Batsmen Hit South VOL. 25, No. 46 BATSMEN OPPOSE MIDDIES IN FIRST GAME TOMORROW Meet Georgetown, Duke, North Carolina During Annual Southern Trip LIONS PLAY ST. VINCENT , NINE AT HOME APRIL 13• Nittany Infield Shals • Farm as Bezdek_ Trains , Charges , For Contests An untried Navy baseball' team will meet Navy foeswhen Coach Hugo Bezdek leads , his diamond charges to Annapolis; Hd.; for the opening game of the season, tomorrow. , The game with the Midshipmen will be the first contest of the' annual ser ies with southern Institutions. Fol.' lowing the contest at Annapolis the batsmen will journey to Washington, 1). C., where they will meet,represen tafives of Georgetown' university Thursday. Duke , university wilt furnish oppo sition to the Lions when, they' go to Durham, N. C., for a threes-game ser ies on Friday, Saturday and Monday. Tuesday the Nittany team will op pose North Carolina at Chapel liill as the last game of the trip. The home season will be opened April 13 when Bezdek's charges , en counter the St. Vincent team on New Beaver field. Infield in Shape Under the tutelage of Coach Bez dek; the - Nittany infield is rounding into shape for the ,opening contest, although all - positions have not been definitely assigned. The first base position- I. problematical with Ed Young, lanky sophomore, giving ESTl tett, George.Delp a hard fight for the berth. -If.young's'hitting power con tinues.to_intopvg he,wllllprnbably-re civic th - e — PoSition-while - Doli will re= turn to the outfield where he perform. ed last year. Bill Dobbeltutr, veteran infielder, has been holding doter' the second base as signment capably during the practice sessions against the second string con. i lunation. He will probably be found at that position when the season opens. At short stop Coop French has been steadily improving although] Heinio Grove is giving him a hard I fight for fielding honors. Coop, how ever, has the, edge on Grove at bat and will probably receive the call. Beginning his last season ai a mem.; her of a Penn State athletic team,Allie Wolff, veteran third baseman, will see; service during the southern trip, Salta.' nian, last year's freshman catcher, e will, probably receive the backstop assign.; ment. Deidrich, Singley and Buchanan! hove been holding down the outfield! positions. In case Young is used at' first, Captain Delp will probably re lieve Buchanan in right field. Pitchers in Doubt ' Conch Besilek will take fifteen men on the southern trip. Included in this number will be as many pitchers as it IS possible to accommodate. No choice has been made of the pitchers who will accompany the team south. Lochard, Millburn, Neuburn, Stokes, Fry, Lecher and Kepler have all been performing in a capable man ner on the mound. None of these men have had experience in varsity compe tition. Coach Bendel, has been drilling the team in batting and base running as well as fielding daring the past week. Four-iniung scrimmages have been hold daily, with the second string team' as opposition. , Practice sessions were discontinued over the weekend. Yesterday the final drill was held before leaving for Ann apolis today. ALPHA CHI RHO SECURES I. F. RING CHAMPIONSHIP Defeating PI Kappa Alpha by a setae of 4 to 1, Alpha Chi Rho cap tured the interfraternity boxing championship in the Reemation Hall ring last Tuesday. Two bouts, the 141-pound battle and the 160-pound sett°, were extra round fights. The heavyweight con test was stopped in the second round. Pi Kappa Alpha won their lone bout in the 125-pound class. 1928 LACROSSE CAPTAIN JOINS PENN A. C. TEAM Johnny &Meld, captain of last season's lacrosse team, will play with the Penn A. C. stickmen' when they encounter the University of Pennsyl vania twelve in Philadelphia Setup day. , i 41, :run a r "i('?. , ;- i-,k4.; . sp\s" . •rtr ta 1 z.,..,:,,::::„.• U4s. 1 A Sunken Navy 4•.., :..„.7 , PENN TO PROVIDE SITE OF 1930 RING TOURNEY The University of Pennsylvania will play host to the members of the In. tercolleginte Boxing association dur ing the 1930 tournament, officials of the organization decided Saturday. Mr. George B. Thurston, graduate manager of athletics at Syracuse uni lersity, was elected president of the association, and Ernest B. Couzens, University of Pennsylvania, vice-pros. Went, while Dr. Francis C. Grant was retained as secretary. The officials decided to eliminate the .unlimited class believing it un suited for college boxing. The 160- pound division will be raised to 166- pounds and a 155-pound class insertel. Western Maryland was admitted to membership in the assoemtion. PROF. F. P. WEAVER TO SPEAK TONIGHT Ag Economics Head Will Discuss Taxes , in Third Number of ' L. A. Lecture Series CONDUCTS RESEARCHES ON REVENUE PROBLEMS Pennsylvania's tax problems will be discussed by Prof. Frederick P. Weav er, head of the agricultural economics department, m the third Liberal Arts lecture in Old Chapel at 7:16 o'clOck tonight. "Inequalities. of the Pennsyhania Tax Burden" will be the subject cf Professor Weaver's address. Mr. Syl vester K. Stevens, instructor in hist ory, will Introduce the speaker. Since 1925 Professor Weaver has Conducted research work on the State tax burden The first year's work v.as carried on in conjunction with the State department of agriculture. . In dealing with thq question, the speaker -will show how the payment of,, taxes --by cdifferent.,,:e.ecppational groups compares. with their wealth and income. He will list a number of measures that would alleviate some of the unequal burdens. He will outline shares of the tax i burden paid by venous industries, such as agriculture, manufacturing, min ing, and commercial trades He says that even taxes paid by these bodies 'a r er unequally distributed., "Farmer's taxes require a forty ' three percent' greater share‘of the in ' come. than that of other people in the State," -Professor Weaver stated yes terday. This problem, he believes. should be settled in some manner in order _to aid tiro agriculturist. Various means being taken by the State to equalize the tax burden will be explimed by the lecturer. One bill now before the Legislature aims to ex tend more State aid to third and fourth class school districts Professor Weaver expects to show that real estate is supporting too large a share of the tax burden, v,hereas the construction industry is payin the least. Other heavily taxed =du tries are farming and coming, he said. Tonight's speaker has been connect ed with the College for nineteen years Before becoming a member of the ag ricultural economics department, he Sias doing extension work. ' CLASS MATMEN MEET The annual sophomore-freshman wrestling scrap will begin at 7 o'clock tonight in Recreation Hall. Wrest ling coach Speidcl announces that the contestants must weigh'in at 4 o'clock this afternoon. GRADUATE SCHOOL COMPRISES SCHOLARS FROM 71 INSTITUTES Seventy-one educational institutions are represented among the students registered in the Graduate School, a report submitted by Dr Carl E. Mar quardt, College examiner, to the ad ministrative hoard states. The most distant representative is from Technische Hosehule in Munich, Germany. Another scholar from a foreign shore seemed his undergrad uate training at the University of Porto Rico. Two graduates from the University of Arkansas and two from Montana State Teachers college also arc listed among the distant representatives. Oregon State Agricultural college and Washington State college are in cluded in the roll of institutions. Pennsylvania leads in the number of schools sending delegates, with twenty-foul colleges listed. Ohio, Ill inois, New York, Massachusetts/and Michigan have, several institutions represented. Among the larger universities of the country included on the report are STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1929 PRESIDENT HETZEL FORMALLY OPENS RECREATION HALL Executive Dedicates New Gym To Physical Welfare of Penn State Men DR. McKENZIE DISCUSSES PLAN FOR IDEAL SYSTEM Judge Mitchell, Coach Bezdek Trace Development in Unit's History Dedicating the new structure to the physical improvement of Penn State students, President Ralph D. HetzeL formally opened Recreation Hall at a special service in the building Sans day afternoon. 'ln closing the ceremony, President Retool declared: "I, now declare this building dedicated and consecrated to the high purpose of the education of the' Men of the Pennsylvania State College in physical well being, high skill;mentnl alertness and large spirt." Dr. R. Tad McKenzie, the principal speaker, brought greetings from Uni versity of Pennsylvania, where he is a faculty member. He congratulated the College, upon the possession of the new sports hall. -• • Outlines Ideal System The historical development of phys ical education to its present promin ence in collegiate curricula vas traced by Dr. McKenzie. Ile started the story at a period when physical train ing vas vigorously opposed by edu cators. He devoted the last past of his ad dress to explaining his plan for an ideal physical education plant. He emphasized the need for a well equip ped department under the supervision of a fully qualified director. 'There should be advisory councils of both alumni and students to voice their Minden! 'regarding athletics," the speaker concluded. Preceras Key Director Hugo Bezdek of the phys ical education department ieviewed the former need of such a building. He then stated the plans for the fu ture and voiced an expression of ap preciation to those who aided in erect ing the hall. . Following the principle address, Prof. Charles L Kinsloe, president of the alumni association, presented the large Monza key denoting ownership of the building to Judge H. Walton Mitchell, chanman of the Board of 'Trustees. Campaign for Funds First efforts to secure money for a physical education building were start . oil almost ten years ago when meet logs were held and a subscription campaign actually started to collect funds for a new building. Not much progress was made until I the emergency building fund campaign of 1922, that listed Recreation Hall us lone of its principal objectives. Dfoncy from this fund was used to erect the ' new structure. Construction wm k on the building was started in February, 1928 Class es were first held in the gymnasium in January. Proposed plans call for the erection of two more units, one to house a swimming pool and the other a locket room and shave•. The new gymnasium compares fav orably with those in use in other col leges and universities throughout the countrfr ' It has a permanent seating 'capacity of approximately six thous and persons and can he increased Columbia, Helvetii, New York um varsity, Cornell and Pennsylvania Dartmouth college and Michigan State college have sent graduates. Penn State leads with eighty-nine graduates enrolled. Bucknell univei sity is second with seven and Susque hanna university third with five. Get tysbuig and Lebanon Valley colleges etch sent four lepresentatives. Of the two hundred graduates en rolled in the School 119 are men and 81 are women. This number has in creased over last year's enrollment of 149. In addition, students have transfer red to the regular session dining the present year from seventy-five insti tutions. In the first semester 145 stu dents wore transferied while thirty = changed the second semester The number admitted through trans, fee at the beginning of the second sem ester this year is approximately as many as where admitted throughout tho entire term ten yews ago, Di. Marquardt stated. VIENNESE EDUCATOR TO GIVE LECTURE APRIL 8 i Dr. Paul Dengler of Vienna has been secured by the School of Educa tion to deliver a lecture April 8 in the University Club. Dr. Denglces address will be the last of the series of-lectures on aspects of foreign educatiOn to be presented by the School of Education this year. The lecturer was secured through the Institute of International Educetion. Faculty and students Interested in this subject may attend free of charge. NORTHWESTERN TO DEBATE 'LION TRIO Will Discuss Jury Trial System Tonight in Altoona High School Auditorium ILLINOIS TEAi'I INCLUDES PRIZE-WINNING ORATORS Debating on theentents of the pre ' sent Jury system,Ac Penn State for ensic trio will meeMiepresentatives of Northwestern unicursity in an audi ence decision cont4t in the Altoona High School auditorium at eight o'clock tonight. :h• ' Northwestern is.Ya membei of the Western Conferene Debating league, which has the snip membership as that of the Big Ten Athletic confer ence. Last year ."debaters from the western university`-:engaged in more than seventy-five contests. The western men - ,'ilefending the pro position, "Resolvedp, That Trial By Jury Shall Bedthuligbed," are debaters of several years- experience Mr. 1. Katz, a junior law 'student, has had five years training.ns an intercolleg iate debater. Mr Samuel J. Sherman won senior speech honors in 1927, and all mator teal prizes offered ,at Northnesteri Ile has been an intercollegiate debater for fodr years.. My. John Doesburg, ho - -follovied'Ali;Siforman in Ida.un dergraduate courses, has had three years- experience and has also won every:prize offered by the Northnest ern School of Speech. Penn State will be represented by the veteran negative team on the jury question consisting of Kenneth Hood '3O, L Neil Keller, '3l and Robert W. Haley '29. This trio has discussed the question with nice from Rutgers, Kansas, and Western Reserve. I==III Using the' Oregon plan of deba'e for the first time, the debaters nilt meet Die Dickinson orators at Carlisle to discuss the jury question some time in Apill. Penn State will take the negativo sole of the argument. The outstanding feature of the Ore gon Plan of debating is the direct questioning and cross examination (Continued on last page) COON-SANDERS TO PLAY . AT JUNIOR PROM MAY 3 CommitteeEngag,es Nighthawks As Dance Orchestra for Upperclass Affair Appeal tog in Pennsylvania tot the last time until June 1030, Coon-San ders Nighthawks will furnish the mu sic far the Junior Picini to be held in Recreation Hall May 3. After the Prom the otilestia will leave for the West where they will be engaged for mote than a year. The band consists of ten pieces. In strumental solos, college medleys and other entertainment will be presented, as well as vocal duets by Carleton Coon and Joseph Sanders, co-directors. Expeits declare the Nighthawks one of the best dance combinations in the country. They recently von the title as "most entertaining unit" in a national popularity contest conducted by Radio Aim The orcheitia also holds the world's recold for a contin uous ran at one theater, having played at the Newman show house in Kansas City, Mo., deity consecutive weeks. Coon-Sanders Nighthawks have played at the Nighthawk Club in Kan sas City, Mo, Congiess Rotel, Chi cago, 111., and Young's Million Dallas Pies in Atlantic City, N. J The or chestra featured the "Insomnia Club" and "Nutty Club" broadcasting per lads eves Stations KYW and WBBM, Chicago. BOXING ELECTIONS Manager John N. Engel '3O Assistant Managers DeVete B. Decker '3l J. Neely McCown '3l W. Joseph Miller '3l Ringmen Smash Way to' Victory Over Navy Champions As Wolff, Hamas and Epstein Annex Titles Wolff Closes Brilliant Career Undefeated; Hamas Duplicates Feat; Epstein Wins First "The Champion: Mr. Wolff of Penn State" These words meant mole to Captain Allic Wolff Saturday night than at my other time during the past three years The Lion captain had heard these same words on two other occasions, after the intercollegiate boxing tourney at Syracuse in 1027, and after the championship bouts ut Pennsylvania last year. These words sounded the death knell for Wolff's boxing career, a career unmarred by defeat. During his reign as intercollegiate 160-pound cham pion, Alhe has won twenty-eight bouts. His record is unequalled in col lege ranks Captain Claude Ricketts of Navy, Moret of Navy, Ekaitis of Western Maryland, Sebo of Syracuse, Flynn of M. I. T. and Klepac of Western Maryland are but a few of the brilliant punchers who have bossed before the boxing skill of Alhe. "The Chammon: Mr. Haman of Penn State." Once before Steve llamas heard these words. Entering the ring on a day's notice in 1927, the star Lion athlete gained his first intercollegiate crown. It was Dynamite Joe lavoti of Syracuse who blocked Steve's path to the title, not only Saturday night, but also in 1027. On both ocersions Steve proved himself the champion. Last yeas Steen was defeated by Grant of N. Y. U. in a close encounter. "The Champion: Mr. Epstent of Penn State." Julius Epstein heard these words prior to Saturday night, but, only in his dream, When Eddie Lyon,,offirial tournament announcer, made the decision public, Epstein Virtually leaped with Joy. It seas a dream come true for the Lion flash Eppie's ambition now is to dream of tun mom such announcements. NgailgliAA IN FIFTH CONCLAVE Dean Ray, Miss Helen F. Faust Speak Before Honorary Sophomore Group SOCIETY ELECTS HELEN BUCEWALTER TO OFFICE Delegates from the six,ehapteis of Covens, national honorary sophomore netbaties fraternity,- assembled at Penn State during the past week-end for their fifth annual convention. Opening with a dinner at the home of Mrs. Frank W. Haller Friday night, the meeting was continued on Satur day morning in the freshman dormi tory at 108 Foster avenue. Address es of welcome were delivered by Dean Charlotte E. Ray and Miss Helen F. Faust, alumnae Coen. Following the opening addresses, the regular business of the fraternity ass discussed and elections acre held Miss Margaret Hall of the University of Pittsburgh was elected national preident, Miss Helen Buckwalter of Penn State, vice-president and bliss Emma Ferrell of Missouri, secretary treasurer. Fraternit) Started at Pitt The group held a formal banquet at the Centre Hills country club Satur day night Sunday morning do dele gates attended the chapel services The convention was concluded with a dinner at McAllister Hall. The frateinity was formed in 1921 at the Unieersity of Pittsburgh. At that time Dean of Women Thyrese Amos organized a group of girls prom inent in sophomre activities into an honoary society. In 1925 the national organization of CeeNns +was organized with ehopte,s from the Unie orsity of Pittsburgh, Missouri and Miami university The Penn State chapter seas admitted as the fourth member of the group in 1927. Since that time chapters from Allegheny, Muskingum, and Carnegie Tech have been admitted. EDUCATION PROFESSORS VISIT STATE SCHOOLS Instructors Address Meetings In Philadelphia, Sunbury, New York City In tonnection with their work here, members of the faculty of the School of Education have recently attended meetings in several parts of the State. Pi of. Mark M. Walter, of the hides trial education department, addiessed a regional meeting of the Pennsyl vania State Educational association at Sunbury last week. His topic was "The Industrial Arts in Junior High Schools." Three other members of the group, Di. Arthur S. Harrel, Dr. Carol D. Champlin and D. F. Theodore Struck, attended the sisteenth annual meet ing of Schoolmen's Week at the Uni versity of Pennsylvania from Wed nesday to Satui day of last meek Doctor Struck is attending a meet ing on apprenticeship training in New York City today. The meeting is un der the direction of the Federal Bond of Vocational Training. EDDY TO PRESENT LECTURE COURSE National Y. M. C. A. Secretary Will Address Student Body Here April 14-16 COMPLETES EXTENSIVE TOUR- OF UNIVERSITIES Completing a five months' tour 'if America and a series of lectures at I. colleges and universities, Dr. Sher wood Eddy, national secretary of the Y. M. C. A., will address the student body on four occasions in Schwab and litorium from April 14 to It. I Dr. Eddy, a Yale ginduate, has triv ; riled and spoken to student mid ems ,in thn ty countries of Europe and lAsia. It is said that he is the most popular American speaker on those continents. Several times, when he spoke in Canton and Pekin, the lam. , l est halls were filled to capacity repeat-' edly as he delivered the same speech in order that he might be heard by all students in the city. During his tour of the Orient, Dr. Eddy unshed among the students in Japan, Korea, Chin... India, the Near East ..nd Russia By request, he ad dressed the Chinese provincial parlia ments, beau!, of bade and gotein ment institutions In 1911, he was appointed seem etary for the Asian Y. M. C. A. a oil. in international com -1111..0115. "The Awakening of India," is the title of a book which he wrote while in the Oiient He wrote also "The New Era in Asia," in 1013; "The Stu dents of Asia," in 1915, "Suffering and the War," in 191 G, and "With Our Soldiers in France," in 1917. Several other of his books have been published in India and England Arrange Talks Dr. Eddy has submitted a numbei of speech topics for consideration by Harry W. Seamans, Penn State Y. H. C. A. secretary who has arranged for his ~ mit to State College. Final se lection of the subjects has not as yet been made Dr. Eddy's visit will be followed by other noted speakers Dr. A. J. El holt, widely known as "Dad" Elliott, will be the guest of the Y M. C. A. next October Dr. Henry Crane, who gave a series of talks here last year and who te‘m ited State College early tins month, Will make his third appeaiance hoe ne,t!minty as a result of recent negotiations ENGINEERS AND MINERS BEGIN INSPECTION TRIPS Spring uripection lips by senior and junior students in the School of Mine, and Atetalluigy and by the up petelass engineers have begun and will continue during the next Ws weelo Senior civil and sanitary engineers are now inspecting plants at Wan ler Ridge, Altoona, Pittsburgh, Duquesne, Ambildge and Glen Osborne. ThJ senior mechanical engineers are in specting via loos incluatt ies at Waynes boro, Baltimore, Newport News, Not • folk, New Yolk and Philadelphia ' Junior students in mining engineel mg and geology are visiting flazloton, Lansford and Lebanon. Tho Petrol eum engineers are visiting the oil fields near Washington, Oil City, But ler and Bradford. PRICE FIVE CENTS Lions Score 23 Points, 10 More Than • Middies HOLY, DAVIS FINISH IN RUNNER-UP I'OSITIONS Western Maryland Earns Third Honors As Crosby, Klepac Triumph Over Foes ' Foundering under the impact of leather-fisted fire, Navy's invading fleet sins repulsed and then blasted from its lofty ring perch by Ponn State's straight-shooting bons Satur day night before 6,000 boxing enthus lasts in Recreation Hall Three titleholdei s, Johns Epstein ' in the bantamueight class, Captain Attic Wolff in the muldleueight div ision, and Steve Haman in the heavy weight class, enabled Coach Leo Hooch's charges to gain the pinnacle by a mai gin of ten points Navy trailed with a total of thir teen points, Western Maryland was two points in arrears of the Midship men. Penn State's decisive victory deadlocked the sciies count, the new champions end Navy each having Aron the intercollegiate trophy three timez Steve Hamas virtually assured the Nittany ringmen of the title in the sonn-final round by battering Moon Chapple, Navy heavyweight, into sub mission in the added round of a slash ing bout The victory placed five Penn State punchers in the finals to Navy's three. Epstein Clinches Title Julius Epstein, flashy Lion bantam weight, clinched the championship in the first bout Saturday night when his lightning-like left pushed Ernie Fry, hard-hitting Midshipman, off the approach to the throne. The triumph put the title beyond the reach or Spike Webb's invaders. After Captain Allie Wolff' hail ended t his boxing career undefeated by smashing haul lefts into the stomach lof Paul Itfoiet, pinch-puncher for Cap tain Claude Ricketts of Navy, Steve Hama, completely submerged the ser vice team's cause by outboxing Dyna mite Joe Livoti, Syracuse's hem} , , rteight slugger. Aggressor from the opening bell, Charley. Fish, veteran Georgetoun puncher, gained the verdict oven Jack Davis, Lion uelterweight, in a hard fought match Pitted against Johnny Fitzgerald, lugged Midshipman, in his final intercollegiate bout, Stan Kola koski, vetman Lion feathent eight, dropped a close decision to the nen champion Cr o,l ), Klepac Champions The. other Penn State punches, Boni Casom and Marty McAndrews, acre unaided third places by [micas. Casein nag elnninated in the semi finals by Ciosby, new light,eight champion, nhde Klemm, the other Western MaayLnil title-bold., out punched Marty McAndrews in the 175-pound seen-finals Coach Len Houck's bantamweight find, Julius Epstein. fought one of the cleverest bouts of the tout coy in con quering Navy's hope, Ernie Fry. The Lion flash played a tattoo on the face of his rugged foe throughout the thtes roui.Js, Fry's blonde head bobbing back and forth as Epstein's stiff left jab held the hard-fisted Middy at bay. Fargerald sues too strong for Stan Kolakoski in the featherweight clash. The Midshipman never stopped his relentless attach, pounding away at the body and face of the Linn veteran in the rust, stanza Ile hail Koly in bad shape at the rinse of the second round. Koly retaliated in the last se, sion, hoe ever, and carried tilt fight to the hard-punching champion The judges anaided the bout to Fitzgei ald. Weakened considerably by the say age attack of Carom in the seini-fina (Continued on last page) Today— Editorials 1. 'The Champion: Mr. Penn State" 2. Education and Earning Po*er 3. Another Man's Goal