Sports Board E-Wrecks VOL. XXIII; No. 8 SPECIAL SECTION TO SEAT ROTARY CLUB DELEGATES AT GRID BATTLE Visitors Will Arrive on Friday And Register in Auditorium Lobby—Mass Meeting To Open Festivity Card WILL SHOW NEW MOVIE Rotarians Plan To Tour Campus Saturday Morning, Paying Particular Attention To Building Sites As the outstanding event of the week-end program arranged for the Rotary Club delegates from one hun dred and fifty communities through out the Commonwealth, the Rotary Pilgrimage committee has reserved the two teeter west stands of New Beavci field to seat its members and visitois for the tiaditional Lion-Bison football game Satuiday afternoon. To add to the giul attraction, spe cial cheers and amusing features are being planned by H. F. Blankenbillei '2B, head cheer-leader, for the enter tainment of the spectators Mammoth Mass Meeting The visitors will register in the lobby of the Auditorium upon their arrival Friday afternoon Friday ev ening a mammoth mass meeting will be held in the Auditorium with Pres ident R. D. lieteel and Rotary Club officials as the pi incipal speakers In addition to the cheers, songs, pep talks and Rotary features, the CoPege band, orchestra and Glee Club wul entertain the audience Smoker, Movie in Cathaum When the unavailability of the Ar mory became known, Maurice Baum, proprietor of the Cathaum theatre, offered his show house for the smok er that will follow the muss meeting. He also announced that he will give a- private showing for the Rotarians during the progress of the smoker.: "Figures Don't Lie," a new release starring Esther Ralston and Ford: 'Sterling, will be the attraction. Rotary Luncheon Saturday On Satuttlny morning the Rotor tans WI ii make n tout of the campus, (Continued on last page) JUNIOR CHEMISTS STUDY CRYSTALOGRAPHY FIELD New X-Ray Apparatus Enables Research To Be Carried Along New Lines With the intioduction of an X-ray foi determining the structure of sim ilar crystals, a relatively new field has been offered to all Juniors taking a course in Physical Chemistry 12. Ac cording to Prof W P. Davey this field shown such groat promise of being has developed so rapidly and has useful that the School of Chemistry and Physics feels that all its students should became acquainted with this subject. "Wo believe that by giving under graduates instruction in this line we ate better preparing them for work after graduation," declared Profesor Davey. Manufactured by the General Elec tric company, the X-ray refraction ap paratus is of the same type used widely throughout the country an dis [identical with that used by Professor Bragg in England and by graduates in a largo number of American col leges and universities. According to the schedule of experi ments, the apparatus will be avail able for undergraduates on Novem ber tenth. Penn State graduates in vestigating the stiucture and proper ties of crystals are employing prac tically a duplicate of the appartus which will be used In the future Thirty-two Qualify in College Golf Tryouts Thirty-tao men have qualified for the all-College golf tournament which began recently F. McKenzie '3O, was medalist with a scoio of seventy-sev en while Captain J. F. Bunting '2O, and W. H. Day '29, tied for second plaice with scores of seventy-eight 'Matches veto manged by lottery all contestants ale requested to play oft the first sound by Wednesday night. .•.,,,,:iirliJo.,... ( i ritti #ittite , p, ) .. ~.t .4:,.,;)._,. ?.. ..,.(7.1„..n_5• I. F. C. HEAD LAUDS FRATERNITY RUSHING AND PLEDGING TACTICS Commending the frateinities foi then co-operation during rushing sea son, V. 0 Schmnerer '2B, president of Interfraternity Council expressed be lief that the newly adopted rushing coda was a step forward for the Greek letter organizations of Penn State. "The code is far from pcifect as yet," stated Schinnerer, "but a start has been made and from that basis a strong and feasible code can be de veloped." "The attitude of most of the fia ternities during the past rushing sea son has shown me that they are ic-dy for a code which will assure all fi e ternities a fan chance and which will prevent premature rushing and atich practices " BOOTERS PREPARE TO MEET ALTOONA Jeffrey Emphasizes Organized Plays and Drills Team To Pre-Tilt Form NEW CANDIDATES TRY FOR FIRST POSITIONS .In preparation for the opening en counter of the sneers season wits Ai tomes, Saturday, the Lion dribblets are piacticing intensively this week, though the sessions are less seveic than those of the last foi trught. Coach Jeffrey, with the Idea of pol ishing up his charges to pic-ganie form is stressing team uoik. The outcome of Saturday's tilt will in no small degree depend upon the per fection of passing method, acquired by the Penn State aggregation I=l Consequently, the Nittany mentcr ra emphasizing accurate eddying of the sphere from the baeks.to the forwards land from player to player acro.s the Inc.. It is expected that the sm zeal organized play= will lie voided up The Altoona bootees who ,have long experience behind them lire acknow ledged to be skilled in the game and are "soccer-wise." Their playing is characterized by a more maneuver mg and subtle type of soccer thar is practised by most college elevens, whose forte usually Iles ir their abil ity to weather a fast fray. Cherry Imprin es Coach Jeffiey intends to let his pro digies off with but few scrimmages this week. It is altogethei likely that last minute changes will be made in tha line-up Captain Cherry who Wen kept off the held last wee& beeline of an injury to his spine, is repoited practically recovered and is looked to open the season at his usual back field post. Six. more of 'last yeal's letteimen have quite definitely cinched their po sitions for the initial combat. Son is,h at goal, Repino and Stiind•in the wing halfback berths, Griffin and Marshall at the inside fornaid posi tions Serry on thn left flank are p ache illy certain to enter against f. toot a Newer Aequisittonh Allan at right back, Edgerton io the center half position and Glas , r in the pivot position are outstanding con testants for places on the Li..n team This week the filler of the vacant out side right position will be debt mined. For this bet th, halve), Jacobson and Kiel have been showing keen compe tition and it is expected that Skinnell will prove to be another contend°, James, Haberman, Lutz, Mac Linen and Reed are also entered in the lists and aro strong contenders fot places on the Nanny aggregation. Underclass Scrap Set for Thursday Good news, Proshl The opportunity for which the dink-toteis have long been waiting has conic. Thursday they will have the hist chance to do dirt to the Sophs without a reprimand. The occasion will be the annual Pants Scrap, n Inch will occur at four-thirty o'clock, on New Beater Piactice field. Tho Sophomores will gather on the tennis courts, and the freshmen will form on the opposite bank At least three heats are to be run, and everyone will get a chance to tear his oval's pants off. It either class has not suf ficient men to lan three heats, the committee believes that the scrap should ho forfeited to the other side. Care will also be taken that the proper number of men are out for each heat If either side has more than the alloted hfty men on the field for any heat, the heat will be forfeited. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1927 "The pi went code has a few appar ent weaknesses which caused sonic misunderstanding, but these will be taken up in the near future and a, attempt made to clarify the matter so that in the future the code will ex plain itself A study is being made of the rush ing code at the Unnersity of Illinois, at which institution an excellent code is in use. The code at Illinois was drawn up after a study of fraternity conditions all riser the United States and is reputed to be the best of its kind in existeme By adopting such parts of the Illinois code as are ap propriate for a school like Penn State, an attempt will be made to perfect the rushing code Elasticity Needed Each year new problems arise which must be taken care of and a code must be elastic enough to take case of these changes without any great trouble The peifect.on of the code is, at best, a trying problems and all Crates attics sic requested to offer sug gestions to the officials of the council The committee, which was appoint ed to draw up a set of rules to deal with members absent from the rheet lags of the Council, ha, r report ready to be presented at the next meeting The clatter, it is hoped, si ill be decided at that time COX TAKES FIRST IN HARRIER TRIALS Louis Lee Again Trails Leader By Scant Margin With Ratcliffe Third BLUES AND WHITES NOW COMPOSE DIVIDED TEAM Plafaly showing the strain of the six mile giuelling grind, thirteen of sixteen starters followed Captain Bill Cox across the finish line at varied intenals in Satuiday's close-country run The peep was divided into two teams, the Blue and *he Whites, Cox heading one and George Offen hauser leading the other. Louis Lee, alio last sear was con sideied one of the weak spots in the hurries squad, again tiailed the lead er by a scant maim Ratcliffe came thud with Oesteiling a claw fourth. Lonnie Kittle, whose specialty is the querter-mile, gaineied the fifth posi tion Running in his usual ground-eating way, Bill Co's 011911 V led his chosen team of Blues to victoiy in &aunt - IV'. (Continued on third page) ENROLLMENT IN R.O. T. C. COURSES TOTALS 1874 Military Department Expects To Make Application For Quota Enlargement A total enrolment of 1871 students in the basic and advanced It 0. T. C courses at Penn State sins announced at the headquarters of the department of military science and tactics yester day. Of the 1759 students enrolled in the Loire course, 1011 are freshmen while 718 are sophomores. In the advanced course there are fort-eight seniors and fifty-seven juniors, filling the to tal or 105 authorized by the War De partment. Ten additional students have elected to take the advanced courso at thew own expense. Schroeder Brigade Commander, lieleafter the It 0. T. C unit wdl be known as the "It. 0. T C. brigade" with A. S. Sehoeder '23, newly up poulted student colonel as brigade commander The brigade null oiganwo one regi ment of infantry under Cadet Lieu tenant Colonel W. 11. Denney '2B, and ono regiment of ongineeis under Cadet Lieutenant J E. Roan '2B Other new appointments include student Majors G. A. Shuck '2B, W. F. Stnnmel '2B, and II E. Balmer '29, who will assiq in the infantry regi ment, F W. Olshefsky '2B, and I. S. Mel trier '2B, who will assist in the engmem mg regiment. Apply for Larger Quota Colonel Clenurd McLaughlin an nounces that steps will be taken to se cure the author motion of a larger quota foe the advanced course en order that all qualified students of the Col_ legs who aie &shells of qualifying for a commission in the reserve corps of the United States Aemy may do so. STOCK COMPANY TO PRESENT DRAMATIC TRIUMPH SATURDAY Charles Allais, ' Jane Carr and Frank Hawson Will Play Outstanding Roles PLAYERS TO INTRODUCE PROFESSIONAL SHOWING Comedy Has Received Approval Of Critics—Tickets Will Go On Sale Today Charles Rann Kennedy's dramatic triumph "The Servant in the Ilouse" u ill be presented by Ernest Hanes and Charles Allais under the auspices of the Penn State Players in the Audi torium Saturday night at eight-fifteen o'clock Under the direction of the author the play has received commendable mention from leading critics as an en tertaining comedy full of laugh pro voking situations and fine dialogue. Minis Leading-Character Charles Allem in the role of Man son brings to this play a talent en riched by experience under such dis tinguished direction as that of Win throp Ames, Henry Herbert, and the Theatre Guild of New York. Miss Jane Carr, who plays the part of Auntie, the Vicar's wife, has play ed several years uncler the tutelage of Ms Kennedy and Miss Edith Wynne Matthison. Her latest appearance with them was in their production of Medea last spring. Depicting the Vicar, is Frank Haw son, who is known in the Shakespeur (Continued on third page) SPORTS BOARD TO ERECT NEW TRACK 'Present Structure _ Considered Dangerous—Necessitates Constant Repairs ATHLETIC HEADS DISCUSS INTRAMURAL SPORT LIST The authorization of a new outdoor running track of an improved type to replace the old board structure was approved by the newly organized Board of Athletic Control when it met last week for the purpose of tak ing up such urgent matters The old track has been in poor con dit,on for the last fen years and cc cry year has become more troublesome and unsafe, requiring constant re pel.. It was with this ,n nand that the abuse authorization was made At this meeting a permanent or ganization was completed, when A N. Diehl was made chairman, Nab Fleming secretary and financial ag ent, and Witham C. Murtorff treasur er. Seaeral other important matters were brought up at the meeting, but because of lack of essential data, com m•ttces were appointed to secure the necessary information an•l make a re port. Further extension of intramui al athletics Alas also discussed and gel. Members of the Boond of athletic control are A. N Diehl, representing tho Board of Trustees; W. Wray, J L Mouth° and \V H. Tea,, represent mg the alumni, C C. Bent bill '2B, H. F. Blenkenbiller '2B and 11. E Hastings '2B from the student athletic association and Dean A R. Warnock, R A. Hatchet, F. W. Owens and Dean It L Sackett, of the faculty Engineering Stationßegins Investigation of Oil Spray Investigation of the fuel oil spray, pi manly for the study of its charac teristics and Guth ieference to the in jection type of oil engines has been started in the engineeilng experiment !station heie. There hose been numerous tests made throughout the country with the result that many important discoveries concerning oil and its use have been I made and it is with this idea in mind I that this station is to be conducted here. Several of the important questions which they hope to solve at this ela tion are the action of fuel spray be fore ignition, the distance an oil jet penetrates in compressed air, the shape of a fuel spray, the state and size of the globules, how they change and many other vital problems These investigations are expected to Tottrgiatt. Tickets for Penn Game Go on Sale Tomorrow Tickets for the Penn game / will be on sale at the A A. of fice tomorrow morning for sen iors, Thursday for Juniors and 1 Friday for underclassmen and / special students. The price will be three dollars each. Students must show matriculation card 1 and pass book before tickets will be issued to them. Members of the faculty may purchase tickets at the Trea, urer's office on Thursday and Friday. ALUMNI TO HOLD SMOKER AT PENN Select Bellevue-Stratford As Headquarters For Penn State Followers CLUB PLANS ROOF DANCE FOR NIGHT AFTER GAME Announcements of the football smoke. and dance sponsored by the Penn State alumni club of Philadel phia in the Bellevue•Stratford hotel the week-end of the Penn game have been received by E N Sullivan, aec rote* of the Alumni Association On Friday night, October foui teenth, the Closer Room of the hotel will be the headquarters of Penn State follonms osho assemble each year foi a smoker and pep meeting on the me of the traditional Penn gi ninon struggle College Band IN dl Play In addition to the football yells and talks, an entertainment program out be presented headed by the College band For refreshment, cider and pietael., scull be seived Undergraduates will be admittea • free to the smoker upon presentation of their college matriculation card one dollar w 11 be the adra..smon ' charge for other than members of the club sponsming the get-together. Tickets for the game in the Penn State section of Franklin field which (Continued on last page) FRESHMAN DRIBBLERS LEARN FUNDAMENTALS Coach Shapiro Drills Boaters Daily in Preparation for Class Tournaments In prepration for its first clash with the varsity soccer team this week Coach H 11. Sham. '2B, is putting his freshmen hooters through totes slim drills with special emphasis be mg, placed on fundamentals Coach Shapiro hopes to have a strong combination prepapred for the class scraps, which ate to be held late in the fall Chief among the candidates are Murray Meiselman, former Brooklyn schoolboy star, who is showing much laggressivene, at center half, Eduard Richards, a clever dribbler, who plays right; Murpl*, formerly captain of Coatesvillo High, is a fighting centei. forward Anderson, a speedy outside right, Gerson, outstanding goal tender. Gir d capable halfback, Crammer, in nide left, Akelrocl, husky sight full back, Simpson, outside light, East burn, left fullback and KALl.line, half back, complete the first team. Miller, Mayor, Clapp, Valas, Cartee, Reese Es ans, Weber, Plnder, Jackson, Ganicker and Caughey ale fighting for first team berths. fun lush designers with data that will enable them to construct more effi cient and higher speed engines Nen Inc estigation Method Until recently all investigatians hose been made with actual engines. It has been recognized, boo ever, that such investigations can hardly yield specific results because of the difficul ty of separating the variables. The e•peumental equipment here consists of a chamber for compressed MI or inert gas, devices for the pie. duction of fuel sprays and means for observation and measurement% The apparatus is being designed only for I investigation of the oil sprays prior to ignition Special Pressure Gunge To record the ptebsute variations in the injection line duling the Aunt (Continued on last page) Improved Lion Gridmen Rout Gettysburg, 34-13 Potent Forward Pass Attack Proves Factor in Victory---Roepke Scores Four Times Stars On Defense Roger Mahoney ABILITY SHOWN IN PLEBE TRACK MEET Ed Brownlee Scores Ses enteen Points, Schockert Gathers Ten and Evans Six REIKERS AND DETWEILER TAKE RESPECTIVE EVENTS Tasting then fast bit of competi tion on Neu Beaver held, plebe ti ack men engaged in then annual meet Finlay afternoon Bto,nlee was vas lu thc star of the day, gathering a to tal of seventeen points with his three first plates and one second Schad., ert followed mith ten points so Illle : E‘ans completed the taiumvirate t.tth Ins six counters mule by one (list po-1 salon and one third Coach Cart meltappealed greatly pleased ,ith (Continued on third page) Dr. Eddy Stresses Five Qualities of Christian Religion "lo build life, to share life and to make a bettor life lot all, should be the oliJect of CS ery truly religious per son," declared Dr. Ceolge Sherwood Edda, an mtnnationall} known religi ous leader and social secretaly of the national Y 31. C. A. in his Sunday Chapel talk "Truo a eligion must base rise dm- Una qualific gums," added Doctoi Ed dy. "It mu , t be personal, unn.eisal, satisfying, a anal and social. Learn to be not Just an engineer or a funn el' applying his science but a menu ho has found the meaning of life" Cites Examples Doctor Eddy cited several instances in which people of Isealth had saw freed then all for the betterment of conditions among the Impoverished one in their employ The, person', ho stated, were greatly compensated ton the e•penditure of large stun, of money in that they need no more be ashamed to sit the homes of their employees (Condoned on second page) PROFESSOR H. H. GEIST RESUMES PHYSICS POST Piof 11. 11. Geist, an instiuctor m the physms department since 1919 has resumed his ,ork hose altos a yeas of graduate work at the University of Munich in Germany. Specializing in lectures and oboes ration of laboratory methods, Pro fessor Geist worked with such noted German scientists as Famna and Wie land. He also visited the University of Berlin. the University of Lopsig and the Unnersity at Goettingcn. CHEERLEADER ELECTION Monloo A. Kim '2'J Bullets Were Blanks PRICE FIVE CENTS Unlclshlng a =!!! passing attack and a varied assort ment of short line thrusts, a greatly impioved Penn State grid machine routed the deteimined Bullet force from Gettysburg, 31-111, in the second game of the season on Nco Beaver field Saturday afteinoon Johnny Roepke, captain and halfback, ac counted for tuenty-eight of Penn State's thinly-four points Bent on tictuiv, the Invaders bat- Ped foi then cause and tithed tu.lCe before the Nittany Lion nosed a potent pay. and routed the Battlefield Lots Early in the first nu a ten theme nos hope of that cher. fished tliunlph When Moise, visiting night guald, scooped up Pincuia'a fumble at nudfield and ran twenty fr-e vaids before Inc v.as finally down cl bt llamas Possessing the ball, Gettysbuig immediately Icsorted to an aerial attack 1:11c111111an's pass to Cock , ey netted a fiat done, Stump' lost foul yaids off-tackle and on the ne‘t phis Mollltllan three a perfect heat:: to Gillian oho, uncovered, rac ed across the god foul a tom.hdonn. Stumpf missed on the e‘tia point try Flom all appearances the unexpect ed enemy counter cursed to instill fighting spirit into Bezdek's charges since it made them the underdogs for the moment Stumpf kicked off to Roaphe s, he letained the oral fifty N iids limn his eon fifteen-yard line after a spirited dash in which he li mos: lost emery Orange and Blue t ieklei. In too YUCCOSSINe plays Wolff acquired a first down Roepke gained five aids through center, Plll - snared tuo though the same place and llamas reeled off four more for a list (loan on the 13-yard line. Pineuia fated an end lan but tossed a short pass to Roepke who whirled cos er the line for the first Penn State score The Nittany captain kicked the extra point and Gettysburg ass once mole the undeidoe. (Continued on third page) BRANDT REPORTS NEW LA VIE APPOINTMENTS Baling, Bohner and Minnick Will Bc Assistant Editors of Junior Publication Seseial new appointments have been made to the staff of this year's La Vie by the editor-in-chief, J W Brandt A It. Foot has been selected as photogiaphu. editor and his two as sistants will be II II Holing and P. 13 Bohnet L 11 Bell, Jr has been appointed as athletic editor and his assistant is It he S B Minnich. Timo gni, have been chosen to the ,state In an ele,tion conducted among I the gut Audtuts. They are Agnes Gealy and Anne Fel ncler Any fur -1 ther appointments 14111 be mode as the need aims The staff iull be kept at s• minimum and only such appoint :mein, made as ale necessary. Keim To Begin Survey Of Penn State Today Dr A 7 Kelm, chief of the division of higher education of the department of Inteiloi, art Ives here to-day for tho impose of leaking a stavey of the College. Congiess has appropri ated fund, enabling surveys to be madc of land grant colleges through out the count". and it is in tins con nectior that Doctos Reins comes to Penn State The goNeininent ahem' will confer o ith Piesident Hazel and as part of his molt ttall ,isit each of the deans of the College SXE Issues Call For Assistant Operators All ,tmlent. ‘N,hing to apply a- assistant operater at the col lege ladle station SXE should send a lettei of application to G. Li. Glossies., Room 203 Engineer ' ing D, by Saturday noon, Ceto- Ibei eighth. Include your qual !kittens such as chins of °per ! atois' license, and experience.
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