nett thethe Ringmen VOL XXIII, Na 32 HEAD FRATERNITY OFFICERS TO HOLD PROBLEM PARLEY Six Leading 'Officials of Each Organization Will Meet On February Sixth Three-Day Conference To Include Formal Banquet, Smoker, And Mass Meeting Arrangement foe bringing together the six chief officials of the various fraternities to &semis problems rele vant to their particular duties were completed Sunday when the general committee of the College fraternity conference, which will take place Fobrual, fifth, sixth and seventh, an nounced the places at which the house officers' luncheons will be held :Meeting at twelve-thirty o'clock Monday, February sixth, the chapter presidents convene at the Phi Kappa Psi heave, the caterers at Delta Sigma Phi, the treasureres at Kappa Sigma, the chairmen of the scholarship committees at Sigma Chi, the social chessmen at Alpha Tau Omega and the chapter advisors at Data Theta Pi. Speczal SpeltLens Sic speakers especially versed in the duties of a certain chapter officer wall address those officaaLs when they snort for n'conferenee at the luncheon provided for therm These six lun- (Contlnued on last page) PLEBES WIN FIRST CAGE GAME, 40-22 State College High School Five Falls Before Second-Half Spurt of Yearlings KRUMRINE:MAZESS, AND MEYERS LEAH ONSLAUGHT With a decided come-back in the second half Penn State's yearling bas- Keteers stinted the season auspicious ly by vanquishing their State College high school foe by a score of 40-22, Saturday night in the Amory. _ At the outset the freshmen appear ed disorganized, lacking smooth pass work'and missing many shots After the first few minutes of play, hon. ever, the team began to take form as Krumrme started scoring proceedings by sending the leather pellet through the net twice. Edwards followed h-s example by caging a foul goal and the quarter ended with the score 51. Captain Glenn of the local highlets counted on one foul try. Yearlings Get Under Way Diedrick opened the second pound by nursing a penalty toss, while Glenn caged a pair of double-deckers, winch deadlocked the score. Coach Conover then substituted Eastburn for Ma comb at center and Maness for Re) molds at left foroald, and the plebes appealed to base 'more fight than bo leti:. Glenn was fouled by Krumnne and score one point for the toot bor.. Too heauttful field tosses by East b)an, one by Maness, closely followed (Continued on third page) LIBERAL ARTS SCHOOL SCHEDULES LECTURES Members of Faculty To Speak On Italy's Condition in Winter Course Instituting a now custom, the School of Liberal Arts has arranged the schedule for a series of free lec tures, all of which sill be related to ono topic, instead of different ones as heretofore "A Study of Italy" has beep Chosen as the title of this year's Series 'Five members of the faculty have been selected to alchser the talks, the biro: of which wlll be given by Rob ort. E. Dengler, professor of Greek, on the evening of February fourteenth in old Chapel. The various discourses will be presented front different angles, covering political, economical and social conditions, scent ding to the phase wait - which each speaker is best acquainted. After Professor Denglev's address, thew talks still bellow: February twenty-eighth by Joseph W. Foss, profemor of Spanish; March thir teenth by John It. Friooetl, professor tit public speaking; March twenty seventh by Richard NV. Grant, direc tor of music, April seventeenth by Jacob Tenger, professor of political science. . , ' rtm tt r y,-?, - , i,5 , .!,:ic - t , t,), ~., ~..„..,...,...,..„,.. • „...„,a.„7.5,,,,, Professor Mitch Predicts Prosperity for Yearl92B During the past Less months, many solve' in this yeas is almost convme eminent authorities and others have ins, yet the determination of the ex ventured loromsts upon the prospects tent is woefully hazy. The first three for business in 1928. Must of these months of these new year prognasta prophets have seen fit to announce cations are strongly optimistic but more or less 'boldly that an era of with the summer and fall then pre good times is ahead for all. This pro- diction fades Into thin air ' nunemtion is invariably based upon Sneers Fillers),le Points the theory that the brief seven months It is interesting and instructive to recession of 1927 has leached a final r eviex the basis for the claim of most ebb with the close of that veer and of these telecasters that business now therefore 1928 must mean a revival I rests upon a solid and sound founds in business, developing perhaps into Lion from -which at cannot he easily a slight degree of expansion but in moved. The favorable elements men no sense a 'business boom. The mum- boned by almost all the prophets are misty of these expressed vices on a as follows (1) the existence at pre -lsent of very moderate inventories coneommittent with a very sober and conservative 'management in Industry, (2) the inallalnlrty of an ample sup ply of funds and credit at loss inter est sates for the support of any worthy undertakings of these sober business executives, (3) a sustained building demand, a revival of the hitherto inactive eautomobile indus try, and the necessity for consummat ing certain needed improvements in the pubic utilities and railroads, all accompanied by a resuscitation of the coal, won and steel industries, (4) the maintenance of the current blgh wags level with increased employ ment, supplemented by an nrcprose anent in the buying power of the farmer in certain important agricul tural sections of the country, all in suring a welts.ustamed demand for commodities, (5) a growing increase in our foreign trade, on a firmer and (Continued on third page) Registrar Issues Cards For Conflicting' Exams All students - who reported conflicts An their final examina tion schedule should obtain con flit, cards from the Registrar's office at once, since pi csentation of such cards is necessary for admission to conflict examina tions. WRESTLERS SCORE OVER ALFRED, 20-3 Lions Secure Five Decisions and Single Fall—Bouts Prove Closely Contested TEAMS SHOW STRENGTH IN LOWER WEIGHT TILTS The Penn Sate wrestlers, opening their season, Saturday, secured five decisions and one fall front the Al fred university grapplers and emerg ed victoriously from the mats to the tun.. of 20-3. The score, one-aided as it is, fails to indicate ,the close com petrtuni which - nuirked - each Soot and the bare margin Of safety by which the Lions annexed sit of the seven bouts. Outstanding among the encounteas of the meet were the three lower %%eight bouts in which the strength of both teams were concentrated. Don Steele, 115-pounder, faced a formid able rival rn D'lllia and extra periods acre required before a decision was reached. Noteworthy 'also the special weight tilt, in which Captain Liggett (Continued on last page) COLLEGE RADIO STATION STARTS NEW SCHEDULE %YPSC Adds Afternoon Athletic Event Broadcasting to Winter Programs Adding the bioadeasting of the , wrestling match lust Saturday after noon to the regular Tuesday und Wed nomlay night programs, I,VPSC has commenced its new weekly schedule. These ,sporbing it:afares will con tinuo according to the athletic sched , ale until the Utter part of Mara when the high school championqhip basketball series will be transmitted. Tonight's program mill include 1111.1 C until seven o'clock, after which ' Professor Mansell F. Grimes and Paul 11 llargolf of the Agricultural School will give talks. Tomorrow night, following an organ recital, Dean Gerald L Wendt, of the Chem , tstry and Physics School will talk on "What Gas For the Car?" and Pro castor Arthur P lioness will tell of I rubies Professor Dana K. Merrill, I of alio English department, pre sent a literary review. George B. Collins, freshman foot ball captain, was tried out as ainter slants announce]. on Saturday, and shwas pionuse of making an able in terpreter for WPSC fans Marksmen To Engage Lehigh Rifle Team in Match at Bethlehem Making their first trip of the year, the Penn State riflemen will Journey to Bethlehem where tinny will engage the sharpshooters of Lehigh univer sity in a shoulder-to-shoulder match on February twenty-fourth. A new ruling of the Intercollegiate Rifle Association has reduced the size of the bull's-eye on the °Mewl triages by five-thirty-seconds of an inch. This reduction makes it ectremely difficult to hit the center of the target; assent ed Lieutenant Bowan d T. Miller, coach of the idle team. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1928 DEBATERS WEIGH FEDERAL POLICIES Protection of American Private Foreign Investments Will Be Forensic Topic THIRTY-FIVE - ASPIRANTS: TRY FOR TEAM PLACES Attacks on the Federal Admini.s hation for its foreign policy, particu larly in Nicaragua, will be both ap proved and censured by Penn State debaters dining their second semes ter schedule of eighteen debates, ac cording to the program of subjects made public yesterday by Prof John II Film°'l, conch of the team. "That the United States should cease to protect, by force of arms, American private insestments to for eign countries except after formal declaiaton of seal," will constitute the question for debate during the re mainder of the season, the announce ment stated To date the College Sep c,entats. es has e arranged to support the quertion on seven occasions and oppose it fne tunes, while it is unde cided shich side of the question they in II uphold in the other sir debates scheduled More than thirty-five candidates for the debating squad ate practicing (Continued on third page) - interfraternity Boxing Managers Meet Tonight • All fraleinity boxing mans -1 geri are iequested to register their teams at the Delta Sigma i 3 Ph, house this evening at eight i 1 o'clock. The enhance fee hoz i been set at tow dollars. 0.m........................... ......' Caterers Turn to Feminish Courses Onte a week u group of men gath ers in the Women's Building 'There Is nothing unusual in the situation, but interesting is the reason for then gathering They congregate to at tend a elass—explamed in the cata log as Home Economics 301. Tins course, which is becoming snore popular every year and which will be offered again next semester, is designed primarily to give training m catering to men students oho wish to become caterers in fraternities or boarding houses. The program is varied. It Includes lectures on planning and buying for every day needs and also for special occasions such as house parties, buffet suppers, and company durners.There ore frequent discussions of problems brought in by the students or suggest ed by the teacher. One of the most inter estrng features of the course is the series of demon strations Trips are made to the College butchering department, and at other times the gals of the home economies classes prepare buffet lumber and serve them to the boys Doctor Hetzel Speaks At Harrisburg Parley Following a strenuous week of ad , dresses and conferences at the State Farm Products Show at Harrisburg last week, President Ralph D. Het zel today returned t, klainsliurg fen another series of meetings. As a Member of the board, he meets Tuesday with the duectons of the State Chamber of Commerce, and Wednesday with the state cons ention of this organization. Thursday he speaks to membeis of the ilmersity club of llarwaburg and Friday morn ing soul talk infonmittly at the open ing session of the Pennsylvania Ness papei Publishers' aaeomiltion On the same slay ho attends the annual meet ing of the Aasematioi. of Pennsylvania College Presidents.' FRATERNITY MEN AMONG FACULTY TO HOLD ' SMOKER Greek Letter Alumni Tu Meet At Siima Alpha Epsilon House Wednesday COMMITTEE SCHEDULES THESPIAN ENTERTAINERS Group Will Consider Details of Conference' and Arrange For Alumni Help Fin the third .consecutite year, fraterr.ty alumni of the faculty and Cl State College will be entertained at r siroket tomorrow night in the &g -nu. Alpha Epsilon chapter house "Dad" Walks, nation illy known fret ernrtl infmmal speaker will be pres ent The committee in ch rge of the affair hue planned smokes, food, speeches and Thespian entertainers for the benefit of tlikr emdewhinint of Penn State Greek letter brotherhoods who attend George Week, editor of the Bellefonte "Democratic Watchman," and Penn State's first graduate man (Continued on second page) Thespian Dancing-Class , Meets Tommorow Night / Candidate I'm the Thespian i Dancing School Null report at i the Thespian studio, in the AIId- ' itonum tomorrov, night at eight o'clock This meeting will be held to i organize the class 1 CHAPEL SPEAKER CALLS PRESENT TIMES HEALTHY Doctor ROSC'S Model American Influences Fellow-men To Reason Clearly "And one , o allow• l,in>elf to run into ha•iv and casual conclustonc, is either n germs or a fool," ,ere the opening cords of the Rev. Ran M. Ro. - ,u of Pth'ndclphia, in hia aidre, to chapel-gout, Sunday moinung in Chu Audttortum tDOOtOI Rose n essago e‘prt,cied the uka that, "A 1,,,e man today is not one alone eves are aide open, but one whose e)ts, , being wade open, knows hon to squint" lie Matted that the stork of the church for the past roan or (he yeaws how had a ten dency not to open new lanes of thought, but to clarify the thoughts that use .rh eady unnu-present Christ (Contmued on third page) Fraternity Courtmen Continue Basketball Tilts Thursday Night Competing in the second sound of the interfratei nits basketball tourna ment, eight Greek letter quintets Noun battle nest Thursday night in the A:. leery. These games will conclude el iminations until the final examinations are over. Of the foity-sis entrants in the tourney, four uere eliminated Si Thmsduy night when teams repre senting Beta Theta Pi, Beta Lambda Sigma, Phi Epsilon Pi and Tau Kap pa Epsilon tiiumphed over Sigma Chi, Tau Pin Delta, Alpha Gamma Phi and Alpha Sigma PM delegations, tespeet web.. Atte' the beginning of the second semester, eight teams wOl play each Tuesday and Thmsday night of every week. By playing two gaines at a tome, it is possible to conduct four contistn in one evening. Totirgiatt. MITMEN CONTINUE COMPETITION FOR VARSITY POSITIONS Boxers Face Western Maryland Saturday—Only Three Men Certain of Berths COACH HOUCK TO MAKE FINAL CHOICE THURSDAY Entire Squad Rounds Into Peals Of Condition—lntensifies Battle for Posts With the opening inert oath West ern Maryland less than a week dis tant. the line-up of the Penn State hosing team still remains to be de termined Only Captain Attic Wolff, MaeAndrewi and Kolaka,ki are cer tain of fighting in the beacon opener Because the work of the nth, ;nimbus of die squad has shown :such improemnent during the past fen days, Coach Leo Houck has de cided to select the remaining five en trants in Saturday's meet after the pinetne bouts tommrow and Than,- day eeemng.. Chris Estertds Mahon Although ;Mahon has gamed the txperiente of tuo sarmty ung se.on.s, Christopher, last year's freshman 113-pounder, has act ,111., heart on sinning the call user the seteran liner} bout between the bantninuenghts has been a real battle (Continued on last page) SENIORS PLEDGE ALUMNI SUPPORT Class of 192 S Approves Plan to Pay Membership Fee of Association Now SECRETARY LAUDS'ACTION ' TO CONTINUE TRADITION By unanimous action at a meeting held recently the rd.:, of 1928 gase formal appto‘al to the plan to pledge its undivided support m furtherance of the v.ork of the Alumni Associa tion through 100 per cent member ,hip. The proposal nes sutrnitted bs the alumni secretary, Edward N. Sullivan, and is the same plan sto w-U.l and accepted last yeas by the class of 1027. Aceorling to this plan, each sonar • 'mil become a part of the Alumni As ' comation through the payment of tue mernbemhip clues, at the same time payment is made to the College of other fees for the second seme,tet After ad‘ancing the memberslito fen. each sen or is entitled to the monthh alumni pu'ilicat , on through the July issue in 1929 Then mem i.,er.hip holds until the beginning of the fiscal y eati, May 1, 1928. Mimi- Lei.ship (-aril-, mlll he presented as six,n ai a 'list of the June graduates tan be compiled I:1, Ulu, action the cla.s.s of 1928 ha, Joined the tla, of 1927 an e,tablo,h ng a tradition that , unique and um ual among college.. in this country, but a condition that has been desired an meet all the Lalhgt, and unneist tiei at:wading to the Alumni score (Continued on third page) "Y" Officials Hunt Home For Phoebe, Aged Friend of Penn State Students MElll=lB Such ii the declaration of officials of the Y 11. C A who ate looking far an I wide lot a cemfortasile home n inch to place the aged spinster. Accoiding to latest iepoits received yesterday tint search has been of no mail to date lot as one washes to be hampered with the care of the broken down wreck Phoebe has been in State College fa. beyond the established time for completing cm ordinary course of ,tuds. Born an 1022 some, heie in the vnet metropolis of Detroit, Michi gan, the infant very early asserted a tendency toward precociousness and within a few months was admitted to the College, (room and aboard gratis The medley seas not here long, however, until she ions re-chastened. Her original name, to tradition has sins "LIZZIO," but one day a non descript professor front Ag Hill, re venting such an mdinary name as sirs bore, gave her n title of Phoebe to which she has responded ever since. But Phoebe's constitution, strong Ul ough it nos at brat, has failed to Registrar Announces Enrollment Methods Registration fur the second sem ester - .ill take place in the Armory on the second, third and fourth of February. Because of the boxing con test with Syracuse on the afternoon of February fourth, Registrar Wlt ham S. Hoffman states that it mill be necessary to close the Armory on that litlV at eleven-thirty o'clock. All stu dents echo hate failed to registrar by that hour Acill it subject to a five-dol lar fine as a late registmtaon fee. Posters mill be placed at various , places throughout the Armory three. la; students of t‘eiy coin so hoc to res.:Mei. The Regtstrar urge, that all students should, if poocilele, creole the. schedules (rani their respective scheduling -officers before registei GLEE CLUB OFFERS FIFTH "Y" NUMBER Director R. W. Gr.trit Prepares Variety Entertainment For Friday Night SIXTY-FIVE MEMBERS TO SING CHORUS SELECTIONS Planting the fir t Inane conceit of the season, the Penn State Glee Club will offer the fifth number of the regulai sire, of the "Y" and Music Department Entertainment Course, Fliday night in the Auditomuni. Director Richard R• Grant 14 put ting the fir....hing touches on the pio glair Nllth semi-weekly rehearsals A glen') of sixty-fi‘e men will s.ng male choruses which Lary from the popular songs of the day to compo sitions of the highest type. The di vciarhe•l nature of the entertainment is riripeoed to hose an appeal to all Oasies of listeners It is expected that the songsters AN ill be pas ocularly effechne in Hanunond's setting of Sri Walter Scott's peon, "Loehinavr" • Narsitr Quartet -Sings • - Novelties will include a marimba duet and a special number for the i'Jraphone. The big selections of the meninf, lot the Varsity male quartet will be a musical setting of Vachel ndsan 'a poem, "Daniel," by IlarveY Enders '2B It yi:tuxes to teal,stic fa , hion a colored preacher's ers , on of the old B 41..1 story of Daniel in the lion's den Tickets for this performance may be secured at the "Y" hut HOP GROUP DECIDES ON PROGRAMS AS FAVORS Committee Orders Six Hundred Copies of Booklet for Sophomore Dance 'ix hundred conthined booklet-pro. Mns, con.aining thirty-the pages rack hate been selKted a, fac et, for the Sophornot e Ilop to be held Feat vary tcr Lb, rt um announced ‘t- tot day the contract for the fav ors 1, in the hand, of the II A r ght Company of Milan:ol,llm Board in brick pea der ed gram etlfslan four and a half by sn and a half inibc-, the la,m u ill have out lined in ts‘entv-four karat xolsl loaf, a PICLIII a of the ear negie !Abram Colegc pretur, to half4one-, and (Continueu on last page) ordure the izer, of her rerporLd cork here. Gone as the beauty of her earhe • years, hei paint is faded and old lively tune the lady nieces :he shakes all over as if she is shout to bu potted Eby neiseunness, and be cause of this nabbing tendency her meandetings are limited now to a den blseks The o'd girl lin, always had in sseakruss for making vacation trips. .Many are the miles that she has traveled 'acre she came here Her own lecoul of mileage states to all mho sash to lead that she has traveled live thmeand miles Carmel L Frity, business smote* , of the "V", de clares that this record is, however, slightly erroneous for no estimate hos been kept dusmg the past three years Her lan filings began soon mftei she came lime when she gallivanted to some obscure spot in the Admen- Crack Mountains. Since then she :has warned eve*, bete. Thu most Im pel tant points of destination has,. between Eagles Mere and the "Andy the Cabin." Students ale bound to mass Phoebe, the old "Y" ----, Temple for i Our Cage 1 PRICE FIVE CENTS NITTANY PASSERS ROUT GEMSBURG COURTMEN, 54-29 Score Decishe li , in Oter Orange And Blue Fire in Fastest Contest of Season MACMILLAN SCINTILLATE; FOR BULLET DRIBBLERS Coach Herman's Team Diaplays Strong 01Tense in Tilt Salm dm: Night Dumlayn g off en se power that 1.041e4 no good to future Nittany bas ketball opponents, the Penn Stat.• dr Milers derisively %anguished (Int -1 ty,•burg's brilliant p ivsing quintet by the snore of 51 to 29 Saturday night one of the fastest games played in the Armory this season. Coach Hermann, V. hlle he may make minor changes in the line-up later in the croon, believe, that ha has Snai ls found a formidable otTensive and shiensise tombinatton. The Lion tourtmen phased perfect basketball nt tin., in the fray wish the Bullet, Saturday The fast passing, the team play and the , hm,ting were a vast improvement ones the past perform ances of the Blue and White lloormen. Bullets 15 orb Speedy The Getts.,burg file planed a rap id passing game and frequently bloke through the Islatany defense for fro, at the bushel, but the work of the. (Continued on last page) THESPIANS START CLASS IN DANCING Semi-Weekly Rehearsals Will Constitute Preliminary , Drill For Show SEVEN MEN ACCOMPANY MASON TO PHILIPSBURG hr p. source from which to draw t-'ent for thur annual show, the The--pran Club will form a dancing easy under the do cotton of one of eta anernbers, Ralph G Kennedy '2B Following the club's meeting. on Sun day afternoon, Wdham E lllnkle '2B, student manager of the The,mans, announced that all dancing aspirvif., w•°o wuh to prepare thentselve, for this rev's production should report at rho Thespian Studio on Wednesday o;ening, Januar} tucnty-fifth, at eight-Pfteen o'clock Thin is merely an organication main:. The actual dancing pi:re tie., will rot start until after the Solh Bop The slat. will meet so- Trivalas and Thumilit) trvening thereafter in the Auditorium Gentian I. the ctettom of ;trauma: scar, tt edll not he netatooti) for a 'noun an Sian at.pitant to tar a coot tjtoot on t.,ngtngt, dancing and act = loan to qualify fat tie produc tan. 'lln, vial, if at tantlidato can trthei •Ing, dance ,r satin, he can envvdr himself Ja the running fi.r pal titnialten in the •hoe, according (Continued on last page) PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS FINISH PRACTICE WORK Education Students Complete Polio(' of Instruction in Jolinstamn After bireing nt iliac Lice teadier3 in the high I,llools of Johmtown for 71111 , 1 mesh,, tut:ay-eight etudeirl., fimn the School of Education return ed to State Colic ulay ho, eo the second gloat) of AudentA x huh has completed thi, c0n,,0 mine the beginning of the pi went semeoter 'Thus plan of pincher leaching, de vood by the School of lidmation, been put-into effect in order to gls orcHpetti‘e teacher, an opportunity to accustom themielves to teaching in model n high 561006 Ample oppor tunity is hoe presented for the tit (Continued on third page) DEAN WENDT RETURNS FROM COLUMBUS, OHIO Dean C,etald L Wendt of the School of Chenitst.ty and Pity.sies has Just returned from Columbus, Ohio, stheie he discussed building plans with the sichitect of the newly on gnawed Battelle Memel's' Institute of which he Will as.suine directorship often his resignation becomes elteetite on Juno thirtieth
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