Thespians
Finale-y
Yours
VOL XXIII, Na 65
Trustees Name 'Wendt
President's Assistant
Dean of, Chemistry and Physics School
To Fill Newly-Created Post
Under Dr. Hetzel
Realizing the need for an assistant
to President Hetzel, who would, as a
part of his duties, supervise the scien
tific and industrial research carried
on by the College, the Board of Trus
tees decided Fiiday to appoint Dean
Gerald L. Wendt, of the School. of
Chemistry and. Physics, to such a po
sition.
This olTice will be a permanent one
and will be assumed by Dean Wenlt
July first. De will continue as acting
head of the School of Chemistry and
Physics for one year, in addition to
his new duties. This allows the Col
lege adequate time to select someone
to fill the ,school deatiship.
Neely Invented Office
This is an entirely new office and
as fai as is known, Penn State is the
only college or university in the coun
try that will include such a position
among its executive offices.
In the early part of January of this
year, Dean Wendt tendered his resig
nation to the College as dean of the
School of Chemistry and Physics, in
order to accept the position of direc
tor of the neirly organized Battelle
Menional Institute at Columbus,
Olio. His resignation was accepted
by the College Board on January six
teenth. The move on the part of Dean
Wendt came as a complete surprise
'to the officials and all others connect
ed with the affairs of the College.
After several months of consultation
with the backers of the Battelle In
stitute, in regard to plans for building
construction and organization, Dean
Wendt found that his policies were in
compatible with those of-the trustees
of the Memorial . Institution. One
month ago he resigned from his posi
tion as director.
•- - • Remarkable* Recorihr ,
Since he hecanie dean of.the School
of Chemistry and Physics hero in
September 1924, this school has experi
enced great forward strides and, with
several new features, has become one
of- high prestige in the country. Out
standing in Dean Wendt's record at
Penn State is the bringing here and
directing of the national Institute of
Chemistry which continued for four
weeks last July, and his organization
of the division of industrial research
This division IS now working on a
number of important research prob
lems and is placing the research 'nein
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RIFLE TEAM WINS FIFTH
PLACE IN R. O. T. C. MEET
Scores 7585 Points in National
Tourney—Ranks High Among
Contesting Colleges
With the last match of the season
completed, the Penn State rifle team
closed the year's schedule with an en
viable record when it placed fifth in
the national 11. 0. T C. intercolegiatcs
with a total score of 7585 points.
Thirteen telegraphic matches wets
held, all of which the Lion nunksmen
won despite the loss of several of the
iegulur marksmen. The only should°,
10-shoulder match of the season, that
with Annapolis, was lost 1323 to 1285.
In the Pennsylvania-West Virginia
league intercollegiates the Nittany
shooters won second place with 1284
points, while West Virginia univer
sity was first with 1316 points. The
Thud Collis Area R. 0. T C. matchev
resulted in a victory for the local
team while the national intercolleg..
totes ended with the Nittany shooters
in fourth place.
Freshman Makes New
Golf Links Mark With
Score of Sixty-seven
Turning in a -card of 07 for the
eighteen holes, Samuel Paths '3l lou
o.ed the College course iecotd by
Mee strokes, yesterday. Only once
befoie had the course been palled.
Lnst year Joseph Ludes '2O, turnel in
a score of 70, by making a bathe on
the eighteenth hole.
Parks woo playing with Ken Ruth
erford, Hugo Bezdek Jr., and Tattoo
S. Pannecion, a member of the varsity
golf team, when ho had his record
score. His card was 32 for the first
nine holes and 35 for the last nine.
On the first nine holes he scored three
birdies, making him three under par
at the turn.
11 run itttr
Prexy 's New Aide
Dean Gerld L. Wendt
ALUMNI ARRANGE
CLASS REUNIONS
Announce General Meeting on
June Elm enth—Reception
Concludes Program
JAMES G. WHITE 'B2 TO
RECELVE SERVICE MEDAL
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Clas's'reumohs will,providd'one-of
the features of the alumni program
for Penn State's sixty-eigth annual
Commencement Week; June 'cigth to
June twelfth
The classes of '93, 'O3, 'lB and 23
are planning reunion aliens for Sun
day, June tenth According to Donald
M Cresswell '2B, more than one hun
dred men of that class will return and
as large a return of the other classes
is expected by Edward N. Sullivan,
secretary of the alumni association
James G White 'B2 will receive the
Alumni' Award fot meritorious ser
vice at the annual alumni dinner Mon
day, June eleventh Speakers for this
occasion will be President Ralph 1)
Hetzel and Alexander Meiklejohn, of
the University of Wisconsin, College
Commencement speaker.
A general alumni meeting in Old
Chapel will open Alumni Day, Monde:.
June eleventh. Lunch, to which fac
ulty members, graduates, and guests
are invited, will be seised in a big
tent. The classes aril then parade to
New Beaver field, where the gradu
ating class will be received into the
ranks of the alumni. The annual
Varsity-Alumni baseball game is ill be
held after the parade In the even
ing, after the alumni dinner, a College
reception and dance will close the
day's activities.
Feed Dealers Schedule
Flour Mill Parley Here
For June Eighteenth
Penn State will act as host to
mote than sic handled feed denims,
bankers, editors, faint journal repte
sentattves and State and county agi
cultutal leaders when they attend the
Patina Mills conference bete June
eighteenth and nineteenth
Discussions eonceining present-day
methods as applied to the industry by
dealets and feeders throughout the
State will Danish the chief topic fat
the yearly pinky.
Dean Ralph L. Watts, of the School
of Agiicultuic, will initiate the two
day mogram with a %%eke= to the
delegates This will he followed by
an inspection trip to the agricultutal
experiment slam and a considet atlas
of the animal feeding methods as ear
ned on by Penn State.
COUNCIL ELECTS PREXY
Walter U. auistka '29 um elected
piesident of the Honor Society Council
for the ensuing year, at a meeting of
that body held Finlay aftei noon. Pi of.
Harold A. Everett, of the Engineering
School, was re-elected becietary.
SKULL AND BONES ELECTIONS
John W Mullins '29
Hairy E. Pfeifer '29
Archibald M. 'Holmes '3O
L Stiublo '3O
Robert G. Whitmore '3O
Joseph R. Wdson '3O
STATE COLLEGE, PA:, 'FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1928
Seniors Select Twelve
Commencement Ushers
In accordance with the custom es
tablished last year whereby a limited
number of the incoming seniors are
given the honor of acting as ushers
for the outgoing class during Com
mencement week, Charles C. Deny
hill, president of the senior class, an
nounces the. selection of twelve mem
bers of the ,Junior class to act in this
capacity.
Those men chosen by the graduat
ing class for ushers from the junior
class are Harry E Pfeifer, William
S Turner, Donn D. Greenshields,
Stephen V. llamas, Richard A. Gen
der, Lows H. Bell, Jr., John W. Brandt,
Charles D. Poight, Wilson S. Creal,
Joseph W. Mullin, Boman! Newman
and Donald H. Buchanan.
PLAYERS REHEARSE
FARCE COMEDY AS
FINAL PRODUCTION
Miss Mellinger, A. R. Cunningham
Will Play Leading Roles
In Season's Finale
PLAY PORTRAYS LIFE IN
AMERICAN COLLEGE CITY
Love Triangle Furnishes Theme
Of Nugent's Success
"The Poor Nut"'
How a ictiring, bashful young man
a as able to win out in a contest with
a popular college hero for the hand
of the samo girl, is shown in "The
Poor Nut" which will be presented
by the Penn State Players as their
annual Commencement offering in
Schwab auditorium June eleventh
Written by J. C. and Elliot Nugent,
the play is saul to be an excellent ex
ample of a farce comedy. It was tak
en from the popular stage success
•
Setting in College Town
The setting for the coming presen
tation represents a typical American
college community. The athletic heb
pays suit to the popular belle of the
college but "the poor nut," from which
the play takes its name, puts up a
better case. The man= in which he
does it presents the action of the play
Miss Anne Mellinget '3l, who has
appealed in a numbet of Players' mil
duct:oils, of which the most recent was
"The Family Upstairs," takes the part
of the widely-sought "Margy." Arthur
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League of Nations
Battles For Title
In Soccer Contest
A wend, disconcerted chorus of
voices arising from the drill told Wed
nesday., with a milked likeness to the
din and clamor heard at a meeting of
the League of Nations, ievealed upon
furthei im estigation tao opposing
soccer teams
One of them scas the saisity and'
the other a train composed of those'
students and faculty members who
weic born or spent part of their lives
abroad, trying to outboot one another.
The cynosure of the spectators' eyes
was Registrar Witham S. Hoffman,
who between mission mark, managed
to learn the game in Turkey. Next
in rank of importance scan Jun Cher
ry, who first sow the light of day in
Singapore.
II Duce had his representative in
Phil Repino, while the land of Harry
Lauder had Coach Bill Jeffries and
Scotty MacLaten. Egyptian Moose
Serry helped the foreigners with his
powerful footwork. Rounding out this
heterogeneous combination were a
flying Dutchman, an Englishman, a
!Calcuttan follower of Mohammed, and
several soccer enthusiasts from Porto
Rico.
DEAN CHAMBERS REGAINS
HEALTH DURING SEA TRIP
Recupciating from his recent ill
ness, Dean Will G Chambers, of the
School of Education, has returned
from the Olient and is at Vancouver,
British Columbia.
Mis. Chambers, in a telegram from
there, stated that the Dean had im
plored considerably during the ocean
voyage Both arc now heading to
ward the United States and will ar
rive here some time next week.
PROFESSOR GRANT RETURNS
Prof. Richind W. Clara, head of the
department of music at Penn State,
returned yestmday film an Eastein
trip. Prof. Grant recovered Loin an
illness while on his tour.
COMMITTEE OPENS
BOND ISSUE DRIVE
FOR STUDENT AID
Distributes Booklets Containing
Main TalkingiPoints of
State Project
A. M. HOLMES 'so HEADS
UNDERGRADUATE GROUP
Public Information L Department
Plans Extensive. Campaign
Throligh Nerpapers
Presenting a series of questions and
answers 'Aiding to the College and
the proposed Bond &sue, a small pam
phlet, entitled "Workers Handbook
for the Pennsylvania State College
$8,000,000 Bond Issue," is being dis
tributed to evety Penn State student
in the hope of aidink this project
which soul conic befoie the Heystont.
electorate November sixth.
The tv,enty membeis of the student
committee, headed until Sunday be
Charles C. Beriyhill , '2ll, and to be
led next year by Archibald M. Holmes
'3O, launched an extensive drive early
this week among the calm student
body The campaign will not cease
until every undergiadunte has been
'rite/limed personally, one of the
booklets placed in his hands and he
or she has a clear conception of the
importance of student effoit in eon
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THESPIANS 'WAKE
LAST APPEARANCE
Club 01Teta "Honestly Yours" in
Scbwab Auditorium Next
Saturday Evening
ADVANCE , TICKFii•-I , ALE - •
STARTS MONDAY NIGHT
Eight senior members of the Penn
State Thespians will perform before
a College audience for the last time
when the dramatm organrzation pre
sents the final showing of "Honestly
Yours" ne,t Saturday at seven o'clock
in Schwab auditorium as a Spring
House Party attraction.
Chief among the graduating club
members are George W. Shuster and
Ralph G Kennedy, dancing aces of
the organization and veterans of four
annual road show productions.
Adcance ticket sales foi the last
showing of "Honestly Touts" small be
gin Monday night at seven o'clock at
Stalk Brothers store and continue
until Fliday night inclumve. Tickets
will be on sale each night until nine
o'clock at special house-party prices.
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PROMINENT ENGINEERS
WILL ASSEMBLE HERE
Course To Present Management
Problems With Scientific,
Modern Solutions
Puiposing to give industiial !cadets
training in the solution of manage
ment problems by modein scientific
methods, the thuteenth annual slant
comer in industrial oiganication and
administiation mill be held lime Lions
June fourteenth to June twenty-sec
ond
The course mill be conducted under
the joint management of the Indust
ud and Extension departments of the
School of Engineming Professois
John 0. Keller of the extension de
puitment, Chasten W. Bocce, head of
the Industrial engmeming depaitment,
Clatence E Ballinger and George
?dollen will be in ilnect change of the
Course.
AGS HOLD CABIN PARTY
Students enrolled in the department
of ngiicultural chemistly of the
School of Agriculture held their an
nual cabin patty lust Finlay and
Saturday in the cabin of the Tiger
Rod and Gun club at Luuiel Run.
The outing was featured by un in
formal banquet Saturday er cuing.
DELT& SIOSIA PI ELECTIONS
Wilber N. Bartle '29
Kenneth ill Barrett '29
Mation N. Johnson '29
Walter 11. Noble '29
John 0. Reed '29
'Poster C. Gam son 'BO
Lawrence M. Gates '3O
Duane L Guernsey '3O
Edward W. Jamison '3O
Galbraith D. Williams '3O
Russel A. Ziegler '3O
Totirgiatt.
Stephen V. Hamas '29
Wins A. A. Presidency
As a result of the special election
held Tunday for president of the Ath
letic Association, Stephen V llamas
'29 Naas chosen to that position, poll
ing 471 votes, a plurality of 54 votes
over his opponent, George S. Delp '29,
who had 317 ballots cast in his favor
Both men are prominent athletes,
llamas being a four-letter man and
Delp a three-letter man
In the first elections for A A. presi
dent, Hainas load but the number of
votes that he polled was not a ma
jority According to the election
inlet, another election was necessary.
Delp was the next highest ratan, thus
a special election was held Tuesday
between these two men.
SENIORS PREPARE
GALA GRADUATION
WEEK ACTIVITIES
Select Reverend Hugh T. Kerr,
Of Pittsburgh, To Deliver
Traditional Serinon '
BACCALAUREATE SPEAKER
IS PROMINENT IN CHURCH
Activities Include Golf Tourney,
Class Stunts, Offerings
By Musical Cllibs
Reverend Hugh Thompson Kerr,
pastor of the Shadyside Presbyterian
church in Pittsburgh, will deliser the
Baccalaureate sermon for this year's
graduation exorcism, Sunday morn
ing, June tenth, at ten-thirty o'clock
:n Schwab auditorium. Dr. Kerr is
a prominent Prmbytelian clergyman
and religious author, having written
a number of popular hooks dealing
with religious problems.
Reverend Kerr has been pastor of
tho Shadysido church for more than
-filteer•yeais; serving slUring — thelai;
ter part of this period as president of
the Presbyterian General Board of Ed
ucation. Ordained to the ministry in
1897, his first charge was the Oakland
church in Pittsburgh where he stay
ed until 1901 when he went to the
First Church of Hutchinson, Kansas
He remained there until 1907, leav
ing to take the Fullerton :menus
church in Chicago. after which he as
sumed the ministry of his present
church
ii=
According to the present plans foe
Comtnenceincnt Week exercises, un-
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Students Present
Miss Nitzky With
Gold Wrist Watch
In appreciation of her long and
faithful service as secretary to the
president, Miss Mary T. Nitsky ass
presented with a gold watch, the gift
of the student body of 1927-28, in the
office of President Metre! on Tuesda;
afternoon. The presentation was
made by Charles C. Berry hill, presi
dent of the senior class, and Wallace
Liggett '2B, chairman of Student
Council committee appointed sonic
weeks ago to select the token of ic
memlnance. The presentation was
made in the presence of Doctor lletsel
and his office staff.
Miss Nazis} , came to Penn Stale
under the administiation of Piesident
Ceenge W. Atherton, and served in
her secieturial position timing+ the
administrations of Presidents Edwin
Erie SpillLs and John M. Thomas.
It sins a lealization of het unselfish
and most conscientious service in her
difficult position that Student Council
voted piesentation of the engsaved
meat watch .is its token of esteem
All foot classes combined in the
Fraternity Nines Will
Play Semi-final Round
Semi-finals of the intereraternity
baseball tournament will he held to
day with Phi Kappa meeting Theta
Xi and Sigma Phi Epsilon playing
the winner of the game between
Fl ends Union and Beta Theta Pi.
The winnei of these two flays will
meet tomorrow afternoon to decide
the championship.
HYPNOTIST TO PERFORM
Joseph E. Armstrong '2B will muse
the field of his hypnotic exploits to
Bellefonte tonight when he will take
punt in a stage performance at the
State theatre there. The student hyp
notist who so far has entertained Col
-1 lege audiences with his powers has
planned several amps hies which should
win the applause of the onlookers.
Lion Batsmen Encounter
Bucknell Nine Tomorrow
Unchanged Line-up Will Oppose Bison Team on
New Beaver Field—Halicki To Twirl
For Invading Combination
Baseball Captain
I=ll
SINGERS ANNOUNCE
FOREIGN ITINERARY
To Present Concerts in London,
Paris, Brussels, Antwerp
And The Hague
WILL LEAVE NEW YORK
ON JULY TWENTY- EIGHTH
Twenty-five members of the Glee
Club will leave New Yolk. city Jul,
twenty-eighth for the fist European
tom of the College songsters Upon
mewing at Plymouth, England, Aug
ust fifth, the Club will present its (h e st
The organization will spend a week
in London, the next city listed on the
itinerary. Paris is scheduled for the
next stopping place, where sin days
will be spent. Concerts ate planned
foi both foreign cities
I:stens:l,e Itinerary
While in Belgium, the songsters stir
visit Brussels and Ants:err, where
several concerts will be presented
After a three-day stay, the Club trill
lease Belgium bound for Holland
Presenting their final program at
The Hague, the gleemen nrll sail for
home from Rotterdam
Local Rotary clubs in the various
European cities, in which the Club
Hill appear, are sponsoring the con
certs Besides the musicales sched
uled in the itinciar v, the organization
is planning to present programs
aboard slop both to and tuna Europe
In addition to twenty-five men, Hi
t color and Mrs Grant and Miss' Ada
Bonus, soloist, will accompany the
Glee Club A file-piece orchestra,
composed of three members of the
Club and two others, still furnish pop
ular accompannuent.
School of Chemistry
And Physics To Offer
New Four-Year Course
A nest foul-veal cuisaulum
physical chemistay under dial ge of
Dr. W. P Davey in the School of
Chemistry and Physics is announced
in the 1928-29 geneial catlogue wh i ch
makes its appemance this week. It
is an addition to the culla:ilia already
offmed by this school in chenustiy,
chemical enginceling, phtsas, pre=
medical tinning and science, with Dr.
Gerald L. Wendt as dean.
The new curriculum is intended for
those who wish to specialize in the ati
pheation of physical piinclples to
chemical moblems, nr sue vet so and
is expected to move popular smith new
student,. Two tan-year con cult us
industrial education sue also announc
ed, together smith sonic changes in the
liberal ails mantilla.
GRANGERS WILL MEET
klembeis of the Penn State Grange
will have as a speaker at their ne.tt
meeting Howard G. Eiseman, Slang.
lectulei, who plans to attend the
Centre County Grange homecoming
lint week. The niceties will be held
Thursday night at seven-litteen in
loom one hundred Horticulture build
ing,
PARMI NOUS ELECTIONS
Jackson A. Martin '3O
Martin S. McAndrews 'JO
Torino S Panaccion '3O
Ralph R. Ricker '3O
J. Nell Stubby , no _
Awaits
Glee-fully
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Bucknell's fighting band of baseball
performers, eager to atone for Its de
feat at the hands of Lebanon Valley,
mill oppose Coach Benlek's diamond
nine in a ttaditional battle on New
Beaver field tomorrow afternoon at
tuo-thirty o'clock
Led by then all-mound athlete,
Eddie llalielst, the Bodinelimns ate
determined to mai the Lions' good
record by iepcating, on the diamond,
the vietoty they accomplished on the
grid field lost fall Although Coach
Snateiy's men hate lost to Lebanon
Valley and Juniata, they ale confident
of adininisteling Penn State's first de
feat on Noun Bennet field this year.
lII+. Line•UP
The Lenisbuigians will take the
field tomoi row ninth Quinn behind the
bat and 'label.: in the pitching bon.
Both men ale familial to Penn State
undergraduates The latter stained
against the Lions dun mg the past year
in basketball and football, while Quinn
snored the winning touchdoian in
BucknelPs grid victory last fall.
Jones, Bucknell's clean-up man and
lending hitter, will perfoim at short
stop while 11,Coimak will play thud
base The light side of the infield
will lie protected by rust baseman
Bald; and second baseman Ilambach
ei The latter bats second in the lot
ting line-up and is a constant threat
when on base.
In the outfield Coach Snavely will
1194 James, Mitchell and Seiler. The
tomer is lead-off man and his bat
ting acerage hoseis about the 'AM
mark. Sado, center and captain of
BucknellN basketball team last fall,
u ill cover tight field. His home tun
tho Ilisinus contest clinched
ve
tory for the Bisons.
Same Combinition
Against this deteimineil array of
ball tosseis, Boadek will pat his leg ,
'alai, line-up in an attempt to repeat
last )ear's s etory over the Bucknell
sans, Geinge Delp, potent factor in
Penn State's win ores Lebanon Valley
last ',seek, will cases left field while
Gene Singley will protect the central
area of the out. garden. Al Lesko
will play right field in plate of Cap
tain Bus Haiiington Al secewed a
split fingei in a practice session thus
necessitating his ienanal floss the
backstop position to a place in tin,
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AGS SECURE SPEAKERS
FOR FARM CONVENTION
Program Includes Conferences,
Judging, and Problem
12=!I
Se,mal monanent umicultuial leafl
ets are scheduled to pi esent address
es mhcn Pennsyl,nnia Lamer, gather
hew foi the annual ' , athlete Day
June fourteenth and fifteenth. The
event is sponsmcd by the School of
Ag, tcultme.
The speakels as scheduled to date
ate Miles Ilm st of the State Agrnu.-
tural council, Raymond G. 'bossier,
deputy-sccietaiy of the Pennsyhanin
deptatment of aglicultuic and a fol.
nice Penn Stale pi ofessoi, Fled
enclnan, nabonal Mange tem esen
,tattve located aL Washington, D. C
land Piesident Ralph D Hazel
Included in the plogram mill be
demonslaabons of imps coed and 11.1-
cmn Lain mactaes, judging contests
of jisestoel, discussions and coact
ences in tegald to farm moblems
Plans foi the alt., ale undo' wav
and accolding to a latent announce
ment it is espected that Be even larg
m numbei mill be in attendance than
were hue to tab pait ui th event last
year.
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