Seniors' Ball A.rollin' VOL. 25, NO. 21 STUDENT COUNCIL SETS, DATES FOR COLLEGE DANCES ...elects Pfeifer and Stabley as Penn State Delegates to Student Parley . C. HII3LER ANNOUNCES MILITARY BALL GROUP normal Senior Function To Open Winter Social Season January 18 Student Council selected J. Neil stuhley '.lO, to accompany Hairy E Pfeifer - '29, as Penn State's iepre antatives to the annual convention f the National Student Peden ation of Anienea in Columbia, Mo , at its 'meting Tuesday night. The student oven rang body also announced the ates foi the Senioi Ball, the ma ary Ball, the Sophomoie Hop and the union Prom Pfeifer and Stahley, senior and junior class piesulents, will be pies rit at the convention which will con inue lions December 12 to 15 Indus ve The National Student Fedora ion is an organization composed of epresentutives from the student gov inments of all the large]. colleges nd universities in the United States The puipose of the gatheung is an eschange of ideas concerning the method of govm lung and the problems confionting every student body. Select Dunce Dates As the fist major College social unction of the yeah, the Senior Ball will be held January 18 Follow mg he uppeiclass foinial, the Militaiy tall will take place Fein:July 15 luich 11 has been selected by the 'ouncil as the date foi the Sopho more Hop while the Junior Prom sill probably be held May 2. Bernard C. lliblei '29, as chanman, pptimted Charles F Kindled '29, tnchmd S Mackey '29, J Woodward '29, Charles C Person '29, Toler T. Schell.l29,.and John .E. Stine 29, as members of the Militaiy Ball •omnuttee. Each of the four com iittecs will make out a list of coin ihmentary tickets to be published sev- Tye' weeks before the dance. .irrsßunan ALUMNI TO SPONSOR THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL RALLY, DANCE. For the enteitamment of students, .lumen. and fuends, the Penn State dub of Pittsburgh will hold the official cnn State Thanksgiving dance at the otel Schenley Thanksgiving night. he club will also sponsor a smoke!. at 8 o'clock Wednesday night, No vember 28. Tickets foi the dunce are now on sale in the Alumni office, foot floor of ald Main and in the Music Rosin at puce of $ll Danny Nnella's and he Blue and 'White oichestras will rash the music The smoke, is conducted annually iy the club as an alumni smoker, pep neeting, and football sally It will be veld this yeah at Kaufmun's on Fifth venue. A pup:ism of notes tamment has teen .0 lunged for the occasion. Thee vdl be oong , , cheers, vaudeville acts, .nil iefteshments 0 GUAIBEL HEADS PARLEY • OF STUDENT GRANGERS Heading the delegation limn the Penn State Grange, Walter C Gum mi '29 acted us chum:lan of the sec ind annual Student Grange Confer mee held in Washington, D C. last ltepiesentaitives of student •range•, nom seven states attended he cuncliwo. A•. chairman, Gambol discussed the objectives of the oiguntration and puke on "A Challenge to the Student 'range" ut a banquet Business re mits and election of ofliceis consti atoll the other events on the piogiam Calendar 800 p. m.—Players present Is Sat So" 8 00 p. in.—All-College dance, sponsored by Penn State Club. in M imi y. "Penn State Collegians" playing. 11 00 a. m,—'Chapel Sesviee, Dr Harry F. Maid, Ness' Yolk City, speaker. Monday SAW p. m.—Cross-country meet IZETSEM! ~._,,:,...,. runa r :.:0, - ;;t4: ,lass': ..„...., NEWSPAPER EDITORS URGE STATE HELP IN COLLEGE EXPANSION SUGGEST ' THAT COMMONWEALTH USE PART OF TREASURY SURPLUS FOR NEW BUILDINGS Pennsyls ania newspapers have riv aled each other in voicing an ava lanche of comment, urging financial support for the College, since the Bond Issue defeat and following Gov ernor Fisher's recent statement that the whole of the $25,000,000 surplus nou in the State treasury should be apptopmated to various institutions for building purposes. Several editors have pointed to the fact that since State Treasurer Len in and Auditor General Martin, treas urer-elect, were instrumental in de feating Amendment No. 2, a moral obligation now rests upon these two men It is their duty, the newspapers assert, to make certain that Penn State recei,es a goodly appropmation for building expansion 10,314 Minurit3r College officials have at last com pleted the unofficial Bond Issue count. The minority now stands at 10,141 votes. However, the Allegheny poll has not been repotted. The complete teturns from that county will not be JOURNALISTS HOLD ANNUAL CONCLAVE Pi Delta Epsilon Delegates Will Attend Yearly Convention At Atlanta, Georgia FRATERNITY ACTIVITIES TO START DECEMBER 8 With hopes of having the national convention of Ps Delta Epsilon, hon. ontiy-journalistic society,-held here next year, 'several 'delegates of the Penn State chapter will attend the convention in Atlanta, Georgia, De cember fi to 8 The Penn State chapter of the so ciety is one of the strongest in the organization, and its publication, "Old 41.1a1e. Dell," is considered the best la mely magazine of any published by a chapter of the fraternity Pi Delta Epsilon accepts as members only men who ate connected with some college publication. Every chapter must edit a magazine to retain its membership in the society es new national president will be elected at the convention in Atlanta, and the Penn State chapter aspires to have one of its fatuity members !emit° the honor. In addition to publishing the "Ohl Alma Be!!," the local chapter is con ducting a contest among the high schools of the State that publish pct. iodicals There is also an attempt to loin , a 'press club, which would lc cult in inoie and belles students in journalism Varsity Mittman Fears Impending Stage Encounter "Waiting lot the curtain to go up tomorrow night will he harder than waiting for the gong before a fight," asseited Stanley J. Kolakoski '29, a varsity bo‘er, who will make his debut as a Thespian in the Player's production "Is Zut So," tomoirow night. "This is coon haulm than a teal match because you can not hit your opponent too hand," he said, speak .,lg of the light in the play. "Besldes it is more c‘citing in some respects, and you don't know how the audience will tale the act." As an afterthought the pugilistic thespian added, "I wish it were sis ounds Instead of two, then I could get stalled. Almost as soon us the hell rings, it is over and I haven't warmed up for the tiff." Kolakoslo, Penn State's contender for the featherweight championship, also ventured the belief that he would much lather be a hoer than an actor, as he did not seen to lit the latter job The tole played by him in the shov, has been played pleviously by Pete Latzo and Mickey Walker. DEAN ATTENDS MEETING Dean Edward . Steidle of the School of brines and bletallutgy and Piot William It Chedsey, head of the min ing department, no attending the sec ond international conference on bi tuminous coal at the Carnegie Insti tute of Technology, Pittsburgh', this week. MV:=O.IMIMMMMnrIMMI: known until the official count is re ceived ficim Harrisburg. The negative balance on the wel faie issue has been reported as 108,- 612, highways as 126,641, forestry as 209,193, and aimories as 437,253 The unofficial count reseals that the Penn State Bond Issue carried 38 counties out of 67, while the second in rank was the forestry project with 27 counties. Governor Pledge, 55,000,000 "The Govei nor has personally pledged himself to secure a $5,000,000 appropriation for State College for the next two years, which is probably all that its officials mould wish to ex pand in that period," remarks the Philadelphia Recoil. "This sum can be provided, we belies°, out of cm rent revenues IVhen the time conies The Record will be found sup porting the Governor in the redemp tion of his pledge" The Pittsburgh Post-Gezelle has been particularly active in urging (Continued on last page) Y. M. C. A. TO OFFER SPRAGUE PLAYERS Entertainment Course Schedule Lists 'Sun-Up' as Third Program Feature OFFICIALS LOWER PRICES FOR REMAINING NUMBERS "Sun-Up," a tin co-net (ham of Carolina mountain folk, will be pre sented by the Sprague ,Players of Nov:. York city at , 8 o'clock Wednesday night, Decembet 5, in Schwab audi torium, as the thud number of the Y. M. C. A. entertainment comae. The play had a successful run of sclera' years on Broadway, and iv produced by the same travelling com pany that presented "Lightnin' " here last year. This company is making State College its first and only stop on its tup train New York to Chi cago The story, which deals with people dwelling in the hills of North Caro lina, pictures the life in that section of the country and adds to the back giound of folk-lore, a touch of love, humor, and tragedy. The scene of the play is laid in a typical moun taineer home in the year 1917 The puncipal chat actors ale the Widow Cagle, who thinks that the World Wai is another outbreak between the North and the South, her son Rule, and his sweetheart .Erniny. A. thematic mo ment occurs at the close of the play when the widow is iestramed by the love of hec own son from killing the son of her husband's bitter enemy. The widow's son disregards his mothei's entieaties to stay out of the conflict, and is killed in battle The Moina, a play magazine, has this to :my of the pi odualion "Sun- Up" gives a fine plot, full of incident, dialogue of laic poster, redolent of Minim and smeme sentiment, Elia, actors that embody enough universal and essential humanity to make them likeable and tompiehensive in any State in the Union—a play, in short, of litmary as well as stage quality" Tickets fin the pen fon mance, priced at $1.50 each, may be purchased now at the "Y" hat. Season tickets for the floe numbeis immuning on the plogram have been reduced from 5 to 03, twin $4 to $2.50 and from $1 to $2 YOUTHFUL TRAPPER ENSNARES CAMPUS PESTS FOR PITTANCE "Yeah I've caught skunks around side of the building," he declared, that building since the beginning of shoving his hands deeply into his the season," drawled Johnny Coble, pockets. 1.5-yeati-old son of the Old Mining "No, I don't do it just foi the fun building Janitor, in reply to a ques-lof it but to get my spending money," torn put to him yesterday concerning he continued "Those pelts are worth odiferous atmosphere created around i anywhere from $1 to $5 So far I've "that building" by his activities gotten thirty-two bucks Just from Johnnie lives in Lemont but comes here besides what I gel out of the to State College for his high school ! traps at home.' education. come up hem enemy morning lie education. Be has taapped small I ! game amen he lulls able to set a trap, fore seven v,ith dad and look over earning most of lies spare money m I 'my traps an' if I've caught one of cm I just stick him in a paper sack that way. ' and seal it up airtight," stated the "My dad told me that those skunks successful young trapper. "Sachs around hole %Lore bothering a lot of might be airtight," he asserted con people so I just brought up a couple , elusively, "but I'll bet no one Lan of traps and put 'cm issued the out-!keep u chunk hem smelling," PLAYERS PRODUCE COMEDY SUCCESS TOMORROW NIGHT Dramatists Present 'ls Zat So In Schwab Auditorium At 8 O'clock ENACT BOXING BOUT AS HIGHLIGHT OF OFFERING George W. Robertson kind Jesse M. McKnight To, Share ' Leading Roles Presenting a recent Broadway suc cess, the Penn State Players, under the dnection of Prof. David D. Mas on. soill offer "Is Zat So." a comedy written by James Gleason and Richt and Taber, 3n Schwab auditorium at 8 o'clock tomorrow night Dramatic et dies have praised the play for the airiness of its dialogue and the lively presentations of the vernacular of New Yorli After its opening in that metropolis, it ran for num e than floe hundred perfinmances, lasting nearly two years. DE!!!:=II:11 The leading soles of.the price-fight er and his manager arc played by George W. Robertson '2O, and Jesse M McKnight '3l, respectisely. Other members of the east are Eleanor V. Haskins '32, Marion E McCloskey '32, Florence E Sneedon '32, Margar et M McGallic '32, Louise A Mai - quardt '32, Frank Morris '3l, Charles B Kray '3O, Howard 1. Cash dollar '3O, Robert W McKune '32. Stanley J. Kolakoski '29, Emanuel Perkin '32, and Billy Dye, Jr, son of Prof William S. Dye, Jr Action in the plot opens when the two leading but downhearted diame ters are taken-into the -home of .1 Nes, Yolk nullianaire' Faithful to their employer, they learn that he being fleeced by one of his relatives. A fight is at ranged beta cen "Chick," the 'hero, and the chatiffeur of the crafty-relative, who ttaes. to bribe "Chick" fis throw the fight.' Finally as the fight Is going on "Chick" realiz es where he had seen the relative be• fore, opens up his gland thoughtless ly and is knocked out by his opponent. Then protector naturally belises that the baser had given up the fight and tin ns them out." Eventually; "Chid." wins the world's tight-weight championship, thereby effecting a re conciliation and both he and his man ager win the hearts of the ladies they lose Religious Author Will Give Chapel Address Sunday Di. henry I , ` Ward, professor of Christian literatuie at Union Theo logical seminaly. Nex York City, will delivet the chapel address in Schwab auditorium at 11 o'clock Sunday morning Doctor• Wald aas Lein in London. Ile came to Mamma in 1891 He mat imitated at the University of Southern Califoinia but tiansterred to Noithwestein university cohere he iceetved the degree of bachelor of ails in 1897 A yeai Lao he seemed his mastei's degree at Harvard um ersity Attu being oideined to the ?Meth odist ministry in 1899, Doctor Ward served as past.. of several churches, and also aided in founding the Meth odist Fcdciation of Social Services 131nce 1911 he has served us secrete* co this organization During the year 1917.18, lie neon professor of social science at Boston univeisity's school of theology. Ile assumed his iii esent position in 1910. Doctor Wald is the author of a num ber of books concerning social and religious problems. Tatirgian. LIONS DEFEND IC-4A HARRIER CROWN AT NEW YORK MONDAY CAPTAIN COX, CROSS-COUNTRY KING, LEADS CHAMPIONS-YEARLINGS COMPETE FOR TITLE Hopes of a thud consccutise inter collegiate title spur seven sterling Lion }millets as they entrant today for Nen York city where the Nit tany champions will defend then crown against the pick of the na tion's 1011-and-Milers in the annual IC-4A meet at Van Coin tlandt path. Monday afternoon The team will consist of Captain Bill Cos, George Offenbauser, Chick Messinger, Bass, Ratcliffe, Luke Con roe, and a seventh man, who will be either Louis Lee or Baer,. Fiches Accompany Varsity Coach Cartmell announced Wednes day. that Burton, Harmon, Gla‘sbui n, Rowland, Poresman and Beck had been definitely selected to lepre‘ent Penn State in the freshman meet The seventh man will he Harvey, Dean, at Lippencott. Spoils vvriteis give Penn State an equal chance of retaining thennilivid sal and team championships The present cross-country king, Bill Cos, GRID TEAM PRIMES FOR PITT CONTEST Perfect Rhythm, Co-ordination In Attack As Light Drill Sessions Prevail COOP FRENCH SUPPLANTS MILLER AT QUARTERBACK Priming for the final battle that may transform a poor season into a good one, Penn State's game.wearied eleven began final preparations for its traditional Thanksgming Da; clash with the highly-touted and mole favored rival, the Pittsburgh Pan the:. Coach BezdeL's charges went through snappy signal drills during the past went, hoping to perfect rhythm and co-ordination in their at tact. The Lion tutor hatred scrimn magas and heavy workouts in order to prepare his griddeis lot the final gruelling drne that will begin lomat low and culminate at Pittsburgh Thursday. Perfection of new plays occupied good deal of the Lion practice soh I Mons. Bo: shooed his men several 'new formations which will undoubt edly be employed against the Pan. them son Tin key Day The Nittany giidders went about their Lists with a will, hoping to extol minute the Pitt jinx that has haunted them for the past eight years 11cr Changes Lune-up Penn State's mental made social changes in the first team line-up Tues. dt* Jack Martin, 'army Sharon buy, regained his former post at right guard and Afire Wolff displaced Bill Hensle at right halfback Mike Kap lan has assumed duties art left end in favor of George Delp, or Ingman fu the past tat, years Coop French, diminuti‘e field gcn eral, has supplanted Joe MINI as quaiterback Coop's work has shown improement in each succeeding con test and Bea has rewaided him with the first-string post Ilrs play in the contests with Syracuse, Notie thinly and Lafayette was especially note worthy'. Tho remainder of the eleven ha, undeigone no change. Sail speedy sophomore, is stationed at right end with Jim Love serving as his aide at tackle. 11.1, Eschbach, blond lineman, occupies his regular center position. Cal Shawley at Wide and John- Sin ella, guard, as sist Kaplan on the right , side of the forward walk Steve llamas and Frank Diedrich retain their full and halfback posts. M=!11 It team appears almost as sluing a. the sursity and any one or its members may gam a position on the (Continued on last page) 1 Who's Dancing Tonight Si chat at Phi Delta Theta (tiumall Kappa Sigma Theta Chi Tomorrow Night Alpha Chi Rho Penn State Club at Ai =ay Phi Gamma Delta Sigma Chi Sigmu Tau Pla. is in fine condition but, doting the past yeah, a numbrh of outstanding Immo, hese onsen elle, it is claim ed, null give the Lion captain stiong competition The Univeisity of Maine boasts two stetlm hanieis, Lindsay and Richard son by name, mho won first and sec ond place, ieopectiselv, in the Ness England Intercollegiate A A meet thr yen. Maine eon the contest eith a score of 46 The duo is sun poi ted by Eh oohs, eho iegistered fifth in the latter contest. Richaidson fill limed Cox to the tape last year in the IC4.A. meet elide Lindsay finished fourth. IlarsarJ Another Fos write Reid, of Ilarvaid, is another mum tinging loudly us prospect“e cham pion. Conch Mlldsola of the Cambridge Institution assents that /us pupil is non the boot college distance runner in the United States, and favors him to excel Cox in Monday's race Reid (Conttnned on last page) PENN STATE CLUB SPONSORS DANCE Students Promote First College Social Es ent in Armory Tomorrow Night CO-ED HONOR SOCIETIES ASSIST IN PREPARATION Slum-. of morgieen and blanches of autumn tinted leaves set off by colored light,. sub enliven the inter ior of the Armory for the annual all- College dance sponsored by the Penn State club from S until 12 o'clock to morrow night illus.c for the rust all-College w end function of the 3 CRI will be fin fished by the Penn State Collegian, As in fermi ycros, Samuel .1 Fish., 30,