Handshaking the Faculty VOL XXIII. Na 28 PENN STATE GRANGE ATTAINS DORM QUOTA Contributes Sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars As Share in Project To Construct New Building for WoMen Fifteen hundred dollars, the quota of the Penn State Grange's contr. bution for the Grange Memorial Dornutory for women, was finally at tamed at an open 'meant of the loc al lodge Friday night, the results of the campaign placing the Penn State oranizatmon as the largest single con tributor. This money will be used in the con struction of the $250,000 dormitory, $lOO,OOO of uhich is being raised by the various Granges throughout the State and the remainder of which wall be secured by Issuing bonds. Work on the building will be started as soon as final reports are received. "In addition to the money raised at the last meeting, there are fine prospects for an additional five hun dred dollars," Walter C. Gambol, mas ter of the local chanter stated, yester day. President Ralph D. lietzel, Dean Ralph L. Watts, Mrs John C. Dale, Mc John C Dale, Mrs. Clara C. Phil ips, the Penn State Grange and the reitring and newly elected officers of the Penn State Grange each gave one hundred dollars towards the quota. Many Speakers Dean Cliailotte E. Bay, Miss Clara C. Philips, the only woman trustee of the College, William F. Hill, 'for mm master of the State Grange and Miss Ellen Burkholder '2B, president of the Women's Student Government Association spoke at the meeting Fri day night Women Students To .ltd Tn conjunction with the drive con ducted by the local Grange to raise funds for the project, the Women's Student Gmernment Association will launch a similar campaign tomorrow morning. A. complete canvass of the women students will lie made to ob tain contributions. Saturday afternoon, at a meeting (Continued on last page) .' THESPIAN CLUB URGES INTEREST IN CONTEST Scripts Must Contain Two Sets While Costumes May Be Of Varied Nature Since only a few scripts have been submitted, officials of the Thespian club urge that great .interest be taken in the ono hundred dollar prize play writing contest which has been launched among the students AP material must be an the hands of Piof. David D. Mason at the Um ersity club or William M McClem ents '2B, at the Beta Theta Pi house by Monday at midnight. Scripts, however, which ate not completed by that time may be submitted, when finished, to compete in next year's contest for the annual prize of one bundled dollars. Conditions Arc Slated The completed script must have more than one, but no mole than three sett Costuming may be historical m modern, foreign or domestic, while the script must be types ritten on only one side of the paper. The number of characters must be kept within a reasonable limit The script may con tain suggestions for musical selections if the author so desires to include them :This contest provides an excellent opportunity for any one inclined to inchi a teputation as a playwright and also earn u substantial amount of money, announces Blau E. Hen derson '2B Extension School Will Conduct Night Classes The department of engineeling ex tension will establigh its twentieth night school for employees of Indus hull co:warns in Butler this week. Installation of this school will mask a •new record for the College division an this branch of industrial service, announces Piefessor John 0. Keller, head of the department, who declares that the industrial dame, in Butler have been wanting Penn State to start n direct service there for several months. Subjects which will be oitcred m the semi-weekly meetings of the elms include shop•bluo print reading and sketching, accounting, shop nutlike =tics, !business correspondence, in dustrial oranizablen and elementary electricity. I run , tatr ,f:(741 1 : 5 ? , )i. 1 --44 , , . Thespian Music Writers Will Report Tomorrow Students uriting music for the coming Thespian production will report to the Auditorium with their music, tomorrow night at 1 eight o'clock. BOUTS MARK DAILY BOXING SCRIMMAGE Coach Houck Is Satisfied With Showing of Entire Squad In Preliminary Work CAPTAIN WOLFF AIDS IN INSTRUCTING ASPIRANTS The dull thud of leather against flesh, heard in the Armory for the, fleet tune Friday, will now resound daily, for Coach Leo Ifouck's proteges have donned the gloves in preparation for their opening engagement Since the ring has not yet been erected, the boxing squad is staging its bouts on tempot ary mats • With five member, of last year's varsity and an abundance of promis ing material on hand, Coach Houck will stiffen the rigor of the training routine this week by prescribing plenty of boxing and roadwork Al ready the Lion mentor has expressed his satisfaction at the showing of the ringmen us their first bouts. Christopher Extends Mahon Pitted against the veteran Mahon in the fifteen pound class Saturday, Christopher, 1030 boxer outpunched his opponent vnth a nasty right hook. Only the cleverness and experience of the regular saved hem from humil iation at the hands of the nudge[ Christopher will make a serious tad for the varsity berth Although in the pink of condition, Kolikoski has not shown his midsea. (Continued on third page) PROF. DENGLER TO GIVE LIBERAL ARTS LECTURE "A Study of Italy" Is Theme of Presentation by Faculty Speaker Tuesday "A Std ay of Italy" is the title of this year's series of Tice lectures sponsored by the School of Libels' Arts, the first of which will be pre sentee. by Prof. Robert E. Dengler in Oil Chapel, Tuesday evening Febru ary fourteenth. Instead of presenting lectures on different subjects as has been the cus tom .formerly, the series will consist of leated talks on one topic Italy will furnish the material' for the group and the speakers will discuss various phases from several stipd points. - Tho committee has arranged the following, pior,nam for the year: Feb ruary fourteenth, Prof Robert E. Dangler, professor of Greek; Febiu ary twenty-eighth, Prof. Joseph W. Foss, professor of Spanish; March thirteenth, Prof John H. Frieze% coach of the debating squad; March twenty-seventh, Prof. Richard W. Grant, director of music; April sev enteenth, Prof. Jacob Tenger, pro fessor of political science. MANDOLIN CLUB BEGINS TO PREPARE PROGRAMS FOR WINTER CONCERTS Preparatory to a smiles of concerts for its and-vinnter performances, the Mandolin Club is working to Perfect the necessary programs, announces Paul Q. Tulenko '27, protident After a preliminary recital here in the near future, the club expects to tour various points in Pennsylvania and neighboring states The Hunting don Reformatory and .Rockiliew Peni tentiary will be visited and the in mates entertained with a concert. The prodeeds of the tour will be added to the Grange Memorial Fund. ,Saveral string dombinations have been perfected by the club this year. A special, sextet, a hanjo quartet and a banjo soloist constitute a few of these. STATE COLLEGE, PA.; TUESDAY,,JANUARY 10, 1928 BEZDEK VISITS CHICAGO FOR LEG EXAMINATION Conch Hugo Scotch, director of athleties, left State College Wednes day mght for Chicago, where he has entered a hospital for examination by specialists A xecurrence of the leg anfeetson Witch kept the Nattany reach con fined to bed the greater part of last sprang seemed probable and he, as a preventatrvo measure, decided to con sult a s,peciabst. BUILDING PROGRAM PROGRESSES WITH NEW STRUCTURES Comptroller Issues Contracts For New Infirmary and Recreation Center SKATING RINK WILL BE COMPLETE IN FEBRUARY Workmen Will Finish Dairy Barn Annex and Board Track Within Short Time Penn State's building program is rapidly gaining headway with the 'suites sports park, an addition to the dairy, bard and a thoaid running track already under construction and con tracts for the infirmaly and recre ation buildings definitely anarded Work on the skinter _torts project has been started and it has been an nounced that the deselopment will be completed for skating in February. The epring water will be diverted from its present channel to a new one and, a dam will be built to form the skating rink. In order that surface senior from the town will not drain sn, a ditch is to be constructed around the dam to catch the run-off water. (Continued on last page) DR.CORNELIUS DESCRIBESI EAST-WEST RELATIONSHIP Chapel Speaker Deplores Lack 'Of Close Understanding - . . - Between Races "The East and the Writ have conic together, in point of sew of politics, trade and commerce, but they have yet to reach a insect understanding between the people," declared Dr John 3. Cornelius, a native of India and a disciple of Ghandi, in Ins chap el talk, Sunday Doctor Cornelius continued by stat ing that no matter where man settles, ho meets certain problems and that the methods which he adopts to solve then problems will characterize his civilization By contrasting America with the Orient, he showed the direct bearing that the geographical and climatic conditions cf countries have upon their development and °Asian sion Americans are considered to be hustlers uhile most of the eastern countries are thought to be sluggish, ho continued Chandi, asserted Doctor Cornelius, desires that all western omprovements which are not necessities be excluded from the Orient. When these 'now things are bropght into the country and the people become accustomed to them, there is created a Avant for snore luxuries, ulna will ultimately cause great discontent. He As firm nn his belief that the East should retain its customs and utilities 'without interfe, once from outriders In conclusion, Doctor Cornelius averred that while we preach good will in our churches we do not prac tice it, but instead advocate hatred of faces. Back of all this he finds the ideas of commercialism and expansion which aro uppermost in the minds of the world powers. The time has come when nations must have better under standing of each other, he declared. Dr. Hetzel Entertains Senior Honorary Group President Ralph D. Hetzel entei tamed the Snort's Pane Society, sensor honorary organization, at an informal dinner Fsiday night at the Centre Hills country club for the puspose of becoming hates acquainted with the members of the society Urging that the students put forth every effort to help the passing of the bill, Dr. Hotzel told of the am porta= of the eight million dollar bond issue which will be voted on next Novembei. He also explained the budding program in detail. BASKETBALLL TEAM BOWS TO ORANGE IN CLOSE CONTEST Nittany Passers Stage Rally In Final Period But Fail To Pass Inn Lead TO ENCOUNTER LEBANON VALLEY FIVE TOMORROW Lion Reserves Halt Syracuse Scoring in First Half of Saturday's Game Aftei staging a ibulliant but futile rally in the claa.ng minutes of play, Penn State's basketball team tasted its first defeat of the season Saturday night at the hands of an experienced Syracuse quintet by the nairon mar gin of 26 to 27. The Lion courtment will play their third game uhen they meet Lebanon Valley at seven o'clock tomorrow night en the Armory. The Orange floe lept into the lead early in the hrst half and maintained its advantage until the final shot. Only twice did the Lions show flashes of powei and threaten to coon the seoic. In the firsepermi the second team, mluch Coach Hermann rushed en to replace the ineffective first stn ng combination, brought the count (Continued on last page) SPEIDEL 'CONTINUES MAT ELIMINATIONS Freshman Candidates for Class Wrestling Berths Engage Tonight-in Armory • INTERCLASS ~,ORAPPLERS TO COIIIFF, 4 PE SATURDAY Wre , tling el iranations in prepara tion for the interela,s tournament Saturday afternoon are taking place the, week in the Armory under the direction of Coach Charlie Speidel Last n.ght the candidates for the ,- ophomore grappling team met in the Armory at six-thnty o'clock and en gaged in successive brief bouts. A laigo number of freshmen are ex pected to report for the competition tonight which will be held at six thirty o'clock also. In case time does (Continued on last page) SCARAB SOCIETY WILL EXHIBIT COLLECTION OF ARCHITECTURAL WORKS Works of of t executed by members of Scarab, national architectural fiat emit), 'will be exhibited today and to moriow in the Fine Arts Museum on the second floor of Old Main From thu collection of paintings in tins exhibit several will be selected to topresent Penn State in the natonal Scarab sketch exhibit The judges il! be Flamm., James B Hclme, An drew W Case.und Harold E. Dickson. The national exhibit will be shown at twelve of the leading colleges where these are chapters of the Scarab. Tho majority of the drawings will be en European subjects, Pennsyl vania and New England landscapes, and a few portraits All of the work will be done in pencil, crayon, or water-colors. Does Evelyn's Lost Love Note Mean That Albert Is Careless or Untrue? A pocket -wont love letter, addtcsa ed to "My dear Albert," which mystet musly appeared on the Old Mam bulle tin board Friday morning, would seem to indicate that even Penn State boys are not always true to the "girl back home." The commumcation was dated August twenty-eighth and its worn appearance indicated that probably Albert had earned it next to his heart since that time. Evelyn was the girl's name and she amoral tones alluded to Punssu tax ney, a metropolis near Indiana, Pennsylvania. Her various referen ces to the boss, sr hat he was doing and why, and the undecipherable post set pt written in shorthand, indicated the broken-hearted girl's occupation. "You =alone,' in your previous letter about taking 'necking' lessons from So," wrote Evelyn. "Well, little boy, let me tell you this much, that if you try it you can finish it, for I am not used to running second trick to any fellow" No doubt Albert's education Is com- Tottrgiatt. EIGHTY-FOUR SENIORS TO GRADUATE AT MID-YEAR E ghty-four seniors will graduate on February seventh and constitute one of the largest mid-year commence ments in several years, according to announcement made yesterday by Reg- I stra: William S. Hoffman. The coming graduation exercises will be the second for th•s academic yea:, the first having been held at the close of the summer session. The mid-year class will be made up of candidates from the Schools of Agri culture, Chemistry and Bhysics, Edu cation, Engineering, Liberal Arts, and Mines and Metallurgy, and there will be several to remise advanced degrees front the Graduate Sch.] SKATING RINK MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR USE IN FEBRUARY Workmen Continue Preliminary Excavations With Steam Shovels, Air Drills THOMPSON'S SPRING WILL SUPPLY WATER FOR DAM Lake To Cover Atea of Four Acres, Averaging Five Feet In Depth Throughout Foui acres of ice for skating will be Nallablo to Penn State students by the latter part of February, if the weather perm.ts, declares William F Harper, supenntendent of the Berke bile Brothers Construction Company, cf Johnstown, whom an charge of work on the College u inter sports park, south of State College Lost neck. and the early part of this week. urrkmen acre engaged it digging the diversion creek, using steam shovels and air drills in soak ing the excavation.' After-the-pre liminary work is completed, actual cork on the dam scull bo begun His ert Spring Water During the time in mhich the walls of the dam are being built, the ~pning wate,, which will be ,the :ounce of (Min the lake, will he flown onto the former mill-race and mull not in any may interfeic with the progress of construction When the nails and Lase of the dam have been completed, the calves nt the mouth of the dam Will turn the water from the diveineon into the lake itaelf and after it is filled, the water will he iee erted to the side creek leaving a body of center, easily frozen (Continued on last page) Museum of Mining Receives Turquoise Specimens as Gift Through the favor of .Mr II I Smith, l‘lio completed graduate uoilt in-the School of Mines and Metalimp 1897, the mining mueum has re newed samples of turquoise me from the Lcs Cerr 'O3 mines in New .Mmi no and tines stone hammers used by pre-Columbian Indians foi quarry tri~ the mineral This gift comm ises the fourth set of mining e‘hibits that Mr. Smith has donated to the College, the other mit i 7 to having come fiont the Mich igan carper mines and front old Ro man mines in Bosnia, Czechoslovakia. plete by this tune and that is why he posted the lose note from his old sweetheart in a spot so conspicuous as the Old Main-bulletin board, to be gazed at by the curious between reci tation periods. Evelyn continued by telling how anxiously her chum Helene seas awa•t ing a letter from Albert's friend "Bill," and also what a monderful tune they both bad had at a dance with then other "frills." "When do you and 'Bill' expect to arrive in Pturcsutiewney?" queried Evelyn to conclusion. "When you come, go to Hclene's first us usutl. Then I won't get into any mixups at home oi elsewhere, for as you know I hose a kid sistet and what she sees and hears, she tells" It has been suggested that Albert night post another note telling whether she is still waiting. Penn State is curious to know. "What a bulletin board this is get ting to be!" ejaculated a student as he slowly tinned whey. Noted Pianist Will Give Concert Thursday Night Miss Margaret Hamilton, Hailed As Prodigy at Age of Six, To Play Selections from Classics `Y' Concert Pianist FACULTY RECEIVING LINE TO FORM AT MILITARY FUNCTION President and Mrs. Mize] Will Aid in Welcoming Patrons To on Friday BOOTHS, TICKETS GO ON SALE TODAY AT STARK'S Fraternity Furniture Must. Be In Armory by Afternoon Prior to Formal Inaugurating a new feature fur so c tl funct.ons at Penn State, the com mittee in charge of the 3lshtasp Ball has formulated a plan uheieliv the leading faculty member, of the Col leg, and thus wives, will compose a line at the entrance of the Al nary Friday night to receive all guests at tending the affair the receiving line r. ill consist of President ana Ralph D. Ref.], Dean and Mis Ralph L. Watt:, Dean Chailotto it Rat', Dean and Mi. Ar thur It Warnock, and Colonel and Ms, Clenard McLaughlin They tuft maintain a single file and gteet each mar and roman as he ca she enters the building Buath and locket sales fot this first (Continueu on last page) D. E. ALLEGAR '25 SPEAKS TO AGRICULTURE GROUP Returns From British Honduras And Tells of Experience In Banana Groning Rctuimng if. State College, after lising in British Houdin.is for the past three years as assistant agticul taint advisol on one of the huge snort: plantabons, MI Daniel E. Allegar '25, :woke to vat mus classes in the department of agriculture tcenoiracs lime dialing this past week, Relating his esperiences to the stu dents at the leanest of on of Ms fol. mei piofeosms, Mr John L If Mc- Cord, Mt Allegor very deftly pre sented some of the unique phases of huge scale fruit laising, especialb on ielatior to banana grooving, as ma iled out in that section of South Ameina by the United Fruit Com pany , :11: Allegal stated in his talk that many of the natises of the flondut as ale at least one thousand years be. I gad the modein Carmel of the Unit ed States an =Cho is of production, ears of crops and phases of marketing and distubuting their incidents lle also stated that the foliage was SO luxuriant that roaduals, if left un foi a petiod of six months, completely lost from sight and incidentally that he did not sec bite woman for the first bus a eeks after he had entered the liondulas. BLUE KEY ELECTIONS Marry E. Pfeifel '29 Hamel N. Mathias '29 Another Good Skate PRICE FIVE CENTS Combining, brilliant technical slog with a delightful personality, Miss 3laigaret Hamilton, pianist, one of theartists of the National Music League of Ness Yolk, mill entertain in the Auditorium, Thursday night at eight o'clock, as the fourth number of the "Y" Entertainment Course 'Piaised by e n tice from all parts of the country, Miss Hamilton has estab lished an enviable reputation as an outstanding pianist At the age of seven =he sins hailed as a prodigy. Charles Wakefield Cadman said of her then, "Genius is one of the most uncanny things en the world. When one finds it dee eloped to a startling aegree m a child of tender tears it is not a matter of individual interest, but of geneial interest. Such is the case nith Margaret Hamden." Appears at Carnegie Hall Besides winning the Walter W. Naumberg Musical Foundation prize at a Ness York recital last scar, Miss Hamilton vas chosen to arnear with the Ness York Philhai monic Orchestra under Willem Mengelberg's direction at Cainegie Hall, Ncss Yolk Lauded b> Critics The Ness Yolk AIIIN icon recently said of Miss Hamilton, 'She has a fa , cinating form of interpretation, sash, color and spontaneity," "there is ceitainly a young pianist smith a future, , ince she rot only ex - ploit, a brilltant technic, but also displays an unusual , ease of tone color and phras ing nuance," is the some of a critic in th, Cleveland Press Mtns Hamilton will play selection., from Bach-Saint-Suens, Schumann, Chopin, Rachmaninolf and Debussy, us mall as other noted composer. "Danse" and "Is:min Waltz" from Delibec-Dohnanyi are expected to gain popular favor, as well as "Nocturne, C Major," and "Etude, C Minor" from Chopin CHAMBERS SEES RECORD SIMMER SCHOOL CLASS Nineteenth Session Will Offer 'Three Hundred Courses To Large Group Just before departing Friday on his abbatical leave fin a siN. months tom of the world, Dean Will G Chan - I'mi,, of tie School of Educa tion, made formal announcement of tl o 1928 Summer Session The Session v. , 11 open on July tlurd and close As.gust tenth. Zhu sill be the ninetecnth Summer Sescicn to be held at the College and all cady there are Indication, that the lecold enrollment of 2709 students lasi summer out be exceeded this yea:. Befoie his departure, Dean Cham&ls comp , cted the engagement of a large glom, of educate, front othe. colleges and univernties, e‘pletsed the opinion that l'enn Statn's tcputat on for nn e \ceedingly strong suirmei faculty ,ould more than be upheld this ,vent In addition to conducting the usual nationrlly knosn Institutes of Eng lish. Finch and Music Education, Wane are being completed for special Courses in dramatics for tht,se who direct high school or community pla;„.., pageants and enteitalnments The usual nature study camps sill be held in the Seven Mountain d billet and °the, features, both new and old, are designe I to be of service to the pub lic tchool teacher seeking collegiate Blanch sermons will be conducted awe at Altoona and Erie. More than three hunched specific coals°, are to on armed in the Summer Session. Dean Watts To Speak At Harrisburg Show Dean Ralph I, Watts, of the Sohoul of Agriculture, us scheduled to .peak three limes at the State Farm nolucts Show in Harrisburg next week Ile will appeal on the program of the opening convocation Tuesday ev ening with Cormier Frher and C. C Jordan, secretary of the State De partment of Agricultme On IVednes day night he Null speak at the young farmers' meeting and will make the speech of presentation when the Mes ter cup is warded. This prize is given by the 'State Farm Show Commission to the mslithitor scoring the lig,thest number of points in the apple ex htbm.
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