Brown and White Vol. 7 no. 31

              a meeting of the m e society will be held tuesday february 13 at 7.15 p m in packer hall a paper oh transportation of petro leum from oil fields to con sumer " will be read by fuller 00 honor court the honor court will meet wednesday february 14 at 12.30 p m in the forum room very important business will be trans acted mandolin club it is very important that all the members be present at the meeting of the club in christmas hall thursday february 15 at 7 p m senior lectures the course of economic lectures for the seniors during the second term will be upon the subject of government ownership this course will be with particular ref erence to the problem of govern ment ownership in the united states and will analyze the discus sion which has gone on under the last decade in this country exam ine the arguments for and against government ownership and review the experience of germany france england and australia immediately after the lecture by mr newell on friday morning in the physical laboratory a meeting of the undergraduates was called for the purpose of introducing a new plan for the payment of ath letic dues and obtaining a general sentiment concerning it the scheme as suggested by mr h a foering 90 and approved by the athletic committee is as follows a gymnasium fee of five dollars is to be added to the yearly tuition of each student which is to be paid in the same manner as an ordinary laboratory fee and will entitle him to the use of the gym nasium locker etc then a season ticket costing an additional dollar or two as the committee decides admitting the holder to every gam ; played on the home grounds will be issued to each man this will insure the two fold result of keep ing the athletic finances in good shape and having a good attend ance at all the games in order to carry this scheme into effect it will be necessary to petition the board of trustees as its adoption requires more than the sanction of the fac ulty and the athletic committee ttie plan as explained by robin son 00 was commented upon and discussed from every standp int and as no serious objection could be raised against it an almost unanimous vote ui its favor re sulted showing the decided ap proval with whiuli it was welcom ed the vote taken was simply to show the feeling of ihe student body on the question and a more sub stantial declaration in the shape of a petition 10 the board of trustees will be circulated at once mr robinson also strongly urg ed the payment of brown and white subscriptions and a general shaking up of interest in all college organizations together with their hearty support epitome blanks for the class rolls and senior honors were dis tributed after which the meeting adjourned continued on fourth page the subject of water storage for the reclamation of arid lands was discussed friday morning by mr f h newell hydrographer of the united states geological survey the particular subject was the possibility of water storage on gila river arizona and in connection with this facts were given concern ing water s.torage in general throughout the arid regions the data being based upon recent sur veys and examinations fully nine tenths of the vast extent of arizona nevada and adjacent areas remain in the hands of the general government much of the soil is highly productive under irrigation while the more rugged portions contain mineral wealth wuich can profitably be developed when labor and easy transportation can be had . with in this territory are many indian tribes some of whom have always been friendly towards the whites and have until recently supported themselves by agriculture along gila river in southern arizona agriculture has been prac ticed from time immemorial by native peoples the ruins of whose canals and houses still remain the present occupants of the soil have continued this practice until the incursions of the whites and the development of agriculture have resulted in taking away the summer flow of the gila river the rights of the indians in this particular place have been neglec ted or traded away by the government reducing this people to a state of pauperism on the one hand schools have been built to educate children and on the other hand they have been forced to live on the reservation in idle ness or become more highly skilled beggars and thieves the deplorable condition of these indians has been brought to the attention of the proper author ities again and again and various investigations have been ordered to ascertain where water can be had for the cultivation of their fields their legal rights to the flow of the stream having been lost as a result of these investigations it appears that ample water can be b roland smoot a c 98 who is chemist for the grand central mining co of utah visited old friends at the university on saturday baseball schedule manager hanscorn announces the following schedule for the season of 1900 there are twenty two g<mies of which seven are played at home these will be played with colum bia new york university george town indians pennsylvania and lafayette the games with am herst columbia and indians are among those not appearing on schedules of the past few years on account of failure to decide upon a definite date it has been impossible to arrange games with both har vard and cornell of the series with lafayette two of the games will be played at south bethle hem and a second t game has been arranged with georgetown a two duy northern trip in june in cludes games with holy cross and amherst as does one in may when yale and manhattan will be the opposing teams sat april 7 columbia at south beth wed april 11 to wed april 18 southern trip sat april 21 new york university at south bethlehem wed april 25 — princeton at princeton sat , april 28 — dickinson at carlisle wed may 2 lafayette at so bethlehem sat may 5 p r r y m c a at phila wed may 9 — pennsylvania at philadelphia sat may 12 crescent a c at bay ridge wed may 16 carlisle indians at so beth sat may 19 lafayette at easton wed may 23 — yale at new haven thurs may 24 manhattan at new york wed may 30 — pennsylvania at so beth'm friday june 1 — holy cross at worcester sat june 2 amherst at amherst sat june 9 lafayette at south bethle'm tues june 19 — georgetown at so beth the southern trip includes games on consecutive days with george town university of virginia uni versity of istorth carolina and trinity college .., sanchez 00 has returned to college after an absence of three weeks which he spent at his home in new york where he was called by the death of his father the brown and white lehigh university mass meeting south bethlehem pa tuesday february 13 1900 university lecture vol vii calendar new athletic financial scheme proposed water storage on gila river canyon performance to be given after easter mustard and cheese tuesday feb 13 at 715 p m meeting of the m e society packer hall wednesday feb 14 at ' 12.30 p m meeting of honor court forum room at 3 p m lecture to seniors by prof stewart in saucon hall thursday feb 15 at 7p m mandolin club practice in christmas hall friday feb 16 at 8 p m gymnastic exhibition in the gymnasium notices m e society at a meeting of the mustard and cheese held sunday afternoon at the sigma phi house for the pur pose of selecting a play for the sea son it was decided to present " a modern ananias a three act farce comedy by a w frazier the play will be given shortly after easter and all men who intend try ing for parts are requested to hand their names at once to stage man ager girdler and state the part they intend trying for a notice of the time and place of trials will be posted in a few days the advisability of securing a coach for a greater length of time than last year was discussed and it is probable that mr e 0 cham berlain will be re-engaged no 31