Brown and White Vol. 10 no. 9

              the crisp cool weather that we ! have been having for the last week or ten days has made the conditions perfect for foot ball and the var , sity squad has been out for sig \ nal practice and a line up against the scrub every afternoon the strict training and constant practice have put the men in fine j fettle and the plays are run off with a vim and dash that should ( have telling effect in the coming games the men are taking great interest in their work and under dr newton's coaching the team is rapidly developing its offensive and defensive play and strengthening its weaker points so that if our next opponent would save herself from a 1 score like that rolled up against rutgers she will have to get a hustle the size of the foot ball squad leaves much to be desired but such as it is is of good quality in the line tips between the varsity and the scrub dr newotn has been playing the varsity backs behind the scrub line and the scrub backs behind the varsity line this ar rangement evens up matters to a great extent and the line-ups are more fierce and exciting than are many games catain farabaugh is out of the game at present but is on the field coaching every afternoon and will be all right by next saturday when the team plays new york univer sity here with him back in the game and with our costly fumbling cut out there is no reason in the world why the team that tied the middies should not give the next comers a larger dose from the same spoon the men are coming in fine trim epitome awards for literary work first prize 5.00 second prize 3.00 third prize an epitome for artistic work first prize 5-oo second prize 3.00 third prize an epitome pay your browx and white subscription association notes professor a g rau lehigh 88 will speak on sub-consciousness at the y m c a meeting sunday evening at 6.15 mr a e greene will sing professor stewardson's bible class meets sunday for the first time at 4.15 p.m at the associations rooms it is hoped that a great number of men especially upper classmen will take up this work with prof stewardson the freshman banquet on wed nesday night at the sun inn re sulted in one of the most lively en counters between sophomores and freshmen in the annals of lehigh university shortly after noon the sophomores became aware of the state of affairs and soon had a large delegation stationed in front of the sun inn but not before some sixty-five freshmen were safely lodged with in the hotel the pros pects for a successful banquent seemed very bright and the fresh men had begun to congratulate themselves upon their tact and in genuity the sophomores on the outside indulged in the usual hanging around and chasing those freshmen who had not succeeded in gaining entrance to the hotel and managed to catch six or eight of them who were kept under strict guard awaiting the half-dress parade everything pointed to the customary evening of eggthrowing and howling punctuated now and then by a lively chase an arrest or two and perhaps a few rounds be tween the sophomores and town boys shortly after eight o'clock the freshmen entered the banquet hall and for a while enjoyed the start of a sumptuous repast most of the toasts were proposed by the toastmaster h pi wright and responded to they were ; lehigh edgar m mack 04 our foot ball team capt farabaugh 04 the junior class j w un derwood 04 class foot ball team capt smith elwood ta-tissig track team van dyne the rest of the toasts remained unfinished for by this time the sophomores had gained entrance to the hotel pushing by the police men and guards they broke into the dining-room and in short order the entire place lost all appearance of a banquet hall tables were overturned dishes were broken and windows smashed chair rungs and table legs became in demand they were easily obtained and were very effectively 7 used soon the policemen backed by a large voluntary corps of assitants enter ed and lent a hand to the mix-up the broil though fierce was short but it succeeded in very effectually breaking up the banquet continued on third page notices training table the following men are now the training table a j farabaugh p e butler h p barnard r k waters j c landefeld a l donin r e s geare w w brush c l orth p h herman l farabaugh forum meeting on tuesday evening oct 28 the second meeting of the forum will be held in the rooms of the society in saucon hall the meeting will o again be in connection with a smoker and all who come are as sured of a pleasant as well as a profitable evening the subject for debate is resolved that the demand of the miner's union for recognition should have been grant ed by the operators the affer mative will be supported by felis 03 and benedict 05 and the nega tive by brunei 03 and morgan 04 the resume of foreign affairs will be given by kuryla 03 and the resume of national affairs by chase 05 the first meeting was very well attended and it is hoped that at this meeting a still better showing will be made every man in college who has the slightest interest in this work whether a member of this society or not is cordially invited to attend lehigh university south bethlehem pa thursday october 23 1902 foot ball practice college smoker vol x the brown and white freshman banquet a large attendance anticipated calendar friday october 24 — at n a.m college meeting in lecture room physical laboratory at 4 p.m foot ball practice on lehigh field at 8 p.m all college smoker in gymnasium saturday october 25 at 3 p.m foot ball game lehigh vs new york university on lehigh field at 8.15 p.m king dodo at fountain hill opera house sunday october 26 at 9.15 a.m bible class study in christmas hall at 6.15 p.m y m c a meet ing in christmas plall.j monday october 27 at 4 p.m foot ball practice on lehigh field at 7.30 p-m meeting arcadia club notice there are but a few more days left until nov ist the date set for the expiration of the special subscription price of 1.50 for the brown and white after that date the price will be as usual 2.00 everyone is ad vised to bear this in mind and take advantage of our offer the big college smoker comes off on friday night and it is the duty of every man in the univer sity to be present and help to make it a success the committee has ar ranged an elaborate programme among the numbers of which every on ■ is sure to find something that he would not care to miss so by coming the men will not only help to make the occasion a success but will be treated to a performance that cannot be better recommended than by mentioning a few of the participants four boxing bouts of five rounds eao have been arranged as fol lows : lewis and fuller walcott and girdler pulford and isert ; also a wrestling bout of five rounds be tween pat mahoney and mcßea the rag-time quartette will be there with their asia minors also the glee club dr newton is going to speak and a number of undergraduates will also talk on matters of interest to college men the brown and white song books are to be dis tributed and the songs practiced for the lafayette game it is suf the rest of the programme that a ffcient to say without speaking about good time is waiting for all who come so just put a little tag on your memory and mark it gym nasium 8 p m friday no 9