Brown and White Vol. 14 no. 1

              nov 10 — new york university at south bethlehem nov 33 — dickinson at south bethlehem nov 17 — ursinus at south bethlehem nov 24 — lafayette at easton pamphlet by prof franklin the second law of thermody namics its basis in intention and common sense is the title of a pamphlet written by prof w s franklin and reprinted from the electrical review issue of septem ber bth 1906 the object of this article is to give a simple account of that fundamental principle in physics which is known as the second law of themodynamics new buildings work on the dormitories is be ing vigorously pushed w f danzer & co of south bethlehem have the contract for construction the excavations for drown hail and the college commons are also begun and well under way so that these important improvements will probably be ready for occupancy by september 1907 in order that access to these buildings may be easier several new roads are be ing constructed the western ap proach at the rear of the presi dent's home being completed comprehensive plans have been adopted for the development of the new grounds back of packer hail and the gymnasium professor merriman has been granted a year's leave of ab sence by the trustees during this time he will continue to reside in south bethlehem and attend to the more important administrative duties of the department of civil engineering but in addition he expects to spend several days of each week as a consulting engineer at 45 broadway new york city where he wil be associated with clarence w hudson well-known as a specialist in structural and bridge engineering his services and high reputation are thus fittingly recognized notice this issue of the brown and white will be distributed free among the entire student body until november 1 the paper will be sent free of charge to every freshman every man in college should be a subscriber as we can not give you the college news effi ciently useless you help us by giv ing your support summer schools about 200 students were re gistered in the various optional summer schools lehigh university began its forty-first scholastic year to-day ( the customary opening exercises were held in the chapel at 3.30 p m president drinker announced the changes in the teaching staff at the meeting of the board of trustees held on june 13th im mediately after the close of the exercises of university day as sistant professors arthur e meaker and preston a lambert were appointed professors and mr john h ogburn was appointed assistant professor in the depart ment of mathematics assistant professor john duer irving was appointed professor of geology assistant professor philip m palmer was appointed professor of modern languages and litera tures mr barry macnutt in structor in the department of physics was appointed assistant professor in that department in the department of chemistry dr chandler's resignation taking effect september ist was announc ed in our issue of august 30th at which time the resolutions of the board of trustees adopted august 29th relating to his retire ment were published they are here reproduced for the benefit of our university subscribers who were out of town at that time resolved that the trustees of lehigh university desire to ex press on the retirement of dr chandler rendered necessary by his continued ill-health their grate ful appreciation of his long-con tinued and valuable services to the university and their assurance on his retirement of the hearty esteem in which he is held by them all entering on his duties in 1871 he has been identified with the uni versity almost from the date of its foundation and faithful to its interests throughout as profes sor of chemistry he has been dur ing this long period at the head of one of the principal departments of instruction of the university how well his duties were perform ed is evidenced by the record and standing of his graduates who hold positions of high responsibility throughout the world to these duties as professor were added those of librarian of the lucy packer linderman library a posi tion which he has filled with marked ability and his services in that capacity have been of great and continuing benefit to the uni versity the university is further j talbot todd r b rench eugene e vkilk and m ellis spear all 06 are in the testing de partment of the general electric company schenectady n y alumni notes conrado e martinez 01 is engineer in charge of street and park department havana cuba frank b bell 98 is assistant superintendent of latrobe steel & coupler co mercer pa herbert a church 05 is draftsman for ralph moclyiski civil engineer chicago c p clingerman 06 with the carnegie steel co is located at altoona pa james a mease 05 is with the latrobe steel i coupler co mel rose park 111 henry rl hocke 05 is with the water department of the district of columbia w m barnes 06 is at blanch ard arizona with the american copper & gold co continued on fourth page russell r throp 05 is in the engineering department of the national tube co wheeling w va aubrey l broomall 06 is an engineering apprentice with the westinghouse electric and manu facturing co wilkinsburg pa h m burkey 06 has a posi tion with the metallurgical co of america 52 broadway new york the brown an d white lehigh university calendar south bethlehem pa wednesday september 19 1906 foot ball prospects vol xiv opening exercises ensuing year several changes in faculty for coach dickson has small squad at work new book on elec trical engineering by profs franklin and esty wednesday september 19 3.30 p m — opening exercises in packer memorial chapel 4.30 p m — interclass rush on lehigh feld thursday september 20 8 p m — arcadia club meeting at karl's friday september 21 11 a m — college meeting at phys lab saturday september 22 3 p m — foot ball lehigh vs albright on lehigh field sunday september 23 6.30 p m — y m c a at xmas hall monday september 24 5 p m — brown and white board meeting the present outlook for a suc cessful foot ball team is not ex ceedingly bright o ! wing to the scarcity of material little has been done in the past week however of the men who have come out all have been showing up fairly well the work for the present is prin cipally punting and light practice it is expected that before the end of this week the squad can line up and begin heavy work the men who have come on the field thus far are capt strauss brumbaugh sheridan wester beke spiers shorkley wigton downs burrell troutman bren nan aman fulton burlingame bonando sill the elements of electrical en gineering is the title of a new book written by professors wm s franklin and wm esty the adoption of this book as a text book is something unprecedented in the history of technical writing although issued only last spring it has been adopted by more than fifty universities and colleges in the united states a great many books have been written on the sub ect of electrical engineering but this is the first to treat of it in an elementary way suitable for use as a jtext-book the electrical world of july 14th 1906 in its review of the book concludes by saying the book is an excellent example of fine typographic jart and is almost entirely free from the errors that usually mar a first edition it is well adapted for general use in classes just entering upon electrical engineering and merits a place in all electrical li braries professors franklin and esty are to be congratulated upon having produced a book which so thoroughly fills a long-felt want in this branch of engineering foot ball schedule for 1906 sept 22 — albright at south bethlehem sept 29 — university of pennsyl vania at philadelphia oct 6 oct 10 — princeton at princeton oct 13 — haverford at south bethlehem oct 20 — navy at annapolis oct 27 — franklin and marshall at south bethlehem no 1