X-am the Unknown Quantity VOL. XXII, No. 65 DR. BATTENHOUSE WRITES NEW BOOK ' ON BIBLE HISTORY English Professor Expects to Use Biblical Survey as Literature Text WORK GIVES TEACHINGS OF OLD, NEW TESTAMENT Recently Finished Manuscript Is Result of Past Three Years' Literary Toil After three years of literary work, Dr. H ill. Battenhouse, associate pio fessor of English literature, has Just completed a religious book entitled "Opening the Book A Short Biblical History." This ~ ork has been sent to the Century company for publica tion and is expected to appear in time for use in next semester's classes in Biblical literature. Pumarily, the book is a college test and is designed to serve as a com panion-book to Professor Batten house's "Century Readings in the Old Testament" and "Century Readings in the Ness Testament" However, rt is written in a free and popular style and Is likely to be widely lead in the religious world. The book is essentially a history of Bible times, and provides a com ehensive background for Bible read. mg. It offers an introduction to the Moraine (the books) of the Old and New Testaments. Included in it are summaries of the teachings of the Biblical books Professor Battenhouse wrote the hook flour his knowledge of the back ground of the Bible gained from four teen' years spent in religious work, six of which were occupied in regular pastor's duties and the remaining eight of which have been spent Is Bible teaching. FORTY LACROSSEMEN HOLD FIRST BANQUET Dr. Goldsmith, Stick Expert, Speaks at Dinner—Kuich Is Toastmaster To stimulate interest in lacrosse, Penn State's youngest sport, the first banquet, planned by Coach Eirne Paul, newly appointed mentor, neon held at the Centre Hills country club Saturday night F C. Kuich '27 was toastmaster. A glom, of neatly fatty men, in cluding coaches, players, speakers and lam osso officials, attended the newly instituted occasion Coach Paul was presented with a leather handbag. op H. V. Gelding, manager, in behalf of the team menthols. Following the sig. sentation Paul gone a short speech of appreciation Captair Wendel was the second speaker, while James Edmunds, Rich ard Reinhold and John Belfield weie tho respective speakers representing the freshman, sophomore and Junior classes Each expressed the senti ment of his fellow classmen Denn Holbrook, representing the faculty, offered a short address, after Ivlnch Dt. J B ?attain addressed the gathering on college spud. Mr. L. It Ennis and Dr Goldsmith, officials for the Penn game, %sere the final speak els. Each spoke of the line sports manship of Penn State athletes and anticipated a great future for the Nit tany Valley institution in the old In dian game. Dr Goldsnuth, one of the foremost lacrosse experts in the country, and former Penn couch, spoke of his amus ing exam iences and closed with a dis cussion of lacrosse as meriting this rank of a =jot sport Berryhill Heads Group of Ushers At Commencement According to a new Student Council ruling this year, commencement ushers will be selected from repre sentative membeis of the Junior class by the retiring senior class president. Ten men have been chosen for this committee, and, as provided in the recent rule, the new senior class presi dent, C. C Berryhill, will act as chair man. The other menthols me• J. C. BeMeld, T. J Costello, W. J. Gorman, L. L. Cwm, H. E. Hastings, P. P. Hess, Wheeler Lord, Jr., R. C. Quig ley and 11. B. Von Hindu As is cus tomary in a number of oilier colleges, thesis 'will be positions of honor. • - . • ,-. . '.Semi- l l2lJeekly ••• • • • id •• , 1 1 run #tatri ? "It Is the Professor Who Pays" Says Town Burgess, "Seven Dollars Please" The tentacles of the law clicked Tuesda}. In its clutches was caught a member of the Penn .State faculty for he had violated a borough ordi nance and the authorities were admin istering justice. What price justice' Seven dollars! Burgess nothroch, Chief of Police Yougel and the accused were assail ing the arrival of the witness At six-that} o'clock lie came and the worthy town squire opened the ven erable docket to make the required entries. "Now bH . will you please recite what you knon about this matted ," KAPPA GAMMA PSI PRESENTS CONCERT Louise Homer Club Assists in Program Held in Foyer Of Auditorium FRATERNITY ORCHESTRA RENDERS FOUR NUMBERS Model n French music featured the cancel t given by Kappa Gamma Psi, national professional music fratei nity, , in the Foyer of the Auditorium last night. The ft qtei lutv mas assisted by members of the Louise tinnier dub Tho fraternity orchestra, composed of four moles, a viola, two flutes, piano and harmonium, nppeared three times, opening with an overture, play mg n group of too short dramatic numbers near the middle of the pro gram and closing oith a fantasie Mr J Farrell, of the mathematics de partment, sang too tenor solos fol. lowmg the opening number. After the orchestral group, one num ber of ohich was built entirely out or themes native to the Basque coun try in France, Miss Charlotte lloy '27 PiP.Vell too or grin solos. the ',amid being an organ transcription of the famous "Pilgrims', Chorus" limn Wagner's Tannhauser. Miss Ada Romig '2B followed with too soprano solos, "Perrot' and "In Bygone Days." The or.hestra personnel oils as follows R Shanley '27 and C L Lang '2O, first violins, S 11. Torehia 27 and It Walker '3O, second r whirs; D. 11. McKinley '27, viola, E E. How ard '27 and C R. Smith '29, flutes, H II Wahl, of the faculty, piano, and IV E Patterson '2O, harmonium. Nittany Tennis Team Will Meet Pitt Here Tomorrow Afternoon The Nanny tennis team will play its hunt dual match of the season to =now aftei noon when it encounters thu Unweisity of Thttsbuigh on the 'Varsity courts here. Since their win (wet Carnegie last %seek, the !tauten have been matt!, mg iegulatly and the same men that journeyed to the Smoky City last week are expected to play against Pitt Cooper is likely to take first count and Rosenberger the second Mae- Con ate, McCabe, Iltakel and Met/net ann also expected to fare Pitt netmen The 07,aughlm blethers of the Pitt team ate looked to pros ule formulable opposition to the Nlttany nanqueteers. In the doubles matches the regular combmations ndl pcobabl.; play. They ate Coopet and Rosenberger, MacCow att and McCabe, and lianhel and Met, SCHOOL OF EDUCATION FACULTY WILL PICNIC Faculty members of the School of Education still picnic on the site of the summon camp of the nature study &pan tment Onion low afternoon. Chum the picnic Prof G It GI cone s‘lll conduct several hikes, on which special phenomena of notate still be pointed out. The program of the day will also include social events and games. The outing will be held near Beaver Dann, sixteen lolled florin State College. Kappa Delta Pi Holds Election of Officers The Kappa Delta Pi, hanoituy edu cational fraternity, held their spring initiation, and banquet at the Centro Hills Countly club Thursday n,glit The speaker of the evening was Dr. James N. Rule, first deputy supeim tendent of public instruction. Folios.- mg initiation, installation of officers took place. They me president, J. Rider '2B; vice-president, S. , A. Ploy '2B; , comesponding secrotaiy, L 31. Koslowski '2B; recording scc tetary, 31. M. Pierce '2B. STATE COLLEGE, PA, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1927 Tho witness seemed to ponder (for ho sons a student) before uttering a syllable. (le probably sons thinking of the courses he would have to sched ule in the next few semesters And woe be to him if he should chance to become disciple of the accused, the professoi ): But he faced the ordeal ith a hrave front and recited nobly Weighing the evidence, the squire isas of the opinion that the humble prof had s elated the law, in this case the borough dog oidinance Dogs must be leashed: Seven dollars please! I No Collegian To Appear Tuesday, June Seventh The Collcylan n 111 not he pub- 'naiad Tuesday, June set entli, I because of the final examine /tions. The nest issue will come out Friday, June tenth. ~,...4—...—......4....,.....,...—......i. BUCKNELL PLEBES WILL PLAY HERE Meet Lion - Freshmen Baseball Team on Nen. Beaver Field Tomorrow Afternoon BISON YEARLINGS HAVE UNIMPRESSIVE RECORD Afler a lay-off of two weeks, Coach Leo Ilouck's fieshman baseball team will swing into action With the Buck tell plebes on New Beaver diamond at two-thirty o'clock tomorrow after noon. To date the Bison yearlings' record :s scarcely, moro imposing than that of the _Lion cubs The Orange and Bluo aggregation has dropped close Bubiotite academy, and Bloomsburg and Shippenshurg Not mal schools, tegisteting a lone win o, , ct the Union County Stars. Speedy Pitcher lien Thomas, echo boasts a dazzling fast ball, so dl be on the peak. Others upon whom the Lewisburg mne van icly are Clough, outtieldei; James, first baseman, and Ilambacher, at third Coach Muck co ill probably send,the same line-up which appealed in the game nt Bellefonte The pitching choice Ices between Captam Getters and Lock.ud, with the former likely to receive the call. Same Infield Kuhn will again he on duty at first base, w ith Rant, at the heystone sack and Spells and Wolfe revering the short field and hot corner, iespeetive -1%. The outei defense will be chosen ft nal, Schmartier, Battle], f, Batt us, Panaccion and hy. Parana will prob ably drae the catching assignment, with Batdoif or Mama , . es for tehef dub, Y. M. C. A. PREPARES FOR ENTERTAINMENT COURSE The Revellers, Victor Recording Artists, Will Appear Here On Pennsylvania Day Tentatmly preparing next year', entertainment course, Mr C L Fritz, business secretary of the "Y", has ar ranged for a number of celebrities to display their talents here. Pennsylvania Day, the Revellers, Victor recording and radio broadcast log songsters, nill entertain. Tins group of artists is expected to pro side ore of the outstanding programs of the musical year. The Zimmer Harp trio is scheduled for the next number on December ninth. Magician To Appear The Flon/aley quartet, known to students who heatd them here two yews ago, will entertain on March thud. This quintet is considered the best to the would at the present time At a date to be decided latet, Eugene Laurent, well-known =poen, will perform his mystical feats. Ceofftey O'Hara, author of "IC-K-K- Katy" and a number of other popular songs to among the 'tins whom the Y M. C. A. plans to obtain The play "Lightnm'," originally enacted by the late Frank Bacon on Broadway will be presented with Herbert Sprague playing the main role. Margin et Hannlton, youngest pian ist, who has played with a number of symphony orchestras and is sponsored by tho National Music league, an or ganization that helps to put forward young people of outstanding talent and ability, is among the entertainers. Graduates May Secure Commencement Tickets Commencement tickets for the guests of seniors will be distributed through the offne of the Dean of Men, it was announced through that department yesterday. If the program, which is to be con ducted Tuesday morning, is held out doors, each senior,n ill be allotted two tickets. Only one will be given, how eve:, if exercises are held in the Aud itorium because of inclement weather. Tickets will be held until the morn , mg of commencement, but are non ready for distribution. The President's: office will super vise tne issuing a tickets to college guests, while those for alumni mem bers cull be henoled by the Alumni cemetery Depattmental offices have charge of admission cards for faculty members. COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM COVERS FIVE-DAY PERIOD Graduation Festivities Begin on Friday Night With Show "The Dover Road" ALDRICH WILL DELIVER BACCALAUREATE TALK Inauguration and Amarding of Diplomas, Tuesday, Will Complete Activity Cos ering- a period of fire days and including events of various kinds, the annual College commencement pro gium will begin Friday night ashen the Penn State Players present "The Doses Road" in the Auditorium at eight o'clock. Following the presen tation, fraternity dances will be hell at the many house z,eginning at nine. thirty o clots: • There will be a continuance of the calendar Saturday afternoon when the Booed of Trustees holds its annual meeting in the President's office at two o'clock At the same time election proceedings of trustees will be held in Old Chapel. Visitors to the giliduation exercises mill have a chance to see the Penn State lacrosse team perform against the famous Onondago Indians on New Beaver Field half an hour after the elections Class banquets and reun ions at various points on the campus during the dinner hour, a presentation of "Cal \Vented," Thespian produc tion in the Auditorium at eight o'- clock, and more fraternity dances be ginning an hour later, mill cap the program for the day The Reverend Donald 13 Alduch, D D, of New Took City, will open the Sunday, celemonies with the presen tation of the Baccalaureate sermon in the Auditorium at ten-ti n ety o'clock in the morning This is the only event scheduled until thiee-thaty o- clock in the afternoon when the Col lege band will hold its conceit on the hoot campus. The Penn State chola! clubs combined concert in the Audi torium at eight o'clock, following the ‘espel seivice in the Open Air Thea ter at six-thirty o'clock, will conclude the Sabbath piogiam. The Reverend Frahm Metzgei, formes Penn State chaplain, and now active at Rutgers university, will ,preside. (Continued on second page) Thirty Young Men Will Attend Second Annual School of Leadership Thirty young men from vinous counties in the State will attend the second annual Leadeiship Twining school, to be held in connection with Young Farmers' Week, under the dr. section of A. L Baker, of the dolma ment of Agricultural Extension, June thirteenth. The course is designed to fit the students for leadership in rural com munity affairs, pal Inculnt ly local agii cultuial extension work. The history of the service dates back to 1911, and a broad view of the activities of the Penn State deportment during this period will bo given. Means by which rural communities can secure the serv ices of the College will be stressed Graduation Programs Go On Sale at Co-op Today Scrims may obtain their Com mencement programs, announce ments ant', invitations at the Athletic Stale at any time today only, accora'pg to E. L. Spitler '27, chairman. of the committee. LEBANON VALLEY FRAY ENDS YEAR FOR NITTANY NINE Annvillo Sluggers Clash With Lions This Afternoon to Prot hie Fast Setto VISITORS HAVE TAKEN SIX OF ELEVEN GAMES Page, Styborshi and Hamas Will Play Last Baseball Game For Penn State Topping oil a season of sixteen games, the Penn State baseball team still clash with the Lebanon Valley nine here this afternoon on New Beasei diamond In ems en starts this season the Annville collegians have rolled up sm.= wins The visitors have tri umphed oser seseial strong teams this yea!, notably ffiuhlenberg• The Allentown team met Lebanon Valley with a record of six straight victories, but eastern hits and thu teen runs snowed them under and broke their v inning streak. lime Strong Pitching Staff rein, Lebanon Valley huller, is the 111,213 candidate to oppose the Nittany batteis To date he has lost but one garlic in his college career ZaPrii.i. ne,conici this yeas, has been pitch ing excellent hall, and Hagar, the (Continued on last page) THESPIANS STAGE LAST PERFORMANCE Commencement Showing of "Girl Wanted" Listed for Next Saturday FARLEY ARRANGES NEW ASSORTMENT OF STEPS The same Thespian cast that went on the recent mad Uip cull produce the show, "Girl Wanted," at seven o'clock next Saturday night m the Auditopum for house party guests and alumni After having pt esented the play social times, the members of the cast have learned just which lines have tho best effect. Some new gags have been Intl educed, uhile others base been eliminated. Parley has a ness assortment of dance nurribms to entertain the audience. Fraternities are urged to send in then applications for gi oup orders as soon as possible jn order to smart (Continued on second page) CHANGE DATE FOR WPSC NEW WAVE BROADCASTING Trial Period Will Begin June Fifteenth and Continue For Two Months With at least one ping:lam each week, the College tadio station, WPSC, will continue hi oadcasting throughout the summer The Fed,:lA Radio comm , sion has changed the date when the new nave length of MS =Lets will go into eflect from the first to the fifteenth of June. The probation period for the license will extend fat two months, ending on August fifteenth It will be acres sa* fin the College studio to share in oadervting tune with WBAK, the State Pollee station at lint sburg The two stations will have to alter nate to then snarl., them being no conflict in their programs at pres ent Plans for the automat broad casting inogiam ate now being ar ranged The neuly assigned wave length will enable WPSC to be heind neatly snot y part of the country Last peat stations in Almeria and in Okla holm acknowledged iceenit of 11les h sages from the Penn State station. Outing Club Chooses Next Year's Leaders Officers to ',etre for the 1927-28 tour were elected by Outing club members at then last electing Wed nesday night. The follow tag were chosen to lead the hikers lot next year: LeWis L. Palmer '29, presi dent; C. Wallace Stouff, vice-prem. dent; Miss Katherine Holbrook '2B, sectetary, C E Pan fridge '2B, treas. er; and C. A Hutchinson, outing di, octet.. Council Names Scrap, China Mission Groups Student Council anonuntes the ap pointments of members to two com mittees fol the next college year Tho following mill seine on the Scraps committee• If F Blanken. biller '2B, chairman; 2. C BeMeld '2B, I 'v S Liggett '2B, A J. Cares '2O, and S 12 McClelland '29 Thice men vin; selected to save on the China Mission group. They ale J. C Bel held '2B, chow man, L W Barton '29, and R. J Davis '3O. SENIORS WILL HOLD ANNUAL CLASS DAY Include Class History and Poem Reading in Program for June Thirteenth REEDER. SPITLER, FRAIN TO DELIVER ADDRESSES Differing from the exercises of °th e, years, Serum Class Day will be .conducted in the Auditorium instead of the open air theater The Class Day exercises mill be held Monday mein- AIL June thirteenth at nine o'clock S. L Reeder, piesident of the grad.. atm& group, mill give the opening ad di eye, which will he follomed by the class luster c, compiled by L R Notts. Miss Madelyn J Wright mill give the class poem and the pipe oration mill be delivered by E 1.. Spitler C C. 13011)1101 '2B, mill accept the pipe Miss Marion Frain mill give the mir eel oration, and the mirror mill be accepted by Miss Frances Cager '2B. Follomnig the mirror oration honors will be amarded by donors G M Har ris and Miss Lydia Robertson to G P Lippincott, Spoon man, W. E. Pritch ard Barrel man, F. W Kaiser, Cane man; Miss E R Frank, Bow girl, Miss Lillian Baker, Slipper girl, and Miss Frances Forbes, Fan girl E. St,arb . memorial to Judge IL Walton Mit chell who mill accept it on behalf of the College After President Ralph Hetzel delivers the presidential ad dress, S L Reeder mill gine the vale dictory Dairy Department Releases Figures On Milk Products "Let's get a dish of coo cream at Um College creamery," must be a fie quent invitation on the campus, since last year the College meamei y manu factured over 20,000 gallons of that commodity, most of which was con sumed by students at the salcsroom on At, hill Ice cream is not the only daily pioduct that is manufactured in huge amounts in the College dairy menu fastuting plant, since neatly twelve thousand gallons of ice cteam mrs stoic prepared lot other ice steam maker s. The production of butte!, totaled ow) 270,000 pounds; cheese, oser 52,- 000 pounds; cottage cheese, 21,000 pounds, condensed buttermilk, 22,000 pounds, chocolate milks, 2210 gallons, puttee :111'k, mole than 15,000 gallons, bottled milk, 250,000 quarts, and bot tled cleans, 10,000 quaits The fainters Ining in the ',emit, of State College were paid mole than $179,000 rot milk and ercain, limn Chico, bundled to three hundred and fifty pations bringing their prod uct to the College creamery. This huge amount of taw material produc tion puts the Pennsylvania State Col lege in a leading position m mai ket milk and daisy manufactining Alumni To Return At Commencement Alumni members from all section, of the country are expected to at. tend the annual commencement e•- ereses and to celebrate their gala day hme on June thirteenth, according to E N. Sullivan 'l4, secretary of the Alumni Old graduates will take an active part in the activities, participating in eight events dining the hve-day period Giaduattng students of the 1027 class, newest members of the Alumni, tuged to take pint in the ',made that will march to New Beaver Field on Monday, June Um teenth After then luncheon in Mat Allister Hall, the Alumni group will person ally welcome Dr. It D. Het,el no the new Penn State President. Mang !imminent Pennsylvania men, includ ing Cover not Fisher and members of the booed of trustees, will attend this luncheon. The Lions' Ann ille ' Chorus PRICE FIVE CENTS CINDERMEN CLOSE SEASON TOMORROW IN ANNUAL COMBAT AGAINST PANTHERS Pitt, Scoring Seven Poinls at I. C. 1-A Meet, Possesses Well-rounded Track And Field Team LINN RUNNER-UI"M IDE Gabby We!ch Will Compete. in Four Events—Broad Jump, Shot Put, Discus and Its elm Thrall, s When the PnLt Panther. !on ado Neon Beat en field tonier ron for the annu l trod , and fret!! tnca, Coach Nate Cartmell's clia!ges v.lll need every pes .ble point to rocule son tory (ton the Smithy City ayisaegatten. Al though the Prtt,lnirgh tradroxnscor ed only !..evc.n ',mot, at toe Internet !, orate, lost t tiny any consol mod the 't•o 17.1.1 t ,111-1 Mind ti non d held team in tha hist ny of the Inatctutren Pitt's unusual strength lies In the fieht tnents Gtbl, Webb, vho need., no intatulustron to sport , foltowets, II quite tulcpt at throv,lng the javelin ant, the tit, us, white the s"•ot put is ;motile: of the forme, Bellefonte Academy athlete's specialties In the bloat , Jump Welch Is capable of covet ing tuctitlt-two feet Captain Tiny Linn, who placed sec ond to Mai ian Ide in the hannum throes Int ,eel, at Philadelphia a ill also compete in the shot put. This went is expected to be a Wel , h.Lann combat as each has been tossing the iron ball about folly-three feet this 3 can. Cu inn, anothm Pitt luminary, is out to defeat ,Peon State'.c !atm n.nunec airaw cnampion. (Continued on last page) PLAYERS PRESENT "THE DOVER ROAD" NEXT WEEK F. Ricker '2B Will Hal e Chief Role—Shou log to Take Place Friday Night It ith the commencement pie tion of :thine, comedy, "flu• novel Ito Id," ne•t ula) night, the Penn State Playeis will doge ambttioui and successful se,mon Tickets . is now Or •,Ile at Wlntel Jlus• et's at sci enty-Ole cent, al iI one duller This daunt is oiu• of the most il tint comedic , ' written doting the lavt. ten .I.ears 1.01 ding to cities, and it has had a big inofes,on it tun as well us being a fatonte iiith college audiences Accoiding to Piof A C Cloettngh du cctot of the Plat s, ci•- ci) °flea t his been made to make thin pl•ie the 5f.1,011 . , blgg,t sacceoi A I,e, set of scenery has been devised Ito R. I. Pate,. '2B„lnd new light int, effects ale hieing oat Led out. by V. Bath, '25. it. d. To Plat Lead The leading pail, cif "The Doter Road" cull be played Roker '2B, 1010 ,1111 be oenuaebeudho, co:standing at Ling in "Medea," "Mer ton of the Moties," and "The Rear Cat " ore,ot Cloetmgli consulms that hp an, in "The Dorm Road" mill be In fat the bent he Ilan yet done Mb, Mat gatet Simons plat, the leading (mimic tide, and like nodal, the lmn had cunsolidable diamatm expel mare Tho mane cant I, made up of play et s alto etc rave, den among State College anthem,. The pacts will be played as folh.m "Mt Latinist" by P Rather '2B, "Anne" by Mln; Mat gai et Sumo., "Leonard" by 0, S An did min '2B, "Enstai ia" by HLnn Eveho Wait enfold, and "Domain." ht W Dinnhenbrod '2B Costumes are to be taken ehinge ut by Miss S E !Lac '2B. Fraternity Baseball Tourney Nears Finals In latent mkt ft atom nay baseball compettlatn, the ao Kappa kips.lon tone lost a a-2 game to the Theta Kappa Pitt Tta,lay cyclone.. Beta Sigma Rho lost to Phi Kappa Stamm am l the Theta Cht tondanatton thop pod one to the Pitt Kappa on Wednes day. This aftm noon, Phi Kappa ' will clash with Phi Kappa Psi and the Fiend's Union nine hill meet Phi Kappa Signor. Theta Kippa Phi will meet the alone, in the play-off of the Delta Sigma Phi-Alpha Phi Sig ma Lilt.