Install New I Piping VOL. XXII, No. 51 CHANGE OF RULES IN RUSHING CODE PROVIDES FORMAL BID DISTRIBUTION New Method Hans Pledging of Freshmen Before Close of Established Preliminary Period of One Week REQUIRES SEALED BIDS Each Fraternity Represented in Council Must (live Consent To Regulations Before They Take Effect Restricting the formal iss , .nee of bids until one week :trio . tlu :menial; of rushing season, the Interiratenity council approved a new frateraity rushing code at its meeting Thursday night. "Open season" may be re sorted to after bills have been distrib uated through booths in Old Main ball. Before the new rushing code be come legitimate, the fraternities af filiated with the Council must give their vote of consent. The provisions of the code are as follows: A. Rushing may he carried on for one week from the Sunday following the opening of Freshman Week. Bushing must terminate at six P. 31. on the Sunday following the openhg of rushing season. B. Freshmen who arrive before the opening day of the college may be engaged in conversation, but they shall not be 'entertained by any frater nity represented in this Council, nor Ly any fraternity man or group of fraternity men, before the opening of rushing season. Note: The word entertain shali he understood to cover, attendance at the movies, lunches, or meals at ho - - lets or restaurants, out of town par ties, auto rides and the like. C. Aftersl:: p. of the first Sunday after the opening of rushing season each fraternity represented in this Council may issue invitations to freshmen, but only on forms which shall be furnished by the interfra ternity council. The invitations shall (Continued on third page) SHARPSHOOTERS DEFEAT PITT AND CARNEGIE TECH Nillamp Representative Team 11111 Be Contestant in Intercollegiales I'enn State's rille team scored its twelfth triumph of the season ou Saturday at Pitts , burgh when they cutshot the Pitt and the Carat:ale Tech ninn•ods in a triangular ShOtiiii et-to-shoulder match on the latter's range. Final computAtions record the scores as follows: Penn State I•IOd, Carnegie Tech 1:192 and Pitt 131;8. K. 3. Stern '27 a n d 11. T. halloo '29 were tied for first individual honors with a 281 score. C. 11. Pritchard '2B and W. S. Yeahel '29 , scored 280 and 279, respectively. On the previous Saturday the Vir ginia Polytechnic Institute sharp shooter: fell before the Nitta!iy marksmen by the score of 1.129-1395 in the final telegraphic inatch of the season. C. 11. Pritchard '2B was the high scorer in this match with a 2:12 total. Saturday Lieutenant Miller's pro teges engage the George Washingtt9 University ramrods in a shoulder-to shoulder match at Washington, I). C. A representative team will be sent to New York City on April twenty third to compete in the Intercollegiate rifle tournament to he held at the Crt), , eent Athletic Club range. Jardine Pays Tribute To Dr. Armsby's Work Addressing a gathering of the American Institute of Chemists at Yale university, W. M. Jardine, Unit ed iitateS . secretary of agriculture. paid a tribute to the late Dr. Arms by of this College. 31r. Jardine declared that results obtained with the calorimeter, which was erected by Doctor Armsby. have contributed much toward the Placing of nutrition of farm animal.; on the basis of an exact science. "It k no exaggeration to say that through the research accomplishments of recent years, the average farmer today knows more of the science. on which his industry rests than the sci entist did fifty years ago," asserted Dr. Jardine. . , I - I I "King of Ivories," In Penn State Debut, Caresses Keys More Than Fifty Hours "The first twelve hours ore the hardest" says Prof. It. G. Hurt, the world's champion endurance pianist. And for thirty-eight hours after this preliminary stretch, the unique, ill LI- Acian caresred the ivories with a program selected . from his repertoire of more than five thousand numbers. •Starting at eight o'clock Thursday night at the Weiser Motor company's showrooms. Professor Burt played continuously for more than two clays, a very ordinary performance, for he has been doing this stunt almost every week during the past four years. Although he holds the world record of fifty-two hours, Burt played more than one hundred hours last summer at the Atlantic City boardwalk. Ac cording to his nurse. Miss Nellie Farr, Burt feels no bad effects after each performance wad merely rests for three or four hours before retir ing. Ile relics upon no drugs or stim ulants to keep tip his strength but PARADE IS COUNCIL POVERTY DAY PLAN Plebe Band To Lead Vagrants From Co-op Corner to New Beavei Field FRESHMEN MAY DISCARD RINKS DURING CEREMONY It. A. McQuade '27, chairman, an nounces that the committee has de- clam! upon April twenty-third for Poverty Day. At one o'clock in the afternoon, the poverty-stricken fresh men will line up on Old Beaver field. Under the guidance of the cheerlead ing staff, the line will march down McAllister street, west along College avenue, south on Burrowes street, cast on Beaver avenue, north on Al len street, past Co-Op coraer and on up to the baseball field. Ilere, the judges, consisting of It. A. McQuade '27, K. It. Weston '27, O. I'. Lippincott '27, 1-1. S. Buck '27, J. C. Belfield '2B, and C. A. Yost '29, will .make their decisions which will be final. Ten prizes donated by town merchants will be awarded to those freshmen most representative of the poverty-stricken. In previous years the freshmen have been permitted to discard all customs excepting the "link. This year, efforts are being made to per mit them to discard their traditional head covering too. All freshmen with a musical bent are asked to bring their instruments and a hand will be formed to head the march. STUDY ABOARD SHIP IS ESSAY CONTEST AWARD University Travel Association Will Announce Subject • Of Themes Later With a twenty-five hundred dollar scholarship fora school year of study aboard the S. S. Ityndant as a prize, the University Travel association will soon announce the subject for a na tional. essay contest open to under graduates in all colleges and univer sities. Presidents of one hundred and fifty leading colleges and universities are now selecting the subject for the con test. It will possibly involve a dis cussion of the East in connection with international education. This scholarship includes full ex penses of the "University Afloat" on its second cruise around the world. It provides for a continuation of the regular academic course preparatory subjects. a freshman year of college work, or study of special business courses relating to foreign commerce am! international trade. The award will be made early in June of this year. and the winner will depart on a study-travel tour of the globe on September twentieth. The first college 'cruise around the world, now returning through European wat ers, was co-educational, but the sec ond will be limited to men students only with an enrollment of three bun.' tired and seventy live instead of live hundred. BOXING Ei.r.cTioss Captain A. B. Wolff '29 Manager T. J. Costello '2B First Assistants R. A. Gender '29 IL N. Mathias '29 J. H. Nessenthaler '29 STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1927 simply has his nurse massage his arms and lege, n•ith talcum powder or hot and cold towels. Burt started on Ids unusual career fifteen years ago as a result, of a wa ger. Ile was working as the long shift pianist in a moving picture thea tre and when his relief failed to re port, !tart would continue playing for a total of sixteen hours a day. At this time moving picture machines were operated by hand and the caw :Aar in Burt's theatre challenged him to an endurance cur test. After twen ty-eight hours, both men were ex hausted. Since then Burt has per formed this feat at irregular inter vals and during the past four years has played fifty hour stretches almost weekly. Burt has visited every state in this country and every country in Europe has played host to the endurance pi anist, who has been named from a different view point, "King of the Ivories." Cap-Gown Committee Orders Senior Apparel The Senior Cap and Gown commit tee, consisting of R. C. Wharton, S. 11. Culp, C. R. Schnyder, R. E. Mayne and R. A. Dresher has chosen the Cox, Son and Vining company of New York City to furnish the equipment for the Jtme commencement. Measurements will he taken at one of the local stores early in May. The rental this year will be seven dollars and lifty cents with a live dollar re fund when the garments are returned. DOUBLE PIANO IS GARBER NOVELTY Fifteen Piece Orchestra Will I'rovide Special Numbers For Junior Formal "CURLEY" MILLER WILL DISPLAY BANJO TALENT Jan Garber, who with Jean Cold kette will furnish Prom-goers with continuous syncopation on the nignt. of April twenty-ninth, will feature a double piano in his group of musi chms. He will bring - the same orches tra which appeared here at the 1926 formal two years ago. This band, which records for the Victor company, is composed of fif teen men, nine of whom have been with him since the old Garber-Davis organization split up. Included in his repertoire are several novelty num bers as well as specialty dance skits. Although his orchestra is reputed to lie a southern group, Curbe• him self is a Pennsylvanian, having berm born in Norristown. Moreover, his first appearance with his own orches tra was in Allentown, although he has now travelled from coast to coast with his musicians. (Continued on second page) ENGINEERS WILL HOLD INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE Secure Charles M. Schwab as Principle Speaker for Topic Discussion With "The Selection and Placement of College Graduates" as its principle topic, an.industriad conference will be held here on May thirteenth and four teenth to review the methods used in the selection of engineering seniors for positions with various companies. President It. 1). Iletzel and Judge 11. W. Mitchell will welcome the guests am! speak on the general topic of the conference. Mr. C. M. Schwab has agreed to attend this year, and con trary to previous custom, his address in the Auditorium is open to the gen era! public. The opening session Friday after noon will be followed in the evening by n dinner in McAllister hall. Af ter it luncheon meeting Saturday, the delegates will adjourn to attend the baseball game with Villanova college. At present considerable emphasis is I being laid upon "College Personnel Records for Students, and Their Qual ilitations." Prof. C. W. Reese and Prof. C. E. Manger, of the Depart ment of Industrial engineering, have been making a special study of this subject and will present the various types of personnel records now em ployed. The men front the various industries will comment on these me thods and point out the qualities which . I they consider the most important. COLLEGE TO HOLD INAUGURATION FOR HETZEL THIS JUNE Tenth Penn State Presidential Installation Will Mark 1927 Commencement COLLEGE OFFICERS ►'LAN HUGE GRADUATE REUNION Ten Thousand Invitations Sent To Former Studehts-IVill Choose Trustees Inauguration of Dr. R. I). Iletzel as the tenth president of the Pennsyl vania State College 'to be held as a part of the connuencment exercises on June fourteenth, was announced in an invitation sent today by trus tees and faculty to all alumni and former students. Under present plans trustees pro pose to make the installation of Presi dent lletzel primarily an illllllOllSe reunion of Penn State alumni rather than the usually elaborately expensive ceremony, but in no sense omitting any detail of dignity attending so important an occasion. The sixty-iseventh commencement will take the form of a "continence ment-installation" ceremony, with the induction of President Hetzel immed iately preceding the conferring of degrees. Judge 11. Walton Mitchell, president of the board of trustees, will administer the oath of office. An invitation was mailed today to more than 10,000 graduates and for mer students. All alumni who have been out of college for more than three years also received blanks for the nomination'of throit graduates as members of the board of trustees, the election to take plaice 'at commence ment time. The alumni trustees whose terms expire this year are George M. Downing 'BB, of Philadel phia; William 11. Walker '9O, of Los Angeles. and JameS c;J;White 'B2. of New York City. Pattee Advocates Highest Standards "If sixty percent is your goal in college, I see what your fate is to he when yoti go out into the world that demands one hundred per cent," de clared Dr. F. 1.. Puttee, acting Col lege chaplain, at the chapel services iiunday morning. "The only thing that has kept Jesus the standard of the world is the fact that Ile set one hundred per crat. as his passing , grade. Some have tried to interpret the words of ;Jesus, 'lie ye therefore perfect, even as you• Fa ther which is in heaven is perfect,' as meaning, 'lle as good as you can.' But .lesus knew the possibilities in man." Pants Scrap Set for April Twenty-second Freshman-sophomore rivalry will conic forth once more. in the annual Pants Scrap set for Friday afternoon, April twenty-second at the 'prac tice field, according to C. It. Bergman '27, in charge of the affair. Plenty of old clothes will be needed for this rip ping battle. 'fhe remaining scraps will be de• eided on by a committee made up of C. R. Bergman '27, A. C. Alloway '27, .L C. BeMeld '2B, W. E. Harvey '29, and A. 0. Marshall '29, that will meet sometime this week to make final at rangements. 11'111 , ,STLING Manager It. C. Quigley '2B First Assistants It. M. Streiker '2.9 At. I'. Yeatman '29 1 , . 11. Yocum '29 Dutcher Will Attend Meeting of Chemists Prof. R. A. Dutcher, head of the agricultural and biological chemistry department, will leave on April four teenth for Rochester, N. V., where he will attend a meeting of the American Society of • Biological Chemists. Ile will read three papers concerning the results of research work on vitamin reactions done in the chemical labora tories of the School of Agriculture at Penn State. On April twenty-third, Professor• Dutcher is scheduled to address the State Anti-Tuberculosis Society at Pottsville on "Recent developments in animal nutrition." HELME TO REVIEW CONSTRUCTION OF GOTHIC CATHEDRAL Will Sketch Development of Middle Age Architecture In L. A. Lecture To picTuRE clinimtEs IN TONIGHT'S ADDRESS Talk To Correlate Structures Of Twelfth Century With Living of Times " Cathie Ca tiled rah 4 :rad their Build ers" will be the topic of Prof. J. B. Heinle, of the architectural design de partment when he delivers the fourth lecture of the Liberal Arts series in Old Chapel tonight. His talk will be illustrated by lantern slides. Professor Ilchne will sketch rap idly the development of Gothic archi tecture, especially that part which has become an everlasting symbol for the Middle Ages, the cathedral. The real Gothic style of architecture was born. worked upon and developed by architects and master-craftsmen. Its problems were studied and solved, u•.ul it was finally brought to its cul mination in the beautiful and pictur esque Ile de France. It is of the ca thedrals in this district, and partic ularly of the Cathedral of Chartres, that Professor Heinle will speak. The background for the construc tion of these cathedrals is the spec (Continued on second page) TED BROWNAGLE TO PLAY AT AG DANCE Arcadians Will Provide Music For All-College Hop on May Twentieth , ORCH ESTRA MEM BEES PRESENT SPECIALTIES Ted Itrownagle's Arcadians of Har risburg will furnish the music for the ranual Ag ( l ance to he held in the Ar mory \lad• twentieth. According . to J. M. Stazewski '27, chairman of the committee, this will be an All-College offal r. Particularly well known in the vi cinity of Harrisburg. the Arcadians formerly played at the Arcadia Ball loom in New York city under Cites Brownagle who is 110 W director of the group. The orchestra composed of eleven players specializes in rythym anq harmony, featuring several no velty numbers, also. Plans are being made for tt decor ating scheme which will he based up on an arrangement of potted plants and a subdued lighting elfed. The subscription price will be two dollars with (lancing from eight to twelve. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS SCHEDULE SIX-DAY TRIP Seniors Leave April Seventh to Make Inspection Tour of Eastern Plants Seniors in the School of Electrical Engineering will leave for a six-day inspection trip to Nee• York, Phila delphia and vicinity Oil April seventh. After a day in the Schenectady works of the General Electric Com intny, the group will go to New York City to visit the American Telephone and Telegraph, the New York Tele phone and the Bell Telephone compan ies. The rest of the week will be spent in inspecting the East River generat ing station of the New York Edison company and the Grand Central ter minal Service Plant and Substation of the New York Central railroad com pany. During the first of next week the students will visit the Edison Lamp works; the Edison Lighting institute at Harrison, New Jersey; the Wire and Cable work of John Roebling's Sons, of Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey; and the Pennsylvania of fices of the Bell Telephone company at Philadelphia. 'fho last day of inspection will in clude the Richmond Generating station of the Philadelphia Electric company, and the signal and switching installa tions of the Pennsylvania •railroad company at the Broad street terminal. Philadelphia headquarters for the group will be the Penn Athletic Club. House W ill Reconsider Original Appropriation Bill Restored to First Proportions *After Cut by Senate---Special Group's Decree Final Administration Grants i Official Half-holiday iThe Council of Administra- 1 i lion has decided to dismiss class- I 1 es for the Piaster holiday at I I 12:10 IVednesday. April thir- i I teenth. CIa:WS will open al 1 i eight o'clock April 21. The I ride governing attendance at I classes before and after vaea- i lions will be strictly enforced. I .c......,.........................•...............) LIONS OPEN WITH DICKINSON VARSITY Meet Carlisle Outfit Saturday In Premier Game of 1927 Baseball Season BEZDEK STILI, CONFINED TO BED WITH SICKNESS Starting the 1927 baseball season without its coach, the Penn State team will endeavor to take Dickinson college willow wielders into camp Sat tu•day afternoon on New Beaver dia mond. Cold weather, drizzling rain and plentiful mud have slowed up the practise of the varsity baseball team, but accordi-ag to authorities, they arc in better shape now than at this time last year. Conch Bezdek, although un able to attend the work-outs, has di reeled them ' try stages by means of Captain P. R. Paige, who acts for Bez in his ab sence. With six games to play in North C:u•olina, Virginia and the District of Columbia on its southern trip which starts Monday, the Lion base ball team will have an opportunity (Continued on last page) Chemistry, Physics School Broadcasts Itroadc:mting of an unusual pro grant of science subjects will take place front the College radio station Wednesday night. It will be the oc casion of the introduction of a new feature series of programs to be pro vided by the faculties of the VllllOllB schools of the college. The School of Chemistry and Physics faculty will render the entire program, starting at eight o'clock. There Will lie popularized talks on more than ten scientific subjects deal ing with everything from "S.!ietice and Life" to "Synthetic Money,' the former to be given by Dean C. h. Wendt. Many Essays Submitted By State High Schools For Chemistry Awards Two hundred seventy-two essays on various subjects pertaining to chem istry were submitted to the local com mittee of the National Chemistry con test, conducted annually by the Alum icon Chemical Society. This contest was open to all Freshmen in approved colleges and universities in the Unit:2l States. The essays were written on such subjects as the Relation of Chemistry to Warfare, to the Home, to Forestry, and to various industries. The local committee consists of Mrs. Pauline Beery Mack, Department of Chemistry. and Prof: M. M. Harris, Department of English, who selected thirty-three of these essays and sent them to the National Caminittee at New York City. Six cash prizes of one thousand dollars each are to be awarded to the six contestants having the best papers. The decisions of the National Committee will be announced in May. BASK ET BALI, ELECTIONS Captain 11. B. Von Nimla '2B Manager R. N. Wills '2B Freshman Manager B. A. Brooks '2B First Assistants .1. E. Barber '29 B. F. Campbell '29 E. L. Flynn '29 Garber Win Suit Us PRICE FIVE CENTS 0 After having the original figure of " $1.23.1,5110 cut to three and one half million dollars is the Senate. Penn State's appropriation bill for th e present biennium was restored to its first amount by the House. The altered bill passed the Sena( after the third reading, the sum be ing cut approximately . .$735,000. It ham already passed its first reading in the House which approves of the first figures and will back the orig inal amount. This week should mark the third reading in the lower hotly after which it will he submitted to the Senate again for concurrence. In case the members of the upper division do not agree, there will he a joint committee appointed which will reach a definite compromise between the two groups. Final Decision Any decision reached by the com mittee will be final. The bill will then be placed ht the hands of Gut , ernor Fisher who has thirty days in which to consider the matter. "If present indications are correct," Said President Hetzel, "the present session of the State Legislature will conclude within the next few weeks so that we should know the result of the appro priations by the middle of May." Money obtaimed from this source will aid in the building campaign now beginning. Within ,two or three weeks a new supply building will be erected and before next fall, ground will be broken for the new hospital. New Gymnasium Another addition 'will be the, new gymnasium, the firt unit of which will be tiegun some time in the near future. The amount for new build hog.; alone' Wilrbe`3Bso,o*: GENEVA DEBATERS WIN FROM PENN STATE TRIO Undefeated Nittany Affirmative Orators To Engage l'enn On Friday Evening In wa open - forum debate on the question, "Resolved, That the Vol stead Act be amended to permit' the manufacture and•salc of light wines and beer," the Penn State affirmative team lost to the Geneva college for ensic representatives on Friday night at Beaver Falls. A popular vote of the audience mitered the decision against M. Davis 'BO, M. D. Berryhill '27 and S. L. Burt '2B, the Nittany group. Friday evening at Philadelphia the University of Pennsylvania negn tive debaters will contest the Nittany affirmative team on the question, "II the present tendency to emphasize the practical in American higher ed ucation to be deplored?" •The unde feated trio that will represent the Lion debaters are: N. It. Adams 'BB. J. W. Brandt '29 and Gilbert Nurick '2B. Women Orators Lose First Collegiate Meet Penn State's newly organized wo men's debating team, arguing the question, "Resolved, That the present tendency to emphasize the practical in American higher education is to be deplored." Inst its first intercollegiate debate to Cedarcrest college at Allen town Saturday night. According to Prof. J. 11. Frizzell, coach of debating. the Pean State team showed promise in its first at tempt, which was conducted_ on the open forum plan. The team is pre paring for the next meeting which will be against Pitt orators in the Smoky City April twenty-ninth. FORESTRY DEPARTMENT WILL PLANT SEEDLINGS Twenty thousand coniferous seed lings, embracing. nine differing spe cies of trees have been received by the Forestry department for planting on land not suitable for argricultural crops on the various College farms. ' Fifteen thousand seedlings have al so been received for experimmaal planting in the "'barrens." This last is a research being put on by the For estry department.
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