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              the smoker the annual smoker was held at the gymnasium on saturday even ing and was a great success in every particular about one hun dred and fifty men were present and a great deal of enthusiasm was shown every bout both in wrestling and boxing was stub bornly contested during the evening mr smith putnam 97 and eeamer 1900 entertained the audience by an exhibition of tumb ling,which was greatly appreciated as was shown by the repeated encodes given them all the box ing bouts were of three rounds of two minntes each with one minute rest the first bout was boxing be tween kennedy 98 and gallardo 97 both men were in good con dition and gave a very lively and spirited exhibition no decisions were given in boxing and the first set to ended with honors about even in the next bout green 1900 had considerable advantage over forbes 1900 in regard to reach forbes put up a plucky fight but green had considerably the better of this event miader 1900 surprised every one by the plucky way in which he stood up against " pat mai der had a much longer reach than his opponent but the latter was much quicker in his movements both men boxed well and gave a good exhibition pat having slightly the better of it in the next match james eoss 1900 succeeded in downing percy eeed 98 after a hard struggle lasting four minutes and forty seconds both men were in excel lent condition and after two min utes time eoss had eeed entirely on the defensive and finally suc ceeded in downing him after a pretty trick for which eeed was totally unprepared the next event brought out the brice brothers both of the class of 1900 who gave a fine exhibition of boxing the younger brother seemed to be much quicker but both showed remarkable skill the contest ended with the honors slightly in favor of the younger brother in the next event h e knight 99 succeeded in throwing forbes 1900 in one minute and forty seconds after the tumbling exhibition by mr smith putnam and eeamer the program ended with another round between knight and forbes knight was the aggressor and had his opponent downed in twenty seven seconds a great deal of interest was manifested in every event by those present and a thoroughly enjoyable evening was passed throughout the evening songs were inter spersed mingled with college cheers continued on second page ninger hess the subject of whose oration was the political duties of the college graduate in the familiar words of the constitution of the united states our government was ordained and established to secure the bless ings of liberty to ourselves and our poster ity by the active interest of our educated men in public affairs these objects can be best attained the college graduate will advocate measures for the common good not for selfish interests , the man whose mind has been properly trained will look beyond the confines of his own immediate section and advocate that only which pro motes the good of the greatest number the country needs men of training to as sume positions of responsibility history teaches of the causes of the down fall of^nations and as patrick henry said i know of no way of judging the future but by the pas a true college training will fit a man to become an honest capable and influential citizen his should be the guiding hand to correct the false political notions his aim should be the highest development of his country as our civilization becomes more complex commercial crises more widespread class hatred more intense and our cities larger the true test of our republics will come and our institutions can be preserved only by the highest order of statesmanship our country looks to its educated men for the correct solution of these complex problems if we are true citizens we are living not for the present only but for the future as did the illustrious father of the country whose birthday we celebrate we are living we are dwelling in a grand and awful time in an age on ages telling to be living is sublime the second orator was frank norman kneas his theme was the benefit of labor unions to the workingman of the united states it will be from the vantage ground of the future that we obtain the truest conception of the events which are daily occurring around us today is being waged around us a battle which in the moment of its interests was never equalled in the past and which pros perity alone can judge labor unions are one of the most natural and one of the most important results of an effort on the part of the masses for a high er and nobler life they have always re pudiated the now exploded idea that the cultivation of the workingman's mind would lessen his usefulness they have always striven after better educational advantages strikes have always been characteristic of labor organizations in their attempt at betterment they have more often failed than succeeded yet they are not all bad many are justifiable and have been won on their merits others have been opposed to all economic principles and al together to be deplored oftentimes strikes could be avoided by mutual agreement on the part of employer aud employe . there is a common belief that unions foster strikes this is wholly false for by constitution and otherwise they are con stantly avoided the tendency to sum it up on the part of american workmgmen is for their gen eral improvements protection from foreign labor liberty in the pursuit of happiness safety of the home and independence of thought and action " the disadvantages of labor unions to the workingman of the united states was the theme of the prize oration by louis cheston star key the tendency of the age is toward mo nopoly and combination ostensibly the formation of unions and corporations is for the benefit of all in reality it is for the enrichment and strengthening of one class at the expense of another the original object of labor unions was commendable dut has now developed and proved itself a burden and an injury at the time unions first sprang into existence the nation was in a process of development continued on second page the brown and white lehigh university south bethlehem pa tuesday february 23 1897 junior oratorical contest vol iv no 34 calendar tuesday feb 23 — meeting of mathematical club in physical laboratory at 7 p m wednesday feb 24 — meeting of the forum at 7 f m friday feb 26 5 c c dance saturday feb 27 eegular l u gun club shoot at the club traps on athletic field 3 p m eegular meeting of 98 98 : epitome board phi gamma delta house 9 a m sunday _ feb 28 — meeting of christian association christ mas hall 6.15 p m monday march i all fraternities and clubs wishing to be repre sented in epitome must have insertion fee paid by above date tuesday march 2 meeting of civil section of engineering society physical laboratory 7 p w assembly dance wednesday march 3 — meeting of mathematical club physical laboratory 7 p m thursday march 4 — meeting of electrical engineering so ciety physical laboratory 7.30 p.m debate between electricals and civils in agora saucon hall 7.30 p m friday march 12 — intercollegiate oratorical contest academy of music allentown wednesday march 24 — meeting of forum saucon hall 7 p.m notices owing to the occurrence of two oratorical contests in the univer sity within the same week the meeting of the agora assigned for thursday feb 25 has been post poned until thursday march 4 at the meeting of the mathe matical club on tuesday a paper entitled the problem of two bodies will be presented by dehm 98 98 the work that the club is doing is not for the exclusive bene fit of the members but for college men in general and any who are interested are cordially invited to attend the meetings the annual oratorical contest of pennsylvania will take place at allentown on friday evening march 12 eoss n hood pres there will be an interesting meet ing of the forum on wednesday feb 24 at 7 o'clock the time is drawing near for the contest with lafayette and it behooves us to be well prepared ; so let every one come out and make these previous debates spirited and interesting several gifts have been received by yale university the revenues thus having been increased by 400,000 within the year the junior oratorical contest which continues to be the chief at traction of the washington's birth day exercises took place as usual in the chapel monday morning although the weather was not all that could be desired the at tendance was very much larger than usual the main body of the chapel being more than comfort ably filled besides the faculty and students there were present many friends from the bethlehems and adjacent towns the exercises began with a selec tion by the choir after which prayer was offered byeev.f.m.bird the audience joined in the na tional hymn then president drown before introducing the speakers made a few remarks the substance of which follows : before announcing the speakers i would like to say a word about the subject of the orations the fact that three have chosen the same subject may seem perhaps to give the exercises of the day more the char acter of a debate than a simple programme of oratory the coincidence is however purely accidental and is not the result of design the choice of political and social questions by the speakers shows i think the happy influence of the two literary so cieties of the university the agora and the forum — whose debates are largely on the great political economic social and in dustrial affairs of our american life this in my opinion is a healthy condition of af fairs for we must not let the thought lose strength in proportion as it becomes trite and commonplace,that the first duty of the educated man is intelligent and aggressive citizenship on this great memorial day of the american nation we turn naturally to the life and words of the father of our country for instruction and inspiration the lofty lessons of love of country and pure unselfish patriotism may well with each returning year be learned anew from the fountain head as the years roll by there is if i mistake not more loving thought bestowed on washington the statesman tban on washington the gener al in washington's noble and tender fare well address to the american people we see the result of a pure unsullied unselfish life in the clear and distant vision which is sometimes granted to the pure in heart but let us not think that washington's words of a hundred years ago have nothing to teach us today he saw also plainly the pass to which blind adherence to party has brought us in the closing years of the nine teenth century and our complete subservi ency to the party leader we cannot i think more fittingly cele brate the birthday of the greatest of all patriots and more effectually review our own patriotism than by discussing the great modern movemeuts aud tendencies in our political and social life there is one way and one way only to protect ourselves as a nation against ignorant foolish and dangerous legislation and to take from the political demagogue his power of doing harm and that is by the education of all youth of the land in the lowest as well as the highest schools in the fundamental prin ciples of good government and by the in ciliation of the duty of intelligent citizen ship listen to the words of washington promote then as an object of primary importance institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge in proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened let us hope that both the schools and col leges will not fail to take these words to heart that the educated men of our country will realize that the responsibility of up right and honest government rests mainly on them president drown then introduced the first speaker herbert hen