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VOL XXIII, No. 36
LION- MATMEN SHIFT
LINE- UP FOR MAROON
Wrestling Coach Intends To Enter New
Men Against Lafayette ..Team
Tomorrow ,Afternoon
The Nittany wrestlers will attempt
to add another win to their record
of two successivo victories this sea
son and maintain the reputation so
thoroughly =mailed last Saturday
at Philadelphia, when they encounter
Lafayette's string of 'inabnich, to•
morrow afternoon at two o'clock in
tho Armory.
Although the Maroon 'grappler, got
nt to a late start this yeal, they are
dar from being considered an easy
match by Coach Charlie Spodel. lie
expects to use several men new to
the realms of collegiate grappling
against the Eastomans, but an all
cases still keep his berths amply re
=forced. In mew of this and their
success against ,Pennsylvania, the .
Lions aro favored to display a super
ior brand of mat tactics and contend
strenuously for the margin of tomor
row's score.
Wllson Shlfts to Special
Unaltered well be the Penn State
115-pound berth, for Don Steele, lithe
bantamweight, will resume his place
in the mutual bout. However, the
lightweight class avail seclude Ted
Wilson instead of Captain Liggett
The former I.ls.pounder has ceded
eight pounds to each of his opponent:
already this sear and the Lion coach
so anxious to determine what he will
de an this proper division
To fill the 135-pound vacancy,
either Chenometh or flubler will step
out on the mats Both men have been
providing keen competition for the
lights eight post and at as unceitam
which sill mites - the bout
Welter Undecided
The identity of Penn State's welter
yi eight wrestler sell remain unknoun
until shortly before the contest. At
Present, Coach Spin,lel is seriously
considering Efienman, anti or Ace
for the division. Packard and Rollo
bough will retian their places in the
100 and 175-pound classes respective
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The Nittany mentor eNpeeta to
maelt "Tiny" Cranmer an the heavy
wnght , bout to teplace Roy Mahoney.
PLEBE COURTMEN LEAVE
FOR PITTSBURGH TODAY
Cagers Encounter Pitt Freshmen
Tonight—Battle Carnegie
Tech Satiutay
Coach Conover's Sreshman to,ero
suit luno this morning dor Pitts
burgh where they will meet the Pitt
plebes tonight and the Carnegie Tech
\
)cailings tomorrow night.
The Isluttany mentor has chosen the
eight men - who t,howed op best in
semmmage during the week, to make
the trip to the Smoky City. Klem
m., 'Moyers and Maims will alter
nate at foment with Williams and
Diediuk at the defensive posts.
Either Macomb or Eustburn will .tart
at center chile one other substitute
ihe chosen from among Edwards
eynolds and Pennypackm.
Since the victory over the Tartan
first year eagers, the Lion cub mentor
has put his pinyon through foul
nights of strenuous forty minute
scrimmages. Larry fins been con
tinually changing the squad around
and will not be sure who will start
the contest until just before the
whistle blows.
l'tt Stronger Opponent
The Pittsburgh freshmen basket
rern 1,111 the the stronger of the two
fees, having lost two games and won
three. They defeated the .Skubo cubs
:11-20 before the Tartans met the
Nittany contingent an the Armory.
Carnegie with a record of four de
feats should prove an easy math for
Lany's courtmen.
Fraternity Boxers To
Meet in Tournament
Eight teams will open the inter
trate nity boxing tournament when
they compete Monday night at tlx
o'clock in the Armory
According to the rules of the tom
ney the boxers will weigh In at noon,
on the day that they fight All teams
must he on the floor at the appointed
time or forfeit the meet to their op
ponents Two bouts may be fought
by one man The entry fee having
been island to two dollars, the win
ning team will receive 41 cup as its
permanent possession.
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"Y" Treasurer Requests
Subscription Payments
Although many of the Y. M
C A. contribution pledges hams
been paid, there Is still a large
number of unpaid subscriptions.
Those who have made these
pleges are asked by the tress
urer of the "Y" to pay them at i
the Hut before next Friday
PENN STATE COACH
ATTENDS FOOTBALL
RULES CONFERENCE
Aids Revising, Clarifying Screen
Pass, Fumbled Punt and
Backward Pass
FUMBLED PUNT RULED
DEAD- UPON RECOVERY
Hugo Bezdek, Knute Rockne and
Ball Spalding Represent
American Mentors
Representing the American Asso
ciation of Football Coaches, Hugo
Rezdek, director of athletics, attend
ed the conference of the Football
Rules Committee at the Seaview
country club near Absecon, Nen Jer
sey, last Saturday. The clarification
of certain rules was the main item
of business ,
Thd bhitanf menMr, "airing . il•ith -
Knute .Rockne 'of Notre Dame and
Kilt Spalding of the southern branch
oh the University of Caldoinia, was
appointed recently to represent the
football coaches at tho parley of the
rules comirsttee -This group is rep
iesentatave of every section of the
United 'States
Three Important Rules
Clarification, and in sonic oases
changes, in connection with the screen
pat, the fumbled punt and the back
ward pass constituted the chief items
whioh came under the consideration
of the football mentors
In the case of the screen pass, it
was formerly permissible to tackle a
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Clergyman Speaks
At Chapel Sunday
Prominent as .L .foremost Episcopal
clergyman and former headmaster
in the Dpisccpal academy, Philadel
phia. Do. Philip J Stemmet4 of St
Paul's church Elkins ,Park, Pennsyl-
Name, will address chapel-goers Sun
day morning
Deem. Steinmetz was horn in Phil
adelphia, and educated in the pub
lic school, of that city. After woih
mg with several railroad companies,
he decided to entm the ministry. his
early training far this profession was
scoured at the DeLancey School, Phil
adelphia, and further advanced at
Harvaid university from whul In
stitution he graduated in 1001. He
also attended the Philadelphia Divin
ity school before beginning an ex
tended career as a nunister of the
gospel.
Among other activities, Doctor
Steinmetz is chaplain of the Widener
Memorial School for Crippled Child
ren. In the summer he has charge
of the services at Westhampton
Beach, Long Island, Nose York. It
was also under his leadership that
his present charge at EFlons Park
ertablished radio station IVIBG
through which services are broad
cast every Sunday.
School of Agriculture '
Enrolls 590 Students
Penn State ranks third in agucul-
Land Grant colleges, statistics gather
ed and compiled by Dean Ralph L.
Watts, of the School of Agriculture,
show.
lowa State college has 78G regular
four-year students, Cornell univer
sity. has G5l, Penn State college 590,
and Texas A. and 51. college 506. In
freshman entailment, Penn State
ranks fourth with 202 students. lowa
is first Ivith 357, Ithssissippi A. and
91, college has 248, and Texas A. alai
31. college has 218.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1928
NITTANY PASSERS
FACE UNDEFEATED
PITTSBURGH FIVE
Encounter Tartans Alter Tilt With
Strong Blue and Gold
Quintet Tonight
SQUAD OF TEN PLAYERS
TAKES TRIP WEST TODAY
Panther Cagemen Score Wins
- Over Syracuse, Chicago,
Ohio State, Army
Penn State's courtmen face the OA
of the season tonight sshen they
journey westward to engage the un
defeated and highly-touted Panther
quintet in the Pitt stadium. The Nit
tany passers will meet the Carnegie
Tech five in a return engagement to
morrow evening on the Tartan court.
The Blue and Cold dribblers began
their long line of conquests by invad
ing the Westein Conference to trip
Michigan, Chicago, Northwestern and
lowa in successive contests They ,
next returned to the home court and
trimmed the Dartmouth quintet, last
year's champions of the Eastern Col
legiate league, and Ohio State by com
fortable margins
Pitt Continues Conquests
Syracuse followed its 45-24 drub
bing at the hands of the Pitt tossers
by nanouly awning from the Nit
tany floormen on the following even
ing. Coach Carlson's cagemen ran
wild over Carnegie Tech and Went
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SENIORS CONSIDER
DANCE ORCHESTRAS
Winter Carnival and Athletic
' Events Scheduled for
Same Week-end
ANNUAL FUNCTION WILL
13E HELD MARCH NINTH
Selection of program-fusers, tenta
tive award of the decorating contract
and orchestra possibilities for the an
nual Senior Ball which ss ill be held
in the Armoir Pealay night, March
ninth, Isere announced today by John
M. Rumen, chairman of the dance
committee.
A winter spotty carnival, of .special
interest Ro uppere , ar,:men who plan
to attend the formal dance, is sched
uled for the week-end of the Ball. Ae
eluding to the athletic schedule Sor
Satuidayr, the Losers will encounter
Temple university, the uiestlers unll
grapple with the Cornell university
snatmen and the Ciskethall five will
meet the Putt quFntet in the Armory.
Among the orchestras with munch
negot.ations have keen opened to play
fur the again ate those of Gomm 01-
^en, Guy Lombaids, Dewey Bergman.
Jean Goldkate, Jan Garber and
Brucu•Stecle Definite announument
on the final solution is expected with
in the next two weeks
The prcgrami were ordered itom
the 13 A Wright company of Phila
delphia while the decorating cont./let
will probably bo askaidml to the Sri
seritem company of Wilkes-Barre
next tseek.
COLLEGE HOLDS SPECIAL
• COURSE FOR DAIRYMEN
Agriculture School Instructs Many
Municipal Producers In
Modern Processes
Purposing to give up-to-date infor
mat on in commercial and municipal
milk mocesses, the dairy husbandry
depantmcnt Is now conducting a two
week's course, which staited Mon
day, in "Minket Milk and bulk Con
trol"
The course aril include plant meth
ods of supervision and control as used
by city and state 'health departments
it well stress the production, hand
ling, and distn,bution processes of
market milk
There aro twenty-six students en
tolled in this course, which as the last
or the three short courses offered by
the dairy husbandry department. Ac
cording to fames recently released,
the dairy manufacturing short cours
es have the largest enrollment of any
session of their type in the country.
The market milk industry has de
veloped into an important business,
especially in the East where there is
a concentration of population, ex
plains Francis I. Doan, assistant pro
fessor of dairy manufacturing, seho
is In charge of the course,
Engineers Drop Study
In Foreign Languages
The faculty of the Engineering
School met recently and decided to
drop all modern language courses
Ruin the curricula. according to Prof.
C W. Becse, head of the Industrial
Engineering department
Ilowevei, members of this real's
ireshman class will be laid to the re
ements of this year's curriculum
and will the compelled to complete any
language course that they may have
begun.
DOCTOR SLOSSON,
NOTED SCIENTIST,
DELIVERS LECTURE
Educator Will Present Address
Tonight As Sixth Number
Of "Y" Entertainment
DEAN WENDT ACCLAIMS
SELECTION OF AUTHOR
Speaker Is Well-Known as Head
Of Scientific Service in
• Washington, D. C.
Dr. Edwin E. Slosson, acclaimed a.
One of the best known scientific auth
orities in the world, will address pat
rons of the Y. M C. A Entertainment
Cams° ton ght at eight-fifteen o'clock
in the Auditorium. Doctor Slosson was
originally scheduled to talk here next
Finlay, but because of an unavoid
able engagement be was forced to
advance the date 'of his appearance
here.
The speaker is thiector of Scienti
fic Service, a unique institution, meth
its headquarters at Washington, D.
C. Established with the populari
zation of science as its am, the or
ganization acts as a Meson agency
ban can technical groups of the world
at large. It is spot ryred by the Na
tional Academy of...Auk:cc ; t , ei
tonal Research Waned and the
American Association for the Ad
vancement of Sc ence and maintains
o daily nests scoriae to nenspapm;
interpreting scientific wants in ac
curate and wadable form
In addition to all his scientific
knowledge, asserts Di. Gerald Wendt,
dean of the School of Chemistry inn
Physics Dutton Slosson stands out
pro-em nently for his human quail
t es, his personal charts and his hu
mo. Penn State is fortunate to tie
on his schedule.
Doctor Slosson was n in Kansas
in 1865 and graduated from Kansas
State university in 1890 The next
thirteen years he spent as rprofessor
of eliennstiy in the Unwers.ty of
Wyoming and as client st of the
Ws
cnunE agricultural expen meet sta
tion
Notre Dame Coach
Charters Ship for
1928 Olympic Visit
Having s'.7ncd a contra-1 Math the
Conan d t ne Con u,c of a ship, Knute
Recline, Notre Damn football coach,
will take in small tinny of friend.,
C,illcgo student., and othca; on a
Sun opean tom next summa, mall a
to the 1948 Olympic Gaines in
An,teidain ,n a feature of the trip.
The panty will visit six countries
llolland and the trip will cover
in period of •as weeks Because of the
proposed trip, Coach Reckon has an
nounced that he mill not conduct hi.
summer school course in football
coaching as has been has custom in
pievious years
Who's Dancing I
Friday
Sophomin e Hop
Saturday
Omega Epsilon
Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Tau (closed)
Theta Kappa Phi
Alpha Phi Sigma
Phi Delta Theta
Phi Lambda Theta
Pi Kappa Phi
Alpha Canima Phi
Chi Phi
Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Sigma at
Kappa Sigma House
Phi Sigma Kappa, Sigma Chi, Theta
Chi at Phi Sigma Kappa (cloned)
Beta Lambda Sigma, Chi Upsilon
at Beta Lambda Sigma House
Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Nu at Beta
Theta Pi House
!Sigma Phi Epsilon, Thcta Xi at
Theta Xi House
Sigma Phi Sigma
Lanaxia Chi Alpha
Tatirgiatt.
BOXERS THREATEN
NAVY SUPREMACY
TOMORROW NIGHT
Captain Wolff Leads Mates to
Annapolis in Attempt To
End Middy Streak
SAILORS WIN FIFTY•TWO
MEETS IN EIGHT YEARS
Bendick Will Meet Burke, Grid
Captain—Filegar To Enter
Featherueight Tilt
A Navy I cram; team may capon
encu its foot defeat ill eight years
when Captain Alhe Wolff and
cohorts tackle the Midshipmen tomor
row evening at Annapolis The Mai
d es aro indeed in danger of being
donosed from their pinnae'e, for the
Lions, strongmr than mer, and unde
feated this year, are determined to
hand the Naval Academy nngmen
their final setback Although Penn.
State lost 5-2 to the Navy last year,
smeral bouts wore awarded by hair
line decisions
Last Chance
Tommow, too of the Blue and
Wh.te rmgmen wil have their last
chance to avenge themsehes for pre
sinus defeats at Annapolis Frankie
Mahon and Fdegar, both centers, have
shown considerable umprovement in
thin: uctiteMs this neck and ate es
meted to exhibit an assortment of
punches that will gain deciesons The
bantamweaght meets Renard, a neu
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THESPIANS BEGIN
DANCING CLASSES
Instruction Will Be Continued
Tuesday, Thursday Nights
, , Until March First • -
STUDENT MANUSCRIPTS
CONSIDERED UNWORTHY
Regnumn. with a :feta, of lurlicr
irg-up exeretses and elementary steps,
the Thmpian club held the first of
its dancing in..truction classes Tues
day night in the Auddlornun
Among the fifty candidates who re
pot ted there m m e set end xho shot, ed
promise of theatrical alnlity., accord
toy to Ralph G. Kennedy '2B, who is
directing .the gtoup The classes still
continue on Tuesday and Thursday
right, until about \larch tint, and
any students de.oting to until' may
still do so at the Thespian Audio ui
the Auditorium
A, a ri,ult of an inve,lngat,n
Raymond 1, Paterson '2B, Aage man
ager, the Ckt, is con•rdering the prie
d., a of •orne profe,ronal nener,
which was u,eil in a , Philnilelphin
praduttrun a few se.ll, ago Decision
lhouever, until the
final selectors of the play fur this
year ho, been made.
That the :how itself mil la• 4.. f a
piofe, °nal nature uao &tided when
Maurice Wray., coach of the Thes
pian+, st. ded that none of the stu
dent manusciipts submitted for the
print contest %wok! be .satisfactory
Mr horn said that he was unable
to considm al* of the mainly
because of poet con,la action and dia
kgut.
Underclassmen TO Begin
I Scrap Tourney Next Week
2 Freshmen and sophomore !
! boxing eliminations well be held I
next ouch in the Armory.
Fre.hnuin bouts will be held on
Tuesday and Thin.day Mink 2
! sophomores will meet Wtdnes- !
day and Friday The soph
frosh scrap may be held next
Satuiday
Child Harold's Ton
Drives Co-ed "Mo
There was disappointment in store
for a group of half a Amu home
economics co-eds I then they started
their sn week, of residence in the
homemaking pi actiee house on the
can pus c ith the opening of the steond
semesteß.
It emus *arise Harold, the team than
a yeas old idol of the practice house,
Ilerest, the baby who rules over
thirty "foster motheru" who give him
every attention during the year, ,had
declared a holiday ilsy developing a
tieklah throat and an inclination to
:Tend a ueelc en the College infirmary.
Gay Couples To Throng
Annual Sophomore Hop
Committee Promises Underclassmen Gala Time
In Armory Tonight—Dancing From
Nine Until Two O'clock
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1 Chapel Seating Plans I
To Appear m Old Main
- Chapel seating arrangements i
for Jumoi 4, sophomore, and :
flesh)]. will he posted Satur
day morning on the bulletin
i boned in Old Main. Seating of i
! the senior, will be arranged and 1
1 pihtcd next vicch '
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COLLEGE ASKS FOR
CHANGE IN SITE OF
RAILROAD STATION
Wants Depot Placed at Head
Of Atherton Street To
Improve Campus
POWER HOUSE WILL BE
SITUATED AT OLD MINING
Present Electrical Plant Will Be
ReMON ed With Building of
Engineering Unit -
To conform Ulth the proposad
change in several of the College build
ings, the Belefonte Central has been
u•ked by the College to change the
s•te of its stat•on front its lament
posit on in front of Engineering D
to the head of Atherton street and
to remove the track. from College
property
, The, new plan for, the - campus , in
front of the engineering buikhnes
includes the renanal of the boiler and
electrical rooms to the present posi.
Lion of the Old Mining building,.
With the reinoral of the station and
tracks, the ground taken by 'them can
be graded and improved
The changes will not take place
hov. ere„ until new building, to house
the mining comment, now in the
Old Mining builillng, can be erected
the erection of the new engineering
lornleing on the a te of the old foun
dation w.ll practically mean the re
eel of the present electrical Maid.
o Inch is connc..ted io..th the boiler
room This plant is only temporary,
•hai•ng been era:Led after the (le
, ti action of the engineering burldnig
by fire.
Br placing the railroad Ant..en in
the I.,,,tern end of the Borough it
will lie po.sible to i cnr.i e all lan-
I earl wicks fi om College property es
milt a spur which o ill run to the sup
ply house
Education Official
Reports Fine Trip
Dcar w , al G C11,101 . .4 of the
School or Edu,olon, ,tho IS (1 1.11,ng
iround the wolI I mi the lincr
hut," with his silk, -Lite, m ,evai I
letters, lecer.ed ecently by friends
as.tienitc. that they tile having
ar cnjoya'Jle
An,nn., till quaint and interesting
Tot, winch they have visited alrcady
ale Villa France, Naplc., Athens,
Eat fa. Jel u,aleni, Cotta and 04 aileira
Madman pi omled math of IntereA
and amusement to Dean and Mr.,
Chambers Shot t trips none taken m
ox-carts, but these provul so untom
furtalle that motel can. noon sup
planted Dam Dean Chandra, states
the: on hoard the "Resolute" are
twerrty-three people from Pennssl
- and that the hostess of the
ttm in Miss MeCottan of Ursams col
ic= The next atop eel be made at
Bombay, India, on Fobtuaty eleventh
illar Contraction
thers" To Distraction
IluiolYs cold permitted his prompt
toturn to the practice house and lob
~ i‘c "nen mothers" by Wednesday, and
the cottage assented its mail routine
nine) , always includes the care of an
intim— The girls use seniors to atonic
econtmits, and .befoic they graduate
have opportunity to leutn the acien•
titan management of a home Aai thy
from nn orphanage or one boron.]
tient patents , uncrale to iprosade for
it, completes the home.
Needless to say, Harold had a fine
lunch and a hearty welcome when he
Icturne.! to Ilillcrest on Wednesday.
' Five Dollars
Worth of
Nichols
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Undeineath a multi-colored ceitnig
diffusoil adth soft lights, more than
five handled couples are espec.ted to
glue o.'et the rtflect.ng floor of a
gaily decorate! Armory tomght from
nine until tao o'clock to the straur,
oi enchanting dance music. 'lllO oc
casion mails the 'eyelid' annual Sopic
Hap, the only underclass formal fune-
t , of the ye ir
Ae All.Collefie throng. will fill the
• mincloum Aimmy for chat the curn
n.ttee promise., will be the social
ent of the :manse All preparationv
fo. the affair will be completed this
mm nmg, aeemding to Chanman Sid
ney it Lewis' final arirpuncemcnt
made last night
Pt oho oaten Hie f concolod fo
plot,. booth 1111111110 c in fhc Ar
mor y hot talc) than fire o'clock
flux ff !moon find f 0 11,001 T file
note beforemiff o•clocl, (occur-
I coy ntof POW 10 focflitatc the foot/.
of the deco, ato, v.
Tickets will be on sale until eight
thirty o'clock tonight at Montgomery',
and at the entrance to the dance fliers
aftcr until midnight The admission
price is five dollars Booklet-program
favors will be distributed at the Ar
mory enhance where a canopy from
the campus walk will mark the ap
proach to the dance floor.
Musical orchestrations will be offer
, ed by the combined Cliaileston Chas
ers and Red Nichols and Ins Fi‘e
Pennies under 'the leadership of Don
Vortices Each mehestro will also
play special programs for the merry
, making crowd.
DOCTOR DAVEY FURTHERS
RESEARCH ON CRYSTALS
Noted Physicist Installs New
Electrical Equipment fur
Continuance of Work
Dortoi Whirler I'. Inirty, x ice-dean
Co the Chenin.tir and Phymes se.hool.
NOM iecently !Acme a Pollen of the
In,titutt. of Phr,n, at London,
hn -
land, has eceived flu- latter honor
lugs ly , littame of hi, orna-making
research snook in atom and cry.,tnl,
it is under. tcod by arum!, of the Col
lege
LN,Ltur ty to produce
. single crystal of topper sus mchei
in length, iv but one of the many cc
•caroh Ilona with which ihe wa. cred
ited 'elide .101111.; reoearth physi
cot fm the General Blezta.c [-m
-eaty, , hcrote lie (.11111U to Penn SLmte
lus than Lwo years ago. ills work
Schenectady attracted marked at
tentit,it from ,ibiting British SCICII
it As
AL Penn SLite Doctor I).tvev has in
. Ing.ll voltage rlc.b teal equip
tent foi the continuance 01 h., TC
amnia, in initial, and their compo
t aton iii won't here ns expected to
Pal t t the on'lttunir of (Patinae form
tilat on "pie,ci Ila lent." he N, bleb 11.11 V
new and useful conannations of met
al call he made. Ile Is also Inveati
n„ating the nmdamcntnl pt Inc. pies
ohetalty the hardness and clactalahle
on nicLila, and allow+ may he deter
mined and dualcd con l'amattons made
ii (ado.
COLLEGE OFFICIALS WILL
VISIT RELIGIOUS PARLEY
Dotter Hazel. Dean Watts and
Secretary Kitchen Plan
Princeton Trip
Picsident Ralph D lleticl. Dean
Ralph L Watts of the School of A,-
culture and IViliner J. Kitchen, see
meta+r of the Y. M. C A , will attend
n conference of college officials at
Princeton unriemity next Friday,
Saturday and Sandi*.
The purpose of the conference is
to coeoder the pichlen, of compul
sory dal 11114 Sunday worship in col
leges in cour.,es of curricula hearing
on icligien The parley will also
deal with the functioning of the
churches and religious societies such
the 'Christian assocrations.
Discussiunal in Character
Wan the exception of a banquet
on the opening evening and 41 brief
tbsint, address, the , conference will be
entitely dacussional in character.