VOL XXIII, Na 56 CLASS BALLOTING STARTS NITTANY TRACKMEN WIN RELAY TITLES AT PENN CARNIVAL Annext Two Firsts, One Second And Two Third Places On Wet Track BLUE AND WHITE TEAM CAPTURES MEDLEY RACE Lion Cinder Quartet Loses To North Carolina, Michigan In Four-Mile Event Nrttany track and field contenders garnered too first, one second and two third places in the thirty-fourth an nual Penn relay carnival at Philadel phia, Friday and Saturday amid - a heavy downpour of rain. Penn State and the, University of Pennsylvania tied for honors in the quarter-mile relay race. The thee of forty-eight and three-fifths seconds made by the Lion and Red and Blue quartets was fudged by the officials as one of the best performances of the meet The contest was run in heats and the winners were picked from among those oho had the best tuning records. Divided laurels in the 440-yard competition and the prowess of Moore in the hop, step and jump event gave Penn its only vic tories during the week-end. Lions 15111 Medley Race Ohio State's sprinters canned off the trophy and championship for the one-half mile relay. The Westerners annexed the 880-yard American crown in one minute, thirty ,and a fifth sec onds while Coach Cartmell's contin gent chopped into second place, fin ishing one _and three-fifths seconds behind their Ohio adversaries. George Oftep_hisuaer's_fasf PaSes.iP the last ' of the three-quarters of a nule for which he was reaponsibin, gave the Center County eindermen the winning chance on the college distance medley relay for the championship of Amenca With Boston college and Ohio State, fanner winners of the two and one-half mile gnnd, together with Anny, Columbia, Cornell, Michigan State and Penn as its opponents, Penn State repeated its actions of 1920 by taptuung the medley honors. That (Continued on third pager "Y" DELEGATION ATTENDS CONFERENCE AT CORNELL Conduct Study of International Projects From Friday to Sunday Inclusive Penn State will enter the discussion at the second annual model League of Nations when each college delega tion will represent sonic country now a member of the League. The event will ho hold at Cornell university from Friday to Sunday inclusive Lewis W. Barton '29, Robert W. Brewster '29, and Homer K. Dodge '29, along with Prof. Edward F. Bam ford of the sociology department and William T. Kitchen, secretary of the Y. 112. C. A. will represent the Col lege. The conference is an educational project on international relations and will be conducted as an open forum, each delegate presenting the prob lems of the particular country which it represents Dope traffic, boundary disputes, disarmament and prohibi tion have been assigned to different colleges for discusgion. An attempt will be made by the Penn State representatives to secure the conference for Penn State next year. This movement was first start ed by the Y, M C. A. at Syracuse nut %mit), ARCHITECT PLANS FARM BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT Cooperating with a committee con,- posed of humors and members of the State College Chamber of Commerce, Emil Kant, College landscape archi tect and County Agent It. C. Blaney, of Bellefonte, have designed a beauti fication project foe the adjacent farm ing district. Seventeen farmers living an the main highways in the ‘leinity of Slate College, Boalsbure and Pine Grove Stills have agreed to cooperate on the program. Plans are being mode for the proposed improvements. Prizes have been offered to the far mers malting the greatest advance ment In the appearance of their pro perty during the three-year period upactl up); by. the committee. II .•':' , :i - - 9 ,-, ,, -... , ;,,,..... run ti, r ii :7.:',„,/t.'/,.47,,i--....;::,)-i:,,\),. ....,..:„.,,. „...„,„..,,,,..,5,./y, ~,,,,,,,,,„...„,,,,: Activities Committee Plans To'Report Soon The committee appointed last year by President Ralph D. 'tette! to make a suney of the conditions and needs of organized student activities ex pecte to have its thuil report ready early next month. In a conference with the officers of the more prominent activities three main points received attention, the first of which was the supervision and co-ordination of activities to pro ent conflict of interests and to provide efficient opmation. The second con cerned the auditing of the accounts of the student organizations and the third concerned the restriction of participation in too niftily activities by the individual student. LA VIE CONSIDERS ,BOOK DEDICATION Committee of Five Juniorb To ' Announce Selection of Candidate Today BOARD WILL DISTRIBUTE - ANNUAL ON MAY FIFTH With the date of distribution of the 1029 La Vie gradually drawing near, a committee of five under the chairmanslup of Craig Williams '29, has been appointed to consider the candidates from the College officials and faculty for dedication of the book. The committee's selection will be an hounced today. Work on the annual has progressed rapidly with the result that the class section has been completed while work Is continuing on the fraternity section The activity division will be taken up Withut• a week. Upon' completion of, the printing material of the book it sent tnShebmding-tomissny in. Philadelphia' end distributed to' the members of the junior class about May fifteenth. 'lncluded in the art work will he four colored insertions The front's piece will be a tinted plate of Mount' Nittany and this will be followed by the campus section %shall met, two rages of campus scenes in duo-green, presenting the effect of an arch view. The vignette form will be used throughout the rest of the book. Tee entire art work of the publica tion depicts the age sf chivalry. The cover design carries out the effect by displaying, on steel-colored gi am teethes, a knight with shield and vis or. The main features of the La Vie according to editor-in-chief John W Brandt, will be tho faculty seniority roster, the Pugh Centennial, the Penn State Code section, the campus views, arid the ftontispiece. PLAYERS OFFER SHOW FOR VISITING MOTHERS Choose "The Family Upstairs" A Farce Comedy. As Part Of Entertainment As additional entertainment for Penn State's visitors, the Players will enact "The Family Upstairs" in the Schwab auditorium Saturday even ing, May twelfth, as a part of the Mothers' Day Program. The production was °limed by the club last fall It is a. Duce comedy, written by Harry Dolt, and enjoyed a long run Professionally at the Gay ety theatre in New York. The principal characters will be Anna S Garber '2Q, as Annabelle Heller; Olv.e Ostmhout ',lO, as Emma Heller; Milton C. Young '3O, as Wil lie Heller; and Edgar F. Sadd '29, ns Joe Hello, CAMPUS POLICEMEN TO ENTER FIRE-ARMS TEST Preparations arc being made by Charles A. Zaigei, chief of the Penn State police, to enter his force of four men in target matches sponsored by the Colt Fire-Arms company of Hart ford, Connecticut. Telegraphic matches will be sched uled with various teams, in whcih only revels era will be used. Two mem bers of the squad have already won recognition as marksmen in allay matches and Chief Zarger expects his team to make a good showing in the coming competition. RIFLE TEAM ELECTIONS Captain 'Joseph L. Stearns '29 Manager John E. Stino '29 STATE COLLEGE, PA.,, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1928 COLLEGE OBSERVES ANNUAL MOTHERS' DAY MAY TWELFTH Officials Will Welcome Guests At Session of Penn Slate • Parents' Association WOMEN STUDENTS PLAN MAY DAY FESTIVITES Five Sports Events To Provide Diversion for Visitors In Afternoon Plans for the commemoration of Mothers' Day; May twelfth and thir teenth, have been completed by Prof. John 0 Koller, secretary of the As sociation of Patents of Penn State, working in conjunction with student committees. Opening the program of events the department of music along with the Cleo Club will furnish a vaudeville and musical recital in the Schwab auditorium Friday night, May elev enth, at eight-fifteen o'clock The ex ercises will come to a close the follow ing Sunday when Dc. Frazer Metz ger, former chaplain of the College and now dean of men at Rutgers uni- Id ersity, addresses the chapel audience. Doctor Ilet>el To Speak When the College guceta gather in the Schwab auditorium for a session of the Penn State Patents' Associa tion at ten o'clock May twelfth, they will be welcomed by Mrs. Elizabeth Olewma, vice-president of the mgant (Continued on last Page) COURTMEN OPPOSE ,WANDLiTMISDAY Tennis Team Engages Southern Racqueteers As Second Game of Season WILL IHEET PITTSBURGH. CARNEGIE TECH, BUCKNELL With one defeat espemenced at the hands of Georgetown and two match es canceled, the Penn State tennis Scam will encounter the Washington and Lee nctmen here Thursday after noon at three-thirty o'clock. The Blue and White team has not yet been definitely acceded upon but well be chosen from Captain Barr, Henkel, Butler, Metzect, Berber, Enla ce, Johnson and Wilson Following the xontest with Wash ington and Lee, the Nattany courtmen will engage Carnegie Tech, here, on Slay twelfth and on the next Saturday the Bucknell raqueteers will visit Penn State to provide opposition for the Lions. The Blue and White team closes the season nt Pittsburgh who e they meet the Pitt court representa tives, May twenty-sixth The engagements scheduled with (Continued on thud page) Senior ams To Elect Honor Bien Tomorrow 1 An important senior class meeting will ho held tomorrow night at eight-thirty o'cloct, .it. 1, 'Ouch tune honor men v.III he chosen. STUDENT PERPLEXES SKEPTICS WITH HYPNOTIC PERFORMANCE If the efforts of the Cable-Tribune lathe station, WFBC, to secure Jo seph E. Atinstrong '26, are success ful, one of the rarest of hypnotic feats will be attempted. Should the student hynotist accept the offer as it was stated in Tuesday's Altoona Trib une, ho will demonstrate his powers through the microphone in the near future. It is understood that Arm strong will broadcast Liam the Crys tal Studio at Altoona No time has as yet been set for the experiment, though it is espected to take place shortly. According to ten tative plans the sub3ect will he placed where reputable witnesses, including a physician, will observe him Aim strong will make his hypnotic sug gestions before, the regular studio at tendance. Although there has been no official announcement, Armstrong may hold n public performance either in the Auditorium or Old Chapel shortly. Set Poverty Day for Saturday, t ,May Fifth Ten prizes offered' by the arious merchants of the town will be tho rewards given td the %inners in Poverty Day to be held Saturday, ac cording to Thomas. 'J. Costello '2B, chairman of the committee. Freshmen will go; In their moining classes in their costumes and are to assemble foi the parade, one-thirty o'clock, in the afternoon at Holmes field behind McAllister Hall The line of march will be down Pugh, Beaver and Allen streets and all to the base ball field, where the judging is to take place. Town merchants will compose the body to decide the winners. The prizes, which will be placed on exhibition in Montgomery's window, aro to be awarded 40 - the winners of sepalato class divisions. LIONS PREPARE FOR SYRACUSE BATTERS Encounter Hilimn in Two• Game Series, on Latfer's Field, Friday, Saturday NITTANYITES BOAST WIN IN LAST YEAR'S CONTEST Pot the first time since returning from their southern training tour, the birttany batsmen will go on the road early Thursday rimming, bound for Syracuse where they will encounter the slugging Hillmen on the latter's grounds, Fnday and Saturday, in a two-gamo series. Undisturbed by the m•serable weather which has caused the post ponement of the last tee scheduled contests, the Lion tossers are drilling daily for the coming clashes with the Orange. ,The dual ticouoters will marklbe first — tit - del - ince 11124 this a Bibs and White diamond team engag es an opponent in a double-header. Orange Seeks Rmenge A strong Syracuse combination, un successful so far this season, seeks roscnge for last year's defeat admin istered by Styborsky and his swat ting Lion mates The Orangemen, in that contest, tattled off three runs in the first inning but their Nanny opponents garnered enough markers in the late sessions to chalk up a well-earned victory. Opposed to the Hill bat-wielders, Coach Bezdek svill pit the same troupe that has calmed the Ntttanyites to success through the catty part of the schedule Bee is almost certain to assign Van Atta the hurling duties In one of the tilts 'Ado ltoepko and Homes ate the likely slabsmen for the second engagement. The rest of the line-up will remain (Continued on lan page) Prof. Currier Leads Chemistry Discussion Piof. Ainold J Curlier, of the School of Chemistry and Physics, act ed as chairman of a committee which has its function and col relation of in struction in chemistry between col leges and high schools and led the discussion on that subject at the con ference of the American Chemical So ciety at St LOU. last week. Othei Penn State representatives attending the convention were Dean Gerald L Wendt of the Chemistry. and Physics school, Prof. Eugene Iran and Lyman Chalhle}, Ji., of the industaial resealch department In response to the psychology depait ment's locoed, Armstrong gave a private exhibition last Wednesday which amazed skeptical witnesses Further results have only served to heighten respect for his prowess One time perception experiment covering a period of forty hoots was almost perfect in its consumation, a lapse of only two minutes being noted According to the post-hypnotic sug gestion. the subject was supposed to base called on a professor who had witnessed the operations and to have asked his opinion of them. The sub ject, commanded to visit' this pro fessor at eleven-fifteen Friday mom mg, fulfilled Ins indels at eleven thirteen. Ai instiong's tiestment of a student hindered by titanium:ling has had grat ifying success. According to several of the students' insti actors, he has shown considerable improvement in his speech. Tottrgiatt. I. F. C. DELEGATES VOTE ON RUSHING CODE TOMORROW Distribute Copies of Proposed System to Various Greek Letter Organizations REGULATION DEMANDS HOUSES POST BONDS New Law Would Adopt Sealed Bid Method Sot Pledging Freshman Students Adoption of the proposed rushing code rests entirely upon the fraternity vote which will bo taken tomorrow night at the meeting of the Interfra ' termty Council. The . vote taken last meek showed that the representatives of the vanous houses mere in furor of the revised system. Copies of the new code hase been distributed among the Greek-letter houses that are members of the Coun cil in order that each group might dis cuss the matter in meeting before in structing their representatives how to sole. In the event of its adoption, the legislation regarding rushing and pledging will place Penn State among the fesv colleges and universities hat ing similar fraternity rulings. The Council desires to make it clear tint a new system must be codified this year and if the proposed method, which contains excerpts from rushing and pledging systems of other col leges, is not reeds ed favorably by the fraternities another means will receive immediate consideration Rushing Penod Set In its. present form the new code states that no.rushlng shall take place until eleven-thirty o'clock Saturday morning' following- the- opertirie — of Freshman 'Week • Ru - thing - shall be considered the presence of fraternity men In the room of freshman or the presence of a freshman In a fratern ity house. Rushing season shall ho divided into three parts, namely, the hest per iod u Inch shall start at cleveruihtrty o'clock Saturday morning following the opening of Freshman Week and (Continued on last page) CLASS BASEBALL TEAMS BEGIN SERIES THURSDAY Select Saturday Afternoon As Dale for Final Games of College Tournament Class rivolly will be renewed this week when the baseball teams clash in preliminary contests Thursday and Finlay afternoons in competition for the right to enter the College cliamp ionship fray Saturday afternoon. Opening the turnament will be a tilt between the freshman and sopho more nines Thursday afternoon at four o'clock while the semis and Juniors will clash Fnday at the same hour As a final climax the winners of the ton previous frays will meet in a championship battle Saturday at one.. thirty o'clock Candidates for the four teams have been requested to hand their names to the respectise class managers. Oliver P. noudfoot '2B, interclass I manager, has appointed William ff. McConnell '2B, manager of the sensor ' team, Charles D Fmght '29, for the juniors and John N. Engel '3O, for the sophomores. The baseball tourney is the first of the interclass contest to be staged 2n the near future. Class soccer aspic ants are practicing daily in prem..- , tion for the coming tilts while the push ball and tug-of-war scraps re ' main for battles between the under classmen. WPSC WILL OBSERVE NATIONAL EGG WEEK le keeping with National Egg Week, a radio progiam will be broad cast Tuesday night by members of the poultry club from station WPSC. An innovation in this program will be the barn-yard crow of a roostei. As a specialty, u carefully trained male bird will be heard on the alr. Several talks will be given by mem bers of the club on subjects pertain ing to the qualities, value, and use of eggs. Music between the addresses will be furnished by the Blue and White orchestra. DELTA SIGMA RHO ELECTIONS Albert J. Gures '29 Jacic R. Richards '3O °MORROW Student Council Will Hold General Election OFFICIALS PLACE BOXES IN FOUR BUILDINGS-VOTING ENDS THURSDAY NOON —.... ........... Final Measurement for Caps and Gowns Tomtit Seniors will have a final op portunity to he measured fur caps and gowns tonight from seen until nine o'clock at Mont-- gomery's ..............m.ive STUDENTS ARRANGE MOVE-UP PROGRAM Annual Jubilee, May Nineteenth, Will Indult , Tug-of-War Scrap, Mass Meeting ALL-COLLEGE DANCE IN ARMORY CLIMAXES DAY In an effort to create a carnival at lnosphere for the annual celebration of Move-up Day, Saturday, May nine teenth, the student committee is work ing on the program which includes an outdoor mass meeting with talks by College officials, songs and entertain ment features If the proposed mass meeting plans materialize, the committee promises students a novel addition to the color ful College tradition. As yet no definite-pregrarn, has -beew-ii,ci but a tentative outline will probably be presented to Student Council for approval in the near future. Possibly the main event on the Stove-up Day card of events is the undeiclass tug-of-wm. Selection of class colors for the yearlings maul de pend on the outcome of the scrap while sophomores will be permitted to doff hats only in the event of a vic tory. All-College Dance Following the custom of the past two years, an all-Collego dance will be held in the Armory Saturday night from eight until twelve o'clock to clim ax the day of activities with two local orchestras supplying music for the occasion At its last meeting, Student Council named Wheeler Lord, Jr '2B, chair man of the Move-up Day committee stab Charles D. Feight '29. Wilbur (Continued on last page) Educated Rooster Chortles Proudly Over Radio Tonight If Chanticleer does not give in to a natural stage fright when he faces the microphone tonight, radio listen ers of station WPSC will hear his bold "cock-a-doodle-doo" for the first time in the history of broadcasting in this state, it was announced yester day This pioneer is a representatne of the College poultry flock and is the particular pet of Max Campbell '3O, who has been working with the roost ei for several weeks and now has him trained to such a degree that a crow ing act will be attempted during to night's program. In observance of National Egg Week which opened today, membeis of the poultry club will broadcast a complete program and it is planned to have the rooster send his lusty call emanating through the ether during this event. PHI MU ALPHA ELECTIONS Hassel, I. Nutt '2B R. Wallace Brewster '29 Charles M. Graff '29 Paul S Hagan '2O Robert R. Johnston '2D William E Patterson '2O Joseph H. Reiff '29 Gerson I Shaffer '29 James A. Waterfield '29 H Craig Williams '29 Karl G. Allebach '2O Wilmer B. Cox '3O Walter J. Culp '3O Thorns P. Jones 'BO Leo Lerman '2O Gerald T. McCarthy '3O Dan J. Preiiton '3O Robert Walker '3O Lloyd N. Wilson '3O PRICE FIVE CENTS Elections for class and 1,“ Vie offi cers and , •emLe•s of &Amu. roam,: r ill be 1 eld to rorrom and Thwrd•ty I'. repr It:tali es from that body. poll. 7411 ae open ti i i nine until f iur-tb: •': tim arrow and on nursday. 'rem nine o' lo.i anti, noon. Each student must cast his ballot In the receptacle dgognated for the particular school in which he is en rolled The Council Neal place boxes in the Liberal Arts building fm Lib eral Arts students, in Engineering A fo, engmeormg students, in Old Main for students in Education, In Old rain ing for mining students and in the Chemistry building foi students en rolled in the Chemistry and Physics school Classes To Elect 01;:ecrs Each class must select a piesrlent, secretary and treasurer and s'udent council members for the coming sear. Sophomores will also vote for exe cutive members of As the staff In the election for president of the rat ions classes, the candidate leceiving the next highest number of votes shall be vice-president. In the I,s Vic elec• tion, the two candidates retching the next highest number of votes for edi tor-in-chief shall be associate editor. and the candidates for business man ager receiving the second highest number of votes steal be advertising manager. A committee from the Council will count the ballots directly after the close of elections Thursday and the CPffegian Plans_to publvd3.-the result In Frldity's issue. Present Dishonest) Special precautions van be observed by the governing body so that no questionable methods ale used during the balloting Votes for any oilicc are not to be solicited by mown, of print ed matter of any kind. Electioneer• jog, sathin or in the immediate vicin- (Continued on last page) AMERICAN DAIRY CLUB TO HOLD ANNUAL SHOW E. S. Bayard Will Talk at Dinner Terminating Exhibition Saturday Night Keen competition is promised in the sixth annual dairy erposition Sat urday then more than tuo-hundred entrants till compete in various con tests, announced Michael A Farrell '2B, president of the College chapter of the Amencan Dairy Science As sociation. A banquet will teirunate the expo sition Satuiday night at which time S. S Bayard, editor of the Pen.yl !sale Stockman. told Parorrl of Pitts burgh and a trustee of the College, 'alll address the gathering which, soil! include dairymen from all parts of the State who be here Friday night fen the spring meeting of the Pennsylvania Dairymen's Association Other speakets be President Ralph D Iletzel, Piof. Raymond A Dutcher of the department of agri cultural and biological chemistry, Dr. L u Thompson, vice-president of the dairymen's organization, R. W. Bald erston, secretary of the Intrastate Milk Produceis' Association and .1. H McClain of the United States Bu reau of Dairying CHEMIST DISCOVERS TWO NEW SODIUM COMPOUNDS E‘idence of two new existing com pounds of sodium sulfates inns pre sented to the American physical so ciety at Washington, D. C. lust Satur day by Fiederick A. Steele, graduate fellow in the School of Chemistry and Physics In his thesis on, "An X-Ray Examination of the Anhydrous Sodi um Sulfate-Aluminum Sulfate Sys tem," he showed, in a lengthy discuss ion, that the compounds do exist Mr. Steele's research Wills mole or less a by-product of the general line of X-ray researches that are being conducted with X-ray apparatus All of the data presented in this thetas was obtained by the use of X-rays. 'rho society has put this data on rec ord and it will be available to any scientific woikei An abstract of the thesis is being published in the pima al of the society.
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