VOL XXIII, No. 3
DETERMINED SUB
TEAM WILL TEST
VARSITY POWER IN
PRE-SEASON GAME
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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,
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➢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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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