Brown and White Vol. 15 no. 32

              the regular monthly meeting of the mechanical society will be held on tuesday evening feb 11 at the home of dr drinker the following papers will be read experiences in construction work f t nagel 08 electric pyrometer j h finnic 08 band to play the presence of the university band at the sarthmore game will add additional interest and excite ment to the contest as no re hearsals have been held since the close of the football season all mem bers are requested to report in the phys lab at 2.00 on saturday after noon first call ior candidates the prospects for a successful season in track are quite promising of last year's team the following are still in college 1908 roberts geno behney krause 1909 captain aman gilligan shaw desh mese roll wigton 1910 reilly dunn treat and vanßlarcomi the 1 fresh man class contains some good mater ial which ought to considerably strengthen the team there will be an unusally good chance for new men as the number of vacancies to be filled is quite large owing to grad uations last june sophomores and freshmen are especially needed for the fixture of the team the first practice for the candidates will be held on saturday at 2.30 and will consist of a short walk around the mountain starting and ending at the gym all men who have ever done any track work and also any others who are interested should join this preliminary practice which will be gradually increased in lengtn the regular hours for this work will be at 2.30 on wednesday and satur day of each week the following men and all others who desire to try for the team are requested to report on saturday at 2.30 in the gym 1908 roberts wes terbeke olcott troutman geno beh ney shorkley krause and lvomara 1909 aman gilligan desh shaw zouck wigton ed keife boyd al eck bellis standing young morris meseroll brumbaugh 1910 sasscer butz gilbert dunn v-anßlarcom caffall thayer treat shaffner gilligan j h smith street and reilly 1911 biratten baumgartner car son conover crawford dawson dickey denyse frey fisher gib son hartman krause kocker kwong lazarus mccoy merkel mckinsey miller munoz patterson reese o h smith r h smith spooner scott throm trotter vela wenner whitman wells walters and young dickson to coach penn according to story in the philadel phia papers for thursday morning by dickson is one of the u of pa alumni who are under consideration for the position of football coach at that institution next fall washington birthday speakers chosen the members of the junior class v^ho will compete for the alumni prizes on washington's birthday have been selected this oratorical contest is open to all juniors and the six who write the best essays are given an opportunity to speak there are three prizes of 25 15 and 10 the following is a nst of the speakers and their subjects harold g harvey do we need a national university lloyd f hess the political prin ciples of thomas jefferson l c d greenough " the future of the west indies james g shaw " the social influ ences of metallurgy wilburt r walters the adoption of the federal constitution j s m wharton geographic in fluences in american history the name of the speaker who will deliver the principal address has not yet been given out as has been the custom in the past a large number of alumni will pro bably return for these exercises the desire to see the new buildings in working order will doubtless at tract many game with swarthmore what is likely to be the best and hardest home game in basketball will be played with swarthmore in the gym on saturday night the two annual contests with this team have always been very hotly fought last year both were won by lehigh so that swarthmore will make an extra effort to be successful the quaker five is undoubtedly the toughest proposition on the schedule they have already played several games of which that with pennsyl vania is the most significant the score of 28 to 22 in favor or perm indicates considerable strength a later game with f & m resulted in a victory by the score of 43 to 9 the swarthmore lineup will proba bly be clements and abele forwards boughton center dill and swayne guards of these men clements dill and swayne participated in last year's games for lehigh captain anderson and troutman will proba bly be the forwards street center davies and kiefe guards the record for the last four years is as follows : season 04 swarthmore 12 lehigh 21 swarthmore 14 lehigh 55 season 05 swarthmore 34 lehigh 25 swarthmore 24 lehigh 36 . season 00 swartihmore 35 lehigh 21 swarthmore 19 lehigh 31 season u swarthmore 17 lehigh 21 swarthmore 23 lehigh 37 total points lehigh 247 swarth more 378 won lehigh (>, swarth more 2 holds postponed meeting the chemical society held its reg ular january meeting on tuesday evening post-ponement being due to the mid-year xaminations the papers given were of great interest and were followed by the usual general discussion the subjects were as follows manufactue of artifical indigo mr f s beattie ph b loss of gold and silver during j cupellation j w ganser 08 all freshmen oh e's and a o'c are urged to join the society and at tend these meetings yearly dues are 3.00 mr beattie showed how the mak ing of indigo from coal tar has large ly replaced the natural process of making it from tue indigo plant the other paper dealt with a series of ] tests in the assay laboratory made by the speaker during the past year central penna club the lehigh club of central penn sylvania held its annual banquet at the commonwealth hotel harris burg on last saturday evening february ist there was a large i gathering of guests from harrisburg i steelton york sunbury and wil ! liamsport dr drinker was the guest of hon or after the supper he made an ad dress to the club telling of the pres ent condition and the plans and ! needs for the future of the univer sity his remarks stirred up much ! enthusiasm the following new offi ; cers were elected president j w i dougherty 89 vice presidents g ic leidy 00 william jennings ex i 94 n h snyder 05 secretary and j treasurer g r morrow 00 civil society [ the complete program for the meet ! ing next wednesday night is as fol lows the inspection of the broad j street bridge bethlehem a j i willis 0 e 05 the quebec bridge and the caus es of its failure a discussion by 1 dorsey fair and jackson of the 1 ' senior class a letter on this latter subject from ex-prof mansfield merriman will be i read electrical society the electrical society will have | something out of the ordinary on its j program next tuesday night a de i bate on the question resolved that | street railways and electric light ; ing plants should be owned and ' operated by municipalities affirrna 1 tive thomson king 08 and e l jwillson 08 negative f v beehtel ■ 08 and g h hoppin 08 prof j l ■ stewart will deliver an address on the problem of public utilities new men only two new men entered at the beginning of the second term on tuesday although quite a number oi former students returned h g livesay of frankford w va has entered the sophomore class the usual number of new registrations at this time in the past has been at least half a dozen b h s l club the monthly meeting of the bethle hem high school lehigh club will be held on monday evening feb 10 at the lehigh home club all mem bers are urged to be present at this meeting the entertainment com mittee promises to furnish a good feed t g gannon '% and t 11 farrell 07 were back for a visit during the early part of the week prof p m palmer has moved from 34 n new st to 1 oliruch st be thlehem prof j w richards was a wit ness for the federal government in an action against the midvale steel co before the united states board of general appraisers at new york on tuesday liie point at ques tion was the tariff en ferro vanadium ore and whether it should be 4 or 2000 tol xv the brown and white south bethlehem pa friday february 7 1908 lehigh university track prospects chemical society junior orators no 32 calendar saturday february 8 glee club rehearsal at 1.30 band practice in phys lab at 2.00 lacrosse and track practice at 2.30 gym at 4.00 basketball swarthmore in the gym at 8.00 sunday february 9 y m c a meeting at 6,50 in christmas hall monday february 10 brown and white board meeting at 1.30 bethlehem high school club meets at 7.30 in the home club tuesday february 11 b e society meetls at 7.30 in phys lab dr drinker entertaines the mechanicals at 8.00 wednesday february 12 c b society in saucon hall at 8.00 miners meet in williams hall at 8.00 biand practice will be held in the phys lab at 2,00 on saturday 1910 lacrosse team picture will be taken at mccaa's on satur day at 2.00 sharp freshman notice aii fresh men intending to try for any of the spring teams are requested to see dr davis at once in order to receive credit for team work done in place of the regular gymnasium work m b society