Brown and White Vol. 6 no. 34

              the exercises began with the chorus " gloria in excelsis by mozart after which prayer was offered by chaplain stewardson and the audience joined in the hymn god of our fathers dr drown then introduced the first speaker mr g w barager the subject of whose oration was the new american imperialism in dealing with the new ameri can imperialism it is by no means proper to confine ourselves to technical definitions nor to party interpretations of the policy of ex pansion on the contrary we must try to state accurately and con cisely just what is implied in 1 extending our dominion so as to include porto hico hawaii and the philippines the united states has at eight previous times extended its boun daries but with the exception of alaska it has been to contiguous territory occupied by a population similar to our own while in the present instance the territory is just the opposite of this and is situated in the tropics by review ing the experience of such coloniz ing powers as portugal france holland and england we find that colonies in the tropics have always been failures especially in regard to home government again the philippines while yielding large supplies of hemp coffee and tobacco will offer small market for manufactured goods it may seem dishonorable to lower our colors in those islands but was there dishonor in the withdrawal of our flag from mexico and canada it will be far more honorable to haul down the flag in cuba after we have done our duty by those people than it would be to force them into subjection at least let us hope we have not permanently lost sight of the great principle that " the only just government is by the consent of the governed the second orator was john g heinz his theme was " our in terests in the pacific in the vast basin stretching from the western shores of the ameri can continents to the china sea and indian ocean the five great powers of the world are struggling for trade supremacy if not for territorial advantages behind this great commercial struggle however is the silent unrelenting light for race supremacy between the anglo-saxon and the slav typified in great britain and kus sia is the united states to stand passively by and lend no aid to the great race to which she belongs the time is rapidly approaching when all of the great continent of asia will be opened to trade and are we to have no hand in this great project with the rapidly increasing productivity of the united states an export valve will soon be a necessity and where is there another such an opportunity as is offered in china the late war has forced issues upon us which cannot be evaded we have become one of the powers of the pacific the age of isola lation is past the problems of the twentieth century lie upon the shores of the pacific and the national conscience is already awake to our responsibilities let us assume them and array ourselves upon the side of advancement for anglo-saxon civilization mr boss the last speaker dis cussed international arbitration the settlement of differences be tween men is one of the important questions requiring universal con sideration and may be accom plished either by combat or arbi tration the former was the method used by the ancients and practiced now by the uncivilized races while the latter is as con cerns the differences of nations of a more recent application it has become a fully recognized portion ot every civilized nation's system of dispensing justice and in the last half century has been the method by which were adjusted several of those unfortunate hap penings which were wont to cause nations to wage upon each other a war of extermination primarily a method of amicable settlement between individuals it has become the power which sways the des tinies of nations ; and although it may scarcely be designated a uni versal substitute for war the time is rapidly approaching when every international difference will be ad justed by the careful consideration and calm judgment of a few dis interested but capable persons re lying rather upon the power of reason and the true sense of justice than to the doubtful issue of life destroying battle after this oration was sudg the hymn 0 god our help in ages past then followed the address of professor stewart who spoke upon democracy and empire in part as follows : when we recall to mind the story associated with that noble virginian close-lipped and tall who took command of those ragged regimentals at cambridge,and then think of that fearful disaster at long island and of the dreary winter which followed at valley forge and when we stand on that spot not a quarter of a mile from this place on which that chieftain stood we ask ourselyes what lesson does it all convey " we americans should find in the review of those experiences not a rebuke but an excuse for asking continued on second page the brown and white lehigh university south bethlehem pa friday february 24 1899 vol vi ho 34 calendar friday feb 24 at 4.30 p m choir rehearsal saturday feb 25 — at 9.80 a m college lecture — " fortifica tions by captain e l zalinski u s a retired at 10.80 a m shoot with the university of pennsyl vania on the athletic he id sunday feb 2 at 6.15 p m rneeting ( of the christian asso ciation in christmas hall at 7.30 p m specis.l devo tional services in the > liapel tuesday feb 28 at 8 p m meeting of the economic so ciety in saucon hall wednesday march 1 — at p.m meeting of the forum in saucon hall friday march 3 — meeting of the civil engineering society notices junior class meeting a meeting of the junior class will be held immediately after the lecture on saturday morniu president economic society there will be no meeting of the economic society until tuesday fel 28 prof stewart u of p lehigh gun shoot on saturday morning at l#.3i a shoot with the university of penn sylvania will be held on the grounds ot the gun club all are cordially invited to attend special religious services there will be special religious services held in packer memorial church at 7.30 p m on next sun day and the four following ones the faculty and students are invited to attend mustard and cheese rehearsal act ii after college lecture sat urday morning also meeting of the association after the rehearsal baseball the men for t^e battery posi tions are paired oft for cage work as follows for the present : carman and white bohanon and rodney bailey and kelley parsons and sellers bachman and harleman james and alder all other men will go in as they choose captain the lehigh-lafayette in-door meet the second annual gymnasium meet with lafayette was held in the lafayette college gymnasium on february 22d and resulted in a victory for lehigh — the final score being 45 to 4 the score was about even up to the end of the eighth event but then lehigh forged ahead and continued to gain until the end the following is a list of the events given in the order in which they occurred and of the men who took first second and third places : the flying rings — first a d chidsey lafayette ; second 11 b bacon lafayette ; third a r laubenstein lehigh the horizontal bar — first j j reamer lehigh ; second g b porter lafayette ; third a r laubenstein lehigh the fence vault first w f drake lehigh ; second c e maeder lehigh ; third 11 b 13 aeon lafayette club swinging only two con testants — first a if crossley lafayette second w s johns lehigh the high kick — first ll nevins lafayette ; second b s ely la fayette ; third j n reese le high in the sixth event mr robert w alters gave a very fine exhibi tion on the flying trapeze the parallel bars — first j j reamer lehigh ; second b a gary lafayette ; third j g ross lehigh the rope climb — eirst a f seem lafayette,(time 10 2-5 sec second c e maeder lehigh time 13 1-5 sec third r mcn freeman lehigh time 14 1-5 sec ■ the running high jump — first j f symington lehigh 5 ft 3 in second p l reed lehigh 5 ft 3 in third e s ely la fayette the horse — first w b grubbe lehigh second j j b rice le high ; third h m hodson la fayette tumbling — first j j reamer lehigh ; second f b ayer la fayette ; third c e lauer lafay ette first place counted five points ; second place two points and third place one point the judges were prof f a march jr for lafayette mr kobert s taylor for lehigh ; and the third one was mr e r wil son the announcer was b t hand ; the starter was chas lar kin and the measurer x..l sal mon the university of michigan has finally come to an agreement with the university of pennsylvania about the football game to be held next fall it has been definitely decided to play the game on nov 11 at franklin field a new recitation ha l ! is to be erected at harvard for the use of the engineering school and the college the building will cost 175,000 and will be erected by funds from the henry l pierce bequest , dr w g anderson of the yale gymnasium will sail for europe soon to make a study there of gyro nastic systems and institutions junior oratorical contest washington's birthday was celebrated in the usual manner on wednesday morning the uni versity chapel was filled with the undergraduates faculty and their friends