Council Gives Cheering Suggestions VOL XXIII, No. 21 COLLEGE OFFERS ENOUGH RELIGIOUS OPPORTUNITY, SAY STUDENT VOTERS 138 Express Satisfaction With Present Situation While 36 Answer Question With Negative Vote FIFTY GIVE SUGGESTIONS Convocation of Entire Student Organization Weekly With Optional Attendance Receives Favor That there is sufficient religious op portunity at Penn State at present is the opinion expressed by one huidred and thirty-eight students through the religious questionnaires distributed several weeks ago at the chapel and church services There ys ere thirty six negative replies to this question. FM or Optional Convocation One hundred and forty-four stu dents also favored a convocation of the entire student body each week with optional attendance. Twenty-seven Notes opposed this issue Sixty-two answers were placed on the sheets in favor of a mid-week re lig.ous service which would be non compulsory while seventy-eight votes were cast opposing this. About fifty students wrote suggestions to better the religious life at Penn State. "I believe that the few question naires that were returned give a fair consensus of the student opinion," states C C. Berryhill '2B, chairman of the committee. "The general consensus seems to be for a mid-week gathering the last too hours Wednesday morning," he went on. "This plan will be further developed and will be presented when the student-group—again convenes with the faculty committee." -: BEAT PITT :- Howard University President To Give Chapel Talk Here Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, the hr'st colored executive of Howard anise, city, Washington, D. C., and recently elected to the presidency, will address the chnpelgoers in the Auditorium on Sunday morning at eleven o'clock. Hts subject will not be announced until the time of delnery. The college president's educational career has been one of inteiest and accomplishment. Graduated with a B. A. degree from Morehouse college, Atlanta, Georgia, he was retained two years as professor of social sci ence He also earned aB. A. degree from Chicago university, after which he attended Rochester Theological Seminary and became interested in Y. 1%1 C. A. wink. Dr. Johnson also delivered an honor address upon his graduation from Harvard. IME=I C. E. Barba Addresses M. E. Students Today On Railroad Advance "Railroad Development and Engin eering Preparation" ,wlll be the sub ject of the lecture here this after noon at four-ten o'clock in Old Chapel, Allen C. E. Barba, Mechanical En gineer of the Boston and Maine Rail road, addresses the mechanical en gineering dtudents Mi. Barba has had long experience in railway engineering and has defin ite opinions concerning the young col lege graduate and his success or fail ure in the transportation field. His advice along this line is expected to prove invaluable to the students. College Soccer League Standing Won Tie Lost Pomita Princeton 5 0 10 Haverford . 2 1 5 Penn State 2 0 4 Cornell . . 2 1 4 Penn. 1 2 3 Navy ... 1 0 2 Yale.. 1 1 Heron' d 1 I 2 Swarthmore 1 2 2 Lehigh . 1 4 2 Dartmouth 0 2 0 0 Syracuse 3 0 Virrirtti. , • Gridmen Hold Intense Drill for Pitt Game Optimism Prevails in Nittany Camp As Cripples Return—Panthers Have Beaten Lions Since 1919 STUDENT COUNCIL GIVES SUGGESTIONS FOR CHEERLEADING Enlargement of Personnel and Deferred Election May Solve Question ASKS REMOVAL OF MAIL ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS Group Mny Banquet Lettermen In Nea'r Future—Hastings Heads Committee Elections at the end of the sec ond semester and enlargement of the personnel by calling for candidates in the first semester of the junior year were the solutions offered by Student Council for the cheerleading problem at its meeting Tuesday night. Student Council also decided to pe tition the local postmaster for a change by which out-going mall will leave State College Sunday afternoon instead of Metday morning with the present system. With the hope of banqueting let termen of the College in the near fu-j tore, a committee composed of 11. E. Hastings ' 2 B, chairman, J. C. Bel- 1 field '2B, I, b. Reilly '29, W. A Stone '3O and Harold Dangerfield '2B, wys chosen to prepare estimated dusts for such an affair. Means for encourag ing athletes to matriculate at Penn State despite abandonment of schol arships was also considered by the body. I=l TWENTY-THREE STUDENTS TO ATTEND CONVENTION Delegates From More Than 830 . Institutions Expected at Detroit Conclave Twenty-three men and women stn.' dents Will sepiesent Penn State at the Tenth Quadrennial convention of the Student Volunteer Movenient to he held at Detroit December twenty eighth to January second Students wishing to attend the conven , on arc requested to submit then applications to Louis W. Barton '29, chanman of the committee Missionary enterprises and Chtist. minty and its position in the woad I , o ill be discussed by the delegates of more than eight hundred and thuty institutions expected to send leinc !sentatives Lloyd George, Di. She:- wood Eddy and Reinhold Niebuhr are among the prominent men who sponsor the meeting. Jefferson's Dean Will Give Talk to Pre-Meds Dean Patterson of the Jefferson Medical college at Phdadelph,•i will address the Pre-Bled Society at the next meeting of , the club December sixth, it was announced at a meeting of the organization in McAllister Hall Tuesday evening Officers were elected for the ensu ing year on Tuesday evening. They are as follows• president, C. Longe necker '2B, vice-president, J. S. Stet ,ner '2O, secretary, J. E. DaVis '3O, and treasurer, J. Urban '3O. I=l ENGINEERS RECEIVE GIFT ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT Elects ical engineering equipment, consisting of truck relays and trans formers and now light and color light signals, has Just been received by the department of electrical engineering from the Union Switch and Signal company, Swissvale, Pennsylvania. This gift of signal equipment is be ing installed in the laboratories of the department. STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1927 Hoping to climax a successful sea son with the most coveted victory of the year—that mer Pitt—the Lion grinders are training earnestly and, intensively for the Turkey Day clan- I are in the Panthers' lair next Thurs day In its invasion of the Smoky City, the Penn State team is seeking its first triumph en eight years. Despite the Golden Panther's ex traordinary feat in humbling the Ne braska huskies last week, Coach Hugo Bezdele continues to remain essential ly an optimist as far as the Blue and White's chances for victory are con cerned. But the squat mentor is not content to train his men on confidence of to feed them too much encourage ment Instead, he is supervising a rigorous prepaiatory campaign that has kept the entire squad and coach ing staff occupied with gridiron bust ness since Tuesday. A ranch-needed rest was granted !Monday after the strenuous engage meet with New York university last Saturday. Following the lace., Ben ' dek groomed his warruns gradually for battle, ordering only limbering exercises, dummy tackling and short signal drill for the first day's uoik. Wednesday, the regular and reserve lines opposed each other in a fiery scrimmage while the first team backs and wingmen developed several new plays. Speed, accuracy and rhythm (Continued on third page) I=l GLEE CLUB PLANS TRIO OF CONCERTS Road Tour Starting December First Includes Indiana, Dußois, Warren VARSITY QUARTET WILL BROADCAST FROM KDKA Alter several mocks of intensive rehearsals, the Glee Club suit leave on its first concert trip of the season on Wednesday, November thirtieth under the ducetion of R. W. Grant, Dean of Music. The first concert of the three-day tour will be given at Indiana on the evening of December first under. the auspices of the Fast Presbyterian church. Tho next evening the song stets mill appear in the new auditor ium of the Dußois High School A concert will also be rendered at War ren, Pa., the date of which will be either Notember thirtieth or Decem ber third, according to Demi Grant Thilty of the sixty-five moiled members will be chosen to make the trip in addition to a group of assist ing artists. Misses M J Gobrecht and A. J. Romig '2B, will accomp any the club, and an innovation in the forni of a magician act by R. G Thrasher '3l, has been arranged. Composed of P. G. Nagle '2B, E. M. Peek '2B, J E. Dickson '2B, and E T. Eggers '2B, the varsity quartette, will appear in two engagements 'be fore the trip. The quartet will en tertain at the Penn State smoker in Pittsburgh on November twenty-third, which will be broadcast through KDKA, -and another concert will be given hero during Horticulture Week EEICII!=nI Debators Prepare For Pitt, W. and J. Meets After having defeated the British Union debaters there last Friday the College forensic squad, under the tutelage of Prof. J H Frizell, started preliminary tryouts Tuesday for the second controversy of their exten sive schedule. On December tenth three of the survivors of the series of elimina tions will engage a team from the University of Pittsburgh in the Audi torium while another group will at tho same time contend with a Wash ington and Jefferson trio at Washing ton. The question will be: Resolved, That American ptwate investments in foreign countries should not be protected by the United States gov ernment. The Penn State team on the home platform will uphold the afthnuttive view. LION SOGCERMEN ENGAGE ALTOONA IN RETURN FRAY Bolstered Car Shops Team To Assay Win Tomorrow on Old Beaver Field TILTS WITH. FRESHMEN AID NITTANY DEFENSE Revised Penn State Combination Will Enter Fray—Serry To Play Center Forward Eager to secuie revenge for their defeat at tho opening of the season, a reinforced Altoona Car Shops soc cer team will descend upon Old Beaver field at two o'clock tomorrow after noon in their secomfattempt this year to wrest victory from the Lion eleven -A combination considerably differ ent from the one that rebuffed Lafay- Otto toss weeks ago will enter tomor rov.'s tilt for the Liens Jim Cherry, suffenng from leg 'bruises, will re linquish his right fullback berth to either Glaser or Edgerton and either James or Reed will occupy the left halfback position in lieu of Strimlan who has been ruled ineligible. Sorry Will Play The forward lino . is expected to be noticeably strengthened by the ac quisition of Serry, Egyptian luminary and veteran of last year's varsity en counters. Thus far this season he has been kept from the turf because of ineligibility which has now been lifted Ho will play center forward in tomorrow's game. Scrimmages Strengthen Team Although not engaged In any en counters for almost too weeks, Coach Jeffrry's men have not been idle Daily sermemages and informal tilts with the freshmen have served to strengthen the play 4... the soceermen and -considerable- • irnenoventent has been made in perfecting offense man eMers. ==l PENN STATE GRADUATES TO STAGE PITT SMOKER Students May Obtain Tickets For Turkey-Day Function At Alumni Office Penn State Alumni in Pittsburgh, attempting to surpass any previous affair held by the Pittsburgh Penn State club, trill hold two big parties, a smoket and a dance, in connection with the Pitt-Penn State football game on Thank,giving Day. The smoker sill be held on Wednesday, November twenty-third at eight o'clock in the evening at Kauffman's and the dance will be held the following night at nine o'clock in Schenley hotel ball- Tickets for the dance are no% avail able and may be Obtained at the Alumni Office in Old Main Building from eight-thirty in the morning until five o'clock to the afternoon. S. H. Lewis Will Head Soph Hop Committee In pieparation foi the Sophomore Hop scheduled for February tenth, president W. A. Stone, at a meeting of the class Wednesday night, appoint eda committee with S. H. Lewis as chairman to start work on the annual and'. At the same time the color committee announced that the class colors would be brown, bisque and maroon. Thirteen students have been named on the committee with Miss Eleanor Dutton as the representative of the Sophomore co-eds. Other members ale: chairman Sidney Lewis, Clarence Lee, Fred Schwerer, Guy Knight, Paul Lauer, Adolph Frey, Torino annacion, William Busch, Wilson Lewis, Malcom Koehler, and John Shope. EM=MI PROF. SHAW WILL VISIT MODERN CERAMIC PLANTS Prof. J. S. Show, of the School of Alines and Metallurgy, will visit the ceramics plants in the vicinity of Pittsburgh, next week in making an extensive study of the various meth ods employed by modern firms. Of especial interest will be the new tunnel kiln at Decry, owned by the Pittsburgh High Voltage Insulator Company, a subsidiary of the West inghouse Electric Company. Tolltgiatt. HARRIERS GUARD IC4A TITLE AS YEARLINGS TRY FOR WIN Talented Plebe Group Will Accompany Varsity NO FIRST-YEAR SQUAD ENTERED IN 1926 11IEET Detweiler, Reikers, Nichol, Artzt Meissinger and King Are Listed A talented and hardy freshman harrier team mill accompany the var sity Ashen it leases for New York to day to engage in the I C. 4 A. cross country meet Monday afternoon Det sseiler, Reikers, Nichols, Artzt, Moms singer and King compose the seven which troll compete for Penn State :Sr the yearling division No plebe team Man entered in the annual affair last year because of a dearth of material but with the classic array of hurrying feet Coach Cartmell has at his disposal this fall he feels confident that his seven freshmen can give a good account of themselves among the scrambling crowd of tits- lance runners which will break away from the starting point on Monday. Heavy running over the College sod and mind-building exercises on the CentreHallsi country club's up and doss n golf course hose been lightened with mile and a half sprints to give the plebes both speed and endurance. I=l Y. M. C. A. SPONSORS RELIGIOUS PARLEY One Hundred Students To Take Part in Two-Day Conclave At Andy Lytle Cabin VAN DUSEN WILL LEAD GROUPS IN DISCUSSION "Why Religion Anyhon ?" will be the theme of the conference spon sored by the Y. 51 C. A at the Andy Lytle cabin from December second to fourth. Led by Henry P. Van Dusen of New York sit!, the discus sion group will consist of representa tmes of the various fraternities and social organizations. About seventy-five hots and twenty five girls will attend the conference It is planned to have the boys remain at the cabin throughout the entire program while the girls will attend the Saturday session. Excused ab sences for all class and chapel outs will be granted by Dean A. R. War nock Registration Cards Registration cards for the confer ence may be obtained at the "Y" Hut foi one clonal and fifty cents This fee will cover all meals from Friday night until Sunday noon and one round-trip ticket to the cabin. Those interested in the program may regis tei before December first in order that proper arrangements may be mado for all who attend The Y M. C. A. considers this con ference as one of the bggest undo.- takings of the year especially since compulsory chapel has been discon tinued MII=EI IC•4A TO AWARD PRIZES FOR POSTERS DEPICTING TRACK AND FIELD TILTS Prises of twenty-live, fifteen and ten dollars will be offered for the best design for an IC4A poster submitted before the close of the con-, test, January tenth The association, which is interested only in track and field athletics, re quests that the pouter depict a truck or held athlete in action Colors are to be used and the dimensions of the card are listed as fourteen by twen ty-one inches. 'Emphasis is placed on the fast that this pouter Is for advertising pur poses and the main object is to catch and hold the attention of passers-by and inform all beholders that a championship track meet will be held. Prizes will be paid whethei any poster warrants being finally adopted or not and the competition Is open to all who desire to enter. Harrier Title Winners In lOU Since 1908 The ICAA's cross-country champ ionship has been an annual title fixture on the fall sport calendar since 1008, after having been con ducted as a yearly Intercollegiate Cross-country Association champ ionship run from 1899 to 1907. Following is a list of team and individual champions since the race was first tun under the I. C. A A. A A. supervision: MOS—Cornell H C Yonne. Cornet ions—Comes T S Berm Dam! 1910—Cornell J P Jones Cornet 1911--Cornell .1 1 . Jones. Corm! 1911-11amard J P Jon., Cornet 1913—Cornell R St II Ibml, Honor 1911—Cornell D Potter. Jr. Come! 1915—Stein. .1 D.' Oi.erton, Yale 1916—Cornell J tv Overton Sole 1911 . —Penn I C Dnw6Lr, Cornell 1918—No Rune 1919—Sirarme J S,ritrum In2o—Cornell J RomM P.on Foss. Pill—Cornell It I. linen Lomeli 1022.--Symieme t 5 1111.. tin• Ca 1921—Svrami e 11 Rooth John. Hop Film 1024—Pitt M 1. Smith Vol. 1921—Syromoir w L T,LLeb Hamar.' 1926—Penn State—W I Con, Penn State COMMITTEE WILL STUDY BOND ISSUE Group Headed by Dr. Peters Consists of One Member From Each School FACULTY WILL COMPILE DATA FOR PUBLICATION A faculty committee consisting of ens member from each of the diffeient schools and headed by Dr. C C Pet ers, drrectm of education 'research, seas appomted recently to investigate the- proposed eight million dollar ' bod issue for adding new buildings to the College. The committee expects to study tile facts pertinent to the bond issue and compile them so that they can be easily understood by the people of the commonuealth For the most part the uork of the faculty Stoup will consist of compd., ing data cc/waling the uoik and buildings of Penn State usth that ) of the educational institutions ofl other states Di. Peters states that one of the points to be stressed is the fact that Pennsylvania, although second in wealth among the states, is twenty-sixth in the amount piovided for the maintenance of the state via cational institution Newspapers! throughout the state .111 publish the committee findings o BEAT PITT : • Red Cross Donations Double Former Mark As Drive Nears Close With recent reports indicating the doubling of last year's contribution the annual student Red Cross drive %ill be brought to a close tomorrow morning according to the student shah num I', R Snialts '2B All the nateinities have appointed repre sentatives and ninny have alteady tinned in their quota of money Although the campaign among the non-fraternity men has been slow the cooperation of the fraternities has beer encouraging. All fraternity checks should be sent to Smalta at the Tau Kappa Epsilon house by Saturday morning o —: BEAT PITT : Members of Country Life Club Stage Play Staging an unusual one-act comedy, "The Little Red School House," the Country Life club held its monthly meeting in 100 Hort on Monday night at seven-Unity o'clock. A new and highly interesting dis ,cussion was held on the devastating corn borer in a short talk given by W S Jeffries, graduate assistant agricultural education He explained the great loss to farmers being wrought by the borer and the mac tical methods of control o —: BEAT PITT 1 Who's Dancing Saturday Night Mac Hall (Closed) For Victory PRICE FIVE CENTS Bill Cox To Defend Individual Record Scored in 1926 TEAM LEAVES TODAY FOR MONDAY'S RACE Cox, Olienhauser, Oesterling, Kittle, Ratcliffe, Lee, Bass Make Trip 13111 Cot, clowned king of the no tior's harriers last year as winner of the Van Courtlandt park intercolleg mto iun, will carry the burden of hope for Penn State individual honors in the IC4A meet in New York Monday Lost year the dark-haired ace clipped lhu-t3 seconds from Willard Tibbett's mold to win over the six-mile hill and dale grin t in thirty minutes and far seconds", leading his nearest con tendez, Snuth'of Yale, by fifty yards. Seven Nanny cross-country run r,rs Hill leave State College today foi New York to defend the title won last year by Bill Cox, Captain Four , nue. Jake Reis, Geoige Offenhauser and Raney Stewart from Syracuse. The protecting septet is composed of Cox, Olfenhauser, Oesteiling, Lonnie Kittle, Louis Lee, Ratcliffe and Bass. Lions Prepare Since the Pitt meet Coach Cartmell has been pointing his men for Mon day's run Toil over the Centre 'Hills golt course interlarded with two-mile speed bursts constitute the principal preparation for the national classic. Not until yesterday afternoon did Nato relieve his men of their sharp but short sessions with the cinder and sod Undefeated teams from Union col lege and 'Maine ultlince the Lions to the beet Individual stars from these institutions are expected to piano in the can of the mob whidli will begin the plod at the starter's notice. Tough Oppostt ion Mama's hardy aggregation, led by Many Itichatdson and Frank Lind sey, recently won the New England championbhip with the first three men across the finish line and the lowest s-oro e‘er ieearded for that run, 18 points Union, undefeated to date in dual meek and named Middle Atlantic champion last Saturday, places its hopes foi premier honors on Arthur Totten Union placed sit men in the first clesen in the championship run -: BEAT PITT :- 151 Students With Advanced Standing Matriculate Here From other colleges and normal school; a total of 151 students have como this full to enroll in twenty-four &Resent departments at Penn State. This is said to be a new high record for students admitted to the College wth ailsanced standing A report recently compiled by Dr. C E 31arquaidt, the College exam iner, shows that thirty-four of these athanced standing students wore milling to plait as freshmen Fifty-sue started their caleers at Penn State as sophomores; fifty-tout as juniors and seven have entered the senior class. The largest number for any one tourso is a group of sixty-six in the curriculum in education The next largest group is twenty-one in arts and letters in the School of Liberal Ai ts. Blue Band To Play At Kaufman's, KDKA And Fort Pitt Hotel Concert program at the smoker in Kaufman's eight o'clock Wednesday evening, at the KDKA broadcasting studio ten o'clock the same evening and in the Fort Pitt hotel lobby ten o'clock Thursday morning comprise the pre-game schedule for the Blue Band on their annual Thanksgiving trip to Pittdburgh. Members of the band will leave State College Wednesday morning in order to reach Pittsburgh in time for the smoker. College songs and marches will be played for one hour at the Pittsburgh Post atuilio of KDKA. The usual program will be offered at the game Thursday afternoon.
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