The Bond That VOL XXIII, No. 10 TRUSTEES APPOINT SUB-COMMITTEE TO' INVESTIGATE.BOND ISSUE PROCEDURE Eight Million Dollar Proposal Has Been Passed Twice by Both Houses—To Reach Public Next Year PROVIDES FOR BUILDING Group Will Study Question and Prepare Definite Program To Submit to People Of State in 1928 Preliminary to mare action in put ting Penn State's proposed eight =l awn dollar band issue before the voting public, the Board of Trustees com mittee met Saturday and appointed a sub-committee to work out a detailed plan of procedure. Or this sub-group are E S Bay ard of Pittsburgh, chairman, H. D. Brown of Williamsport and E. K. Hib shman, assistant to the President in public relations Mr. Hibshman will serve as executive secretary to the committee. These men will devote the next sveral months to a study of the question and to the gathering of information which will be of use in setting the issue before the people of the State. Amendment to Constitution Thu bond issue Involves an amend ment to the constitution allowing the State to go in debt to the extent of eight million dollars This sum, if the islue is passed, will be spent annually at the College for eight years for the purpose of erecting and equipping new buildings. (Continued on last page) OFFENHAUSER REGAINS CROSS-COUNTRY SPEED Bill Cox and Lee Head Harrier Group in Trial—Delweiler Leads Plebes Home With Geofge Offenhauser showing 1,,,,t p a return of his former speed and sta - ma in cioss-country running an ill Cox and Louis Lee holding thei usual places of one and two in t team rating, Penn State's chances or 'win ning lull and dale group are improv ing. In Saturday 'l, trials Con, Lee and Offenhauser returned from the golf link l grind in the order named while Ratcliffe came fourth with °sterling, Kittle, Haskkms, Pettit, Helffrich and Bass bringing up the rear contingent. George Imprm es Training slonly, George has mere., ed his splint and endurance until he has now almost reached the point where he was last yeas when he placed as the third Nittany man in the races in New York city. Lonnie Kittle, better ?mown as a quarter miler, is acquiring the heists and tuuning necessary for harrier duties and can the best rate of his cro , s-country career in the brisk weather and competition of Saturday afternoon. 011ie Hellfrich fails to hit his usual stride so far this season, but with continued work-outs it is expect ed that his former speed will return. Detweiler Leads Plebes Dick Debi.,ler led the nearest man, Reikers, to the finish line by twenty nine seconds in the freshmen trials. Nichols, followed in third place with Arntz, King, Williams, Harvey, Huum Moore and Flennegen trailing behind PRE-MED COURSE SHOWS ENROLLMENT INCREASE Tho number of young men and wo men of Pennsylvania seekking pre medical training at the College took a sudden jump several years ago and ever since there has been capacity en rollment in this division. Thero are now more than 160 future physicians taking preliminary tram log in the pre-medical course of the School of Chemistry and Physics Most of them remain here only three years and receive their diplomas when they sansfactonly complete their first yam in medical college. There are about 350 students in the School of Chemistry and Physics, and the next largest groups ale in the courses in chemistry and chemical engineering. p ....„., _ .....,....ii,-..iii...4- 4 . 41 , rttti #t ti t t --(4;fri.r \5z..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,i.,:,,,c;,;., .(,:,715.,,,,, ....... All-College Golf Tilt Eliminates Sixteen in First Round Matches With the playing of the match Sat urday morning the first round of the all-colego golf tournament was com pleted From the thirty-too men orig mally entered in the contest sixteen are still in the running. J. F. Bunting '29, varsity captain, mado a creditable showing against his opponent, winning 4 and 2up A V. Fritchman '2O, also of last yeat's var sity, defeated W. E. Graham '3O, 5 and 4 Tho second round of the tourney began yesterday and R R. Ruthorfoid, supelintendent of the course, requests that tho matches be played by tomoi , cow evening. YEARLINGS SUBDUE DICKINSON GRIDMEN BY 38-0 CONQUEST French Crosses Goal Line Twice With Long Runs of 40 And 60 Yards TOMMY GORDON NAMED TEAM'S ACTING-CAPTAIN Geisler, Edwards, Diedrich and Livzey Score Touchdown Apiece in Game Running rampant over their Dick msOn Seminary opponents, the Penn State freshman football team led by neting-captain Tommy Gordon won their first game of the year Saturday 38-0. Coop French proved the star of the day with his broken field running for consistent gains, hrs"o,6" - dashes . 'cif forty and sixty yards for touchdowns, and his field generalship. Geisler, Ed wards, Diedrich and Lmszey were Inc other scorers. I=3 With Earl Edwards at the left a mg playing his usual fierce and consist ent game and Reed at-the other, Ber ger and Shaw ley upholding the tackle post honor with their fast, hard (Continued on last page STUDENT RADIO STAFF WORKS ON STATION 8X Personell Now Numbers Eleven Undergraduates—Crossley Directs Operation With tho reconstruction of WPSC nearly completed and the resumption of regular programs, the updating stall of the station is nosy turning its attention once mole to the short sense experimental and relaying n prk of BXE. The present staff consists of three seniors, three pinuns, and five soph omores, according to C. L trosslcv, station enginem A call has recently been issued for freshmen operators, and it is expected that several first yeas men will soon be added to the personnel. - . The apparatus of BXE is housed in the same building with that of WPSC. It consists of two separate transmit ters each with an output of two lion. dred and fifty watts, one operating on a wave-length of eighty meters and the other on forty meters. The for mer is used mainly for the relaying of messages over comparatively slant distances, and rho latter is used for the long distance work. The signals from these transmitters have become well known in many remote sections of the world, and it is expected that after sevetal con , tomplated improvements, this year's activity will surpass that of any pre ceding year Thespians Will Conduct Vaudeville Show Trials Thespian vaudeville show try outs will be conducted in the Auditorium tomorrow evening at eight-thirty o'clock. All students having ability as entertameis are urged to attend the trials by President W. Pt. McClements '2B, who states that the inexpelienced talent will be given equal consideration with the veteran. STATE COLLEGE, PA.; TUESDAY, OCTO: R 11, 1927 1 Soccer Coach Walt= Jeffre3 • Administration Grants Holiday This Saturday By r vote of the Ccuncil of • Administration yesterday thorn mg, all undergraduate classes . tII be dismissed on •Satuiday, °dab. fifteenth. There will be no chapel services in the Audi - tortuan the Sunday following. - MILLER ARRANGES NIMROD SCHEDULE Team Will Engage in Series of "...Telegraphic - Tilts—Holds Practice Shortly SHOULDER TO SHOULDER MATCHES BEGIN IN APRIL About twelve telegraphic matches and a series of shoulder to shoulder matches make up the schedule of the ufle team this year, announced Lt. 1-1 T. Miller, coach of the team, yester das. Candidates will start practice October twenty-fourth. The telegraphic matches will be held etween Thanksgiving and Match lif t 'nth. From that date until the last of April a number of shoulder to shoulder contests will take place, the dates one locations of which are still pending Included in the schedule it is pos ,Able that there will be trips to the University of Fittsbutgli, Carnegie Tech and George Washington uniter sitv iKeeping ugh the practice of the Sr, past, years the range under the Arm ory will be open !Amy etening from (Continued on second page) CERAMIC SOCIETY DINES , AT BUSINESS MEETING Holding a combined business meet ing and dinnet Tueaduy night, the Penn State inane, of the Ame ucan Cenamic Society elected the follouing officals. J. E Manley '2B, president, F L. Walker '29, viee-president, W. E. Wolf '29, secretary and treasutet. Aftei sonic discussion it was decid ed to hold meetings of the Society on the hist Tuesday of each month. INDICATION OF INDISCRIMINATE HAZING PROVES TO BE UNTRUE "1 beheto it's p,usus uptus," opined one with the green dint, who was gaz ing sagely at a young fir tone near the west end of Old Main. A comely co ed was passing hurriedly along the path on the opposite side of the spruce At fist anomie .° everything indi cated that another act of the popu lar ind,setiminate hazing was in pro pos.% Scattered throughout the as sembled group were a number of signs of froshdom. In the center of the crowd was the hist mentioned knight of the disk playfully stoking the branches of the aforementioned pine tree. "Is it a male or female, and why?" questioned a bespectacled man nearby who bole remarkable resemblance to the original absent-minded college pro- Cassia. Evidently he had forgotten the dignity supposed to zest upon him LION SOCCER-MEN DEFEAULTOON . IN OPENING GAME Coach Jeffrey's Charges Stage Rally in Last Half and Net Three Goals ERRATIC KICKING HINDERS NITTANY TEAMS SCORING Skinnell, Marshall and Repine • Make Telling Kicks for NittanY . Offense Rallying us the second half and tak ing advantage of a let-down on the part of its opponents,"the Nittany soc cer team scored - a 3.0 win over the Altoona Car Shops eleven Saturday in the opening game of the season. Tho independent aggregation show ed considerable strength throughout the encounter though it did not prove itself as formidable as last year when outplayed the Lions, 3-1, for their only defeat. The swift pace set by Coach Jeffrey's charges caused a gen eral slackening of speed by the Al. loom: players in the second half of the tilt. Erratic goal kicking, inaccurate passing and off-side infringementr were noticeable defects in the Blue and White ranks. Time, after time the Nittany hooters would race the ball (Continued on second page) AGS STAGE PLEBE SMOKER TONIGHT R. G. Bressler, Deputy Secretary Of Agriculture. To Talk At Annual Event COMMITTEE WILL OFFER CIDER,-FRETZELS, SMOKES Freshmen of the School of Agricul ture ovill bo entertained tonight at then annual smoker to be held in the Stock Pavilion at seven' o'clock The smoker committee, composed of W W Mellor '2B, W. C. Gimbel, and T. Wilson '2B, has arranged to have the college band present a program of music. 'President R. D Hazel still address he gathering In addition Dean R L Watts of the School of Agriculture and It G Bressler, formerly vice dean of agriculture and now deputy score tail of agriculture at Harrisburg, soul speak. The members Of the smoker committee 'a ill each make a short talk C,dei, pretzels and smokes will be provided To complete the program of entertainment a number of stunts, cheers and songs are being arranged. BEESE NAMED TO ANNUAL COMMITTEE OF S. P. E. E Prof. C W Breve, of the department of industual engineering, has been ap pointed a member of one of the an nual committees of the Society for tho Promotion of Engineering, it was announced yesterday Tho committee, the purpose of which is to report on various teaching methods and to investigate many types ot schools, is composed of representa tives from the University of Kansas, University of Pittsburgh, Syracuse university, Marquette university, Pus due. university, Morthwestern mum sity and Penn State College. during his bald-headed years "Well," stammmed the freshman, "at home in our shop we always called this rare upright species a female." "What right had you to do that?" bashed Professor Spectacles. "Because of the cone on top," re torted the replant one. "Right) now see this one over here." And they all dived toward an inno cent pine tree a few feet distant and began to fondle it. Just then, as usual, the Old Main bell began to ring and also, it spoiled a perfectly good chance for self-edM cation to say nothing of the entertain ment derived. For what did the crowd do but suddenly lose all interest in the spruce and rush pell-mell to ward Varsity Hall, leaving behind a wondering audience. But it didn't matter—it was only a dust in forestry. Tolitglatt. r College Granges Will Meet For Conference November Seventeenth Following an idea which was sug ge,,terl by W. C. Gumbel '2B, fourteen of the country's college and university granges AIM meet at Cleveland, Ohio, November seventeenth and eighteenth for a national conference. Thirty members of the Penn State Grange Intll travel by bus to Cleve— land to attend the conference ,and wilt receive the seventh degree of initiation which is the highest in Geange circles. The Purpose of the conference js to organize the college Granges foe the benefit of the meeker ones, and to originate neu ideas for student leadership THIRTY CANDIDATES TRY FOR POSITIONS ON DEBATING TEAM Prepared for Engagement With British National Union Representatives TO MEET FOREIGN TRIO ON NOVEMBER ELEVENTH Orators Defend Negative Side of Question "Co-education Is Unsuccessful" With Penn State debaters contend ing the negative side, the question f r the scheduled debate with the Nation al British Union team Novemberl el eventh will be "Resolved, that co-edu• cation is a failure." Selected by an organization com posed of students front colleges and universities throughout the British Liles the National British team will arrive in this country about October fifteenth.' After -a series of-debates with colleges of the east and south the British team stilt meet Penn State debaters. Representing the foreign debaters will be Manners Frank 0 Damn, a graduate of the University of Rending, Wales John Ramage, of the London School of Economics and Political Sci ence, and Andrew Haddon, of the Unmersity of Edinburgh. MI Darrell, who io twenty-one pears of age, seemed his A. B de gree last yeas after a very brilliant care.. Ile has been prominent in • tudent dramatics and has represent ed his miner:say in international stu dent confei ences. He is a Liberal in polities and was a delegate to the National Liberal convention in 1025 M. Ramage, in spite of his ybuth, has had a m ide experience both inside and outside the university political (Continued on last poge) J. W. BRANDT CHOOSES ART STAFF OF LA VIE Boxes for Activity Cards Will Be Placed at Several Campus Points For the art staff of the 1929 L.ll VIC, J. W. Biundt, editor-m•chscf, has chosen R. B Newcomb, as editor and D R. Bevan, B Cler, M. A Klein, H. G blontgomery, and R. A. Coatmcorth as his assistants Ballot boxes, with a supply of as twity curds, will be placed in the m ains buildings around the campus All juniors and seniors who wish a list or then activities to follow their susses in this ;.ear's La Vie must fill out ono of these cards and place it In I the ballot box of then respective 1 school The taking of individual pittuieb of the Juniors %%as started last week and will continue throughout this week Photographs of the fratetnity groups will be taken as soon the pumas have had their individual pictures Jugo-Slavian Enrolls in College Radio Cours Another country has been added to the radio map in the department of engineering extension nt the College, Pros. C. G Gaum, in charge of the colego radio correspondence courses, announced today. It is Jug,Slavin, where Dr. S. Kit tisr.h is the only student of radio for miles around He has no one to con sult on his radio troubles an dis at tempting to work it all out for him self by long distance communication with the college. Although weeks at a time elapse between the dispatch and return of lessons, the Belgrade physician has made excellent progress. : ucknell Upsets Lions In Surprise Victory 13-7 Halicki and Quinn Each State Line for Tou of Diehl Ai Bisons Will Play Army In New York Because they defeated the Penn State football team here last Satirr day, the Bucknell grldders will play Army not at West Point as tentatne ly arranged but at the Polo Grounds in Nen York. When the 1027 game between the Bison and Soldier inititution.s was ar tensed, the Arm) team agreed to play the Hoehn°limns at West Point if they boat to Penn State and to meet them at the Polo Giounds in Ness York if the) defeated the Lion eleven The Bucknell team, who earlier in the season held Bo McMillan's strong Geneva combination to a scoreless tie and which has not been defeated this year, is planning to surprise the hu,kl Army team in the same manner as they surprised the Lions A large gathering of student rooters will fol low Coach Sna, ely and his squad to the Polo ground, IIUCATIONAL HEAD ' INSPECTS COLLEGE Dr. A. J. Kleim Meets President Hetzel and Talks With Deans of Schools PLANS TO SURVEY ALL INSTITUTIONS IN EAST In the interest of a survey of all land grant colleges in the United States, Di. Arthur J. Klein,, Chief of tho Division of Higher Education, V.- Ito,' Penn State last Tuesday for the purpose of getting acquainted v,itha tomo of the services that the sane some of the faculty, and to dv,euss can rendni this institution The purpose of the survey, for %%Inch an appiopliation has been made by Congress, is to find out shat the col lege- aie doing along certain lines of work that the Bureau of Education may olTei all possible assistance Meet Facult) At spetml conferences on Wednes dal Doctor Klenn met President Het (Continued on last page) Bible Is Guide for Life, Kistler Holds "Interpreting too strictly the teach logs and facts of the Bible Is th , cause for the common belief that thei is a conflict betmeen science and se ligion," stated the Re,erend Ravine Kistler in his sixth address to the stu dents of Penn State. Citing the persecution of Christo-1 Ahem Columbus, who proclaimed that the earth was round when it was stated expiessly en the Bible that the earth was flat, Doctor Kistler showed how the people *odor are led to the conclusion that the modern teachings of science are in conflict with the in hgious of the Bible The Bible, he maintains, should not be held up a general treatise on the histoi), geography on geology of the world but mote as a guide to life The Bible was intended by its authors to ho a beautiful stony of beliefs and les sens by the aid of which man might lead a better life, and the separate facts contained in it should not be interpreted too strictly. ' GERMAN SOCIETY HONORS KERN WITH MEMBERSHIP Df. F. D Kern, of the Botany De partment, ha, just received word tha ho has been elected to membeiship to Cho Deutsche Botamsche Gesellschaft, the national botanical society of Ger man). While Doctor Kein inns in Germany two years ago doing some iesearch work, he attended a meeting of this court) A• a result of the conracts made at that time and in ietognition at has service to botanical intense, this signal honor has been accorded to hint Who Said Mightier Than The Sword? PRICE FIVE CENTS Pierce Weakened Penn chdowns—Return ds Visitors Varying a baffling line attack with a ciccer pas. offense, Bucknell's vali ant football eleNen viciously battled its nay to a well-eained 13-7 victory onei the ssenkened Penn State forces on Ness Beans, field Saturda3 after noon Inspired by a return of their injur ed leader, Diehl, the Lemblourgrans, who had not defeated the Lions since 1896, tore the Natany line to shreds end opened rr Ide gups through is Ivel , the speeds Boon backs twice tore for touchdouns Under the direction of Quinn, capable s siting quarterback, the Orange and Blue gridders, played football that was almost perfect in creep respect, demonstratrng offensive and defensrce power that would class them as dangerous foes for any oppon ent listed on the 1927 schedule. I=l the first period Si a. hardly half completed ashen the lighting visitors negotiated their first score Mahoney kicked off to Quinn who returned the Urdl seventeen year& before he was brought to earth. McCormick gained two surds through left tackle On the nest phi% there isas no gain but Buck nell received the first of their thir teen hist downs when the Lions were s r.nalized five yards for off-sides Themsehes penalized for an off side infringement, the Bucknellians resorted to a mystifying forward pass attack, earning another first down on an aerial house from Quinn to Trimmei after a similar previous at tempt had proven "'ruffle, A third pass, with the same members engi neering the gain, resulted in another first down for the foemen on their own thirty-yard line Quinn intro duced Coach Suns eley's deceptive tac ti. and McCormick sped through light tackle, gaining nine yards on a double pass flaheki made it a first down through the same place. (Continued on third page) UMMER SESSION ROSTER NUMBERS 2799 STUDENTS 26 Stales and 3 Foreign Lands Represented In Record Breaking IniluN. Conning from the far avav topical Pen to Rico, three for eign countile, and mentv..o states the number of students clinched m tho last bummen ue,,non totaled 2799, an Intl. , e of one hundred and eleven er the recant' negistnahon of 2088 in the sunned of 1022 The Philhopme Island=, and the Do n:m.lm Repubh contributed one man each to stud, here doting the summon as did Denmark, Ego pt while from Purto Rico came too students. Even Caldol ma bent thi ee native bons hoe Ins institution while New Mesa°, Tem,, Wisconsin, Colorado, Kentucks Alabama and Georgia gave dt least one student each to Penn Stato's summer school. The nature studs camp appeared to be peculiarly atti active to the distant dnellms rot Alabama and Colorado each donated a it omen student to the group With forty-tue ens oiled from Nose Jeiset, New York and Ohio fol. lotted nithe this is-three each to swell the student body The District of Co lumbia sent six delegates In the counties of Pennsylsanta, all of which sense reps esented, Allegheny led with a total of two-hundred and this teen, followed b 3 Blair ssith one hundred and ninety-nine and Centre with ono hundred and eighty.eight. MINING GEOLOGY CLASS TAKES INSPECTION TRIP To study rock strata not available iv the vicinity of State Colege, the vestei day under the supervision of senior class in mining geology left Piof C. A Bonnie, of the geology de partment, for a week's trip to points of interest in Maryland and southwes tern Pennsylvania. The go:in', will visit the nickel nuns at Gap Pass, the vine deposit at Flanklin Furnace, N. J., the lead de n numhei of other plates of geolognvil posit at Phoenixville, Pu., as well as intel Sot.
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