Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, November 08, 1927, Image 1

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    One Point
Maroons
Lafayette
VOL XXIII, No. I 8
STUDENTS' VOTES,
COLLECTED TODAY,
WILL HELP SOLVE
RELIGIOUS ENIGMA
Four-Point Questionnaire Covers
Various Aspects of Campus
Situation And Includes
Suggested Remedies
CO-OPERATION REQUESTED
Boxes Placed In Old Main, At
Co-op Corner And Outside
' Of Armory To Gather
Written Opinions
Questionnaues on the ieligious sit
uation at Penn State, which were dis
tubutell throughout the student body
at Chapel and church services on Sun
da}, - will be collected today by means
of boxes placed at three main camp
u-i point , One box will be located in
Old Main, another outside the Ai mory
and the thud at Co-op cane,
The questionnane, prepared by the
committee of six recently appointed
by President Hetzel to study the re
ligious situation here. covers four
mincipal aspects of the problem
Thu questions ale arranged in order
as fauns
1 Do you think we have sufficient
religion% oppottunities at Penn State
at the present time?
2 It not, uhut is your suggestion?
ti Would you tetra a convocation
of the mita° student body each week.
mith optional attendance, at which
time out-ot-town speakers as well as
prominent faculty members uould ad
dles, the student gathering?
4 Do you scant a mid-week relig
ious service which would be non-com,
pulsory,
It is the object of the student cons
nuttto m distsibuting this question
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Evildoer Laments
Sin Later in Life,
Avers Rev. Vincent
"Although a great Cluibtian lead
el stated several hunched goals ago
that ChiNtlanity consist, I,cty
in thankful dependence upon an
eternal Cod, I behme that Christi
an* is loinething mole mattior-like
than can be summed up in such a
Phase a, 'thankful dependence.' "
So said the Reverend D. George
Vincent, pitstm of the Shadysale
United nesbyten ian thutch of Stlts-
Inn gin, at the chapel set vices an the
Auditorium Sunday.
In discussing conscience the speak
ei dechued fur thee, however, that a
psi son oho has committed a clime
01 sin will it some later time in lifc,
lie willing to gi‘e his very soul if lie f
had !loser conunitted that evil thing I
If such a poison notices a nameless
feeling of 11101.111) coming ol.ei him it.
an indication of the spirit of Chiist
bidding lam to retain and tight to
oln, annmed the speaker.
Citing the life of Philips Pliooks as
a good e.aniple of this tenet, the Rev
meal Vincent told of the initial rad
iate of this well-known man in glim
mer school and his later success
"His victory ',as icon by the nolp
or that One who knee, him better
omen than Brooks knew Ininelf," he
concluded
Penn State Clubmen
Of Philadelphia Will
Give Christmas Dance
Attempting to surpass any previous
;Altair held by the Penn State Club of
Philadelphni, the mganizution
hold its annual Christmas Dance in
ball loom of the Stephen Gnat(' Ho
tel, 2027 Chestnut street, on Thurs
day night, December tuenty-ninth.
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Choi West and his Yacht Club 01-
cbestia, syncopators at the Football
Ounce last Alai th fifteenth, n ill tut
midi the music. Aihno.sion charge
will be tin ea dollars per couple.
The dance n ill continue until one
or two o'clock this year and other
features ninny be added to make the
dance attracti% e. Suggestions along
this line are 'requested from the stu-
cserralyypekty
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Thespian and Reveller
Tickets Now on Sale
Thespian ratalmille show
tickets are on sale this week an
, til Thursday at the Floral
Shoppe eve].) night from seven
until nine o'clock Price., sic
fifty and sesenty-five cent,
Tickets for the Reselleis sic -
on sale tonight and tornoliou fi
night at the Music :loom Lions
seen until nine o'c'oek. The
price is one dollar and fifty
cents a ticket.
FOUR GIRLS GET
THESPIAN POSTS
IN VARIETY SHOW
Gobrecht, Romig, Hoy and Greer
Break Ten-year Custom of
Song and Dance Men
MUSIC AND MAGIC VIE
FOR EVENING'S HONORS
Kennedy, Shuster Form Finale
Of Diversified Annual
Fall Production
When the Penn State Thespians
last Noiember scheduled a gni in
their House Party vaudmille pro
duction they bloke a ten-peat-old tin
damn This year four niembeis of
the mightier se. will be ineolpinated
in the bill Miss Murtha June tlo
bleat 'JO, Miss Ada Romig '2B, Miss
Charlotte Hoy 'ill, and Miss Glace
Greet '27, are the fair co-eels uho Mall
adorn the Auditorium stage Finlay
night at seven o'clock before a gala
fall House Party audience.
Magic, soft-shoe and husk ittineing.
biass and vocal quartets, skits an I a
full-fledged orchestra will add to the
et enieg's entertainment
When Miss Gobrecht appear, With
her marimba in a special nurn-
Lei a precedent will be set, and the
act on last eat's prom am a Inch she
conducted will pi obably be consoles•
ed a definite and 'immanent addition
to the annual shoe
Moo Romig and Mns Iloy ate list
ed to appear as a manic which might
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VARSITY HARRIERS WORK
OUT OVER LONG COURSE
Bill Cox Leads Offenhauser,
Oesterling and Lee in
Six-Mile Grind
Si, miles of muddy sod and me ,
Linde, score cot erect Saturday af
ternoon by the four teen ,arsity moss
country i candidates in their liy-out
for the Pitt-Penn State harriers tun
Captain Bill Cos led the full route
milk the % elm airs Olfenhauser and
OeNterling trailing hair in order
Lotus Lee, tat man in the mob
mloch dashed uuay item the post at
Coach Nate Cartmell's starting
completed the distance as tonith plac
er ulnle Bans, Ratcliffe and Kittle
gathmed fifth, .sn.th and .e‘enth
Imams Pettit, IlellTuch and Mocue
filled out the tout ten finishing, list
chile Kavolick, Comae, Giles and
Rhoton Lee followed.
To gain 'teatime., and stamina tor
the fieshnian Rind Satutday agairmt
the Plinth. Scutlmg3, sevetel ment
hols of the plebe squad either
follott
ed the vartity but putt Nuts , in
then six mile diatance of e,oiled out
individually
David Arttl endeavored to hold the
Solemn pace Ida came on after one
round of the golf course nun. Nichols
and King took therm hmbering up escr
ows NI, about Nenturnor competition
rutin the regular hill and dole own.
WPSC WILL BROADCAST
SPEECHES AND MUSIC
Talks by Dean Sachet and Prof. C.
A. Home and musical numbers by
the Mandolin Club will be the features
of tho radio program to be givers by
station WRSC en Wednesday night.
Thu broadcasting will take place be
tween eight and eight-thirty o'elotk.
On Monday night Nosember se,
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STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1927
ROOTERS SECURE
SINGLE POINT TO
DEFEAT MAROON
Marshall Nets Ball for Penn
State in Second Period
Of Close Game
SLIPPERY FIELD HINDERS
ATTACK OF BOTH TEAMS
Lafayette Displays Speed and
Breaks up Pass-Work
Of Lion Eleven
' Old Bea,ei field, slippery and slimy
from recent falls of rain and ...now,
lent a distinct touch of uncertainty to
the soccei game Saturday in n hick
Penn State defeated Lafayette by the
bale imitgin of a single goal.
Scoring oppoitunities presented
themselves time and tune again to
each team but v.ith one exception,
pros cd of no asail It sins in the sec
ure quail.. of the fray that Dick
tlai shall, hum a chaos of players
cluz,teied about the Lafayette goal,
netted the Lion's flint and only pant
Lafayette throughout the encounter
il,played a brand of soccei that was
particularly effectual in breaking up
the passes of the Nittany team. When
the possession of the ball hung in the
balance, the Maicion men shoved speed
and often beat the Lions in getting
control of it Houner, their attacks
ueio doomed to failuie at the hands
of Chem, Allan .and limn on the
Nittany defense
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SYRACUSE PLEBES
DEFEAT FRESHMEN
Yearling Football Team Drops
Slow Encounter to Hill
Gridders, 6-0
JACKSON MAKES VISITORS'
TOUCHDOWN ON FORWARD
A languid freshman football team
opposed Sy lame peat lag gridmen
in Satan day's engagement on New
Beason plastics field. Snatches of
the Nittany plebe'. usual ssiappy
style appealed at Intel, al., and the
too teen's MAC so only matched dur
ing the • stotele, hist half As the
game proceeded snap and Olga, left
the Lion cubs fot the Oiangemen
Absence of mud-cleats sm.d to de
the Blue and White line and
backfield men of then accustomed
noon. and .speed in bile the lox Icing
Reess,g continually pushed head
doonwald through the Penn St tie
uefense fot yardage.
Jackson, Syracuse's flash halfback,
sewed the game', lone touchdown to
settle the scot eat teo when Obst
etas
ed h s try Cot held goal
With both teams umng an aerial at li
-
tack inteispeised with line [Musk
and reverse play,, the fit St half
shoe ed mote attack stength than le
fonsive ton both elevens Diedmh
and Plena)) completed tvventy-hoe
Nand peon nhile Ben Bottle and Mut
Reissig gained consistently thio , igh
the line Penn State cooled a touch
down in the second quarter that steel
for nothing as a play et was called
offside
Getting the b ill on his thu ty -five
yard hne non, Bodle's kick, Fiena
(Continued on third page)
Senior Laerossem en
Vanquish Juniors, 7-6
Continuing In then lace tot the
'Monies, lattose championship the
'CobboN defeated the juniors last meek
1-6
Inclement weather last week kept
other teams Item play mg, but this
no eels the JUIIIOI4 and sophomores
Lull meet and also the sentors and
, ophomotes. After these gnmeh the
ficshmen toll begin to play their ser
ies.
So fa the seam, ate leading the
lace fur title with no defeats to their
'um!, tho ,limas are second and the
sophonme imtl h eshmen
Thole are only thve of last year's
vetmans hack fm the coming Lambe
season and Coach Paul is watching
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Or. Hetzel To Address
Convention at Chicago
As n member of 'the executive com
mittee of the Aisomatlon of Land
Grant Colleges, important data on
association ptablenis 'nil) be ieported
at the annual meeting of the associa
tion in Chicago next nee), by Dr
ftalrib D. Hetuel.
Whdn president of the University
of Ness Hampshire Doctor lletzel gave
able assistance to the passage in Con
gress of the Purnell Act which gave
r. large amount of additional federal
support to agricultural expenment
stations at all land grant colleges of
the United States.
Following the association sessions
Doctor Hetzel will Visit a number of
the middle nest slate colleges and
umsersities
CAGEMEN TO - PLAY
FOURTEEN GAMES
Lions Will Meet Syracuse, Pat
And Carnegid Tech Twice
In Coming Season
ALUMNI TO ENCOUNTER
PASSERS IN FINAL FRAY
Fourteen games base been sched
uled Inc the Penn Slate basketball
team for the coming season, Richard
N. Wills '2B, student manager an
nounced today The schedule %Ouch
has been approsed by the college board
of control of athletics includes a game
with an alumni team at , the close of
the 5C..011
Three of the Lions' opponents will
he played twice, racuse, Carnegie
Tech and Pittsburgh, one game with
each team being scheduled on the
home floor and one' away fiom home.
Wbstern Maryland• and Colgate are
tha only teams ! , oV u thls
_year's card
not last. 'season. Jamiaity
twenty-eighth is an open date on the
1928 program, coming during the
college examination period
The games adl be played as rol
lout,. Western Maryland at State
College, January 1, Sytaeuse at State
College Jammuy 7, Lebanon Valley
at State College, January 11, Penn
hania at Philadelphia, January- 11.
Juniata at State College, January 18;
Gettysburg at Stale College, Janu
ary 21, Carnegie Tech at State Col
lege, February 4; Pitt at Pittsburgh,
Felnuars 10; Carnegie Tech at Pitts
butgh. Fehivaiy 11, Ursinus at State
College, February 18, Colgate at Ham
ilton, N. V. February 23, Syi atone at
Sytacuse. Fatima* 25, Bucknell at
State College, March 3; Pitt at State
College, Match 10, Penn State alumni
at State College, March 17
Norwegian Assists
In Oil Experiments
A valuable addition ha, been made
to the staff of the Engineering Ex
periment station in the person of
Hiarne Thalia, mechanical engineer.
Mr Thulin is a graduate of the Tech
irchal Unto ei say of Nortsay and has
an unusual recant of technical and
practical engineering evpeuences.
Mr Thalia has been appointed as
instructor in Segment mg Research
and %sill assist Si all the fuel oil spray
ustestmatam a lath it is expected N 4 11l
fat UM considmablv the ties elopment
or the high speed Diesel engine.
Au a research engineer for the Nor
wegian rein nment. Mr Thalia con
ducted ins estmation on oil engines
Preceding this he acted as motorman
and B, h ibtant engineer on Diesel en
gine liners and crossed the Pacific five
times in his SoNage. He served in
the Nor aegmn Navy as a Reserve
Lieutenant and military aviator and
pent seine time in Australia and
China as a lemesentative of the Junk
ers Analane tompany.
De recently came to this country
seeking a gleatei opportunity for the
dcselopment of his specialty and up
until the present has been connected
ith the Ingoaoll-Rand company in
thu Diesel Engine department.
GERMAN MINING JOURNAL
LAUDS EQUIPMENT HERE
A copy of the German Mining Ind
Metallurgical mut nal, "Gluckauf,"
containing a rely favorable
descttp
tmon of the equipment for mining and
metalluigy at the College has been
teemed by the depattment This is
a paint of a genmal desctiption of
While the tentatis e goal of the The maltin,, Baush and Lomb Op
campaign is $0750, Betroth"; Kitchen twat company, Rochester, New York,
is highly pleased with the retinas so state that it is the best equipment
. - fan, which he helloes will be 'nue.- manufactured tom this purpose. Pio
... cd when heal computation is made. teeted by a -,et of shock absotbeis
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heels visited by Prof I P Pm obably one-half, and one-thud of to take up all ems and Intel few cocks
Tottrgiatt.
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Collegian Candidates To
Report Tomorrow Night
Fieshrnan candidates for the 1
editorial stall' of the cobt.r.c.
1 lAN 101 repoit to Room 25
Labeial Atts at eight o'clock to
morrow night
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REVELLERS, NOTED
SONGSTERS, WILL
APPEAR SATURDAY
Famous Singers Make Special
Penn State Trip to Fill
-Lone Engagement
PROGRAM TO CONSIST
OF REQUEST NUMBERS
Block and Individual Tickets Go
On Sale Tonight, Tomorrow
Evening in Music Room
Hailed In, British ic*altv and no
b lity as the most entertaining and
delightful singers to be heard in
England, tho Res ellers, Victor record
ing nal-SM, nill sing foi Penn State
studen.s in the Auditoilum Satin
day night at seven o'clock It Bill
be the only public appearan, of this
group during then eight-week con
tract uith the Mitador club, 1 , 4,
York cuts.
The King of Egypt, the Prin. of
Wales, the Pi incess Maly of England
and counties other European celebri
tes have acclaimed this comtnne of
talented men the finest ♦oval quintet
to 1. isit England.
Lses Unique Program
Tspilied by their ease singing. the
Iles oilers keep viithin their natural
ne, by fixing no set program for an
evening's performance With only
o -skeleton of-chotur - they
call for request numbers beforehand
anJ follow the trend of thou oath.
ence's preferences
An opportunth to state individual
reimeNth for bongo m gusen to Satur
day night'. audience. Names of de
sired number, min be left at the
MIS.. Room on Allen bLieet befoie
Saturn , * noon
ciie In Group
Fite men compose the Personnel of
the Revellers, one of whom plays the
piano Lents .Tames, tenet, is a
tnaduate of Michigan university, and
song in the glee club there and nas
on the tmnek team Elliot Shoe, the
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BAND WILL PLAY ALMA
MATER OF NEW YORK U
College Ensemble Scheduled To
Broadcast in Pittsburgh
Prior to Game
.11 n npeetal Natoli, of the inu.imal
enteatamment b 3 the Blue Band it
the football game on Saturday, the
but, eholl of the hand will phut the
aim mate, of Neo Yeti, unleore.t3
It has further been announced that
the band Null lease here on Wedru.s. i
dirt, No‘ember t, entv-thn it for Pit's- .
burgh in time to play at the Penn
State smoker to be held that nigh.
Later en the same evening a inogi am
toll be broadcast through station
KDKA, and a short concert trill be
green at the Fort Pitt Hotel on the
folio, mg moaning before the game.
Preparations are also being made
to present the Blue Band in the an
nual series of Sunda, afternoon con
certs held here during the winter.
`V" FINANCE DRIVE NETS
NEARLY FOUR THOUSAND
DOLLARS FOR ONE WEEK
Incomplete retinas on the V. M.
C. A bubsLription campaign approach
ed four thousand dollain last night
a all numerous souices of donations
as let unaccounted Tot.
Conti Motions as eraging tines bun
dled dollar, each of the past three
days has e helped to boost the total
to the present mark, the doubling
of fatuity donations accounting lot the
isc
Colonials Lose Listless
Battle With Lions, 13-0
Regulars Outclass George Washington After
Reserves Fail To Score—Frequent
Penalties Mar Fray
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Penn State Grangers
Sponsor Publication of
Yearbook in December
Anetlie, caml, publ.cation,
grange annual. will nail.° its debut
about the last of Decorah.. in ac
cordance olb plans th..cus....ed at the
grange meeting in 100 hurt last
%seek
W Crittenden '29, will head this
)ear's annual staff as edam-in-chief
while G li Gaker '29, will take care
of bu-tness matters Assistants will
be appointed later
Tho thud and fourth degrees niece
g von to forts-two grangeis by a
special degree team at the same meet-
In addition, the group discussed
the booklet peitaining to ran al dec
imal systems. which will be printed
ir the no ir fatale. When published,
this pamphlet will be distributed to
an land-grant colleges in the country
DEBATORS OPPOSE
BRITISH ON FRIDAY
R. W. Brewster "29, S. L. Burt
'2S and A. J. Garen '29 Form
Penn State Trio
LION TEAM TO UPHOLD
NEWATIVE - OF QUESTION
Final selettiors for the team that
a II oppose the National British Un
ion debatots this I ialav in the lath
torium hale been mule and .ue as
folloas R. W Bieaster '29, A J
Cares '29, S L. Burt 'lO, I,ith Ken
neth flocal '3O, as alternate. These
speakers mill uphold the negatne of
the question. "Resolved That Co-edu
cation is a failure"
Washington and Jefferson and Pitts
burgh ill engage the Penn State
maim, on Detembei tenth The
question cull be "Ilemlved that Amer
man I" mate interest, in fn eign Conn
hies should nut be in °totted by the
United States goveinment " Members
of the debating squad ale advised to
lead "The Finds of Democracy," on
rEservu in the librai V. Inch contains
intoiniation un the question lot de
bate
first ti N -outs Tot thew engage
ments mlll be heist in Ohl Chapel,
Tue.!, e‘entng, Nmembet fifteenth
IL set en-thlrt,) o'clea,
Pi Kappa Phi Installs
Chi Lambda Zeta As
Thirty-third Chapter
Penn State's list of national filiter
nitteq was nuicased by one on Sat
ut(lai %%hen Chi Lambda Zeta, pie
,ioto.ly a local oigani/ation, man tot
nutll3 no,talled as the Alpha Mit chap
let of the Pi Kappa Phu ft aternit)
Di Paul 15°0,, of the Pet Lhaptei
and inenibei of the faculty at Cot nell
uniseisit, officiated at the installa
tion
P Kappa Phi otigmated at Chat lei
ton college, South Carolina in 1911
The Penn State chapter is the thnt;.-
tlini , 11111 i on Saturday was likewise
installed the thirt:.-fourth chaplet at
Ohio State unvelsits Chi Lambda
Zeta was onimated in 192 J.
METALLURGISTS RECEIVE
NEW TYPE MICROSCOPES
One of the latest models of Alm '-
can made metallopaphie munoseopes,
used in studenig and photographing
metals and allots, has just been te
emed by the depot (moot of metal
hugs
Are Coming!
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Penn State made another forward
stride in it, conic-back campaign for
teeognition as the Eastern football
champion b) toppling the preciously
unbeaten George Washington grid
dms to 1:1-0 defeat in a slow-mosing
game that was roughly but listlessly
plia3ed on the soggy New Bomar new
Satuiday afternoon Roephe and lla
mas scored the touchdowns.
The Colonials ,honed considerable
ollenmte and defensive potter by
checking the adiance of the substi
tute men that Coach Betdek prefer
led to stait and by clacking the re
solve line themseltes ugh some said
gaining effect With Isis events
matched combinations, the first half
letealed little speetaculality as first
one team and then the °Chu advan
ced also ly, each unable to come it an.
stalking distance of the other's
goal line 1, a te,ult, punting duels
tnsued bettteen Joe Miller, remorse
Lon halfoack and Clapp., visiting
hickei, tt,tn the fainter earning the
edge
Harold Dangerfielel, midget director
of the "piny backfield" was the only
entertamei of the resort,.
quartet. Time and again, he broke
through the Colonial line, following
his inttrfeience closely foi gains of
Sic, ten and fifteen yards. Sam
Curly and Skip Staliley, second sting
ends, al., mused then ability as utag
men ha cnni ing inficquent passes
froni.Whitmore and Miller to provide
the only other startling hits of play
Paiiina and Eddie Craig, who also
carried the bail to advantage pro‘el
the main,tays of defence, both smash
ing nummous George Washington
plays before they had adianeed be
yond the line of scummage
The nearest approach of the Lion
sElabs to the oppc.ing, goal line came
rear the close of the second period
when Penn State began a steady
march from the north 38-yard line
and by I ne smashes with Craig and
Whitmore carrying the ball and paas
to from Pincura, who replaced Dan
e.erlield, to Cuiry and Stahley, pro
ceeded to within 23 }aids of the en
emy smiling stime Here the excur
sion ended a, the whistle sounded the
conclus on of the Lust half.
InteleA in the g'nme took a slight
r..., uhen the tegulin team appeared
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I. F. C. GRANTS VISITING
RIGHTS TO SOPHOMORES
Organization Sends Delegate to
Interfraternity Parley
Held in Nen York
The nil% ilege of welting ft eternity
liou,g, to (bine the night folio., mg
Sophomoio /1011 V.ll. giantcd to soph
emotes at the meeting of the Inter
atm nit% Council held I tot Tuebda , ..
1,-Luc defining miting a, being on
atm tut% pt einises at the time of a
dam. ua, .11Eo added to the consti
tution
\ 0 Schn nei el '2B, u a,„ chosen by
the Council to i epi ezent Penn State
at the National Intel Ii aternity eon
mice to be held in Ness York city
Novell:lmi Its enth and to enty
eighth This c inter Once uas called to
discuss nation-n tdo fratm city prob
lems
lot the put poet of imestigating the
po,abilities of regulating week-end
dance. so they will be distributed
thioughout tho yea]. a committee was
appointed from the Council with W.
IC Jackson '4B, as channum. This
committee will start its investigation
inunediatcly.
Pi Delta Epsilon Sends
Delegates to Conclave
To attend the annual connention of
Pt Delta Epstlon, national honor/11y
society, Professot M. M.
Wheeler Loud, St. '3B, and C
P num aill leave totnott on• for
Ohio, ehete the parley mil
be held,
The (OM entlon. sponsored by the
chapters of Ohio State, Ohio Wesley
an end the Univetsity of Cincinnati,
will be staged on the eleventh, twelfth
and thuteenth of this month
The chaplet at Penn State is con