, 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
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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.
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Big Red
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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
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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-'
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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,
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`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
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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
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Today—
The Bullosopher
Discusses
The Co-ed Ban
Editorials
1. A Misleading Ratio
2. Victory in Defeat