VOL XXIII, No. 3 DETERMINED SUB TEAM WILL TEST VARSITY POWER IN PRE-SEASON GAME . . Roelike, Pincura, Miller, Hamas Will Compose Backfield of First Eleven—Wilson Replaces Lesko REGULARS SHOW POWER New Triple Pass Play May Be Scoring Factor in Fracas TomorroW—Variety of Passes Practised Penn State's army of football fol-1 lowers will have an opportunity to witness the first organized game of the year when two of Coach Bezdek's most formidable teams take op posite sides of the field in a pre-sea. son contest, open to all, on Now Bea. 'ter held 'tomorrow afternoon at two thirty o'clock. Although no authentic lineup has been announced, it us probable that Slamp and Wilson will take the wings on the first team, with Greenshields and Krell at the tackle posts. Hast ings will fill one of the guard assiem meats with either Martin, Panaccion or Darragh as his running mate Roger Mahoney will play center Outbtanding Players Start In the first backfield will appear those men who have been consistent producing results for Coach Bee dek Pmeura will bark signals at quarterback, Captain Rocpke and Joe Miller will perform at the half posts and Steve llamas will assume heavy duty us fullback A determined team of second string men will oppose Captain Rocpke's c'ombination. George -.DeiTct-anil' . .Al Lesko may start at the ends, Ricker and McAndrews at the tackle posi tions with two of the three men men tioned as first team guard possibilities filling those places on the second el even Parana may see action at the peat position. With such promising players as Ridgway, Craig, Wolfe, Dangerfield, Harrington and Lungren in line for assignments in the scrub backfield, the fast string defense should ha‘e no easy task in squelching the sub stitute threat. Thum has been play ing some clever football during the lest few scrimmage, and . mere than once has squirmed through both the (Continued on last page) ENGLISH MINING EXPERT ARRIVES HERE ON TOUR Professor Thlson Is Studying Select Mining Schools In This Country Prof. J. A Edson. head of mining engineering work at the University of Leeds, England, visited the Penn State School of Mines and Metallurgy on Tuesday. Professor Ritson attended the Em pire Mining Congress held in Canals dining the month of August and has been visiting a selected list of Amer ica's mining schools. studying their equipment and cuilicula. lie is gath ering suggestions us to the proper interior fitting and equipment of a new three hundred thousand dollar laboratory for mining engineering, which is being erected at Leeds During his stay hole lie showed in terest not only in mining engineeting work, but also in all phase., of college life Ile was especially interested in the American style of football, which lie declared was entirely new to him, although he had played four yams of British football. Professor Ritson's further tntiner cry includes Lehigh, Columbia, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tribunal Will Pass on Custom Exemption of Transferred Students The opening meeting of the Student Tribunal will be held Wednesday night at eight o'clock in Room 322 Old Plain. Any students who have transfer red to Penn State from other colleges and wish to be excused from freshmen customs may present their canes at this session of the Titbunal. Unless unforeseen business arises, the meeting will be devoted solely to the above purpose. • cfaer , lomeekt ~. : .7: /` • 1 rutt _ ,a, t -: • Wi l. ' , - , :.z-':'?j ,, - 9- - ; :,-,-,-t• , "dies.V'. School of Mining and Metallurgy Adds Five Members to Faculty Along with the list of improvements which have been made in the School of Mines and Metallurgy, comes the announcement that several members have been added to the faculty. E. Brooks of Michigan State college will be an assistant in metal lurgy while M. C. Smith, of the Uni versity of West Virginia will be an assistant in mineralogy and geology J W. Stewart. who graduated from the University of West Virginia and earned his master's degree at the University of Illinois, will be an is. structor in mining. G. P. Bair, a graduate of Penn State, will be an Instructor in ceramics. C. K. Graeber. instructor in miner alogy and geology, has returned after a year's leave of absence, while at tending the University of Michigan. FRESHMEN SHOW WELL ON CINDERS Fullerton and Detweiler Display Promising Style and Speed In Early Work-outs ROBINSON, MOORE AND ARNTZ PRACTICE DAILY With several plebe trackmen show mg both speed and style in their daily work-outs, the prospect for a successful dust-lifting team is bright Fullterton Runs Well Fullerton, Boston sprint flash, looks like a real runner and with exper ience should fulfill the expectations raised by the fact that he is Massa chusetts state champion low hurdler in the high school class and has othei records of note. high n ho6l aistince runner, is 'per- Imps the most promising of the 1931 trackmen. He holds the high school state record in the two mile run which he made two years ago running with Bill Cox, Nittany cross country cap. tarn Last year Detweiler won the mile and two mile events in the Penn State Interscholastics for the Eastern United States held on Ness Heaves Field In the mile run ;Ouch vias tvon by McNiff from West Catholic, Pluto (Continued on last page) PENN STATE ALUMNUS TO SPEAK AT CHAPE Rev. Burns Was Varsity Debator Baseball Letterman, La Vie Illustrator The Rev Vincent G Bolas, a Penn State alumnus, will speak at the chap el exercises Sunday morning. Reserend Butns is a native of Brooklyn, New York and after the completion of his grammar and high school work, he entered the depart ment of agriculture at Penn State He specialized in botany. While here he was a member of the varsity de bating club, ‘aisity base hall team an illustrator for the La Vie and tools part in I' M. C A. activities. He' won the Carnegie Scholarship to ice and the John White Fellowship at graduation. His nest two penis were spent al Hanard, where he termed his M. A degree. After teaching at Loomis in stitute for one year, he enlisted in the It 0. T. C. at Camp Dye, and spent seven months ovetseas. In 1919 he entered Union seminary and grad uated in 1922 While at Union he won two prize scholarships and the Philip Schaaf prize in Biblical Lam ature. He took a graduate course in his tory at Columbia university, and sine a candidate for his Ph D. degree in June 102.6. In October 1020, he sae ordained to the Congregational min mar}, and later did v,eltate Nuerl,. rn the slums of Brooklyn for the City Park Chapel. Collegian Calls For ' Sophomore Reporters A final opportunity will be given all sophomores who wish to compete for positions on the editorial staff of the COLLEG IAN, on Tuesday evening in room 314 Old Main It is understood that all those repoiting at this time will re ceive equal tonsideration. STATE COLLEGE, PAtr FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1927 GOVERNOR FISHER - PAYS PENN STATE - CURTAILED VISIT Students Accord Executive With Large Attendance, Cheering At Informal Gathering STRESSES GROWTH OF COLLEGE SINCE 1903 Assures Audience of Legislative Good-will and Support For Future Years Heralded by the official salute of nineteen guns, Govei nor John S. Fish. er arrived in State College Wednes day afternoon for an informal visit to the College and was welcomed by a crowd of several thousand students and faculty members an the front campus. After driving up the McAllister street entrance to the campus, the Governor stopped a few moments at Old Main. Accompanied by President lietzel he made a brief tour of the campus, paying particular attention to sites of proposed buildings The informal ieception by students gathered before Old Main came as a partial surprise to the Governor. His appearance xas greeted by a resound ing "College Yell. Governor" Pres ident Hetsel said a few words in intro ducing the distinguished guest whc then spoke to the gathering. (Continued on third page) CHEMISTRY PARLEY BOOSTED COLLEGE nstitute:}ttivertised Penn State Through Wide Publicity Says Dean Wendt VEIL-KNOWN SCIENTISTS AIDED liISCUSSIONS HERE Attiacting nation-nude attention which Vies manifested .in front page headlines and editorial comment in the leading daily nc,,papers and i journals throughout the United States and England, the annual session , of the Ameiican Chemical Society which convened here during the past sum mer proved to be highly successful in its scientific nu, pose, according to G. L Wendt. Dean of the School of Chemistry and Physics In addition, the Nude publicity af feided the conference brought the College into the public limelight more than evei before, be stated. The Institute was in session twen ty-two days during the pcuod from July fifth to twenty-ninth, a total of forty-four difreient courses of study in chemistry and physics being in cluded in the daill discussions Sin, ml topics for discussion occupied the gloater part. of the incising session, (Continued on second page) ➢LUST RETURN BOOKS No more notices udl be sent to students for books which were not returned last year it was announced at the Carnegie Library yesterday Any students nho base received such notices should settle at once by re porting to the Librarian Those who do not pay will hose their accounts turned nice to the Treasurer If there are any people who have books which ale not charged to them, the library announces that rt will be very grateful for their return. Freshmen Leave "White Pants Willie" To Do Bare Leg Act On Co-Op Corner "Hey fresh! C'mero. Whole's )our bible' Gteen mute.? Other requisites^" Another x carer of custom-made clothes is intl.:aimed into the mysta les of the order One music loves managed to gather about himself a congenial sextet of freshmen who slaughtered several choice selections in a false septum key. Timid at brat, they overcame stage flight to such a degree that they were soon clapping and stamping energetically Festivities began at night when the dinkweareis welt, seen leaving the Temple of the Nineteenth Muse Rounded up on Co-op, the devotees plovlded enteitainment for mote than a few grinning spectators. Dean 'Warnock Insures Car Rule Enforcement By Notice; Given Today That the ruli,nrohibiting the keep ing of automobiles by 4tudents will be enforced , after Sunday, was .in nounced by the,Dean of Men, A. R. Warnock, yesterday. It is ocriectd that students who have cars hero dor the opening of the semester ivtll take them home during this week-end, APPOINT NEW PROFESSOR Among the several changes in the faculty of thesenginecring building is the appointment of Prof. E. J. Un benhauer as an assistant in the San itary engineering in place of Prof. L. H Clouser who resigned to ac cept a position with a consulting en gineer in Reading. HETZEL EXPRESSES FAITH IN COLLEGE Sums Up-Acliievements of Past Several Moriths in Annual Convocation Address PREXY TO INVESTIGATE CUSTOMS OF STUDENTS Evident faith':and confidence in the existing mstatuthin and of a greater Penn State in years forthcoming, was the keynote of .c.President Ralph D Hetzel's address . " to student body and faculty at the Convocation exercises Wednesday morning. He challenged students, faculty- and trustees tc prove that Penn, State is entering a new era of prosperity, and urged the cooperation of all in attaining greater heights. a, For the first :time in three years the academic session at Penn State was officially opened by the address of a President of the College. - 1500 After singing a hymn, the gather ing of more than fifteen hundred eta dents and faculty members was led in prayer by Secretary of the Y. M C A, W. J. Kitchen Judge 11. Wal (Continued on third page) SONS OF FIVE FOREIGN NATIONS REGISTER HERE Holland, Porto Rico, Costa Rico, Syria and Egypt Send Native Scholars Five countries. Syria, Porto Rico Costa Rico, Egypt and Rolland nave contributed sons to Penn State this year, Registrar W. S. Hoffman un nounces. _ From , far oft Syria comes Fu'ud llasyn Taymania. of the American Unisersity of Beirut, to take a de gree in architecture. He is highly recommended by the president of thin institute and has entered Penn State as a sophomore in civil engineering Taymania has a cousin in. Altoona who influenced him to come here Armanda Roura is a graduate or Porto Rico and has enrolled as a sophomore in mechanical engineerng John Andujnr, al,o from Porto Rico is taking a pre-medical course. Ro dolfo Leon Peer. from the Island of Costa Rico, is also taking pre-medi cal work here. Keghani Val teression of the Amer lean University of Cairo has entered Penn State as a sophomore in chem ical engineering. He was recom mended by a former Penn State stu dent, J Leete. '22, who is now head of the denaitment of chemistry at the Univeisity of Cairo, Egypt hlynheer van Dyke comes from Hol land and has registered as a special student in agriculture. Numbers of first year men dashed madly about town with trousers roll ed a In Scotch. One innocent actual la had a pair of garters but was mien wearing one as a necklace and its mute trailing from his coat-tails. During a rounding-up of wearers of the green, one pair of silver-rim riled spectacles was (oat. Finder may receive reward of many thanks by leaving them at the Collegian other (Ed. note. Advertisement—ltp ). One romantic freshman with "IT" proposed, on his knees. to a shy Co-ed. She gallantly rewarded him with twc kisses on the left hand, then fled. To do or not to do is the chief irenh omore problem. It seems the fresh men must be done. ToUrgiatt. PLAYERS AIM FOR SEASON OF FEWER, BETTER OFFERINGS Penn State Dramatists Plan To Make Every Play More Noteworthy "THE PATSY," COMEDY, IS OPENING OFFERING Eastern, Western Trips Include Shoisings at Pittsburgh And Cleo eland Interest in the Penn State Players] will reach unprecedented heights dur ing this year if the pre-season plan , of Director Arthur C. Cloetingh pio-, ?Jess successfully. The Plums program for this seas son will call for fewei pioductions, the director explains, but more con centration on these poi formances us ill make each shooing a noteooithy e ‘ent A repertoire of productions that w rh rival the presentations of leading dramatic companies in intercollegiate circles will be staged in the Auditor ium this fall and winter, according to the Players pioduccr. The annual Eastern and Western trips of the Players will be repeated, shooing be ing scheduled fm Pittsburgh, John , - town, and New Castle on the Weqcrn Jaunt to Cleveland. Philadelphia, Scranton, Wilke,Barre, Allentown and other leading cities and towns in the (Continued on second page) HERMANN TRAINS GRIDDERS SLOWLY Freshmen Football -Men TOckle Dummy, Pass and Run Down Punts HENSLE AND DEITRICH ARE OUTSTANDING MEN Developing his squad of freshman football players as quickly as then training permits, Dutch Het mann has been sending his yeailings through a tougher course of sprouts than usual during the last fen day, Tackling, both with the dummy and with canvas clad opponents, has occu. , pied a maim part of the plebes' tone n bile running donn punts, throning and catching tomtit,' passes, anti sl•ort scrimmages have all come in for their shale of the .lotted vetiods. Tacklmg Goes Sloo Fere of the first-sear men seem to Lave acquired the necessary knack of tossing the dummy for a loss at er cry attempt. Grunts, groans and lots of sawdust are the por lion of the ma joerty. (Continued on third page) Replica of Lindbergh's Airplane Engine Forms Addition to M. E. Lab In keeping up with the modem developments along the line of me.. 11- :mica gm ci at new machines lia‘e been teemed at the mechanical en gineering labolatoi v. Among tinc most impoitant of these is a dupli cate in pact of the airplane engines shish Lindheigh. Brid and Chan. beilin uaed m their flights across the ocean. The parts recened are those mina were tested before the flight in an effort to make certain that user v thing in the motors score in perfect coedit= Three pieces have been received• a crank case, cylinder and a connect ing rod, all hating been used before in tests. These three metes ate an display in the mechanical engineering Ltbot utoty and ahead} a huge number of students hate been int ebtigiatingi the pasts. ONE THIRD OF FRESHMEN ENROLL IN ENGINEERING Of the 387 freshmen admitted to the School of Engineering, tn entv three hate entered architect= e, tx enty-ti, architectui al engineering eighty civil engineering and toe sanitary engineering. Electrical en gineering has one hundred thirty two, electro-chemical nine. ThutV nrne have entered Indust% nil engin eering, seventy,-nine mechanical and three railroad mechanical. College To Receive 1931 . At "Y" Reception Tonight Notable Receiving Line Forms At Six• Thirty O'clock—Campus Leaders Occupy Booths—No Customs Applicants For Advanced R. 0. T. C. To Take Exams The physical emiminations for eou the rses advanced Wtllbe R 0 T.lleldassche -1 ed. Applicants are requested to see Captain McDonald i‘i`h• out delay SOCCER-MEN HAVE FIRST SCRIMMAGE Lion 'looters Tangle for Initial Practice Encounter Using Specialized Drilling SIX LETTERNIEN RETURN WITH OTHER ASPIRANTS After half a neck spent in 114 ht ractice, the Nittany soccer-men en gaged in their first scrimmage mil Wednesday afternoon The squad reporting at Old Beaver field each day numbers approsimate• 13 twenty-five, of which sit arc hst yew's lettermen Returning after months of inactivity to the soccer• field, Coach Jeffries' charges worked out lightly for the first several dots in older to limber their kicking mus Iles and preclude stiffness Dribbling and Passing The hooters paid considerable at tention to kicking goals and . getting used to the feel - of the sphere again Dribbling and passing are still being eccoided no small place in the pro gram of the association footballers with occasional drill in heading the ball and corner-kicking helping to round the men into shape. Squad Scrimmages On IVednesilav afternoon, Coach Jeffries announced scrimmage and divided the squad into too opposing' teams Judging [Him the ]rely type, of footwork displayed for mote than an born, the Looters are in fairly good condition. The Nittany mentor should have little trouble in moulding a creditable team In addition to the six lettermen in. (Continued on third page) Varied Stature of Newcomers Puzzle Military Clothiers A more cosmopolitan ficshman group has probably never been ontco- . cd in Penn State than nas enrolled this 3031. They range from those small in stature to those tipping the scales abase the too bundled pound math Bccaa, of this %allots , the &stub. sting of the It 0. T. C unifotins has become a mote difficult task. The too huge and too small owes Imse apully disappeared and the dntub atm; non hind it necessat , , to gise out uniforms which it In the assottment of first eat men a ill also be found sonic who will .o+o out to be honor men some fcmtliall I heroes, other, star, in (lament sports' and .ome who COMP to college rot the ' sake of siting they went thlough college meaning, that while hoe. theyl passed through most of the buildings but stared for only a semestet of too Flannel if all menthets of the In coming doss still absoib the Penn State Spit it thme is no doubt lad that [het will be the best class in the history of the College. Under the tutelege of the cheerlead ers and mernbeis of the council they ale hieing molded into ii plastic folio which will harden as they spend thou foul scats hole. Athletic Ticket Books Go On Sale Next Week Faculty athletic coupon books tout be on bale Itlondio, and Tuesday at the Tleabiner'b office in Old Main for the mice of tree della. On Wednes day thew tall be a sale of season buobs for employe. of the college for toe donna. On Monday, Tuesday and Nednes• nov, football 4eahon tickets will be bold to townspeople from seven.thilty, to nine o'clock on Coon corner for tint sum of eight and a half dollar.. Welcome Frosh-? PRICE FIVE CENTS The tinditional good-1,111 spirit of Penn State sill dominate the campus tonight on the occasion of the annual College ''l" reception to new stu dents. A prop:lm of eoents conducted solely for the purpose of acquainting the &1., of 1931 with College offi cals and leaders of extra-curricular rctivities on the cameo, has been ar ranged by A. J Gar. '29, chairman of the !mention committee. .upimsiirni Because freshman participation in the proceedings is highly important a customs-olf mecedent has been up used hr Piesident Harold Danger field of Student Tribunal The no customs edict mill go into effect at r'.-thlitt o'clock. when the recessing Lne opens and skill be in louse until conclusion of the reception Notables In Line The reception line will form on the front campus promptly at six-thirty o'clock and extend to Co-op corner maintaining single file throughout Picsidunt and Mis Ralph I) Het eel will head the lOCCI, Mg line of notables oho till erect the newcom ers Judge II Walton Mitchell, plemdent of the Board of Trustees A. 11 Warnock dean of men, and wife,•Charlotte C. Ray, dean of wo men, Vl' J. Kitchen. secretary of the Y C A, and wife, C C Berry hill, president of the student govern ment, Mi., M. I: Burkholder, presi dent of oomen'o ,tudent govetrinlent L L. Go n, president of YMCA and MI, 1100 n George, president of the YWC A. will be introduced to the }callings in order There is a possibility that_ coven tii.c mc - rithei. of the Board of Trust ees will also Jo.n the receiving line A soles of booths each of which will be u meeting place for promin (Continued on second page) NIESLEY SUCCEEDS BELL IN AGRICULTURALSCHOOL Additional Appointments Made In Faculty of Extension Department Staff Among the new nppointments to the agimultmal estension service of Penn State is that of Howard G Nies lev to be assr,tant director, succeed ing It II Bell, who resigned July first to become chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry at Banishing Mosley is hoad of the ileum talent of agricultur al econonnts extension Ile foiinerly wa, aglicultin al agent in Daughin county wl•eie he served Eton 1917 to 192.1 Ile is a graduate of Penn State and has a higher degree flout the U nite, sits of Wi....orr.ion Appoint New Agents Eugene GII. county agent of 'Sulln nn counts caner 1021, has been ,electcd to succeed It Bruce Dunlap agricultanal agent of Blan county Dunlap iecentiv resigned to accept a position oath the State Department of Welfale J Within Learn, at one time o Ali the State Depot tnientez time asiiktqnt counts agent in Monroe counts, goes to Sulhs an county Coal 0 Doc.sin. formerly assistant poultry estension specialist in Con necticut, liar been appointed to a Sim dal position at State College. Ile wall ccoik in the southeastern coun ties A giaduate of the Connecticut Aglicultuial College he also holds a <legion horn the Noith Carolina State Collage Picife,ol C I Wilde, head of the divkcion of floriculture at Penn State and giaduate of Makcachusettk Az. iicultuial college, has been granted leave of absence fin one cent to take up graduate uoik at Cottrell Dur ing his absence Piotes.cor Aiiing`on of Maksachusett, Aglicultuial col. lege mil take his place here. Pro fec:or 11 tale has been making an in. ten 'is e stud, of delphiniums collect. ed Dom all use, the moild. CERAMISTS TEST CLAY In conjunction uith the State geo logical survey, the department of cer amics of the School of Mines and making a thorough in xeotigation of the valious types of %lays in the :Aide. Dining the conn ing winter it is probable that samples of clay will be oubmitted and tested floes all the westet n counties, with the eustein section of the state send ing Ito poitions later on in the year
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