VOL. 25, NQ. 6
LOCAL MINISTERS
SUPPORT COLLEGE
BOND ISSUE DRIVE
Distribute Letters Explaining
Finance Plan to State
Church Leaders
NEWS DIRECTOR WRITES
FOR RELIGIOUS PAPERS
Personal Communications Also
Accompany Releases of _
Publicity Service
Aiming to leave no stone unturned
%Ouch might result in defeat of the
*8,000,000 Bond Issue at the Novem
ber election, College campaign work
ers have forv.arded to the religious
publications of Pennsylvania articles
esplaining the necessity for ratifica
tion of the only finance plan which
could adequately piovido foi the
need:: of Penn State.
A personal letter mitten by a
State College church leader, uiging
the editor of the journal in question
to suppoit the amendment and if pos
s•ble to publish the campaign release,
accompanies each aitiele that is
mailed to chinch publications In ad
dition each local minister has been en
listed in the campaign to the extent
of bending personal letters to every
inimstei of the same denomination
in Pennsylvania, asking for Bond Is
sue suppoit.
MEE
No less than ten different teligious
scats Lull be acquainted with Amend
ment No. 2 tntough their own par
ticulni publications if the material
drisemmated through the College
rrwn service is accepted. Practically
all of these faiths ate teptesented in
State College
Publications to which the Bond Is
sac articles were sent include those
of the Baptist, Reformed, Friends,
Lutheran, Methodist, 'Hebrew, Roman
Catholic, Christian Science, Evangel
ical and Presbyterian faiths. ,
Inn survey of last year's records
in the Registrar's office it was found
that the members of the student body
li,ted then religious preference an
follows• - Baptists, 94, Reformed,
241, Friends, GO; Lutherans, 456;
Methodists, 789, Behrens, 154; Rom
an Catholics, 469, Christian Science,
nu, E‘angelical, 50; and Presbyter
ians, 818
Thnisters linter Catnpaggn
Religious leadeis of the sinuous de
nominational churches of State Col
lege have consented to help in the
piesent Bond Issue campaign, realms
I nj, in so doing that anything which
pi oinotes the giowth of the College
will incense student attendance at
the services
Each article dish ibuted by the Col
lege news setwee contained some com
ment made lot the partieulat dour
seals by the local nunistet of the same
faith The Rev Donald W. Cart uth
ms, student pastor of the Plesbyter
tan Chinch, says.
"Throughout its long history the
Presbyterian Church as a denomina
tion has been tremendously concern
ed with the establishment and support
of educational institutions for het
seen and daughters Het accord in
the tot wai ding of education has been
signitaant. Today theme ate not suffi
cient denominational colleges of her
own to afford an opportunity for
Pi esbytet um students. Theen years
ago Oleic wete 12,000 students in
Pi csbyterian denominational colleges
while some 32,000 Presbyterian stu
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ELIMINATIONS BEGIN IN
COLLEGE GOLF TOURNEY
Fied Brand Jr., '32, Wins Medal
, Honors, As Thirty-two
Players Qualify
Moving completed the qualifying
round, entrants in the annual all-Col
lege golf tournament began play yes
tei day for the final eliminations
Sloro than fifty players attempted
W qualify for the tourney Of this
number thirty-two succeeded in the'
rounds, which ended on Saturday.
Fled Stand, Jr. '32, was medalist
with a score of 70,- Among the other
low Scorers wore H. Vernon Flitch
man '29, captain of the golf team,
logo Bczdek '32, Rags Madero, Rob
e! t Leonard '3O, and Robert H. Jack
son '3O
According to Coach Robert B.
Rutherford, the competition is especi
ally keen this year, because of the
number of good men in the tourney.
Ida belies es that with the material in
hand a winning combination should
be turned out when the season begins.
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Former Lion Gridmen; COLLEGE OFFICIALS
Fill Frankford Posts' ARRANGE PROGRAM
FOR FATHERS' DAY
Commercializing on the football
ability developed by Hugo Renick',
at Penn State, Roepke, Mahoney
and Pilak, three erstwhile Nittany
grulmen have been displaying their
wares under the colors of the
Flankford Yellowjackets, contend
ers for the National professional.
football league mown.
The trio aided the Quaker City
eleven in annexing its thud
straight victory Satuiday. Press
reports of the contest included
praiseworthy account of Mahoney's
defensive plow ess and Johnny
Roepkc's ability as a ball-toter.
Both Mahoney and Roepke were
main cogs on Penn State's winning
combination last year. Rog play
ed at center while Captain Roepke
was the Lion's main offensive
threat. The latter was placed on
Grantland Rice's mythical All-Am
etican squad chile Mahoney re
ceived honorable mention. Think
was a member of Penn State",
1926 eleven and filled a tackle posi
tion.
TEAM SELECTION
PUZZLES JEFFREY
Soccer Mentor Finds Difficulty
Choosing Varsity Line-up
For First Game
MUSA SERRY RETURNS
TO STRENGTHEN SQUAD
Attempts to select a first team
from his squad of more than thirty
'rooters have so far been almost fu
tile because of the return of many
regulars, substitutes and experrenced
sophomores, according to Bill Jeff
rey, soccer coach. The high caliber
of playing shown by the booters has
been so wide-spread throughout the
suqad that he has been unable to
pick the varsity team.
Two weeks remain before the open
mg-game of tho season and in that
time the Lion mentor hopes to have
a definite lineup chosen. At present
there are at least two qualified men
for every position on the team.
Lettermen Return
Aided by the return of seven lotto.-
men from last year's eleven, and Ser.
ry, regular two seasons ago, the see
cm mentor has been conducting daily
sell:images with the expectation of
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LACROSSERS BEGIN
REGULAR PRACTICE
Lack of Heavy Defense Players
And Vacant Goal Position
Worry Coach Paul
Aiming to present a repetition of
last yeat's failure to wand into. elop
er shape for the opening game, Couch
Eime Paul began dulling his lactosse
men yesterday on the practice field
adjoining the golf course.
The five lettermen of last , yew,
Captain-elect Ted Torok '29, Wen
Sehaeffet '29, Ray Carlson ',lO, John
Plizer '3O, and Fred Perella '3O, re
ported yesterday for the initial var
sity practice, giving Coach Paul a
nucleus mound which to build a strong
combination. Several substitutes who
raw action in varsity games last fall
will be unable to report until nest
spring due to participation in fall
sports.
The noticeable weak point of the
squad is a lack of heavy men to play
the defense positions. Along with
this is the problem of filling the shoes
of Dune Kiefer, goalie, who together
with Guff Griffin and Bob Clem:a,
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Sight of Student Mil
Recalls Coveted
Sight of detachments of the R. 0.
T C. troops matching back and tot Lb
ovet the drill flail arouse in the minds
of many veterans of the College mem
°ties of another October trot in the
Year 1018, the date which marked the
establishment of the Student fumy
Reserve Corps, when two thousand
male students of Penn State pledged
allegiance to then country.
Ten.years ago yesterday morning
at eleven o'clock, while Uncle Sam
was yet in the midst of the World
Wan, all men of Penn State swore to
defend the honor and safety of the
United States with their lives.
Facing Old Main two thousand men
over eighteen years of age stood in
orderly ranks. To the right scene two
handled mote—the College Band—
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1928
Parents' Association Will Meet
Next Saturday Morning
In Annual Session
PLAN MASS MEETINGS.
SMOKER AS DIVERSION
Dr. Hazel and Mr. Hibshman
To Address Assemblage
Of Visiting Dads
Penn State students 1,11 welcome
more than a thousand fathers during
the eighth annual Dads' Day celebra
tion October twelfth and thirteeenth,
according to Prof. John 0. Keller, who
is in charge of the program. Pro
fessor Keller, semetaty of the Penn
State Association of Patents, said
yestei day that plans for entertaining
the visttots ate practically completed.
An the opening merit, a pep meet
ing, in Schwab auditorium Friday night
will acquaint the salters with the
details and prospects concerning the
impending Bucknell fray Following
this gathering, the Penn State Playei
will offer a farce comedy, "The Poor
Nut" Tickets for the play are priced
at fifty and seventy-five cents.
Meeting Saturday
The annual business meeting of the
Penn State Association of Parents is
scheduled for ten o'clock Saturday
morning Following lemailis by Ms.
East E. Hewitt, Si , president of the
association, Judge H Walton Mitch
ell, president of the Board of Tius.
tee.% .111 deliver an address of wel
come
President Ralph D Hetzel will
speak of "Pennsylvania's State Col
lege" and Mr. Edwaiii K Hibshman,
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NITTANY HARRIERS
CONTINUE DRILLS
Coach Cartmell Schedules Light
Practice Over Four and
Half Mile Course
FRESHMAN CANDIDATES
REPORT FOR TRYOUTS
Light drills oser a canton of foul
and a half miles will piobably corn
pima the work required of the Nittany
cross-country team until a week pie
ceding the season's opener with Syia
on the twenty-seventh of this month,
aceerdirg to Coach Nate Cartmell's
plans as announced last night.
Captain Bill Cox, ace of the nation's
hill-and-dalcis, has settled down to
consistent training and by the tune
Coach Keane's proteges :mice in
State College he should be in perfect
condition. A slow jog of nine of ten
miles is his regular bill of activity on
tam) days
E=l
At the call of the Nrttany emir,
approximately fifteen freshman aspir
ants fat the yearling team repotted to
New Beaver field Saturday afternoon
for a prehminary tryout Although
only fifteen worked out at that time
more than thirty plebes have regis
tered for the squad. In such a group
Nate to certain that he oil! unearth
few pronnsing drstaree runners
A lad by the name of Burke breast
ed the tape first in a mile run which
the mentor set as the tire! distance
for Saturday's dull. Daimon, an
outstanding runnel in Pittsburgh in
terscholastic meets last year, Pushed
second while Rowland came in third.
S. Dean, W Emery, R. N. MeOm
! took, G. P. Foresman, E D. Liman
colt and L Fabler completed the dis
tance in the order named.
itary Companies
S. A. T. C. Membries
which entered 'CIVIC. with the rest.
To the left was another company of
three hundred, men who having al
ready been sworn rn were hieing green
brief technical courses before being
detailed to the training camps.
An adjutant toad the oideis horn
the War Demo talent establishing the
S. A. T. C Tiro housand men iercat
ed in unison the toot its which bound
their bodies to the science of the na
tion. Through a break in the tanks
marched the faculty and subsu abed
allowance to the cause.
Then came the stifles of the Star
Spangled Bennet. Every figute grew
mote erect and every eye turned to
weld the staff front which flutteied
the helmet Ault.
Nittany Lion Struts
Into Political Arena
As Farm Champion
Penn State makes its debut in
the political mane tonight.
Political partisans may stam
pede the convention, prohibition
ists may think to their cause and
Champions of farm relief may make
emotional appeals to the assembly
of big-wigs tonight as Penn State
undergraduates enayt a leplica of
the Republican national eon% en
ties 111 100 Horticulture building
The mock piesidentml campaign,
which will continue until the me
of the bonafide election, is being
held undor the ausp'ces of the
Penn State Grange.,
PLAYERS PREPARE
FIRST PRODUCTION
To Present Farce Comedy As
Part of Fathers' Day
Celebration
WILL CONDUCT•TRYOUTS
FOE NEXT PRESENTATION
As past of the annual Fathers' Day
celebration next week-end, the Penn
State Players will plesent "The Pool
Nut" in Schwab auditorium This
offering, which moved successful in
its showing last year, will be staged
Friday evening, October twelfth
Watten by J C. and Elliot Nugent,
authors of "Kempy," the scheduled
production lan for mole than a yea,
in New York city. It also had long
engagements in Philadelphia, Chi-
cago, and San Flamm..
Second Shen mg
The farce was presented as the
Players' Commencement slum last
yea: Filled with comic action and
love intmest, it was one of the most
popular numbeis presented by the
organization during the year.
Prof. Arthur C Cleetingh, director
of the club, will hart charge of the
production. With' th& exception of
one member, the cast imams the
same as that which foimeily pi escnt
ed it The past of Wally Pante will
be taken by Guy W. Knight '3O
The action occurs in a typical col
lege community and includes a had,
meet'between two ti aditional In als
How "The Pool Nut" manages to
make Phi Beta Kappa and a leading
social fiatelnity is only part of the
mis-up through which he passes be
foie he wins the hand of the gill he
loves
Miss Anne Mellingm '3l, takes the
pact of the gill, while the leading
male tole is filled by Arthur It Cun
ningham '3l Others m the cast in
clude Miss Ohse Octet hout 'do,
Miss Glace Clem ',31, Flank 1 , Moi
ne '3l, Sterling E Emwn '3l, and
Milton C. Young '3O
'm outs Tuesday
To outs fol "Is Zat So,' the ne,t
',iodation of the Playets, ale to be
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Comfort Requests
Students' Support
Of Chinese Colleges
Eshoi ling students of Penn State
to support G AV (Daddy) GI oif
'O7 and the Lingnain Univei si
t) in the. light against Chine., il
litetac.N, Di. William W. Comte, t,
pi esident of Hovel final college, de
sei Hied to the Sunday Chapel
nssem
bingo seine of the problems and eon
ditiona encountered by educate. in
China
Comfort e‘plamed the manna
an which the tumelauty vans stall toil
and bow at pew to hetome the mole
must school an China donate an un
sympathetic government and at luck
of funds
Citing the Nationabst govcinment's
decree that school hoards had to be
Pienondciantly Choose and that the
head of the schools hail to be natives,
Dr. Comfort stated that this U. only
one of the many obstacles overcome
h 3 educators in Chinn
As the conclusion to his address,
Di. Comfort entered the plea that
Penn State should support this worthy
cause to its fullest extent so that the
efforts of the missionary teachers
will not have been in vain
ENGINEERS TO BANQUET
The annual "get-togethei" banquet
of the School of Engineciaig faculty
is scheduled for Octribei eleventh, ac
cording to Prof. Julius H. KauHues,
chaittnan of the committee on in
fringements. The Centre Hills coun
ty club has been tentatively selected
lot the. affan.
Cr, ilrgiatt.
LIONS OVERCOME
LEBANON VALLEY
GRID TEAM, 25-0
Anne Me Eleven Wages Stubborn
Battle Against Heavier
Nittany Foes
OFFENSE CONSISTS ONLY
OF STRAIGHT LINE PLAYS
Diedrich and Miller Tally After
Long Runs—Hamas, Wolff
Also Cross Goal
Employing only straight line bucks
with an occasonal end run, Penn
State's husky gridmen displayed po
tential strength in vanquishing thou
stubborn Lebanon Valley opponents,
25-0, Saturday afternoon. Long run ,
by Joe Miller and Frank Diedrich add
ed color to the otherwise drab en
counter.
The courageous visitots, outweigh
ed ten pounds to the man, waged a
plucky and game battle to hold the
Lions to four touchdonns. On smei
al occasions the Blue and White ad
herents neie nithin then opponents'
twenty-paid line, only to meet nith
!stubborn resistance that Insulted in
loss of the ball on dovais. Although
sowing but tun first don ns to Penn
State's fourteen, the Annvillo repre
; sentattves demonstrated a ground
gaining forum,' pass attack that al
most netted them a score.
Powerful hoc smashes by Diedrich,
Hamm, Millet and Wolff pioNed the
undoing of the Lebanon Valley eleven
Time and again Diedrich, fennel
fieshmun lummaty, upped off ten to
twenty y aids on off-tackle thiusts and
end runs, in addition to his fine de
fensii,e tactics Alhe Wolff and Steve
Haman, besides accounting for
touchdown each, exhibited power
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REVELERS TO OPEN
Y.M.C.A.- PROGRAM
Victor Recording Artists Offer
Musical Entertainment
Next Saturday
ADVANCED TICKET SALE
CLOSES FRIDAY EVENING
As the opening presentation of the
C A entettainment course, the
neveleis, male quaitette, will give a
concert piogiain nest Saturday even
ing in Schwab auditoiluni The Re,-
lecoiding artists, are
cell-known heie by reason of formes
uppealances
For Ilousepai Lv week-end the Ala,
MOM% thematic dance tile, will of
fin fifteen sailed numbcis, all in pan
tomine. On Wednesday cvening, De-
Lembo fifth, the some company that
produced 'Maghtnin'" here last year
will present "bun-up," a drama This
play was a Broadway success for
Nuns, as soon "Lighten'", Follow
ing "Sun-up," Milton C. Work, eon
vent hr ile . ° authority, will lecture on
Lodge Ftday evening, January
e,ghteenth.
I=l
Sarlah Shucharr, stoltrust, and
Jeanne DeMault, contralto, wdl up
mar Saturday, February st‘teenth,
as the fifth feature of the course.
They urn young artists who have
proved successful in New York thea
ters and ale now undong a tour of
the country.
OlTeling conceit music which will
appeal to the music Weis of Penn
State, the Sittig Trio is scheduled tot
Saturday, Alai eh ninth These musi
cian,' enjoy equal fume with the
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Famous Feline Cinema Model Enters
Nittany Lion's Lair on National Tour
Leo, the lion of the Meta o-Goldwyn- !mei, wide-spiced that he had °scup
'Mayer cinema wink!, stepped doe n ed from his cage and hail star ted out
flout his proud pedestal on the silver 1 ti• become mote intimately acquainted
tine. 1 , 1 alay mot mrg and came to i'h his movie audience Neiei the
life on College as enue, pacing back the Imo, proved to be false
and faith in his gilded cage as a I inn e Leo was found snoozing peace
group of udmuery suirounded him If ally in his baited cell.
Le
for a close-up s w of the situ they
Oiihnalily, he travels to the strains
lime known so long
.r a steno, cahope, but the melody
Pm sevmal weds the King of
Is lacking when he leached State
Beast, has been making a good-will
College It wasn't Leo's fault how
tom of the United States,
O'er The truck which transpoi to the
E s," xactly a, he does it "in the mov
musical nista intent hem place to
ie the lord of the jungle moved Ills
whiskered head from side to side and ,
appal early did not want to visit
IState College. It stopped somewheie
yawned contentedly at his audience, .
la
ctacen here and Pittsbnigh,
which lewdly collected when the lion
made his local debut. Polloaing his brief stay, Leo le-
Today is not the hest tone that tinned to Patsbuigh by wav of Johns-
Kin& Leo has had his name in print town, totompanied, at Louise, by lob
foi, doling the past, bummer, tepotto isttendanl. _ . .
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Football Stock Soars
As Bison Fray Nears
I3ucl . nell's football stock soared
skyuard durum the past year
When Mose Quinn's spirited dash
for a touchdown on New Beaver
snard last fall earner the Bison its
first decision over the Lion since
1890, the Louisburg CIONCII won
the respect of a discerning football
or Id.
This is the inference drawn from
an official announcement that tick
ets for the annual Bucknell-Penn
State encounter next Saturday urn
be reserved Traditional custom
has accorded such recognition only
to major football opponents
The reserved pasteboards will be
rhstributed to seniors and juniors
on Thursday, to sophomores and
freshmen on Friday, and to two
year agricultural and special stud
ents Saturday morning. Students
must present their matt reoltation
cards and coupon books when they
report at the Athletic Association
office for then tickets, according to
the official notice.
HERMANN SELECTS
FRESHMAN ELEVEN
Plebe Coach Chooses Tentative
Grid Machine After Two
Weeks of Drilling
PLANS DEFENSIVE TILTS
WITH BEZDEK'S VARSITY
Fion , the ninety intuits that
summed upon New Bonier Field lot
thu initial yealling gildiron practice
two weeks ago, Coach Dutch Hermann
has at last seleaccl a tentato, fie.h.
man football machine
Dutch's greatest problem now is in
finding a good pail of ends Ile has
selected tempoinaily foi the ming
posts Danenhowei, fleet-footed pio
duct of Ceimantoo.n high school, and
Matthens, of New Hope
Hamilton and 11B1111Ilan hare been
palled off at the tackle posts since
the beginning of scrimmage and will
take their place among the first-stung
mon Hibler and Deseindas have been
assigned to the guard posts although
the lattel has been unable to scum
image lately because of an injured hip
ho Idled Desmndas' place din
ing the last fen ',lattices, will push
both men haul to letain their defects
us posts Both ILbici and Descirdas
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COUNCIL TO FIGHT
USE OF STICKERS
Student Tribunal Will Mete Out
Punishment to Persons
Violating Rule
Student Council ‘‘ill mage a dote,
mined woe against shekels, aecoul
mk
to hue E. Pfeil°, '29, in esident
of the undeigiaduate agouti. Use of
stokes in any manner n haw.ei
will constitute a customs ,inlation and
will be punished by the Student Tri
bunal, he said
"The stores, at the request of thii
Council, base agreed to discontinue
the sole of stokers," the student ex,
cutive stated "Council also requests
that the student body abide by the
ruling."
Members of campus societies, Stu
dent Council and Student Board have
been asked to co-operate in the enforce
ment of the rule. Such co-operation,
it is felt, will aril in lel as int; the dor
mant clause in the Penn State cos
t,w"s code. Violators of the custom
',ill be compelled to appear before
Cie Tribunal and to follow its dew,
ns an regard to punshment
Night-Lir,
PRICE FIVE CENT
SOPHOMORES PLAN
GALA INNOVATION'
FOR STUNT NW
Committee Announces (loco].
Candy and Ran Egg as
Admission Fee
ADDED EVENTS INCLUDE
PAGEANT BY FRESIIMP
Class of 1932 Must Patch,
Regulation Paddles in
Old Main Today
puny I nno,ations will be intiodu
.1 into this yea! s Stunt Night eve
users to be held in the neat futut
acconling to Samuel P. Flennike
piesident of the sophonane class
iaassed plea by the freshman cla
for admission into Penn State will
a feature no the program, he said
Under the plans for this y eat
celebration, no freshman rs per untie
to be present at Whet Old Bea,
01' the Armory fields, whineso t
atTati may be held, until eight-that
o'clock at night, at which time the
will be a prolonged tinging of 0
Slain bell After this signal
yearlings will go to the place des!
muted
As admission fee, (Will fieshm
must hung with him a Hershey ch
olate bat and a law egg Ile
not he admitted to the [dace of cc
Mallon unless he has both of the
articles Old clothes and old sho
race been decided upon as attne I
tht occasion
Also, each fieslunan must be su
plied with a paddle which lie m
loin in at the "Y" Hut below thi
o'clock Tuesday afternoon 'I
e ill be a means of checicing up
the fieshmen to see that they to
some lathiest in Stunt Night
Will Present Pageant
Following the iecommendations
Student Council made lust spun
the enily nail, of the Stunt Nig
program Hill be in thu feint of
Iprgeant in which the freshmen sh
give demonstrations and a pare,
characteristic of diffeient schools
the College This aka will be ca
I ried out by the head sheen leader
:Lich persons at he desues to consul
The diamatic depaitinent will aid
Limping out this pail of the inegiai
Minds and ' , unit, bonhomie ho
tout L 31111), societies, have Loosen
cil to assist in supervising the tai
nos etento of the ino s nam It is t/
I elicit of the Stunt Night committ ,
that through the and of these organ
rations, the event. of the cclebnitio
rill be sallied out inn more regal,
iirmici and that Stunt Night in f
turn years will be mole colorful
This peat, fm the trait time, pa,
c 104 are being sold by the Stunt Nigl
committee for a nominal cost an
must be puiLIIRSCiI by ',ailing part
alCololllg. to the sophomoi
L ass piesident. These att„Lles ma
be piOLUlcil in Old Marl today The
c' he fad to ninth:v. a paddle will I
dal' punished, it is stated by th
eimmittee If the paddles are n
tamed in at the mops tune, it wi
b considered a 'I übunal °dense, •in
t , at body will nets out punishuu
t the offenders as it cashes
A1)0.11 'roma° bight
It nits the plan at the coinnuLti
aol officials who at lainzed the all,
this neat to eliminate the "too
dun" that hag been evident In pt
riaus eats Last Neal then o was
t , ,,nato light betnten the [nu class
'fins en out oil! be eliminated tit
yc an The line hose and
be used, bowel., because It v,as I,
ved that the Oman:an - at of the
is of the colebtanon could deti a
co Istiletably horn the colon of tl
DT.it+ cull ha made by thus,
agech to Lucent any uniminno ,
eatment on the 14ut, of the soph
tablee, each es any handluer th
hall catea, Abysmal apm y tli
me »beu. of the fl eshnun clash.
Today—
The Bullosopher
Discusses
Rushing Honors
Editorials
1. After the Battle
2 To the Wise
3. The Dean's Request