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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-
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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- 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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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