Brown and White Vol. 15 no. 19

              lee ellicott(capt rogers aycrigg logan kirkpatrick schwenk troutman treat black westerbeke shorkley olcott bakewell capt left anderson right brumbaugh aman speirs lehigh statistics of the teams lafayette lehigh total weight of team lafayette 1977 pounds " " " " lehigh 1892 pounds average weight of backs lafayeite 174 pounds " " " " lehigh 167 pounds " " " line lafayette 183 pounds " " " " lehigh 173 pounds chemical society a very interesting meeting of the chemical society was held in saucon hall on tuesday the principal speaker of the evening was r k meade chief chemist of the dexter portland cement company who ably discussed the chemical problems of cement manufacture mr meade gave shortly the general method of manufacture and the correct ratio of the constituents showing • that this ratio is a function of the phy sical properties of the cement numerous blackboard sketches and specimens added greatly to the in terest of the talk h f dech 09 then read a paper on quartz glass quartz glass is practically insoluble in acids and water and is therefore of great value for laboratory utensils owing to its low coefficient of ex pansion this type of glass is much used for thermometer tubes after a general discussion of the papers president guerber called the business meeting to order pos ter prizes for last year were awarded to f bates 09 and f h kaiser 09 jim myers substantially enter tained the members of the society for the remainder of the evening the regular meeting for de cember will be held with dr and mrs drinker on tuesday the seventeenth v m c a speaker prof frank p mckibben will address the sunday evening meet ing of the association at 6.30 in christmas hall pear so great in comparison with what has existed in other recent games in the perm-michigan contest the perm line averaged 181 and michigan's 192 6-7 the perm backfield 170 michigan's 171 [ /\_. in the yale-princeton game there various matters ot interest the entire football squad was given a rest on monday but on tuesday afternoon the practice in preparation for the lafayette began in earnest coach dickson assisted by strauss and johnson had the men run through signals and try new formations all the regular varsity men with the exception of olcott were out in togs ; however olcott ran through the signals with the rest near the end of the scrimmage which followed speirs treat and wigton were forced to quit as the two latter received badly wrenched ankles the practice on wednesday af ternoon was a decided improve 1 ment over that of tuesday after spending some time in perfecting new plays the varsity lined up against the scrubs for about an hour the varsity was weakened by the absence of olcott treat and black and for the first five minutes were outplayed by the scrubs who carried the ball to the varsity's one-yard line securing the ball on downs speirs soon punted it out of danger in the course of the practice the varsity scored three touchdowns on the scrubs one being made by mandell after a 65-yard run the line bucking of tremlett for the scrubs and mandell's ability to ward off tacklers while running with the ball were features of the practice while the gates were closed to the public the student body was allowed on the field a privilege of which many took ad vantage the scrimmage on wed nesday was the last of the week lafayette held the first secret practices of the year on tuesday wednesday and thursday of this week the rain on wednesday night and thursday has pjrf an end to hopes for a dry field tomorrow according to the statistics of the lafayette team published on this page which were obtained at eas ton on wednesday the difference in weight will not be as large as was at first anticipated to look at the unfortunate weather from the most optimistic point of view it will be remembered that in 1902 after three years of defeats the team won 6 to o in a hard rain the difference in weight be tween the two teams does not ap the officials at the game tomor row will be morice univ of pa referee mccarthy germantown academy umpire and hedges univ of pa head linesman car lock lehigh 07 and dowd la fayette 07 will be the regular linesmen these officials should give entire satisfaction was a difference of 17 ya pounds in favor of yale's backfield but only 4 in the line taking the whole team into consideration yale outweighed princeton by 9 pounds and michigan was heavier than penn by 8 pounds lafayette lehigh 1884 50 o 34 4 1885 o o 6 6 1 886 12 o o o tau beta pi w j priestley 08 president of the alpha chapter of pennsylva nia will be the delegate to the annual convention of tau beta pi to be held at purdue university on november 29-30 calendar saturday november 23 foot ball lafayette on lehigh field at 2.30 sunday november 24 banjo club mandolin club and minstrel show rehearsals at regular times y m c a meeting at 6.30 in christmas hall monday november 25 glee club rehearsal at 7.30 in christ mas hall tau beta pi banquet wednesday november 27 thanksgiving recess begins at 12 m musical club's concert at reading at 8 15 thursday november 28 foot ball carnegie tech at pitts burgh mrs alice frazier widow of the late prof benjamin west frazier of lehigh university died tuesday at her home in new york city the deceased had been a resident of university park south bethlehem during the many years that her husband held a chair at the university the funeral was held thursday afternoon at grace church new york bethlehem times the annual convention of the association of colleges and pre paratory schools of the middle states and maryland of which le high is a member will be held at the college of the city of new york from november 27th to 30th president woodrow wil son of princeton is president of the association 7ol xv the brown and white lehigh university south bethlehem pa friday november 22 1907 no 19 lafayette game probable lineup lafayette conover mccaa chalmers flad weight heigh it age schwenk i i kirkpatrick io 140 189 5.08 6.00 22 21 rogers 08 a^ycrigg 08 logan 08 ellicott 08 captain lee 08 flad 08 mccaa 10 3onover 111 1 chalmers 10 201 199 203 191 158 57 j 73 178 188 5-1 1 5-io 5-i 1 5.10 5-i 1 6.01 6.00 5.10 6.00 23 22 24 24 22 22 22 20 23 averages 179 5-i 1 22 3-1 froutman 08 160 5-09 22 freat 10 170 5-n 22 black 11 westerbeke 08 170 180 5-07 6.00 21 21 shorkley 08 190 6.03 24 dlcott 08 captain 196 5.10 22 bakewell 09 anderson 08 man 09 speirs 09 brumbaugh 09 156 156 170 160 184 5-09 5-1 1 5-083 5.09 24 21 20 19 23 average 172 5.09 3-1 1 21 8-11