Bellefonte
Central
Goes West
VOL XXIII, No. 35
LION COURTMEN
DOWN CARNEGIE
TECH FIVE, 43-23
Tartan Cagemen Hold Lead But
Once During Slow Game
On Saturday Night
DELP AND REILLY STAR
FOR NITTANY 'DRIBBLERS
Penn State Team Shows Need for
Improvement Before Tilt
With Panthers
In spite of a weak offense and er
ratic passing, - Penn State's basket
ball .team downed the Carnegie Tech
eourtmen by a 43 to 23 score in Sat
urday night's game in the Armory.
Early in the first half the Tartans
gained a three-point advantage but
the Nittany passers coon recaptured
the lead and held it with a comfort
able margin throughout the remainder
of the contest. The Blue and White
off C 1159 functioned spasmodically, and
failed to wark ac consistently and bell-
Lantly as it did in the Temple game
last Saturday. In brief, the team re
vealed a sluggishness and lack of
spirit that was prthably due to the
effect of final exams earlier in the
week.
Moot 'morose Before Pitt Tilt
Coach leorganiced Plaid
dr.hblers failed I to furnish the ex
pected opposition. Although the of
fensive play of Harpster and Brown
often gave rise to hope in the Tar
tan maim, the Penn State doormen
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THESPIANS START
PLAY PREPARATION
Will Use Professional Show and
Scenery in Coming Road ,
Production
DARCY REGARDS STUDENT
SCRIPTS UNSATISFACTORY
EICaUS2 no manuscripts submitted
in the incest prise contest met with
the approval of Maurice Darcy, catch
of the Thee; cans, the organization has
decided to select is innfessional pro
duction
Mt forty in stating his reasons
for turning down all of the shows
said that there sins a meat deal of
bad dialogue, that most of the many
ints meie too short and that many
mould have to he remitten liy mem
ber, of the thili before they would
be of any value
Club Bids on Scams)
Itay mond L Patterson '2B, stage
manager of the Thespian~, returned
from a trip to Phihulelplaa v.liZre he
and Mi. Daley visited serelal firms
foi .ladi on sceevey of several shows
undo considekation.
Any one ilesit ing to submit a mane
ipt or having any ideas for next
m eduction nhetild get in touch
with Prate,. Mason at the Univer
sity club m the P.cmance iLlinguage
Omni regrading the requirements
of the eiganization
LOCAL GRANGE CHAPTER
ISSUES ANNUAL JOURNAL
Booklet Includes Pictures of Many
College Officials and -
Campus Views
Filled with Go!lege views and pie
tines of the various Grange organ,.
zatams, the Grunge annual, "The
Penn State Patron," has strived from
the pubPshers and will 'go one sale
immediately.
Plaines of such groups as the de
gree tennis, the leprcsentativeu at
the Cleveland conference and the
casts of several plays are included in
the si‘ty-page booklet which is about
six by nine inches in sine A num
ber of pictures of College officials and
campus pointy alsa illustrate the pub
lication.
Tom W.Cratenden Lit, master of
the kcal lodge, announces that the
tommittee appointed recently for the
puipot.e ban made atrangementis for
the annual Grange banquet, which
will be held at the Centre Hills coun
ty club Fthrvary tweedy-fourth. A
dance trill follow the dinner.
ißetause of the graditatlon tAcer
mos tonight, the regular meeting of
tiro oiganizittion will be postponed
until seven-fifteen o'clock tomorrow
rugfai
r ..(o-4...)
Railroad Route Will Link
State College and Tyrone
Direct railroad ,passenger communi
cation hetueen State College and Ty
rone has become a certainty with the
acceptance of the, Bellefonte Central
Railroad company's bid for the sec
tion of track between Storm Station
and Fambrook which is now owned
by the Pennsylvania Railroad com
pany. A connecting line of six miles
bo built from the Bellefonte Cen
tral Strublo station in the near fu
ture
This announcement teas made by
Mr. George C. Meyer, chairman of the
State College Chamber of Commerce
COMMITTEE MAKES
ELABORATE PLANS
FOR SOPH FORMAL
Completes Final Arrangements
For Music, Decorations,
Booklet Favors
FRATERNITY BOOTH AND
TICKET SALES CONTINUE
Galaxy of Colors, Drapes, Fans
And Branches Constitute
Decorative Scheme
Final arrangements for music; fa,
om and decorations complete the elab
*rats plans for the seventh annual
Solt Hop to be held us the Armory
Friday night. Advance ticket and
ifraterirtty booth sales opened last
night and tvill continue tonight for
the convenience of underclassmen
who expect to attend the formal fon
t-ion
Decorators of the Silverstein com
pany of Wilkes-Barre, who have
attained the Armory for other Im
portant social iunclson•,-promise to
transform the ibasketball court _ante
a genuine ballroom for the dance.
Work en the ceiling will probably
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VARIED GROUP ENROLLS
IN AG WINTER COURSES
Eight States Send Students To
Study Agriculture Here
For Eight Weeks
Eight states In addition to Penn
sylvania are lepresented by students
in the winter short courses in agri
culture at Penn State, Austin L
Patrick, in charge of this woik, an
nounces
Enrollment no the general .agti
tulture and dairy manufacturing
courses totals eighty-four. The states
of Georgia, Maryland, Ohio, South
Carolina, North Carolina,
Nen York and New Jersey contribute
r total of fifteen student, to the list.
Among the tint ty-nine counties in
this state represented by the other
sisty-roine members of this chins,
Biadfoitt leads ;with seven native
sons. The counties of Laces ne and
Somerset follow ssith four each stud
the remainder one drons the four cor
ners of the state
Husband and Wife Stud)
The short course students really in
clude a cosmopolitan group and men
boast of one woman member. She as
His Clarence E Horton, Kis-Lyn,
Pennsylvania, whose .husband is tak
ing the seine course
Members of the 400 Bushel Potato
club are also !found in this gathei
no
flarry A. Priedline winner of
the Baltimore and Ohio $lOO scholar
ship awarded to the best 4-1 I Club
worker in the sea cnteen countites
crossed by that radioed, is using his
scholarship in this course
Traveling University
Asks Professor Hill
To Teach on Voyage
, Prof. John B Hill of the botany
department recently teemed an in-
Natation to Join the faeulby or the
"Untveasity Afloat" which will leave
New York city October sixth fat an
eight month's trt,, around the world.
Mfrs. Hill will accompany him as one
of the faculty.
The group of men and women which
comprises the faculty of this flouting
unbent are selected from the prominent
colleges end universities of the entire
United States.
Twenty-six foreign countries will be
visited during the eight month's ()rinse
for which Professor Hill Ls interested
in obtaining a group of students from
this state.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1928
committee on freight rates and ber
ries upon receipt of a telegram from
Mi. Thomas Ccoliegan, director
and special counsel for the Bellefonte
Central. Railroad company.
Stover Station is about two miles
cast of Tyrone while Fuirhrook is ap
proximately eight miles west of State
College. The connecting spur from
Strobl° will be built as soon as the
Interstate Commerce comnussion ap
proves of the Bellefonte Central com
pany's plans. This will enable ducat
freight and passenger service between
State College and Tyrone.
A petition for abandonment of the
line from Stover Station to Fambrook
had been presented to the Public Ser
vice Commission last fall by the
Pennsylvania Railroad. The Belle
fonte Central, along with local ship
pers, interceded and the Commission
finally permitted the sale of this lme
for $52,130.
Last week the Pennsylvania Rail
oaf had refused to accept the offer
of the Bellefonte Central, in accord-
once with the order of the Interstate
Commerce commission which authoriz
es the - abandonment of that portion
of the road. The commission threat
ened injunction proceedings in the
Federal Court, however, to force the
continued operation of the toad As
r result of this, the Pennsylvania
its refusal and made its
formal acceptance.
NITFANY BOXERS
DOWN ORANGE, 6-1
Syracuse Ringmen Forfeit Two
Bouts—Struble Loses in
175-Pound Contest
KOLIKOSKI MAKES GOOD
IN LIGHTWEIGHT DEBUT
A green and untried Syracuse hos
ing team, after forfeiting two bouts
went down in &lea before the Penn
State matmen 6-1, Saturday in the
Armory ring. Ineligibilities prevent
ed the New Yorkers from using a full
team against Coach Leo Hooch's
charges. Nevertheless the Orangemen
put up a game light in esery bout.
Frankie Mahon had an easy tune
in winning the decision uses the act
ing-captin Lam, Sintorr of Syracuse.
Frankie found Sineors fate open tune
and time agin for left jabs. The
Syracuse hantium‘cight's only offense
was in 1,11,1 right and left swings
uhich the Blue and White 115-pounder
cleverly evaded
Rol) Wins
The second bout rent to l'enn State
because of no Splint.° entry and
Falegar ono 1,3 default In the light
ueight bout Kolakoski opposed the
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Librarian Decries
Gothic Tastes of
Student Readers
That Penn State students are not
reading the right 4.},pc of books Wile
declared by Miss Sabra Vought, Col
lege librarian, recently, mhen she
:Anted that tho average student reads
fiction that requires little or no think
ing.
rMisti Vought's opinion is that it
would benefit every student to iced
.books of the type of "David Copper
field," "Les Miserables," "Oliver
Twist," "The Hunchbatk of Notre
Dame," and many other (books of this
class.
Books written on ,photoplays and
the poster class of fiction holds the at
tention of the students, according to
Miss Vought. Sim declares that these
books have little or no educational
salve, and offer only tempouny en'
tertalnment
With the Irbrary receiving about
five hundred new volumes of cure
fully selected material, ttus Vought
declines that it would be worth the
while of Internted students to spend
several hours a week thole for last
ing entertainment
CANCEL PRESIDENTS
MID-YEAR RECEPTION
Because of the death of Mis.
Hazel's mother, it is nceessuly
to cancel the reception planned
for the mid-year graduates dur
ing this afteinoon, at the Presi
dent's house. The graduation
exercises will be held according
to schedule, at seven-thirty
o'clock tonight in the Aditer
him.
First-Day Enrollment
Sets College Record
Es.peilencing the most active leg
ritration period in lisiliNtery, the Col
lege enrolled more than Unity-lour
hundred Auden , „4 during the days of
Thurbda„ Friday and Saturday ac
ceidint, to Registrar William S Hoff
man
On Thais , lay, 2,026 students en
/rolled. making a new College record.
'rho former lugir run for a single
day was seventeen bundled legs,-
trams.
The It.p,ristrar aceiedded the early
registrAt , on to the fact that the stu
dents had pletnly of time to make oat
their second semester schedules and
.hare them approved by thou se
spectis e scheduling officers.
NITTANY-MATMEN
VANQUISH QUAKERS
IN ONE-SIDED FRAY
Lions Take All But Too Bouts
From Pennsylvanians and
Win Tilt, 18,;/2--11/,
LIGGETT GETS DECISION
OVER CAPTAIN BOGDAN
Nilson-Rabinowitz Match Ends
In Stalemate—Al Kandell
Outlasts MahUncy
the Nittany mat contenders es
tablished an enviable place for them
,,,elves in this years collegiate serest
ling circles, Saturday, - slice they
handed Pennsylvania a decisive 'et
back, 18 1 / 2 - 4 The only win se
cured by the l / 2
Red and Blue team was
in the heavyweight decision, ',hen Al
Mandel, husky grappler gained a de
cision nine Rog Mahoney by a tone
advantage of one minute, thirty sec
onds
The hufa abota.oLtb4, annual tllt
belween the two nmtantarms 'nen:
reaelt-41 early In the contest. Wally
lin,TeLt and Johnny Bogdan engaged
in too of tho closest encounters of the
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DIRECTOR FORMULATES
SUMMER SCHOOL PLANS
Faculty fcir Session To Include
Number of Well-known
Educationalists
Rapid pr ogre-,v, king made in
tin, for nuilation of plans for Penn
Stair's coming summer 00,01011 It
wilt he so: weeks in length as usual,
regrstration being held on June thir
tieth and classes ernurinneing on
July third.
In addition La olfering e‘tra cur
ricula. the Sern:ron will include prom
mutt insti Liam, turd professor., ae-
VOI ninny to P. C. Weaver, assndant
do odor of the summer session Lein
L. Winslow, art director of the B rl-
Limon Public Seheoll., will be here
Lo teach pub]c school art 11Ir Win
slow lectured at the Universtty of
Wiscorcon r..ession Last year and two
sears previous he taught at the mith
lean university summer school. The
French Department ban secured Leon
Ittnenthal us an Instructor and lec
turer for next summer. As a prof
essor, an author and a scholar, Mr
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Lumbermen Prepare for Busy Season
As Pledgees Await Grecian Tortures
"Yu, business will be picking tap
soon," declared the owner of the
local planing mill yesterday. "We are
waking prepandiens new fin the
scmi-annnal rush season."
Ho expiessed this opinion when
asked what client the persistent ru
mor, that the fraternities are plan
ning the mid-year initiation of
pledges, nould have upon the econom
ic situation in State College.
"In the flint place there will be,"
he continued, "a greater demand for
eggs of all kinds, of course Then,
WO, see can always expect that the
demand for oui products will intense
considerably during the month of
February, and oui salts sheets dor
tins month during the past few peal
have shown a very creditable balance."
It seems that o number of fresh
men, anticipating their admittance
into the labyrinth of secrets for nvhieh
the "throtherinads" pride themselves,
have placed their Orders already for
their shale of that pain-giving or
tiele-,tho paddle. Indeed, a Sete have
been seen bearing bundles of the wea
pons away from the shop
Totirgiatt.
"OLD MAIN BELL"
NUMBER APPEARS
FOR SALE TODAY
Dr. Puttee I)eelares That Issue
"Would Be a Credd to
Any College"
LOCAL STORES DISPLAY
COPIES OF PUBLICATION
Magazine Contains Varied List
Of Students, Faculty and
Alumni Literature
The winter issue of the Old Mow
Br!! MI I lie distributed to sulmenliers
tale) while additional copies have
teen placed on sale at loc•Il magazine
stores, announces Francis A Harvey
'2B, business manager.
.3lembeis of the English department
who have reviewed the first. issue of
the literary publication have e•-
plessed wry fasorable opm•ons. "The
Old Munn Ball," says Dr. Fred L Pat
tee of the Engl sh depaitm,ent, "would
be a credit to any college It has as
much of variety as even a Poe could
iles.re The poetry is above the a,
mace of undergraduate verse. The
fiction I find on the whole readable,
and what more could one demand from
undergraduate fiction' The dramatic
woik is clever and the criticism bril-
I•ant"
Ptof A Hoary E,penshade of the
same department has added that
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YEARLINGS DEFEAT
CARNEGIE CAGEMEN
Field Goal by Maness in Final
Second of Play Decides
30-28 Struggle
EASTRURN, MEYERS TIE
FOR INDIVIDUAL HONORS
A had goal 'by Jack Micros in the
last second of play Woke a tie scale
and gave the Penn State freqhman
passel. a 30-28 ,etory over the Cat
negie _Tech plebes in a closely con
tested battle, Saturday night. The
final gun crackedle the ball mas
in the air but the referee signalled for
the basket to be counted
Teams ro,enl) Matched
Iho Nittany contingent ,teliptd to
the front coils in the struggle and
remained there until the middle of the
foul Lb quarter hen the Tortoni, by
a tremendous spurt gained a four
point lead on then advtr,alles The
Lion aggregation t ttahated by tying
the count near the end of the pet and
Eamtburn Starts Scoring
Eastburn started the cool tug atll%-
ales for the freshmen in the first
quarter inith a shot from beneatht the
bin hot (Intlion crone hack ulth a
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W. S. G. A. To Hold Large I
Meeting This Afternoon
Thu W S G. A nit hold
mars meeting in the Audnoliton I
this afternoon, at five o'clock All
girl, ale reque,kll to be prevent
Tor Mts., Rap has a gpeend Ines
gage.
The planing null ov.ner was in a
101mm:cent mood and smiled slight
-1,1 as lie resumed
"Some (peel chailieteis tome in
here," he said "Just last week a big,
sheepish-looking fellow walked in lie
tack a good look around the room as
if to make sure that no one was list
ening before he gave Ins order. There
sac another hush also who tcanted
his ,paddles wrapped , up so no one
could 'cc them."
"They want all sues and shapes of
paddli.s, too," the wood worker ment
on. "Short ones, long ones, think ones
and thin ones arc on our list, Some
brothers-to be think they are 'pulling
fast ono' when they order is thin
paddle. Such fellows will lenin from
ex,peilence which tool stings the
worst
"Would I be in favor of abolishing
Mai paddle rule?" he returned in an
hleCl to .i query. "Well I should say
not! I hope that the Perm State frat
ernities novel corm= such an in
human act. It would epos/ a pei feet
lo good business."
FRATERNITY MEN TO
HOLD MEETING TODAY
Dr. Francis W. Shepardson, Prominent
In Greek Circles, Will Address
Conclave Assemblage
Soph Hop Ticket Sale
Continues This Week
Tickets for the Soph Med van
be on sale at Montgomery's from
seven to eight o'clock each night
for the remaindel of the cinch. /
Five dollars will be the admis
sion fee.
Fraternit% booths is ill be on
'ale at Co-op tonight from pis i
to scum o'clock Reservation, /
will ix dollar cost s
COLLEGE AWARDS
CERTIFICATES' TO
SENIORS TONIGHT
Eighty-Four Diplomas 15'111 Be
Presented to Mid-Year
Graduate Class
EIGHT BEST SCHOLARS
WILL RECEIVE HONORS
Dr. Shepardson Will Address
Group—President Hetzel
To Issue Degrees
Eighty-fuer 'tudents will ,acme
diplomas, when Tenn Stale hold, it,
fifteenth nod-year commencement c,
each,. in the Schwab Auditonum to
night at seven-thirty o'clock Judge
W Sit:hell, proudemt
Board or Truste,, will act as the
pre:riling
Among the number of gradeati.s
ehht au, arded 4irst honor,
This number c rpn esent, ten per taint
01 the class lanking highest in gen
coal uholarslrp The gradual., who
will nacelle the honors aro, Helen 1,
Joseph I: Eisenlein,
ila
man I Freeman, Chalks F. Getswite,
France, 3taitin, 1,t.. C.
WdLmn F. Seegnaller and :sterling B.
Megan!
Dr Shepnrdson Speak
Fla11(.10 W Bhopal then, eNeeuti,e
usi.retare of the Bet, Theta Pi fret
prnity wII :Wilt ess the giaduating
01401 vn "I.y pro or Leadership" Af
ter the ideal ding Or degree, by Pies-
Wen', Ralph I) Iletzel, the esteruses
will he tlooed with the benediaion and
the :teademat.. recession
The Kappa Garin, Psi ensemble
I, penile the !111u5.,. for the pro
gram Miss Ada Romig . '2B, Akin sing
,several solo,
ALUMNI GROUP HONORS
PENN STATE TRACKMEN
Presents Nittany Lion Rings to
Championship Holders at
Annual Luncheon
Pr“ontt 0 w di the Nitlany lose
mu:, lied< chompluns at Penn State
Wel, .honou oil by the .Penn Stile Club
of Phdadelplua, at the tonal, annual
testimonial luncheon held under the
nu...pites of the el ganuatunt at the
Penn Athletn. club .Saturday atter-
IllOn
Celr‘ '215, vndmdwA is inner
of the sntercolleg.ate tn,....55-sountry
title Lind team winner along Toth
(kolas° K. OlTenhauser henry A.
Kale '2O, Lours la, '29, and 'Henry
Id Ratcliffe "10, Alfred 11. Bates '2B,
sotereolegiate br,ail-Juns,p champion
and the ness second holden, Horner N.
Nathan% '2'), second-place winner in
th i broad sump and Richard 11. Bar
tho'osnew '2B, Al )10 scored sevens points
Lit the intertollegiates, wend the track
stars who were homed.
Coy and Bates were also guests el
the Veteran Athletes' bassinet held
Satusday night.
AG STUDENTS SELECT
NEW CLASS OFFICERS
°liners for this year's short course
sn general agriculture and dairy rnan
uractui ing were elected last week us
in erecting of the class.
Those chosen were Clarence E, Dor
ton, Kislyn, president, Edward
vice-President, Emery S. Dense,
secretary, and Sheldon V. Mower,
Dallas, treasurer
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Continuing ithe pre,ent threz-das
conference, mcin , aei • of the Cnllege
loGal an.l national frattrnities will
gather on the Schwab Auditorium for
11,1. meeting at four-ten o'clock
thri ateineen A fornml banquet to
n•ght null terminate the conelaNe
Speeches by four premnent na
tional fratern ty offic als and nixtil
, Cectiona by the Vars ty Quartet mil:
ccarprtsa the ;program for the event
thn aftarnoon, Dt. Willinm S. Dye,
.11 , natlonal president of ,Aeacia, V. I I
conduct the meeting
Shepardson Ti, SPO.d,
the chief speaker this afternoon
I will he Dr Furnen W Shepard.on,
m Chicago, mho is national presi
dent of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. In
addition he mill deliver 'the commence
ment address tonight.
Docto: Shepardson is serving his
fourth consecutne term as national
e‘ecutive of his fratctnity at present
and is well-known throughout the
Un ted States for his work among
college brotherhoods
Fraternit) Work
Thu executive's frateinets work has
Leon vat rot and cover, a period of
neatly half a century Beginning
with the oilier of national comention
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DEBATERS PREPARE
FOR MEET FRIDAY
Forensic Team Encounters New
Jersey Law School at
1 Nza.irk, N. J.
ORATOILS WILL CONSIDER
INTERNATIONAL QUESTION
Attu a petsod of alleneas caused
'53 final examination., the Penn State
ft.retsat. ,t sun wt . ] 'meet the Ne-s
Leroy lea ...hod debaters Frsday
°telling at Newark timing the Ox
ford pl in of debate, too Natlany men
and one Nen Jersey law :Ansel man
n CI uphold the alTinnative nhde one
Penn State Mall 1c di code 'attic the
New Jetta* team sn defending the
negative
Coach lohn 11. Fi writ ha.. not }et
, elate I the LOAM A, in the prela
on. debate, of the season, the sub
.n4 will !he "Iti,oked, that the
United Stales should (ease to pro
tea, by force of arms, American pri
vate uttcre,.ts in forei g n countries es
cent after formal declaration of oat."
Work In Squads
By milking. in •-quad., the debater.,
lye been able to diceuss cAlefully
be th Ydea of the question. Although
Marshall D. ltei '2B, ham re
turned to college, the debating Equad
1,0 liandiceppcd by the la,. of
hUb L Butt '2B, mho trill engne
IP 0110 1110110 or practice teaching
Accoiding to Coach 1 , 111.2.01, the de
oalu gull pm oly arginnentathe
inch no decision will 4twardri
Fraternities Meet foi
Third Round of Bridge
Encounter This Week
Beginning the third round of a
idgud,un nament Alpha Gamma Itho
&foaled Tan Kappa Eptlon whlW
Theta Xi vannumhtd 1 beta Kappa
hint wccl•.
1 he thud i ound also include, the
following nialtlns. Sigma Phi P.p
mien an I Sigma Pt, Beta Linthila
Sigma and Signia Ali ha Epsilon, Sig.
Epalon and Delta Sigma ('hi, Phi
Lambda Theta and Kappa Delia Wm,
Pin Kappa Sigma and Lambda Clu
Alpha and Phi Kappa and Pint Hp-
Aon in Varsity Hall and Chi Phi.
F. P. WEAVER TO GIVE
SERIES OF LECTURES
Tasation in Pennsyhanm, xttu
specol repiesentation to school Luxe,
will constitute the subject for a sera,
of three lecturei by Fi edema P. 'Wea
ver, head of the department of agri
cultural economies, in Pennsylvania
cities this month.
Ills first lecture wu, delicered
at a meeting of the Parent-Teachers
association of Peteioburg Thuis
day. On Februaly ninth and
twenty-fifth, Professor Weaver will
speak at the annual meeting of
the agneultuie e tension assoclationv
at Ebensburg and Pottsville, lespect
tvely