(II) alehelmen (11 erform in (Q) mind:try VOL. 25, NO. 18 GRIDMEN R COLONIA Powerful Lion Attack Subdues George , Washington NFFTANY ELEVEN SHOWS STRENGTH ON DEFENSE Diedrich, llamas and McCracken Each Tally Twice During • One-Sided Battle &ming its most imptessive victory of the vent, 50-0, Penn State's pow erful gisillion machine ian roughshod over the game but woefully weak George Washington eleven Saturday afternoon on New Beaver field. The Colonial gndmen were power less berme the relentless attack of the Lion charges. At no time during the game was theie any fear that the llatchetinen would halt the activity of the speedy Nittany backs. Coach Dm dek substituted ficely, which probably prevented mote scoring on Pena State's part Passing, hitting the lme and slott ing the ends with precision, the Lion basks tallied more points against 'George Washington than they scored in all their pievious encounters Al though the Colonials were not up to their usual standard, their complete rout is moot that Penn State has de.. relayed coordination and smoothness in its attack The Lions' stone-nail defense was _another outstanding improvement in - theit play Only 4 first downs were recoided against Penn State, 3 of which resulted flow lanyard passes. The Hatchet ginlmen smashed at the line again and again but to no avail Not mil after the entire first team had been witlith awn from the game VMS George Washington able to gain with tiny iegulanty Long runs were highlights of this one-sided encounter On the very first play after Penn State had conic 'intaspossessiffn of the ball, Frank Die drich cut thiough tackle, eluded the second defense and scampered 05 yaids.for the first touchdown The game seas then only 3 minutes old. The same Diedrich and Steve Hamas added 2 mole touchdowns after long tuns Steve's came aftm recovering George Washington fumble from kickoff. 111cCraLkon Shows Form Johnny McCracken, erstwhile KISKI star, replaced Joe Miller at quarter back just as _the second quartet be gun and displayed some flashy open field running He tallied twice during this pound, both scores coining after the speedy Lion hail dashed 20 yards or more In addition Johnny showed ap well as a field general, always add ing the necessary spatic that gave purser to Penn State's attack Delp opened the contest by Licking Wl' to Berkowitz who was clowned on his own 22-yard line. After several lane bucks failed to advance the ball, lawman kickc,l to Joe Miller who was felled on Penn State's 35-ynid mark. On the first play, from kick foiniatinn. Frank Diedrich cut through sight tackle, evaded the secondary de fense and sped, across the goal for the first touchdown of the game Dopes placement kick for the extra point went wale of its mark Score Penn State 6—George Washington 0. Diedrich Scores Again Deli's kick was again received by Deildnvitz who sins tackled on the 25- yui el maill. A pass Lopeman to Berk owtme gained 0 yards but in 2 tries pt line-bucking George Washington was unable to advance the pigskin. Lopenum punted to Miller who was clamed out of bounds on his own :B rant line Flank Diedrich dashed around light end foi 28 yids. Evans made 2 pads at left tackle but Joe Millet lost in a light end sortie. Hama, passed to Dledtieli who caught the ball on the 20-yard stilpe and sped the nett of the distance for the sec ond touchdown Delp's placement hick again anent wide. Score. Penn Slate l2—George Washington 0 Steve llamas' speedy well( account ed fol. Penn State's third score. Delp again kicked elf to Berkowitz who vies tackled so viciously that he lost contiol of the ball Steve llamas swooped down on it like a hawk and aimed the remaining 20 yards to place the pigskin behind the goal linuts Dclids kick foe the mate point was successful Seine. Penn State 19 —Gemge Washington 0. George Delp Tollie4 LOPOIIIIIII mewled Delp's kick and advanced the ball to the 28-yard line Berkowitz lost a yard at tackle but Bellows made 5 at tight end. Lope- Man kicked to Miller on Penn State's 40-yatti shim, and Jon returned it 25 yutds to his opponents' 35-yaid hne. (Continued on third page) •... ,... ..i l 4.PA.%i', II .....• rttri iti. les .:.(?.?: , .'..,, , ,,,--;:;: , ,,,. 3,,.•._,..!,,,,.. ~,.:...,,.:... ~..,. UT WEAK TEAM, 50-0 Colonel McCaskey Explains Purposes' Of Reserve Corps To teach the college man how to command and to obey ails described by Col. Walter B. McCaskey, com mander of the Penn State R. 0 T. C., as one of the chief purposes of the organization "The college man, after his giadu ation, will find that in life he must be able to obey first and later to corn. mend," the Colonel averred. He con tinued that to the It. 0. T. C the stu dent learns that he must obey the commands of his officers and that when he has attained a certain de gree of perfection he must be able to command those under him As another purpose of the training Colonel McCaskey said that if there should be another nor there would be a group of young men who would have at least a fundamental idea of the principals and demands of army discipline. "The American people," he stated, "are becoming more and more acquainted with the military, system employed by the army of toe United States. The furtherance of this knowledge is being accomplished by means of the It. 0. T. C. and the C. M. T. C." Pleased With R. 0. T. C The Colonel remarked that he sins pleased with the' student forces here. "The student officers themselves," he continued, "carry through the reviews held each Monday afternoon with little help from the regular - army of. stationed at Penn State." `OLD MAIN BELL' CAMPAIGN BEGINS Pi Delta. Epsilon Members Will Solicit 'SUbscriptions ' This Week, DR. PATTEE CONTRIBUTES ARTICLE ON 'TRADITIONS' With . the first issue of the Old Mom Bell scheduled to go to press some time this 'neck, the business staff of the publication, under the direction of Thomas Bertram '29, Rill begin the annual campaign for subscriptions today. Subscriptions will be solicited by members of Pi Delis, Epsilon, bunco ary journalistic fraternity, sponsor ing the magazine. Members of the business staffs of the COLLEGIAN, ' , moth, Pomo, and guytocco will also assist in the drive. Three Issues This year three issues of the liter :sr?, journal will be issued instead of tuo us in formes years Under this system the staff is cndemoing to pro duce fall, winter, and spring num bers, To do this the editors desire that students submit as much manuscript as possible. Members of the faculty and alumni are also icquested to Pre sent any material 'slush they deem suitable for publication Institute Nov Polie, The editorial board this yea. plane to precsnt a popularized version of Penn State's only literary magarine, by publishing shoiter and more diver (Ctntinucd on last page) PLAYERS PRODUCE PUGILISTIC FARCE Draniatiall To Pre,ent "la %at So, Boxing Coined,. in Auditorium Next Saturday Night In acc.strd nrth the current vogue of plays portraying the romance of the ring, the Penn State Players will present "Is Zat So," a comedy center ing around a prize-fig:ilk, and his manager, in Schwab auditorium Sat urday night, November 11. Prof. David D. Masdn, of the de partment of Romance Languages, is ditecting the production. Dining the past season, Professor Mason had charge of "The Family Upstairs" and "The Cat and the Canary." Ile also served as business manager for the Thespians on their road tour. One of the big moments in the play in the hosing bout between two of the principal,. Stanley J. Kolakotiski '3O, a member of last year's boxing team, is one of the contestants, and George W. Robertson '29, enacting the part of "Ohmic," is the other. The play opens with the boxer and his manager in the home of a Fifth Ave nue millionaire. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1928 CLASS PRESIDENT NAMES SENIOR BALL COMMITTEE Harry E. Pfeiffer, president of the senun class, appointed Richard A Deader chairman of the Senior Ball committee yesterday. Other appointments to the commit tee acre: MISS Cenvieve A. Wieland, Donned C Wiliam,, Charles 11. Har lon, Jack E Barber, Wilber A. Saylor, Ralph R. Nenvouist, Alvin R. Isenberg, Richard W. Shimer, Don C Steele, Richard I'. Wo'slayer, Edward B. Cooper and Fled If. Yocum. YEARLING ATTACK FELLS LAFAYETTE Plebe Gridmen Display Powerful Offense As Maroon Team Bows by 21-0 Score LASICH TALLIES THREE TOUCHDOWNS FOR LIONS Flaunting a brand of football never before e•hibited this season, Coach Dutch Ilermann's levived yearling grichnen discarded the mantle of dc ,feat for that of victory to run rough shod, 21 to 0, civet the Lafayette plebes in their first triumph of the year Saturday on New Beaver field The Nittany freshmen outplayed their opponents throughout the game,/ piling up 17 first downs to 7 for La- t fayette. From the outset the Lion cubs demonstrated their supetiority by their smashing line attacks and their immovable stone mall defense. The Maioonmen were held to 2 first downs in the first half while Penn State scored 10 Lasich, the elusive hard hitting Nit tany fullback, crossed the Lafayette goal line tillce in the second period and once in the third quarter. Eddie Laatu, formerly a substitute half back, made a sensational run of 75 yards for a touchdown in the last period while Smith, flashing right halfback, aided greatly the Lion cubs• advance by his long end runs Sny der as acting captain and signal bark er for the backfield quartet proved to be an equally efficient - ground gain- Cl Penn State's Line Strong Penn State's forward wall proved impenetrable before the onslaughts of thu, Parnell coached eleven Gillard, Hamilton and McMillan repeatedly limbo up the visitors' plays and sev eral times nailed the opposing Leas behind the line of scrimmage Scoring actisitics began in the sec end quarter after Hermann's charges had made an uninteriupted march from midfield to Lafayette's l-yurd line On the next play Lrisich, on a centei plunge, mimed the gobs across the goal mails An attempted forward pass failed to gain the extra point Lasich tallied twice mole dur ing-the contest after the cub hacks hail ads anced the ball within sew ing distance On each occasion the try tow the extra point failed Luatu ac counted for the final Nittanv score when in the last permit he dashed from fns own 25-yard line across the Maioon goal mark. I=l Although the Lafayette eleven at no time threatened to score, they e‘. hulked it decided comeback in the sec ond half, nearing 6 lust (loans Sok ;dors and Worrell, halflital4 and O'Neill fullback, eyere the outstand ing invading gralmen. Coach Heimann's team still meet the undefeated linnet city of Pitts burgh freshman gridmen &lards) , • afternoon on Ness Mayer field The Panther cubs have been undefeated thus far this season and present one of the strongest lineups of any year ling eleven in the East This still be the last contest of the season for the Nanny plebes and still be the only athletic meet here this sseelt-end. PRESIDENT EXPRES After the appment Adair of the flood Issue, Pomades( Dolph D Hot zet arstmdtty Issued a statement en ema ea Ma the students mul thanking those mho aided the Colley, Cu els dr ere for funds. now appears that the Bond Issue for The Pennsylvania State College has been lust by a mingln of approximately sixteen thou sand votos. Returns are not yet complete but the bend of the vot ing, is established with sufficient definiteness to win rant this pro phecy. When all of the foams which en tered into this campaign ale con sidered, I feel that friends and sup poi tots of time College have u right to be greatly encouraged. I dome particularly to point out that the Note on the Bond Issue is not an adequate Index of the sympathy and I support for the College which has VARSITY, YEARLING HARRIERS CONQUER PANTHER RUNNERS Offenhauser - Outruns Captain Cos An Hill-and-Dalers Subdue Pitt, 16-:t9 FRESHMAN TEAM SCORES PERFECT WIN OVER FOES Glassburn, Harmon and Burton Sma.sh Course:Record At Pittsburgh Bill Cos, Penn States intercolleg iate cross-country champion, crum bled in defeat at the hands of his teammate, Comp OtTenhausci, and three Lion cubs breasted the tape shoulder to shoulder to chop 18 sec onds from the course record when Coach CartinelPs aggregation of har riers encountered the Panther distance men at Pittsburgh Saturday morning. The Varsity registered a 16 to 30 vic tory while the Nittaby yearlings sped away from the Pitt plebes for a per fect score of 15 to 40. During the contest Offenhausei, running with a beautiful stink, was pushing, Cox hard, "when the latter stumbled and fell' while descending a steep incline of the Schenley park course. This gave the winner a lead which tho veteran champion was un able to overcome.. Offenhauser dash ed across the finish-line with a tune of 28 minutes, 4-6 seconds followed by his teammate in 28 minutes, 2 sec rinds. Both hill-and dalers were aiming ut the Schenley amiss record of 27 min utes, 48 seconds held by Loucks or Syracuse. 'Ratcliffe zoomed past the tone-keeper in 28 minutes:Z(l seconds a•. third plate for the Lions, while Bass reported for fouith honors fist seconds lathe. Caesai, winning fikth place, was the only Pitt map to lircrede a Blue and White represtal.itill , to the 'ape Conroe, rising from an obscure run ner at the beginning of the season, experienced no difficulty in surpassing Reefers and Williams, the remaining Lion harriers, and garnered %%lb honors, Penn State's final tally Itch et, and Williams placed sum enth and eighth, respectively Alberts, Gerpc, Grosset, and Das is in ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth places, ume the roaming Blue and Gold wearers who figured in the Pitt score. Freshman Score Perfect A not city ions provided in ei OS,- country circles by Burton, Harmon. and Glassbuin of the Lion yearlings in tieing for (list place o‘er the short course with the record time of 15 minutes, 22 seconds The former mark was 15 'ninnies 10 seconds Fur. roman and Rowland, milli a tone of 15 minutes, 15 seconds, emulated the CMIIIIIIIO of their teammates and also tied, giving the Penn State freshmen a petted score. The remainder of the entrants lin mhed as follows Margin, Pitt; Hat vey, Penn State; Bich, Penn State, Thiel, Pitt, Van Nostiont Pitt; Rom. lA, Pitt, Band, Pitt, and Kasten, Pitt Classes Race for X-Country Title Tomorrow Afternoon Clow-country representatites of all classes alll meet on New BCA ver field at l• 20 o'clock tomorrow afternoon lot the annual Intel el.'s tournament islach was originally scheduled to take place Notember 20. All harriers ale eligible to compete SES GRATITUDE FO been made evident during the course of the campaign Many devoted ft tends of the institution fi tinkly stated that they found themselves uncle, the necessity of voting against the Bond Issue solely on the bask of the question of state fiscal policy At the same tune they have stated that they stood ready in case the Bond Issue did puss to do anything within their power to assist the College in securing the financial support necessaly for its proper maintenance and for ade quate expansion In fact, there are many influential suppoi tars of the College who sincerely believe that in view of the splendid endoise ment given the institution by pope ler vote and because of the greatly unproved financial condition of the State the College will be more gen erously provided fat by legislative nom opriution from current funds Tatirgiatt. OFFICIALS PLAN SPECIAL TRAIN FOR THANKSGIVING To accommodate students 'caring for the Thanksgiving vacation, a spe cial train mill leave Lemont at 12.15 p. m , Wednesday, November 28, mak- K direct. connections at Sunbury with the Harrisburg and Wilkes-Bari e trains. On the same date, the train km.- nig Tyrone at 4:50 p. in will make a special stop for students Addition al equipment will be placed on train, leaving Bellefonte at 1.20 p m., 2:10 p m , 5.10 p a:. and 8.21 p. in . ROOTERS PLAY 3-3 TIE WITH ALTOONA Penn State Displays Superior Attack but Errors Aid Industrial Team HEAD INJURY COMPELS REMOVAL OF GRAMMER Playink their last home game of the season, the Lion hooters fought the Altoona Shops to a 3 to 3 tie on Old Beaver held Satutday afternoon. Still stinging from the 1 to 1 re s ersc handed them by the industrial team in the opening game the Nit luny soecermen completely outplayed then opponents during the entire garlic, losing out only through errors et crucial moments Ifs tcy gave Penn State a one point lead %then he scored a penalty Lick for using hands Later in the ,anie pm aid with play close to the Lion goal Remo, substituting for Ed gei ton, lacked the ball from the %tong angle and sent it thiough his own goalie, tieing the scoi c fin the Blot. county team. Through a series of quid< lads Haines was able to score a point to place the visitors in the lend. Further scoring ceased until the second half. Both Teams Fast Conch Jeffrey, anal starting a sub ! stitute lineup to open the game, in sei Led Semisch, Edgerton and Sorry. foi the second half. Play during the third quarter was fast with both teams threatening. Near the end of the period Tourtel sent a fast ball to the top of the net only to hove Gerson, substitute goalie, stop it with his hands, but the latter sins a trifle slow in reaming the ball and the flashy seim-pro, inn legal rush, pushed the Penn State goalie o,u the line scoring unothei point With a 1 to 1 lead against them the Lions began a stubborn up-hill fight with Serry •coring a goal after driving the ball: through the opposing fullbacks. Marshall tied the count in the final period after a series of return Lacks with his front line. Grammer Injured Giammei was compelled to lease the game, soon after it slatted, when ne was kicked abuse the eye as he, attempted 1.0 head the ball It Is hoe ever, that lie will be, in nndition for the game milli Penn Saturday. Five mimtheia of the squad, all let- Iteenen, played their last game at Nam Saturday Captain Marshall finished his home scoring by kicking the tieing goal of the game The other seniors score Sorry, Glnsct, 50111146 and Repine Am. a result of Satuiday's games, Penn State has undisputed possession of third place in the intertollegmte league. Yale, with four wins and no Ai:feats, leads, followed by Swarth more with three victor es, then Penn State with two sties and one tie. Pi melon upset Ilarvard's hopes by handing them a 2 to 1 defeat. There is a posisblity that Penn State will assume leadel ship 01 league standing dining the next week strong Yale Imams encounter their I traditional rivals, Pi inceton, while Swat Hanoi e engages the speedy Ilan - - ' erfm d eleven R BOND ISSUE AID during the next iltiaide than %souk! have been the case had the Bond Issue passed. I have every reason to believe that these fi :ends ate sin cere and consequently I am ,eiy hopeful that plans for a greater State College, one quite adequate to meet the demands of the State and one in keeping with the wealth and dignity of the Commonwealth, will be lapidly developed. How