VOL. 26, No. 10 COLLEGEPREPARES FOR HOMECOMING DAYCROWD FRIDAY Alumni Will Celebrate Gathering With Specially Arranged Week-end Events GOLF TOURNEY TO START OPENING DAY ACTIVITIES Visitors May Inspect Campus And View Movies of ‘Old Main’s Last Stand’ Final picpaialions aio being made for the annual Homecoming of alum ni and foimer students to be held this week-end at the College. The pro gram will open Friday with a go!i tournament and close with chapel ser vices Sunday morning. Special airangcments have been made by the chairmen of the various committees so that the week-end, visitois will be kept busy during their stay heie Alumni officials ex pect one of the largest Homecoming | day ciowds in recent ycais to attend; the Lafayette-Pcnn State football game Satuiduy afternoon. Several new features arc listed on this year’s program foi tho enjoj - ment of the guests Among the m no\atinns aic a campus tour includ ing a visit to all new buildings on the campus, and a senes of College mov ies showing “Old Main’s Last Stand The campus tour will open the piogiam Saturday morning. Various, members of the administrative board; and inembeis of the Blus Key socie-i ty will act as guides The tourists: will visit the new Main Enginecnng building, Mmcial Industries building,: and othei new structures. Plnn Smoker and Party After the tour, a special cafetciia lunch, will be scived at the ArmoiVj undet the direction of the State Col-! lege Parent-Teacher’s association. Hay Watkins ’2J, has chaigc of the lunch eon service. A football game will do' ■tfrff'cortteF'ol ■attraction* in "the after-; noon. i Miss Helen E Cleaver '24, is com-j plctmg anangeinents for the alumnae i paity to be held in Grange Memorial doimitoty from 7 until 9 o’clock Sal-j uulnv night. A special piogiam of mtciost to women graduates ot the College is planned by the committee' in charge. j One of the big events of the holi day is a smoker and cider patty to; complete the cnteitammcnt end of the: niTuir. Officials reveal that no speak cis will be called upon, but an in teresting progiam is being planned Will F Ilnll ’l9 and Hummel Fisli buin '22 have chaige of this event. B. 0. T. C. RECEIVES 11 NEW OFFICERS Facull} Members and Townspeople Greet Army, Navy Men at Military Reception Aim} and Navy officcis and then 1 wives who me spending then Inst yent heie were welcomed to Penn' Stnte by the faculty membcis of the College military staff at a formal ie-' ceptior in the Um/eisity club Sat uiday night Four United States Aimy officeis and seven Navy officcis wcic mtioducod to moic than 200' guest*: at the lcccption. ] ' Colonel and Mis. McCaskcy topic-. sented tho College military depat t ment on the leception committee. The new* Aimy olhceis and their wives,' including Captain and Mis R. P.! Cook, Captain and Mis W A. Holl ycr, Captain and Mrs. R R. Louden and Lieutenant L 0. Williams, to gether with the Navy officcis and then wives compused the rcmaindci of the committee. Lieutenant W. G Bucli, Lieuten ant C J Catci, Lieutenant C. Mooie, Lieutenant H N Williams, Licutcn-, With the cooperation of Prof Fietlj ant J. C Lester, Lieutenant R. N 'l, Hendrick, of the engineering c.\-' Smoot, and Lieutenant R L Dcnni-' tension' dcpaitmcnt, the Wilmcrding son arc the naval men doing gradu-|Y. M.. C A is offeiing a couise of ate woik at Penn State. j lectuies foi employees of the Westing- Captain L C "Wheat intioduced the h OUi j Q Air Biakc company intcicstcd faculty members and townspeople (r , foicmanslnp who attended the dance and suppci' At a picliminaiy meeting of the to tho newcomers. This year’s le- couise ipembcis, Prof Call G. Gaum ccptiop was the second military wcl-' 0 f the extension depnitment, spoke come to be held at Penn State. Last on “The Foicman and Industiy.” Of yeai a similar guthonng was held at|tkials of the company have cxpicsscd Centre Hills Country club in favotable opinion on the value of - ■ 1 o - • i the couise. PITT WILL FILM ACTIVITIES | o A moving picture, “Life at Pitt,’’ depicting the activities of the college) Becoming tiled of the ligois of yeni will bo pioduccd by the Umvev-* study Miss Pay Gillis, a student ntj sity of Pittsburgh students under the Michigan State college last year, has auspices of the honoiary dianmtic’gamed lccognltion ns the lust air- Pntu otatr A SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR WRITES FOR JOURNAL Penn /State is ic'picsented in the euncnt Issue of the Journal of So ciology and Social Rcscaich by an atticle written by Piof Edwin F. Bamford, of the department of soci ology, entitled “A New- Aid to Re search on Clime” Piofcssoi Bamfoul, in his nrticlc, calls the attention of sociologists and icscaich woikeis m the gcncial field cf social science to some of the recent developments of repoits, bibliogia phica, encyclopedias, and othci basic tools for social icscaich, ns developed by social scientists of national and international leputntion. AG OFFICIAL PLANS 27 SHORT COURSES Opens 15 Subjects to Students During First Half Term And 12 in Second Opportunity to study twenty-seven different subjects wilfbc afToidcd stu dents cm oiling in winter shoit cours es in agriculture, Piof Austin L Pat rick, in chaige of the woik, announced lecently Beginning January 2, the courses will continue until late m February. During the hist four weeks, the following subjects will be taught, soils, forage ctops, faun manage ment, farm machinoiy, animal diseas es, stock judging feeding farm ani mals, testing dairy pioducts, dairy cattle management, fiuit growing, vegetable gardening, faim poultiy, insects, faim butchering, and faim forestry In the second half of the tcim twelve subjects will be taught These include soil fertility cereals, po tatoes, livestock management, judg ing dairy cattle, dairy cattle breed ing, cow testing associations and ad vanced registiy, fiuit glowing, vego : tabletgardening, plant diseases, farm {poultry, and rural life. “These courses are designed es { pecmlly for those who_cannot or do not I wisK to spend - foui, or even two, years ! in college, but who desire to become I familial with the latest agricultural | information and practices,” Profes soi* Patrck stated “The icmaikablc | accomplishments of hundreds of former shoit com sc men and women . have pioved the value of this type of work.” 1500 MINERS TAKE COLLEGE COURSES Staff of .10 Instructors Will Train Special Group During 3-Year Night School Session I Fifteen hundicd coal mine employ ieci have emolled in night mining) ; schools now being established through-, out the State by the School of Mines j ■ and Mctalluigy with the coopciatiom 1 oi fhc coal companies, College officials] .icpoit | ‘ Although only a thousand students iweic e\pected to rcgistci for the couiscs, tho cniollmcnt hns been so' 'laigc that a staff of thnty instiuc-i ‘toic, assisted by lectuicis fiom each! i company will be maintained, engm-l ccimg extension heads announce. j Tiammg is to be conducted on n thiee-year plan, clusscs meeting twice] ■ r week foi twenty weeks each yeai j Elenientaiy, advanced, and special ] phases of mining will be taught by j Collego instructor, this woik being 1 , supplemented by talks on piacticai l mining subjects by company officials | Schools will operate m seven cities ir the anthincite legions including l Pottsville, Shenandoah Mt Caimel, .’Tower City, Scianton, Wilkes-Barre, ; and Carbondule. I WILMERDING ‘Y’ SCHEDULES ! EXTENSION LECTURE COURSE BECOMES ’PL \NE SALESLADY STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1929 Y.M.C. A, LEADERS START DRIVE FOR FINANCIAL BUDGET Committee Chairman Announces Goal as $3500 —Campaign llegins Monday DIVISION rfEADS TO OPEN ACTIVITIES WITH BANQUET Student Pledges Will Be Added. To Registration Fees of Second Semester Setting the goal for the 1929-30 financial campaign at $3500, the Penn State Y M C. A. will begin the opening lap of its annual drive foi funds Monday night, Aichibald M Holmes ’3O, chairman of the cam paign committee, announced yostci day. , As the starting gun in the cam paign, a banquet will be held Mon day night at the University club at which division leaders and captains will gatner Wellington H. Timkei. executive secietary of the intercol legiate oigamzation m New Yoik City, will speak at the banquet. College authonties this year have given their consent lor the payment of contributions when legistenng at the beginning of the second semester This campaign is for the puiposc of raising funds to be used in studon. service and activities only, "Y” of ficials icpoit “Eveiv penny contributed to th» student toivicc budget is icturncd m the form of sei vices to the studen. body, or activities in which the ‘Y’ is actively engaged,” said Theodore Wolie, picstdent of the Y. M. C. A. 30 Division Leaders Organization of the campaign will ;be headed by Holmes and duectly un tier him will be approximately 30 di vision leaders Fiateimties, rooming houses, and doimitoues will be divid ed into sections, each undci the di rection of a'jdivision Jeader, Holmes states' Students contributing $3 00 or more will be eligible to iccetve membership caids which are acceptable m more than 1,000 city associations through out the country Membership pnv lieges and special lates aie granted to those possessing cards ; Publicity for the campaign will he j furnished in a leaflet containing ,t; summary of the activities which the j *Y’ is now cairymg on and an explan ; ation of the student budget. Official, expected that at different times dur ing the campaign 150 men will be on gaged in the woik CORNELL WILL EXPEND $5,000,000 ON BUILDINGS University of Pennsylvania To Erect I New College Edifices Jr ar extensive iinpiovcment cam paign Cornell university officials nro planning to spend $5,000,000 on new structures and equipment Many new building o , will be elected and many old ones are to be replaced by new and moie modem edifices At the same time the University of Pcrinsylvama announces that foui new buildings aie in the pioccss ol election at an appioxnnate cost ol : $1,400,P00 JOURNALIST VISITS COLLEGE \ Fied Fuller Shedtl, editor of the) Philadelphia Evcumy IluUetm, was j the guest of College officials last week-, end Mi. Shedd, who is the head of tho State publishers’ journalism ad visory committee, came here to ob serve the woik of the journalism de partment and to offer suggestions for new courses. Mont Alto Fres; Dinks Flourish 120 Miles From College—Classes Follow Study Hour Rule Fifty-five freshmen who are enroll ed in the School of Fotestiy at Mont Alto nic undeigoing the unusual ex periences of wealing green dinks and abiding by nil freshman customs that mo obscivcd at the College, accoiding* to Prof. John A Fciguson, heud of tho foicstry department, who recently icturned from Mont Alto, j “Although these students me 120 miles fiom their Alma Mntei, the spirit of Penn State is gtndually bo- TO ACT AS HEAD OP SENIOR BALL GROUP PAUL S. WILLIAMS MO Paul S. Williams ’JO will serve as chairman of the Scnioi Ball committee, F. Bruce Baldwin ’3O, scmoi class president announced last night Williams is secretary of Student council this year and filled the same position on Student board last year He is a member of Blue Key society Other mcmbeis of the committee and the date foi the function will be named soon ORATORS PREPARE FOR FIRST DEBATE Meet Experienced‘New Zealand Forensic Trio on Second Annual Invasion “Resolved That Trial by Jury Be J Abolished,” will be the topic foi riis-; cussion, when Penn State’s forensic ■ team meets the New Zealand team in 1 Schwab auditorium, November 7. \ Making their second round-thc-. world debating tup, the visitors aiel well acquainted with the American 1 college audience and theu icactions to the English styled d?batc The team members arc al.'giaduates or students of Victoria college, a branch of tho University of New Zealand. Guy R Fowles, who will be the fust speaker for the British trio, is a lawyei, piacticmg befoie the buptomc couit of Now Zealand, and a grad uate student at Vietoiia college He [is an honor student, active in literary land debating affairs, ahd-a lieutenant m the New Zealand Tctritonal foi ; cos. Announce Speakers William J Mountjoy, the second speaker of the team, is a college] leetuioi m English and history and 1 a student m the institution. He nai ivon numerous pnzes and fellowships m debating and oratoiy. Waltei J Hall, the thud mcmbci of the gioup, holds the degree ot Mast A i of Arts in history and is now iegis jtorod in the law couisc at Victoria! j college He has picviously seived ■ ns a college lecturer, as editor ol the j Victoria college student papei “Tno • Spike,” and also as a lieutenant m ! the New Zealand Teiritonal foices Opposing the New Zealand team will be Kenneth Hood, Ml, and F { Meiton Savbolt. '32 baybolt is tluj onlv member of the Penn State tno making his lust appearance in in tercollegiate debating. A schedule lias been arranged for the season so that the debating team will engage in one debate a month at home, debating officials icpoit. DEAN WHITMORE TO SPEAK Dr. Frank C. Whitmore, dean of the School of Cheimstiv and Physics, will addicss the lust open meeting o. the year of Sigma Pi Sigma, honoi ary physics fraternity, in Room 2r of the Physics building at 7.30 o’clock tonight. He will speak on “Habits ,01 tho Atoms” ihmen Undergo Ci willingness to abide by the freshman customs when thcic is no one there to deforce them except the insti uc* tors,” Piofcssoi Fciguson said. Tho foiestiy head explained that the study horns are observed cvciy night from 7 3U to 9:30 o'clock, dui ing which time all students are re' qiined to be in then looms Classes stint the same time ns they do ul the College, the students woiking one day a week in the woods. ; “Eveiy Friday the foicsteis receive Ithiec hours of 1 ' military dull undei I the supervision of one of the R. O |T. C. officeis,” Profcssoi Fciguson I went on to say “The men aie permitted to leave the school Saturday and Sunday nights, 0 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ENTER FRESHMAN CLASS Nine students of the eighty who were awarded scholarships this year in the eleventh annual State Scholar ship examination chose Penn State, for ‘their Alma Mater, statistics ie veal. These membcis of the ftcshmun clas o . entered competitive examina tions last spring in which 2275 stu dents icprcscntmg 451 public and private high schools m the State pai ticipated Students holding these scholarships hcic arc. Emmett Ault,! Ralph D. Hctzcl, jr, Marion Howell, I Joseph Waniek, Grant Fleck, John 1 Raj, Rudolph Boyer, 11. Winifred Kschmkn, and Lucicnnc Buffaitl. GLEE CLUB PLANS HOUSEPARTYSHOW Professor Grant Prepares Acts ] For November IG—To Pick [ Varsity Quartet IK Penn State Glee Club is prepar ing a Houscparty Show to be pre sented in Schwab auditorium Novem ber 16, according to Piof. Richard W Grant, head of the music depart ment [ Thirty men have been added to the [club ns a result of trials held duung i the past week The Varsity Male | Quartet will be chosen bv Ducctoi ; Grant some time duung the week. Profcss-oi Giant also announced that plans aie being made ior the Fourth Intercollegiate Glee Club com petition He stated yesterday that Penn State will have a difficult time secuung the State trophy for the fourth consecutive year “Hopes For Good Year” The glee club will be “cut” after a period of three weeks, Directoi Giant states All those who have not demonstrated then fitness to contni tinuc ns permanent members of the organization will then be released "A great .wealth of material la available for the musical cliib this year,” Professor Grant disclosed, committee expects to present an nll “and with such fine talent on hand the star show ” Professor Grant went on to say l that competition is paiticulnrly keen ! this year for places in the quartet. lAH mcmbeis of the club will be eli gible to compete foi places on the 1 College qunitet. NEW PROFESSORS FILL I. E. POSTS I Prof Samuel Colgate and Herbert A. Hus<cy Occupy Places Left Vacant During Spring Filling the vacancies caused by the icsignation of Pror William 11 Wcavei and Piof George F Mcllen ol the mdustual engineering depait ment last June, Prof Sam Colgate and Mi Robert A. Hussey assumed positions ns mcmbeis of the faculty at the beginning of this semester. : Pioicssoi Colgate was a leader in campu°. activities while an undei - ginduntc in the Mechanical Engmcot mg school at Purdue umvcisity. Since giaduation he has been employed n fuinttmc manufnetuung Mr. Hussey seived as a lieutenant m the army duung the wai and was adjutant and personnel oflicct at the Base Hospital m Camp Dvx, New Jcv ■ sev He is a giaduutc of Colby col lege Piofcssoi Mellon is now head of the cost accounting department of the Imperial Paper and Coloi com pnn> m Glenn’s Falls, New Yoik. Piolessor Wcavei is doing gcncial in dustrial cnginccung m Lancaster. istoms Baptism ‘Sludenls Arc Slowly Learning Penn State Spirit/ Sajs Forestry Oflicial only on those nights,” he continued “Chapel must be attended, but stu dents must journey to town to do this ” j Piofcssoi Fciguson said that thiee Isoccci teams have been oiganized under tho supoivision of Call Cran mei ’3O, foi met Penn State wiestlci, who is physical ducctoi at Mont Alto. Gumcs me being scheduled with local school and if this is successful a schedule will be ni ranged lor the N.Y.U. DEFEATS LION ELEVEN AS BOOTERS, HARRIERS WIN TILTS COLLEGE BAND WINS PRAISE IN NEW YORK Making its fust appcatancc of the yeai on a foieign gridiron, the Penn State Blue band, under the ducction of Mi. W'llfrcd O. Thomp son. was accorded popular acclaim when it plavcd duung the Penn State-New Yoik university foot ball game in Yankee stadium Sat uidav The College organization pre sented a program of band music from station WJZ in New York City over the National Bioadcnst ing system fiom 12 until 12.30 o’clock Satuidny afternoon. Much luvoiablc comment has been re ceived upon the performance of the band duung the radio picscnta tion. PLAYERS SELECT DATE FOR OPENER College Dramatists Will Begin Season With ‘The Royal Family* Dec. 14 Selecting the date foi their lust pioduction, the Penn State Players will open with “The Royal Family” in the Auditouum December 11 First call for candidates resulted in 243 men and women turning out, club of ficials state Retrials foi the show will begin to night under the ducction of Piof Ai thui C Cloetingh, Piof. David D Ma«on, and Frank S. Ncusbaum Those who will be used in one of the first tlnec pioductions will find their names posted on the bulletin boaid in Liberal Aits bqildtng sometime tins week Professor Cloetingh will ducct' “The Royal Family” and will nn-j nounce the cast early next week I Among the plays that the coach di-1 rected last yeat were such successes! as “Tho Poor Nut” and “The Queen’s] Husband ” j 213 Report for Trials “The Royal Family” is the storv of n stage faimlv, supposedly that ol the l,fe of the Bnrrvmores, and is the; voik of Geoige Kauffman and Edna Fctbei It was first piosented at the Selwyn theatie, New York City in 1927 “Ncvci befoie have we had >uch a rccoid turnout, as this yeai ” said Piofcssor Cloetingh “It was a pleas ant surprise to find so man} candi dates picscnt nt the opening tnal- Two lundicd and fortv-thiee is the largest list of c tndidntcs in the lus-' toiv of the organization” The other dnoctois now aie engag ed in ptepuration of their production, for the coming yeai Piofessoi Mason and Mi Ncusbaum also pioducc'i some stuktng successes last season and thej behove that with the largo number of candidates available a su;- season is ahead. COMMITTEE OPENS Y.W.C.A. CAMPAIGN Financial Drive Will Continue Until Thursdav—Sccretnr.v Announces New Membership Plan The Y W. C A financial dine undei the ducction of Miss bum I. Lowenbeig MI, opened vcsletday and will continue until Thuisdny, Y W. C A. officials announced “The campaign is cntuoly separate fiom tho membership clnvc,” stated Miss Lowenberg yestciday, “and we expect it to be especially active ami vvel’ supported Following the system begun last yea •, «■ membciship duve pieeeded the hntinciul campaign Gills who signed pledges last }cai are still considciod momheis and onlv ftcshmun and tinnsteis wcie appiouched foi mom beiship. In the financial dine, un attempt will be made to reach all woman students PROFESSOR DAIILE TO SPE \K ON ’ICE CREAM PROCESSES' Attending the annual meeting of the Intel national Association of Ice Clean Mnnufuelmcis ul Toionto, Canada, this week. Piof Chester D Dahlc, head of dairy nuinufnctui ing at the College, will addicss the asso ciation today on “Aging Ice -Cieani Mixes.” j Mcyer-ed PRICE 5 CENTS Haverford Soccermen Bow Before Late Nittany Rally RUGGED HARRIERS DOWN VIOLET, LEHIGH TEAMS Gridmen Outplay Meehan Outfit Bui Luck Power Needed To Cross Goal While Penn State’s gndnon stal waitr vveie suffeiing a heaitbienking 7-to-0 setback at the hands of a stub born New Yoik umvcisity eleven at Yankee Stadium Satuiday, a fighting Lior soccer team downed Havctford 2-to-l on New Beavei pmctice field Eatltci in the day, a lugged pack of Nittanv Lion l outian N Y U and Lehigh hauieis ovei the Van Cort landt paik couisc in New Yoik city Taking advantage of penalties im posed on Penn State in the ciuhei minutes of the game, Violet gnddcis scoitd a touchdown and maintained this lead thioughout the battle b} icpcatedly lcpulsmg Lion scot mg at tempts With foui of five Nittanv hairiers in the first five to finish, the Lions scored 21 points to 34 foi X Y U and 65 foi Lehigh A gal lon* comeback after tmiling for the gicatei pait of the fiay enabled the soccoimcn to nose out the Haverford booteis in two extia periods Failing to overcome an imposing sever point lead after outplaying its foe throughout the contest, a fighting Penn State football team bowed be foie New Yoik university’s gndnon machine by a 7-to-0 score in the Yan kee stadium in New York city Sutui da} afternoon SniaJung the Violet line again and j again foi gains, the Lion team re- Ipcatcdly foiced its way to within scor iing distance of the New York goal | only to falter and lose the pigskin on I downs befoie the determined icsis tance of the Meehan-coached machine jTho Nittanv team icgistcicd eighteen jfiist downs while the New Yoikcis , totalled ten | Eaile Edwauls, Penn State wing | man, lepeatedl} stopped Violet of lensivr attempts His playing was eoually effective when the Blue and I White team was in possession of th | ball Aggicssve tactics by Mevct {Kaplan. Johnny Zoiella, and Cal Shaw Icy weie also insti umental in Lior giound gaming activities aa [well as defensive plays Plunging (Continued on third page) COLLEGE RETAINS 2 RESEARCH MEN Mines, Metallurgy Officials Secure Paul (>. Shelley, Clark Barb As New Instructors Coming heie last yeai to vvmk on the pioblcms lonfionting oil, gns, and letiokun* pioduction, Paul G bhel- Icv and Claik F But bo have been ictained m the School of Mines and Mctalluigy, the Inst ns an instiuctoi icscaich man. the latter as a full time rc-cmeh worker. Mi Shelley is a giuduate of the Umvcisity of Oklahoma, and was formerlv engaged by the Mailund 04 company in ie,touch woik Mi Bathe i° a giaduutc of the Colorado School o. Mines Robcit T (luliughci ’27, is substi tuting foi Philip B Bu.hv no an in stuicto. in mining Gnlbrghci had trnsubiable coal and non mining 0%- peiicnco with the Bethlehem Mines cmpoiatum m then plant nt Johns tow n Piof. Lhc-'otgh A Bnmnc, head of the depnitment of geologv is devel oping a piogium which iniliult* u mak ing a suivev ol the petioleum Indus tiy In connection with this pio giam, Di Aithui P lioness will study the mnioseopic foimitlions in winch oil is found, and Dr. Finn* M Swnitz. will be engaged in consult ing lock formations tn which oil sands occur OFFICIAL UJDRESSES CI.UII Clmiles D. llui ley of New Yoik city, J'neial seuet.uv ol the commit tee on fuendly ielutions among foi eign students, addicsscd a meeting ol tho Cosmopolitan club at the horn [ol Di Fiank D. Kein, dean of the
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