Counsel?
VOL. XXII, No. 52
PARENTS GRANTED
FREE ADMITTANCE
TO SPORT EVENTS
ON MOTHER'S DAY
Student Council Hears l'overo
Day Committee Report and
Offers Ten Dollars as
Award For Costume
MERCHANTS GIVE PRIZES
Legislators l'et ition Athletic
.Association To Restore
Major Status of
Basketball
Free admission to all athletic events
will be granted to the mothers and
fathers of Penn State students on
-Mother's and Father's Days., it %vas
announced at the regular meeting of
the Student Council, Tuesday night.
This COMA 116 a result of action taken
by the Athletic 'Association under
the recommendation of the Student
Council.
The Pants Scrap committee report
ed that this scrap will take place on
friday. April twenty-second. Ar
rangements arc being made for the
proper supervi.-don of the underclass
tilt and the plan to have sophomores
take freshmen customs for one day
if they lose the l'ushball Scrap was
discussed.
Poverty Day Prizes
Poverty Day will be held on Satur
day, April twenty-third, reported G.
P. Lippincott '27. chairman of the
Poverty Day committee. A prize of
ten dollars will be given to the fresh
man wearing the best costume. the
Council decided. In addition there
will be other worth-while prizes do
nated by State College merchants..
Drawing up a petition, the Council
requested the Athletic Association
that basketball be restored to the sta
te-, of a major sport. A.reamunenda.
lion was made that the Association
award major letters to championship
minor sports teams except the rifle
team.
was decided to appoint a com
mittee to study the advisability of
providing new sign boards and plac
ing them in more advantageous pia
fC3. Desirbg to establish a new tra
dition. it was decided that the out-go
ing senior class president select out
standing juniors who show signs of
being leaders in their senior year to
serve together with the new senior
president as ushers at commencement
exercises.
CHEMISTRY PROFESSORS
BROADCAST ADDRESSES
Dean Wendt's Talk on "Science
And Life" Ileads Speeches
From Station WI'SC
Speaking from station WPSC, mem
bers of the School of Chemistry and
Physics gave a variety of discussions
Wednesday night. The principle talk
of the program was given by l)can
C. L. IVendt who chose cis his topic
"Science and Life."
Prof. G. C. Chandler spoke on "Penn
State Chemists and Their Jobs" and
Prof. W. It. Piehneier discussed "Op
portunities for Chemical Engineers."
Prof. P. 11. Mack chose as her topic
"Getting Yom• Money's Worth when
Buying Fabrics" while Prof. A. J. Cur
rier told how to "Keep up With Set-
"Opportunities for Physicists" was
Prof. IV. IL Ilam's subject and Prof.
W. G. Duncan spoke on "Measure
ments a Physicist Can Make." Or.
W. P. Davey completed the program
with a talk on "Post Graduate Work
in Science."
PROMINENT AUTIIORITIES
TO GIVE ADDRESSES AT
OIL POWER CONVENTION
, Several prominent authorities on
the petroleum and automobile indus
tries will address the Oil Power Con
ference to be held here April twenty
first to twenty-third. Reports on pro
duction and refining of oil, bearing and
engine design. lubrication and oil
sprays will be presented for discus
sion during the three-day assembly.
Among the principal speakers. who
will present papers on the subject are
E.J. Kates, chairman of the National
Committee on Oil Power Week;
Ashley. State geologist; K. G. Gilson,
Research Laboratory, General Electric
company, and G. W. Lewis, Director
of Research. National Advisory Com
mittee for Aeronautics.
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Rifle Team To Meet
George Washington in
Final Match of Yeai
Concluding one of its most success
ful seasons in years, the Penn State
rifle team will engage George Wash
ingien university at the Capital city
tomorrow afternoon in the final match
of the year.
Lieut. 11. T. Miller, coach of the
sharpshooters, has enrolled eight of
his proteges in the Intercollegiate rifle
tournament which will be held at the
106th Regiment Armory in New York
city and will send Burns, Detwiler.
Pritchard, Stearns, Ballot', Stauffer.
Fritz and Yeukel to the college shoot.
interclass matches, being conducted
this week, will decide which under
classmen will receive their numerals.
PLAYERS PRESENT
ONE-ACT DRAMAS
TOMORROW NIGHT
,Original Cast Will Take Stage
In "The Valiant," Choice for
Dramatic Tourney
COMEDY AND TRAGEDY
DIVIDE EVENING'S BILL
"All Gummed Up," "Swan Song"
and "Oh. Papa," Included
In Play Program
Pc-an State Players will present
four one-act plays under the super
vision of Director A. C. Cloetingh in
the Auditorium tmnorrow evening at
eight-fifteen o'clock.
The first play will lie "The Valiant"
which was to have been staged at the
Intercollegiate Dramatic contest at
Philadelphia. This is one of the
strongest plays ever written, it is
said, and deals with a nua who has
been condemned to death for commit
ting a crime. lie tries to conceal his
identity from his family and the trag
edy is marked by striking pathos.
Used repeatedly as a vaudeville
sketch, a lively farce will be the sec
ond of the productions. It is con
cf!rned with a man who receives a tel
egram stating, that he is a father of
tWins. "All Gummed Up," another
farce written by Ilarry WigAtatT Gib-
Ile will be the third presentation.
The final and concluding play will
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Class Pants Scrap
Is Preparation For
Plebe. Poverty Day
Following a meeting of the Student
Council un Tuesday evening, an
notmcement was made by C. IL Berg
man '27. chairman of the class scraps
committee, that the Pants Scrap will
In, lucid on April twenty-second at
four-thirty o'clock.
The last Pants Scrap was held two
years ago and was the most success
ful scrap of the year. Its revival this
year is expected to afford the fresh
men sufficient opportunity for obtain
ing appropriate clothes for the pov
erty ceremonies the following day. All
sophomores and freshmen are com
pelled to take part.
The tentative date for the annual
Pushball Scrap was announced as \lap•
tenth. It is to take place on the
New Beaver practice field.
Greek Quints To Clash
For Basketball Title
In a fiercely contested game l'hi
Delta Theta defeated Tau Kappa Ep
silon thirteen to ten Tuesday night in
the Armory andw on the opportunity
to meet Delta Upsilon - it the semi
finals of the interfraternity basketball
contest, last night.
The winner of the Delta Upsilon-
Phi Delta Theta fracas will meet Phi
Kappa Sigma in the near future in
the finals, contesting them for the
championship.
IVALKER PREPARES FOR
FOUR-DAY CONFERENCE
OF ENGINEERS IN JULY
Prof. E. I). Walker of the depart
ment of civil engineering is completing
plans for the conference of biologists,
chemists, sewage and water workers
and other engineers which is to be
held here next July under the auspic
es of the engineering department. A
four day program is being arranged.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1927
LACROSSE MENTOR
DRILLS SEVENTY
IN FUNDAMENTALS
Coach Ernie Paul Holds Dail)
Practice in Stick Work
and Goal Tossing
WELKER TUTORS FIRST
AND SECOND-YEAR MEN
Thirteen Veterans Report For
Varsity—Underclassmen
Train for Scrap
With a squad of seventy, the largest
number that has ever turned out to
seek positions on a lacrosse team at
Penn State, holding intensive prte
flees daily on Old Beaver field de
spite reverse weather conditions.
Coach Ernie Paul is shaping a com
bination of stickmen that promises to
be the most powerful that has ever
represented the College.
The newly-appointed Pt-an State
mentor has been conducting practice
sessions for the past weeks, drilling
everyone, veteran as well as beginner
in the fundamentals of the game and
requiring the entire squad to start at
the beginning and learn things from
the handling of a stick to the tossing
of goals. As the season proceeds and
the team develops he will tutor his
proteges in the liner points of offen
sive and defensive tactics.
Coach Paul, with a thoiight for the
future. is desirous of having a worthy
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HONESS PUBLISHES
BOOK ON CRYSTALS
Mineralogy Head Writes First
English Text on Subject
After : Long Fduk..
PROVIDES METHOD FOR
DECIDING STRUCTURES
In the publication of a book on the
nature, origin and interpretation of
each figure of crystals applied to
minerological study, Dr. A. P. lioness,
head of the Mining School's Depart
ment of Minerology, has made a defi
nite and valuable contribution to sci
ence, according to authorities. This
is the only text on the subject writ
ten in English.
Dr. lioness, by means of a live-year
study has found that by applying sol
vents to minerals and crystals that
they develop etchings of varied char
acteristics, and since such crystals
are comparable to atomic structures
the results are considered of high im
portance to minerologists, chemists,
crytitalographers, X-ray analysts and
others.
It is said that his report is the most
concise ever made 00 the subject and
provides a ready method for determi
nation of the structure and nature of
minerals and crystals.
I'lll 31U SIG3IA ELECTIONS
Prof. C. W. Betaie
.1. B. Boyer '2B
.1. F.. Bressler '2B
W. 11. Brittingham '2B
It. M. Cobden '2B
F. Evans '29
F. I. Pethiek Jr. '2B
L. E. Goodenough '2B
W. C. Gambol '2B
1•:. A. Eazinierski '2B
.1. 1). Saute• '2B
A. I•:. Tepper '2B
.1. T. Vandenburg .1 r. '2B
11. 13. Walton '2B
Old Photos Show Class Scraps Were
Playful Battles of Blood and Honor
The good old days, they are gone i was blown, and thus was official no
-and forgotten: i tice given that the Flag Scrap was
.In the window of the Photo Shop I on. In 1916 the freshmen won. it
there are pictures taken of the class was a rare distinction.
I
scraps of 1916. When the old boys Most noteworthy among the other
comp back they sometimes tell u;' eliminators of the race's unfit was the
stories that are pretty hard to believe, Cider Scrap when the two underclass
but we yes them along and pretend to , es met to do royal battle for the hon
swallow it all, even though we don't.l or of their class.
But there are pictures to prove it all The principal idea was to place
now. I hands, as many as possible, on a good
One shows a group of the then old - cider keg. Hundreds engaged in
younger generation in the throes of a these affrays of honor and blood was
class brawl. I.t is the Flag Scrap, the nothing if not red. A man lost his
one which was the roughest(' though I breath. fell, a fellow classmate—or
not the roughest of them all. The anybody—grabbed his collar,—if
idea was for the freshmen to plant had one by that time,—or his hair—
a flagpole somewhere around in the if he had any of that left, and pulled
neighboring mountains and elevate hint out of the way. Then he was
their banner to the top. When every- heft to die in . peace• or recover and
thing was set, and if the sophomores 'jump into the light again. .
hadn't discovered At, the lire whistle Ho hum.
Undefeated Debaters
Engage Penn Tonight
In an effort to retain their unde
feated record for — the season, Penn
State's affirmative debaters contest
the University of Pennsylvania foren
sic group of the question, "Is the
present tendency to emphasize the
practical in American higher educa
tion to be deplored?" tonight in Phil
adelphia.
The undefeated Nittany trio that
will take the boards are, N. R. Adams
'2B, .1. %V. Brandt '29 and Gilbert Na
del; '2B.
PENN STATE SONGS
TO BE PLAYED BY
JUNIOR PROM BAND
Goldketle Requests "Victory"
And "Nittany Lion" for
Special Nunibers
TWELVE-PIECE BAND lIAS
ONLY TWO NEW MEMBERS
Bids for Checking Concession
Must Be Sent to Hess
Before Tdesday
In requesting. "Victory" and the
"Nittany Lion" for, specialty num
hers, Jean Goldkette made an early
glut in preparation, for his second
succmsive appearance here as a Jun
ior Prom orchestra. lle will play in
collaboration with Jan Garber April
Twenty-ninth.
Whitey Kaufman, whose syncopa
tion featured this year's , Military
Ball, has been quoted es saying that
"Goldkette's band is the best orches
tra h the country today anal will re
tain its Popularity for several sea
sun.;.'
Two New Alen
Of the twelve men in • the group,
there are traly bwo,who'were not here
on Jean's last appearance. -Bix lied
erbach, whose trumpeting is accom
panied by a bit of composing which
includes songs of such popularity as
"Copenhagen," and Frankie !from-
Jiner, reputed to be the best saxo
phone player today, are the latest ad
ditions to the hand.
Other critics have acclaimed this
orchestra, which has run in the Grey
stone Ballroom in Detroit for two
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SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEERS
BEGIN INSPECTION TOUR
Six•day Trip Includes Visits to
Altoona and Pittsburgh
Industrial Plants
Forty-eight seniors of the depart
ment of civil eng,ineering left State
College IVednesday morning for Al
toona on the first lap of their six-clay
inspection trip.
The hydro-electric plant of Penn
. Central Light and Power company at
Warrior Ridge was inspected that af
ternoon, the group then continuing to
Altoona. Yesterday the yards of the
Pennsylvania Railroad at Altoona awl
ithe city sewage treatment plants and
garbage iwinerator were studied.
Today the Pennsylvania Railroad
laboratories and the development
work of the Baker Estates will be vis
ited, the group then leaving for Pitts
burgh.
With an inspection of the Monition
plant' and pumping plants of Pitts
burgh and a brief examination of the
I,Pierty TunnelS tomorrow, this week's
I program will be complete.
THESPIANS WILL
TAKE ORCHESTRA
ON SPRING TOUR
Tentative Personnel Selected
For Violins, Drums, Piano
and Saxophones
TO STAGE "GIRL WANTED"
DURING PROM WEEK-END
Musical Numbers Orchestrated
By l'rofessional Concern
To Improve Show
Candidates for the orchestra which
is to accompany the Thespians on
their road tour after Easter vacation,
held their first tryout in the Auditor
um Wednesday night under the•di
rection of L. W. Fisher '2B. Twenty
aspirants attended the trial. •
The road trip of the Thespians will
include Bellefonte, Wilkes-Bat4e,
Philadelphia, Altoona, Pittsburgh
and Greensburg. The Thespians will
display their musical comedy, "Girl
Wanted," on the night of the Junior
Prom and as this comes at the end
of the road trip the players should
put on a highly polished performance,
according to Maurice Darcy, coach.
Tentative ',emotion of the orchestra
will be W. F. Stimmel and C: 1,. Lang,
first violin. A. .1. Turtzo and Walter
Carpenter, second violin, E. 11. Smith,
flute, Paul Rice, saxophone, A. P.
Clark, drums, J. A. Buck, banjo, L.
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WPSC TO PROVIDE
APRIL RADIO CARD
Kappa Gamma Psi, Church Choir
College Orchestra and
Farm Talks Listed
POST-EASTER CONCERT
ON APRIL TWENTY-FIFTH
Outlining the radio attraetions to
he broadcast during the month of
April front the College station WPSC,
D. M. Cresswell. Department of Pub
lic Information, announces the follow
ing program:
Preceding the concert of the Girls'
Glee Club, Professors C. 0. Cromer.
WU. Knutsen and M. T. Lewis of tha
School of Agriculture spoke on farm
am! garden subjects i‘londay night.
Faculty members from the Chemistry
and Physics department gave talks on
various subjects Wednesday evening.
Among the cards offered for the
month will be a continuance of the
farm and garden talks by Professors
11. C. Knandel and K. I. Wilde of the
School of Agriculture and a concert
by the State College Methodist church
choir.
Kappa Gamma Psi, honorary musi
cal fraternity, will broadvast the first
post-Easter program from WPSC on
April twenty-fifth. Dr. .1. E. Knott
and Professors 'l'. B. Charles nail E.
N. Fagan will be included and will
further the talk.; on farm 11111 i garden
topics.
The broadcasting of music supplied
by the College Orchestra on April
twenty-seventh will end the month's
schedule.
Seniors Will Receive
Lion Suits May First
In awarding the contract for senior
Lion Suits to the Altoona Overall com
pany, the committee will have the
suits available for distribution about
May first, according to C. It. Berg
man '27 chairman.
The suits, which will be plain white,
will have a lion's head of blue cloth
sewed on the back of the coat. Meas
urements for the senior garb will be
taken at Stark's Saturday morning
and will continue till Easter vacation.
It is necessdry, according to Berg
man, that as many seniors ds pos
sible take this opportunity to insure
prompt delivery for Move-up Day. The
price remains at two dollars :Ltd
twenty-live cents a suit.
I'ENN STATE CLUB PICKS
GORMAN FOR PRESIDENCY
Following the recent elections the
Penn State Club announces its offic
ers for the coming year.
President will be W. J. German '2B;
vice-president, E. G. Dreibelbis '2O;
secretary, H. R. Sherrard '2O; treas
urer. J. M. Harnish '29; athletic direc
tor. G. C. Hummer '2B and social sec
retary, W. I. Fielder '2O.
2 tler:
4'
Dickinson Opposes Lion
Batters Here Tomorrow
Five Veterans, Page, .Lungren, Harris, Kent
And. Harrington, Expected To Break
Into Line-Up Saturday
Y. M. C. A. ELECTIONS
President
L. L. Grin '2S
Vice-President
H. L. Kinsel
Second Vice-President
A.. 1. Gams '2tl
Secretary
L. W. Barton '29
Treasurer
W. S. Seibert '29
HERE LECTURES
ON GOTHIC DESIGN
Describes Cathedral as Highest
Architectural Expression
Of Medieval l'eriod
ILLUSTRATES ADDRESS
WITH LANTERN SLIDES
Tracing the evolution of Gothic ar
chitecture from medieval genius,
whiCh he states, ",was tremendously
affeCted by Latin culture and the
Christian faith," Prof. J. 11. Helm
of the architectural design depart
ment, delivered the fourth lecture of
the Liberal Arts series in 01(1 Chapel
Tuesday night.
Professor !feline, in his talk on
"Gothic Cathedrals and their Build
ers" declared that new materials. new
modes of construction, new social hab
its and new methods of thinking and
living influenced the style of Gothic
construction. =•'
After depicting the cathedral as the
highest expression of the age, the
speaker used lantern slides to de
scribe the outstanding ecclesiastical
buildings of the AI iddle Ages, particu
larly the Cathedral of Chartres.
lie concluded his address with a
brief review of the features and in
novations of Gothic architecture and
the contributing factors to its struc
tural distinction. It was announced
that the final lceure of the Liberal
Arts series will be held on April
twenty-sixth.
GRANGE WILL GIVE PLAY
TO ADVANCE DORM FUND
Cast. To ('resent "I'oor Father"
Comedy, in Auditorium
On May Fourth
For the advancement of it:4 me
morial dormitory fund, the Penn State
Grange will present the comedy play.
"Poor Father" in the Auditorium on
the night of Nay fourth.
Aiming the import.•nt characters of
the east of the play are Tompkins, the
politician, played by .1. C. Steele '27,
Clifford Tompkins, the psycho-anal
yst, portrayed by Forrest. Steele '3O,
and Miss La runty, the actress. per
sonified by Lois Itemley '2B. It. I•:.
Smith 9 28, as Caldwell the detective,
and Wallace Stout!' '3O, as Dumme ll,
the absent-minded person. also have
important roles.
The play is an amateur presenta
tion of an overambitious politcian.
stem wife, an actress, an absent
minded man who forgets whether or
not he is married, a colored servant
who does not adhere strictly to the
truth and a young couple who are in
leee. According to the play directors•
it is a laugh-evoking comedy full of
genuine entertainment from begin
:ling to end.
STUDENTS OF POULTRY
HUSBANDRY MAKE VISIT
TO MINGOVILLE FARMS
Visiting the largest chicken hatch
ery in Pennsylvania, seventeen poultry
husbandry students inspected the
grounds and buildings of the Hecht
poultry farm at Mingoville Thursday
afternoon. March thirty-first.
Methods of incubation operation
and brooding equipment were explain
ed to the students by Prof. T. B.
Charles and Mr. E. W. Callenbach of
the Poultry Husbandry department.
Practical comments were added by the
employees of the farm, who also con
ducted the students over the extensive
brooder range where ten thousand
chickens are being reared by means
of artificial brooders.
Play To
Beat the
Dickins•sun!
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Deterred by cold and rainy weather
and without the direct aid of their
coach, the Penn State ball team will
open its 1737 season with Dickinson
college tomorrow afternoon at three
thirty o'clock on New Beaver din.
moml.
No official starting line-up has been
announced for the Lions, but it is
probable that Captain Lefty Page and
Bus Harrington will take care of the
battery positions. Heinie Harris is
the choice for the first sack and with
Dobbetear at second. Lungren at
short and Kent at third in' the infield
should provide an air-tight combina
tion. Outfield posts arc touch in
question, but Mile Wolff, George
Delp and Gene Singley appear to be
the likely candidates because of thAr
ability to bat.
The opening line-up for Dickinson
will be either Shank of Mentzner in
the pitcher's box, O'Shansky or Mid
dleton as backstop. Cook on second.
Cohen playing the short field, Fox at
the hot corner and Ryder on the
hi
tial sack.
In the outfield will be three of the
following men: Bowes. McConnell.
Lumley or Everhardt. The team's
hitting strength lies mainly in Ryder,
Everhardt and Cook. it is said, al
though the other ball,hawks have
been showing up well in practice.
Bez Attends Practice
Making his first visit of the sea
son to the practice field Wednesday
afternoon; Coach Bezdek was non
committal in regard to his views on
the capability. of the team and the
prospects of the opening game. How
ever, he believed that the ."boys need
brushing up. This weather has been
terrible to play ball in, and they need
a lot of practice."
BatterY.:Work=tiut has 'been Contin
ce,l'in the Stock 'Pavilion throughout
the rainy weather and the infielder;
have to get into condition. Warm air
and comparatively dry ground permit
ted a tire-inniag fray between first
and second nines Wednesday. Al
though the preliminary stick-wield
ing has been weak, the batters got alf
some clean bits when the game start.
Dobbelaar continues to favor his sick
Mil and laingrim has developed a
sore shoulder that is being nursed
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RIFLE TEAM RECEIVES
CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY
Nittany Nimrods, Leaders of
Third Corps Area, Get
Award Monday
Penn State riflemen, winners of the
Third It. 0. T. C. Corps Area shooting
competition, will be presented with
the medals and cup which they won
in the recent contest during drill per
iod Monday afternoon. Blue and
white bars will also be given to the
mendlers of Company F which took
first honors h the drilling in the It.
0. T. C. Field Day last spring.
All juniors who were in the winning
company last year are expected to be
out to receive the award and may ap
pear in civilian clothes, announces the
Military department. The unit will
fall in with last year's officers in
charge and in the old formation.
College To Construct
Storehouse on Campus
Plans for a new supply building have
taken definite shape and there will be
a call for construction bids soon, ac
cording to It. 1. Webber, superintend
ent of grounds and buildings. The
building, which will be of brick and
trimmed with stone, will he a large
one story affair about ,rte hundred
and . fifty by two hundred and fifty
nine feet. The site of the proposed
storehouse will be between the Phi
Delta Theta fraternity house and the
railroad.
It is not definitely known when the
building will be constructed. Present
plans call for a supply house which
t be used as a general storehouse
and also as a repair shop.
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i Who's Dancing
Saturday
Lambda Chi Alpha (closed.)
La Camaraderie (Alpha Chi Sigma)
Club }lisp:lna-Americo (Alpha Phi
Sigma.)