Brown and White Vol. 14 no. 25

              the first regular meeting of the maryland club was held in saucon hall on monday night as well as the business meeting a smoker and a general good time went to make the evening pass most pleasantly this organization was started by the seniors and this was the first time the juniors and sopho mores have been in attendance the two lower classes showed their in terest and enthusiasm though and in all there were forty members present dr drinker and professor thay er who are honorary members gave short talks that were very en couraging it was decided to have a box party at one of the leading thea ters in baltimore on the night of december 26th maryland songs were sung and the meeting took on a more informal aspect refresh ments were served and the ding bat artists brumbaugh garrison and stey en s furnished music for the occasion the club pin will consist of the seal of the state with maryland over the top and lehigh under it the membership is confined to the three upper classes the following are the officers president walton 07 vice-presi dent anders 07 secretary and treasurer steele 07 the regular monthly meeting of the mechanical engineering so ciety was held monday night december 17th swope called the meeting to order and the minutes of the last meetinp were read and approved the treasurer then gave his report papers were then read by klar oq and moore 07 klar told of the manufacture of hollow ware confining his talk al most entirely to name plates one kind of this ware is commonly known as brittainia ware and is made of a combination metal con sisting principally of tin and lead this is first cast into mold's about six inches square and 5-8 inch thick then this goes through two rolling processes giving addi tonal length but keeping the same width the strip is cut up into de sired lengths which are blocked or pressed into the shapes by means of a block and die and a power press the plates are then trimmed and polished and are ready to have the dluring the past two years the young men's christian associa tion has offered a course of lec tures to the student body and to the friends of the university which has brought to the community men famous throughout the country in accordance with the custom of previous years the course about to be presented will be of an unusually high standard and will be made up of men representing the most intellectual and cultured entertain ment obtainable on the american platform in order that this course may ap peal to various tastes of many people an effort has been made to bring together four attractions consisting of a representative of the national political situation a concert company of high repute a man of varied distinguished per sonality as an author engineer and artist and lastly a reader of pecu liar uniqueness the first lecturer honorable ohamp clark united states con gressman from missouri has achieved instant and unprecedent ed success and has enjoyed a con stant and increasing prestige throughout the country as debater and thinker he leads the first rank in or out of congress and his personal friend's and the multitude who have heard him place him on the roll of distinguished statesmen with henry clay and webster the following comments from the press show champ clark's na tion 1 popularity and reputation washington d c post champ clark was the next speaker and he proved a great favorite his language and style of delivery were such that his remarks were punc tuated at almost every sentence with such a roar of applause that he found it difficult to proceed lousiana mo times — mis souri has reason to be proud of champ clark's oratorical achieve ments during his service in con gress he has attracted more atten tion to his state and has knocked out bigger niches in the temple of fame as an orator than any man perhaps of his age who ever held a seat in congress for a similar period he made a speech to tam many which set the entire nation talking he has delivered speeches in congress which were published in the papers of foreign lands ; he has pronounced orations which are classed by competent authorities as amonar the world's best the second speaker of the course will be professor paul m pear son member of the faculty of swarthmore college and editor of talent during the past year mr pear son lectured 107 times more than half of the lectures being return en gagements in the two years that mr pearson has been in the east he has been recalled to several places as many as four times he is without question one of the most interesting lecturers of the present time his ability is shown not alone in the acute analysis of an author's works but also in read ings he is not a reader in the or dinary sense of the word for the reader often fails to grasp the full : import of the author's meaning ; nor is he a mere elocutionist foi the elocutionist sometimes garbles j the sentiment in a grasping after effect instead the audience finds ; professor pearson natural at all times and sees not the reader nor the poet but the character the pic ture which the mind of the master had created the following personal opinions from two men standing prominent l in education circles testify to his ability on the lecture platform : n d hillis d d plymouth church brooklyn : — i have heard mr p m pearson read and take ( pleasure in commending him as an i elocutionist of more than ordinary ability and charm f w gunsaulus d d presi dent armour institute chicago professor pearson has captured us completely and armour insti tute is still echoing with praise of our conqueror who has precisely the temperament which makes him the sympathetic interpreter of the literature he most often presents to his audience almost before he be gfan his hour with us the seven him dred restless young people were obedient to his charm of manner and they laughed and cried white the members of the faculty did like j wise throughout the entire enter tainment we all came away feel ing that we had been back again among the dew-drenched meadows where the flowers of happy child hood were still blooming mr f hopkinson smith who will be the third speaker to appear in the course is so well known to most americans as a writer that a few words about him will be suf ficient : f hopkinson smith is a typical southerner in appearance — tall finely formed with gray mustache he makes a favorable impression in stantly his manner of reading is characterized by a restless energy and an abundance of gestures continued on fourth page which are very captivating the clearest and keenest intelligence and good taste characterize mr smith's style his eyes fascinate you looking out with a dark lustre from under heavy black brows no man could be more ab solutely methodical than the creator of colonel carter who rises early builds lighthouses and via ducts until four in the afternoon at his office on nassau street where he is francis h smith then be comes f hopkinson smith until seven p m and in that time does his literary work — and goes abroad every summer to rest and paint mr smith in his public read ing follows no plan but his own and has been instructed by no teach er his voice is full and pleasant his manner vivacious and intense and there is in his way of putting things and interpreting his own books a certain magnetism which ; never fails to hold and entertain his audience he works in many thrilling stories of adventure changing quickly to the humorous or pathetic and in his delineation of character shows that he has in him the stuff for a brilliant career on the stage should he choose to annex that profession to the many in which he has already achieved success the following paragraphs fairly represent the estimates published in hundreds of the cities and large towns in which mr smith has lec tured or read from his books : — mr smith has long been known in boston as a reader and racon teur his course of lectures at harvard university has been most thoroughly delightful and has been enjoyed by audiences made up of the most appreciative and culti vated people of cambridge and boston — boston herald he is a type of gentlman as raie as black pearls cultivated modest witty his charming hour's talk of plantation life is without an equal touching pathos and elegant dic tion produce a literary mosaic of positive brillancy and great power :: — chicago record there are few men who combine as perfectly as he does the best qualities of writer artist and lecturer — cincinnati commercial gazette mr smith is an excellent elo cutionist and he held the attention of his auditors almost as if spell bound — nezv york tribune the fourth and last number of the course of entertainments will be the lon jackson concert co this company was organized to meet the demand for a combination of high gfrade vocal and instru mental sdloists and the following persons compose it dr lon jack son tenor ; miss anna otten vio continued on second page the brown and white lehigh university south bethlehem pa thursday december 20 1906 four excellent y m c a lecture course vol xiv no 25 maryland club meet ing t attractions m e society