r . 3 ' Sinus I Up For 1 Baseball ----- , VOL. XXII, No. 55 NITTANY SPEEDSTERS ENTER PENN CARNIVAL Cartmell's Crack Four-Mile Team To Defend Title While Hurdlers Will Strive To Keep Relay Honors no particular championship, Coach Nate Cartmell is sending a large squad down to Philadelphia to partic ipate in the various events. This will be the first out-door competition for the Lion track team and the . Nitta:** mentor feels that his charges will benefit by it. Cartmell's quartet of mile runners, CON. Otrenhauser, rouraere and Reis will defend the four-mile title this year against many strong teams among which are Illinois, Union and Harvard. Wisconsin also looms in this event with a veteran combination. Shuttle Relay In the 480-yard shuttle hurdle relay Penn State will line up against Col umbia. Ohio State. Yale, Princeton and Cambridge. Although the Nit tany timber-toppers won the title last yea:, they will be handicapped by the absence of . "Crip" Moore who was graduated last year. This year's com bination of Costello. Eggars, Lerch and Sharp will meet their toughest opposition in the team from across the seas. The Cambridge outfit is said to have completed the distance in 15 3-5 seconds, a time which the Ameri can teams will have to work hard to beat. Yale and Princeton have also entered crack combinations. Notre Dame Entered Notre Dame has entered a team in the quarter-mile relay that has equal led the world's record of 41.6 seconds held by the New York Athletic club quartet. ['cnn, who won this event last year. will attempt to retain the title. The Nittany flyers are Barth phew, Millis. Kilmer and Bates. In the half-mile relay race, Barth- Filkins, Sands, Kilmer or Kar bach will represent Penn State. The winners of the sprint and distance medley races are a question, as good tennis from, many colleges_ have sent in their entries. (Continued on last page) FRESHMAN BASEBALLERS TO OPEN SEASON HERE Rad Weather Hinders Practice Drills slaking Starting Lineup Uncertain With less than a week of strenuous practice the I'enn State freshman baseball team will swing into action against the Bellefonte Academy toss ers at one o'cloe's tomorrow afternoon on the New Beaver practice field. More than fifty men have report ed to Coach Houck who has not yet selected a definite line-up because the inclement weather at the beginning of the week, has slowed up the aspir ants and checked their real form. Lockard, Fry. Cornell and Cusano form the mound corps with Anselmo. Battorf or Hargraves on the receiving end. First base candi dates are Pricer. BerK-sger, Kuhn, Kibler and Spickles. For second base Leo can choose from !tints. Davis, Bender and Jones. Either Atkinson or Spear will take care of the short field while the third l•asemen will be selected from Massie, Ealy and Wolfe. In the outer srardens Hoak. Fisher, Panaceion, Peterson. and Poole will appear during the game. There are also several other promising men who May break into the lineup. if not in the initial contest, before the end of the season. Bookplate for Library Tomes To Be Contest Theme for Art Award A prize of ten dollars will lie award ed to the student submitting the most appropriate and artistic bookplate .le-, sign fur use in the l'enn State Car negie Library. All undergraduate s) are eligible for the contest and it is hoped that the results will satisfy The Itrag felt need for an attractive book plate for the Library. The drawing must he in pen and ink or etched, and must be delivered to the (Ace of the Advisor, department of :trchitectulte, not later than Monday afternoon, May sixteenth, at live o'clock. The jury of award is as follows: Mim Sabra W. Vought, Miss Heim M. Savant, Mr. Andrew W. Case and Mr. Wendell P. Lawson. The prize winning plate will become the proper ty of the College Library and the winner will redraw his design and Take the changes suggested by the ,judges. '1...... r: < 47 . , ( ..-1/ *r ~, 3,\,?)c. ti re ,:.....„.:_, ~......•/8-5-5' • Thespians Place Tickets On Sale At Floral Shop Thespian tickets will be on sale at the Floral Shop Friday evening from seven to nine o'- clock. Prices range from two- j fifty, one-fifty to one dollar. COLLEGE BILL NOW BEFORE GOVERNOR Thirty Days Allotted to Fisher For Consideration Ends May Fourteenth SUM MAY BE AVAILABLE WITH NEW FISCAL YEAR Passed by the Legislature flaring the last few days of the session just ended. Fenn State's $4,234,500 appro priation bill is now in the hands of Governor Fisher awaiting his action. By May fourtenth at the latest the gubernatorial decision will be made and the imediate fate of the bill de cided. If signed, the appropriations will be available to the College begin ning the first of the fiscal year in July. The sum allotted ifor main tenance will be placed immediately at the disposal of the College for cur rent expenses. The remainder of ap propriations will be swat when need ed. The sub-committee of the House Appropriation committee made a writtea report to the.llonse of Repre sentatives following its visit to the College on March tenth. An excerpt of the report follows: "There is no place that need of new buildings is more apparent than at State College. The Commonwealth through its Legislature and the Ex ecutive. have neglected this institu tion for many years to the benefit of other colleges and universities, and at the present time many of the build ings in which the young 1111,1 and the young women are being educated at State College, are inadequate and urt safe. "The poiNtilities for the young men and the young woinen at State Col lege •arc almost inconceivable, but (Continued on last page) Girl Debaters Meet Pitt Orators Tonight Debating in the Auditorium this evening at seven-thirty o'clock the Penn State co-ed team will meet the l'itt debaters in a split team discus sion, on the proposition, Resolved. That the present tendency to empha size the practical in higher education is to be deplored. Marie Snyder '29. will uphold the affirmative side of the question with cue of the members of the Pitt team, while Margaret Mercer '29 will con tend the negative witli one of Pitt's debaters as he• colleague. Miss Ray, Deal of Women. will prcbar:dy pre side the forensic meet. I.OOI'3IEN BEGIN DRILL 'ln order to adapt the menhers of the team to the new rules, MOMer man will begin spring basketball practice Monday evening at eight o check. All candidates for second assistant manager :Is well as members of the team will report at that time. Proposed Amendments To A.A.Constitution, By-Laws Furthering ihr plan in place. be- Art. V—GenernilieerA and Com fort: the student body the proposed Anittees, amended to rend as rhanyelf in Me rumititntion Mid by- follows: law s 0 / Mc Athletic Assoc/Ohm, Mc ] Art. V—ollicers, Board of Athletic CeWithin prints the folowiny: Control, and ExeCutive Coot- SECTION A. nrittees. General Association Organization j 1. The government of the Associ- Art. ll—Object, amended to read as I ation shall consist of a President, a follows: I Vice Presiduat, a Secretary. a Chad- Art. ll—Object. i uate Manager of Athletics, a Board The object of this Association is to of Athletic Control, and an Execu govern and promote intercollegiate] tiee Committee of each branch of athletics in The Pennsylvania State sport. ' College, subjeet to the jurisdiction of the Beard of Trustees of the College. STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1927 Doctor Hetzel Will Be Mothers' Day Speaker Addresses by President Iletzel and Dean Warnock will feature the program for this year's Mother's Day neat Saturday. Miss C. E. t i ny. Dean of Women, and the lion. 11. W. Mitchell, president of the Board of Trustees will also speak to the visit ors. Representing their respective groups, Miss E. A. Frank '27 and S. 1.. Reeder '27, senior presidents. will give talks concerning the workings of the student body. In the after noon, tea will be served while a musi cal program will be given at both meetings. THESPIANS RETURN FOR PROM PLAYING OF "GIRL WANTED" Favorably Received on Spring Road Trip—Novelty Skits Highly Praised FARLEY, CRAMP, PEEK, KENNEDY SCORE BIG HIT Original Cast Will Enact 1927 Production in Auditorium • Tomorrow Night After a week of touring . the Stale and performing before various Penn sylvania audiences, notably in Phila delphia and Pittsburgh, the Petin State Thespians, Ache were enthusias tically received on every occasion. re turned Wednesday to prepare. for the Junior Prom showing of "Girl Want td" in the Auditorium Saturday night at seven o'clock. Aeording to .1. V. Ingham '2l. man eger of the Thespian troupe, the nu.a. successful presentation was given in Philadelphia at the Pena A. C. where more than twelve hundred witnessed tae - perfotunance. "But: for formali ty, the audience would have stood in their seats and cheered," declared Ingham in explaining the enthusias tic spirit that greeted the Thespian production ht the Quaker City. Cramp Scores The Hawaiian numbe,r a specialty, proved the big hit of the show, with G. It. Cramp 27, offering the encore to this feature. Phil Fancy, 25, as the negro janitor, received praise ev erywhere for the capable manner in which he executed his buck and wing dunce and sang his blue wags. .1. E. Keehan '27 and C. W. Kile '27, in their tough number. proved an enter taining pair on the tour. (Continued on second page) GETTYSBURG HEAD WILL DELIVER CHAPEL SERMON Dr. H. W. Hanson, Formerly in ' Church Work, Has Spoken Here Several Times The President of Gettysburg Col lege, 1)i. Henry W. Hanson, will speak before chapel next Sunday in the Auditorium. Dr. Ilamion, who has spoken at Penn State several Limes before, has been the chapel speaker at Harvard and at the University of Pennsylvania. After being ordained in the Luth eran ministry in 1901, Dr. IlallSoll was quite active in church work until he became president of Gettysburg Col lege four yca•s ago . . In preparation for his life work, he received the de gree of Master of Arts front Roanoke College, anti studied abroad at the universities of Berlin, Leipzig, and Halle. Mr. Hanson is a Phi Beta Kappa and a member of Scabard and Blade. The President, Vice-President, (Continued on second page) BLUE AND rWHITE NINE WILL FACE URSINUS VISITORS HERE TOMORROW Light Workouts ~ Cripple Lion's Chances With Baseball Team From Collegeville—Bad Weather Prevails BEZ STILL SICK IN BED Monahan, l'age and Singley Hold Highest Batting. Averages of ,Team for Nine Games Of Current Year Although J upiter, Plucius continues to favor the Nittany Valley with an execs of rain and general had weath er. Penn State's baseball team has managed to get in a few o u tside work outs Since their return from the Southern training trip. Salting practice has been stroised, for all the sharpshooters are noxio u s to maintain the averages they have ac quired at the plate in the last nine games anti demonstrate their ability to flay the spheroid when they meet UrAlll.l5 college On New Beaver dia mond tomorrow afternoon at three thirty o'clock. 'Meeting UrAnus college nine 10- 111411 TOW on New Beaver diamond, toe Lions will ho extended to keep the (Continued on last page) AGS PREPARE FOR ALL-COLLEGE HOP Offer Complimentary Tickets As Awards for Winners' In I'oster Contest BROWNAGLE TO FURNISH MUSIC FOR ANNUAL DANCE ',Making progress in its preparations for the Ajt. All-College dance schedul ed for Friday, May tw•ratieth, the committee hats completed arrange ments for a prize" poster contest ;tiul is working on the details of the decor ating scheme. Ted Brownagie's eleven Arcadian: of Harrisburg, Victo• recording art ists, will furnish music for the annual affair, which will he held in the Ar mory. (laving played at the Aread iwa Ballroom, Now York under the direction of Ches Brownagle, who now leads the group, the orchestra is well known in this section of the country. It is noted for its harmonious offer ings as well as for special novelty en (Continued on third page) Sophomore Architects Win Eight Beaux Arts Mentions in New York Eight out of fifteen drawings of an interior courtyard submitted by the class in architecture won mentions in the Beaux Art Institute of New oYrhi competition (turb; Easter vacation. This is the highest percentage of drawings of any problem submitted by this class tow win mentions this year. Prof. J. It. Ilehue of the de partment of architecture, represented Penn Strait• on the jury of award which considered over two hundred plans submitted from every section of the country. Following is the WA of students who won mentions: J. M. Brown, It. A. Contsworth, W. Dodge, .1. G. Howe. M. A. Klein, I). T. Mish, T. K. Mor gan and 11. C. Montgomery. GOLFERS MEET CENTRE HILLS HERE TOMORROW Nittany Divoters Expected To Repeat Last Week's Win Over Country Club Penn State golfers will meet the Centre llills Country club team on the College licks tomorrow afternoon in the second match of the season. Although the inelement weather has interfered with regular practice this week, the Nittany players may he expected to repeat last Saturday's victory over Centre Hills. Captain 11. A. Canon '2B, 11. 1,. .Fritchman '2B, N.. 1. Sickles '29, J. C. Bunting '29 and J. R. Ludes '29 are the out standing players in the Lion group. Dr. Springer Lectures On Accountancy Work Stating that the ability of a yoUng man to choose the position for which he is hest suited is one of the inlst necessary requirements for success, Air. Durand \V. Springer, secretary or the American Association of Certi fied Public Accountants, lectured 'on accountancy as a profession in Lib-r -al Arts Building Tuesday afternoon. "Human failures in the world are due to the fad that people are aot able to understand human !tility," he said. A good accountant must he able to do tedious work for which the compewation is large, especially in advisory positions, where the future is bright for those who do not tire of detailed work. STUDENT COUNCIL ANNOUNCES CLASS ELECTION RULINGS Office Candidates Must Submit Names Before Six O'clock Tomorrow Night MAY TENTH, ELEVENTH. ' SET AS ELECTION DAYS Men Elected Unfairly Will Be Unsealed—Vole Soliciting Is Prohibited All names of candidate.; for class, student council and La Vie °fliers must he turned in to E. 1,. Spitler '27, at the Chi Upsilon house before six o'clock tomorrow evening. On election days, May tenth and eh:cc:all, each voter must cast his ballot in his respective school. Bal lot boxes will la, placed in the Liberiil Arts building for Liberal Arts stud ents, in Engineering A for engineer ing students. in Old Main for students hi Education. in Old Mining-building for mining students and in the Chem istry 'building for those enrolled in chemistry or physics school. The 1921 election committee has made the following recommendations to govern the coming electirras: great er to secure a higher poll of votes than heretofore, especially from the freshman class; strict prohibition of vote soliciting,' electioneering and button-holing within or in the im mediate vicinity of any building in which there is a voting booth. Votes for any oltkze are not to be solicited by means of printed matter of any kind such as posters, sample ballot, cards and other such forms. (Continued on second page) DEAN WATTS RETURNS FROM. TRIP IN ORIENT Says Chinese Situation Unstable But Little Danger Lies In Red Control, "Secretary Kellog's policy towards the revolutionists in China is sound. There is no need of the United States getting into a great conflict with the Chinese'; averred Dean It. L. Watts of the School of Agriculture, who has just returned front a trip to China. "•There are conbparatively few for eigners in China nail it would he best if these would heed the warnings sail leave the danger zones. At present there is no real government in China to which the foreign natitras can com plain. hence a policy of leniency is best," lie continued. From Ids personal observations tad other sources the Dean gathered that the fomenting of the revolution can be laid very largely to the propagaa da of the Russian Communists. The Reds first organized the laboring classes, then proceeded to organize the students of the various collt..s. lint flow that the Chinese have been aroused to the pitch of lighting, the Russians are being compelled to leave in large numbers. "The Russian Reds will he ejected entirely if the Cantonese government gets control of China. In any case, there is little possibility of the Chinese retaining Russian advisers," Dean Watts be lieves. FRESHMAN TEAM WILL DEBATE URSINUS.TRIO Upholding the negative side of the question "Resolved, That the Volstead stet should be so amended as to per mit the manufacture and sale of light wines andheers," a freshman trio composed of It. Richards, Kenneth Hood, and It. B. Campbell will debate at Ursinus. tfttfit . 4 Study in Color Awaits Prom Patrons Tonight Silverstein Has Transformed Armory Into Bower---Goldkette and Garber Lead Music •:.-----------.--A I i I Will 1101(1 A. A. Office I Nominations In Chapel 1 Athletic Association nomina tion of president and secretary for the coming year will he held I in Chapel Monday and Tuesday I May second and third. LACROSSERS NEED CONDITIONING-PAUL Must Have Physical Fitness To Trim Crescent Tomorrow, Says New Mentor SYRACUSE AMATEURS TO BRING FAST COMBINATION Victory in the lacrosse game scbed tiled for New Beaver field at. one thirty o'clock tomorrow with the Cres cent A. C. of Syracuse will hinge up on the prime condition of time oppos ing teams, according to Ernie Paul, mentor of the Nittany stickmen. Both clans of lacrossemen are evenly mat ched in all departments of the game and the team with the best endurance should win the fray, is Coach Paul's added comment. In a elosely contested game last year the Lions garnered a 6-3 victory from the New York amateur combi nation. Since then the Syracuse team has improved, greatly and formed one of ,the strongest and - l'astea'aimateur clubs in the East. Out of a squad of thirty-three men, including several Canadians, Manager Fredlls has shaped a clever and aggressive twelve. Mills himself is ,me of the speediest and most capable goals in amateur lacrosse circles. Ernie Graves, center on the visiting team is another fast man who, accord ing to Coach Paul, knows the old In (Continued on second page) Foolish Gentlemen Deliver Goods at Frothy Campus Bar Ileavens! The foolish gentlemen have at last done something sensible! brothy's cop or humor has at last foamed Over and the up-stairs ink splashes have gathered the excess of merriment into me unusual volume entitled "Prom Froth." Probably the display of original wit was occasioned by the Junior• Prom for ninny of Frothy's remarks and reflections evince startling wis dom concerning the animal promen ade. The lowly humorists have even gone to .the troltble of disinterring Eloise, the first Prom girl. The "wise fools" discovered a rare photograph of Eloise under the floor of the Dean of Women's office. The priceless pic ture was wrapped in an oilskin to bacco pouch and required great akili to be carefully hruktra. hats olf to Frothy for the astounding achieve ment! Itut never a social function did the frothy fools attend without meeting the co-ed twins, Dot and Dora. The two girlies came as the guests of the campus CON and then before the ev ening has progressed very far, the foursome enjoined to a sequestered nook in the shower rosin of the Ar mory to play a. quiet glum of pin ochle. NM. only in words but. in clever cuts and cartoons does Frothy enclose his latest contribution of mirth. Draw ings of au unusual caliber provide the funny-bone ticklers. And the latest :wars is that white-aproned bartend ers will vend Pro tit from a good old time open air bar at the main cam pus entrance this morning. Sub scription, two bits plus one thin dime. CATALOGUE OF SUMMER COURSES NOW AVAILABLE Under the direction of Dean W. C. Chambers, School of Education, cat alogues of the courses offered by the Summer Session School are being sent to prospective students. These pam phlets may he obtained by students in residence by calling at the Summer Session office. Junior Prom / Moves Many Soles PRICE FIVE CENTS Under a ceilinz of blue and white interspersed with colored lights and with an area of draped orange and black festoons more than live hun dred Penn State students will dance tt• the crooning tunes of Jean Gold kette and Jan Garber's orchestras at. the annual Junior Promenade in the Armory front nine until two o'clock tonight. Following this the couples will ad journ to carious fraternity houses where, for the first time in the history of the College, early breakfasts will serrml. These affairs. according to a decree of the College Senate must ha ended by three o'clock. Decorations Fresh The Armory will present a distinct ly fresh appearance for the back ground behind the fraternity booth, is covered with smilax and yaini haves while a basket of artificial dowers is at the entrance of itch Greek section. Roth orchestra plot forms are decked in pale blue and yel low with roses at each corner and at the steps. Above the colored lights in the ceil ing are spread laurel leaves while tile platform at the rear of the A rniory will present a unique lighting and color scheme. Spotlights Two spotlights have also been Oar wl m the wrestling platform on which sever a l of the lifty-six frater nity booths are situated. These lights have a range of six colors while each orchestra will be especially illumin ated by a blue and red flour light. 'Jan Goober's orchestra which re turns after an absence of two years will arrive at two o'clock this after noon. There are only two new mem bers.of the grotto of fifteen who. be 'Side.ti 'regiihti• orcliekrattiOni, have a number of comedy nets. including the German Hand imitation. As a special feature. Jean Gold (Continued on third cage) SET SCHOLARSHIP DAY FOR MAY NINETEENTH l'hursday Morning Classes Will Be Exeused—Chanrellor Bowman To Speak Saolarzihip Day exercises will l, held on Thursday morning, May nine teenth, at ten-thirty o'clock in the Auditorium. The College Senate has officially decreed that all morning classes will be dismissed to make it pomible for students to attend.. Preident Iletzel will preside and Chancellor .1. G. Bow man, head of the University of Pitts burgh and well known in the educa tional field. will make the address. The Penn State Glee Club will fur nish music for the program. Announcement of the wards of the White Fellowship of six hundred 1101- lani for graduate work and of oil ether scholarshiw,medals and prizes. will be made at that time. Elections to all honorary societies during the ear will be made known then. Netmen Play Season's Opener Withl' and M Tomorrow Afternoon Handicapped in its practice because of rainy weather and reiultant poi court, conditions, the varsity tennis team will open its schedule of tune games 11/11111ITOW when it meets Franklin and Marshall college at two thirty o'clock on the varsity tennis courts. With several veterans and a good sized squad, season's prospects for the Nittany netmen look promising. Coach Ilam has not yet definitely determined the line-ap for tomorrow's matches, but of the sin singles Con tain 3lacCowadt, W. A. McCabe '27 and W. C. Ilhkle '2B will must likely play three-The racquet-wielders for the remaining three singles will Im selected from among Barr, Cowper, chaster and Johnson. Butler, ste;- lar sophomore. is unable to play cause of a broken linger and will probably lie out for the season. Combinations for the three doubles will depend upon the outcome of :he singles. MacCowatt and McCabe are a likely pair. llowever, if the sing les turn out in favor of the Nittany steam Coach Ilam intends to work in s veral mere inexperienced men.
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