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              the judges were mr andrew p wiswell judge of the supreme court of maine mr simeon e baldwin judge of the supreme court of errors of connecticut and professor charles h hill of the department of economics of cornell football team the football team composed of the following members had their picture taken at bggert's studio on saturday afternoon : chamberlain capt parsons manager gledhill payne mccarthy reese ross james dornin fuller canfield lindley bray spiers hawley gearhart scovil mr gledhill was elected captain for the season of 1900 the forum literary society held its regular meeting in saucon hall on wednesday president fletcher called the meeting to order at 7.20 o'clock after roll call and the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting mr hug gins gave a report of the meeting of the intercollegiate oratorical union held in philadelphia on thanksgiving day he said that in the election of officers only juniors were given offices so that it was important to send juniors instead of seniors hereafter to represent the society mr cort was appointed to criti cise the meeting jump 1901 bird 1902 j twitmyer 1903 and g twitmyer 1903 were elected members of the society and a bill of 3.78 expenses occurred in sending delegates to the meeting of the oratorical union upon mo tion was ordered to be paid mr starkey gave a criticism of the last meeting in which he called special attention to the fact that the meeting had not adjourned according to parliamentary rules the debate upon the question resolved that no studies other than technical should be intro duced into a technical course followed mr huggins 1900 was the first speaker on the affirmative side and he showed that the object of a technical course is to give a technical education ; that the broad scope of the work left scarcely any time for other subjects and that it should be the same in a technical school as in a law or medical school where no other studies are taken up mr cassidy 1903 the first speaker on the negative side pre sented these points first that since all the great technical schools pay attention to non technical sub jects there must be some advan tage in their use second that study along one line entirely grows monotonous and narrows the scope of the intellect the second speaker on the affir mative was mr freeman 1900 he expressed the thought that not enough benefit is gotten out of the culture subjects and that most men have formed their tastes by the time they enter a technical school and are bound simply by their reading to broaden their minds the last speaker mr hunt 1903 cited as an example of the value of culture studies the use of good english in papers that often have to be read by engineers in the rebuttals freeman ex celled in pointed arguments and in the general discussion which continued on fourth page the elite of the bethlehems and vicinity turned out in force satur day evening to witness the fourth annual performance of lehigh's burnt cork artists the entertain ment was the most elaborate and successful ever given by the asso ciation and the introduction of several new features added greatly to the attractiveness of the pro gram the chorus was stronger and better than in previous years the solos were more numerous and the songs all up-to date and catchy robinson 00 acted as interlocutor and after the alma mater song by the chorus introduced the end men clad in a stunning array of scarlet and satin who kept the audience in a continuous round of applause by their incessant raillery of witti cisms and funny hits aimed with telling effect at both faculty and undergraduates . bradenbaugh james symington and bohannon needed no introduction they are old favorites and met with a hearty reception morris and crane both new men at end positions were agreeable surprises and both es tablished well-earned reputations as star end " coons the soloists were each in turn greeted with a round of applause which showed plainly the app e ciation of the audience reese 03 sang " honey lou " in a clear strong voice " i love nobody but you by james 01 was well rendered and was followed by peck 01 in " miss virginia knight 03 sang say you love me sue " and the tenor solo by hewitt 03 was rendered in a beautiful sweet voice i aint seen no messenger boy " by white 00 made a hit and the " oriental coon by crane 01 brought down the house the black diamond quartette com posed of messrs dibert reese knight and hewitt sang some up to date darkey melodies in exc^l lent form the second part of the program was opened by the mandolin club and no greater tribute need bo paid the untiring efforts of its efficient leader mr digby and the faith ful work of the club than the fact that they met wi h a storm of applause which brought them back on the stage three times the buck dancing of mcgavock was strongly suggestive of the planta tion and elicited warm apprecia tion the exhibition of fencing given by mendoza 02 and firpo 03 was a display of skill in hand ling the foils that held the audi ence breathless the music of the mandolin quartette was of a high order and won a great deal of favorable comment for its mem continued on third page the saloon problem discussed by prof hull of swarthmore prof w i hull of the depart ment of poitical economy of swarthmore college delivered the fifth lecture in the course of modern social problems on friday morning in the physical laboratory his subject being cf the social aspects of the saloon problem in substance his re marks were as follows : " the saloon is a fact and not exactly a problem for if we were to remove all saloons we would still be confronted with the ques tion of satisfying the people's needs in this direction the attitudes upon the saloon are numerous and very different some look upon it as a curse while others are im pressed by the need of recreation for the poor and therefore support it as the best means of affording this recreation the first have been engaged in a long struggle for total abstinence ; the second have drawn a dark picture of the social life of the poor and have ardently upheld the saloon as the best refuge for these people for my self i believe the ultimate ends of both should be realized " 1 shall divide my subjects into two main divisions : " first the social evils produced by the saloons ; second the several causes of these evils the firs evil is t 1 c fruitful source of insanity pauperism and crime aside from hereditary dis eases statistics show that three fourths of the inmates of the asylums h;ive lost their reason from drink ; and the records of different states chow that from twenty two to seventy eight per cent of pauperism is traceab ! e to this source the saloon forms the connecting link between pov erty and the pawn shop and its influence upon crime is self evi dent saloonkeepers have resented this charge and have said that drunkenness affects them more than anything else saloons not only supply drink they are the haunts of crime the rendezvous of green goods men the school of toughs and the resorts of gamblers the lynch law is fostered by them and the corruption of political gov ernment is traceable directly to their woes our trade , is our policy is the liquor de tiers motto and they f how it to the letter not only are the nomination and election of candidates influenced by the saloon but laws are also passed according to the direction of the liquor dealer back of the saloons is the great financial power continued on third page the brown and white lehigh university south bethlehem pa tuesday december 19 1899 forum meeting minstrel show vol vii university address wednesday night a very successful meeting on great success saturday night's performance a calendar notices tuesday dec 19 at 7.30 p m meeting of economic society in saucon hall ; address by professor stewart friday dec 22 at 12.30 p m christmas holidays begin wednesday jan 3 — at 8.15 a m christmas holidays end friday jan s at 11.30 a m in the physical laboratory sixth lecture on the course upon social problems by mr j b eeynolds upon social sentiment brown and white with this issue the bkown and white will suspend publica tion until after the holiday recess harvard-princeton debate harvard defeated princeton in the sixth annual debate held last evening in cambridge the ques tion was " eesolved that eng land's claims in its controversy with the transvaal are justifiable harvard chose the subject and princeton decided to hold the negative the order of harvard's speakers was b dwyer 1900 b 0 bruce 1902 and w morse 1900 for both first speeches and rebuttals the order of prince ton's speakers was weston hill and jones and in t c rebuttal hill jones and weston each speaker was allowed twelve min utes for his first speech and five for his rebuttal no 23