Tuesday, January It.ltY2B "OEDIPUS REX!" IS ANNIVERSARY PLAY Penn State Players Organized In 1919 By Profs. Mason, Dye And Cloetingh DRAMATISTS VISIT MANY ' CITIES IN EACH SEASON "Oedipus Rex," Sophooles' immortal tragedy, will mach the eighth num veisary dramatic production of the Penn State Players, 'Satutday night tho Auditorium. Oiganired an 1919 ftroug,h the ef foi ts of Dr. William Is Dye, profes sor of English literatuirs Prof. David D. Mason, associate profes.or of French and Prof. Arthur C. Clot tingh, associate rptofessot of dram atics and litmatuie, the Penn State Playars have mace produced two him died and twenty plays Sophocles, Shakespears, Milne, Galtworthy, Pet rie, Nrldo, Robertson and others are listed among the authors. The wmt mg and producing of original plays h rs been encouraged by the ass. a lma Urania Lthrar Following the mganizaCon of the Players eves the development of an cAteincon department High schools and clubs ale assisted in solving their diamatic problems. Any iesident or society in Pennsylvania may have ac cess to the Player' a.braly containing ove: two hundred thousand ploys. Scenery, lights and other al ticks used play-stag,mg are tented to dramatic organizations on the state Dean Charley W. Stoddait, of the Liberal Ails School, nvas elected ohanman of the Players' Board of Control in a recent, reorganization Prof. Chratorey 0 Ridenour, of the English department, was appointed faculty treasurer. Other members of the Beal,' of Control are Director Clochngh, awociate director Mason and Plofessor Dye The Board of Conticl passes on the annual budget and fins final authority un all actions conemning, the organization Annual Itinerary Each year the Penn State Players .tago dramatic pioductions through out the state and in Ohio. The eis- Ming bet includes Johnstown, Pitts buigh, Gettysburg, Altoona, Phdadel phm, Ilamisturg, Towanda, Wilkes le, Lock Haven, Williamsport, Winibei, Carbondale, Wellsboro, Cleveland, Ohio and Canton, Ohio In March the Players will act as hosts of the Pennsylvania Intercol legiate likainatic association at the third annual convention TRIMBLE 'l4 ADDRESSES TOPION CLUB MEMBERS Fled 31. Trouble 'l4, chief nursery inspector of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Plant Industry, addressed the mem. bete of the Topion Club Thursday night. Upon being introduced Mr Trimble gave a sery interesting talk concern = insects and their mallication. Charles C. Robinson '2B, announced the tales for competition In the Top- KO pin design contest. A publicity 'committee was appointed consisting of Lawience C. Lemmon '3O, Harold F Cain '3O, and E Howard Thomas 'll. LOCAL GRANGE INSTALLS ~ '- NEW, OFFICERS FOR 1928 ' The second open meeting of the local Omega this year witnessed the invtallation of the 1928 officers, cere monies being supervised by Kenzie S. Bag:hall, Master of the Blau• County Pomona chapter. Among those who assumed duties score• Toni P Crittenden '29, Master; T 'Demme Patten '3O, Overseer; Car alma Dale, Secretary; and Ofzugmet Gams, Tieasurtir RAYON PAJAMAS Pink , Formerly $3.95 Flesh Special.... $2.95 EGOLF'S Send The Mail Fresh STUDENT PIES . x STATE COLLEGE BAKERY Open Evenings 307 W. Beaver Recovers in Hospital. HUGO BEZDEK Coach Hugo Bendek, taking the ad vice of physicians and surgeons in Chicago, where he recently sent for advice npon the serious condition of his infected leg, is now in the Johns .Hopkins university hospital, Balti more, Maryland, where reports de cline he is iecovering from the need- Dory operation and resting quietly. Return of the trouble which chain ed the gray haired Director of Ath letics to hospital and home during the majority of last year's baseball canton retained with new vigor sev eral weeks ago and troth specialists in the Windy City and the capitol of ..Ifaryland ordered an immediate op eration to remove the infected flesh. Bez seems to be riding his trouble out quietly, however, and expects to return to State College within a week COMMITTEE ENDORSES L. A. LECTURE COURSE Doctor Dengler Gives First Talk With Discussion on "Pre-Roman Italy" By endorsing the topics to' e treat ed by the respective speakers, the L.beral Arts Lectures committee has taker its final preparatory step to ward unfolding the winter's program. Prof. Ray V. Watkins of the De partment of English, who is chair ! man of the committee, discloses the complete program rts follows: Dr. Robeit E Dengler, acting. head of the classical language department, will speak on "Pre-Roman Italy" on Febuary fourteenth On February twentieth Prof. Joseph W. Fon. of the romance language department will follow with "Italy's Literature" Prof John II Friezell, debating coach, will *Ma .eteral readings in Italian dialect on March thirteenth Italian music as ill be studied and its development traced when Prof. Richard W Giant, Director of Mu- SIC, speaks, using vocal, instrumental and oithophonic illustrations of his subject in the semi-final talk. The lecture series will he concluded on April seventeenth by "The Govern ment of Italy' as Interpreted by Dr. Jacob 'ranger of the political science deprn tment. Champlin To Teach At Cornell Session Prof : Carroll ,D'. Champlin of the School of EduCation has accepted an invitation to give courses in connec tion with the 1928 summer session of Cornell university. His courses will ho entitled "Principles of Teaching" and "The Teaching of Reading and lateratute" PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Dean Wendt Expanded His School, Lacking Finances Doan Cernld L. Wendt of the Schad of Chemistry and Physics who recent ly resigned his post here to accept the position as Director of the Battelle Demos MI Institute at Columbus, Ohio, has made ninny improvements in his department during his four yeais at Penn State Lack of finances made it impc,s hie to add any new building, Neva. [helms, he took advantage of sonic of the old ibuilihngs not in use on the campus In 11121, through the kird neas of Director of Athletics Hugo Benlek the major ',oaten of the old track house was added to the buildings of Dean Wensit's school The lib,ll - of the departmtnts of chemistry iand physics mere combined into school library and placed in charge of a trained libiaiaan in the forme , dining loom and kitchens of the ath letic headquarters. The old trophy room was transformed into a chemic al museum and a part taken for a professoll private office an dlabota ,tory. The second flan was consort ed into offices foi the mstructional Eton the garage belonging to the Guest House was released by the trustees and converted into an elec trical sub-station for the generation of low and high Noltage. The old acid 4thrago loom in the chemistry annex was removed to the porch of the hank hoop and replaced with one of the most complete laboratories for the study of the structure of materials by means of X-ray crystal analysis. Five small rooms in the basement of the physics building were combined into one large machine shop The major portion of the electrical and shop equipment was the gift of an ions Industrial organizations. Soon after Dean Wend'tarn val he appointed Dr. Wheeler P. Davey as professor of physical chtmisti y and Dr E D. Ries as professor of chem ical engineering and director of the division of industrial research The personnel of the school 'staff has also been greatly augmented, the total faculty .being increased horn thirty-two to fifty-two. The number of staff member actively engaged in research has increased from seven teen to forty-seven, thret of whom are now full-time research appoptees who do no- teaching Seeral impmant changes mere also made in the comses and curricula of the school. The number of undm giaduate courses given in ellermstly and in physics has been dtereased hum eighty to seventy-seven, but the graduate courses hove been increased front twenty to forty-six. Thee in mease in the graduate stork is up patent in all phases of the stork of the school and is an essential lea- tube in the reinganization Which has brought the school to a position of leadtrehip in the state The degree of Ph. D. has been awarded once and the degree of 151. Sc. fourteen times during the last three years After the present year six graduate students expect to receive the degree of Ph D. and eight that of Al Sc. Sumicula in &lineal engineering Whoopee! Barbecue Sandwiches Candies BOfFMAN S ICE. CRAM •, • t TOBACCOS_ THE STATE COLLEGE BARBECUE 133 S. McALLISTER For further information write to your local representative UNIVERSITY TRAVEL ASSOCIATION 285 Madison Ave., New York City THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN' an 1 in physical chemistry have been added to the work of the echool along with the complete imsion of the work of the Isn't two )ems. Duping the past few years exton. Finn and correspondence classes rn chemistiy hose been offmed through the department of engineering ex tension For the past tno veins Dean \\milt has pmsonnlly organized and given a new comae for freshmen in the schools of liberal nits and of edu cation to take the place of the foimer In6oratray catuae an chemistry. Miss Ederle Accepts Military Ball Invite (Continued from first page) chorus of "Oh's" and "Ah's" greeted the slim young lady The 100 heels tapped along the floor unheedingly. :The modest brossn silk chess swished becomingly. The dark bobbed head to.le straffrlit abose the rhos el-fiat back and het teeth gleamed lin the lights as she smiled with half miserable, halfrappieciatne espres sum en the ifienhly shay en faces which gunned delightedly at the marling mob. It ssas not e attention than this young man, or for that clatter, his too camp:mons, one of whim is a hack man and the other }Justness marogen of the College neospapei, hail ever recemed in all their collect ed or individual ,lives. All manner of Lanais, ostentatious and covert, stele ignored as the trio of het oes non the gauntlet of sighs, attentiondlraumg coughs and .adorning eyes "Come an, let's dance on do some thim..," exclaimed the real cause for the casation in dancing, "this is :ro ad " Whitey Kaufman again turned to his musicians and ns Ta tidy ,ink into an as mthan in a booth, the Militany Ball approached normalcy and the : dance continued At intermisston Miss Edeile lord been accepted as one of the party to such .• demo° that her passing on the dance floor failed to elicit comment from any of the swaying couples. "I'm glad they have forgotten me, on gotten tt,ed to me or ohritevet they have done," confided the molder of publicity to a companion in the booth "When this tout of ours is men I'm going to teach school. Either that or manage a tank somewhere Why I might even become a co-ed here." But then she laughed And the male con tingent leaned back in then chaos. Have Your Typewri ter put in shape for next semester C. T. SCHILLING General Repairing On Allen St. Reverend Giles Thinks America Must Prosper (Continued from first page) ono out of usersone hundred and seventy-three college graduates and ono out of each one hundred and sil ty thousand pm..ns u•ho are merely high school graduates succeed in life "The user age laboring man !receive, ono and a half tents a minute while the arerago well educated man ic emen from fifty to misty cents fm the came tune," asserted Reverend Giles "William Houaid Taft, Clue( Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, has recersed semen bundled and fifty-fine thousand dol lars for his :civices to the count* during forty-six nears, while Gene Tunny recently earned one milkon dolluis at Chicago in a fight uhith lasted thirty-nine minutes. "Thy condition should nit exist no hen a man mho performs saluahle cervices for his county v receives le•+ renunciation than does one who , merely the idol of spelt enthusiasts," the pastor', terse summary. Reveren, l Giles e‘plitined that man is do.ided into tun classes, the thni &nil declaring nun and the assess ment looping man. The dividend man produces mind adds to the pm ogre-, of the umld while the man who lenie, assessments acts as parasite, ben, .itti" only from the work of other Tim ..tv lend declaim= limn accoid ing to Revei end Giles must pri,ess three divtinct rowels ammely the power of intel'ect, v ill power and the !mum of lose "The question is 'Will me own ! I wealth el ssill wealth own - us , " he concluded. "Our wealth is in our inannoo,i and womanhood .and ul.en that is destroyed then this grrit na tion will no longer continue to pro-- per, but will follow the path of de cline that othei nations har.e ti ti led " Debating Coach Calls For More Candidates (Continued from first page) with Lincoln unnemity and Temple univelmty. Thu long tops and n short top CRISSMAN 1 iThe Barber, Corner Pugh-College i : 1 Avenue Storm Gods Amaze Weather Experts By Untimely Visit to State Colle Groaning nail i ambling mightily , ening of the pi c=ent century, kept it his angel, Emote, 'meted over the climatologists of the Agneulto State College dot soymnl minutes Ilspet intent station, Along no deem] day aft. noon while his mei present' disturbances dm mg limit time companion, the brilliant Stelopr,, the month of Janu ii fiercely :mote Seiel al tem estml eh- Ono el the ens at the slat:, jerk ay ith a tongue of flame and then deviate, tart a number of lonia! both mated :luny among the mu- f^ets coin noticed Finlay do tounding maintains Diorites, in es- mg the renew of the see end , hone planation, is the mythical god of thou- j Fo. up-tame one man reported tar der of the ancient Creek , and his com- he !OVlstl , nut one m indow or ho, boo panto] Stmopes is the god of light-I and the t 1 0 mas poining than n, v. hen he glanted thi °ugh a m indow There teas nnthlo wrong Mgh t l t.l thu orpuote , ode inunechatele ate moot e‘eept that both gods appal- I . theat t. shit - rug In !glib,. entlt forgot thou. aal ppe ante thrs Tito ammo obset or a ephed to thnotto to the noddle of Jantorr u et to t quoin "Acton ding to soh ciao eh out of et del lull the troual out atatohnothet used to tell me, thu older of et onto ; de! ~ u t og th,o Outlet month. rot The hawk at chnlatologteal teeold, , tells the Clip , wadi of ,atm •cceathe emetlng all i,easonal and untnuul IRe thus, ,11eLL a hot ti 01,011 k of taint n oathet sum the op-, at the , oph Hop hate alto been achenuled fol the men'a team In the maldle of Feh^u.ns the selected team nip juarnet to Nos Jet see an I engage lath the Now - Tel tot Lan Sel•oul .11'en Ica by an unusually lar legc di bating N , 101 nap (.5 Lunn, (I Gln all cut net, The molt Impol tam 'ones of de- t'n , -late, the .ccond :nnuql bate- is tne al tat 'nein lode no Fat tuer,' 11 eel clamed hoe Ate-tem till) On Ibis till) toe de- , attn \ ',atm s<f letta, Woo,ter, We,tei 0 'flu <meer•s of the Wed, SUS Ina, drid OI o I% e,les an College, es •d:ae in a Lugo mcavui e ho tl s ill he cog:aged in Co' e 3 mPeti - I irte:e r shoo 0 in the leases and t a 'P. Ness England m ache; mill Co • t il4s ;Joel, is Dean P.alph engagement• ss ith L'omdmo• Watt= of the Schrol of .Igi icultu P.o•hni College, Boston uni‘ei , at‘ art! C IN" Hon:, Depots If 5t C , ,,s mrl Claik unis el sit, the S. lie Ibepti tnient of Iho hiam mal sights of CLtu trip mill cr.:outage stiff competition tot the pt is !lege of enjo)inx this I.,joutn REMARKABLE SAVINGS and the Year's Low Prices at Our ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE Suits, Overcoats, Topcoats, Shoes, Hats, Underwear, Shirts, Neckwear and Hosiery Sale Lasts Until Saturday, January 21 M. FROMM Opposite Front Campus Since 1913 Cabe TkreS , --------- --- ---- -- - LECTURES AND TALKS MARK FAR MEWS WEI. Er=
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