k Lions See Red in Colgate VOL XXIII, No 39 COURTNIEN DEFEAT URSINUS-TO MEET MAROON THURSDAY Will Open Cage Relations With Colgate Five in Fray At Hamilton - HERMANN PLANS TO .USE SAME STARTING LINE-UP Mons Nose Out Red and Black Quintet, 45-39, As llamas Plays Stellar Game After vanquishing the Ursinus ~courtmen by the narrow margin of 45-39 in a closely contested but rag ged game Saturday night, the Nit tany quintet will travel northward'to oppose the strong Colgate passers on Thursday. Two days later, the Lion basketeers will attempt to take yen geance Sor the early season reverse at the hands of the Orangemen. Leavine State College tomorrow afternoon, Conch Hermann will take a squad of ten men on the last trip of , the season. The Lion c l agencen still make Syracuse their headquat tern, trot cling to Hamilton, New York, Tursday for the tilt with the Ma roon The Nittany court mentor wail use the same first team that Played against Ursmus with State Humus and George Delp holding down the forward posts, Lou Reilly jumping center, and Captain Whitey Von Nieda and Cy Lungren protecting the Blue mid White basket. A reserve quintet, composed of Dick Reinhold, Jacobson and Skip Stahely, forwards, Jack Brownstein, center, and Eddie Baron, gunrd, will accomp any the regulars on the n6rthern jaunt. Joe Wilson, guard, has been declared ineligible because of low scholast c standing. Colgate Record Good The tilt with Colgate Thursday night marks the opening of basketball relations between Penn State and the New York institution. The Maroon fives have maintained consistently good records during the past twenty rise years, losing only four contests in .1 twenty-game schedule on the (Continued on third page) WPSC WILL BROADCAST MUSIC, TALKS THIS WEEK Liberal Arts School Arrang Complete Program for Tomorrow Night Musical concerts and talks twill feature this week's program oC the broadcasting from station WPSC. The School of Agriculture will give its ueekle hints for the Pennsylvania farmers tonight. Clinton 0. Cromer, professor of farm crops, will - talk on "Seed Corn Mints." Harmon M. Tints, instructor in Zoology, will pre sent a discourse on the subject, "Have a Ilenit." Jteginning at vs-thirty o'clock to morrow evening, the School of Liberal Arts will give its forty-live minutes of entertainment, arranged by Dean Charles W. Stoddart. The mend Glee Club, under the darectton of Prof. Richard W Grant volt broad cast from the local station the three number, that will be gken in the state intercollegiate contest in Pitts burgh, as a part of Dean Stoddart's program. The Varsity Quartet will also take part on the concert. i•Bss Martha Cobrecht wall play the selec tion on the marimba. After the Lib eral Arts' program Prof. 'William L. Werner of the English deportment, will speak on "American Legends." Dean Gerald L. Wendt Leaves For Extensive Lecture Tour in West Dean Gerald L. Wendt loft Sun day on an extended lecture tour among western colleges Beginning today with a lecture ut the State College of North Dakota, he will include in the trip special lectures to the State Colleges of Mon tana, Washington, Oregon, New Mex ico, Oklahoma and Nebraska, and ,to the Universities of Washington and Oregon. Ho will also speak to Ro tary Clubs, Chambers of Coramerce and other civic clubs on the 'Pacific Count. The subjects for some of his lec tures ure, "What Is the World Mane Of?", "The Creative Artist in Re search," "American Chemicarl Re search in 1528," and "Chemical In-. dustry hi the New Competition " The till, will require five weeks, during which Assistant Dean Oscar F. Smith will net in full capacity. .._ .., ~)„.„.„.,,„ rtitt tit ~,ie„...,.....„. Orders for Junior Blazers Begin Today Beginning today and contin uing for two weeks, orders will -be taken at Whitey Musser's for the junior class blazers. The jacket is steel in color and braided m garnet. A deposit of three dollars is required with every order, the remainder of which mast be paid upon receipt , of the blazer. , Seven dollars 4 has been set as the price of the Igarment this year. DEBATERS OPPOSE • HATCHET ORATORS Forensic Team Argues Foreign Investments of Private Capital Question - ZION TRIO MAKES TOUR OF WESTERN COLLEGES That the United States Government should cease to protect American private investments in foreign coun tries, was the question discussed by Penn - State and George Washington university in a no-decision affair Sat urday night in the Auditorium With Penn , State arguing the affirm alive side and the -visitors upholding the negative many new ideas on the subject were uncovered. The Nittany orators, having a revised team, con fasted of Kenneth Hood '3O, Hirry A. Berge '3O and Walace Brewster 1'29, while the students from the cap itol city were Karl Frisbie, D. S. Hatch and Gwynn Sanders. That the present system of pro tection mas on line with the Monroe Doctrine was the bone of contention of both teams While the advisability of using armed forces in foreign countries was a subject of much dis cussion. Both teams occassionafly used humor in , . their arguments, this !ending - to die interest of the audi ence. Although originally planned as a decision debate, the meet was changed to a mere discussion of the present conditions, thus.allovang both• teams to argue the question with no fear of the opinion of the listeners. A negative team will go to Ohio today where they will meet teams from four western colleges Another group of two men will debate at Har mburg.against a Dickinson duo Fri day evening. Dial Portfolio Art Exhibit Represents Modernistic Trend Purposing to introduce Modernistic Art here, Pt Gamma Alpha, recently organized honorary Pine Arts frat ernity, is sponsoring A three-seeks exhibition of the Dial portfolio of "Living Art" The exhibit was open ed for public irispection yesterday in the Art Museum, Old Main. Twenty facsimile reproductions af ter paintings, drawings and engrav ings and ten photographs, after sculp tures by contemporary artists com prise the Modern Art exhibit' of the Dial Publishing company of Non York City. To give a more complete repre sentation of certain personalities a nuiriber of small magazine .reproduc tions have been hung with the artists' facsimiles Outstanding paintings of Pablo Picasso, Henri ,Matisse and Pierre Bonnard, lenders of tho French Mod ernistic school, are included in the exhibit while the best works of John Martin and Charles Demuth, Ameri can water color painters, arc repre sented in the Dml folio. Work of Aristide Maillol, noted French sculp tor, is ulso included in the exhibit. PROF. J. SHIBLI OFFERS LIBERAL SCHOLARSHIP , Professor Jubir Shnhh of the de partment of mathematics has given n scholarship fund of one thousand dollars to the American University of Burnt, Syria. Professor Shin has contributed this amount in memory of Doctor Carslaw who es a mission ary in his Lebanon village encouraged him to seek an education in the Uni versity. While carrying a !full teaching schedule here he has earned the mon es in his spare time by giving a ser ies of lectures in the towns through out the county. Like many of the graduates of the arc Amerman uni versities in the Near East he has es tablished the fund in is sense of loy alty to his alma meter, William Mor gan Kingsley, chairman of the exe cutive committee of the Near East College association, announced re cently. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY,' FEBRUARY 21 1928 PLAYERS CONDUCT FINAL REHEARSALS FOR COMING SHOW Unusual Settings Will Produce Tenseness for "The Cat And the Canary" PLAY HAD RECORD RUN IN BROADWAY THEATRE Miss Mabel Reed and Jackson Wheatley To Appear As Main Characters Concentrating their efforts on "The Cat and the Canary," the Penn State Players are rehearing daily for their presentaton of the mstery-melo drama on Saturday eight 3n the And. tornnn. The Players' stage crew is taking especial pains to create an atmos phere of mystery. Trick panels and spooky devices {sill add to the tense ness of the play. A fireplace having many similar panels Is a necessary part of ,the weird stage effects Originally played at •the National theater. Nei, York City, for four hundred, nights during the year, of 1922 and 192 J, Ore production called for the services of "'three leading ladies The fact that John Willard's play required tho services of three leading women in somewhat rapid succession caused much comment on Broadway. An investigation proved that the nightly subjection -of the leading lady to the spooky atmos phere .of the play resulted in a ner vous strain. 'Miss Mahal D Reed '2B, who played the leading role in "The Rear Car," (Continued on third page) PROF. FOSA PLANS _SECOND L. A. TALK Announces "Italy's Literature" As , Topic for Address Next Tuesday Et ening LECTURES TO CONTINUE UNTIL APRIL FIFTEENTH Continuing the lecture course which Is being qponsored by the School of Liberal Arts, Prof. Joseph W. Rea, of the department oC romance lan guages, will speak on "Italy's Liter ature" next Tuesday night in Old Chapel. Throughout the aeries of talks which are centered on Italy alone. history and cultural achievement:, of the Italian people will do discu,usl from various s am points by members of the faculty. Professor Fora will roviow the development of Italian I literature from it, earliest stage, to the present regime, tracing its effects on civilization in general. The lectures will be continued on •Tucsday nights at regular intei,als until the mlddel of April. They are of one hour duration, and ihai.e been arranged for early in the evening so that it will be passible for listeners to attend latei events Following Professor FaX., tall, the speakers and their topics ore March thirteenth, Prof. John II Fri,- "Italian-American , Dia!Ceti" March tnenty,menth, Prof Richard W. Giant, "Music of Italy," illus trated; and April seventeenth, Prof Jacob Tenger, "The Government of Italy." DR. SHARPE OF CORNELL WILL ADDRESS AG CLUBS Thiough the courtesy of Prof Chester D. Dahie, of the dairy depart ment, Dr. Paul P Sharpe of Cornell will speak at a condoned meeting of the Dairy Science club and the Leibig Chemical society tomorrow evening and to the Poultry Club the following evening. Doctor ,Sharpo's subject on Wed nesday will he "Dairy Chemistry" and on Thursday ho emilain new developments in "Chemical Changes in Eggs During Storage" Doctor Sharpe is a graduate of the Univer sity of Minnesota whets he also ob tained his doctor's degree. At pi csent ho is engaged as a chemist en the dairy department of Cornell. PRESIDENT AND WIFE EXPRESS GRATITUDE Ptesident and Mu, Ralph I). Het eel acknowledge with gratitude the floral offering.A. and . expressions of sympathy which came to them in their bereavement from the trustees, the faculty and the student body. Trial President Will Conduct Special 1931 Class Meeting Tonight Although errple, notice has been given to the freshmen concerning the time and place of their class meet ing, the attendance rit'thesc gather lngs has been sloculcalY poor, accord ing to F. I). ' , eight, junior class pres ident, mho jo in charge of tlte,e meet ings Beginning tonight there will be a frt,hnuin class meeting 'every Tues day and Thursday for the nest three weeks. Each of Om dive Freshman trial presidents will pirmde at a mectinr,. In addition, prominent fac ulty !neither. and students writ speak on subjects of interest to the first year men. Thu time and place of the meetings will be posted about the CHIIIIIII3. HOUCK CONSIDERS LINE-UP REVISION Boxing Coach May (Select New IVelterweight-ndick Suffers Injury MITTMEN WILL OPPOSE M. I. T. HERE SATURDAY The hne-up of the Penn State hos in& team for the meet with the Mass achusetts Institute of Technology ringmen Saturda - Y will picriably In revised depending upon the work of the various fist etperts this seek. In juries and difficulty in making seight ale the chief causes for Coach Leo firmeles changes Training activity in the Lion glove camp has resumed its full stride after a one-week lay-off. Because of the open date on -Saturday, Coach Lco Ifouck decreased the rigor of the mittmer's routine but the entire squad has„syrung into action again in preparation Ale the meet "ivith the Neon Englanders. . FranLie.:sl.abon, nize a _ supreme. in tho bantamweight class but the 125- pound scrapper remains to lie deter mined. Filegar's fighting ability has been hampered by having to come down to the featherweight limits and it w pmsible that Eby may see ac tion in this class Saturday Leo may (Continue(' on !list-page) ENGINEERING EXTENSION ENROLLS LARGE NUMBER Instructors Correct Sixty-Four Thousand Lesson Reports During Seven Years Enrollments in the correspondence count, m Engineering EJameton limo reached tho highest number for the year rri the past month, year 1927-1028 promises to lime a record number of non-resident students mint tho department. The curriculum non compri-e, seine ono hundred and fifty courses, includ ing industrial and engineering, lib eral arts, and busmc•. suNeets. The percentage of cum, completions to the department here is one of the highest among nll university esten stun cour.e, Since January 1020, sixty-font thousand lesson reports have been corrected Other activities of the department are also enjoying a banner year. Els ening clic.ses are Leing concluded in tuenty-Ilve industrial centeis, which is ten mole than last year. The West Penn rimer company Ims recently enrolled too hundred and fifty of its employees in the department Ap prentice triuning programs are being conducted in cooperation with sev eral laige corpmations. W. S. G. A. Sponsors Mass Meeting This Afternoon The Women's Student Gov - ernment association mass meet - mg be held this afternoon at five oVock on the Auditor ium. Charles C Berryhill, preoident of the senior c'ass, will address the gatheiing. FOUR FRATERNITY MAT TEAMS TUSSLE TONIGHT Tau Kappa Epsilon defeated Theta Kappa Phi and Alpha Chi Sigma vanquished Beta Kappa in the ohm nations of the mterfraternity wrest ling tourney on Thursday evening. Kappa Sigma won over Alpha Chi Rho by default. Alpha Gamma Rho and Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Pa and Sigma Phi Ep silon Iv]ll be the opponents in the Anther eliminations scheduled fin tonight in the Armory. Totirgiatt. SINGERS TO ENTER STATE GLEE CLUB TRIALS THIS WEEK College Songsters Will Take Part In Intercollegiate Tourney On Friday' PLAN CONCERT PROGRAM FOR ALTOONA, THURSDAY MI Contesting Croups Prepare "The Broken Melody" As ' Trophy Number Thirty-limo members of the Glee Club, with Prof. and Mrs. Richard W. Grant as three , ors, will lease State College Thursday for participatmn in the second annual State Intercol legiate Glee Club cont.-4 at Pitts burgh The songster: will give a concert in Altoona Thursday night under the auspices of the senior class of tho Altoona high school. The glee club contest at Pittsburgh will be held in the Carnegie Music Ball with rise colleges competing. Car negie Tech, Allegheny, Juniata, Buck nell and Penn State will be represent , ed. The Nrttany singers won the first leg on the cup offered by the Pitts burgh Press" last year and they arc hoping to repeat Fr.day The contesting clubs will sing the price song, which this year is "The Broken Melody" by Sibelius, the noted Finnish composer. At. the conclusion of the contest the singers will combine making a chorus of one hundred and fifty, and sing Eremser's "Prayer of Thanksgis mg " The judges mill be Dr. Will Earhart, Fred Lissfelt and Ernest Lunt, all prominent Pittsburgh musicians YEARLINGS SUBDUE PREP CAGERS, 39-32 Plebes' Accurate Shooting and Passing Proves Undoing of St. Francis Quintet IOWIRRINE AND MAZE,SS DIVIDE SCORING HONORS St Francis "Plops," motha sera. of Francis `IICCI2,IIVe. ',actor., to their credit Inlet defeat :1t the hands of the Lion cub quintet by the score 4-32, Saturdeo, night in the Armory Maness started actisities at the outset snail a long shot from the 'ale and cottoned shortly alter until a free throe 131e1,1,1 made a sac ies,fut tiy from beneath the ;basket Kennurnne and 'qualm - in each found thin hoop once and su4la the Lilly 7-2 the Lorretan. called for Jinni. Krum sine completed another short thrum, feat llolnta shot three fuu , s and Billet lie•IIISN tom cleared the run, reduc ing the Blue and White lead to three points a., the teemed ended Plebes Lead Scoring in Second Period Inn the second quarter the Nittany I plebes ran up ten counts to their op ponents' too a huh mere made inn' me% Diedi ck took the right guard poi tan place of Curti, and accounted for a Bauble-dechen. 31,17e5s loosed a shat one and In the nest pla nu , %eil a foul try mint necovened the bull and sent it through the inciln foe (Contnnued on last page) Clarity of View Is Need---Arthur Rugh "What's on the stud:ids' nunds" N.% the subject of the tall. els, by Me Arthur Regis noted Y. M C. A !miles of New Yoik City, in Chapel Sunda). "The students are clamoring for A new and clearer outlook on religion and for a closer relationship uitli Je cus, but as long as tins matt, of religion is passed off so lightly, they can be brought to no better andel standing" Mr. Hugh stated that statistics derived {ions the student body of Washington and Lee Unsserssty have revealed the small amount of money each poison contributed to religious purposes during the past )ear. All average of tiro and one half dollars per capita uas gisen to the church wink+ oser a hundred and fifty del. bars vies spent on clothes and about one third of that amount on luxuries such as sand), tobacco and soft drinks. "My one groat hope is that the students who hear any declines not be influenced merely for the mo ment but that when they are number ed among the voting populace they will do their bast to aid these needy countries," he concluded. Four Quintets Lose in Greek Court Tourney Continuing the interrrattrmt) I.4,tapa chum:dams, Friends Union rinfeated Phi Larrlala Theta, The ft Xi cow:timed Omega Epsilon, Beta Sigma Rho vangin‘hed au Phi and Ktgrp,i Sigina was victormu, vier Sigma Epsilon in the Armory 11 , 4 llunl.lay night Tho fraternity teams will re ,um activate:l tonight when Chi Upsilon rout A , pha Chi Rho, Pi Kappa Al pha meets Sigma Tan Phi, Phi Delta net: oppta,el Sigma Pi, Signet Delta engagew Omega Delta. Epsilon, Pi Kappa Phi faces Sigma No and Bet, Kappa elaslits aith L.urfala Alpha SENIORS NEGOTIATE WITH ORCHESTRAS Dance Bands of Dewey Bergman Or Phil Napoleon To Play At Annual Affair COAIMITTEE PROMISES DECORATING NOVELTIES Consideration of a darce 01 Oita tra to sandy ms,le foi the annual Sumo, 13a11 in the Almon:. Fndat nigh', Mardi ninth, ha; centered on Dewey Berirtin's Webster Hal Banal of Pitt:Laugh and Phil NaPol colas muscat ,ynecoatoth of Neu York C ti Negotiatrons with the two °mhos tras are c.pected to result in a do coon helot° the end el the week The decorating contract has been awarded to the Siberstein company of Wilkes-Barre but no agreement on the details of the decoration, has bun reached yet Decorating Innmations add to the splendor of the lip perelai, foirnal dance: the :Myer qein decorators have promised a number of Innovations in transform ing the Armory - Into a dancing. pale ace Ceiling plans different In color and in rangement from pies bus jobs and enhanced hg colored lights are nine of the promised changes There is al n T.... Minty that flood lights may he stationed at different corners at the Armory Nittany Track and Field Athletes Try For Olympic Team The truant eC Penn Stile's track and field nerfoliner., in competition eith the In,, ling athlete, in Amara, foe Olempie honor, left 3,terild, to enter the Menke:brook Clt do game:, at Philadelphia tonight, and tin, tie, York Athletic dub mint last night At the Non 100. A. C. meet Mud Pon Square Garden, Al Bate, onto scheduled to meet such star, an, Roland Lon Fe..lan boon .Sehol7, Frank Hussey and FoLovell Scull m the sixt , ,- yard sprint in He Ed Egger, appear ed in the seventy-wo d lngh hurdle, women Killen miner, entercil in the Oven ton Mernortan Mile race at tine lleadonlmook game, in competition with Llo} d Halm, Calton Minot Deb Dalrymple, Eddie Nimbi, Mel Dalton unit Rog Fourat.re, the latter being a inmate of lust star% track team It , the Itity-1 ud dazlt et Philadel phia Al But, end Dick lint Choi°. tneu 101 lace egatn,l, Al Millet, Scull, Ifenty. Cuenntnirg, Bernie nod Larry Howling, Engineer Confers With Bell Telephone Heads Chalks E. Gouci, profs. ism of telephone enguitermg, is in llarri+- burg toilful log oath (Alia& of the Bell Telephone company of Pcmisyl yenta concmning the company's train ing school. Plans arc being made to abandon the ochool and should this mem. the equipment will be given to the School of Engineering. . . . . . . . . . Thespians Change Time I 1 For Dance Rehearsals 1 Thespian official:, announced last night that because the Penn IStato Players ate using the I Schwab auditorium for play re- Iheal eats, it has been necessary 1 to change dhe Lime and/ the pleating place for the dancing Oa.. The group will meet to- t I mot LOW night at eight-fifteen o'clock in the Odd Folloas' Hull r on East College avenue and Thursday night at the SUMO time en 100 llort. A Potent M I T Toom PRICE FIVE CENTS NITTANY MATMEN SECURE DECISIVE WIN OVER ORANGE Coach Speidel's Grapplers Trip Syracuse, 17-ti, in Fourth Straight Contest ACE SCORES LONE FALL, LIGGETT COPS DECISION Hollobaugh, Cranmer, Packard Anarded Decisions—Noi ak, Okun, Hill Victors For the fourth time 111 as many meet, Coach Charlie Speidel's mat inee proved then worth Saturday when they maintained the V. Inning streak that has eharaterired them thus far this season and defeated Ssiaeuse, 17-6, on the Nex York team's mats One fall, in facer of Ace, tout the meet out of the 11111- ince 's hands in the fourth bout and put Penn State firmly oil its 0,1) to ward piling up the seventeen point wore It was no msignficait team that the I.lols found themselses opposing . Led by Captain Charlie Okun, ban tamweight intercollegiate champion, the Syracusians boasted other veter ans, Tucker and Novak Nevcrthc eus, the Nittany grapplers secured all but the 115 and 115-pound bout, in which Steele and Wilson were taken user by Captain Okun and Novak, iecpectively. The ;Litany bantamweight Don Steele faced the Orange captain for what eons one of the most demise tune athanlage decisions of the meet Clearly the intercollegiate laurel holl er mat, too much for the Penn Stale lad, both in experience and dexterity on the mat. Okun won the bout such a tonic ads antage of floe minute., fif teen seconds Liggett Defeat% Tucker In the ne,t tilt, Captain Wally Lig get encountered Tucker, Orange rpo cilducght The Syra - euse 125-pounar shov6eill.ttle aggie,avene‘s and \Val ly sticeee led in winning by a time au perairity of too minutes, fifty-four 'minds Ted Wilson, mho has con tended for the Blue and White in Loth the 125-pound and 132-pound clas , e,, found himself against a formidable rival for lightweight hewn, in the (Continued on serum] page) COLLEGES WILL CONDUCT DRAMATIC CONTEST HERE Six Organizatiens To Compete for Bronze Plaque in One Act Play Tourney Ihr t announcounnt (.1 the third annual One Act Play Ccnte,,,t to be held In ti' 'lll,ll 1111dItOrlUill and Satutd.* nights, ,March ninth anti tenth, ma, made yeaterda; lit Arthui (' Cleetingh, director of dramatics The dramatic clubs of Franklin mad Marsall, these], But,- nell, Oetty heig, Juniata and Penn ',tale have cshitd the compatitten A blouse plaque, ill C 111.0,1 101 the San act lunch con pan!, Ne, York play in,',ll , lnst,, will he awarded to the winner 'rho (lit, on inning the contest three sears v ill gain per manent sio,ts•oon of the plaque A oil's' cup will ho ,mardul to cecond place ,inner... Gettysburg nun first pilau in 1926 Drucel last 1.e., Tina marl., the .camel tune that the eolnintition ,ill be held here, the upnla.A being held here m 1926 and at Drewl t ear Unle, the comber of entrant, till ma.ed, three piny, will ''re cath night Committee of Three Will Canvass Ag Hill For Grange Donations \I, !thin the nest week n conmultu of three men .‘,ll be nppennl e.l to can, a, the Ag pi afe%sor, DA son- Ibutlons to the now Gtungo Do no- Ito* Guls no the Home It:Lemma, de partment of the Mange arc planning to make a quilt of tn , ,o thousand nannies, ten cents being changed far each name 't he Centre count• Grange as men us the national one. ha,e sent money fon a pla:c on this quilt Applommaady $90,000 of the $lOO.- 000 nece+sary to begin building L 1 dormitory lime 'been leeinved, and 4.41 the $lO,OOO lemming. 3173 hay beta contributed by the girls and $l5OO by State Grangers. By Aped the ma ,nutters hope to be able to .hung the contributions up to the requited total and break ground for the building at that hale.
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