, An , Appropriate ' Welcome VOL. 25, No. 44 RING TOURNAMENT DRAWINGS FAVOR NITTANY ENTRIES Heavyweights Conceded Edge in Preliminary Matches of Intercollegiates LION SHOWING IN LIGHT DIVISIONS PROBLEMATIC Coach HotsCic Intimates Lineup Change for Championship Bouts Here Friday Penn State's fistic sons were favor ed by the gods of chance in the heavy.; weight drawings for the preliminary iound of the sixth annual intereolleg, fate boxing tournament to be held Fri day night in the Recreation Hall ring. The heavyweight trio of Captain Allie Wolff, undefeated middleweight champion, Marty McAndrews. idol of Nanny ripg followers, and Steve llamas, former heavyweight title-hold ci, is Coach Leo Houck's big threat in his quest for a third intercollegiate boxing mown. Victoi ions over Carl Graboske, pow erful Syracuse puncher,-in Saturday's bout, Marty McAndrews is expected to repeat the triumph when the two light-heavyweights meet Friday night. One of the leading contenders for the 175-pound crown will be elnninated when Swan, Navy's hope, trades punches with Klepac, Western Mary land aspirant Swan conquered Bill Struble in the Navy-Penn State en counter while Klepac's only loss this season was to Swan in an extra-round battle. Heavyweight Bouts Steve llamas will begin his cam paign for the heavyweight crown against Williams, inexperienced Penn , sylvama puncher There is a possi bility that Pennsylvania will withdraw her entry prior to the'weighing-in of the contestants Friday afternoon. While Steve should have little trou ble in his bout, one of the outstanding contenders will be eliminated when Chapple. undefeated conqueror ' of Marty McAndrews, and Sargisson N. Y. tr.'s undefeated heavyweight, match their boxing skill in the Initial Nur. Livoti. who trounced Hamas Saturday, will encounter the M. I T 'entry. New Yoik university's participation in the tourney is not ceitain, the COLLEGIAN Was informed yesterday. Confident of retaining his erown and keeping his record unsmirched against a field of brilliant middle weights, Captain Allis Wolff will ex change blows with Oelbaum of N. Y. U. Captain Claude Ricketts of Navy may he denied his wish to meet Wolff in the finals if Ed Horne, Pennsyl vania's hard-hitting 160-pounder, reaches his saw in the preliminaries. These two rivals fought to a draw in an c‘tra-round bout Saturday. Horne also boasts a knockout triumph over George Ekaitis, sensational West ern Mai Nand middleweight. Ekaitis is scheduled to face Engler of M. I. T. Penn State's fate In the lighter div isions is problematic. Julius Epstein, who is expected to make a strong bid for the bantamweight title, will match his wales with Oilman of M. I. T. in the preliminaries Dempsey, only con quaint of the Lion Rash this season, is not expected to enter the tourney because of an injury. Pry, successor to Dempsey's post, will meet Victim or Legge, the Syra cuse entry, while Peluso, who fell pray to Epstein's left jab early in the sea son, encounters Heed, Western Mary land newcomer. Epstein may not fight in the pieliminartes, since M. I. T.'s bantamweight entry is uncertain. Conch Leo Houck hinted yesterday that there may be a shake-up in the Lion battle array. The proposed change would place Casoni in the fe...thcriveight division, Kolakoski the lightweight class, and Bill Struble in the welterweight division. These changes are dependent upon the abil ity of the punchers to make weight foi the various classes (Continued on last page) Calendar Tomorrow 7:00 p. ni. Fleshman-Sopho. more boxing scrap in Recreation Hall. 7 30 p. in.—Student mass meet ing in Sehuab auditor ium. Dr. Ralph D. Ha zel and Hugo Remick will speak. . ...., I run u 4. , Lions' Big Red Tie ~1.:(.•1855..... PLEBE RINGMEN OPPOSE 1931 BOXERS TOMORROW Following a long series of elimin ntions, Coach Leo Houck has deter mined the members of the freshman and sophomore boxing teams which will compete in the annual scrap in Recreation Hall at 7 o'clock tomorrow night In, the 115-pound class, Clare '32 will oppose Campbell and Stoop will endeavor to win over Chapin, a soph omore. in the 125-pound division. Petrocho '3l will battle Epstein in the 135-pound bout. Lewis, a freshman,_ will mix with Shirkness in the welterweight setto; st hilt Henry '32 encounters Chaikon ski in the 160-pound melee. DeFatso, yearling 175-pounder will meet Penne packer, sophomore aspirant, and_Las ich, plebe heavyweight will exchange blows • with Veneroso. COLLEGE MAGAZINE ATTRACTS WRITERS 'Old Main Bell,' Literary Journal, Contains Wide Selection Of Contributions INCLUDES UNPUBLISHED POEM BY DR. , PATTEE Sending of material to the printer last week completed the collection of a diversified crop of literature for the early-Spring issue of Old dials Bell, College literary magazine. Divided into major sections, the con tents page will show short stories, articles, essays and vanous types of verse. Pen and ink illustrations will accompany verse and prose selections. In addition' to the student contnbu bons which compose the greater part of the coming issue is the section de voted to Dr. Fred Lewis Pattee, pro fessor emeritus of the English depart ment, to whom the issue is dedicate-I. Pattee'Contributes Poem ' Doctor Pattee has contributed a hitherto unpublished poem.. for this Part lithe magazine, -- Accompanying the poem and the frontispiece is an intimate and detailed account of Doc tor Pattee's life and influence at Pena State: Dedication of this edition marks the American literature author ity's sixty-moth birthday Verse in the Old Mom Bell will he somewhat deferent from the custom ' ary type. Contrasted with the °fru ' mons of Spring are cynical notes by authors who, temporarily at least, have lost faith in Spring's omnipre sent passion. Fiction will carry both original com positions and translation of little known works of famous foreign auth ors. The Russian predominates in the translations while a descriptive sketch of rum and alien smugglers on "A Passage to Fistida" is among the original work. "The American Novel," an article dissecting a recent addition to liter ature; short reviews of latest books; and an informal talk on Oxford uni tersely by a professor who has stud ied at the British institution, sum up the more outstanding bits in the next issue. According to the present plans of the editors the Old Mom Bell will be toady for issuance immediately after the close of the Easter recess. Dis tribution at that time will be made through points centrally located in State College that have not been definitely determined as yet. An• nouncement of dista ibution will be made in the columns of the cou.e.mAN toward the end of the month. Doctor Dutcher Likens Scientists to Aviators in Ocean Pioneering Flights "Men nho make history in science are like aviators," Dr. R. Adams Dutcher, head of the biological chem. Istry department, declared in an In terview yesterday. "Do you 'clam ber Coli and Nungesser, the Ffench men who met then death attempting a trans-Atlantic flight? They died pioneering in the interests of avia tion. "Had they accomplished then ob jective, men would not have allowed them to rest on their laurels but would haw urged them to go further on. That is precisely the xay science progresses. Those men failed but others sprang up to take their places and succeeded. Some day we will be making regular trans-oceanic flights as the result of their exped merits. "We must make many sacrifices in science to arrive at a logical solu tion of a problem." lie was asked: "Do you believe the results of vivisection justify the mean. " "Certainly," he stated emphatical ly, limns his eyes directly upon the STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1929 STUDENTS TO HOLD PEP MEETING FOR LEGISLATIVE GROUP Arrange Sports Rally Thursday , Night in Honor of Senate Finance Committee DR. HETZEL AND BEZDEK WILL ADDRESS AUDIENCE College Band Plans Program in Schwab Auditorium—Glee , Club May Appear As a welcome to members of the Appropriations Committee of the Pennsylvania State Legislature, who will be in State College at the time, an athletic mass meeting will be held in Schwab auditorium at 7.30 o'clock Thursday night. The committee will visit Penn State in an effort to ascertain more fully the needs of the institution as stated in the appropnation bill now beim, the legislature. The mass meeting in its honor will be conducted as an ath , letic mass meeting for the boxing team who will enter the intercollegiate box ins tourney Friday. Blue Band To Play During the course of the meeting the College band under the direction of Wilfred 0. Thompson, director of the mganization, will play several se lections. It is probable that the Penn State Glee club will appear although this has not yet been definitely decided upon. Coach Hugo Remick vnll addles% the body after which sevetal members of the committee will be called upon to make short talks to the students. President Ralph D Hetzel vdl also speak. The committee will arrive in State College at 12 o'clock Thursday. While at Penn State they will inspect build ings of the various schools including Liberal Art's, Chemistry and Physics, Agriculture and Mine.; and Metal -" ^ , (Continued on third page) HUMORIST TO CONCLUDE ENTERTAINMENT COURSE Strickland Gillilan Will Complete Y. M. C. A. Series in Schwab Auditorium April 17 Strickland W. Million, Intel nation ally famous humorist, will present the last number of the Y M C. A. cute).- tamirent course, w hen he gnes a pro gram of comic sketches April 17, in Schwab auditorium. Mr. Cillilan has tooled the stages of this country as well as those of Europe and after each appearance has been lauded by critics He has the reputation of being a captivating, and original humotist Beginning his career as a journalist, Mr. Gillian rose rapidly from the po sition of cub icporter to that of city editor of the Doily Tclegmlit of Rich mond, Ind He began writing humor ous sketches which were so well re ceived by the public that he went on the stage, where he immediately es tablished his reputation In a tribute to the humorist's abil ity, Edger A. Guest, poet, said "the man who would 'walk a mile for camel' is a piker I'd walk ten miles or twenty to hear Galan." listener. "If the sauthung of a few animals insides us to discover facts which help us humans to live with greater immunity to disease and the ravages of nature, it . a benefit to the urea and therefore a good thing. We cannot proceed far into the in tricacies of science without working on living nnimals because dead ones do not show the reactions of the lave ones "Before students have progressed : far into the medical realm they must' witness the digestive system of a live: dog. This is done by admintstedng an anaesthetic, such as chloroform, and dissecting to show the workings of the intestinal tract and stomach. As soon as the experiment is finished a potent poison IS injected into the animal's blood stream and he dies with out having suffered the slightest bit of pain. "Of course you must 'Mize that 1 scientists are always groping and that I some experiments are necessarily I failures. These are usually the ex-' (Continued on last page) TICKET SALE BEGINS FOR BOXING TOURNEY Tickets for the boxing intermit legintes Fuday and Saturday oil! be piked nt 50 cents for the pro liminames, 75 cents fon the semi finals and $1 for the finals. They may be procured at the A. A. office from 7 until 9 o'clock tonight, to morrow and Thursday nights. All scats will be reserved. RINGMEN TROUNCE SYRACUSANS, 6-1 Joe Livoti Drops Sieve Hamas For Count, Wins Verdict In Slashing Bout BURLY GRABOSKE GIVES McANDREWS HARD FIGHT Steve Homes' downfall before the Iwo-fisted onslaught - of - Dynamite Joc Livoti was the only upset in Peon State's easy 6-to-1 victory over a rug ged Syracuse boxing team Saturday afternoon in Archbold g3mnasium A hard right to the jaw early in the first round was the telling blow. The rival heavyweights were trading punches in the corner when Steve fell to the floor. He promptly got to his lames but did not arise until the count of nine. He was visibly hurt by the punch but managed to weather Liv oti's attack for the remainder of the round The former heavyweight champum rallied in the second session, keeping his foe at bay with a long left, and sending a stiff right to his jaw that slowed him up considerably. Livoti retaliated in the final round, raining blows on the sturdy Lion heavyweight Steve was in a weakened condition at the close of the bout Marty Extended Marty McAndrews clearly outpunch ed Carl Graboiike, willing mixer, in three rounds of fierce nulling. Al though Craboske pushed Marty to the cleanci and, harder punching earned the,Nittnny lightilseavyweight the decisio n. Graboske drew first blood early in the opening round but a barrage of : blows 'had claret flowing freely from the Syracusan's nose in the second session The crowd went wild as the rivals slashed away in the final stanza Marty wall encounter the powerful Hillrum in the preliminary round of the intercollegiates Friday night. Pitted against Captain Glassey, Boni Casoni surprised followers of the team by outpunching his expenenced foe in three fast rounds Boni's terriE: punching had Glasses on ne floor as the boll ended the first round. The reney Orange ',totem made Casoni miss in the second stanza, but the Lion 135-pounder resumed Its two fisted attack in the final session to earn the judges' Neleitt Captain hike Wolff. fighting in his last dual meet, toyed with Thiel, game middleweight, in the first mound. He went after his Orange rival in the second session, however, and kayoed him with a barrage of lefts and rights It was Alhe's twenty-sixth consectilite triumph Employing a long left to advantage, Jack Davis outpointed Dorman, Syr, (Continued on last page) `Religion Inspiring,' Says Dean Russell "Religion is exhilarating, not a dry, ascetic subject," Dr. Elbert Russell, Dean of Religion lit Duke university told his audience at chapel exercises in Schwab auditouum Sunday molt ing. Likening a poison inspired with the collect impression of religion to the wolf-dog of James Oliver Cur wood's novel who "raced with the winds," Doctor Russell explained that eligion should be pursued joyfully Ile admonished his listeners not to iely on the religion gained from their par ents as being sufficient to early them through life, but to develop religious thoughts of their own "Everyone .hould indulge 'in self expression," he said, "hut the light typo of self-expression should be prac , tiecd. We should btrise for expres sion of the soul, not the ordinary out- Quid evidences of the emotions," he declared. In concluding, Dr. Russell declared that true joy on this earth is gained only after the genuine spirit of God to incorporated in the soul. BASKETBALL ELECTIONS Manager Russell F MoHanauer '3O Assistant Managers Paul A. Mitten '3l William L Pursel '3l H. Paul Shulti '3l 'CHARLIE SPEIDEL, WRESTLING COACH 3 YEARS, RESIGNS Accepts New Post as Instructor In Grappling Tactics at New York A. C. TO LEAVE HERE APRIL 1; NO SUCCESSOR CHOSEN Penn State Loses 4 Dual Meets During Regime of Lion Mat Mentor ' Announcement that Coach Chathe Speidel, Penn State wiestling mentor, has handed in his resignation to be come effective April 1 was made last night by Hugo Bezdek, director of ath letics. Coach Speidel has accepted a position as wrestling coach and phy sical education director at the New York Athletic club The resignation is in the hands of College officials and probably soul be acted upon by the executive comoot tec of the Board of Trustees at a meeting here Saturday. As yet no definite selection of a suc cessor to the Lion tutor has been made although sex oral applications have been recehed It is likely that the new coach so ill be announced sometime in Ain The resignation comes as the result of smeral offers from the club and interviews with College officials Bet ter opportunity for advancement se as given by Speidel as the reason for his decision. 013 m pie Wrestler The change will also place him near er his home, Elizabeth, New Jersey Previous to coming here Coach Spei del nas a member of the N. Y. A. C. team He worl.ed under Coach Cann and in the 1921 Olympics was runner up in the 145-pound division. While with the N. Y A. C he took an acme cation work. He held two titles, the interest in wrestling and physical ed.. 145-pound championship of the Ath (Cmitinued on last page) PROM OFFICIALS SELECT VANITY CASE AS FAVOR Committee Approves Compact For Annual Function in New Gym May 3 A v. hite gold-filled book %unity mill be the favor for Junior Prom, to be held May J in Recreation Hall, com mittee chairman Kenneth R Kaiser revealed yesterday. The outside of the oseily will be of a coarse-grain finish On a smooth spot in the center of the cover, "Penn State Junior Prom 1980" nil! b. em bossed. The mirror inside will be made of unlneakable glass The committee plans to place the favor on display in town stmes withir the next two weeks. Hoover-Smlthl company is supplying the comps, t. A decorating scheme submitted by John B. Kohl of Kingston. Pa, is under consideiation by the dance group. The plan embodies a color, design of red, blue, mid white; red and blue being the class colors. Several members of the physics fee- I ulty were consulted in ingard to remn-I for the defective acoustics in the Hall. No definite solution has as yet' liens attained College Polylith Includes Every Known Type of Pennsylvania Building Stone Evciy known satiety of Keystone State building stone, assembled lions Pennsylvania's 80,000 square miles of earth's must, may be seen on the College campus in a "monument," known as the Foblith, whnh is only six feet square at the base The Polylith is so construeted that the sock formations of the State, ar ranged in cm - ally the some order in which they occur in nature, may be seen nt a glance. The Polylith, erected thirty-three years ago, consists of 281 samples of stone procured from almost 150 lo calities of Pennsylvania. Its chron ological series of rocks, measuring thilly-three feet in height, represents a span of millions of years in the geological formation of the earth's crust of Pennsylvania. The weight of the column is cal culated to be approximately fifty-three and u half tons. Because it tells how various stones withstund weathering, the "monument," as it Is known to students, attracts building specialists Lehigh Retains Mat Title; Lions in Second Place Tie WRESTLING CHAMPIONS 115 Pounds Joscfson, Cornell 125 Pounds Wllbon, Penn State 135 l'ounds Dodd, Yale 115 Pounds Sargent Yalo 158 Pounds Graham, Princeton 175 Pound', Stafford, Cornell Unheated Miller, Lehigh OFFICERS DEDICATE NEW SPORTS HALL To Conduct Opening Exercises Proceeding Boxing Bouts Saturday Afternoon DOCTOR McKENZIE WILL GIVE PRINCIPAL ADDRESS EcLreation Hall dedication exercis es null be held in the non structure it 1.30 o'clock Saturday afternoon pro ceeding the second seven semi-final bouts of the boxing intetcollegiates. Dr. Ralph D. Hazel, president of the College, will preside at the nor. Sires The prmcipal address null be made by Dr. P.. Tait McKenzie of the Unnersity of Pennslhrouri. Program of Events Opening the program, a selection mill be glues by the College Blue Band, and will be followed with the opening address by President Hetzel Athletic Director Hugo liezdek will be the next :speaker on the program Dr. K. Tmt McKenzie, director pf physical education at the University of Pennsylvania, will deliver the prin cipal address. Afterwards Prof. Chitties L Kmaloe, head of the elect engincming deportment, will pre• .eat the keys of the building to the College in behrlf of the Alumni as•m elation, because of the great part played by the graduates in its con sti action. Judge H. Walton Mitchell. presulent of the Board of Trustees, uill remould foi the College officials As the con. eluding number, "Alma Mater," .111 be played by the College Bond S nee MI. Dotter McKenzie, the prrncnwl inearm has been connected mith the Uni‘creitv of Prnnsylvani, He .s also a sculptor of note, having eNhibitcrl ma^v of his unrlot in our - Inn's art salon: throughout the c,Ari try Our ion the Vor!J War le nsls in weetor of physical education in Kitch ener's arms He is the autho.• of numerous articles and pamphlets on physical education. Arrangements for the dedication have been made by the committee of which Dean Robert I. Sackett is the chaum - n Other members are Pro fessors Kraal., Frederick P Weaver, and Mr Raymond 11. Smith. So far as is known now, the name "Recreation Hall" nal be retained for the new building. There has been no movement apparent for a change, ac cording to word from the President's office and the dedication committee. and geologists Awn all pelts of the country. An esti:lunation of the Polylith in its present condition levee's that there ate apprommately twenty-five different rucks that have withstood atmospheric alterations exceptionally well and thirty-si that hose under gone only a 5013 slight change Students of geology uho lone c, monied the Polylith and studied the changes which have taken place in the rock remotions, have classified the yamus stone, according to their adaptability for building purposes, based on appeatunce, lecture and dur ability Cm sun freshmen of the College, upon questioning the reason for the election of the Polylith, often are led to believe a "wild tale" by upperclass men that beneath the foundation of the towel tog column of 'orb rests the bones of old "Jerry," v hose skeleton occupies a place an the College 111 U. scum "Jetty" is the mule that haul ed the stone for Old Male, the first College building elected on the camp us, seventy Yeats ago. PRICE FIVE CENTS Penn State Scores 20 Points In Final Matches CAPTAIN WILSON REGAINS INTERCOLLEGIATE CROWN Campbell Loses to Graham By Referee's Award After 2 Extra Periods Penn State's wrestlers, after a pool shooing in the pielinnnalies and semi finals, rallied in the final iound match es to extend then score to 20 points and tie with Cornell for the iunner-up position to Lehigh, who retained the championship with a point total of 20. Captain Ted Wilson, the only Lion matman to gun a title, came through with flying colors to retain his mown non in 1028 Predicted by critics to bow before Lewis of Lehigh, the dim inutive Nittany lender reversed all dope by defeating Lewis in the semi finals and winning the intercollegiate title Only two ness champions time crowned since lice title winneis in the 1928 meet retained their diadems Le high scored 1 individual title, Cornell :and Yale 2 each, and Pi ineeton arc! ' Penn State 1 apiece The only de fending champion to chop his crown ties Captain Arthur Lehi of Lehigh aho lost in a decision to Stafford Cornell, in the 175-pound division. Stafford won the unlimited title last ear Burnett Dodd, of Vole, ine 143- pound champion, non the clown in the 135-pound class and opened th 6 way for Sargent, a teammate, to gum his foxmer title. The Lion train total sons increased considerably by second-place winners Hubler, Eisonman and Campbell The latter lost out in the finals in one of the most unusual eNehia eser to occur in collegiate wrestling. At the end of 2 extra periods Graham, Princeton and defending champion, and Camp bell were ordered back to the mat for 2 extra periods During the regular fifteen-minuto period neither grappler went to the mat, each entert: ming a high regard for the other and theieby being very cautious. During the extra peimik, Graham took the defensne and quick ly broke the hold Campbell was equally successful when he went down in the second extra nailed A conference of conches and officials followed and it was decided to permit tuo more periods This action wit% later imected and referee Hei called upon to rondo a decision, nuarded the sictory to Graham MIMES Prospects fin n championship seem ed very dim at the end of the whin mai), mounds Although 5 n.en had sum sed the rust rounds only 2 points had been scored against 8 by Cornell. The only possible points in the pie limmaries score g. tiled by falls Pearce secure' the opening points by thiowing Baker of Columbia in 7 min utes and 17 seconds. Steele opened the activities Con Penn State by , inning hi , first bout with a time adsantage of 2 minutes and 45 seconds over Colnmu• of Stint °ton I Capt in Wilson had little trouble in continuing his success, securing a time, adventage of 8 minute. and 29 seconds over Penney of Syracuse. Ilubler dal not fare so well as Ins teammates In his opening bout he met Dodd of Yale 142-pound ch. mmon last yea. Dodd secured a tune advantage of G min utes and 8 seconds oven the Lion Emenman ens defented by Sargent of Yale. The Eli giappler had little difficulty in securing a 7 minute and 44 second time adsantage oven the Nnttanv maim:in Campbell ...mod Lion winning wili:,s by sec using a de cision oven Jamieson of Syracuse with a time advantage of i minutes and 40 seconds Crimplen also secured a (Continued on last page) Today— The Bullosopher Discusses The Co-ed Ban Editorials 1. A Misleading Ratio 2. Victory in Defeat
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