Brown and White Vol. 2 no. 69

              the officers elected by the chess club are badgley president w b taylor vice-president and mer riman secretary and treasurer baccalaureate ser mon an almost perfect morning neither too hot nor too cool prob ably accounted partly for the large number present at the chapel yes terday every seat was filled and a great many were standing at the rear and sides the music was exceptionally fine and the sermon itself unusually interesting having the additional virtue of being short — quite a contrast to the usual baccalaureate the lessons were read by the acting chaplain dr caskey and the sermon was preached by bishop nelson of georgia at one time rector of'the church of the nativity he began his remarks by impress ing upon the congregation the great seriousness of the occasion and his own emotions at appearing here particularly when he recalled the fact that he had been ■ invited by one now gone forever — dr coppee lie then drew an analogy between his own case and that of the case of the class of 95 ; at the time they matriculated he himself had just entered ( upon his new sphere of action and undoubtedly they might derive a great deal of benefit from a comparison of their experiences during those four years the text was . announced from the 11th 12th and 13th verses of the ivth chapter of the epistle to the ephesians he then spoke as suggested by this text of the great importance of unity in church work and how the real work of the christian church was undoubtedly foiled by the present lack of unity therein it is a personal responsibility to all of us to do what we can to restore and preserve this same unity and in doing this the highest aim of every man should be to imitate the perfect character of christ it is not necessary to speak of the importance of preserving one's physical body but the equally important training of the spiritual body — how often is that overlooked in the catalogue of great interests ! the iniportauce of this training however should be apparent to every lehigh student for the uni versity was built with the idea of cultivating this very element of character and all the religious ex ercises held here have been with the object of cultivating and de veloping this same faculty no man can tell what trustees will do ; the difference is between a legal right and a moral obligation ; but the noble founder of'the university had firmly intended that religious exercises for the whole student body should be held daily and it is this obligation that should out weigh any legal right whatever and in which the young men of the college have as great a responsi bility as the trustees themselves in what manner are these obli supporting two figures the effigies of olney and wood after a short speech by the lord high muck-a muck samuel jackson randall the torch was applied to the pyre which well soaked with oil rap idly caught fire as its lurid light spread out illuminating the sur roundings the scene presented was a weird and fantastic one the figures then being rapidly sur rounded by flames appeared almost lifelike in the foreground were the sophomores dancing about the fire with shout and song while beyond this was the densely packed crowd of spectators in front of the labora tory and extending on beyond as far as the east end of the chemical laboratory after olney and wood were completely consumed which did not take long the band struck up and led the procession . ' back be neath the chinese lanterns where the second part of the musical pro gram was carried out the last selection was played at about half past ten after which the crowd slowly dispersed fully satisfied that the 97 cremation was a very pleas ant affair in every way the com mittee to whom the success of the occasion is largely due was . 11 c tschudy w b brady o g mac knight h s johnson a h serrell w j treichler g l yates the program was as follows : part i 1 march — liberty bell sousa 2 selection robin hood dekoven 3 patrol — southern voelker 4 overture — william tell rossini 5 mazurka russe — la czarina game 6 march manhattan beach sousa cremation of calculus order of exercises triumphal procession to seen of torture the long-harassed class of 97 prepare to burn their condemned captors olney and wood sentence pronounced by the lord high muck-a-muck samuel j randall 97 cremation song cremation part 11 1 musical episode — a hunt in the black forest voelker 2 plantation chimes hall 3 selection — faust gounod 4 patrol — the crack regiment . tobani 5 characteristic polka — " midway plaisance moses 6 caprice — fascination eilenberg 7 march — honey moon rosey the patronesses were : mrs.w h chandler mrs b w frazier mrs mansfield merriman mrs w a eobinson mrs taliaferro cas key mrs g p allen mrs a m cleaver mrs eawle mrs w h gummere mrs w o sharrer mrs tinsley jeter mrs g p lin derman mrs eeginald eadford mrs c p coleman mrs c m dodson mrs weston dodson mrs miner dodson mrs eobert ferri day mrs a b fichter mrs e m mcllvaine mrs e t wilhelm mrs e p eathburn mrs a b desaulles mrs g 11 sterling mrs thomas weiss mrs j p wetherell mrs e p wilbur jr mrs w a wilbur calculus cremation in spite of many rumors and predictions to the contrary the sophomore class,on saturday night held their cremation of calculus and made as much of a success of the affair as any preceding class has the celebration was quite similar to that introduced by 96 last year and it now looks as though this form of cremation would become a custom with the future sophomore classes at le high the evening was neither too warm nor too cool in consequence of which a large crowd of peo ple assembled on the campus walking about or sitting under the myriad of chinese lanterns that shed a soft light over all the lower part of the grounds the allen town band occupied the platform built for the ' class day exercises an arc light suspended overhead furnishing light for the musicians after the first part of the pro gram the class headed by the band playing a funeral dirge marched across the campus to the physical laboratory in front of which the funeral pyre stood on top of this was a scaffold lehigh university south bethlehem pa june 17 1895 calendar jsto 691 the brown and white vol 11 monday june 17 — class day exer cises 2.80 p m june hop gymnasium 9 p.m tuesday june 18 — baseball phi gamma delta vs hefty club 8.30 a m alumni lunch alumni meeting baseball lehigh vs al umni athletic grounds 3.30 p m prize oratorical contest chapel 10.30 a m wednesday june 29 — university day notices in reference to advertising fbi next year the brown and white will make this induce ment to its subscribers : for all advertisements obtained for the brown anb white toy subscribers outside of new yorls s . philadelphia allentown and the bethlchems 15 per cent will toe given to the ones obtaining them it is requested that as many of the senior and junior electri cals as possible be present in their respective laboratories on alumni day to assist in showing visitors i through the department the an leeti'ng of the phi beta kappa society will be held on tuesday morning june 18 at 9 o'clock in the upper east english room packer hall gations imposed upon us ? exactly the same as the obligations of so ciety or politics the great evid ence of the resurrection of christ prevails to this day and this effect comes from no other source a great author said god is a neces sity to the life of a man in this world as well as in that of the next and anyone can see that christ's nations hold in their grasp the fate of the world this is not due to any inherent strength in the saxon blood but to their strong and unwavering devotion to the church of christ the bishop here finished the regular sermon and facing the seniors addressed them as follows : " gentlemen of the class of 95 and brethren i admonish you today that what has been said applies particularly to you and as you leave here take with you these sentences : first there must be in you a recognition of a great re sponsibility from which no man can relieve you you have here received benefits which put this upon you but though at some time you are responsible re member it is enough if you have done all you can for ' angels could no more that force that enables you to do this is in you ; and this force you must utilize lastly have courage if you fear you will fall but if you go forth full of hope and trust you will receive not a crown of laurel but one that endureth and passeth not away for ever make your model the son of god strive with heart and soul towards that ideal and the attainment of a per fect manhood is surely yours a representative of the epitome board will be found at jim's room every day until thursday all who wish to purchase epitomes please call there or at the manager's room 103 west fourth street south bethlehem college meeting a college meeting was held in christmas hall on saturday after noon at 2 p m for the purpose of considering the honor system par ticular stress was laid upon the best method of conducting trials after much discussion on this and other doints a resolution was passed asking the students court to allow a man an open trial if he so desires a motion to censure the court for its finding in a recent case was lost there being no further business the meeting adjourned oratorical contest the oratorical contest for the recently offered drexel-dolan wanamaker prizes will be held in the chapel on tuesday morning at 10.30 o'clock the contestants are as follows : stocker 95 blehl 95 daboll 96 herr 96 ean dall 97 and hood 97