Mac Ready For night VOL. 25, No. 40 LIONS FALL PREY TO RING PROWESS OF NAVY BOXERS McAndrews, Epstein Lose Close Decisions As Champions Triumph, 5-to-2 PENN STATE MIT TEAM TROUNCES GEORGETOWN Captain Wolff and Jack Davis Register Victories in Both Meets Navy's peerless mit team tottered on its throne Saturday night before the hard-fisted onslaught of Coach Leo Houck's ring warriors, but man aged to keep its nine-year record un marled by registering close decisions in the two final bouts. The 5-to-2 slams was the forty-third dual win fot the Midshipmen. Before falling prey to the fistic fire of Spike. Webb's pupils in their Ann apolis stronghold, the Lion rmgmen scored a decisive 6-to-1 triumph over Georgetown's stout-hearted boxers in the Hilltop gymnasium Friday night. Captain Allie Wolff brought his string of consecutive victories to twenty-foul pith easy wins over Pon tos, outstanding Hoya battler, and paptam Claude Ricketts, Navy's as pirant to the middleweight crown. The tnly other double-winner was Jack Davis, who kayoed Brennan, George town 145-pounder, in two rounds, and outclassed Hall, Navy's welterweight hope. Marty Loses Marty McAndrews lost his first de cision this year to Moon Chapple, 215- pound Navy heavyweight, in a slash ing bout Both punchers exchanged blows freely in the first round -Chap ple upset Malty in the second bound for a short count, the knockdown gia ing him the edge for the round. Marty rallied in the thud stanza and rocked his foe with stiff lefts and rights. The — lodges anarded,the bout to Choppier The Naar& heavyweight met bi.s equal in ring clowning inMonson, powerful Georgetown football line man. The Hoye battler could not off set Marty's hard punching, however, and the bout was stopped in the third sound to save Monson from a knock out. Julius Epstein was on the losing end for the hrst time this year when pempsey, rangy Midshipman, out pointed the Lion flash. The Navy bantamweight earned the first two rounds by harder punching before Epstein pierced his defense in the third round. Ringside critics gave the first and third, rounds to Epstein, but Dempsey was awarded the judges' decision. The Nanny bantamweight jabbed his way to an easy victory over Davis, willing Georgetown 115-pounder, Fri day night. Berniskey Surprises Not expected to score, Berniskey, hard-hitting southpaw, outpunched Williams, Navy's lightweight title holder, in three hectic rounds. The Judges ordered an extra round, how er, and the Midshipman pounded the Lion 135-pounder until the referee called a halt to the bout. After the meet Referee Short ex pressed his disapproval of the fudges' decision in ordering an extra round The lightweight bout was awarded to Penn State Friday night when. Georgetown failed to produce a com petitor. Stan Kolakosia was clearly outclass ed by Fitzgerald, powerful Navy fea therweight. The Midshipman was on the receiving end of a lively exchenge in the opening round, but in the last twojounds he battered the Lion 125- pounder into submission. Hal Thies dropped the featherweight setto to Haggerty, hard-punching Hoya bat tler, Friday night. Haggerty's hard tights put Thies on the defense from the opening bell. Brennzn, Georgetown newcomer, weakened under the relentless body at tack of Jack Davis in the first round, and the Lion welterweight finished his tough foe near the close of the second stanza. Davis Trounces Hall Davis registered the first Lion tri umph in the Navy meet by trouncing Hall, Spite Webb's welterweight find. Hall had the edge in the first round, but Davis rallied in the closing rounds, employing a left jab to advantage. Hall was badly battered at the close of the bout. Captain AIM° Wolff walloped Rick etts, Navy's formidable noddicweight, for the fourth time Saturday night. The Midshipman weahened himself in his futile attempts to lay a glove on the elusive Lion captain. Alhe tied up the Navy leader in the clinches, be . (Continued on third me) I . - 4: 4 J. 4--,‹ : • , , •.• , i f ,,1 .:Mt1 ? . :' 1 4, I . run #tatew i Tottrgtarn.. , Navy Chapple Tolls I. F. WRESTLING TOURNEY WILL START THIS WEEK First round matches of the inter fraternity wrestling eliminations will be held this week in Recreation Hall. No drawings have, been made as yet. However, four of the six teams entered will wrestle this week, the other two drawing byes. These two will wrestle next week, the winner meeting one of those surviving from the first four. The six fraternities extol ed are Al pha Gamma Rho, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Tau Phi Delta, Beta Kappa, Alpha Cln Sigma, and Phi Sigma Kappa. DEBATERS DEFEAT MARQUETTE TRIO Win Audience Decision by Small Margin in First College Extension Contest WILL MEET SYRACUSE TEAM HERE MARCH 14 More than twenty votes in an audi ence of approximately MIo hundred persons was the margin by which the Penn State debaters defeated the trio from Marquette university, Milwau kee, Wii, at the courthouse in Wil liamsport Wednesday night. Coach John H. Friezell expressed satisfaction with the interest aroused by this debate, the first extension con test ever sponsored by Penn State. It is planned to hold more debates of the same nature in nearby cities in the future. L. Neil Keller '3l, Robert W. Haley '29, and Kenneth Hood '3O, comprised the Penn State negative trio The question for discussion was, "Shall Wo Abolish the American Jury Sys tem?" Several revisions have been made in the schedule for this semester. The debate with Syracuse university in the State College high school will be heldJfarcti 14 instead of last Fri day as - previously salieduled:t -Al though an extension debate was plan ned for ,origmally, the University of ' Kansas trio will face Penn State Schwab auditorium March 166. _ The College debaters will oppose Northiestern university at Altoona in a second extension contest March 25, 26, or 27 if the student manager completes arrangements pith the nestmn team Dickinson college may also be encountered at Harrisburg as a third extension meet March 25. Definite arrangements have been made to debate Holy Cross in the court house at Bellefonte on the jury question April 17 This contest is being sponsored by, the Kiwis= Club of Bellefonte The jury question nil! be discussed again by the two opponents. The student manager of the debating club, Homei K. Dodge '29, announces that he has been attempting to book is schedule for a southern trip during Easter va cation. Short Course Group Finishes Ag Studies Seven states and thirty-six Penn sylvania counties were represented by the sesenty-two short course students who left State College recently after spending eight weeks at the annual v.intei agricultural courses Nine of the group were hem on scholarships received from Herring ' ton and Company, a dairy concern in Dushore, Sullivan county. The schol arships covered the entire expenses of the recipient. In the dairy manufacturing course ending two necks ago, sixty-seven men wen. enrolled. Twenty-seven studied the making of butter and cheese, them NOV thn ty-flve - enter ed in the ice-eicam making course, and twenty-five in the course on mar ket milk and milk condensing. Each of these courses was approximately two weeks long. Lectures Keep Student From Clear Conception of Subject, Boucke Says "I am opposed to the lecture method of teaching," Di. 0. Fred Boucke, of the economics department, told km Economics 2 class Friday morning while explaining the reasons for requiring auxiliary readings. The unpossibility of stopping a lecturer in the muddle of the talk, to e•plam a vague point, and the vast gap between student and lecturer were cited as two of the obvious disadvan tages of the system. Collateral readings, Doctor Boucke pointed out, aid in overcoming these disadvantages. Wide reading on a certain imounderstood topic, or one STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1929 PENN STATE BOWS BEFORE POWERFUL HILL TEAM, 23-26' Lion Quintet Succumbs to Final Rally of Rejuvenated Syracuse Five HERMANN'S COURTMEN HEAD HALFTIME COUNT Hayman Leads Scorers With 10 Points—Captain Lou Reilly Garners 8 Markers A sensational rally in the waning minutes of a hotly-contested battle enabled the rejuvenated Orange bas ketball machine to atone for itS de feet last week by conquering a stub born Nittany Lion quintet, 26 to 2J, Saturday night in Archbold stadium, Syracuse. The brilliant floor work of Tuppy Hayman; scintillating Hill forward, paved the way to victory for the New Yorkers In the last five minutes of the contest Hayman tossed two field goals to give his teammates a two point advantage, 23 to 21. Captain Lou Reilly sank a long shot to put the Hermann-coached passers within one point of then opponents after a Syr , acuse dribbler had made good a pen alty throw Ken Beagle clinched the game for the Orangemen with a pret ty toss from beneath the basket just before the timers' gun barked the close of the fray. Lions Lead at Half Time Play during the that half was slow on both sides Near the conclusion of the period the two tennis were deadlocked, 9 to 9, but the accurate foul shooting of the Nittany contin gent increased the score to 12-9 as the session ended, At the outset of the second half the Orangemen tied the count once more and from this point on until the final five minutes of the court struggle the lead seesawed between the two rivals., , - - - ,Hayman headed -ithescoringW-col umns of both teams with three field goals and four fouls as his contribu tion to the Syracuse victory. Cap (Continued on third page) LIBERAL ARTS FACULTY ARRANGES LECTURE LIST Edward R. Van Sant To Discuss Influence of Bolshevism In China Tuesday , . Five speakers have been scheduled to complete the annual Liberal Arts lecture course, which opened Tuesday with an address by Dr \Villa. D. Crockett, head of the department of Latin language and literature. Mr. Edward It Van Sant, of the English department, will be the next speaker 'on the series. He will speak next Tuesday on "The Story of the Bolshevist Influence in China." Mi. Van Sant will speak front personal esperience, having spent three years in that country Speaking on an economic problem, Prof. Prank P. Weaver, head of the department of agricultural economies, will give the following lecture The subject for his talk will be "Inequal ities of the Pennsylvania Di% Bur den." On April 9, Prof. John R Bracken, of the landscape architecture depart ment, will deliver the fourth lecture of the group His topic will be "Gar dens of Italy," of which he has made a special study. Dean Edward W. Steidle, head of the School of Mines and Metallurgy, volt be the speaker on April 29. Con cluding the course, Doan I M. Wright, of the School of Education at Muhl enburg college, will speak on May 11. "The Social Pi aternity on the American College Campus" will be the subject of his lecture. that was not comprehended at all in the lecture, gives the student a deal and unified view of the subject mat ter, he declared. It is also important that the student gain different points of view, ho said Reading aside from the test can be, and is, employed profitably in all courses. The only studies, he stated, that do not lend themselves to this plan aro ones with objective subject matter such as mathematics. It Is understood that Doctor Boucle would substitute the study conference system of Instruction in his classes if conditions permitted. SOPHOMORES ENROLL IN SPEAKING CONTEST All sophomores, desiring to com pete an the extemporaneous speak ing contest wall meet in Old Chapel nt 7 o'clock tonight for registration and to receive theft topics. OFFICIALS SELECT MINING ADVISERS Board To Promote Co-operation Between ➢lining School And Industries 16 IRON, STEEL INDUSTRY HEADS COMPOSE COUNCIL An advisory boned, Co promote co operation between the School of Mines and Metallurgy and thelron and steel corporations of the State, has been se cently appointed, Dean Eduard E. Steidle disclosed yesterday In organizing the board Dean Stei dle, after considering the field from the standpoint of geographical situ ation of the industries and-phases of production, interviewed the most piomment men in the field and asked fo rthei rassistance President Ralph D. Retool then officially petitioned the men whom Dean Steidle had deemed best for the purpose, to serve on the board. The council will help - the oiganiza tion of undergraduate work in the School of Mines and Metallurgy by ef forts to increase the enrollment of the school, by opening their plants to stu dents on inspection tours, by sending members of thick technical staff to lecture at Penn State, and by aiding the school to place men after they have been graduated. - I=l Another important function of the , board will be to assist in;the organise- I tion of research work and to offer ad vice pertaining to extension programs. Sixteen. active nicnn;tominent. in, I the most important-corporations - of iron and steel in-Pennsylvania, are; members of the. board. Three of the I men are graduates of Penn State. A member of tho faculty will act as sec retary. Mr. A. N. Diehl, vice-president of the Carnegie Steel Co., Pittsburgh, has been appointed to the board and is also a member of the College Boind of Trustees Mr. C W. Heppenstall, president of Heppentall Forge and Knife Co., another appointee, woe a football star during his undeigradu. ate years ut Penn State Mr F. D. Andres, general superintendent of Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Co, is the third alumni member of the advisory board. Mr Andrews' brother is a member of the Board of Trustees Dr David F McFailand, of the School of Mines and Metallurgy, «11l sere as secretary of the council. Georgetown Heavy Copies McAndrews In Comedy Battle Boxing enthusiasts substituted ! shouts of laughtei tot expressions of criticism as Marty McAndrews, jovial Linn heavy exchanged blows with Monson, Georgetown mitinan in the final bout of the Georgetown-Penn State encounter Friday night Casting all efforts at sing general ship asule in an attempt to secure a knockout in the first round, Monson advanced on Malty, swinging wildly Eluding the attack, Marty landed sev eral times to the Hoye boxer's head and then bucked assay with his cus tomary smile at the floodlights. Not Ito be daunted, Monson rushed in once mole flaying the an with rights and lefts. McAndrews reheated to his haven on the ropes as they met The strands almost parted under the strain of the impact and again the Nittuny punchei scored. This hap pened repeatedly while the ring creak ed and groaned, and the spectators began to smile. The first round end ed. In the second, Monson continued his windmill attack. The crowd com menced to shout, the referee failed to maintain the prescribed impassive countenance, and both combatants grinned broadly. Summoning his en ergy.for a final coup, Monson retreat ed slowly, spat on his glove, twilled his wrist sevmal times and launched a haymaker which missed its mark. Tho audience clapped and the referee leaned weekly in a neutral corner. The second round ended, but the third was cut short as Monson yielded to McAndrew's onslaught and the corn edy insulted in a technical knockout for the Nittany heavyweight. ( DANCE COMMITTEE' COMPLETES PLANS FOR SOPH FORMAL Bartell's Vitaphone, Recording Orchestra Will Provide Music at Affair GROUP PICKS CARDBOARD PROGRAM, SILVER FAVOR To Place Fraternity Booths in Rows Under Balcony of •Recreation Ball Final arrangements for the Sopho -1 more Hop, to be held in Recreation [Hall Friday night, are nearing crimple tam. Programs, which will be of light cardboard white in color and with blue printing, have been sent to the printer. E A. Wright company, Philadelphia, specialists in fancy printing are preparing the dance list Ted Bartell and his vitaphone and recording orchestra from Young's Chinese American Restaurant, New York City, will furnish the muse. Bartell was at one time first trumpet er for Paul Whiteman's orchestra. He left the prominent jazz artists to or ganize his present band. Favors for the guests will be an adjustable silver bracelet. The orna ment is made in sections, to fit any sized wiist, and is set with several jade stones A Penn State seal is af fixed to one of the sections. The policy adopted and used at the recent class formals, of issuing com plimentary invitations to a limited number of campus leaders, will be em ployed for the Hop, Lorimer H. Brown, committee chairman disclosed. The ballroom will be decorated in blue and gold tinted with southern smilax. Blue and solute coronations will be used on the background of the smilax for the ceiling ensemble. Sil vetatein Flag and Decorating company of Wilkes-Barre have contracted to I decorate the Hall lot tho underclass function •Plans to7eliminate.coMpletely faulty acoustics in the building are nearing completion. A large sounding board (Continued on last page) GLEE CLUB WILL ENTER NATIONAL COMPETITION Sectional Champions To Sing at Nen York City Contest Saturday Night Competing for the intercollegiate glee club championship, the Penn State gleemen m ill face the pick of the col lege songsters in the annual contest at Carnegie Hall, Nose York City, Satur tlay night Among the institutions that the Col lege songsters mill meet ate Dart mouth, Columbia, Princeton, Yale, New Yoilc university and For,lham. Sing College Songs Opening the contest, the vaimus or ganizations still sing their choice songs The prize song, Dvorak's "Songs My Mother Taught Me" will next be sung by the contestants in turn At the conclusion of the prize song, the competing clubs will sing their college songs. While the judges arc deciding the winner of the contest, c group of songs still be given by the University Glee Club. As the concluding num. ber the Umsersity Glee Club and the contestants will unite in singing "Player of Thanl.sgiving" by Krom. bet' Dr. 11. Alexander Matthews, noted muss critic, will be chairman of the board of judges. The other toss Judg es will be Miss Olga Samaroff and Mr Pierre V. R. Key, bath prominent in the field of music Unknown Pursuer Changes to Parent As 'Y' Secretary Recalls Predicament "This snow reminds me of a very taying incident which occurred to me when I was a boy in grade school," said Mr Harry W Seamans, seem tiny of the College Y M. C. A to a friend in his tubby hole office during a recent snow fall. "The snow was flying thick and fag, just us it is now," he said pointing out of the window at the moist flukes which were lazily willing earth ward, "and neither parental authoilLy nor fear of the pedagogical staff could restrain me from playing %whey' with other members of my gang. "Leaving our studies to carry ea without us," he said smilingly, "we went sedously into the business of COAST-TO-COAST AVIATOR TO TALK HERE THURSDAY Captain John A. Maciandy, distin guished aviator mho made the first non-stop flight across the continent and flea the second Wright anpla lc built, will speak in Old Chapel at 7 o'clock Thursday night. In a telegram to Prof Arthur J Wood, of the mechanical engineering department, the noted flyer last night announced his intention of stopping here Thursday on his tour of college and universities. It is understood that he will discuss his experiences and the future of aeronautics. `Y' OFFERS SITTIG GROUP SATURDAY American, Foreign Critics Laud Ensemble for Chamber Music Rendition TRIO I'LAYS OVER WEAF IN ATWATER KENT HOUR As the si‘th number of the Y. M C. A entertainment course, the Slt trg Trio composed of father, son and daughter will present a program of chamber music in Schwab auditorium Saturday night. For the past three years the en semble has met the approval of col lege critics with their performances of chamber music. The group was or ganized by Mr. Frederick V. Sittig, pianist, who has been acclaimed by American and foreign critics as a master of the Instrument. Fasorable comment of the critics has also been given Margaret Sittig, violinist of the group, who was guest soloist for the Philadelphia Sym phony orchestra under the direction le r Leopold Stokowski Edgar H. &t -rig cellist, is noted for his solo per ormances with many world-famous musical organizations Radom Arbsts Besides be,ng noted for their stage performances, the trio is in demand as a radio e:ntertainnfent feature. They play regularly in the Atwater IKent ratio hour over WEAP, with Allen 151cQueah, tenor. Numerous other radio programs has e listed them el leading, attractions. Regulni concerts have been given by the group at the Plaza Hotel, New York City. Following a European tour one of the Berlin musical critics said of the trio, "America depriving us of many of our artists, also gives us some, in the Sittigs whom we must remembei " The Sittig trio had its in igin many yams ago in the talented father'. dream While the boy and girl were todoling mound his knees, he planned that son, day he would hose a eon colt group in his own family With this in mmil the bow and gill wale carefully tram,' to exp,ess their mu meal =imam,. H. L. Mencken Offers Prizes For Articles 01. L Meneken, editor of the A mtg .,. Bk.'. //, offers t.S. $6OO prizes fogy the best in titles written by col lege senior, of this year, discussing their expeliences during the four years of obtaining a higher education. The announcement was made in the current IMO of the magazine "The aim of the competition," the statement rends, "is not to bring faith leaned treatises on the higher edu cation, but to obtain records of per sonal expeliences Ilox do the four years in college stoke an intelligent youml, men ni woman immediately allot they are over'," • The contest 14 divided into two sections, one for women and one for mon. No niticle will be considered that le less than 3000 words or mole than 8000 The closing date in July 1. bornbalaing the town folk from be hind our ramshackle hut built for the must pall out of sign hoards gathered along the highway. "We were having a gloat tune," he declared his face lighting up with the memory, "when one gentleman, in stead of continuing on his way utter the pegging came after us I was far in the lead during the early part of the pursuit but strangely he didn't bother with those behind Inc. Instead ha came on unlaggmgly and as my !strength gave out he caught me "Imagine my predicament," he said shaking Ins head ruefully, "when the gentleman turned out to be my father who was a star runner during his col lege days." PRICE FIVE CENTS NITTANY MATMEN DOWN NAVY, 19-6; GARNER 2 FALLS Lions Gain Sixth Consecutive Dual Meet Win ON er Midshipmen HURLER, EISENMAN SCORE SENSATIONAL VICTORIES Ashford, Hughes Defeat Steele And Cranmer With Small Time Advantages In a match replete wth tin ills the Penn Strite wrestlers easily defeated Navy 19 to 6 at Annapolis Satuidiii afternoon. The victory was the sixth successive one over the Middies in as many yews and the fifth consecutive um of the present season for the Lions. The strength of the Nittany =talon became evident soon after the 125- pound bout started. Captain Wilson started the tallys fm Penn State which did not stop until Pearce lost by a small time advantage in an c urn per , tod bout. Prospect. of an intercollegiate championship team this yen appear even brighter as a result of Saul dais meet. Lehigh, 1028. intercollegiate champion, was able to garner only a 15 to 8 win over the Middies in an engagement several weeks ago I Ise wise Lafayette held the Maroon scie•t lers to a 27 to 12 score Satin day while Penn State in their meet with Lafay ette in Recreation Hall scored a ZO 0 victory. Comparative scores make the Nittany Lions the stronger 'cam Lions Undefeated One more meet lies between Penn E:trte and nn undefeated season, that :with Western Reserve in Reel cation Hall Saturday afternoon. For this the Nittany grapplers will undergo is week of strenuous practice. The meet Saturday was wrestled ac cording to the National Intercollegi...te rules. - With scoring, 5 paints for a , fall 'and 3 points for a time advan , sago. Also if neither man is on the mats after 2 minutes of the bout, a coin la tossed to decide which roan shell be underneath for the first foal. minutes For the second foul rain utes the positions ale revorsed Don Steele, Penn State 115-pound representative, put up a game fight aginst Captain Ashford but the Dliddm leader had the greater experience and secured a 4 minute and 22 second time advantage This gave the Midship men a 3 point lead. dson Injured Captain Wilson and Lincoln in the 125-pound class put up one of the fea ture bouts of the afternoon. Both men score on then feet ut the end of the trio minutes Wilson won the toss and chose to get behind Lincoln Soon after the gong the Lion leader had tie Navy man up in the air swinging hun around after which he dropped hint to the mat. 'Striking on his neck the ,Middie was knocked unconscious A doctor soon revived him and the meet continued with Wilson piling up a time advantage. Dining the second four minutes of action when Wilson was underneath the Navy grappler secured a neck hold nip, mg the Nit tiny matman and can.ing the bout to be stopped again After a inassag img the match %vas continued with Wil son the uniner by a time advantage of 4 minutes and XS Leconds. Hubler and Sharp in the 135-pouirl division event to the costs soon ant: the opening gong !fabler in an at tempt to get Ins man on the mat gos dorm on his own knees Grasping his opportunity the Navy representative threw the Lion grappled to his ham fall for Navy seemed uneatable. With defeat slur nig Imo in the face, Hublei, through u. quick wrist action, succeeded in tossing Sharp over his head to take the lead himself. Flom that point on the ISittany grappler eras ahead It evils not until S min utes and 89 seconds had elapsed, how- ver, that ho v,1:3 able to tluots h In perhaps the most "ennation (Continued on lust page) Today-- The Bullosopher Discusses ---- The Penn State Players Editorials 1. 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