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VOL XXIII, No. 5
STUDENT COUNCIL
PLANS DADS' . DAY
CELEBRATION FOR
VISITING PARENTS
Flinn; Schinnerer, Pratt, Feight
And Bell Cdmpose Committee
To Organize Welcome For
Penn State Fathers
MASS MEETING FRIDAY
Annual Smoker in Armory Will
Engage - Interest—Glee Club
And Penn State Players
lo Entertain Guests
With the appointment of a Dads'
Day committee at the initial meeting
of Student Councillesday night, the
first steps were taken tone.' prepar
ing a fitting welcome for the fathers
who *sill he enter tamed here with a
two-day program beginning next Fri
day _ .
Working under C. F. Flinn '2B,
chairman, the committee consisting of
V 0 Sehinneter '2B, D It Platt '2B,
C. D. Feight '29, and L H. Bell, Jr
29, met last night and decided to in
itiate the program with a giant mass
meeting in the Auditorium nest Fri
day night. Thole ,ill be several im
poitnnt speakers whose names base
not yet been revealed besides talks
from the presidents of both parent
and student oigawations.
Smoker Saturday Night
Sponsored by the Penn State Club,
the Saturday night Dade Day smok
er that has become an annual event
will draw the interest of the parent
al guests to the Armory where a pro
gram consisting of speeches from
student lawless, faculty members and
parents, sport, exhibition matches, re
citals from the Glee Club or the Penn
State Players, will be offered.
Saturday night, into allies will
provide disersion for the dads with
dances and various other social func
tions. Conspicuous signs of blue and
white will blazon forth with words of
welcome for the College guests.
Scrap Governors Named
Planning to begin underclass scraps
catty in the yeai, President Berryhill
appointed It P Blankenbillei '2B,
chairman with W S Liggett '2B, J
C. 13ellield '2B, R. It CleHand. '29, and
A J Gales '29, as his colleagues.
Assigned to the China Mission group
were J. C. Belfield '2B, chairman and
L C. Barton '2B
G. L. WENDT WILL STUDY
LABORATORIES ON TOUR
Observations in Commercial and
College Plants Will Aid
New Pond Plan
Planning an itinerary including New
York, Washington, D. C., and Pitts
burgh, G. L. Wendt, dean of the school
of Chemistry and Physics, left Wed
nesday for a tw o weeks trip to ob
serve the laboratories of more than
twenty institutions.
Dean Wendt will make a study of
the best features of the chemistry and
physics Inboratoiles of the lending
colleges and commercial plants for the
purpose of formulating plans for the
new Pond Laboratory addition.
Among tho labe'ratories visited will
ho those of the Eastman Kodak com
pany at Rochester, N. Y, Cornell
University, the General Electric com
pany at Schenectady, N. Y, Brown
university, Yale university, and Colum
ba, university
Dear Wendt will also attend the
exposition of chemical industiles at
the Grand Central Palace while in
Nov York City. In Washington he
will visit the United States Bureau of
Standards, and in Pittsburgh, the
Institute.
Penn State Engineer
Plans Cover Contest
A contest for the cover design of
the Penn State Enginem has been an
nounced by G. F. Patterson '2B busi
ness lnanager. The winner will be
awarded r prize of ten dollars.
Originality will he the deciding fac
tor in the selection of the cover by the
judges, who will be H. E. Dickson,
instructor in the department of ar
chitecture, H 0. Kinsel '2B, editor
in -chief, and G. F. Patterson '2B.
Information about the contest can
ho seemed at the office of the Engin
eel in the rear of Engineering 1' any
afternoon during the last hour All
designs submitted will become the
property of the Engineer.
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Y. M. C. A. Places Course
Tickets on Sale at Hut
Tickets for the "Y" Enter
tainment Course can now be
purchased at the Y 111 , . C A.
Hut or•from students stationed
along the campus walks. Sea
son tickets are being offeied at
three, four and five dollars.
PHYS. ED. STAFF
CHANGES SYSTEM
All Freshmen and Sophomores
To Receive Instruction
In Calisthenics
STUDENTS MAY STILL
ENGAGE IN ATHLETICS
Ir an endeavor to bring every Penn
State student into closer contact NS Ith
some form of physical activity, the
physical education department is intro
, ducing a nett system this fall
This }ear all freshmen and soph
omores still be required to attend phys
lical education classes in the Armory,
a her., they will recene instruction in
a vanety of calisthenics and setting
up exercises. Hai ever, a student may
still take part in the regular sport
prosided his ability he of such a cal
iber that the coach sees fit to grant
him permission to do so The stan
dards of proficiency are to be left en
tirely to the discretion of the venous
athletic heads and unless the student
meets tho necessary qualifications, he
will be required to attend the regular
gymnasium classes.
The primary reason for the devel
opment of this new plan, according to
E. C Bischoff, instructor in physical
education, is the fact that the laige
number of students participating in
'the various sports, under the former
; system, made it impossible for the
coaches to - give_ close enough Atte.
tion to those who really possessed
Affords Greater Benefit
"Under the old system," explained
11[t. Bischoff, "many of the students
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FORENSIC GROUP PLANS
SCHEDULE FOR SEASON
Debaters to Meet British
On Co-education Theme
Armistice Day
With r complete Forensic Cciuncil
drawn up foe the coming 3 eat, comes
the announcement by Peof. J. H Free
zell, debating couch, that tuelte de
bates for the men and fhe.debates for
the women will make up the schedule
foe the teams
The only debate that has been posi
tively secured is with the Notional
British Union for November eleventh
Thu Union is made of a student from
Scotland, one from England, and a
third from Wales. The visitors have
arranged a schedule to include the
leading colleges in the country.
With the local team contending the
negatis o side, the question for the
scheduled debate nill be, "Resolved,'
that co-education is a failure "
Tho officers of the Forensic Council
are, Gilbert Nurick '2B, president, W
E.. Adorns '2B, vice-president, and W
Lewis Shettler '2B, secretary. Com
pleting tho personel of the council ale
A S Schroeder '2B, T. J Lockwood '29.
K G. Barrett '29, Margaret Keller, '29,
3 J. Richards '3O and Clyde Bilhg '3O
Eminent Judiciaries Render Sagacious
Decisions to Transferred Collegiates
Beware ye, disobedient plebes! The
Moguls of Custom Land have begun
their dastardly regime.
With the bang of Chief Justice with his nose,
Danger&ld's gavel, the 1927-1528 ses- and by exhibiting the
royal regalia of the fresh at Dresel,
lion of Tribunal was opened, and the was Geoige Faust excused from the'
honored members of the student body, green headwear.
who were fortunate enough, (or un- It Depends On Pitt
fortunate enough, as the case may
be), to be present at this meeting will A staunch supporter of thp Nitt
football tenni in its Pitt game will he
long cherish in their minds those Bill Kelly. If Pitt beats Penn State
tender wards of advice which were I.
ae continues with customs until
handed down to them by the All-Ruld Chi istmas and if Penn State trounces
mg Bosses at their conclave in Room the Smoky City contingent , he 05-
322 Old Plain, Wednesday evening. some., Sophomore regulations at
Attesting to the fact that the beer ut
F and ill, is excellent, Ivan Gram- Rod-headed and from Carbondale,
mar, who spent one scar at the Imn-i Joe Kelly went to the University of
caster institution and a half year at' To. oo to for a year, and came home
i Penn was excused from Fresh regu- with sonic genuine stuff. (Ed. note:
I lotions, beginning Thuisday. Revenue agents kindly close their
When asked if the fieshmen can eyes while sending this). Ile pum
ps with gals at Haverfoid, Joe Les- ised to bung back something on his
ly, a trapsfei from that place, i.e.l next till) and cuts excused lions fur
maiked that there were no such ani., tiler customs (Ed. note: This was
mats within a Wits of ten miles.i positively not bribery)
He was excubed from further partici-I Meeting ailsoutned!
STATE COLLEGE, PA:„FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1927
HERMANN CHOOSES
TENTATIVE PLEBE
FOOTBALL ELEVEN
French Quarterback of Blues and
Speicher Directs Whites
fri Early Sessions
INJURY ROBS TEAM OF
FIVE PROMISING MEN
Hensle, Geisler, Collins and
Edwards Display Fight
In Attack, Defense
After an intensne pcimil of drills
in fundamentals Coach Hernias has
se'ected too tentative teams from his
squad of yearling football men in
prepaintion for the opening game
The present line-ups are by no means
definite for a close fight is being sing
ed by es cry member of the squad to
garnet a first-string position
Led by quarterback Fiend], broth
el of the former Aimy athlete and
present outfielder of the Philadelphia
A's, the Blue squad shows promise of
poser in the line and offensive ability
in passes With Bill Hensle at left
half to take ease of tackle thrusts and
cross-bucks, Hairs Geisler to toss the
pigskin to Collins, Hensle or one of
the ends, and Collins to use his lilting-.
ing fullback proclivities, the White
squad is hoid pushed
Meyer Kaplan defends the sight'
wing of the Blue team with ability
that vouches for Ins record at Central
high school in Philadelphia while the
opposite post so tended by Mole Ed
wards. Edwards played end-man far
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INFIRMARY PLANS -
NEAR COMPLETION
Up-to-date Fire-proof Building
Will Include Equipped -
Operating Room
DR. RITENOUR SUGGESTS
FRATERNITY MEMORIALS
Architects togetherwith Dr Rite
noui head of the College health se,
ice aro progressing rapidly with the
plans for the new modem fire proof
infirmary to be located on the west
sit!, cf the load, leading from College
Avenue to the stock barns, directly op
posite the Chemistry annex
Accot ding to present plans the first
tool will include a scatting room, sup
elintendent's and clerk's offices, ward
for womer students and a fully equip
ped operating room. The second
floor will be denoted entirely to men
with accommodations for nineteen pa
tients.
X-Ray Department
In the basement there will be a large
kitchen, a complete laboratory, a din
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Debating Managers To
Report Before Tuesday
Junioi candidates for debat
ing managers are lequested to
report to J R. Kershaw, Alpha
Chi Rho house any time before
Tuesday.
pation in fresh customs.
Not until he had enter tinned the
audience by pushing a penny around
Live-Stock Judges Win
High Prize in Eastern
Intercollegiate Show
Competing with nix other eastern
colleges, the Peru) State stock judging
team won first prize at the Eastern
States Stock Judging Exhibition held
at Springfield, isNlassachusetts last
Tuesday. Among the other colleges
entered were Syracuse and Cornell.
The Pop tote team consisted of
It K. Hamilton' '2B, S. W. Earle '2B,
Ili. Day '2B H. II Larson '2B and C.
It. Koch, 2S.' , Flint prize in-horse,
sheepp and swine judging was award
.' to the Nittany contingent In the
selection of the best fat steer, Penn
State's stock itidgers gained three
first places andlone third place.
The Animal Hnsbandy department
announced thakitho same team that
wor first prize at Springfield would
compete in the , International Stock
Exhibitior to be held in Chicago, the
first week in December
125 SING IN GLEE
CLUB, ELHONATION
Thirty-three 'New Men Report
As Aspirants for Vacant
Songster" Positions
OFFERS FIRST PROGRAM
TO ROTARY GATHERING
Rapid strides are being male by
the one hundied And twenty-five can-,
didates for the. Glee Club, according
to Director It W. Grant, who is con- 1
ducting weekly trials in preparation
for the opening concert on October
seventh
With the exception of low bass.,
for whom further, trials sell ,hr held
in the Auditorium on Monday evening
at seyeri4o'clorDirector Grant is
satisfied with the . number of excellent
among the candidates.
Thirty-three New Men
Because of the return of many of
the members of last year's organiza
tion, the thirty-three new men needed
%%ill sing ulth the ..eterans for a per
iod of one month, after which a sec
ond and final trial will be held befoa
a permanent pea sonnel is chosen.
Rotary Club Audience
The first public appearance of the
songsters will be in the Auditorium'
on October seventh betel e an assem
bly of Rotarians, who hold a state
convention bete that seek-end.
The officers of the Glee Club for
this year are: E M. Peek '2B, pi es,
dent; W W. Nichols '2B, vice-pt est
dent, W. E Patterson '29, secretary,
and It H. Tice '3O, librarian.
IWho's Dancing 1
Friday
Phi Kappa Pm
Alpha Chi Rho
Delta Sigma Phi
Saturday
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Chi Upsilon
Sigma Pi
Alpha Gamma Rho
•Omega Epsilon
Delta Tau Delta
PENN STATE
B.
L. H. B. L. T. R. T. R. H.
Gelbert
Roepke (20) Gr'nsh'ds (25) Piersol 6'11" 160
511" 170 6' 190 6'l" 100
L. G. R. G.
BrAnd'ws (37) Wood
5 . 0" 181 511" 180
F. B. Q. B.
Q. B. F. B. C. C. Singley Nitrauer
Pincura (21) Hamas (22) Mahoney (27) Heath 510" 160 5'11" 170
511" 155 6'l" 188 6'l" 106 5'5" 185
R. H. B. R. T. L. T. L. H. B.
Wolff (34) ranacemn (38) 'Wheeler Albright.
5'7" 170 G'l" 105 65" 180 s'B" 165
Substitutes:—
Penn State—Wdson (47), Slamp (24), Pa ran,: (93), Martin (36), Lwetmore (01),
Curry (44), J. Wilson (50), Dannerfield (45), Ilarungton (96), llemtt (51), Itulgway (54),
Slamp (24), Lungren (31). -
Lebanon Valley—Hendrich, Wentz, Zatn e, Otboelc, Preller, Williams, Wilson, Abiahams.
Tatirgiatts
ROTARIANS GATHER
IN STATE COLLEGE
SOON FOR SOJOURN
One Thousand Members Propose
To Attend—Townsmen Are
Preparing Welcome
COLLEGE PLANS SMOKER
AND TOURS FOR GUESTS
Prepnrat.ons are being made be
State College business men and nor
ms College organizations to provide
for the influx of more than one thous
and Rotarians mho mill attend the
state-snide convention here, Friday and
Saturday, October senenth Ind eighth
The conclave Muth will be the
largest of its hind eser held in Penn
sylvania will include delegates from
each of one hundred and fifty Rotary ,
dubs scutteled throughout the state
The get-to-gether at State College is
purposed to acquaint business men of,
the Commonwealth with the College
During their sojourn hme the iis
tors mill be enabled to get a glimpse
of a cross section of college life. They
will have the opportunity of ,ioming
,anous phases of student activiity
Attend Football Game
The delegate. will uttend'a student
football mass meeting on the Frichyl
night of the.r suit here Follom ing
the mans meeting a mammoth Rotar
ian smoker will he held in honor of
the guests u bile on Saturnav morning'
the program as arranged will include
n tour of the campus mills particular
attention being given to the sites of
the sarisos building projects now ue-1
fore the College.
The first state-wide Rotary Junol-I
con preceding a Penn State-Bucknelll
game will take place Saturda} noon
after which the Rotar.ans will repair'
to the scene of the annual tilt on New
Beaver field
COUNCIL DISCUSSES
CAMPUS PROBLEMS
Student Legislature Appoints
Class Scrap and Dads'
Day Committees
CONSIDERS QUESTION OF
INDISCRIMINATE HAZING
Discussing, a number of poignant
campus problems and appointing, com
mittees for Dad's DRY and for class
•ciaps, Student Council convened in
Libeial Arts Tuesday evening foe the y
premier meeting of the )ear
A discussion svas held concerning'
the use of paths amass the tient
campus foe %Ouch a legulation sins
passed last rear It was ecommend
ed that the Tiibunal take actors con
cerning the indiscriminate hazing of
fiezhmen by sophomoic groups and
the decision published in the COL
LEGIAN.
With II P Blainkenbiller '2B as
than man, a scrap committee conyst
mg of W S Liggett '2B, .1 C Bel
held '2B, B It CleHand '2B and A.. 1
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Ddp (35) Bendigo
6' 175 6'l" 190
It. G. L. G.
Ricked (39) Elberti
5'10" 200 510" 170
R. E. ' L. E.
Lesko (30) Piela
5'11" 166 5'10" 165
Gridmen Open Season
With Lebanon Valley
Injuries to Miller, Hastings and Krall
Handicap Nittany Eleven for
Traditional Tilt
[Lion Grid Mentor i
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Coach Hugo Bezdek
STODDART STATES
FACULTY CHANGES
Mason •Long Obtains Leave' of
Absence To Work for
Doctors Degree
CROCKETT WILL REMAIN
IN EUROPE FOR STUDIES
Nes. appointment, and giants for
lease , of absents to faculty members
of the School of Label al Arts nue an
nounced Tuesday by Dean C W Stud
dar.
Maser Long, associate pi dosser of
English, has been granted a ,leave of
absence to woik for his Doctor of Phil
osoph) degree at Yale urns ers•ty so bile
T. J. Gates. associate professor in the
san depaitment, has secured a one
-3 ea: csteneion of Ins lease to corn
plote n ork foi his doctorate degree
a'. the Univei sits of Michigan
Crockett Compiles Guide
,U D. Crockett, professor of Lltin
languag, and litmature, oho has been
traveling thioughout Europe dining
lb. past year by means of an, hod,
and oater routes, has been granted
a one seat exten,ion of his lease
At the present time Pi ofessot
Clocked is compiling and revising all
,and land routes for publication in the
I res. editions of the World Guide
Because of grants of leaves of ab.
cones to Oleo instructors, too assns•
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LEBANON VALLEY
Arc, the
Rotary
Circle:
PRICE FIVE CENTS
With three regal:lli unable to start
becau, of injuries sustained during
the final days of pre-season scrim
mage Penn Stats'4 varsity football
team oil' face a veteran Lebanon Val
le, line-up in the opening game of the
1921 campaign on Nen Beaver Field
tomoriou afternoon at tiro-thirty o'-
clock
Without the setalces of Hal fins
tinga aggie•siae guard, Joe Krell,
tackl_ and one of the fore aall main
•tns art , Joe Miller, echo last aseek
led the aarsit.a attach, scaling taco
touchdowns against the liner, e team.
Coach Benlek's charges 1,11 suffer
ovaknes.es both in the offensive and
defens.se btanehe, of the game.
Kral' was mimed Monday when he
damaged his right should.. Hastings,
who has been troulded with a bruised
hip, is dl fasoi his iniur3 for the first
:Is, games in all probability, while
Kiall may not see action until the
Penw,liatur game, October fifteenth
1 , 11.1 u h, leg is hen .1 lineman fad
e' to poi fat m his Mit), Joe Miller has
beer assigned to the mortise squad
oh. h terrain for two weeks
Cram with a tendon pulled in his leg,
Mond!, is ith a bad knee and Darragh,
uhe has been musing a bruised back
rot mocks, are other injured members
of the squad.
Malt% Mc Andreas, choppy coal
legion lad, mill fill the tenancy left
it Krall Meaty has been proving has
a orth at centre and tackle on the sec
ond team and should links. a capable
substitute Hastings post, vacant for
the Oust t.me an malt• games, will be
handled bs Ricker, promising sopho
more gralder, who aeighs 200 pounds
In the absence of Joe Miller, Wolff,
promoted to the signal-barking post
or the first team mall be shafted to
halfback Pimala aall direct the
team Captain Roepkc mall be Allies
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COL. J. T. AXTON WILL
ADDRESS CHAPEL GOERS
Head Chaplain of United Slates
Army Holds Distinguished
Record of Service
Colon& John T. Axton, Chief of
Chaplains in the Unites] States army,
nil , addl., chapel-goers in the Aud
tin urn on Sunday morning
Distinguishing himself dining the
It ai by his efficient manage
men; of the chaplains' work at Camp
,
Mend.' and the Fort of Embarkation,
Sex loll:, Colonel Axton was ass arded
the Distirgui,hcil Service Medal.
Ito also served with the eighteenth
nd tnentieth infantry regiments, for
55111C11 he nos honored nith the first es
tablish,' office of Chid of Chaplains.
I=l
Ir coimmoting on Colonel Axton'.
AIM% the bulletin of the Chaplains .
•en co s,hool tgate,, "As Chief of
Ohm)laio hi co-ondunated
•Umulated nen endeallons and mutual
helpfulne, of Chaplams, and opened
the nay fon enlarged oppontunnties of
,elviee to Cod and mum"
Ile also as as genes al sees etary of the
1. M C A from 1893 to 1902 and
snored his eal hey training at Salt
lathe acadeni, Utah, Middlebury, Ver
mont, Ursula, college, Collegeville,
Penny is tom, and Clon college, North
Carolina
In addition to the Distinguished See
\ KO Medal, Colonel Anton was decor
ated with the Finch Che, allot Legion
of honor and the Italian Croce di
Guei i a.
lie 1, a n•eather of he Army and
Nat) club of Washington, D C, and
itemles in that city.
Qualifying Rounds of
College Golf Tourney
Start This Afternoon
Following a period lit registration,
the qualifying iound of the All-Col
lege golf tom nament will open today.
Registaation will not close, houeyer.
and claim, hill be teemed at any
tune, accm ding to G. W Culp '2B.
801 l managei.
The touinamont, which IS open to
all student., is being conducted under
the auspices of the plu,sical education
department A silver cup will he
owaided to the winner and the tun
ner•up Hall leceive a medal.