Brown and White Vol. 3 no. 44

              articles in competition have been received from : fleur de lis 98,-1 ; excelsior 99,-1 ; tee 97 1 j 11 98,-1 ; c m a 98,-3 the examination in general metallurgy will be held in the chemical laboratory on saturday the prospects for a large fresh man class next year are very en couraging so far there are fifty seven men in the preparatory school linton ex-'9b is again in college mustard and cheese the mustard and cheese dramatic club after a series of unavoidable delays has finally begun hard and earnest work and has already held two full rehearsals the cast has been almost entirely selected after many careful trials and the club feels that it is in a position to put on as good a production as ever before in its history the club will branch out a little more than formerly and in addition to pro ducing the play at the opera house on april 11 it will be given in easton the next monday april 13 the play entitled the wedding march " by the well known author w s gilbert abounds in clever dialogue and funny situations the cast of the play is as follows mr woodpecker tapping a bridegroom mr c e pettinos poppytop a market gardener mr g p bartholomew uncle bopaddy a deaf gentleman mr j w thurston the duke of turniptopshire an emotional noble mr b smoot major-general bunthunder a companion of the bath ■ mr e t belden captain bapp of the guards mr p h baldwin cousin foodle mr f d ammen cripps a milliner's book-keeper mr j r wilson wilkinson ta policeman mr gunsolus jackson woodpecker's servant mr j c holderness marchioness of market har borough mr h h seabrook anna maria poppytop a bride mr c f scott sophy crackthorpe a milliner mr r farnham mrs leonora bunthunder . . mr h f bell patty mr p g hilkens lady popton mr b e edgar a new testing rowing machine is being tried at cornell the machine indicates the length of each man's stroke how strong an oar he pulls and at what point he applies the greatest force one of the requirements of a man seeking beneficiary aid at amherst is that his college expenses during the past year shall not have ex ceeded 500 dr worcester's lec ture the third lecture of the univer sity extension course was given in the high school hall tuesday night dr worcester announced at the beginning of the lecture that owing to having divided his first lecture into two he was one lecture behind the schedule given out and that he would now lecture on the life ' sayings and sufferings of buddha after the continued strain of the extreme intellectual activity of the brahmansand the excessive amount of ritual instituted by them came a great reaction against all re ligion this has been the univer sal case in the history of all nations that after a period of high intellec tual or spiritual activity always follows a sluggish period siddarta gautama was buddha's true name siddarta being his surname and gautama his family name which was an honorable one budd ha was a common name meaning a learned or intellectual person buddhism was this great reaction against brahmanism and in this light is not a religion as buddha did not believe either in a supreme being or in the soul his doc trines were merely a code of morals intermingled with an overpowering sympathy for the sufferings of man buddha w°.s possessed of a pene trating grace great personal mag netism and abounding love for his fellowmen and herein undoubtedly lies the secret of the marvellous spread of the religion which now claims nearly one-third of the en tire human race dr worcester now gave a detailed account of the buddha's birth and early life in terspersing the account with nu merous quaint old myths about miracles which happened at his birth and during his youth at the age of nineteen he married a cousin and lived a life of luxury for ten years when finding out for the first time about sickness suffer ing and death he broke all worldly ties and went into the forest to fast and meditate at the end of six years when unable to endure the privation any longer he conceived of the religion which now bears his name eeturningto his native country he immediately began to make converts four great truths which were firmly impressed on buddha's mind in the wilderness and which he inculcaied in his religion are these first there is suffering second this is caused by desire third this suffering may be removed by conquering desire ; and fourth there is a way of removing desire another and probably buddha's greatest conception is the v noble eight-fold path which consists of the following things eight views right speech right con - duct,right livelihood right effort right-mindfulness and right con templation nirvana is the word buddha used to express that state the brown and white lehigh university south bethlehem pa thursday march 12 1896 vol 111 of existence in which all desire is dead and to help others to reach this state was the sole end of his religion gautama travelled around india for forty five years increasing his followers in the dry seasons and instructing his disciples in the wet ones of all the founders of re ligion excepting christ there is no purer or more touching figure than that of gautama buddha dr worcester concluded his excellent lecture with a few of gautama's characteristic stories and sayings the next lecture will be given on thursday march 19 instead of on tuesday the subject being " the early vic tories of buddhism — the buddh istic church calendar thursday march 12 — meeting of mechanical section of engi neering society physical lab oratory 7.15 p m meeting of 97 epitome board phi delta theta house 7 p m friday march 13 — meeting of chess club lounging room 8 p m saturday march 14 — examination in general metallurgy mr meaker's class in calcu lus 10 a m lecture by dr pdchards physical laboratory sunday march 15 — dr worces ter's bible talks in christmas hall 3.30 p m christian association in christmas hall 6.15 p m thursday march 19 — meeting of mathematical club physical laboratory 7 p m lecture by dr worcester subject the early vic tories of buddhism — the buddhistic church vine street school 8 p m meeting of electrical en gineering society physical laboratory 7 p m meeting of civil section of engineering society physical laboratory 7 p m meeting of 97 epitome board phi delta theta house 7 p m friday march 20 — meeting of chess club in lounging room 8 p m executive committee a meeting of the executive committee of the l u a c was held monday afternoon in the office of mr e li wilbur mr wilbur called the meeting to order and in addition to the com mittee the managers of the base base lacrosse and football teams were present and the captain of the football team the resignations of mcdonald 96 captain of the lacrosse team and of mac knight assistant mana ger of the lacrosse team were pre sented and accepted mr thurston read a letter from professor march of lafayette to the effect that lafayette would be glad to arrange with lehigh rules governing the qualifications of men who shall compete in games between the two colleges mr wilbur appointed dr chandler mr g b linderman and j w thurston 96 as a com mittee to confer with a similar committee from lafayette concern ing rules there being no further business the meeting adjourned the schedule of the baseball team was presented by mr dicker man and was approved mr dickerman also spoke about ihe subject of a coach and he was authorized to procure one as soon as possible the question of uni forms was then discussed and the contract was given to spalding on the question of training table the managers of the baseball and lacrosse teams were instructed to arrange between themselves the subject of a joint training table the question of the rules govern ing the wearing of the l and also concerning the regulation uni forms was then brought up but was postponed until thursday when the rules will be definitely decided on notices monday tuesday and wednes day of next week from 8.30 until 12.30 there will be collectors in the janitor's room in packer hall for the purpose of taking athletic dues the amount collected up to date this term is very small and there is great need in baseball and lacrosse ior all the money which can be obtained the dues are only two dollars and for every subscription of two dol lars a baseball and a lacrosse cou pon will be given out all remem ber to bring the proper amount next week and raise a large sum of money for the expenses of the coming season a box has been placed beneatft the burr bulletin board in packer hall for the reception of matter for the epitome board all having address slips to hand in or articles for the consideration of the board will please drop them in the box junior class meeting the postponed meeting of the junior class was held in the eng lisn room on tuesday the min utes of the last regular meeting were read and approved nomi nations were then made for vacan cies on the epitome board and honor court the following men were nominated : epitome board amm en and diven ; honor court baird curtis and griswold irwin moved that the class permit the epitome board to make its selec tion which motion was carried after much discussion in regard to the class due rule governing elec tions it was decided that it did not apply to these elections after which the meeting adjourned no 44