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    Lions
Tech on
'Pitt
VOL. 25, No. 35
COURTMEN BATTLE
PANTHER TONIGHT,
PLAID TOMORROW
Coach Herman's Charges Face
Pittsburgh and Carnegie
Tech Quintets Away
STEVE HAMAS REPLACES
KOCH AT GUARD BERTH
Carlson's Passers Score Eleven
Victories—Bow to Hoosier,
West Virginia Teams
A well-trained Nittany Lion, still
bearing the scars of many battles, de
parted this morning for a critical in
vasion of'the basketball domains of a
long victorious Panther and a down
trodden Tartan.
Coach Hermann's charges will en
counter the University of Pittsburgh
tonight on the Stadium court and
Carnegie Tech tomorrow night in th , e
Plaid gym.
The Panther courtmen, although
not coming up to the record of their
1928 predecessors, form a well-round
ed team. Thus far this season they
have won eleven games and lost five.
Three of their defeats were adminia
tered by Butler, Northwestern, and
Wisconsin teams at the opening of
the season, while the other two were
received. at the hands of West Virginia
and Notre Dame.
Defeat Army
Coach Carlson's men proted too
strong for the lowa and Indiana' quin
tets at - Pittsburgh and led Ohio State
by eight points at .the close of the
game. The Pitt passers
,boast fur
ther victories over Carnegie Tech,
Waynesburg; Army, Rensselaer Tech,
Temple, and Washington and Jeffer
aon.
One of the greatest upsets of the
season occurred when - the Panthers
defeated the Arniy, 69-16, at Pitts
burgh.. The Pitt men were at their
best in that game, keeping the West
Point five in - a — daze with 'their - whirl.
wind plays. The Army scored only
four field goals during the entire con
test. Coach Carlson started his flub
dilutes against the Rensselaer Poly
tech team and did not allow his regu
lars to enter the fray until the second
half. Hyatt, nevertheless, managed
to score fourteen points- in less than
twenty minutes of play while Baker
amassed twelve trifles in the same
time. The final score was 48 'to 15.
- , Bow to Notre Dame
In their stiffest gaine of the season
the Carlson-coached quintet went down
to a bitter defeat at the hands of a
powerful Notre Dame team, 33 to 23.
The Hoosier passers demonstrated
their superiority from tho start of the
contest.
Pitt's basketball .team is 'made Up
of four members of last year's Na
tional Champion basketball machine.
Chipper Hyatt is . the , outstanding
player of Carlson's quintet. He is ac
claimed by coaches and sports writers
as the greatest forward of the year.
In thirteen games this season - he has
amassed a total of 195 points, or an
average of fifteen points for each
game. He is now leading scorer of
the East: Les Cohen, last year's
guard, has been performing well at
center, while Captain Gyp Wunderlich,
rester on last year's team,' has been
*bitted to guard. Paul Zchfuss, who
Was formerly a forward, is now at one
Of the defensive posts. Eddie Baker,
a guard, is a newcomer in the Panther
ranks. He has become Hyatt's dos.;
est rival in tho scoring columns.
Carnegie Loses Seven
Carnegie Tech's basketball team is
in the throes of an unsuccessful sea
son, having won only one game out
of nine attempts. After suffering de
feats from Waynesburg and West
Virginia - the Tartans were finally able
to down Genova college by a margin
of two points. They have been de
feated twice by Pittsburgh, the first
time 14 to 91, the second game 28 to
35. They wore overwhelmed 60 to
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Calendar
0:00 O. m... Military Ball, Re
creation Hall.
Tomorrow
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2:00 p. m.—Wrestling, Varsity
versus Lafayette, Re
creation Hall. •
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8:16 p. m.Ly. 51, C: A. bourse.
. Schwab auditorium.
Sunday
11:00 a. m.—Chapel, Address by
Dr. John H. Hart, Jr.,
Schwab Auditorium.
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Goatees Flourish
As Boxers Wager
The boxing barbers are on strike
Boni Casoni, varsity 135-pounder,
and Charlie Christopher, bantam
eight puncher, who
_display skill
ith the • razor when they aren't
trading blows in the Recreation
Hall ring, have made a wager. The
terms of the verbal agreement pro
hibit shaving;c the first man to
break the contract wil forfeit a 55
bill.
"Why don't you wait urltil after
the boxing season to make a bet
like that?" Coach Leo Houck pro
tested when - the fighting harbors
reported for practice Tuesday night
with mustaches and goatees.
NITTANY DEBATERS
LIST 9 CONTESTS
Feature With Canadian Team
Here Next Friday Night
. Heads Schedule
OPPONENTS TO DISCUSS'
ADVERTISING PROBLEMS
Eight intercollegiate debates and
one feature contest comprise the de
bating schedule for this semester, Mr.
JoSeph F. O'Brien, assistant coach of
the forensic squad, announced yester
day. ,
A feature debate with an all-Can
adian universities' team here next
Friday Will head the list. This team,
representing three of the largest uni
versities•in Canada, will uphold the
affirmative on the question, "Resolved,
That this house deplores the large
part which advertising plays, in mod
ern civilization."
To Meer Syracuse Here
' The first of the extension debateA
will be held February 27, under the
auspices of Prof. John H. Frizzell's
public speaking , ciass in Williamsport:
The team will . • meet the orators of
Marquette university, Milwaukee; Wis.
'...-Syracese uniVersity ilelinte:here
March 1• on the question of the jury
system. The same question will be
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DR. HART TO ADDRESS
CHAPELGOERS SUNDAY
U. of P. Pastor Takes 'Reasons
For the Loss of Faith'
• As Sermon Text
"The Reason for the Loss of
Faith" will be the subject that Dr.
John R. Hart jr., chaplain of the
University of Pennsylvania, will use
as the basis for his address before
the chapel audience in Schwab audi
torium Sunday morning.
Doctor Hart will endeavor to give
number of suggestions to students
on the way they should develop an
attitude toward life. These sugges
tions will be based upon his obser
vations of student life at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania and else
where. •
Since he was a freshman, Doctor.
Hart has spent more than twenty.
years at Penn.:
.Ite graduated In .
1911, and began 'work in the Chris
tian association there. •
Professors Will With
. Offsprings Displ
Eight -anxious College professors
will bear new burdens tonight when
they watch nervously every move
their offsprings make during the an
nual play to be presented in the
high school auditorium,
President Ralph D. Hazel is rep
resented by his daughter, Helene, who
is cast as a dashing, romantic thirty
year old woman' with the manner of
n vampire.
Richard W. Grant jr., son of Prof.
Richard W. Grant, head'of the mus
ic department, takes the lead of the
play in the characterization of a
hardworking, earnest young business
man.' 'Professor Grant's red-haired
freckled-faced junior is 'a chip off
tho old block of exuberance. His
staid role is a burden and, between
acts, he entertains himself _with sr
few selections on his saxaphone.
*.Figuratively speaking, Heine Gra
.viitt, daughter of Prof. Thomas E.
Gravatt of the mathematics depart,
ment, is' the oldest character in the
play, portraying the role of an old
maid. She is the comedienne. of the
presentation.
Prof, Asa E. Martin of, the his
tory 'department will see history re-
STATE COLLEGE, PA.; FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1929
BOXERS EXCHANGE
BLOWS WITH PENN
IN PALESTRA RING
Seek Sixth Straight Win Over
Inexperienced Quaker
• Team Tomorrow
STRUBLE MAY QUALIFY
FOR 145-POTIND BERTH
Gervin Will Fill Middleweight
Post As Wolff. .Performs
In 175-Pound Setto
Victors only twice in ten years of
dual competition, Pennsylvania's inex
perienced boxers will attempt to down
a Lion mit team for the first time
since 1923 when the two rivals trade
punches in the Palestra ring at Phila
delphia tomorrow afternoon. j
A Quaker triumph would overcome
.another Lion • jinx, since Coach Leo
flouck's mitmen have registered 5.2
wins over, the Philadelphians for the
past four years. Two 4-3 conquests,
in 1922 and 1923,-are Penn's only vic
tories over Penn State in boxing since
the two teams inaugurated intercol
legiate competition in 1919.
• Slit Team Shake-up
Handicapped by the loss of Cardoni,
the Nittany ring mentor is undecided
who will fill the welterweight post in
tomorrow's battle. If Bill Struble,
who ordinarily performs in the light
heavyweight Class, can make the
weight, Houck intends to use the Lion
gridmin against Captain NVinorsky,
Penn's 145-pounder.
Should Struble fail to come under
the weight limit, he will probably. fill
the middleweight berth, and Jack
Davis, a newcomer,' will exchange
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FRESHEN ENGAGE
enT FIVE .TONIGHT
Panther Cubs Boast Impressive
Record of 7 Wins Over
Formidable Foes
OPPOSE CARNEGIE TECH
YEARLINGS TOMORROW
After. completing a week of inten
sive practice, Coach Larry Conover's
plebe courtmen leave this morning for
Pittsburgh where they will engage a
powerful Pitt team tonight and an
inexperienced Carnegie Tech quintet
tomorrow night.
Following practice Wednesday
Coach Conover decided to take eight
men on the trip. He selected Sny
der, Taney, and Tomb as forwards
arid Bezdek, Cooper, and Lohr as
guards Fred Brand and Hammond
were chosen as the centers. The start
ing combination probably will be Sny
der, Tomb, Bezdek; Copper, and Ham
mond.
Unable to join the squad until re
cently because of illness, Bill Lohr,
freshman quarterback, is pushing the
regular guards to the utmost for their
positions. Ile is fast and is an ac
curate shooter.
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:ch Anxiously As
lay Histrionic Ability
I peat itself when his son, Milton, mi
-1 acts the part of the indulgent, good
! father. Milt states that he
was .inspired for the part by his
father.
Electric, personality, coupled with
high-powered' comedy and tension,
arc offered by Jack Gooier, son of
Proi..Charles E. Govier of the en
gineering department.
Histrionic ability will be . displayed
by the dashing George Mason, son
of Prof. Thomas E. Mason of the
chemistry department, hen he as
serts himself as the aggressivd young
businesi man who likes himself.
Ruth Torrence, daughter of Prof.
Frank M. - Torrence of the mechan
ical , engineering department,aids in
the introduction of the plot by giv,
ing • a few necessary details, some
what in the form of a lecture.
The . way for the play is paved by
Earnest ,Kaulfuss, Ton of Prof. Jul
ius E. , Kaulluss of the highway en;
gineering 'department, who ads in
the capacity of stage manager for
the , production, Earnie says.'that
his father furnished him with valu
able tips on how to run the show.
Leads Lion ,Itlatmen
Inteieollegiate champion in the 125
pound class who will direct his team
mates against the Lafayette grap
piers tomorrow afternoon in the Re
creation-Hall.
COLLEGIAN CO
BUSINESS STAFF
Newspaper Will OS; Praetica
Training in Advertising
And Cireulatfon
FRESHMAN CANDIDATES
TO REPORT WEHNESDAY
Freshman candidates'for the bus,.
iness staff of the Penn State tOLILEG
IAN will meet under that direction of
William S. Turner TA birsineas man
ager of the paper, at•T:techick Wed
nesday night in Room : 14. Liberal
Arts buDding.
Numerous
.advantageai and oppoi 7 .
tunities aro offered by such, training
as that; afforded, by :W ork. -the
c4t,Larifarri, Nunag . ,
'itPdff.'ptioVid'Es — it praaiciisitiess ex‘
perieneo and trains the student to
Meet business men in a commercial
manner, he said.
Officers Explain Duties
At the first meeting of the class,
the various duties of the business or
ganization will be explained. The
aspirants will be given a preliminary
course in business, cievulation, and
advertising practices.
MemberS of the various depart
ments of the COI:LEMAN staff will
give instruction in their particular
fields at the 'other meetings of the
class. After this first period of
training the candidates will'assumc
the regular duties of freshman bus
iness men..
One of the advantages afforded by
work on the staff is the development
of responsibility, initiative, and lead
ership, and this advantage will be
an asset to the character and career
of thee aspirant, officials of the pap
er claim.
"This is a real business course,"
asserts Business Manager Turner;
"and it is. to be hoped, that none of
thcso practical advan'tages will' pass
unnoticed."
STUDENTS ATTEND .
Y. M. C. A. PARLEY
Represent College al Buck 11111 Falls
Mid-Winter Men's Conclave
Tomorrow, Sunday
Twelve student representatives left
today to attend the Y. M. C. A. mid
winter men's conference held at Buck
Falls under the direction of the
Middle Atlantic. Field council of the
Young Men's Christian Association.
The purpose of the conference is to
supplement the work of the ,Eagles
Mere meeting and to give the, students
an opportunity to diagnose the relig
ious' problem of the modern college
student.
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Included among the Penn State dele
gates are . Mr. Harry W. Seamans,
general secretary of the Y. M. C.. A.,
Prof. Russell E.' Nesbit, of the civil
engirMering department, Archibald M.
Holmes '3O, and James T. Wolfe '3O.
Other delegates arc William L
Hammaker '3O, Wallace J. Wood '3O,
George Schantz, Jr:, '3l, Raymond A.
Bowers '3l, Jesse S. Flory '3l, and
Clarence E. Christian '32., .
PI DELTA - EPSILON ELECTIONS
1 onoritry
President Ralph' D. Hetzcl
Prof. Charles W: Beese
Mr. Edward H. Rohrbeck
Robert W. Haley '29 '
Philip . A. Shelley '29
, Scott S; 'Ccesey '3O
Y. M. C. A. TO OFFER
MUSICAL RECITAL
TOMORROW NIGHT
Artists Present Fifth Number
Of Entertainment Course
In Schwab Auditorium
VIOLINIST, VOCALIST WIN
CRITICS' COMMENDATION
Misses Sehuchari and De Nault
Will Alternate During
Dual Performanie
Two young artists of the National
Music league of _New York, Mis 3
Sadah. Shuchari and Miss Joanne do.
Noon, will present a joint violin and
vocal recital in Schwab auditorium
at B:ls.o'clock tomorrow night as the
fifth mina:oar of the Y. M. C. A. enter
tainment course.
both artists have been praised by
musical critics in all parts of the
eountry for their fine'tvork: Neith
er has been on the concert . stage for
raorethan a few years, yet both have
earned enviable reputations in their
separate arts.'
Six groups of numbers, three by
each artist, will comprise the pro
gram.. It will open with three move
ments from "Sonata in G Minor" by
Tartini, .played as a violin solo •by
Miss Shuchari. '
Min de Nault will 'sing' an aria
from'the ;okra "Don Carlos' by Verdi
as her first number. Shawlll follow
this with n selection by Schubert en
titled "Litanei t " which will be fol
lowed by two other classical numbers.
Offers Beveial Ballads
Three arrangements -by Kreisler
will be included in the second group
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OFFICERS MANGE
Bergman Will Play at Milit ry
Formal in' it s ocreation
Hall Tonight
DANCE OFFICIALS OPEN
BALCONY FOR GUESTS
With Dewey Bergman's Webster
Hall orchestra of Pittsburgh offering
a special program of music from' 9
until 2 o'clock, students will have
their second opportunity to dance on
the new , Recreation Hall floor tonight
at the seventh annual Military HAIL
all-College formal function,
Appearing here for the second time,
Bergman has promised .to bring an
accomplished group of musicians, all
Victor recording artists and radio-en
tertainers. He will present a varied
type of dance music, alternating pop
ular numbers with adaptations of mil
itary airs, including a selection dedi
cated to the Military Ball. ,
Decorations Impressive
The Silverstein Flag and Decorating
company of Wilkes-Barre 'is complet
ing the transformation of the new
'gymnasium into a military setting this
morning. Red, white, and blue bunt-
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Ambitious Collector's Dream Results
In Discovery of Liberian Butterfly
"Believe it or not, it's the abso
lute truth," ex-Governoi Martin G.
Brumbaugh remarked in the middlii
of his address to the graduates at the
Commencement exercises Tuesday
night.
The audience could not refrain
from smiling. The expression on the
face of the president of Juniata col
lege, never changed. lie was,re
lating the tale of an ambitious col
lector of butterflies who, by the use
of his spare time, had_ risen to a
position of prominence among his
scientific colleagues. 'The collector
at the time, was sorting insects for.
the National Museum at Washington,
D. C.
"While. sorting this collection Of
insects," the former Governor con
tinued, "the curator happened upon
two insects the characteristics of
which'were so allied that he reason
ed that there must be some other
species between the two." The col
lector was so convinced of _the truth
of his conclusions that the' 'desire
to discover the specimens bothered
him-day and night, Mr. Brumbaugh
said.
Marshall Stars In
Pro Soccer Debut
Dick Marshall, captain of soccer
last season and 'all-American choice
Of numerous coaches, made his pro
fessional debut recently with the
Bethlehem Steel Company booters
of Bethlehem, one of the most pow
erful aggregatioris in .the East.
Alfhough handicapped by lack of
practice, Marshal exhibited his us
ual fast play and participated in
the entire game. lid missed sev
eral scores through the watchful
ness of the opposing goal keeper
and, proved to be one of the speed
iest men on the field, -according to
reports of the game.. .
PLAYERS REHEARSE
LONSDALE COMEDY
Club To Present Drawing Room
Drama,' 'Aren't We All?'
As Next Show
AIMS SNEDDON, BUCHANAN'
LEAD EXPERIENCED CAST
With a capable cast assembled, reg
ular rehearsals are being held for
the comedy by Frederick ,Lonsdale
"Aren't We• All?" which will be pre
sented by the Penn State Players
March 2.
Nearly all the members of the cast
for: this production have had previous
experience in the dramatic arts. Sev
eral of the players have portrayed
leading roles is former offerings by
the College organization.
Leading Roles • •
Miss Florence E.•Sneddon''22, will
play the leading feminine role in the
shovi, This is her second. perform
ance, since 'she - played a minor role
in "Is Zat.So?"
One. of the leading • male roles. is
portrayed by Donald M. Buchanan !29.
.Buchanan last_ year enacted the lead=
hag part , in Eugene O'Neill's tragedy,
71.tgo e nd o t
._h c e i. ....l l r n a ll i osi t i.i i ;4l. 1 :
will be played . by Robert Vi".'3lcNune
'32,n. newcomer to the 'Players' ranks.
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PENN STATE RIFLEMEN .
ENCOUNTER GETTYSBURG
Third Corps Area. Competition
Opens With Shoulder to.
Shoulder Contest
With a record of fifteen victories
and one defeat in telegraphic match
es, the Penn State rifle team is 'pre
paring for the first shoulder4O-shoul
der meet of the season with Gettys
burg, to be held in the Armory gal
,nest Saturday.--
The match I withlGettysburg will
be the first engagement with a mem
ber, of the Third Corps Area league.
which is comprised of colleges
throughout the nation maintaining a
student R. - 0. T. C.
Ar. intercollegiate mei of college
teams in the East will be held in
Pittsburgh April 13.' Scores made
at this match will be compared with
the scores of teams in other sections
tp decide the national- championship
team.
"One night," he averred, "the cur
ator had a dream. The vision was
still vivid In his mind when he awoke
the nent mornin;. Ile placed a
420 bill in an envelope and wrote a
letter to the American consul in Li
beria.
"The letter read, 'With the' $2O
herein enclosed please hire two na
tives. Instruct Ahem to go to a
river which flows into the Atlantic
ocean near your home. They will fol
low the river for some distance up
stream until they •come to a point
where the heti of the stream takes a
left , hand turn.
"About 20 -yards from this spot
they will ascend the mud bank of the
river and look for a tree with a
leaf such as . the one drawn an:the
enclosed scrap of paper. Under one
of tho leaves of this tree they will
find r. butterfly. Please have them
procure this insect and send it to me.'
"Soon afterward a package came
for tho curator and in it was the
butterfly he had. dreamed of." The
ex-Governor paused- "If any of you
disbelieve my story," he. concluded,
"you can go to Washington and see
the insect. It was cataloged there
and plaCed in its proper place between
the two species."
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ETANY MATMEN
FACE LAFAYETH,
WRESTLERS HERE
Appear as Favorites in Third
Tilt TomprTow-2 Veterans
On Tomb
Team
CRANIHER TO ASSUME ; -
HEAVYWEIGHT POSITION
Cciach Speidel's Charges Display
Improved Form in Drills
. . During Past Week .
Eager to add to their string of two
consecutive victories, -the - Lion mat
men will engage the Lafayette seven
in thelteereation Hall at 2:00 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon.
Other than that the - Maioon team
may have two of last year's veterans
in the lineup, 'the strength of the
visitors remains uncertain. Nbteon
templating any strong opposition,
Coach Speidel has been shifting his
charges around to different weights
with the result that two new, men will
wrestle with the Nittany grapplers
tomorrow. •-
Cowell, junior, who has bean push
ing Stabler to retain his position in
the 135-pound class, will enter his
first collegiate competition In tomor
row's battle. Cranmer, thus far in
eligible because of scholastic stand
ing, has had the — b - an litfed and wilt
replacs Pearce in the unlimited class.
Lions Show Form
All:members of the Lion squad have
shown a noticeable improvement since
their opening meet with Ohio uni-'
versify. The match Saturday with
Syracuse showed the results of care
ful training and it is expected that
tomorrow's fray will also show a big
improvement in the team.- This last
week brought to the fore many of the
second team candidates and, h the
case of Cowell,xesulted in the replac.
ipg oi-a•regular varsity - wrestler.-
Vitii-Otell,.ii.i.l„:*Veric*'"-ao.,.9kriaa
conditioning - is concerned, practical
ly over, Coach Speidel is spending the
greater part of piactices in teaching
his squadew kolds.
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' •Lafay to Will present a team with.
fi
but one enior on the squad. Several
of the junior members however, haie
had collegiate experience this season
and arc expected to give the Lion vet,
crans a difficult battle. .
Wolfe, the senior member, will
probably wrestle in the 185-pound
class against Cowell. Last year, in
the meet with Lafayette, Chenoweth
earned a time. advantage decision over
the MaroOn grappler: During the lat
ter part of the season, Ilubler din
.'placed Chenoweth and this .season
Cowell has replaced Hubler.
Steele will probably meet the same
man he defeated. last year in the
Maroon match. Sabatino, .a junior
this year, lost to the Lion 11$-pounder
by a'time advantage of 7 minutes and
4 seconds.
Lafayette Uncertain
-The remainder of the Lafayette
lineup remains uncertain.' With sev
eral men working out for - each posi
tion Coach Levin announced that 'lie
Would not divulge the stacking com
bination until today. Tryouts have
been held regularly by the Maroon
coach but he has been' unable to
choosy a definite first team.
In the• meet last year with Lafay
ette the Lions scored a 23 to 0 vic
tory, Packard registering the - only
fall for Penn State.
A decisive win tomorrow would
rank Penn State among the strongest
teams in the cast:' Thus far only six
points have been scored against the
Lions; those in the opening meet. The
first difficult test will come next Sat•
urday when the Nittany matmen en
counter Cornell on the Ithacans' floor.
Cowell in replacing Holder in to
morrow's meet will have achieved
that which he has been striving• for
since his freshman year when he
first - tried out for the plebe wrestling
squad. Continual training has served
to place him in good condition and
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Today
Editorials
I. "Joining" The Alumni
2. Social Or Commercial?
3. Education And Wealth
4. The Status Of Customs