Brown and White Vol. 4 no. 24

              harvard-princeton de bate harvard defeated princeton in their annual debate at princetan n friday night the subject of de bate was " resolved that assum ing the adoption of adequate consti tutional amendments the united states should institute a system f responsible cabinet government the judges hamilton w mabie r provost c c harrison and hon joseph r hawley gave the de cision to harvard who took the negative side yocum sterling and mcelroy represented prince ton while wrightington white and grilk upheld harvard after the debate a dinner was given ia honor of the speakers ■ ■•-'■ president drown's lecture the last of the series of lectures on " the chemistry of every day life was given by president drown on thursday night in the chemical laboratory before a large and interested audience dr drowns subject the chemistry of foods was one in which every person present was interested dr drown began by saying that the com parison of the animal body to a heat engine was an ape and useful one fuel is neces sary for both in order that heat and energy may be developed bad fuel has much ash and clogs the grate bad food has much waste and disturbs digestion it was im portant to remember that all energy in man whether to dig a trench design a bridge or write a poem comes from food our life and life's work depends therefore on the intelligent selection of food adapted to our needs the starting point in a study of this kind is the observed fact that a man of average weight and size loses through the intestines kidneys skin and lungs about nine and a half pounds a day and this loss must be made good through food water and the oxygen of the air a series of tables gave the actual value of various animal and vegetable foods as bought in the markets both as regards the formation of tissue and the production of energy and also the relative cost of these foods in relation to their nutrient value thus it was shown that more nourishment could be obtained for the money from corn flour than from any oth^r food meats are expensive as regards food value on account of the large amount of refuse uoue etc and also on account of the large amount of water they contain amounting in many cases to fifty per cent and more thus one gets in buying meat only one third of its weight in real nutritive substance the behavior of albumen the most val uable nitrogenous element of food to heat was explained and shown by exposing the white of tgg to different temperatures it was shown that when eggs were put into water at a temperature of not over 180 degrees fahrenheit for 15 minutes the yolk was thoroughly cooked and yet the white remained as soft as curd in which state albumen is easily digestible when put into boiling water for this time the albumen was hard and tough like leath er and in this condition it is very difficult of digestion the lecturer spoke also of the influence of heat on albumen in cookiug meats by roast ing boiling and broiling the lecturer concluded with a discussion of the s-unject of the artificial preparation of food in the laboratory and said that not withstanding the wonderful progress made in organic chemistry iv the last fifty years in buil<iiug up complicated organic com pounds out of their elements he was not sauguiue as some seemed to be of the early arrival of the day when the farmer and his tilled fields will be replaced by the chemist and his laboratory egyptian monuments mr biggin in his saturday morning lecture said that having followed the history of egypt from the earliest known times up to today we find that each age or dynasty has brought with it sonic change either growth or decay this lecture deals with the traces that have been left behind in the statues and tombs the temples and palaces existing yet in the nile valley and delta built into the everlasting rock we shall see the same life story of a great civilization which was old when abraham was born the most ancient remains are the pyramids of which there are more than one hundred in exis tence for the most part they belong to the first twelve dynasties and are scattered in six groups along a distance of eight miles the three largest are located at ghezeh near cairo and are called cheops chephren and mycerinus after the pharaohs who built them the construction of these pyramids is marvellous considering that they were apparently without means that modern engineers employ the detailed construction of course cannot be shown here mr biggin used plates which conveyed ex cellent ideas of how the work pro gressed and the position of the chambers where the mummies were deposited the fact that if a like volume of material as was used in cheops were used in a simi lar structure and built in the vicinity of new york the cost would be if only of common rubble masonry about 9,000,000 is worth knowing the actual amount ex pended was probably much greater the mass of the pyramids was constructed of limestone and this probably cased outside with polished granite other pyramids exhibit a considerable variety of type and material not the least remarkable monu ment left of the ancient empire " is the great sphinx immedi ately in front of the beast and feet there was found in 1816 a small chapel the walls staircase and altar are of considerable interest to students of architecture this chapel connects with a temple embellished with statuary and other works of art the pyramids are not architect ure for in them we find no trace of artistic conception or thought they with ihe sphinx temples and tombs are rightly the wonder of the world as works of engineer ing but we have no evidence that the egyptians sought after the beautiful so far as they are con cerned engineering is older than architecture a new harvard song book re vised and enlarged has been re cently published by the oliver ditson company it contains all of the old songs and about two dozen new ones several new courses have been instituted for the freshman class at yale in mathematics greek and english tuese courses are for those men of 1900 who intend to compete for prizes in the depart ments named an elaborate report has recently appeared from the pen of dr j t ptothrock forestry commissioner for the state of pennsylvania and formerly professor of botany in the university the report covers three hundred and fifty pages ancb gives an interesting account of the past present and future of the pennsylvania forests the book is beautifully illustrated by forty seven full page plates directly reproduced from photographs taken by dr kothrock since dr both rock gave up his teaching in the biological department and even previous to that time he devoted considerable energy and ability to the advocacy of forest improve ment in the state the pennsyl vanian review lessons in me chanics of materials professor merriman has posted the following lessons in review of mechanics of materials : dec 21 chap i " 22 chap ii " 23 arts 15-21 jan 4 arts 15-26 " 5 arts 27-32 " 6 arts 33-39 " 7 chap iv " 11 chap v " 12 .. chap vi and arts 71-73 " 13 chap viii " 14 chap ix " 18 chap x " 19 chap xi " 20 chap xii " 21 .. shears and moment diagrams the university of paris has over 7,000 students yet it has no classes no commencement no col lege journals and no athletics lehigh university vol iv south bethlehem pa monday december 21 1896 no 24 the brown and white calendar monday dec 21 — meeting of agora saucon hall 7 80 p m wednesday dec 23 — christmas holidays begin at 12.80 monday jan 4 — christmas holi days end at 8.15 a m wednesday jan 6 — meeting of senior class christmas hall 12.80 p m notices there will be an important meeting of the senior class on wednesday jan 6 at 12.30 o'clock in christmas hall the class book and cap and gown committees will make full reports president there will be an important meeting of the agora tonight in saucon hall at 7.15 o'clock the sixth annual banquet of the lehigh university club of chicago will be held at the techni cal club saturday evening jan 2r2 r 1897 ah students who desire to attend the same will please commu nicate with the secretary james 11 westcott jr secy 513 ashland block chicago ill there will be no meeting of the mathematical club tomorrow night baseball mr james 11 bannon formerly of the boston league team has been secured by manager white to coach our baseball team next season mr bannon is 26 years old and has a long record as a ball player he began playing with the thompson itoustons of lynn and after four years as pitcher and captain of that team went with the northamptons and led their team in batting and base-running he next coached and played short-stop on the best team that holy cross college has turned out in 1898 he played with the st louis league team and led them in bat ting he has been with boston since that time with which team he has made a good record in bat ting and base-running he has proven himself a good man for almost any position having been during his career pitcher short stop second baseman and fielder the schedule for the southern trip is as follows : april 14 — georgetown at washington d c " 15 univ.of va.,atcharlottesville,va " 16 v m c a at charlotte n c " 17 univ of n.g at chapel hill.n.c " 19 univ of n.c at winston-salem n c " 20 either in washington or balti more for the remainder of the season games have been arranged with yale princeton oritani field club of haekensack n j vermont and a few others there will probably be the usual games with pennsylvania it is the intention of the man agement to have a well-organized scrub with captain and manager next season and a few games will be arranged for them men who expect to try for the team should bear in mind that more than one condition will pre vent them playing and use their time now to the best advantage there is enough material in col lege to make up a good team next season and if the college gives proper support there is no reason why the season of 97 should not be successful in every way