Elect floo'ver Prepident VOL XXIII, No. 47 HOOVER AND G. 0. P. GAIN OVERWHELMING STRAW. BALLOT WIN HOOVER RECEIVES 1043 VOTES--SMITH IS SECOND WITH 390-DAWES THIRD UNPRECEDENTED RETURNS 1892 A complete landslide 3n the form of 1043 votes gave Herbert Hoover of California an overwhelming vic tory over the field of leading presi dential candidates in the straw vote conducted by the Collegian Friday and Saturday. The popularity of Hoover among Penn State students and faculty was further attested when his nearest competitor, Governor Al fred E. Smith of New York, received only no votes to take second place. A record number of 1892 ballots mere cast. •11oovei earned the Republican par ty to an overwhelming victory over the Democrats. The G. 0 P. receiv ed 1371 votes to 621 for the opposi tion. Two more Republican received third rind fourth places. Vice-president Charles G. Dames pushed Al Smith to garner 216 votes while Fiank 0. Lowden was far behind with sixty sh. Senator James A Reed gained fifth place with fifty-eight sates Gov ernor Alfred C. Ritchie with thirty nine, Senator Frank B. Willis with twenty-nine, Senator Thomas J. Walsh with twenty-one, Senator Charles Curtis with eighteen and Gov ernor A Victor Donahey with four teen complete the list. Although their names were not on the ballot Calvin Coolidge was the choice of three balloters while Sena- for William E Borah and Charles Evans Hughes each received two cotes. One hundred and twenty-three I ballots Ism° discarded for obvious discrepancies. Old Main and Co-op Corner elm edi to be the most popular polling places as 089 votes were cast at the former place and 711 at the latter while 2781 (Continued on last page)- - I GRANGE TO HOLD DINNER AT CENTRE HILLS CLUB Representative John C. Ketchum Of Michigan Will Speak At Annual El ent With Congressman John C Ketchum from Michigan as the principal speak er, the Penn State chapter. of the Grange mill hold its annual banquet at the Centre Hills country club Fri day night at six o'clock. Mr. Ketchum introduced a farm re lief bill into Congress Just a few meets ago and is also co-author of the Caper-Ketchum ROI which increased the funds for agricultural ntension work.- Dean Ralph L. Watts of the School of Agriculture, Eduard B. Dorsett, roaster of the Pennsylvania State Grange, Thomas W. Crittenden '29, master of the local Grange chapter, Mrs. W. A. Broyles, and Mrs Clara C. Phillips, trustee of the College, are included anions the speakers. Walter C Gumbel, state giange lecturer, will be toastmaster and Thomas W Crittenden '29 will give the welcome addresa.Boning the banquet there will be dancing irons ten to to else &elect. voth the music bring provided by the Blue and White orchestra. Nimrods Will Compete In Quadrangular Meet Penn State's rifle team will travel to Pittsburgh this meek-end to com pete in the untercollegiate, against the Carnegie Tech, University of Pittsburgh, University of Penney]. 'vile and Gettysburg college ramrods on the Carnegie ranges Saturday. In competition with eighteen col leges in this section of the country, the rifle team mon the Third Corps area meet for the second successive 3car. A victory ne,t year mull gne the team permanent possession of the Third Corps area cull. SINGERS PLACE NINTH IN NATIONAL CONTEST Complete returns of the recent Na tional Intercollegiate Glee Club con test held in New York show Penn State in ninth position with a total point score of 210 2 Dartmouth won first prize and Yale was second. Competition was the lwenest in the history of the nation-wide tourney. This 14 indicated by the differences of only thirty-eight points between lirst and last place. The Nittany songsters placed second in the col lege song, bisth in the choice song and lest in the prize song. 11511.19EG1E - LIBRARY . .8 .t . e m t: -Weekly ..__. : 11 ,1 4 t;,.. : rutt, a t r t ...6, : z),. il 4.' , ..,. ~;,„,... French Students Hear Miss ROmig Tomorrow Le Cade Francais, the French club, will meet in Everyn Cottage at seven o'clock tomorrow night. The meeting is open to all students hav ing some knowledge of the French language. The program will include some t oc al solos by Ada Romig '2B, besides games and other features in French Prof. Paul R. Planchet states that the club is at work preparing a French play to he produced in May PLAYERS TO OFFER PRODUCTION FRIDAY Club Holds Final Rehearsal for "Beyond the Horizon" by Eugene O'Neill • CRITICS LAUD DRAMA AS FINEST WORK OF WRITER Holding a series of final rehearsal% this meek. the Penn State Players are preparing for their presentation of Eugene O'Neill's "Beyond the Hor izon" to be offered Friday night in the Schwab auditorium. The play is a vitid portrayal of the disintegration of three human lives In his characteristic powerful manner, the author has written a tragedy, based on the hardened lives of Now. England Tustiesr which re vests his keen insight and sympathy, It was with this drama that O'Neill first won fame in the Broadway thea tres, and critics are generally agreed that he has never written a finer play. Since it was written it has been a favor rte of both the profession al and amateur stage Leading Miley Olner S. Anderson '2B as "Andy Mayo" and Donald 11l Buchanan '29, as "Robert Mayo" aill play.the lend. ing male roles, Miss Olive Osterhout '3O, as "Ruth Atkins;' tell appear in the leading feminine part. Mr. Anderson will be remembered for his work in "The First year" and "Med• ea" of last season, chile Mr. Bu• airman is a veteran of many shows, Miss Oster hoot has played prom inent character parts in "The Real Car" and "The Family Upstairs." Tho remainder of the east for Fri day's show is as follows: Frank 11. Schwartz '29, as "James Mayo", Miss (Continued on third page) Statistics, Reveal Marked Decrease In L. A. Failures The number of students dropped from the School of Liberal Arts at the end of the first semester was ap proximately half of the number that failed at the completion of the first semester of 102 G-27, accord= to. Charles W. Stoddart, dean of the Lib eral Arts school Dean Stoddart also stated that there ',tore six less itulures in the fresh man class dunng the first semester than there acre at the end of the lint •cmestcr of lost year, even though the class of lS3t had fifty more represen- Wines than the class of the armlet's year Presidential Straw Vote DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES Alen Women Faculty row 335 29 , 33 40 11 2 5,3 371 1 32 101 1 21 11 11 0 0 Alfred E. Smith James A. Reed Albert E. Ritchie---- Thomas J. iValsl)--- A. V. Donahey Party Totals 419 55 a 521 REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES Men Women Faculty Total --- 921 51 08 1045 -- 192 10 , 7 215 2 56 1 0 1 29 llerbert C. Iloover Charles G. Dopes Frank 0. Loden Frank B. Wrihs Charles Curtis Party Totals - EEIEM - - - GRAND TOTALS 107 107 . 110 STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1920 COMMITTEE, ASKS FOR REVISIONS OF ELIGIBILI'T'Y RULES 'Suggests Changing Ban Period For Delinquent Students To Full Semester SENATE WILL CONSIDER PROPOSED REGULATIONS New• Limitations Would Become Effective at Opening of School Next Fall By making a semester instead of ' an eight-weeks period the basis for fixing eligibility the committees on athletics, publications, and student welfare recommended changes in the uniform scholastic eligibility rules at the March meeting of the College Senate held Thursday night. The proposed changes state that a student who, at the beginning of a semestei, has failures or unremoied conditions incurred during the pre ceding semester, in e \ccss of six credit hours, shall be ineligible dur ing the entire semester to compete in intercollegiate athletic events or in (Continued on last page) DOCTOR CRANE TO TALK ON RELIGION Speaker Is Famous Leader of Christian Life Among Young People LECTURER WILL DISCUSS COMPANIONATE MARRIAGE Pot the purpose of conducting the annual cones of religious lectures under the auspices of the College Y. M. C. A., Doctor Henry Crane,noted leader of the religious life of this country's youth, will come here Sat urday. The ihree-day lecture series will begin with a coma...awn Saturday morning in Schwab auditorium, to which all students are invited Classes will he suspended horn ten to cimen o'clock for this purpose At seven. thirty o'clock that night Doctor Crane will discuss the subject of companion ate marriage, from both sides of thel question, at the Methodist church Union Meetings A union meeting, including all the denominations of the town, will be conducted by Doctor Clone, starting (Continued on third page) HONORARY SOPHOMORE SOCIETIES PLAN DANCE Druids, Friars Arrange Annual All-College Affair for March Thirtieth Presenting Johnny Buck's band as the syncopation artists, the Druids and Friars, honorary sophomore so , meties, sell hold their second annual all-college dance in the Armory nest Friday night. At present the committee is com pleting plans for a subdued lighting scheme to lad, the place of decora tions. Van-colored globes *sill be used to produce the desired lighting effect. Dancing. Unto! Midnight The conunittee ens unable to secure peimhslon to continue dancing. until One o'clock, and it null therefore be necessary to stop at midnight The admission Ice has been set .It , one dollar and -fifty cents, and tickets mill go on Sale at Co-op the end of this neck. Fraternity Dribblers To Clash 'Or Trophy With Phi Kappa meeting Beta Sig ma Rho, the final round of the inter fraternity basketliall tournament - will be held in the Armory tomorrow• night at eight o'clock. The 'winner will re oche a cup offered by the Interfra ternity Council In the semi-final round held last Tuesday night, Phi Kappa defeated Tau Kappa Epsilon and Beta Sigma Rho vanquished Pa Kappa Alpha. COLLEGE PREPARES FOR FIRST ANNUAL ATHLETESBANQUET Lists Varsity Quarist, Thespian Dancers and Johnny Buck For Entertainers LAWRENCE I'ERRI AND RILL ROM; TO SPEAK Committee PrepareS Fifty-Page Booklet Presenting Lion Sports ActivitiM V, hen the varsity lettermen and thirty-the nutstanding.nehool-boy ath letes of the state assemble in MeAllis tre Ilan Saturday evening. the Col lege will nutiate its first annual ''S" banquet, an innovation arranged for the purpose of honoring Nittany sportsmen and introducing prominent high school and preparatory school athletes to Penn State. With such men as Laurence Perry synthente 'polls seriteL from Nee (Contmued on second page) TED WEEMS SIGNS FOR JUNIOR PROM Victorileecridindr Artois Play Smooth and Melodious SLyle of Music DECORATIONS TO INCLUDE HUGE REVOLVING SPHERE Ted Weems and his ten original Victor iccoiding artists have signed a contract to formsh dance music for the annual Junior Prom to be held in the Armory Fn day night, April twen ty-seventh, Harry E. Pfeifer , 29, chairman of the dance committee, in flounced esterda) Weems' maestro is noted for smooth and harmonious music and will combine with Fletcher Bender son and lus kings of ]arc to add a %ninety of tone to the affair The bands will be placed fluently opposite each other on the sides of the Armory floor and will inlay continuous music front nine until two o'cloch Award Decorating Contract Negotiations pith the Jacob User stem company of 1‘ ilkcs-Barre for decorations have been completed and the contiacts ale non in the hands of the Pima committee for final so prani A huge crystal ball made to evolve by means of an electric motor, will be suspended from the center of the ceiling Flood-lights of different colors ndl he focused on the re, oh ing sphere from the four corners of the court, thus producing a variety of coins tones on the walls and floor. An innovation uill lie introduced (Continued on third page) MUSICIANS TO OBSERVE SCHUBERT CENTENNIAL Kappa Gamma Psi Will Present Work of Famous Artist Tomorrow Evening Observing the centennial of the death of Franz Schubert, Viennese composet, IZappa Gamma Psi, pro fessional musical fi atermty, xdl pre sent a program chosen from his com position at eight-thirty o'clock to morrow meanie. In the foyer of the Scher al, nuilitoi The conceit opens pith "Symphony in, II Minot," played by the fraternity orchestra under the dilation of Man del E. Butterfield '27. This is fol loned with a baritone solo, "The Wanderer," sung by John E. Dick son '2B. The f Intel cite stung quartet, com posed of Carl L Lang '2B, Francis N. Volk '3O, Hine Id H 3felf.inleY '27, and Wallet U. Curstka '29, uill pie sent n complete Schubert selection. An cntto'acto from "itosumunde" will conclude the lecital, which is open to the public Tallrgiatt. MIDDIES NOSE OUT BOXERS AS MATMEN PLACE THIRD Lions Score Thirteen Points as Lehigh Wins Crown TED WILSON CAPTURES SPECIALWEIGHT HONORS Eisenmnrm,, Flollobaugia: Packard Contribute to Total With Preliminary Victories One intercollegiate championship, non by the 12..5-pounder, Ted Wilson, two individual second places secured by bksenman and Packard, and third team place obtained by the total score of thirteen points are the laurels boasted by Penn State after the cast-; ern intercollegiate v. nestling meet held at Princeton Friday and Saturday.' Lehigh P ith twenty points and Cornell with fifteen placed first and second respectively. Wilson, understudy of Captain Leg gett and conceded only a slight chance for victory, proved the mainstay of the Lion outfit The lithe bpecialueight I candidate was inserted into the Nit- 1 tany line-up only after Liggett's in ternal injury laas considered too pain ful to risk competition Done, er, Ted grappled like a teleran and in the first round elimination , : defeated .1. Solsman of Cornell with a time ad vantage of two minutes /folsinan conquered Wilson with a six minute time advantage in the dual meet held here recentli. Ted Defeats Tiger Fee , In the Senn-final round Ted encoun tered the Princeton specializeight, Kent. Tins proved to be an emlting ' match but the Blue and White grap pler managed to hold the Tiger foe for a tune advantage of two minutes and thirty-nine seconds Palm, of Lehigh, non his flt , t two bouts easily and fared Wilson in the finals. Both — men were'eaufiOus'rit the start and neither mould take the offensive.' After a feu minutes had (Continued on third page) UNDERCLASSES COMPETE FOR RING TITLE TONIGHT Couch Houck's 1931 hhtmen Will Face Experienced Soph Team in Armors Representatis es of the freshman and sophomore classes will enter the squared circle to vie for the under- class boxlng clown tonight in the Armory arena. Both teams are primed for the an. nual rung encounter which pronuses to los of mole than usual interest this ICRI. Coach Leo Ilouck will divide the yearling mitmen Into two groups, one to sec action tonight and the other to oppose Cooke Academy at blontour Falls, New York, Saturday. Since the eliminations earlier in the season, the plebe fistic artists base undergone steady training by the Blue and White mentor. In the fly weight class Epstein or The, will oppose Taugner of the second-year men whale in the bantamweight Bongiyanni or Miller will face Eisenberry of the 1930 aggregation Curry or Ludhall will meet Burnisky in the 133-pound setts and in the welterweight encounter Boyle or Es, ennian will c‘change plows with Hayes Grupp m Gerrin will fight Kelly in the 160-pound bout while the light-heasyneight crown null lie de rided between Kaplan. the freshman mantel, and Schmaudcr In the final scrap of tho esening Campbell, the cub hope in the hearyucight match, will probably enter the ring against &gun, the 1930 slugger. Georgian Donates Cup As Short Course Prize Foi the purpose of encouraging scholarship among students in the ice