Brown and White Vol. 33 no. 3

              assistant coach eastman an all around athlete pointed for fray game marks dedication of new stadium — gettysburg eleven discount cards for eleven bethlehem firms issued to student body secret practice held although most brilliant in football he made good records in other sports amounts allowed various sports determined at mon day's b of c meeting sold by members executive committee chosen holds many records football prospects at lehigh are being materially forwarded this year through the assistance of the former harvard tackle and all-around athlete assistant coach charles eastman after a successful four years of high school football he played lehigh is this year opening its football season under some what adverse conditions inas much as the game is to be play ed on a foreign field and against a formidable foe when lehigh meets the gettysburg bullets on saturday they will face a vet eran eleven that has been espe cially trained for this game as the biggest of their season it will be practically the same elev en that held the brown and white to a score of 12-0 last year on taylor field as gettys burg this year boasts of ten let ter men back incidentally this game marks the dedication of memorial field which should give gettysburg an added incen tive to fight all in all it is an unusually hard game to open the season gettysburg last week opened their season with an easy win prayer very rev d wilmot gateson • a b organ solo will o'the wisp nevin address a pioneer investigator with some present day observa tions relating to his work by samuel wesley parr m s professor of applied chemistry university of illinois conferring of degrees announcement of prizes and honors benediction organ postlude gigue corelli recessional march to the flag pole alma mater led by the university band at the close of the exercises in the chapel the faculty will lead the student body in a re cession to the flag pole where the formal exercises of the day con on page 3 col 5 con on page 4 col 3 of 40-0 against st john's mili tary academy and was able to score at will the game reveal ed the bullets to have a heavy line averaging 195 pounds and a speedy backfield stump and spangler were the outstanding backs and accounted for most of the scoring the former being exceptionally speedy gettys burg's veteran singley is cap tain of the team and is well known by the followers of the brown and white by his play ing of previous years gettys burg always has a powerful ele ven and it will be remembered that three years ago they held lehigh to a scoreless tie lehigh has been experiencing an unusual streak of hard luck through injuries to veterans at the present time cannon stev ens prior and hays of the reg the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the university will be celebrated on the cam pus wednesday october 7 ex ercises will be held in the chap el at 11 o'clock while the after noon will be open for class games competitions and sports undergraduates will assemble in the chapel and be seated be fore 10 45 a m candidates for degrees and members of the fa culty will assemble with acad emic costume at memorial hall at 10:30 a m and the academic procession will move from mem orial hall to the chapel prompt ly at 10:50 a m an organ re cital beginning at 10 30 will precede the exercises the pro gram for the chapel exercises is as follows organ prelude t edgar shields a.a.g.o march guilmant hymn o god our help in ages past reading of scriptures .... ecclesiasticus xliv:i-15 y membership drive starts soon soph=frosh sports will feature wed soph council take freshmen to task booters working hard for opener three frosh acquitted and three given suitable punishment state in first game soccer team will face perm contests deciding whether dinks will be worn to be held as per custom intensive efforts will be started monday by all cabinet members forty on squad relay race first leniency shown plans formulated con on page 3 col 1 the most important business transacted by the board of con trol at a meeting held on mon day afternoon was the arrang ing of the budget for the ensu ing year the estimated profit on football is almost large enough to cover the combined losses on all the other sports since football is the only sport which shows a profit the com plete budget is as follows : exp allowed gross net loss football 55,000 $ soccer 1,800 1200 basketball 3,500 2300 wrestling 4,200 2700 swimming 1,800 1100 baseball 7,000 3500 lacrosse 4,500 3500 track c.c . . 2,000 1700 tennis 800 1600 net profit football 14,000 among other matters the election of the executive com mittee was probably the fore most in importance two mem bers were chosen from each of the three groups represented — the faculty the student body and the alumni professors reiter and beaver represent the first mentioned merrill and hoffman represent the students the latter being an ex-officio member by virtue of his position of chairman of the board d have you bought your stu dent cooperative association ticket yet if not are you go ing to get it soon for if you haven't you as a loyal lehigh man should do so if you do not know what the ticket is and what it is worth to everyone read the next paragraph and find out the students co-operative association was organized sev eral years ago to give prominent athletes and other undergradu ates financial aid and at the same time provide lehigh stu dents with a good discount at several well known stores in the town thus everyone is benefit ted by the tickets which are 2.50 each the men that the association aids are athletes of the first water who cannot spare the time from their stu dies and sports in which they strive for the glory of lehigh to work for themselves the association now includes charlie prior football star and captain of the baseball team ; joe cannon star end ; al ral eigh a three sport man swim ming football and track jack hays football baseball and bas ketball joe mulaney football and baseball jimmy farrel football louis wiener and t a kirkwood con on page 4 col 4 the tickets are sold only by the association members re yearling eleven learn fundamentals dean mcconn discusses elimination of exam exemptions snap and speed displayed — coach cusick will choose squad soon charles eastman courtesy of bethlehem globe tackle for the university of ne braska later transferring to harvard where he attained the crest of his football career when he was mentioned for all-amer ican tackle by sportswriters in 1923 eastman was also men tioned as all big three tackle for three years in succession con on page 3 col 5 in 1920 he had the distinction of playing on the harvard foot ball team which beat the ken tucky praying colonels centre • such action not considered by faculty for this year initial college dance tuesday the soccer season at lehigh opened last week with the first call for candidates the squad though handicapped by the lack of field room on the upper field has strenuous practice last week in preparation for the first game of the season track wrestling and lacrosse men appreciate the all around exercise due to the playing of soccer and many of them are fighting for berths on the varsity squad the majority of the candi dates about forty in number are from last year and should prove the backbone of a winning team the probable men for positions on the team are : goal — hawkins roberts con on page 3 cou 3 intensive work on the v membership drive will start oc tober 5 at which time repre sentatives of the y m c a will call on the various living groups to solicit members for the coming fiscal year r c winchester 26 director of the drive is now formulating plans for an extensive campaign with the end in view of obtaining as liberal support as the class of 1929 gave at the v confer ence con on page 4 col 4 tentative plans were drawn up and discussed at the senior cabinet meeting last night in drown hall the main idea be ing to obtain at least 1200 sub annual pre-founder's day hop to be big affair ned.wayburn like ly coach for m.&c lehigh six to syncopate steel co donates band instruments dramatic club plans biggest year since days of richard harding davis organization meeting held — numerous trips planned the annual founders day sports between the freshmen and sophomores will take place on wednesday october 7th these sports which constitute a time honored custom of lehigh are to determine whether or not the freshman will wear their regulation caps on sunday for the remainder of the year or whether they will put aside their dinks and wear their ci vilian hats the class which wins three out of five contests is declared the winner but in ca|se of a tie that event goes to thje credit of the sophomores con on page 3 col 5 the events will start at 1 30 orj the upper field first will come the one mile relay race with four men on each team following the relay race will be the tug of war with 25 men on each of the two teams there will be three tries and the best two will be declared the winner of that event the football marked leniency was shown in the punishment administered by the sophomore council to the six frosh who appeared on a large variety of charges three of them were acquitted outright light though appropriate pun ishments were given in the re maining cases con on page 3 col 4 the members of the council were well entertained with the remarks of some of the new men one man for example said during the cap rush of last thursday that the sophomores were incapable of properly handling the frosh upon ap pearing before the council he was again asked his opinion of the second-year men and to the immense amusement of the sophomores replied i refuse to repeat my opinion of the class in the presence of gentlemen doubtless he made a wise deci sion but after wearing a night gown indian head-gear and a few incidentals his opinion a recent interview with dean mcconn has dispelled all truth in the rumor which has been floating around the campus to the effect that the exemption from-final-examination rule has been declared null and void it is nothing but false as the ma jority of such rumors prove to the knowledge of the dean no official action has been taken on the important question al though severaj influential mem bers of the faculty have dis cussed the advisability of elim inating the rule however it is safe to say that this regulation con on page 3 col 1 con on page 4 col 5 the punch that is in the freshman class this year is be ing shown nowhere to better ad vantage than in football every day shows more men on the up per field at the beginning about forty men appeared but since then the number has swel led to almost a hundred so far the yearlings have been work ing only on fundamentals and calisthenics but cusick expects to s^art more intensive squad drill very soon he has com menced cutting down already and will shortly have the mak ings of the frosh team in sight there is a great wealth of ma terial on hand from which to choose one man who seems as notice men interested fn writing scenarios or music for the new mustard and cheese show are requested to meet mr morris in drown hall monday oct sth at 7 30 p m the musical directorship is open any one interested in this competition should be present at the same time heralding founder's day this year there will be held in drown hall the first of a series of danc es to be given during the social season at lehigh this dance is beinig sponsored by the arcadia the ruling undergraduate body at lehigh and every effort is being put forth to launch an ever-to-be-remembered trot for those socially inclined at the un iversity a great turnout is an ticipated the older figures around the campus gathering to repeat and inhale some of the con on page 3 col 4 red lights denote exit there will be a meeting wednesday oct 7 at 7:30 bf the entire burr board p m drown hall the presence of every member is required chairman of the board notice burr — editorial all men of any class freshmen particularly who are inclined along comic lines are urged to be present at drown hall in the burr room monday oct 5 at 4:00 p.m all men hoping to compete should be present so that their material can be judged for the first issue start with the first and secure a place on the board the mustard and cheese club has literally started off with a bang enthusiasm co-opera tion material and all that is needed to make a successful sea son is on hand at a meeting held wednesday evening many important matters were taken up among which were the elec tion of a president and a vice president con on page 4 col 3 mr j l morris 26 who coached last year's chorus and to whom so much of the credit is due for the success of rus sian around was elected pres ident mr g w glenn 26 a member of the mustard and cheese for two years was elect ed vice president mr clyde last friday at four o'clock the lehigh band held its first meeting of the year in the com mons building which will hence forth be the band headquarters this was an organization meet ing at which plans for the com ing season was briefly discus sed and formulated con on page 3 col 2 the status of the band has been materially changed this year the organization now has no official-connection with the r 0 t c unit of the college and is strictly a college activity supported by the university band men are therefore excus ed from all r 0 t c duties with the exception of furnishin the music for formal drills and reviews gym credit is also giv bethlehem pa friday october 2 1925 students self-aid tickets for sale vol xxxiii no 3 lehigh grid men travel to gettysburg for grid classic brown and white athletic budget fixed for year price five cents annual founder's day exer cises to be held wed morn start the social season right by attending the annual founder's day hop drown hall tuesday october 6 lehigh six syncopation subscription $ 1 50 b & w competition all freshmen and juniors who are interested in enter ing the brown and white competition on the editorial staff please report for the first meeting next tuesday at 4 o'clock in the brown and white room drown hall all men who find it impossible to report at this time can enter the competition by calling up george bachman at the al pha chi rho house there are vacancies on the staff for six freshmen and two jun iors support the burr competition try out for the brown and white