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VOL XXII, No. 60
BATSMEN TO MEET
PRINCETON, PENN,
AND NEW YORK U.
Baseball Team Goes on Eastern
Trip Today—Take Squad
Of Seventeen
NASSAU SLUGGERS HAVE
COMPILED GOOD RECORD
Rain and Wet Grounds Force
Postponement of Game
With Villanova
With three major games scheduled
for this week, the Lion batsmen will
meet their most crucial tests of the
season on the Eastern tnp, meeting*
Princeton, Wednesday, Pennsylvania
the following afternoon and engaging
New York university Saturday.
Opposing Princeton 'on University
field the Lions will encounter strong
opposition as the Tigers have had a
successful season to date, winning the
majority of their games and defeating
Georgetown, Williams and Penn a
mong other fast contenders
Morgan Palmer, sophomore pitch
ing ace is expected to face the Nit
tat* sluggers who lost to the Nassaus
last year, 2-1, with Styborski in the
box.
Oppose Penn Thursday
University of Pennsylvania with a
record of winning ten of its fifteen
games, will be met Thursday and it is
probable that the noted "Hook" Wal
ker, strike-out giver extraordinary
will oppose the Lion sluggers
Penn, has defeated many of the
large eastern colleges and universi
ties, winning from Yale, Harvard,
Duke, Georgetown and West Point.
Foster Sanford winner of the 6-1
Penn-Amy fracas, is scheduled to al
ternate with Walker if the Blue and
White nine finds the combination of
Hook's curves. The Quaker City team
defeated Penn State last year 6-4.
N. Y. U. Has Fast Team "
Ness . York university will be met
in New York Saturday and a fast tilt
should be provnled by The Violet nine.
Tho Gotham sluggers have a strong
team and non in easy fashion from
Virginia, who defeated the Lions, G-4,
on their Southern tour. Army barely
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SUBSCRIBERS TO RECEIVE
OLD MAIN BELL FRIDAY
Merchants Will Conduct Spring
Sale of Penn State's
Literary Magazine
Copies of the Spring issue of the
Old Mani Bell will be placed at the
Athletic store Friday for distribution
to subscribers. The publication will
be on sale at Grahams', Keeler's, Metz
ger's, Iludnall's and the Athletic store.
Although one thousand copies of the
last issue were sold, a greater de
mand for this issue is expected Penn
State's literary magazine has been
realer successful, and many favorable
comments have been received from
alumni Written communications have
been received from many other col
leges inquiring about the Old Main
Bell.
Campers' Club Names
Officers and Arranges
For Shingletown Hike
The Spruce Creek and Caledon
Campers club was reorgannedlast ev
ening according to Miss Margaret
Buck '27, social director of the Cen
tre County Young Peoples' School As
sociation
The newly elected officers of the
club are If. T. Fisher '2O, president;
Miss Laurette Foster '2O, vice-presi
dent, and Miss M. E. Zerby '2B, sec:
retary and treasurer.
Arrangements were made for a hike
to the Y. M. C. A. cabin at Shingle
town Gap tonight. Miss Buck re
quests that all campers immediately
sec the new officials or get in touch
with her at 187-M.
SCABBARD AND BLADE
0. S. Anderson '2B
R. M. Atkinson '2B
W. H. Denney '2B
R. A. Graham '2B
R. K. Hamilton '2B
L. S. Hertzler '2B
William Gibbons '2B
R. B. Mears '2B
F. W. Olshefsy '2B
J. E. Rosa '2B
A. S. Shroeder '2B
H. E. Balmer '29
3. C. Taylor '29 _ .
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rt Li, t tatr (tok---3-ci)
Prof. Case's Drawings
Comprise Art Exhibit
Twenty-ono drawings by Prof A W.
Case of the awilutectule department
wero exhibited in the art museum in
Old Main last week. Decorative pen
and ink drawings, water colors and
' oil paintings are the main types of
pictures which are all done in the
small popular size.
Professor Case, v.ho is a graduate of
the School of Applied and Fine Arts
of Pratt institute, took three of his
drawings from points of interest near
State College. "A Hazy Day in Early
Spring," "Oak Hall Roller Mill" and
"Mossy Rocks" are all taken from
nearby places.
TENNIS TEAM WILL
OPPOSE BUCKNELL
Raqueteers Meet Bison Sextet
In Fourth Encounter of
Season Tomorrow
LEHIGH TRIMMED LIONS
IN COMPETITION FRIDAY
/Meeting Bracknell for the second
time this season, the Nittany tennis
team will hace an opportunity to turn
the tables on the Bisons tomorrow af
ternoon on the Varsity tennis courts
and avenge the defeat of two weeks
ago.
The Lion raqueteers were over.
uhelmed Friday afternoon by Lehigh,
the score being six to one Cooper
uas the only winner for the Penn
State aggregation while Captain Mac-
Cowatt lost to the lauded Bethlehe.
mite, Sullivan, of national reputation
MacCowatt, Rosenberger, Cooper, Rm.
kel and McCabe encountered the Le
high netmen in singles while the
Cooper-Rosenberger and MacCowatt-
Hinkel combinations played in the
doubles.
According to Coach Ham these same
men will see service tomorrow with
a sixth man who has yet to be selected
The Cooper-Rosenberger and MacCow
att-Hinkel combinations are almost
sure to tem= intact With the ex
perience of two encounters and two
weeks' practice since they last met
the Bucknell team the Nittany court
men stand a good chance of revers
ing the outcome of the previous en
counter.
Cercle Francais Will
Broadcast Selections
And Music Tomorrow
Talks and entertaining selections in
French will be included in a program
to be broadcast tomorrow night at
eight o'clock by the Cercle Fiuncais
through the College radio station,
WPSC.
A play presented in French with
an English interpretation will be in
cluded in the program of which Pi of
L L Foster, head of the department
of Romance languages, is in charge
Membeis of the faculty of the
School of Agriculture furnished tal
ent for a program of short talks and
musical selections last night. Dean
R L Watts, recently retained from
China, spoke on the subject "Penn
State's Contribution to Chinese Ag
ricultural Education " Prof. S. I
Rechilel, of the department of dairy
husbandry., explained the research in
vestigational walk being carried on
with Jessie, the Holstein cow with a
door to her stomach
Dr. Pike Will Discuss
Emotional Instability
Di. H. V. Pike, chief psychiatrist, of
the Danville state hospital, will lec
ture on "Emotional Disturbances and
Their Control" Thursday night, at
seven o'clock in Old Chapel
On Saturday a clinic will be held at
the Danville State Hospital in which
various cases of mental abnormalty
will be illustrated. AI tei the clinic,
students and faculty will be conducted
through the hospital and shown all
phases of the caie and treatment of
patients. An excursion by bus will be
run from State College to Danville
for the clinic. Those who desire to
attend the clinic should notify Dr. 13.
V. Moore or the School of Education
office by Thursday, May nineteenth.
FARMERS TO CELEBRATE
FIELD DAY HERE IN JUNE
Pennsylvania State Faunas' Field
Day wilt be held ,Finlay, June sev
enteenth, accoiding to T. J. Maws,
who is in charge of arrangements.
Demonstrations, visits to experimental
plots, judging contests, and other
features wilt be presented for the
benefit of farmers and their families.
A program for those arriving early
will be staged Tbilisilay evening.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1927
SENIORS HOLD IVY
DAY CEREMONIES
AT LIBERAL ARTS
Weather Causes Postponement
Of Traditional Exercises
Until Tomorrow Night
W. P. REED TO DELIVER
ADDRESS OF DEDICATION
Renovation of Old Main Makes
Change to South Curve
Feasible Solution '
As'the second of the revived Ivy
Day exercises, members of the Class
of 1927 will gather tomorrow
night about the south calve at
the Liberal Arts ibuilding to plant
the Virginia creeper and hear the
address of W. P Reed their chosen
orator. Until last year this custom
lay dormant for more than a decade.
The change in location sins made
from Old Maui because of the repairs
ohich that building will soon undergo
It seas miginally planned to hold the
ceremonies at the west end of the
main building but at the last minute
was transferred to its present location
In his Ivy Oi ation, Reed will dedicate
the creeper to the College to perpet
uate the Class of 1927 not only in
Penn State history but also to the
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AG STUDENTS WILL
GIVE DANCE FRIDAY
Freshmen May Attend Annual
All-College Function,
Says Tiibunal
TICKET SALE BEGINS AT
CO-OP TOMORROW NIGHT
Fieshmen, whether of not they ale
previously granted a postponed Move
up Day, may attend the Aug All-College
dance Friday night in the Armory,
announces the Tubunal
Final arrangements for the annuac
I aro being completed this week by the
committee. Natural gte...y set off
by low-hung, subdued colored lights
will dominate the decorations and mod
ify the usual bleak appearance of the
Armory. Potted palms and ferns will
provide a background for the orches
tra box while cut green branches will
block off the co•neno of the dance
floor'. Work on the decorations will
be practically completed by Thursday
night
Ted Brownaglc and his galaxy of
eleven Victor recording at lists will
furnish dance musk for the occasion
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Botanists Receive
Specimens To Add
To Old Collection
MI G. W Cal Tors of Pittsburgh
has just given a valuable gift to
the botany department m the form of
a heibanum and seed collection.
The specimens in the herbarium are
lamely Pennsylvania plants and form
a fine addition to the already large
collection The seed collections ale
of a broader range, including many
tropical species, both of botanical and
economic importance.
The value of the gift is greatly in
creased by the collection being in the
original Cabinets in which Mr. Caf
frey kept them. The doors of the
herbarium case me carved in a unique
and appropriate way with botanical
figures Two other similar gifts base
been given previous to this, one by
the children of J. Roberto Lawrie and
the other by Dr. R. C Tuttle.
Seniors Choose Honor
Students To Recite at
Class Day Exercises
Electing S. L Reeder valeilictoilan,
the seniors selected the class honor
men at the meeting last Tuesday
night. .
G. E. Lippincott was chosen Spoon
man, W. E. Pritchard Bairel man anti
P \V Kaiser Cane man. On Ivy Day
W. P. Reed will deli‘er the citation
E. L Spitler Sias elected Pipe °rutin
and G. M. Hau•as Class Donor. The
permanent secretary of the class wall
be B. C. Whoa ton.
The Class Day committee, with W.
E. Pritchind as chairman, will 'be
composed of G. E. Bell, H. A. Hoffman,
G. DI. Harris and Miss J. H. Schwas.
Van .Etten States
Elements of Luck
"The Magic of Good Luck" was the
subject of the sez mon deliveled in
Chapel Sunday by Rev. C. J Van
Etten, rector of the Calvary, Episcopal
church, Pittsburgh.
Holding the attention of his audi
ence front the beginning to the end
of his sermon, he pointed out that the
elements of good luck are great be
lief, great resolution and great trust.
"Luck does not make the man but
man makes the luck," averred the
Pittsburgh pastor. He is noted as a
pioneer in the radio-broadcasting of
church sermons
INDUSTRY PARLEY
DRAWS CELEBRITIES
Schwab, Rees, Copo and Doherty
Talk to Embryo Engineers
On Popular Subjects
MAC HALL DINNER GIVEN
FOR BUSINESS LEADERS
The eighth annual Indust! Con
ference conducted by the Penn State
School of Enginem mg v.as held Fri
day and Saturday and attended by
I more than two' hundred representa
tives from the principal industrial con
cern', of the country.
Some of the well-knonn represen
tatives were Charles M. Schwab, do
natei of the Auditorium, steel maker,
engineer, philanthropist, trustee, Pres
ident of the Amencan Society of Me
chanical Engineers, Col R. I Rees,
assistant vice-president of the Amer
ican Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, H. W. Copo, assistant director
of engineering, Westinghouse E. 8. H.
Company, R E. Doheity, , consulting
engineer engineer. General Electric
Company, W. E. Wickenden, director
of investigation of engineering educa
tion for the promotion of engineering
education
' - The conference Alb formally opened
Friday afternoon by Dr. R D Retool
and Judge H IV. Mitchell who ttel
coined the guests. The hrst discussion
was green by C. S. Color in which
ho reviewed the present methods of
selecting the college graduates This
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TWELVE BALL TEAMS
SURVIVE COMPETION
Interfraternity Tournament to
Continue Tomorrow With
Five Games Listed
Surviving last neck's
nay baseball competition aie the fol.
losing teams, as announced by A. A.
Dow '2B, manager of the tourney Phi
Sigma Kappa, Phi Kappa Tau. Phi
Kappa Sigma, Delta Tau Delta, Surma
Phi Sigma, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Al
pha Tau Omega, Delta Sigma Phi, Pi
Kappa Alpha, Alpha Phi Sigma, Ome
ga Delta Epsilon, Phi Kappa
Manager Dow asked the teams that
played tie games to settle the dead
locks as soonpossible These
teams are Alpha as
Gamma Rho and
Beta Sigma Rho, Phi Delta Theta and
Sigma Chi, Theta Kappa and Beta
Theta Pt.
Tomonow, playing in the first round
of the tournament, Theta Chi wdl en
counter Beta Lambda Signia and Al
pha Zeta will meet Sigma Nu, w hile
in the second round Phi Kappa Tau
will play Phi Kappa Sigma, Delta Sig
ma Flu, Pt Kappa Alpha and Alpha
Phi Sigma will encounter Omega Del
ta Epsilon.
Delta Upsilon Quintet
Annexes Court Trophy
Playing the final notch of the Intel
fraternity basketball tourney, Delta
Upsilon annexed the trophy in a fast
game with the Phi Sigma Kappa by
a score of 17-11, Thursday night in
the Armory.
This game was delayed nearly too
weeks because of Junior Prom detain
lions and other diffmulties. In spit,
of tho long inteiruption both teams
played a haul game with Wolf star
ling for the losers and Stahley Los
the winners
Council Conducts Ballot
For Tie Votes Thursday
Ties for Student Council of
fices in the Schools of Engm
col ing and Mining will he voted
off Thuisduy from nine to twelve
thirty o'colck in the morning and
from one to four-thirty o'clock
In the afternoon.
Tottrgiatt.
TRACKMEN SWAMP
NAVY RUNNERS IN
FIRST DUAL MEET
Nittany Flyers Take All Three
Places in Six Events—lde
Sets Hammer Record
BATES WITH THIRTEEN
POINTS IS HIGH SCORER
Bartholomew Covers Century
Sprint in Ten Seconds
On Muddy Track
Meeting ;Amy in the first dual meet
of the season, Penn State's track tenni
overahelmed the Midshipmen by a
score of 94-41, winning eleven out of
fifteen events at Annapolis Saturday
Coach Cartinell's athletes showed then
entest strength in the track events
and sailed seventy out of a possible
seventy-two points
Bartholomeu IN ins 'Nice
Bartholomew was the Post to break
the tape in the 100 and 226-yard dash
es and vvas followed in both races by
Fllkins and Kilmer in the order coin
ed. In spite of a track, soggy front
heavy rains, the Nittany splinter cov
ered the century sprint In ten seconds
flat and %vas clocked in 21 4-5 for the
lunge. dash
The 440-yard dash and the half
mile vs ore both battles between Penn
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FISHER ASKS OLD
MAIN RENOVATION
Workmen WiII Rebuild Interior
But Not Exterior—Plan
Increased Space
STUDENTS TO USE FIFTH
FLOOR AFTER REOPENING
Reconstruction of 01,1 Main as the
fig tit building item to receive the at
tention of the College oils the recom
mendation made by Governor Fisher
V. hen he signed Penn State's four mil
lion doll.! appromiation hill
Actin ding to present plans, the in
terim of the building wdl be onto ely
china mhde the outside walls toll
be left standing as they are. This
will mu ease the space available for
elassiommis and offices us the top
floor and attic lime not been in use
for five yea!s. The tower has been
condemned as unsafe for n longer
period of time.
Other bumbling needs toll be go en
eat eful considetahon by the executive
committee of the 'maid of hustees
and by the board itself when it meets
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President R. D. Hetzel
Will Deliver Address
At Banquet Tonight
Pie ulent It P Doted gill speak
on "The Place of the Student Chris
tian as ociation on the Campus," at
the YMCA banquet at Varsity
Hall tonight, at sesen-tlinty o'clock
IX II Tinker, inteicollegiate some
tar discusss "The liistoty and
Ideals 01 the Y. M C A mmement
This teas minks the fiftieth anal
veisai". of the student association in
this country and is the foity-fifth of
the Penn State "V' The annual in
stallation of officers gill take place
dining the banquet.
Imitations aie being issued to all
olio have taken some active part to
"Y" work. , Because the number of
tickets is limited, alt who wish to at
tend should apply Call; for their
tickets at the "Y" hut.
Freshmen Pull to Win
Tug-of-War Scrap and
Sophomores Get Wet
Not one freshman reamed a soak
ing in Saturday's tug-of-war—unless
it was from the ram that drizzled an
ter nuttently throughout the under
class ann.
To the handful of spot:hams that
braved the inclement weather to wit-
MSS the spectacle, the finch were out
fat revenge and notated it in a fit
ting manner, dragging fifty soph
huskies twice through the mire and
past the hose for a thorough ducking.
Only once did the second-year men
show then strength and that utter a
acme of their group had been tugged
past the center point, they staged a
short-lived rally, pulling the yearlings
forward some few yards and finally
succumbing.
College Will Conduct
Scholarship Exercises
Chancellor J. G. Bowman Is Principal
Speaker---President Hetzel
To Present Prizes
PRINTERS DELAY
1928 YEAR BOOK
Junior Annual Will Appear One
Week After Previously
Announced Date
LA VIE BIDS AGAIN FOR
INTERNATIONAL HONORS
Because of a delay on the part of
the publishers, copies of La Vie will
not be ready for distribution until
May to enty-seventh, a tteek later than
previously announced Arrangements
foi distributing the Looks will be
made soon.
Last }ear's annual was judged the
a inner in an international contest
of college yearbooks and Penn State
a ill again bid fat this pi me
Thu first issue of La Vie appeared in
1889 and since then the original name
and function have remained unchang
ed, the publication being from the
start they eatbook of the junior class
The first issues contained about tau
hundred and ninety pages, as compare
, ed with fine hunched and twenty-sin
pages for this year The files in the
library date back only to 1892, all
copies of the first four issues having
apparently chsappeated
There acre no title pages in those
early days, the book consisting of
on} one section. No colorwork sins
used in printing and most of the cuts
were of College yeas The introduc
tion of color-work is of comParatively
recent dote, the issue of 1022 being
the first to hose this feature.
With the pots lb of the College and
tho inctease in campus activities it
in campus actititie, it is is foun I
found necessar to divide the honk
into sections This led to the use
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R. 0. T. C. UNIT HOLDS
FIELD DAY ELIMINATIONS
Local Merchants Donate Prizes
nil Winners of Special
Races Next Friday
With President R D Ilettol as the
chief reviesser, the Penn State ft 0
C unit silldzsplar its skill in
parade maneuvers and other events at
the annual Field Day celebration on
New Beaver field nest Ft iday often
noon. A half-holiday has been pant
ed for the occasion
Eliminations far the manual-of
arms contest were held during the
past meek, one man being selected
from each platoon for the finals. These
will take place following the review on
Field Da \ The nuttier will be pie-
Rented with a gold medal ha- President
Hazel, while silver and bionic med
als go to the second and third-place
winners lespectively
To the company winning the thin
contest w ill be awaided the holm, flag
for the lest of the year, whole each
member will move a nthbon from
the Scabbard and Blade honorai ind
ite* fraternity. Prizes have been
donated by local merchants fot first,
second and third-place winners to the
contest, and the centt
pede, shoe and equipment races Men
suit be selected flout each company
to_compete in these events, which are
to be Judged by local losers° offi
cers.
Home Economics Club
Initiates Fifty-three
Fifty-thi cc Penn State home eco
nomics women %vete installed as char
lei members of the Ellen 11. Richurds
club, nenlv formed home economics
organmition, on Wednesday evening
Tho pt °gram opened so ith a ban
quet, followed by initiation of nen
members and election and installation
of officeis. With the organization of
tine professional club, Penn State
Homo Economics n omen will hove a
better opportunity to keep in touch
with cinch other and with the well, in
general.
The newly elected officers inc.
president, G. A. Yeager '2B; vice-pies-
Went, A. L. Relmel '2B, ti ensurer,
S L. &yea '29, secretary, R I)
Fmk '2B.
las.ation
Without
Representation! ! !
PRICE FIVE CENTS
W'rttr Pr esulent It D. Ileldel pre,al-
Img and Chancellor J C Denman, of
the Unrversitv of l'tt , burgli, as the
pi [newel speaker, Scholarship Da} ow
cremes redl be held in the Auditor mm
'Aural; the last two hours Thursdal
men nint,. In order that the can; c
student beds and fatuity may attend.
no classes trill be held during the
teremonres.
The subject on ohmic Chancellor
Bon man will speak has not been an•
nouneed The Chancellor is well
known in educational uncles, having
beer president of the State Unicei,ity
of lowa and duettot of the Anion can
College of Surgeons befoie taking
amen the leaderbhip of the Putsbuigh
institution
The most pi ominent an ad to be
mad • is the Wnite feller ship for
graduate stork, ykluch ensues a stip
ulation of sin hundred dollars The
sum gi anted was foi mmlo only four
nundred dollies, but in accoi dance
uith the plan of the College to in
crease it gradually until the one thous
and &Hai mark is a cached the addi
tional too hunched dollais stele addict
last yea! The fell°, ship goes to the
..en , ui in any school of thb College
ho in the opinion of the student,
and faculty is the most outstanding
member of lies class.
The winners of other miles and
anal ds, among them the White medal,
the President Spat!, pi toe, and the
Simmons accord for profmem4 to
Get man cell be announced In mkt
to be eligible fot the Simmons awatd,
obit+ nit, first made last eat, the
student !met hoe completed foul
ceme‘tets of German.
Most of the pi esentations will be
made by Pi esalent Iletacl, while the
names of those elated to honorary
societies NON be lead by officels of
the various groups Th., is the ony
Scholar dim Day held this veal, the
Lusomary full date having been Lan
celled
Phi Delta Theta Takes
Top Honors in Annual
Greek Cinder Tourney
In a closely tnnte,teil meet, Phi
Den; Theta eon the tract 4tatet nih
than itioni,hip last %leek on New bar
set field Towiditt their neatest iv
-013 by .1 No-point not Km, the tun
net,, net cited the track 1101101., flolll
Thet t Kappa Phi, last y tar's chant
-1,1011
In the nam-fnaten nity Leh, Wed
nmdaN, the Friend, Union team Iwo%
ed an ease winnm The Surma PI
Delta Upmlon and Sigma Nu ath
tete , : followed m the order named
The keen competition in Tuesday',
meet is ,:vented by the follouing
seines of the sewn leading tenons.
Phi Delta Theta, 15 1-2, Beta Theta
Pi VI 1-2, Theta 7i, It, Sigma Chi,
12. Ph, Kappa, 12; Signa n, 12,
net; Signia Rho, 11
SOPHOMORES DISTRIBUTE
FORMAL PROCLAMATION
Abandon Ridiculing of Freshmen
For Penn Slate Spirit in
This Year's Dictum
In °ln...Amax of the tiaddronal
event of distributing tonal anima
tions, the vaphomme committee issued
nearly one thousand picalamations to
the freshmen at thew Jags meeting
in the Bull Penn Finlay night
According to D 31. Buchanan, than
inset of the a oclanuttam tominittee,
the second-rem men abandoned the
idea of pow ing sidmile and bourn up.
on the verdant dints of unsuspecting
!aches and sought to suggest a tine
Penn State son it in then dictum.
Eight illustrated verses appear on
the pi oulamation which is feattned by
rh mo commemm Laing the bracts
of Penn State students in the Wm ld
Was. Lett Leal"), a felines Lion grid
stet, who, imolai:lg to tepoits of his
battle -mates, was the In at (net the
'time and who thinged fez the foe
top Cot the Amemans at Chateau
in the same nannies that he Pillaged
through the line of an opposing eleven,
was typified and illusttated m vet se
and diawmg as tem esentatwe of the
Penn State spit it in the recent war.
Ben mud Hader and M. A. Klein
thew the illustrations while L. IL
Bell, it., contaibuted the verses,
)1 RESTLING ELECTION
Captain
IV S. Laggett. '2B