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VOL. XXIII, No. 7
Penn State Observes
Dads' Day Tomorrow
Huge Mass Meeting To Greet Visiting Parents
Tonight in Auditorium—President
Hetzel Will Speak
Penn State opens wide its portals .
today in anticipation of an influx of
snore than one thousand dads expected
to join in the celebration of the sev
enth annual Dada' Day program ar
s anged for the week-end.
The week-end of activities will be
ushered in tonight at seven o'clock in
FATHERS' DAY
Friday, September 30
7:00 p. m —Mass Meeting, Audi
torium.
1. Addresses•
C. C. Berrylull '2B
President It D Iletzel
E E Hewitt, Sr.
2 Musical Program
3 Presentation of football team
Saturday, October 1
10.30 a m.—Annual Meeting, Par
ents' Asscamtion, Auditorium.
1. Report, President E. E. He
mutt, Sr
2 Addiesses
President It D. II etzel
R L Sackett
3 Business Session
2 30 P. m —Football Game:. Penn
State ‘s. Gettysburg
8.00 p m —Smoker, Armory.
Sunda, Ot.tober 2
11.00 a m —Chapel Sumo, Auth
tornpm.
the Auditorium with a huge ma,
meeting; C C Berryhill '2B, press
dent of student government, will ope
the meeting with words of welcome t.
lisltang parents on behalf of the stu
dent body.
President Hetzel Speaks
itarFiVoTzilletzei, ed
dressing a Dads' Day gathering Is
the first time, will welcome the vim
tors in behalf of the College Fat
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FRESHMEN HOLD ANNUAL
TRACK AND FIELD MEET
More Than One Hundred Plebes
Expected To Engage in
Cinder Fest
iSi"ty freshman track candidates
registered for this afternoon's open
cinder meet in the hope of catching
Coach Nate Curtmell's eye by prov
ing their north and ability.
More than fifty more are expected
to report on Ness Beaver held at
fcur o'clock ashen the engagement is
scheduled to start, actor ding to N ite
who has been personally directing
the aspirants in their preparatory
wail:
Beginning the list of fifteen events
- aith the 120-yaid hurdles and follow
ing with the 100-yard dash, the sprat
men wil get oft to an enily start in
the meet Immediately following the
century splint, distance men will lace
I'm places in the mile lan The qua,
ter-mile couise will then be cove.°
to give breathing time for the two
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Enrollment In School
Of Mines Shows Large
Gains Over Last Year
IVith an entailment of one hundred
eighty-seven, the School of Mines has
the hugest number of students of
any yeah in its' histoty.
The giaduating class from this
school last•year leas the second lain ,
est east of the Mississippi river, and
these men nre t now tilling many posi
tions in the fields of metallurgy and
MIMIC.
Several new nice have been added
to the faculty. J. W. Steuat t, insti ac
tor in mining, comes hue from the
University of Illinois, M. C. Smith,
department of geology, is a pedant°
of the University of West Virginia
M. E. Brooks has returned to the po
sawn of assistant in metallurgy af
ter a year of research with the Dow
ell Chemical company of Midland,
Michigan and G. I' Dam, a Penn State
graduate, has become an instructor
in manna Dr. F. M. Swaith was
promoted from instructor to assis
tant piofe,ol of geology and pal-
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111andolinists To Play
At Dads' Day Smoker
With thirty-five men placticing, ev
ery week, the Mandolin Club is making
tepid progress in the organization of
tits personnel for the coming season
Although the date of the first con
, ecrt is indefinite, the banjo section
of the club will sender several popular
musical selections at the Dads' Day
I smoker in the Armory tomorrow em.
ening at seven o'clock.
The next business meeting of the
IClub -Is scheduled for Monday even
ing at seven o'clock in the Band Rom.
Nonunations soil be hell for vice-pies-
Went The election of a vice-presi
dent became necessary with the resig
nation of R. M. Atkin,on '2B
DIVERSE PROGRAM
AWAITS ROTARIANS
Creamery, Experiment Stations,
Engineering Laboratories
Will Be Inspected
LUNCHEON TO BE HELD
IN ARMORY SATURDAY
Visiting Rotarians will be green nn
immediate insight into the educational
side of Penn State college life Nihon
they are divided into groups, each of
wlrch is furnished a ith a competent
guide, and taken on a tom of the Col
legogrounds ,and . buildings tent Sat
urday morning at eight-thirty o'clock.
In then trip over the Campus the
clubmen will sco the students and ac
tivities of the Schools of Agriculture,
Chemistry and Physics, Education, En
gineering Mines and Metallurgy, and
Liberal Arts
(Continued on third page)
Hort Department Will
Hold Alumni Day Show
Plans are now being made for the
annual Alumni-Undergradute Horti-I
culture shen to be held on Alumni,
Day. Returning alumni sic asked to.
bring samples of their products in—
eluding fruit, flowers and vegetables.
Cups oil! be awarded to the best al
umni exhibit and the best undeigiad
uate exhibit
ILandscape architects Bill base a
~competitive calubit illustrat•ng the
I principle. of landscape design The
home economics student baking and
exhibiting the best apple pie will also
he awarded a cup The Crab Apple
and Top= clubs are in charge of
this show, with H B. Walton '2B as
chairman of the committee.
PENN STATE
L. H. B. L. T. R. H. B.
R. T. Stumpf (2)
Roepke (20) Gr'nsh'ds (25) Miller (18) 510" 168
5'11" 170 6' 100 6'3" 214
F. B.
Q. B. F. B. C. C. Brandiff (1) Hubicsak (5)
Pincura (21) llamas (22) Mahoney (27) Kurz (3) 5'10" 190 5'9" 160
6'11" 155 6'l" 188 6'l" 186 6'9" 172
L. IL B.
R.T.•L. T.
R. H. R. Dr'baugh (4)
.Richer ( 39 ) • Slaughter (24) we 150
Wolff (34)
sqo" 200 6'l" 235
5'7" 170
Substitutes:—
Penn
State—Wilson (47), Slamp (24), Pa rams (43), Martin (36), Livermore (91),
Curry (44), J. Wilson (50), Dansorfield (45), Harrington (46), Hewitt (51), Ridgway (54),
Slamp (24), Lungren (31).
Gettysburg—McMillan (10), Snyder (7), Cramer (13), Morse (28), Hertzlich (26),
Hall (14), Tussey (23), Fiser (9), "Klinger (22), Stoner (15), Roche (16), Mum. (19).
STATE COLLEGE, PA.,, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1927
PLEBE CRIBBERS
BATTLE VARSITY
IN TRIAL SESSION
Veteran Team Scores Twice but
Freshmen Count Six-Pointer
By Consistent Attack
FRENCH LEADS YEARLINGS
AGAINST BEZDEK'S SQUAD
Edwards, Diedrich, Kaplan and
Gordon Exhibit Strength
In Attack, Defense
Holding the sarsity football team
to two touchdouns in a double poring
of tuenty4ive minutes and noting
once against the varsity second team,
the freshman gridiron men began
their mole intensive training tot the
coming encounters of the season on
Wednesday.
IThe pluhe footballers fought their
heavier and mote experienced oppon
ents viciously mery step of the clay,
breaking up pas,es and making des
perate one handed tackles in veteran
fashion
Yearling Line-up
Matched against Dt.lp at left end
for the sarsity nas Meyci Kaplan,
former Philadelphia Central high
right end, while opposing Al Lesko
the othet wing scan the blonde Earle
Edwards of Augusta Mislay acad
emy fame Facing Don Greenshie,ds
at one tackle post was Jun Lose while
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WPSC BROADCASTS
FOOTBALL GAMES
Larry Conover Yields Moleskins
For Microphone Play-By-Play
- Description oe Battles
GETTYSBURG GAME TO
GO ON AIR TOMORROW
With Larry Con°, cr, assistant foot
ball coach, at the microphone, WPSC,
the Penn State lath° broadcasting sta
tine plans to get back on the air again
Saturday afternoon with play-by-play
description of the game with Gettys
burg. ,
' Hopes mole enter tun that the
Dads' Day mass meeting Friday night
could bo broadcast, but connections to
the Auditorium odl not be completed
it time Preliminaly tests mith Bruns
phonograph records on Sunday
afternoon and catty Monday morning
hare brought a flood of comments of
excellent reception from all pails of
IPennsyhania and from points as dis
tant as lowa
Chief Oper..tor Gdbest Crossloy and
his assistants base been working over
time ssith tests and the peifeetion of
new apparatus installed during the
summer, and by mid-October it is ex
pected that the bioadeastirg of leg
programs will he started These
will likely be on Monday and Wed
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L. E. R. E.
Delp (35) . Guilan (8)
6' 175 5'9" 165
L. G. R. G.
Panaccion (38) host (11)
GI" 195 5'11" 190
R. G. L. G.
Hastings (39) Williams (17)
6' 187 5'11" 195
. R. E. L. E.
Lesko (30) Cockley (27)
511" 185 6' 178
College Glee Club To
Sing Before Rotarians
Convention Next Week
Thirt;,thice of the hundred-and
twenty-five candidates for glee club
positions were accepted following the
recent trials held by Director It W.
Grant in the Auditorium The new
glee men, with the regulars, will ap
pear for the first time this year be
fore the Rotarians' convention Friday
night .
For at least one month the new
songsters will be under the tutelage of
Director Grant, and it is hoped that
the final tests given at the end of
that time will not change the person
nel of the organization
Among those who won bass or bar
itone positions were A. W. Anderson,
K. 11. Hallman, H. E. Niehey, G H.
Pollock, 111 C Suerkin, D A. Yarnell,
and S C Kingsley Tenor places
were obtained by G. W Abson, W.
R. Corbin, W. B. Hess, J V. Landis,
J H. Reif, F. G. WOad and others.
G. S. EDDY TO TALK
AT SUNDAY CHAPEL
Internationally jlinou n Speaker
Holds Open Conference
Sunday Evening
NOTED Y. M. C. A. WORKER
CONDUCTS TRAVEL TOUR
Speaking in Sunday Chapel, George
Sherwood Eddy, -an inteinationally
known teligious loader, will present
a mesage of vital interest to all Penn
State students. -
Mr Eddy,
who is one of
th e gtentest
religious lend-
:Imes," Ise
speak here al
Sunday morn
ins chapel am
wlll also gw.
CM=
==l
MILE=
ening. At that
time he will
G. S Eddy
discus ',whims peitment to the cc
ligious life of college students and
will be prepared to ansuer any ques
tions from his audience.
Social Secretary of Y. M. C. A
As social secietary lot the national
Y M. C A., Mr. Eddy has traveled in
India, Japan, Erni:a, the Neat East,
and Russia. He is the author of nu
merous books dealing with Asiatic
problems and the world war He per
sonally conducts annual touts of Eut
are for clergymen and other. engaged
in public welfare work. arranging fot
trterviews with such international
'gigues as Lllod George and Btiand
Mr Eddy vvas the ot.ginator of the
Fellowship for the Chustian Social
Order, an association of religious
!cadets intelt.ted in applying Christ
tan principles to everyday ptactical
affairs.
GETTYSBURG
Tattrgiatt.
M. E. LABORATORY
TESTS EFFECT OF
OIL ON BEARINGS
Professor Bradford Will Direct
Graduate Students' Work
In Theory Study
TO ISSUE BULLETIN ON
EXPERIMENT RESULTS
Philadelphia Concern Sponsors
Investigation and Gives
Se{ oral Machines
Assembling of the apparatus in the
mechanical engineering laboratory to
carry on extensive investigation oath
regards to the lubrication and effect
of oil on beatings, is non• under way
These tests are to be carried on for
a number of years bp graduate stud
ents and professors tinder the direc
ton of Prof L J Bradford as a re
sult of smeral theories that have been
advanceJ by noted engineers It is
expected that these tests will prose
the theories and make them lass
,Smeral of the questions to be stud
ied are the testing of lubrication and
the characteristics of bearing, the
effect of oil grooi es, the deteimmation
of temperature at diffment points of
the bearing, the thickness of the oil
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JEFFREY SELECTS
POSSIBLE LINEUP
Soccer Mentor, After Intensive
Practice Period Forms
Tentative Team
CHERRY, NOW INJURED
GETS FULLBACK BERTH
Day by day, the probable opening
hoe-up of the Lion booting combma
bop is becoming more and more dis
tinct Coach Jeffrey, after more than
three weeks of intensise di ill on Old
Beaver field, is carefully weighing evi
dence and tentati,ely selecting from
among thirty aspnant.., the team
which mill meet Altoona nes.t. Satur
day.
Abetted by the ieturn of sm. en let
teimen from hest year's eleven, the
..occdr mertor has been conducting
daily scrimmages moth the idea of
rounding into form a creditable team
to face the stiff schedule before It.
Chem ➢iamlums Berth
Captain Cheery, at pi esent on the
sideline because of a urenched back,
has had little difficulty in maintaining
the stability of his place in the light
fulibacl broth. As IS evidenced in
scrimmage, he has lost none of his
newel to boot the ball when and where
ho desires Allan, sturdy veteran of
last 3 eat's fieshmun team is to start
Ibbo season, occupying the correspond
yng left position
In the main.* positions the Lions
have been fortunate in having setts
:ins in the form of RCP 3110 and Strim
lam at the light and left berth, respec
tnely. Edgerton who shored up wall
on last year's plebe eksen, is favored
by Jeffrey to start the season in the
center halfback position.
(Continued on last page)
Bold Freshman Breaks Customs for
Thirty-five Years Without Reprimand
Eighty years old and still a riesh-lor every Fiedunan class entering the
man' The "Fresh" under considers-;portals of Penn State. For that)
ton is not the dumbest but r, without !years he has worn a dint. But in
a doubt the most daring of the Sloss ( spite of lus subserviency to "eastom.”
of 1931 he has alwat, been one of the most
Gathering at the home of the plebe's faithful ft lends Penn State cler had
grandson, II C. Ci semen, en West Time ass when a football game
College avenue, a number of fiends was not complete unle, lie was an
and ielatives dined a ith this rush- eye-witness. As in looter lie vas 'un
man Wednesday evening _ feet (and still is tot hi, tiemulous
About ..ix-thitty o'clock a number a u•ce could be heal d lomw¢ in the
of men nom the nentby faateinity ,ells at the Lebanon VaVey game
housas suddenly °mei god twin thou •( trparrins
respective residences .111 d Hocked in a "I couldn't die ,hile you fellov,
Lody upon the unsuspecting "Fresh" me living.," he stated to the gatheling
who was violating rule numbet turn-lof 11(1111110ra \ednesdnl Cc crung.
tv-fout of the Fleihnoin Fiondbook I Ito is soul to ha c helped : a wl the
It appealed to be nnothel act of ins stones and build Old Alain "I baN c
d:clinnate haring. been bete in State College for seven-
The absembled ci owd 111111 w aited too of the eighty veal, of ni 1 fe
but a few seconds when wit walked a he intoimed his respectful li.tenms,
nonchalant freshman—with an em- ''and I expect to be bete tint many
blcm of floslidom cosenng locks of Mill
gray Yes, gray' Yes Andy Lytle, a fn end of
VOL' more than thirty years this many loyal Penn Stater 1- eighty
homnary Inembt 1
NITTANY GRIDMEN RENEW
FEUD WITH GETTYSBURG
LIONS TO PLAY' HEAVIER OPPONENTS
TOMORROW AFTER TWO-YEAR
GRIDIRON LAPSE
•
1 Gridders Wear Maroon 1
,
i Jerseys For Courtesy /
IBecause foul of Penn State's 1
remaining football opponents i
Ihave the color blue piedominat- i
ing in the regalia, Coach Hugo
Bezdek has adopted maroon as
1 a temporary hue for ht. train 1
Imembers Courtesy to those
1 opposing teams, and facilitl in ,
distinguishing the opposite pla,- !
ers uere other motives that led
1 Coach Bezdek to take action in 1
this matter.
1 -
HETZEL STRESSES
NEED OF PROGRESS
"Penn State Requires Financial
Support" States Proxy
To Upperclassmen
WILL APPEAL AT ALL
LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS
If the "extremely important prob
lems" are to be soloed "hunied ',to
eless most be made," according to
Pt esident Ralph Dote lictoel lobo,
addresing a jo , nt meeting of the Jun
ior and cannot classes in the Auditor
ium on Wednesday night, made an ap
peal for the co-operation of students,
friends and alumni,of the . Collere in
' his attach on these proble ms
Stating that the people of the state
do not realwe Penn State is more than
nn agricultural college and describing
(Continued on third page)
Perspiration Plus
Persistence Gives
Pluperfect Cheers
Stentorran vocalization of sopho
mores and Juniors who aspire to be
come cheerleaders resound through
the Armory every e% ening after sev
en o'clock
Sometimes toucans mirth intersper
ses the yells as some of the aspiring
!cutlers of cheers and songs go through
antics with uluch they are not quite
fnnnhar and a hich occasionally land
them on the floor II F Blankenbil
ler '2B, head of the present
'opines that out of this group nmo
conic sonic r emni liable chemsters who
in time and solth sufficient practice
may e‘en MIISs the standard of pie
ions years.
The Natalie} in the ranks of the ju
nro: cheer-lenders caused by the fail
ure of W fl York '2 l ), to return to
school will be filled when n new junior
is chosen after the same Saturday at
itcrnoon
The sophomore candidates urll go
through a meek more of gymnastics
and cocalrzatrons before the fated few
oro chosen It is not ton late for oth
er second-year men to enter the ranks
l of the beginners, according to Blank
enbiller
One Freshman
Does Not
Choose to Run
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Penn State's unlined legion of foot
ball oatriors sill skiiinish oith the
Battlefield Battalion limn Getttsburg
tomes mon afternoon on New Beaver
field in the second encounter of the
1927 gi stilton campaign.
The Dad , ' Day fracas, scheduled for
to a-thiitt o'clock, 1,111 mark the re
n^oink of ho‘tilities betmeen the op
po-ing Pennsylvania teams after a
:lose of too tears The Orange and
Blue, locally famous for the fighting
of teams that base iepresent
cii thou colons, advertise their finish
' e , produit as ore of like quality and
predict plenty of trouble for Bezdek's
chaiges in tonioiloo battle of brawn.
Be>dek Strengthens Team
Meanm bile the Nittan2, mentor has
lc - no limo scorning about the sla
t Ebel , stiength of Gettysburg and
ha, been tightening the loose parts of
h 3 gi uln on machine %%WI alternate
I , ght practice and scriminag,e Par
sties is being laid on the
sti ength of intei fm once, general speed
anti accuitic, as aell as technique of
offensi‘u and defensi,e play for line
-11101
Alienated from the tackling dummy
fo almost a smock, the Lion gmdmen
rctut net] to the sauclust ligure Mon
dam tot the 'impose of improsing their
funi in this depait,ent of the game
In-taintions and suggestions were of
foie I ane, be the Nittaitt coaching
corps under the direction of lingo Bez
del. Dummy tackling ,as resumed
because of the erratic form sonic of
di., Lion ch t•ges displayed m the op
ening game smith Lebanon Valley last
&Unitas Lime tackling also consta
: toted putt of the piletice session Mon
dal afternoon
Var,it Versus Plebes
VW, I. .autuai benclit has
bean derived from occas,onal scrim
' irrges between the !list team and the
freshmen regulars. That is exactly
a hat resulted from Beztlek's short
confer ern o nnh Dutch Hermann Wed
rebday afternoon Both tutors sent
their I [...race!, e combmations into
combat and ,ecuied backfield stations
to c.oqm,e the defects and strong
pants of their group,
eZnmen teens hate aluass offer
ed stubborn resistance And Wednes
day's session thou ed no exception A
timid at the start because of so
called "stago flight," the yearlings
exhibited 5 , hurt span and a dogged
ateimination as the game progress
ed which 'nought a smile of satisfac
tion from Ilermarn in spite of the
fact fiat Roepke and Wolff each scor
e,' Co: the big brother.. The blond
leader's ~ceinato tee tutu: booted the
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GRANGE WILL LAUNCH
LEADERSHIP CONTESTS
Educational, Entertainment And
Social Factors Help To
Decide Winners ' C
Discussing ,eveit I mopeled pr.
Jett., the Penn State Grange held a
meeting Ttie,nly mooing a ith a huge
numb°, pie,ent. Ali ingements mete
made tot a cnnte_%t with the Ohio State
rnivelmly Clang° and a local idea
conte.A.
The contest w.th the Ohio State
unnetsit, Giange begins Satindar.
October Inst., and still continue until
the fifteenth of June This contest
is being launched by the tuo orders
to Ir.se intetest in the Cu/nee
along leadetship lines. The points to
be Lon,deted in the contest ate the
social, the educational and the enter
tainment The te,ults utll be based
on the individual showing of each
Grange dating the petted of the'ton
test
The local tonte,t, cc MO is just be
ing dece:oped, is an idea contest
Thole will be an according of pri/es
fm the name of the beet piojeet that
the Penn State Mange could under
take
Who's Dancing I
Theta Upolon Omega
Theta Cht
Thu Phi Delta
Phi Delta Theta
Saturday
Alpha Sigma Phi