Dedicated
VOL. XXIII, No. 29
NITTANY QUINTET
WILL MEET PENN
TEAM TOMORROW
Vanquish Lebanon Valley Five
By 41-22 Score in Game
Wednesday Night
SCHAAF IS HIGH SCORER
FOR RED, BLUE PASSERS
Quaker City Courtmen To Offer
Strong Opposition With
Only Two Losses
Folowing its triumph over Lebanon
Valley by the score of 41 to 22, Penn
State's basketball team will journey to
Philadelphia to meet the strong Penn
five at eight-fifteen o'clock tomorrow
night in the Palestra
Of the seven games played to date,
the Red and Blue quintet has won fhe,
Faring lost by a narrow margin to
both Yale and Notre Dame. St
Joseph's, Haverford, Ursula', illieln
igan and Ohio State have lost to the
Penn cagemen. The experience of
Coach tile Nichol's floormen will give
them an edge on the Nittany passers
who are playing their fourth game of
the season tomorrow night.
The Quaker city quintet will prob
ably line up tomorrow night with
Lobey and Hartnett, fora ards, Captain
Gene Connell, center, and Schaaf and
Lazar, guards Joe Schaaf IS the
only member of last year's five and
the high scorer for this season, fol
toned closely by Ed. Lobey. A.O
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NICHOLS WILL BE
HOP ATTRACTION
Novelties and - Trick-Dancing - by
Visiting Musicians Will
Feature Affair
A. E. WRIGHT TO SUPPLY
FAVORS AND PROGRAMS
Although only a part of the combi
nation band directed by Don Vorhees,
Red Nichols and his popular Five Pen
nies will form the main attraction at
the Soph Hop formal, the annual
undeiclass social function, in the Ar
mory, Friday, February tenth.
Novelties and trick dancing by the
accomplished Nichols oichestra will
be the feature of the affair. In addi
tion to this group there are the six
Charleston Chasers, making a com
bined aggregation of thirteen men,
led personally by Don Vortices. The
band will split up several tunes during
the evening .o that separate minibus
can be played.
The proof of the combined favors
and prdgrams has been received from
the A. E Wright company of Philadel
phia and has been accepted by the
committee in charge Bids for the
decoration of the Armory have been
furnished by the Elco company of Wil
liamsport and by Clyde K Croft of
Berwick, Pa. As yet, however, neither
has been accepted.
Penn State's Original
Chaplain Prints Own
Story of Varied Life
Dr. Lawrence hf Colicit, a former
trustee of the College and Professor
of ethics at Penn State from 180 G un
til 1808 has - recently published his
autobiography.
Doctor Colicit, who ries the first
College chaplain has had a remark
able ministerial carcei. As a vital
factor in social and political reform
ho came into contact with people and
events which at, one time stirred the
city of Philadelphia.
In his book, whiCh was written after
ha had retired Dom all activities,
Doctor , Colfelt gives an account of his
entire life. He describes his asswi
ations with men ,prominent in the leg.
aslativo halls of the Commonwealth
and this intimacy with governors and
presidents. Not only does he give the
inside ,history of a certain senatorial
,campaign hut he also explains hit life
time convictions on the Prohibition
question
GEOLOGISTS VISIT PARLEY
Professors Arthur P. Hone., C.
Arthur Beams, C. Willard Robinson
and Frank Df K .Swartz, all of the
Department of Geology, attendedldur
mg the week following Christmas a
convention of the Geologic Society of
America at Cleveland, Ohio,
2. C CRIES
,
Semi We'ekiy'
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.1 1 gun tair
Libeial Arts School
Changes Curriculum
Abolishes Pre-legal Course and Adds Three
Subjects to List Required for
, ' Graduation—Begins 1932
The curriculum In liberal arts, un
changed since its adoption in the
present for seven years ago, was al
tered by the College Senate recently
The change to go into effect with the
entrance of the class of 1932 next
fall so that it will affect none of the
present classes
Thres now courses were added to
the list required for graduation and
several other important changes were
mad" Dean Charles W Stoddart of
the School of ;Liberal Arts states that
the new schedule of required nark.
is expected to give the student a sound
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MATMEN CONTEND
FOR CLASS HONORS
Intense Competition Will Mark
Annual Wrestling Tourney
Tomorrow Afternoon
HOLLOBAUGH, PACKARD,
LIGGETT ENTER MEET
Intense competition for grappling
booms and recognition as potential
varsity material ss ill mark the strug
gles of twenty-eight survivors of tins
sseek's eliminations jibes they engage
in the interclass wrestling tourney to
morrow afternoon at two-thirty o'clock
in the Armory.
In addition to the varsity aspirants
many newcomers reported for the pre
liminary bouts so that a wealth of
promising material has passed the
keen inspection of Coach Charlie Spot
del. The freshmen alone turned out
fifty strong to compete for places in
tomorrow's meets.
Varsity Alen Eater
Hollobaugh, Packard and Liggett,
all men of %amity experience entered
uncontested in the senior ehminations
and appear as formidable candidate
for championships in their respective
weights. :%lahoney, bulky center on the
grid combination, will grapple for
heavy-weight honors.
ENGINEERING PROFESSOR
TO ADDRESS CONFERENCE
Prof. J. 0. Keller Will Discuss
Advantages of Organized
Foreman Association
, Piof..J. Orvis Keller of the Engin
eering Estension department will ad
dress a conference of the industrial
executives of Reading, sponsored by
the 'Reacting Chamber of Commerce
and - the 'Manufacturers' Association
of .Reading, incident to the forming
of n Foreman's Association in that
city.
"The Adohntages of Oiganized
Foreman Wolk to Industiy" will be
the topic of‘ Professor Keller's ad
dress. Profs Edwind L. Keller and
It. .111 Holmes of the same depart
ment will be present at the cont.-
once.
"Organised foreman groups mean
more efficient and more productive
foiromen," states Professoi Keller,
"which in turn means money to 'in
dustry." Some of the direct results
to members are constructive thinking,
r. sense of responsibility, hotter mor
als and higher standards of workman
ship "
The movement for organized fore
man gioups in the industrial , centers
throughout the state has shown a
marked increase In the past few yews.
The organization of these groups has
become one of the major activities of
the Engineering Extension Depart
ment.
METZ 'l4 GETS HIGH POST
Announcement has conic f tom the
School of Engineering that Herbert
Mete 'l4 has beep appointed General
Adve'rtising and Sales Promotion en
gineer of tho Graybar Electric com
pany, the merchandising organiza
tion of the Western Electric company.
<l,lr. Metz was graduated from
Penn State with a bachelor of sci
ence degree in electrical engineering
and has been with the present firm
since his graduation.
STATE COLLEGE, PA.JRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1928
1 Fines Will Be ImposetT —
For Tardy Registration
Registration days foi the
second semester will ho Febru
ary second to fourth There IS
a fee of five dollars for teals
terms late and a fee of five dol
lars for failing to attend the
first classes after registration
Exemption from these fees will
he granted only beesoso of un-
avoidable circumstances These
is also a fee of fine dollars n
credit for all subjects repented
in class All college•fecs must
be jinni during the registration
I period. Students can determine
in advance of registration the
probable amount of their fees
L=MMM=ME
pentad to be 'nerved to pay
them when due.
GRADUATES WILL
HEAR SHEPARDSON
Prominent Fraternity Executive
Will Make Address to
Mid-year Class
COMMENCEMENT GROUP
TO NUMBER EIGHTY-FOUR
Dr Francis Wayland Shepardson
of Ohicagowill address,the g,raduat-
Ing'class at the,zrud.year, commence
ment exercises on Tuesddy night, Fob-
I runty set call, at acven-thnty o'clock.
His audience will constst of one of
the largest mid-y eat graduating class
es In sevetal years, according to Reg
istrar William S Hoffman, and will
include eighty-four students from the
Graduate ,Schools of Education, Agri
culture, Chemist'' , and Physics, En
gineering, Liberal At is and Mines and
Metallurgy
Prominent ili Illinois
Doctor Shepardson remised Ins
Bachelor of Ails, Master of Arts and
Doctor of Lass degrees at Denison
university. He seised as editor of
the Granville Tint. front 1887 until
1890 and In 1892 loomed his degree
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"A Timely Subject,"
Is Frothic Offering
To Gaping World
Tinto-Froth hue blos.somed forth
The Weakly Neusmagazine gees the
lie to her self-bestowed title and has
dashed out upon the astounded woild
with a Militant sample of timely
nn
ttcles assuring of ninny things, ppm
moony satire.
To start this teview from the rely
beginning, we should start ssith the
corer where Maim W. 0 Thompson,
B. 'AI., U. $. A, gazes with set uttnir
mg and stonily majestic eye toward
the French panel which decorates in
familiar style the red-margined maga
zine. Upon exploilng fat Chet tt mov
be found that subsetibers bait been
most lavish in their contribs to this
notable edition, the culmination of
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Almond-eyed Musicians Bring Touch
Of Quaint Old China to Penn State
A bit of quaint old China descend- ,
ed upon (State College Monday even
ing and remained throughout Tues
day and Wednesday
Clad an the typical costume of the
Chinese coolie, consisting of a small
round hat, a color fill coat, and trous
ers more flaring than those of the
most inclical collegiate, James Pickaid
and his seven orientuls nlayed and
danced into the favor of Penn State
at the Cathaunt theatre upon a stage,
the setting of which smacked staong
ly of celestial
Carlos Quiambno, the little fellow
who sat in the center of the group,
moved his fingers so rapidly over the
fourteen strings of his Phillipine
Mandolin that they were almost a
blur. Ile also 'featured in the danc
ing act. Calks says that he and his
sit comrades aio limn the Philippine
PROMINENT DEAN
OPPOSES EXAMS
AS UNNECESSARY
C. W. Stoddart Believes Final
Test Following Conroe ,
Waste of Time
TELLS OF EXPERIENCE
IN AGRICULTURE SCHOOL
College . May ,Inaugurate Study
System Similar To Plan
At 'Swarthmore
Dean Charles W. Stoddart of the
School of Ltheral Arts is not in favor
of the present final examination sys
tem, according to his opinion voiced
in an Inter:lea% yesterday.
Asked if he did not think a student
studied mole when an examination
culminates the totuse, the dean de
clared that such• an examination does
not make any one study mole, for a
good teacher requires thorough and
consistent application in the absence
of such a test
"The final exammation," stated the
educator, "is device for aiding the
instructor in thsecnering what a cer
tain student has accoablished in List
comm., and whether a passing glade
is deserved "
Wadte of Tone
"Considered in this light, and if
Clime is no other method of discover
the ability of the student," Dean
Stoddart went on, "final tests can be
justified. But the thoroughly trained
instructor does not need such a meth
od, and fin this reason I behme that
these tests are a mast° of time both
for the student and teacher."
In speaking of his teaching experi
ences in,the School I>f Agi wafture sev-
E=r=l
THESPIANS -RECEIVE
SONG 'MANUSCRIPTS
Four Student-Composers 'Offer
Varied Alusical Numbers
For Next Shun
COMPETITION REMAINS
OPEN ALL NEXT WERE
With the appearance of four aspir
ing composers, the first musical try
outs for the coming Thespian Slims
were held Wednesday night, in the foy
er of the Auditoinnu Those uho ap
peared smith manuscripts to stc for the
honor of haling a pi escalation in the
Show V, ere Albeit S Payne '29, Limn
' Glynn W. Fisher '2B, Sherwood Smith
'29, and Richard A Whetstone
Some promising numbers stoic
among the sixteen contributions of
these four moo Whetstone sins the
only freshman to submit possible mu
sical hits Ile presented five num
bers, one of them fast fox trot similar
to the vat city drag in syncopation, but
not in melody. Another presentation
by Whetstone nun "Moonlight
Nights," u
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IWho's Dancing I
Saturday
Sigma Epsilon
Delta Pi
Chi Upsilon
Alpha Phi Sigma
Omega Epsilon
Alpha Gamma Rho
, Island. Flaunt conics from Hono
lulu.
'Novelties as well as classical and
popular numbeis comprise the repel
tons of the eight-piece °reheat. The
rendition of "El> e Bye Blackbird" was
accompanied with singing in the Chin
e. language. "Chop sue) , was dis
tinguishablo front the melange of
sounds at several jaunts. Amidst
such a Abbot the huge dragon and
Obsess symbols on the cult= used
as a background appeared entuely at
home.
addition, from the tinkling man
dolins and other stringed instruments
with the bass guitar butting in now
and then, came a temperamental class
ic "Poet and Peasant." 4 number of
modern Jazz numbers mere also on
the list.
Tottrijiatt.
Dean Laird Unable To
Deliver Lecture Here
Itecause of the illness of Dean
Warren P. Laird of the University of
Penniiyhania's Fine Arty school he
mill be unable to speak at the engin
eering lecture today as previously
planned
In his stead, Dean Robert R. Sackett
will tell the story of "Three Great
Engineers" at four ten o'clock in old
chapel
NOVELTIES MARK
ANNUAL MILITARY
FORMAL TONIGHT
Line, Comprising Many Faculty
Notables, Will Welcome
Patrons
WHITEY KAUFMAN PLAYS
AT MID-WINTER FUNCTION
National Colors Lend Patrotic
Atmosphere to Gayly
Decked Armory
With musical stiains supplied by
Vlntcy Kaufman's popular Victoi
Recording orchestra, the sixth annual
Mil,tary Ball, as the first major so
cial function of the year,, will usher
in the wintet social season tonight
ir the Armor,l, Innovations in the
form of a faculty tecemng Ine and
novel decorations will add to the pro
gi am
Piesaknt and Mr, Ralph D. Het
:el, Dean and Mis Ralph L. Watts,
Dean Challotte E Ray, Dean and
Mas Arthur It. Warnock, and Colonel
and Mrs McLaughlin will compose
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BOXERS SCHEDULE '
SIX ENGAGEMENTS
Oppose Western Maryland on
January Tn enty-eighth
In Premier Scrap
LACK OF HEAVYWEIGHTS
GIVES lIOUCK PROBLEM
Si' bouts and the intercollegiate
competition at Penn cortiprise the 1928
hnsirg schedule 1N Inch open; mail
Western Mat} land on January twen
0-eighth in the Armory The Green
Tenors arc newcomer, to the Lion
fight card, while the Mat,sachusett,
Inl'ltute of Technology baser-, who
base not appeared in the Mowry ring
fir the past Tice rears, are Oak(' 'for
February founts-firth
Leo Works On Ilea, en
Although the entire squad continues
to go through its daily shale of ring
nark. Coach Leo Hooch is paying par
twain, attention to the heaviel men,
for the scantily of boxers above the
160-pound class pi o‘idcs the Milan)
mentor's 'biggest Problem
Caption Mlle Wolff, looking beam
than even, has been meeting Malty
iMacAndreas in tin ee-round lxants
every day. Speed and a lightning left
hand jab are Anne's posserful assets.
Punching, power a Marty's forte
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AVIATION CLUB TO STUDY
AIRPLANE CONSTRUCTION
Meeting Next Monday Night
Will Include Talk on History
Of Aeronautics
Esamination of a full•sized airplane
and several types of motors and a
short talk concerning the Wright
brothels composes the program foe
the meeting of. the Aviation club
winch m.ll be held at six-thirty o'clock
'Monday night in the M. E. laboratory.
the au plane and motors will be es
plained to the club members by an
es.pert and the talk concerning the
Wiaglittbrothers will include the whole
history of the development of avia
tion.
F L Walker '2D, spoke at the meet
ing cn the manufacture of stove ennin
el using for his e‘ample, the concern
of Roberts and Wanders of Huth°io,
Pennsylvania. 11. W. Gethin '2:l, fol
io, cd with a talk on the manufacture
of loco brick. {Wails of both talks
more given by professor J B. Shaw
in m bleb ho c•plained .piactical use
of the two subjects tb,ctisted.
College Fraternities Meet
Soon For Thee-Day Parley
1. F. C. Boosts Conference of Greek Societies as
Local Problem Solvent—Many
Events are Planned
Reverend Giles Will
Address Chapelgoers
In Auditorium Sunday
After a lapse of five years, the
Rmerend W Warren Giles, pastor of
the Post Reformed Chinch, East
Orange, N , again acidic., a
Penn State audience at the Sunday
chapel set %ices an the Auditorium
L . will be the first appearance of
tho lie‘oiend Giles here since nine
teen toenty -three when he delmercd
the Baccalauicate addle., Hit corn
for that oeca,on was a insult of
his intimacy with Di John 1t Thom
as, president of the college, as a elms
mats at a theological senunaly and
latei as a neighbei A., a speaker he
displms a keen sense of humoi along
with a background of serious thought
actcishng to those who have heard
i
hum
VETERAN PLAYERS
REHEARSE TRAGEDY
Modernized Version of "Oedipus
Rex" Produces Colorful
Pageantry Effect
PRESENTATION INCLUDES
DANCING GIRLS' CHORUS
With a stns cast, colorful costumes
and the moods of the play shosm-by
carefully worked -out lighting effect.,
the Penn State Players sill stage a
num:mimed sermon of "Oedipus Ites,"
a Grecian tragedy, nest Saturday
night in the Auditorium
Benjamin F Ricker '2B, cull enact
the leading role, Oedipus, king of the
hebes picker's portrayal of the mes
senger in "Media," the outstanding
production of last season, resulted in
his selection be Director Arthur C
Cleotingh to play the part of Oedipus.
A strong emotional displav, esception
al Noire control and powerful acting
wll be demanded by the portrayal
of Oedipus ateoiding to Director Cloa
tingh
1111. as Margaret F. Simon '2B, al
playing the sole of the queen, Jocasta,
cull present an intense tingle phase
of Cr cuan life A (laming Litmus of
fourteen girls v ill add color and beau
ty to the play Their pure flitch cos
. Lames and classical dancing cull pro
duce a isigeantsy effect.
C. G. STOLL 'O3 TAKES NEW
WESTERN ELECTRIC POST
Rise:: From Shop Work to Nen
York Position—Director
of Company
C C Stoll 'O3, has recently been
appointed esecutive vice-president of
the Westo n Electric company 31.1
Stoll, nhe began mock in the com
pany ahops in Chicago and gradu
ally molted up to h. present
[ton, is also a director of the com
pany
Mr Stoll, an alumnus of the local
chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa fratet
nibs' is a men.bei of the folloning so
, cieties Amen= Stezety of Me
chanical Enginems, the Amen wan
Electio.chemical Society and the Com
mittee on Indust, nil Lighting of the
Division of Engineming and Indus-
Um' Resenich of the National Re.
search Council. Ile is also affiliated
with the Um on League Club of Chi
cago and the New York Athletic dub.
While in college Mr Stoll was a
mcn.bei of the baseball and tennis
squads
Ceramic Society Gives
Manufacturing Talks
To acquaint the sophomore and
fieshman ceramics students oath the
manufattining process of some of the
man ials made lions the different
things that they study, at least too
talks ale given at each monthly meet
ing of the Penn State Student Blanch
American Commie Society, the last
of which was held Tuesday evening
in the form of a banquet at the Ulll.
ieroity slob
Dedicated
to
Froth
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Attainment of a „situation at Penn
State in u halt all fraternity men will
know one another better, in uhich
there will be bioadeast a feeling of
real brotheihood among the Greek
letter houses and In which the ‘arious
olteors will come to a more complete
understanding of their own and other
problems no the purpose of a three.
day conclave, February fifth, ~ .mth
and set enth, of the national and local
fraternities hen e.
Sponsored b) I. r. c
The 4 - cerement is being ' , censored
by the Intorfiaternity Connell, a com
mittee from which met Tuesday night
to consider pielimmar,„ plans. Al
thcugh such a meeting has never been
undertaken at Penn State before, a
convention at Ohio Wesleyan
university and other institutions has
pro.eil quite successful
Modeling the Penn State conclaNe
after these successful meetings and
guided by the discoveries at alum in
stitutions, the officials of the council
reel that an equally successful move
ment can be staged here
Ono of the primaiy objects of the
conclave is to hung tr;gether the offi
cials of the different frateinities to
talk over thou problems. This con
tact null he pious ded for by arranging
sepainte luncheon at diffei ent
houses for the five chief house officials.
Thole will be a luncheon fcr all of
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COUNCIL PLANS "S"
BANQUET IN MARCH
High School Athletes, Athletic
Board and Lettermen Will
Be Invited Guests
ATHLETIC ASSOCIAT lON
TO HELP DEFRAY COSTS
Because of the abolishment of ath
letic scholarships an "S" banquet,
composed of membeto of the Varsity
club, lettermen and outstanding ath
letes from the high schools through
out the Sate, to stimulate interest 111
the College m ill be held no the An mory
Mai eh to colt -fourth
Members cf the BOllld of Athletic
Conti 01, Val QUA , "S" men and the four
class pi esidents also Lull be gueas
of Oa, alTair The dlool athletes mill
be bi ought to the banquet its member,
of the Alumni
The tommittte to arrange for the
banquet consist, of Harold
hill '2B, Donn D Greenshields '29, John
tags '2B, chan man, Charley C Berry -
C Delfield '29, 'Wallace S Liggett '2B,
and Frank ill Cage! '2B I,:tpui,en
nil! he Sinai cd by the di' s°, and by
the Athletic As,eration.
notating, a committee to al range the
banquet student counul pursed a res
olution disfavoring the altitude of the
student body at the Penn Statc—Str
atone basketball game Saturday night,
J. E. ICaulfuss Attends
Road Builders' Parley
Plot &m, E. Eaulfuss or the de
tment of Cm! Engincei mg attend
the annual convention of the Amer
.o Road Builders' na,ovialron hold
Clet eland, Ohio, Tao , :lay, Weilnc,
dui and ThuLsday
An eshibit of thee hun lrcd car
loads of load building material, auul
equipment fiom more than Chico hun
dred producers was held in the Clot e
land public auditorium
This mganitation which sins formed
to enty-fiLo yeals ago aims to slims
late interest in goal toads and to Ile
mule and thatilbute infoimation on
highnay Lonstitiction, maintenance
and opeantion Oect tssentv-five bun
dled pel,ons pearly attend this con
vention.
Co-op Takes Orders For 4
Graduation Imitations
ord., im progiaius and in. j
vdations rot the inal-yeni Com•
mencement treatises will he
taken this afternoon, fawn ont
to fine o'clock et Athletic Stott.
Gl:pleating students are le
quitted to plane orders at their
earliest possible convenience to
avoid the usual lost-minute
lush,