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              minstrel show the different parts of the mins trel show have now all been ar ranged and constant rehearsals will be held from now until the time of the performance all of the songs will be entirely new and have been chosen from the latest operas the most important thing the minstrel show wants is local hits and gags if any student knows anything which he thinks would create a laugh send it in the more ma terial the end men have the fun nier will be the show the spec ialties are all being worked up and a very clever little farce is being rehearsed for the end of the per formance organ recital on thursday evening the music lovers of the bethlehems were de lighted with another of mr.wolle's organ recitals in the packer me morial church of the university the program consisted of selections from the works of bach ehein berger shelley guilmant lem mens widor and thiele and em braced wide ranges of character and theme while perhaps not up to some of the other pieces in depth and intricacy probably the favorites with the majority of the audience were shelley's dainty " spring song and guilmant's " prayer and cradle song the sweetness and power of these ap pealing far more to the unculti vated ear than the depth and sci ence of bach or eheinberger the andante cantabile " of widor was another number that enlisted the sympathies of the audience and held them spellbound from one end to the other the " fanfare " from lemmens and the " chromatic fantasia " from thiele were clear and brilliant and finely exhibited the perfect touch and execution of the organist ■ the numbers from bach in cluded " passacaglia and fugue in c minor and toccata hadagio and fugue in c major and were fine specimens of the musical sci ence of the . world's greatest com poser of organ music interpreted by one who is an enthusiastic stu dent of the works of the great master the " sonata in d flat " fantasia " pastorale " and " in troduction and fugue " from ehein berger were examples in widely different styles of the work of one of the greatest of modern organists eheinberger is a favorite with mr wolle the latter having studied under him for some time in mu nich while abroad altogether lecture by dr ray mond the first of the series of univer sity lectures to be given on the last friday of each month was de livered in the pysical laboratory on friday jan 30 by dr e w eaymond of brooklyn n y the subject of the lecture was " the nature and force of the mineral land patents of the united states in introducing the speaker dr drown stated that in establishing the course it was the desire to give the students an opportunity to hear eminent engineers who were at the head of their respective professions dr eaymond prefaced his re marks by saying that in ancient times the sovereigns had a right to the minerals in the soil this right of ownership has gradually adjusted itself until we reach the present laws in force the united states however never claimed any sovereignty in this respect even when the government began to acquire property by cession purchase and otherwise it held the property as a land-owner and not as a sovereign after 1848 the united states became the possessor of much territory by reason of the louisiana purchase and purchases from mexico the mexican laws stated that even in the case of private property such property was subject to the right of the mexican government to con trol the working of mines on it these rights the united states government acquired by the pur chase of the land and it became a question whether the man obtain ing a grant from the government was owner of the minerals in and on that grant the issue became very warm but at this time justice field of california now of the u s supreme court decided that the deed conveys the land and under the common laws of the country it gave the control of everything on and in the land this simplified matters amazingly and the majority of the people thus felt the benefit of an uniform and just decision the miners on the pacific coast in those early days felt the need of jaw and order and they enforced the laws in regard to property very severely the methods of laying out claims in those days were crude and much trouble ensued when a seam was discovered it was sur veyed only in the direction of length by means of a tape and each prospector received his allotment this went on for about 20 years when in 1866 a law was passed recognizing the mining customs as far as possible and giving a partial enjoyment of the land to the owner of the grant the owner could now compel a man to move off his land but he had to pay damages for any removals necessitated by taking possession however in 1872 an act was passed putting things on a new basis the new lehigh university south bethlehem pa february 3 1896 vol 111 no 33 the brown and white the recital was undoubtedly one of the finest ever given in the church and well merited the attendance of the large and appreciative audience that comfortably filled the nave and left transept law gave full enjoyment of the land to the locator the latter ob tained possession of the whole area and was allowed to follow down any vein between the end bounda ries having an apex located in his land this still gave rise to many complications and numerous cases drawn from the varied experience of the lecturer were given as illus trations of disputes which have oc curred and which will still happen until the law is remedied the whole system is very complicated absurd and makes a great joss to western mining resources in the east nothing of the sort is found as the simple ownership covers everything in or on the ground between the vertical planes made by the boundary lines the lecture was listened to with deep interest by all present who seemed to realize that dr eaymond spoke as an authority on the sub ject of which he treated that it was heartily appreciated was shown by the applause which greeted him at its close calendar tuesday feb 4 — meeting of 97 epitome board phi delta theta house 7 p m meeting of mathematical club physical laboratory 7.15 p m wednesday feb 5 — eegular monthly meeting of sopomore class 12.30 p m regular monthly meeting of junior class 12.30 p m eegular monthly meeting of senior class 12.30 p m thursday feb 6 — meeting of the m e section of engineering society physical laboratory 7 p m meeting of electrical en gineering society physical laboratory 7 p m friday feb 7 — sophomore co tillion club dance saturday feb b l u a a smoker at gymnasium saturday feb 15 — minstrel show given by the glee and banjo clubs higher mathematics john wiley & sons announce a new book to be ready in july 1896 on higher mathematics for engineering colleges edited by mansfield merriman professor of civil engineering in lehigh uni versity and eobert s woodward professor of mechanics in columbia college the volume is designed especially for the use of junior and senior classes in schools of engi neering but is equally well adapted to the use of advanced students and readers of mathematics generally ; containing a concise treatment of subjects not commonly found in text books but upon which lectures are now given in the best classical and technical institutions able specialists and educators co-operate with the editors in contributing chapters as follows : professor w e byerly of harvard university " harmonic functions ; " professor t s fiske of columbia college " general theory of functions ; " professor g b halsted of uni versity of texas " projective geo metry professor e.w hyde of university of cincinnati " point analysis and ausdehnungslehre ; " professor w w johnson of u s naval academy " differential equations professor a macfar lane of lehigh university " vec tor analysis and quaternions ; " professor j mcmahon of cornell university hyperbolic trigonom etry ; " professor f morley of haverford college " elliptic integ rals and functions ; " professor d e smith of michigan normal school " history of modern mathe matics ; " professor l g weld of university of lowa " determin ants chapters are also prepared by the editors on the " solution of equations and probabilities and theory of errors each topic is not only treated in the light of best modern theory but is applied to the solution of problems in engi neering and physical science notices the regular monthly class meet ing of the senior class for febru ary will be held on thursday feb 6 immediately after the lec tare in christian evidences the treasurer and class book editors will report class day arrange ments will also be discussed peesident the regular monthly class meet ing of the sophomore class will be held wednesday feb 5 at 12.80 o'clock this is by far the most important meeting of the term as the committee on cremation is to elected it is of the greatest con cern to our class that the most capable men be elected and hence let each of us take a personal in terest in this matter president there will be a meeting of the directors of the supply bureau at 12.30 p m on tuesday feb 4 in christmas hall given president the regular meeting of the mathematical club will be held on tuesday evening feb 4 at 7.15 o'clock in the physical laboratory ... mr mora 96 will read a paper entitled " the fundamental princi ples of differential calculus this paper is sure to prove of profit and interest to members of the sopho more class just beginning this study who are therefore invited to attend president -<>. . nachod 97 has some very fine pictures of the university buildings for sale sheppard 97 and sterrett 98 are sick at st luke's hospital but from latest reports both are im proving