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VOL XXII. No. 41
LION FIVE MEETS
VETERAN URSINUS
TEAM TOMORROW
AFTER EVEN SPLIT
Varsity Swamps Carnegie Tech
By 38-13—Tartans Fail To
Count Field Goal in
Second Half
PITT CAPTURES THRILLER
Panthers Add Penn State to
- String of Formidable
Victims in Close
Court Tilt
The 38-13 defeat of Carnegie Tech
enabled the Penn State basketball
team to extend Its streak to six games
but the stung was promptly splashed
by a Pitt quintet the next night 33-
27, and now the Lions will attempt to
get into another wmning gait against
n veteran Uranus college team tomor
row night on the Amory battle
grounds at sesen o'clock
The Iltsinus season was declared
a success by its followers after the
Athletic blew ending the hot game in
December For it had scored a sic
tory over none other than Pennsyl
vania, 28-23, in what was one of the
most surprising upsets in a season
that has seen the dope bucket kicked
user weekly.
Ilrsinus Has Veteran Team
In boagey and Bagley, the Collcgc
stlle five has too fast, eagle-eyed foe
oards who have been a constant
thicat to opposing teams Neocomei,
despite his name, is a veteran that
will give Reilb plenty of trouble
while Captain Clark and Young at
guards flash a consistent defensive
play of merit
After flashing brilliant foam a
gainst Carnegie Tech that stamped
them as the best quiltet that has per
formed in Pittsburgh, this year, the
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KIWNGER WILL COACH
AT RENSSELAER-TECH
Penn State All-American Back
Signe as Mentor of Troy
Football Team
Continuing a football career that
started fourteen yen. ago, Glenn Kil
linger, whose name has long been syn
onymous with Penn State athletics,
has accepted an ofrci to act as gild
coach of Renssalam Poll. technic In
stitute of Tioy, N Y, for the 1927
season
Coming to Pam State as a youth
weighing a mere hundred and twen
ty pounds, "Hilly" tried out dos the
grid teams here foi two )Cale before
he was successful in earning his sar
city "S" Pievious to this time he
had been unsuccessful Los four )cus
at Harrisburg Tech in gaining his
high school letter.
All•Americun
In 1920, "Kitty's" junior year at
State, Coach Bezdek "took a chance"
by working him at the quarterback
pcuitionßinger iesponded nobly.
In that year and the following one, he
i.eted as the field general of two Blue
and White undefeated elevens, both
of which were claimants to the titles
of Dmitri States champions. Is 1921
lullinger was the undisputed All-Am
tracan quarterback, being picked by
practically every clam
"Kitty" by no means confines his ac
tivities to the el idiron While at
tending State Ile was the recipient of
nine varsity letters, three each rim
football, baseball and basketball
Since his gi aduatien he has spent his
summers playing baseball in class
"A" leagues. Dining the cold smooth
er months, KiSingel seas assistant
coach here, although one fall eves
spent as coach of the Dickinson Col
lege eleven.
Four Teams Wrestle
For I. F. Championship
The semi-finals of the inteifrater
inty boxing tournament will take
Time in the Armory Thursday night
at seven o'clock, Delta Sigma Phi and
Alpha Sigma Phi adl be opposed by
Theta Kappa Phi and Phi Delta
Theta, respectively.
Of four tennis that ale still in tne
running two are former tournament
winners, Alpha Sigma Phi, having
won last year's eliminations while
Theta Kappa Phi annexed the frater
nity championship in the previous
yens. -
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Jacobs Elected Editor
Of Literary Magazine
Following the resignation of R. D.
Dundore '27, editor of the Old Mara
Bell. Pi Delta Epsilon, hammy
journalistic fraternity and publishers
of the literary magazine, elected W.
W. Jacobs '27 as editor-in-chief at a
meeting Sunday
The fraternity established the pre
cedent of naming an associate editor.
R fit. Atkinson '2B, was elected to this
office
INITIAL CHECK-UP
WEEK INSTITUTED
Tribunal Makes Special Effort
To Enforce Customs of
First Year Men
FRESHMAN NEGLIGENCE
CAUSE FOR ULTIMATUM
Cheek-up Week, the first in Penn
State's history, is a direct result of
the non-observance by the freshmen
of the traditions of this College, ac
cording to W. E Piitehaid, president
of the Student Tilbunal
The full Procedure of checking up
as recommended by President w E
Plitchuid, is first to see that the
freshmen say the customary "hello"
If the yearlings fail to do this, stop
and explain, fully, the necessity of
following this honored tradition.
Next examine the verdant ones tot
matches, black socks and tie, bible,
and the number of buttons and but
tonholes on his coat These last must
correspond.
"Successful and lusting teaching to
the freshmen of Penn State those tra
ditions they should know is hoped for
by the Tribunal, and is expected to he
a certainty if the sophomores do their
vork declared President Put
chard
Because of the lack of' witnesses
and the resulting difficulty in obtain
mg convictions, sophomores must turn
in their own names with those of the
culprits and appear against them, an
nounces Earl Hewitt, To Muria! secre
tat.s.
A Tiibunal meeting will be held in
Room 322 Old Main toinoon night
after the basketball game
Grippe Prevails as
College Infirmary
Treats 3,702 Cases
Mole cnses hate been heated by the
Int'timely this year than ni previous
teals, as ors Di J P Ritenour, Col
-ILge phydician
Downier, this does not indicate an
increase in student siclraess he be
lieves, but a gloater tendency upon
the pail of all students to report to
the Health Service for attention.
Since the opening of school in Septem
ber theie have been 3,702 calls made
at the Infirmary, he states, 1.G5
which lime made by guts
Of this number oily seventy-six
were bed patients, four of whom were
gals The most common cause lot
bed cases was grippe with enty
four to its credit. Tonsilitis came
ntxt in line with ten and was followed
by appendicitis, measles, rheuma
tism, pactures, infections, quinsy, in
digestion mid mumps
The call cases trete mostly canted
by colds, tonsilitis, laryngitis, trucho
mhs and sprains The total number
of excuses granted for classes missed
because of illness is 572
Penn State Possess
Uniformed Pol
"Penn State is unique in that it
possesses one of the few uniformed
college polka forces in the United
States," declared Chief C. A. Zinger
4miterduy tit his office in Room 420
Old Mara.
Sr♦ months ago Penn State author
ities organized a body of men whose
duty it WEIS to look after-the general
safety and %yellow of the students
and buildings of the College. Pro
s lOUs to that date, October 1, MO,
,watchmen had been employed. The
service rendeied was ineffective, and
them was thievery and general din.'
older which could not be handled by
these nien, most of whom were over
fifty 3eark- of age. To check the inis
demeanors and to prevent further
ttouble, the Pennsylvania State Col
lege Police Force was inaugurated.
This group of four officers, three of
whom have had ember State or Coun-
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1927
NITTANY RUNNERS
DEFEAT MARYLAND
MILE-RELAY TEAM
Filkins, Karbach, Hollinger and
Sands Win by Wide Margin
In Baltimore Meet
CARTMELL PRIMES TEAM
FOR I. C. 4-A. EVENTS
Lions Should Score Heavily in
Distance Runs With Cox,
Fouracre, Stewart
By defeating the touted Maryland
clay team by more than twelve yards
at the Johns Hopkins university in
%Anton meet at Bahum,. Saturday,
Coach Nate Cartmell's clack quartm
milers established themsehes as the
leading entrants in the coming 'lnter
collegiate mile relay event. The Nit
tanv speedsters coveted the mile in
3 36 4-5
Mika's, lead-off man tot Penn State,
finished three yards behind White
ford of Maryland but Karbach in
gained this lead and handed the baton
to Mollmgei isith a one-yaid athan
tage ores Sheliff. .Moflinger held his
own with Thomas but Sands, anchor
man for the N,ttanv quartet, broke
the tape twelve yards in front of the
Maryland lepresentati‘e
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ENGINEER ADVISES
OFFICE EXPERIENCE
J. L. Harrington Says Five Years
Practical Work Essential
For Future Success
DIRECTS CONSTRUCTION
OF FORTY-NEW BRIDGES
Declaring that an engineer must
establish a firm foundation the first
the years follow,ng graduation to in
sure future success, J L
former president of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineeis, ad
dressed the senior engineers Fritinv
afternoon in Old Chapel
An international figure in the en
gineering held, he fun then declared
that business knowledge essential
to the ambitious engineer; and
im
pressed upon the minds of the future
builders - the desirability and necessi
, ty of n broad foundation for success
' ful aelum.ements Taking Dom his
own experiences, the lecturer advised
the giaduates to seek office poss.
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CHESS CLUB MEETS TO
ARRANGE FOR MATCHES
Pot the purpose of choosing the
jelapets to compete in future match
., the Penn State chess club well
meet in 25 Liberal Alta building to
night at eight o'clock
Ariongements will be made foe the
matches that ate scheduled with
Boehm!II and Williamsport on Satm-
Iday afternoon and .enng.
Grange Play. Listed
For Tonight, Postponed 1
The Grange play "The Road to
the City," scheduled to he pro
duced to-night, has been post
poned Indefinitely because of ill
ness of members of the cast,
s One of Few
ce Forces in Country
to Constabulary experience Lame,
have taken the.situation in hand very
well, according to It. I. Webber, Sup
erintendent of Groun d s and Budd-
Inge.
Chief Andy Zargei has been sta
tioned in both Leuistown and Muncie
as a membei of the State Highway
Patio! n•eil was also Chief of Police
Montogmery. Pennsylvania, for
'fifteen months. E. 11. Kremer, C.
P Meym and C. II Bubb tom the
iemaindm of the force. Zimmer
was employed by the College foi three
years as watchman, and Meym was
for sometune constable of Valley
Township.
"We hope that the students will Ic
ahn that we ale here for their bene
fit no well as that of the College, and
will let us help them m all matters
that come undo. our jurisdiction,"
concluded Chief Zargm.
Manuscripts of 1930
History' , Due Monday i
Entizes in the , competition for g
freshmca close historn in must g
be in the hands of C. C. Belly- !
hill '2B at the La Vie office by
Monday. All freshmen Inter
ested ale urged to waste a his
tory of the class Manusempts
are limited to three hundred
iwords The does historian Atilt i
g be announced shortly
COMMITTEE PLANS
HOP DECORATIONS
Class Colors of ' Garnet and
Steel Will Blend With
Blue and White
DRAWING OF BOOTHS AND
TICKET SALE WEDNESDAY
Garnet and steel of the class of
'29 will blend with 1 the Blue and
White of Penn Stab to form the dee
m:Awn scheme for the Sophomore
Hop in the Armory next Finlay night
The ceiling will I e covered with
large checker blocl.e of blue and
white The streamers drooping ft om
the ceiling to the miles of the walls
will be done in steel and garnet, the
calms recently adopted by the second
year dim ,
White-draped Walls
Fraternity booths viii be do ided a.
In previous functions. A cusp touch
will he given to the whole scheme by
covering the 'owe' sides of the Ar
mory walls with pule white drapes.
Da my Murphy and his musical skip
pens is ill play from the platform at
the osest end of the'building with the
iegulai sounding board stationed to
amplify syncopation
E. J Lockuimd, thaliman of the
Hop committee, has set the day of
booth diawings and ticket sales ton
tommiow The soles will be held at
the Music Room Booths will be pi le
ed at sl• dollars am: tickets will sell
fur five - 4
PITT FRESHMEN DEFEAT
NITTANY PLEBES, 58-23
Conover's Charges Turned Back
After Winning First Five
Games of Season
After tanning up hve sutLessive
letones, the Penn State ft eshmen
basketball team met its fist defeat
of the season, incidentally the lust
loss for a plebe quintet in two can,
paigns, at the hands of the Pitt s ear
lings by the sane of 58-2:1
Stage fright and a complete loss
of shooting ability on the pall of
Coach Conovei's charges were the
main factors in the avalanche of
points lung up ha the Yellen and
Black dribblets The Lion tubs
missed more thin twice the amount
of shots from the fool than did Coach
Mcllasters' group.
Pitt Starts With Rash
Pitt opened with a 'ash, garne•••ng
eight points befoie Lee sunk a foul
for the Blue and White's foist mother
Steath. shooting by Cohen, Ilona, owl
Zehfunn put the Poultices on the long
I end of a 30-11 count at the end of the
fist half.
With ten minutes to play, Anselmo
solos pnt out on fouls and gave oav
to Helmet Coach rile:llksters took
advantage of thin tune out to lan an
a complete new team foe the rioters
Fly, substituted for Dinwoodie on
the hoot half, tang up a poor of riald
goals and, with Leyda, lankly poet
mon, foamed the Kostone of the Lion
offensne The lotton scan tred•tml
neth the cc two-pointeos and a bolo:
of foul.
II)a t Stars
Captain Its Ott of the winnig.r quint
was high scaler with eighteen points
us a iesult of eight double technic
and Once shots horn the fifteen-foot
mark. Zehruss and Cohen who total
led fourteen and twelve mallets, re
spectively, ,ere close behind these
teader
The next contest for the Penn State
yearlings will be nal Syincube in the
Armory Satuidn.s.
Sophomore Hop Ticket,
Booth Sale Tomorrow
F d, Locltttood, CIMII man of I
the Sophomme Hop committee,
announces that booth drawings
and ticket sales fot the function
next Friday night, will he held
nt the lilwite Room, tonwi row
night at seven o'clia.k. Booths
will be priced nt six dollars and
tickets will sell for five dollars.
Tottrgiatt.
ORATORS WIN TWO
OF FOUR DEBATES
DURING WEEK-END
Penn State Negative Team Gains
Victory Over Lincoln and
Carlisle Speakers
DICKINSON. W. MARYLAND
WIN FROM AFFIRMATIVE
Rutgeis Will Defend Question
In Open Forum Debate
Here on Friday
Too victories for the negatne Loam
and too defeats for the affirmative
tenni concluded the Nittany forensic
giour's e‘entful meek-end in foui
meet:,
The mooted question in each of the
debates was Resolved,"That the Vol
stead Act should be , amended as to
permit the manufacture and sale of
light wines and beers " Facing the
Dicl,:lson college affirmatne speakers
in Catlisle on Finlay night, the Putt,
State negatne team annesed a victor}
and proceeded to Philadelphia
There on Satui dm night it argueu
the question with the Lincoln i.livei
say team and was declared umbel
again Among other loath.. on thus
program ionic song., by the familial
Lincoln unnersitv quartet.
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BLUE BAND GIVES
SUNDAY CONCERT
Large Gathering Hears Varied
Plogram of Military and
Popular Numbers
TWENTY-ONE MEMBERS
. RECEIVE RANI) AWARDS
A. a dim, to Mthteut Week, the
College Blue Band, wider the duce
t on of \V 0. Thompson, presented a
eaued program of niusue Sunday af
teinoen as the second of the series of
winter eonecits
The "Band Kt*" nas assented to
E C Ronald '27, N I Coekley '27,'
W B Ginglich '27, II C Lusk '27,
R N. Aleitin '27, W FI Sebline '27,
A IC Sn 7 den '27, .1 \V Williams '27,
B H Henn '27, D. A Johann '27, S
G Wet7el '27, W W Kennet '27, H
B Knoll '27, Win Smith Si 7, E
P Baker '27, B C haiton '27, II
R Cou '27, It T Callatemi '27, A
I' Clark Si '27, It C Dell '27, C It
Snsdet '27. To gain the assard
student must pl., in the College
Band no, thice end one-half t eat
In addition to selections by the entire
section of the hand, a ttumpet solo was
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THIRTY MITMEN SURVIVE
UNDERCLASS ELIMINATION
Semkfinals Will Be Held This
'Week in Preparation for
Coming Scrap
With the elimination of seventy of
the lunched aspirant.; for place.s on
the freshman and sophomore elus
bomnfr teams completed, the final sod
semi-final tilts ale being held this
meek in prepaiatir.l fin the setup Le
to eon the lost yr classes The date of
the scarp still be announced in Pu•
day's :Moue of the Co/legion.
The protons of eliminating the sec
ond year men uas not as difficult as
picking the heshmen foe only tu.,-
t}-live tophomoi on attempted to make
positions enlolc seventy-live year kings
°poi tcd.
In the 115-pound class, Whams
mat iepresent the sophomm es while
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Heavy Snow Fall Last Week Equals
Record of Twelve Years Standing
enteen inches of snow fell
Kist week a twelve year old tecoril
waA equalled
In February, 11l IS, just a dozen
eas ago, their WIL, o precipitation
of seventeen inches, acem ding to C.
A. Kenn, of the egr !cultural experi
mental doom talent. Ile declared that
the a‘mage snowfall in State College
ever!, year is forty-five inches: The
month of Febrile] v, although it is the
shortest month In the year has the
distinction of being the month in
Aluch their is the bonniest morel ill
Matmen Again
Boxers Tro
Al Wolff and Filegar
Stop Opponents in
Lion Victory
QUAKERS SURPRISE
NITTANY RINGMEN
Eefoie a boo ddming Penn State
qttacl. Linn el , its of Pennsrhania'•
boxing team hit the Armory resin
:satuiday Ica its third successise set
back this season Wolff and Pike,
scored knockouts for the Lions Ishilc
Lewis did the honors I'm the lied anu
Blue to make the final count 5.2 The
heat, a e•ght bout between Len is and
:Mahone, paned the feature of a sen
sational meet
PCIMITC, Penn,Alsania's undefeat
ed fifteen-pounder, rase the Quakers
a 1-0 lead sires he outelas,ed Frankie
Mahon in ilueu shwa iounds Ise
early lead gning the Philadelphian the
vector', Following Mahon's defeat
liolikoski chalked up his third am of
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ARRANGE THESPIAN.
PHILADELPHIA TRIP
"Girl Wanted" To Be Produced
In Quaker City. April
Tnenty-second
PRELIMINARY TRYOUTS
SLATED FOR TOMORROW
I angements hoe e bee,
made far the Philadelphia showing or
the Thespians' DC a musical comedy
"C•rl Wanted," at the Penn Athlet'^
club for niday, April tuenty-see
sad," stated J V Ingham, manage)
of the production
"The Penn A C lc the best place
in Philadelphia fin a show of this
land," he declai ed. "and we hope to
have as gre it a success thole this
time as me dui at Chi istmas m 1025."
E=l
Alien the pelfotmance there
be a dance gin en at the club for the
nuchcice and the platen, nith music
suppbed be Johnnv Buck auld Ills
Theqnan on n hest.°
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ALLEGHENY PRESIDENT
GIVES CHAPEL ADDRESS
Correlation of State of Mind
And Life. Theme of Talk
By Dr. J. A. Beebe
Our mood, out attitude, om state
of mind tonal& life and its
impmt
ance, is as the theme of the eelmon
ginen by Dr Jame, Albeit Beebe,
p 1 osident of Allegheny college, at the
chapel senice in the Auchtmium Sun
dae mmning
The point of Doctor Beehe's Oct mon I
was taken fi oni the to ent. !
chaptei. of Matthew. This passage
tells of a man who oas thsims,ed
front a wedding fea,t Cm not tommg
in the pi wpm costume Doctor &elm
uses this lest to illu,tt ate Unit
tint ought out clothe, we e‘pt cis our
nmei feelings lust as the ancient had
I shoo n by this ou to al d anneal atne.
what little teg it .1 he had withinhint,
tot the occasion Mot cowl we
not onl, clothed L> out garinclt, but
hl' out attitudes w huh es en mote
gi oath pi °claim out limo being
Thus Beam Beebe advises that out
!mood or attitude should be um tin of
I the occasion
Ile concluded hn NOI mon by detin
an attitude toWald the
infinite and that ne .41,111 get nothing'
(loin ielittion d ne do not approach
it in the tight spoil
The avelage lot thts month no Invent;
too Inchon.
The Cm•Lyeight houl slot in last
week spread II blanket of mute aver
State College that, besides almost
equalling the menage piemintation
fm the month, almost nealed the halt
wan mink fm the entire winte,
High itind, ateempaoing the
Mon nn caused hinge dusts on all notahi
leading into State College In twen
ty-foun house snot, plows had cleaned
sissy the snow buillenentiv to allow
mail and bus scissor
'llw Lions
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Trip Navy;
nce Penn, 5-2
Garrison Tops Thrills
Of Flashy Meet
By Fall
FAST LIGHT-HEAVY
BOUT SMASHES TIE
Fat the thud bIICCCS,I, e ear the
Blue and White ntatinc I base turned
Lack a possetful Muldte foe. The
Bluejackets scene sannutshed in the
Ilnlnit Saturdp ht .1
'count The N tu3 grappler, had been
stiongls touted thloughout the season
and the meet uas leualded ins Coach
Spelt/el as the most !flatten ful tc,t.
Mush hr. men mould hose to face L.,-
fore thes earned In the hnal Into,-
collegiate contents
Gallen ritetest bas at !ugh bitch
ttnoughout the tutu e meet and apt,
lee mm null in the final bout shah en
paged Pop Gal oson and Glos., Blue
jacket heats va eight On tic bout
hung the oecision tc hick .001,1 1111,11 t
cithee Penn State of Saw, the anc•
tot As Gainon stepped °tit" the
mats, the fleas had a tilt cc point an
t tntage osel then Ann tint!s oppon
ents, but a decision rot Nast; mould
base made this ssolthle, and a Idi
mould base sun's:: the final adcant
ge oser to the Middies
Garrison Clinches Meet
As the tic o heac y 0 eights met,
the 'any hope. feel. Gal 1,011 nn a
,tiong body hold and di opped hum [0
tlinfiMats Fon a time thing, lookcil
ccirillmely bind fon n Blue and White
- Amy, but Pop called uron his men v
inset ye and succeeded in as en tin s ;
uhat had seemed the men noble
The men steno hal dly buck on thus
feet %Alien Cross again got the same
advantuge and again Garrison coin.
out of it The second bans-breadth
escape oas too much fon the Nnttunv
heavy and he decided to clinch thing ,
lin his own may This he quicicl,N sac
, ceeded in doing by the decisive appa
-1 cation of an al in and body hold 0 Inch
floated the midshipman, and guns
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PLAYERS CHANGE SHOW
FOR DRAMATIC TOURNEY
To Stage "The Yellow Triangle
Instead of "The Valiant"
Al Philadelphia
',toad of producing "The Vali nit"
us oat ongtntllt planned, the Penn
i-tote Play eta till gise "The Tao,
tangle" alum they enter the aei nod
annual touinament of the PCIIII,,
anui Manual,. association The
cont.! tall be held at Diesel limo-
lute, Philadelphia, Fliday night
The change in plus, ova, made he
cau,c "The Valiant" 10 000 being
pi calmed 011 the pi ofessionnl stage
!The nee plan 1, a one-act melodiani a
of Buddh,nl oath Zannhai as the
cene, flecaue of the late elurige
the pi oduetion mug be plop ticd
lOW or Inc dat, time
The cant of "The Yell. Triangle
, as follow,
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I) /In,. man :7
Mul/i I I) IN tl 17
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II I r II ell r n
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College, enteted in the cotupetAtton
ate Docl,llol, Vlllano,t, 1 , 1+1111,11n allil
:V1.11,111i11, 111 no'. Havel rota, living.,
Ptrin State and Junutta I,a , t ;,e
(OnteA nay uon In Gettriblllg ol
kge Glove Citt , Wlll Ile , 1)01 0 and
(lett, slang hat o (hopped out the, Seat
and ate toplaced by \ tlLtnova, Juniata
:nil !mug . college
Three Tilts To Open
Second Round of 1. F.
Mat Tourney Tonight
In the becond round of the Inter
atennity rehtling tilui :lament,
Sigma Plu Sigma will oppose Pin
Delta Theta, Alpha 1 , 10 Sigma will
meet Sigma Phi Epsilon and Delta
Kappa Sigma will be matched with
~, Ipha Gamma Rho, The meets will
he held in the hi :may tonight at
tight o'clock
Tuesday night, Kappa Delta 121111
defeated Phi Kappa Tau, be a 16-5
count and hipha Chi Rho eliminated
Phi Kappa Sigma, 15-10. Alpha Chi
Sigma lopped Chi Epadon Wednes
day night with a 1541 scot e, The
wiestler. in the lust 11111kileb tho
played ag„ reooit elle , vs but allowed Tot
the meat pint a lack of evenenee.