Brown and White Vol. 13 no. 17

              vol xiii committees appointed the first sophomore cotillion will be held friday night decem ber bth it has not been definitely decided as yet where it will be held but it will probably be at either the eagle hotel or richter's dance hall the committees in charge of the dance are as follows : invitations — olcott tunstal and torrey music — : norton bell and peters decorations — finriie,bayle.ss and barker .-•.-..,.■ refreshments donaldson mc donnel and allen floor committee — luckie and i kimball surveying and construction night the second meeting of the c e society was held on wednesday evening in saucon hall after the reading of reports the matter re garding pins was brought up all those wishing pins should hand in their name to secretary farley so that they can be ofderd together the first paper was read by mr turrill on the topographic sur vey of state.n is and he out lined the reasons for the work and by whom it was done ; the men on the work having received their po sitions by competitive , examina tions the description and use of the instruments used was ' interest ing as great accuracy was required which necessitated careful manipu lation ' . the next paper was on suburb an layouts by hagy 06 the subject was introduced by giving the definition of a layout and the different kinds of layouts ; the work differing under circumstances and existing conditions the method of drawing a map of a suburban layout was clearly shown and the manner of laying out streets to the test advantage was discussed this was followed by young 06 on the construction of a bridge approach the bridge being at the foot of market street harrisburg blue prints were shown pointing out the difficulties and the manner of overcoming them lafayette game tickets on sale monday nov 20 the lafayette-lehigh foot ball game will be played on lehigh field on saturday november 25th at 2.30 p m advance sale of reserved seats wi.l begin on monday november 20th at the usual places at the fol lowing schedule of prices the advance sale will close at noon on november 24th grand stand 1.50 three cen ter sections on north side field 1.25 other seats with backs on north side and . west of grand stand on south side 1.00 all bleacher seats on south side 75 cents < ■.' v „ the general admission is 50 cents for standing room on 1 y at the east end of the gridiron en trance for which is at pine street and packer avenue alumni and others interested living out of town can obtain tickets by mail if they send the price and their choice of seats to prof c l thornburg not later than november 23d the field is gradually being put into shape for the game the seat ing capacity is now about 7,500 and with present prospects all available seats wil 1 . be in demand the fiem is now roped off and the yard posts have been replaced on the north side of the field a score board has been placed at the west end of the field which will greatly aid the soectators in keeping track of the downs gains etc everything will be in readiness for the game by the early part of next week college meeting a col l ege meeting was he'd on wednesday at 12 m a committee composed of gilmore 06 street 08 mackall 07 banke 08 and speirs 09 was appointed to draw up resolutions upon the death of mrs h a foering the wife of h a foering principal of the beth ttehem preparatory school it was decided to send a floral tribute to mr foering announcement was made con cerning the advance sale of tickets for the lafayette game manager smith urged that there he a solid pha'anx of rooters at the great game of the season he alsoa 1 so urp-ed that cheering practices be well attended minstrel show re hearsal a very well attended meeting of the minstrel association was held on wednesday afternoon at christ mas hall the show this year gives prom ise of being up to the standard set by the shows of former years the songs are a : l catchy and have a swing to them that will take the chorus gives promise of being es pecially good there is a large number of men trying for the chorus and the majority have very good voices so that the musical end of the show will be kept up al though there is a large number of candidates for the end only one of last year's end men is back so that as yet the end men are an uncertain quantity all who have any talent in this line are urged to come out and aid in making this year's show a success for the benefit of the new men a word might be said of the min strel association in general in college there are two dramatic or ganizations the minstrel associa tion and the mustard and cheese association the former gives its performance during the first or sec ond week of december of each year the proceeds of the minstrel show go to the athletic associa tion generally for the support of the base ball team on its southern trip so that any aid given to the minstrel show indirectly helps our athletic teams the performance this year will be held probably on the evening of december 9 at the grand opera house the next rehearsal will be held at 2.30 p m sunday november 19 at the psi upsilon house 28 market street cheering practice a cheering practice was held in the large lecture room of the phy sical laboratory on tuesday even ing several new sonfs were tried land the song men of lehigh was a genera 1 , favorite several other songs will likely be brought out in a few days the new yells-are also very clever and the innovations taiay prove permanent gym team the gymnasium team held a meeting in connection with their practice on monday afternoon gap-tain evans who was to lead the team again this year handed in his resignation the , team immedi ately proceeded to the election of a new contain st^n'ey brown 07 of wilkesb'arre pa was elected he has been a strong point winner on the horizontal bar parallel bars and rings the team promises to be very good this year all candi dates are urged to practice faith fully r 1 .,.." friday nov 17 at 11 a m col lege lecture art of making in ventions by e j prindle at 4.30 p m cheering practice at 5 p m song service in chapel saturday nov 18 at 2.30 p m foot ball game lehigh vs ursinus on lehigh field sunday nov 19 at 9.30 a m t bible study classes at christmas hall at 2.30 p m minstrel show rehearsal at psi upsilon house , at 6 30 p m y m c a meeting in christmas hall monday nov 20 at 5 p m brown and white board facets sale of seats for lafayette game begins monday nov 21 at 4.30 p m cheering practice thursday nov 23 at 4.30 p m cheering practice friday nov 24 at 4.30 p m col'ege lecture at bp m la fayette smoker saturday nov 25 lehieh-la fayette game on lehigh field •> resolutionss the committee appointed to draft resolutions upon the death of mrs h a foering met on wednesday afternoon and drew up the follow ing reso-utions •.-■< whereas it has pleased al mighty god in his infinite wisdom to remove from the midst of her household the beloved wife of one who has been ever a sincere and active friend and in time of need a ready helper of all students of lehigh university and whereas we heartily appreciate his untiring friendship and feel deep 1 y with him in his hour of sor row and sudden bereavement ; be it resolved that we the under graduates of lehigh university do hereby express our deep sorrow and our entire sympathy to our friend and alumnus howard aus gustus foering in the sad misfor tune which has befallen hishome and further be it resolved that a copy of these resolutions be sent him and that they be inserted in the college publi cations signed charles f gilmore 06 chairman george l street 06 paul mackal 07 w foster banks 08 garrett d speirs 09 committee a floral tribute consisting of large chrysanthemums tied with broad brown and white ribbon was procured ''„:•■.,. tau beta pi a business meeting of the tau beta pi was held at the alpha tail 1 omega house on tuesday evenirigi another meeting wi.l : be he'-d bri : thursday evening november s a new song oh lafayette you are so very shy — you always were demure — we never knew what you cou 1 d really do but now we're making sure in days gone by when you've given us a rub we've never winked an eye but now by gosh we're going to break the ice and make your feathers fly chorus : now you're up against he-high well rather might as well prepare to die i guess so take your battered warriors down the river we've got their nervous systems all a-quiver we will do you up with ease well sure mike hardly know you're in the squeeze : oh say not better thank the lord that you are living when you're up against lehigh tune how woum you like to spoon with me • ' a c flory ex-'b6 is holding 1 an important position with the allis chalmers co of milwaukee wis no 17 lehigh u n iv ersity the brown and white south bethlehem pa friday november 17 1905 sophomore cotillion calendar c e meeting