Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-20
BEDLAM AT PENN
AS THRONG Halls
GRIDTRON HEROES
Bonfire to Heroes Marks
Crushing of Mighty Michi-
gan Football Team
HOLIDAY is DECLARED

A carnival Of noise greeted the victorious
University Of Pennsylvania football team
on its return today from Ann Arbor, Mich.
The stald college buildings, overrun by 5o00
triumphant students with a commaudeered
hurdy-gurdy. horns, drums pie-pates and
lusty lungs, we're rocked to their founda-
tions when the team arrived.
The celebration began In an Apsthetic
fashion at the Reading Terminal, where
the train bearing the conauerlng football
heroes arrived at 7:Ii O'Clock this morn
ing There were only a half-dozen sleepy
eyed students there to greet them, but half
an hour later, after the team had finished
breakfast In the station restaurant. the
delinquents began TO pile into the parade
that escorted the teams bus westward on
Market street.
TRoLLEYs HALTED
The procession increased In numbers as
II nearcd tho University, until on Wood
land avenue 1t had grown to n parade
1900 strong. headed by bakers dozen or
so of pretty co-eds and the triumphantly
wallnE hurdy-gurdy Behind these. four
| abreast. came singing. yelling students in
a lurching snRke-dance that enveloped
| trolley cars and automobiles and OCCASION
ally pulled n trolley pole or the wire. The
| trolley-puling ventures were accomplished
| by wilder outbursts OF cheering and whirl-
wind Fetish" dances around the marooned
trolley cars.
At the athletic association building hom-
age was paid the players as they stepped
out of the bus one by one. John Clarke
president OF the senior class, led the songs
and yells for tho grdlron warriors, each
of whom made a short speech before enter.
| ing the building Coach Bob" Folwell
all AF
Mig" Berry, battered Bell, Light. Dert
and all the other undergraduate heroes
| elected tremendous cheers they appeared
We'll lick Cornell tool" was the cry.
Student enthusiasm was too rampant to
allow classes to proceed. SO the inspiring
hurdy-gurdy was picked up bodily and car
| ried on a tour Of the University. summoninE
the faithful to the celebration. They came
| 10 the number OF 1000.
Have n good time" Provost Smith told
| the students declaring n holiday from the
steps, OF the Harrison laboratory.
The mechanical piano, alternately grind
| ing out its seven.nir repertoire of dismal
and lively selections. was dragged. bumped
and scraped up stairs and down through
the engineering dental veterinary, law,
architectural schools and College Hall
| Even the silent precincts of the library
| were invaded and bedlnm OF noise broke
| out there. Despairngly. struggling half a
| square behind the hurdy.Rurdy, its owner
wrung his hands and wiped the tears from,
his eyes as he breathed plous prayers for
the safety of the mechanical piano
Bring him back-a, my piano." pleaded
the man. Dominic Grinder by name. III
my piano spoil-a getta da mon"
His CALCULATIONS went unhceded In the
| din; but tomorrow. perhaps, roll of green
backs will find Its way into his hands.
FOR BONFIRE TONIGHT
In tho meantime squads of freshmen are
raiding the nighborhood for fuel for the
| huge victory bonfire that Will illuminate
| museum field tonight Limouslnes and
touring cars were pressed into service to
| transport ashboXes, ashbarrels. bIllboards
planks, timbers. parts of fences hugs
beams. parts of trees and anything wooden
and movable to the field. where freshmen
engineering students constructed tho NAM
moth pyre. 1t will be forty feet high by
the hour for lighting, 1880 p. m.
Head Coach Folwell, in commenting upon
Saturdays victory over Michigan. said
we expected to win. Every man we put
into the game stayed to the finish II was
n game exhibition all the way through.
Bell is slightly bruised, but no one else
In the team was hurt"