. ' Ags' Hop Tonight .VOL XXIII, No. 25 PENN STATE WILL Gwg "S" BANQUET NEXT SEMESTER Dinner 'To Include Letter-men, High School Luminaries And Varsity Club AFFAIR WILL BE FIRST FUNCTION OF ITS KIND Committee in Charge Hopes To Urge Preparatory Men ' -To Enroll Here For the first time in the history of of Penn State an "S" banquet, in cluding all varsity letter-men, mem bers of the Varsity Club and a group of cutstanding athletes from high rehool. throughout the state, will be .held sometime next spring in the Armory or in McAllister Hall, an nounced Harold E. Hastings '2B, re cently as chairman of the cowl:Takeo in charge. , Heretofore each athletic branch had closed its season with an exclusive banquet and no attempt was made fora dinner for all letter-men ' , Invitations will be sent by the com mittee to some of the most skilled att. lets of the eastern iogh schools. Many of these seen will be proposing for college the following roll and an in sight into college life and association with the prominent men of the College may persuade them to choose Penn State as their alma mates Agitation among members of the student body to make the "S" ban quet and All-College affair has been ignored by the committee. liowmer, the dinner will be changed to an All- College function in several years if the coming banquet proves to be a success was the opinion of the chair man. 40)TREI . TACES COFMAk IS . PRIESLEY LECTURER Researcher To Give Scientific Discourses Sponsored by ' Chemistry School Because of the great success which the lecture course given by Dr Vic tor Colman of Armour and company and sponsored by the school of diem -I.,try and physics, achieved last year plans are practically completed for a second of such series to be held this year with Dr Samuel Hoyt of the research laboratory of the Gen eral Electric company at Schnectady as the sneaket. The lectuies will be known as the Priestly lectures. Last year Dr. Cof man used for his general subject Col la.d Dynamics. This year thole will not be any specific topic but a series of scientific subjects which are as follows: the introduction, Phase Rule, One Component System, The Compo nent System, Three Component Sys tem, Physical Properties and the Con stitutional Diagram and Mechanical Properties and the Constitutional Diagram An STUDENTS ORGANIZE NEW HONOR FRATERNITY Pi Gamma Alpha Is First Group Of Kind—Men and Women Will Be Admitted For the purpose of stimulating, in terest in Fine Arts, Pi Gamma Alpha, first Penn State honorary fiaternity I'm men and women 'enrolled in Fine Arts courses was organized with a nucleus of scion nichitccts and land scape architects for charter members. 'Senior and junior men and women with a high scholastic standmeand majoring in Art subjects, giaduoto rtudents and faculty members within the Arts curriculum me eligible for snemberalup in the society. Women students are eligible because of the now Fine Arts curriculum established recently lh the Liberal Arts School, which has a Pauly large enrollment of women. Officers of the now organization are Malcolm A. Clinger, graduate assistant In drawing and descriptive geometry, president, John Y. Roy '2B, treasurer, and Robert M. Gem=ll '2O, setretary. Members sic Mr. Andrew W. Case, Instructor in Fine Ars, Her /old 11l Ciawford '2O, Monroe A. Klein '29 and Rathard W. Rhoda '29: „..,..,,,,,„„,„,,, run titt,,, , ...--::,/,..•,,•(.-1*, , ,,, .....,,,. ...,,,..,„„,.., Penn State Engineer Will Conduct Contest In Technical Writing Prim of the and ten dollars will be paid by the Penn State Enginem for the best articles submitted in a mnnuscnpt contest which is open to ull students. All articles must be m the hands of the Judg,es by January fifteenth. Illustrations, sketches and original ity will also be deciding factors in the select on of a manuscript by the jud ges who will be Prof. C. E. Beese, of the industrial engineering department, Prof. Franklin C Bennet, of the de partntont of journalism, and Harry L Emma '29, editor--in-chief of the guyincel. DOCTOR GRIFFIN TO SPEAK AT CHAPEL Has Preached in Many Colleges, Schools During Twenty-five Years of Parish Work EXPRESSES EAGERNESS TO REVISIT PENN STATE Expressing his eagerness to ,Lit Penn Sate for the second time in his life Dr Frederick Robertson Griffin, try roster of the Post Unitarian Church of Philadelphia will occupy the pulpit in Chapel on Sunday. Dr Griffin mho has been a palish minister foi twenty-five years has preached in many colleges and schools and has foam , the experience atheshing, and rewarding Has Two Ddrec, Dr. Griffin received hi, B A. do. Brea at Bates Cotlege in 1898 and his S. T. 13. degree at Harvard in 1901. the same year in 'Muth he was ordained in the Unitarian Ministry. He was pastor of the All Souls Church of Braintree, Mom , from 1901 to• 1009 .afer predeled. the 'ffo.pe , for eight Years in the Church of the Messiah at Monti eat, Canada He re coned his present charge in 1917 and so years later was made a Doctor of NITTANY RIFLEMEN WIN SEASON'S FIRST MATCH Defeat Amherst in Telegraphic Meet—Rensalaer Poly Is Next Opponent In a clo,ely contested telegraphic match - the Penn State rifle team be gun its season by defeating the Am bet st College sharpshooters last CO, end The Seines of the ta o matches etc 14-11 and 13-10. Carl Pritchard '2B, captain of the team andaßobeit 11. Pritv '29, turned in the best senses for the Nittany shooters This week a match Is being held ugh the Reeseleer Polytechnic Insti tute. The Williams College ramrods Are listed fm next week, • ISereral shoulder-to-shoulder match es have been added to the schedule for the spring On March sixteenth, the Lion teani meets Carnegie Tech in a dual match A four cornered match will be held on Mandl twenty fouith with Carnegie Tetch, Uaner sity of Pittsburgh, and West Virginia. Junior Prom, Blazer - Committee Members Are Named by Feight Appointments to the Junior Prom and Blazer commiteci was announced by Charles D. Feight '29, junior class pre , adent, at the meeting last week. With Ilm ry E. Pfeiffer '29, as chairman, the Junior Pima commit tee will he made up of Walter M Van nivel., Donald M Buchanan, James C Ingram, Bement Newman, Wil liam S Tmnci, Kenneth H. Bender, Louis 11. Bell. Jr., Richard B. Wol olayer, 11. C. Wise, Witham E. Har vey, Jerome C. Gorman, Floyd M. Bishop, Robert E Diehl, Pied 11. Yocum, Elizabeth Watkins and Mar tha M. Minnick. On the blazer committee, Allen F. Fervor will act as chairman, with the remainikr of the personnel being, Willium H. Heffner, Joseph W. Hunt, 'Henry H. Sheeran!, Joseph W. Mut hn, George H. Jackson, Harold T. Keefer, James F. Bunting, Milton J Heimann, Samuel B Cully, Charles V. Graham and Benjamin F. Comb,- bell. STATE COLLEGE, PA ti FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1927 FOOTBALL PLAYERS START PRACTICING WITH COURT SQUAD Humes, Roepke, Lungren, Help And Wilson Join Passers Early This Week FORM SEPARATE TEAM WITH BROWNSTEIN, CENTER Coach Hermann Holds Alternate Light Workouts, Scrimmage In Pre-season Training Repot tmg late foe basketball pm tlce on account of football season, Steve llamas, Johnny Roepkc, Cy Lungren, George Delp and Joe Wilson, along ugh Jacobson, of the soccer team, and Brownstein, second team center, were placed on a separate squad this meek and salt work to ,;ether until after Christmas 1. acatlon Although Coach Hellmann does not expect to use any of tins group in the rpeneng game of the season with ester n Maryland because they V. ill not base sufficient time to get Into form, he is counting heavily upon them for the later and harder games on the schedule They will probably play hest in the Syracuse tilt on Saturday, Jan um 3, he, enth. (Continued on last page) CAMPUS JOURNALS UNITE IN CAMPAIGN Staffs of College Publications Solicit Subscriptions To "Old Main Bell" FIRST ISSUE TO,APPEAR §opN_AvkitciusTmAs The annual sub - mipt on campaign of the Ohl Mitts Ltell began Tuesday night pith a meeting of the editorial anti business staffs of all campus pub lications. John Feiguson '2B, and Robert M. Atkimon '2B, business manager and editor-an-chief tespeetisely of the Pi Delta. Epsilon publication spoke to those attending and explained the methods to be used in this year's dtp. e The fast issue of Old Mom Dell wi..l appear after Christmas holida}s and the second issue soon after Easter. (Continued on third page) Ritenour Explains Excuse Regulation "Unless the student has been un der my mofessicnal care of can pro duce, a eel titled statement fa one a le potable doctor, the College Health ...vice nail no longer recommend Oars excuse.•." declined Joseph P. Riteninn. the College physician, an a a ecent letter to the COLLEGIAN. Student rho absent themsch es lions class berme or after vacation per imk fen medical el summit treat stunt must present n statement from then patents on guardian that this absence was necessary A certified statement must be pi esented by the attending physician or dentist for such an absence No one van be permitted, under the nett set of i ales, to be absent from classes and then be excused without being under the tare of a phyimun "It Is lammed that if a student Is ill enough m so injured that he can not attend classes he should have the care of a doctot," concludes the Col lege physician College Fruit Judging Group Placeg'Second Winning second place in the inter collegiate fruit judging contest, last Saturday at Amheist, Ma , sschusetts, Penn State ocoied one and one-half points below• the Rutgers university opi esentn tis Cs MaSsachusetts won thud honors. Edo,aid E. Englemon :28, John 11. Wcinbei ger '2B, and Albeit E. Cooper '2B, composing the Penn State team, placed fourth, fifth and sixth respec iveh Rutgers had lust and third high men while Massachusetts had the second high -scoter. DRUID ELECTIONS Wallet G. Cott, Roney L'. Ratcliffe CompirOper Will Let Skating ink Contract Wit& the letting of the contract next week for tho shah ng rink to he con structed at Thdrepsen's 'Springs work on the projeO6 will begin within a week or ten-clays, announced Comp troller Ray El =Smith yesteiday. The rink which ,will, be completed in about thirty days udder favorable weather conditions Bost approximately oixteen tholikuinddollars , - Although the, pond sell! he large enough'for regulation hockey matches th, depth cif "the water sell not pot ent serununni.,,,' AGS OPEN-SOCIAL SEASON TONIGHT Will Inaugurate Current Years All-dollegyunctions With Dance ,Entertainment DR. HETZEt.,,TACULTY MEMBERS TO ATTEND To the strains of, music ientlercd by the Blue and , Whlte orchestra, and in an environment depictinga faint scene, the Ag'fop. under the direc tion of the Ad.'gtudent council, wilt take place in the Armory tonight as the first All•OclInge social affair of the year. Wil and white:streamer.; v.II form c ceiling able 3k:beyond oath of corn foddoi and potted plants at the en trance will serve ,te provide a country tett•rg. Natura l and pine boughs will furnish a. background for the dance float. The bghtmg effect will be constructed to blend with the tv ergreen and streamers ' Specialty Ads Including among the specialty num ber•i on the proil din sill be a Noral soh. by Eben .14.. r 'Reek '2B, a moister of tho varsity quartet: George W. Sinister '2B, sand' Ralph Kennedy '2B, niimlcis — OE , the , &tapiali Club, sill provide seaerrit, dance novelties (Continued on third page) COMBINED BANDS RECORD FAMILIAR .COLLEGE AIRS Penn State Musicians Produce "Victory", "Nittany Lion" On Single Disc Under the direction of the Non York Phonographic Recording com pany a combined freshman, sopho mole and Blue band, numbering too hundred musiLians, recorded amoral songs last night in the Odd Fellow's "Victory" and the "Nittany Lion' as payed by the three bands seas ie. corder , on a single il.se of one record with "March Pondereso" On the !e -vent/ side. The latter number has been often pissed betseeen the halves at football genies The combined bands also recorded "The President's Favosite," written by Bandinnstm Wilfred 0 Thorny on. and dedicated to the late Press. den Edam Rile Sparks. Thoinrson's OUT tiansciiption of "Shubest's Bei. enade" um, plated by the Blue Band for the other disc. S. V. HAMAS ELECTED AS SECRETARY OF TRIBUNAL Stephen V. Hamua '29, has been ap pomyd as secretary of the student la, banal to take the place of Edward Locke cod '22. who left college. Other than this the makeup of the tnbunal Is the same as at the open ing of the year. HARVARD ECONOMIST FORSEES .ELIMINATION OF THE COLLEGE That the gioulth of graduate nclauli will either force 'colleges out ul esistance or necessitate the adop tion of ir shorter undergraduate course is the opinion of Prof. Frank W. Taussig famous Harvard econo mist. With four :,tars of college, tau to four years of graduate murk and several years practreal merlonee necessary before a man is prepared for a profesaion, ho declares that the average age of starting a career is thirty. By making the freshman year less dull and Oemental it will hr osable in the future to educate a man in three }TIM. In commenting on Professor Taus alg's predictions, The Amherst Stu- Tatirgiatt. THESPIANS OFFER HUNDRED DOLLAR PRIZE FOR SCRIPT Change Former Policy by Naming Twice Usual Amount for Annual Competition CLUB PRESIDENT STATES CONTEST REQUIREMENTS Writers Must Submit Completed Material to Prof. Mason By January 15, 1928 A I,le-hundred dollar check still be htnded to the man of woman w h o ' turns in the sci:pt judged best to the Penn State Thespian musical comedy contest which will dose at nediught, January,fifteenth, 1)28 Radically changing their policy to past an annual fifty delar prize for the ;sinning script at their Board of Dirceor's meeting tact night, the TIL-pians decided to cite the cen tury sum in oidei that the competi tion night draw Clam a sealer source and consequently bring in better nui let ha The see mite accepted by the'. Club will become then property and I n•ay be hel•t for possible future use when the author or authors still re- (Continued on thud page) MATMEN PREPARE FOR SCRIMMAGES Strenuous Setting-up Exercises Mark Practice Sessions Of Varsity Men LION MENTOR STRESSES MASTERY OF PRINCIPLES Pi elimmary , workouts in prelim, ton fur scrimmilges next noel, ate occupying three score ;aniity to es'i ng candidates in their nighty practice session; mulct Conch Char lie Speidel Strenuous setting-up e‘ei mem re cei; o their shale of the lithe mentor', attention, although be devotel con wderable tame to e•plaining nets holds to the wealth of materal condition in for the coming mat encounters. Impt omptu lowing - machine work, designed to strenghen mucsles of the torso, w cut. ell into with a degiee of coal and spirt ;Ouch indicates that keen competition wall mark the cca immages Although Captain Liggett, Packaid and llollobaugh ore the only varsity seteruns contesting for berths on this tear's giappling team, Coach Speidcl is far from pessmiNtic concerning the Nittlanv mat prospects Ile Is well pleased -with the candidates he has to din" from, mans of whom not only score on the :quad but ha,t, since seen the benefits of nin,rg and early fall training 1 Who's Dancing 1 Frula) Alpha Chi Sigma Alpha Sigma Phi Sigma Phi Epsilon Surma Nu Saturdas Acacia (do , ed) Alpha Phi Sigma Alpha Tau Omega (closed) Beta Lambda Sigma Delta Upsilon Kappa Delta Rho Theta Kappa Phi Tau Sigma Phi dent states "The promo' Lion of stu d, its each ~pling nho go on into graduate schools Is isptilly approach ing a nuijoiltv of the outgoing doss. The college Is becoming a stepping stone rathel than a culmination in higher education, but in general the ti eatment of its students is the same. Until the junioi year little oppor tunil3 is given foi contact with the valuable and stimulating cote of gen uim education, no numerous ore the cloneinciry and surcQ courses which are required. As a consequence con s driable time IS devoted unneeessai ily to elementary subjects, %%Inch may be better and moie fully mined in the pcepm•ntory school," _ Zimmer Harpists Offer Classical Music Tonight Trio of Recognized Ar Course Number— To Sing Sol • 1931 Editorial Candidates To Report Siinday Night ! Freshman candidates for the COLLEGIAN editorial staff ,111 meet in the editorial offices Sun day evening between scorn and I eight o'clock. Definite assign- ! ! meats wall be made, and it ti am portant that eves} candidate at. I tend COL. C. A. LINDBERGH MAY ATTEND BALL Military Authorities Ask Famous Flier To Visit Penn State As Guest of Honor FURTHER DANCE PLANS BY PROGRAM DECISION Annonnecnient th it Colonel Chai lei A Limibergh has been united as cue,' of honor fur the sixth annual Military Ball to be held in the Armory Friday es ening, January thirteenth, stab mode pubhr yestordav by Student Colonel Alle'bert S Schroeder chairman of the dance cominitice. Dance programs, leather-hound ond embellished with the militai v coat of arms and special sections have been selected from the E A. Wright cool , pony of Philailleplua uhilethe deter 'acing ss ill lie - under the d i rection of the files company of 15 ilhamsport At present negotiations are pend ing with a stably known Victor re. cordirg orchestra, which still be an nounced nest steel,, to furnish inu,a for the annual it 0 T. C formal' dance The dance sill be all-College and a subscuption price of four dol lars will be charged It use also announced that hate, nity booth reservations will be put an sale for fit e dollars each immediately follost ring the holiday,. Chairman Schroeder also requests bids for the checking concession before the Chri A mos vacation begins- PI KAPPA PHI BECOMES NEW 1. F. C. MEMBER Council Names Committee for Inquiry of Co-operative Provision Ilt*ing A a I c,ult of action taken at the interfratei nit; council meeting on Tue•dar e, ening, the Pi Kiiima Phi petition ton admission to the council ma: accepted Under non btminc, the possibili ties of coupon nit e buying of frater nity food,tufr, was considered and a committee consisting of Blair E. Henderson '2B, awl nom, Thomas It Hamilton '2B, Charles S Selig:olbn '29, Ormond NV Claypool '29, Solicit M ,MoPhei-on '2B, and Richard 11. .Me- Combs '2B, Inns nppointed to investi gate the mattei COMMITTEE WILL ISSUE PROCLAMATION EARLIER That. v.oils on the ..aphomore pio clamaticn nay be stinted at once a conanittec, ua. appointed In Pie,ident William A Stone at the da.a meet ing Tuesday night in the Bull Pen The committee con.ists of Albert P Bell as chairman and Kenneth Fltnimon, Thema, Conner and Itoh eLL as ab.,r,tant.. By drAt ibuling the pi uelaniation eel tier than eubloina 1 y a in eteilent will be e,tablisheil. lI=I John IL Kinkaal '2J Assistant Managers John L. Guns 'JO William P. MuMullein 'JO Charlur B. Turnblner 'JO "WE". May Attend Military Ball PRICE FIVE CENTS tists Will Provide "Y" Francesco Losavio o Selections Penn State student, odl base the mak - whin:h. or hearing a program of light classical inusie tonight, uhen the Zimmer limp Tile, the first group of harpists to appear here, will pro side the third number of the "Y" Entertainment Course The concert gill be held in the Auditor mm at eight-fifteen o'clock Hailed as a iemtailist of great abil ity by New York critics and lealwg musician , . of the country, Sirs Nellie &worm has inouped about her two :tide contemporar% harpists, Aliss Mace Nltllman and :Thas Cladvs Cruckfta 0 The tile will be assorted in its program by Francisco Loaavio, tens. Toe 7ammei Ilarplo has the ecord of being the lint to tour the United State, Organized .evm 31 sea, ago he Mics Znonrer, the Trio has hem , in constant demand and has me: 33. th imela.m in Innumerable mt 4 3c3 %mune. nit° is the on:L . lmila:: tnembet of the Tito, btgan het concert slink fourteen sears ago and has • item pissed in most of the cams east .1 the Thssmtapt. Fiance Co Louts m, who accompans ea the Trio on Its Visa In Perin 5t.111,.. ha- been a pup I of George Ferguson, etei an Neu lark master, and Julio Setti. of the production stair of the %lett opolitan Opera 1,11111.111 V 1.033- %W.: sauce IS I f that rich Melt e. type that has placed Italian tenors in the leading positions in the wor'd's great est (mein hotoes Although lie is but I feu teats in tins country Losavai 'S 11011, a naturalized American citizen • Tonight's plozrum con,iati of light alas , nal number, including works by Bath and Handel In addition to the harp trios, Miss Zimmer rill give Bev oral solos _ FENCERS PRESENT PLEA FOR SPORTS RECOGNITION l'elition for Minor Status May Come Before Athletic Control Hod) A petition to obtain iceognitam of fencing as a minor sport at. Penn State will be presented to Hugo Ben ihectoi of athletics, th•a morn- Lewis L Raymei '29, nran ager of the ,quad Limn the reeommendot•on of Be, del; and the apprmal of President Ralph I) llet7cl, this petition a ill be breoght before the Board of Athletic Conti& foi action If this body sees fit it soil! amen I the constitution of the Athletic Association in order to giant the sport nom standing -- 311, Be 'Recognized immediate 4 -- •'A l though the constitution is wit all, not Imended until the A A election, in the sluing of each Near," states ItaN mei, "\"e arc hoping to push this movement thiough at once. The squad Plants to be able to real ize that the Where as recognizing its ts " Grange Presents Play In Community Contest Competing hith the the °Mora of Centre count, Penn State Grang e, hill prevent "Aaron Slick from Pumpkin Cieeh," in each of the fire tunununities It is planned to give the play in State College only neat stime.tm at which time the judging will he done. The play selected by the Penn State Clatitto . a rural comedy written by Lieutenant Beale Col math It is the dote of how an old furmet get, the be,t of the wty slickers. The antics of Aalon will be a source of amusement tin oughout the entice play. PROFESSOR SHAW TALKS ON VALUE OF CERAMICS With the "Aunnican Ceramic So. ucty and IL. Innen tante to Manu facturer, Coupounng with Their Problem" no his topic, Prof John S. Shaw, of the School of Mines and Metellingy, spoke before the Ceramic , ocaity meeting Monday night at the limvetsity Club. William 11. Hull 'dB, discussed the "Exectnees of the 'Manufacturers Dlalet le the Connectors," sable "Ntwessin of Tunnel Kiln to Ceramic Industiy" WIN the subjett of the ad dre-s by Myra Shaw '29.
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