is working his squad daily on the
Armory track and will select about
twenty-two men to represent Pori
State in nine of the eleven events.
The distance runs are the Lion's
surest events and the Nittany coach
expects to score heavily in the mile
ant! two mile runs. Nate has Cox.
Stewart, Ilaskins and Ileltfrich. ready
for the mile and houract•e for the
two mile although Cox may compete
in the longer distance. Olbenhauser
has been troubled with a had leg but
he is out every day fur light work
outs.
May Use Hales For Hash
The sprinter_ and hurdlers are
coming' along slowly but a few more
days on the boards should liming these
men into form. Flt..;:r.ers. Lerch. Slut: p
:.ad Costello : u •e topping . the hurdles
Ilartlitdomew and Kilmer : u •e
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Kalif—man?
PRICE FIVE CENTS
.y a last-minute change in the
plans of the Military Ball. Dan Greg
ory's band has men released from its
contract in order to accept a vaude
ville engagement and Whiter Kalif
man's orchestra. which supplied 'mu
sic for last year's Senior formal, has
been engaged in its place.
A sale of tickets and booths will he
held tonight in the Music Room 'be
tween six and eight oclock. The
subscription price has been set at
four dollars and that of the booth at
lice dollars.
:According to C. \V. (Cluck) Tay:or
'25. who negotiated the substitution.
it was only through a fortunate turn
or (11%11.1st:ulcer.; that such a capsule
I,lnd was secured. Whitey Kant%
man and his 111USil7-111:1k0ES WM` com
ing East from Detroit to record for
the Victor company at Camden. N. 4..
on the aftemoon of the Military hail.
hty courtesy of the Victor company
olleials. the recording date was post_
paned and Kaufman accepted the lo
eal contract.
Popular Ilere
Kaufman and his eleven men, popu
lar throughout the East and Middle-
West. have been playing for eolleur
formals in those sections for the past
few years. Student acclaim follow
ed his engagement at the Senior Ball
here last year, not only for his pleas
ing harmonies and novelties, but als o
his magnetic personality, which
he instills in his players.
Decorations, this year antler the
7 , lipervision of Silverstein's of Wilkes-
Barre. will he more elaborate than
those of last year. An interior s?nie
what militaristic in atmosphere, fit
ting the occasion, will be the transfor
mation. Stripes of red, white and
blue will cover the ceiling while dr.tp
ings of white will 4,111=1 the drab
Armory walls. On either side of the
Armory. gold gilt eagles, military in
sigaias, trill he placed. Each booth
will have a fan of flogs behind it.
WPSC OFFERS REGULAR
RADIO CARD TOMORROW
Sackett. Espensbade and Dye To
Talk—FOster To Describe
French Institute
Speaking on the regular Wolues
day night program offered hr WI'SC.
the College radio station, !icon I. L.
Sackett. of the School of Engineering,
will address high school buys of the
State tomorrow night upon the sub
ject, "Does an Engineering Educa
tion I'ay'" The talk is a follow-up
of the vat, he gave last night on the
training and preparation for engin
eering and industrial professions.
Prof. A. 11. Espenshade will give
an historical sketch entitled "Penn
sylvania Place Names" front his hook
of the same title. Dr. W. S. Dye of
' the English department will give .iel
ected Irish readings.
"The Institute of French Educa
tion" will be the subject of a talk by
Dr. I. 1.. Foster of the romance lan
guage department. Ile will describe
the French courses offered 'luring the
Summer Session, and will be followed
hr Prof. I'. It. Mancha who will re
peat the talk in French.
Use Briand's Text in
French Contest—Prize
Presented to Winnei
t thra t s interested in the net:
French contest will meet Thursday
evening. at seven oclock in Old Chap.
el to receive copies of the French text
of the Briand speech and to hear the
necessary details of the competition.
Premier Itriamrs great speech made
upon the occasion of the reception of
Germany into the League of Nations
is the subject for the French contest
open to all students in the College.
It is authorized Ify a number of in
terested :Interleaf' citizens. To en
courage such a study, these citizens
have nude it possible to otter a num
ber of prizes for the best English
translations of the speech.
In evaluating the papers the fol
lowing points will be considered: (I)
Fidelity of thought, regardless of lit
eralness of translation—that is, the
exact reflection in English of the
French expression; (2) Excellence of
the English employed; (3) Proper
punctuation: mad (.1) Neatness of
manuscript.