Brown and White Vol. 5 no. 34

              an annual prize of the value of 25 has been established by dr henry r price a trustee and alumnus of the university to be awarded in june to that member of the sophomore class who shall write the best essay on a topic in engligh literature assigned by the head of the department of english not later than the beginning of the second term in each year in estimating the value of such essays the greatest stress will be laid upon clearness of thought and idiomatic force of expression ; and while looking for correctness of thought put into clear and forcible english expression will take pre cedence of ideas in the judgment of the examiner and for this specific end great weight will be given to the form rather than the matter presented competitors must signify their intent not later than the first of may the subject for 1898 will be a critical estimate of the writ ings of thackeray consult me at once for a list of works and articles to examine w c thayer winter meet every preparation has been made to make tomorrow's meet in which lafayette will take part as interesting and as successful as possible the list of entries for the different events with substi tutes is as follows : running high jump — con way chidsey oswald lafayette ; fnrn ham bailey symington smith whitridge moffitt lehigh standing high jump — chidsey conway lafayette ; lawrence dehm reamer lehigh parallel bars hodgson worth ington carey lafayette ; bailey reamer chapman dehm lehigh horizontal bar — conway moore huges lafayette ; reamer lopez chapman lehigh horse — carey worthington iluges lafayette ; brice j j grubbe hanna lehigh rings — crosby worthington lafayette ; lopez reamer shonk bailey lehigh pole vault — weaver weaver hodgson butler lafayette ; shepp butler pomeroy moffit lehigh fence vault — bacon weaver munson lafayette ; lindsey san chez lopez lehigh running high kick — conway nevins worthington lafayette ; chapman dehm bigelow james lawrence lehigh tumbling — lauer,conway,ayer lafayette ; dehm reamer brice j j lehigh club swinging — carey worth ington crossby lafayette ; bailey farnham smith yiehe lehigh the judges will be j d clarke 98 lafayette ; e r wilson al lentown y m c a r s tay lor 95 lehigh the exercises will begin at 2.30 p m and every undergraduate should be present to help the team by hearty and abundant cheering notices re - examinations in entrance geometry march 5 in physical laboratory at 9.30 a m those men entitled to take this examina tion will see professor thornburg at once senior astronomy march 5 in physical laboratory at 9.30 a m all other classes — under condi tions posted on general bulletin board by order of the faculty — students who wish to take their examinations at the close of the easter recess must hand me at once a written agreement that they will conform to the requirements of the faculty otherwise they will not be admitted to the re-examina tion students in algebra below 4 who propose to take advantage of the privilege offered them must begin coaching at once and report to me in writing the name of the coach employed and the hours of attend ance with same 0 l thornburg re-examination entrancs geometry and senior astronomy march 5 at physical laboratory tuesday being a holiday there will be a meeting of the brown and white board today at the regular hour town and gown dance the town and gown club gave a dance at ten gymnasium last friday evening whioh proved a decided success the building was tastefully decorated and the attend ance far beyond the expectations of the committee ruhe's orches tra assisted by the harpist satora furnished the music while the re freshments were served by a local caterer 99 epitome the 99 epitome board held its regular meeting last saturday reports were made which showed that all parts of the book were fast nearing completion little remains to be added to the literary and artistic work now in the possession of the board and for the next week the class lists will receive all the attention it is gratifying to the board and very complimentary to the busi ness manager to announce that the revenue derived from the advertisements now on hand together with the other moneys from sale of book and insertions will guarantee the cost of the edition at the meeting last week the contract for publishing the book was given considerable attention and also the proposition of the several printing houses a final decision has not been reached as to which firm will publish the book but this will be accomplished and the contract awarded before march 1 all matter cuts and insertions must be in the hands of this board before the next meeting saturday the 26th so as to be given to the printer on march 1 otherwise the board will find it necessary to simply drop that matter c e society at a meeting of the c e society held last thursday frisby 98 read an interesting paper on the locks of the sault ste marie the substance of the paper was as follows : owing to the increase of traffic on the great lakes caused by the growth of the copper mining and wheat raising industries of the west it was found necessary to provide better means of navigation at one point the ste marie river is a series of rapids for several thousand feet and the first attempt towards improvement was to dredge a channel three hundred feet wide and twenty feet deep through this rift this was found to be insufficient and it was decided to try the locking system two locks were built by the state of michigan each with a lift of nine feet and a depth on the sills of eleven and a half feet these were used for thirty years when a lock with a depth of seventeen feet was constructed work on the sixteen-foot chan nel had been barely completed when the demands of commerce increased so enormously as to ne cessitate a twenty foot channel a new lock was therefore built on the site of the old state locks the walls are 1100 feet long and 45 feet high forming the largest lock in the world the dimensions of the lock proper are 800x100x21 feet and the estimated cost is nearly 5,000,000 red sandstone taken from the lock pit was used in making the concrete this was made to pass through a two and one-half inch ring,the small pieces being screened off and the remainder washed the sand was clean sharp and quartz oze pumped from the bottom of the river the composition of the concrete was one part cement one and a half sand and four of broken stone cut stone was used for the cop ing and facing of the lock walls and also for inter walls this stone was a close grained limestone taken from the detroit river shipped in the rough and cut to dimensions on the site about 26j per cent was lost in cutting the gates are built of iron in the form of an arch each leaf is fifty five feet long the largest ones weighing nearly two hundred tons each they are operated by hy draulic engines driven by turbines to show the carefulness with which the lock was constructed,the specifications stated that the face of the courses should not deviate more than one-tenth of an inch from the base line the exercises in commemoration of washington's birthday will be held in packer memorial church on tuesday feb 22 at 10.30 a/m all students are expected to be present an athletic record book has been compiled at amherst including records of all athletic affairs for twenty-five years a seventh fraternity has now instituted a chapter at dartmouth the alpha alpha omega being the latest one to add a chapter to that institution minstrel show the program for the minstrel show to be given on monday even ing will be about as follows first part selection mandolin club chorus song first wench done turned white mr smoot song a little piece of string mr leopold solo mr heitshu song ambolina snow " mr jackson quartet second part specialties serpentine dance whistling coons tumbling chicken song sleight of hand vvork dutch dialogue banjo solo mr fred stuber selections mandolin club song and dance artist darkey town jubilee throughout the first part of the performance a nice line of jokes will be heard and the specialties of the second part will be a surprise to many the member of the university club have been holding regular shoots for the past two months and the practice thus gained encourages the hope that the club will make a creditable showing in the lehigh pennsylvania shoot on feb 26 at philadelphia the brown and white lehigh university south bethlehem pa monday februaey 21 1898 vol y no 34 calendar monday feb 21 — minstrel show at the opera house doors open at 7.30 p m banquet of the l u club of n e pennsylvania at scranton tuesday feb 22 winter meet at the gymnasium 2.80 p m junior oratorical contest 10.30 a m wednesday feb 23 ash wed nesday sunday feb 26 — meeting of y m c a at 6.15 p m the price prize for english compositions