Brown and White Vol. 1 no. 8

              friday feb 9 — annual banquet of engineering society 9 p m christmas hall saturday feb 10 — ec-examina tions in c.e department j.30 !> a m sunday feb 11 — christian asso ciation meeting christmas hall 6.30 p m • wednesday feb 14 — epitome board 7 p m psi upsilon house saturday feb 17 — lecture by dr hyde on " pompeii under auspices of y m c a 7.45 p m physical laboratory lecture boom the lehigh club of new york city held its annual meeting and banquet on friday evening feb 2 at the arena on thirty-first street many prominent alumni both from new york and elsewhere were present to talk over college days at lehigh wm e butler of 70 acted as toast maker and in his opening speech referred to the great toss sustained by the uni versity in the death of our late president and called upon professor merriman who spoke of the high character and services of dr lam berton and of the rapid growth of the university under his adminis tration a toast to the faculty was responded to by dr chandler olden times at lehigh was replied to by prof c f kroeh of stevens institute who from 1868 to 1871 was instructor in modern languages at lehigh wm d hartshorne,'74 spoke on athletics and remarks were also made by h s drinker 71 c e eonaldson 69 chas bull 78 and a e forstall 83 wm h mccarthy,'7l well known to the older graduates as an excellent singer and guitar player led in several old college songs among . which were those beautiful pieces now rarely heard " gau deamus igitur and lauriger horatius the new york club is in a flourishing condition and numbers about 150 enthusiastic representa tives of lehigh the officers for the ensuing year are : president,e g cooke 84 ; vice-presidents h e price,'7o and a e forstall,'b3 ; secretary 11 w frauenthal 89 a flag in brown and white bearing the word lehigh was a marked feature in the decoration of the banquet room this is said to have been the first college flag in troduced among the many athletic and collegiate trophies now seen at the arena the meeting of the electrical engineer ing society the electrical engineering so ciety held its first regular meeting of this term in the examination hall of the physical laboratory on wednesday evening the secretary was instructed to correspond with the most prominent electricians in this country with a view to having them lecture before the society during the present term it was then decided to hold the meetings hereafter on thusday evening at 7.30 o'clock the president was empowered to appoint members in regular order to x read papers at each meeting and to fine all members who should fail to read the paper so appointed a heated^discussson followed on the question as to whether men in other courses should be allowed to become associate members but no conclu sion was reached the president was then authorized to appoint a com mittee of three to procure a cut for the epitome he was also authorized to appoint two standing committees of four members each to translate into english all articles of value from the french and the german electrical periodicals • after the business had been dis posed of papers were read by hen shaw,'94 on a " method of calcu lating capacity necessary to neu tralize a given self-induction and by trout 94 on the ballis tic galvanometer sykes 94 also read an article from the engineering magazine on small electric light stations the committees on translation have been appointed as follows : german — neufeld trout eeinecke steinmetz ; french — empie new baker mcpherson henshaw the next meeting will be held thursday evening february 22d at 7.30 o'clock papers will be read by frank 94 ; mcpherson 94 and wait 95 the subject for general discussion will be " the unipolar dynamo report of tuesday's college meeting a college meeting to discuss the debt of the athletic association and decide whether lehigh could maintain both baseball and lacrosse teams was held on tuesday feb ruary sixth in christmas hall j l burley 94 president of the senior class called the meeting to order at 12.37 p m about two hundred and fifty men were present w eeinecke 95 secre tarjf of the athletic association then read the minutes of the last meeting of the executive commit tee the minutes stated that the committee had decided that a col lege meeting must be held and that unless in that meeting the college decided to raise 1000 one of the teams must be dropped e d floyd 94 then stated that the alumni association would raise 1000 but that they did not pro pose to lift the debt by themselves and wanted the college to take action he then read a statement of the debts of the association he said further that slips would be given the men stating that they would pay certain amounts in ten days ; these to be filled out and handed in to the committee at the expiration of ten days the treasurer of the association t g hamilton v 5 would be on hand at some convenient place where the men could go and redeem their slips a report of receipts is asked for and mr floyd states that the list is too long to be read but that it will be posted in packer hall w j douglas \ l 4 then offered on behalf of the lehigh burr fifty dollars to start the fund provided both teams be maintained mr floyd then moved that one of the teams be dropped unless 1000 be raised motion seconded much discussion followed in which it was stated that every man ought to subscribe what he could but that if possible it should be 2 an amendment by w j douglas 94 that if not enough money be col lected the college be given three days of grace to raise the rest was accepted by mr floyd the mo tion was then carried as amended and the meeting adjourned after the meeting the ballots cast for manager and assistant manager of the football team were counted for manager johnson 0 received 64 and baker 95 35 for as sistant manager g womrath 96 received 48 dickerman 93 re ceived 28 and bartholomew n96,n 96 received 25 notice ! bethlehem pa , feb 3 1894 i am requested by mr jacob f miller of 120 broadway new york city to inform the members of the phi beta kappa societj of lehigh that there will be a dinner at the waldorf on the evening of march 27th and to add that each member may invite a friend or friends holding himself responsible for the tickets which will be 5.00 each for further particulars and tickets address mr miller edward 11 williams jr secretary phi beta kappa beta of pennsylvania mr wolle's organ recital those who attended mr wolle's organ recital monday evening in the chapel came away feeling that they had been made better and purer by that brief association with the grand and beautiful all felt the inspiration of those works of genius which the artist so splen didly reproduced the under standing ones admired the grandeur of the selections and the skill and expression of the performer ; while those who did not understand the music enjoyed it still more be cause of its impressiveness and wonderful beauty the programme was practically the same as that rendered by mr wolle at the world's fair it included compositions of bach handel widor wagner ehein berger and thiele the bach numbers included the chorale alle menschen miissen sterben as the sweet sad strains of this selection floated to the ear one could almost give the name without referring to the programme of all the works of the german composer this is perhaps the one which best pictures the ideas he wished to express written when blindness had overtaken him and death was fast approaching it is a veritable paradise lost — set to music handel's concerto in g minor was the number which at tracted the most attention ; and deservedly so it begins with a delicate lively movement which is brought into relief by the following short andante and it ends with a low sweet minuet and a lively gavotte it is a wonderful com position and mr wolle's perform ance of it was most artistic fol lowing the concerto came move ments from w^idor's fourth and second organ symphonies then came siegfried's death march from the gotterdammerung arranged by mr wolle himself to all ad mirers of wagner's full robust orchesi ration this number was a treat with much full organ and pedal work the grand selection filled the chapel with its magnifi cence after a picturesque pastor ale from eiieinberger the recital closed with the finale in a flat of thiele . a large and refined audience composed of the musical and music loving people o the bethlehems and neighboring towns enjoyed the recital many college men were also present and attested their ad miration for the music and our talented organist this is the first recital mr.wolle has given in the bethlehems for several years and it was a delight ful event with a chapel and an organ such as ours these treats would admit of much shorter inter vals between them the brown and white south bethlehem pa february 9 1894 vol i new york alumni banquet calendar no 8