Brown and White Vol. 33 no. 40

              thirteen games won and but one contest dropped — most brilliant record ever compiled by a brown and white team college heard interesting talk thursday by prof prince captain best meets jinx strong team future admirals take every first and one second with about 60 members c schaub and smith high scorers rule flashes unusual aspect saturday afternoon in taylor gym saw the lehigh wrestling team go down in their second defeat of the season before the powerful navy grapplers by a 15 1-2 to 11 1-2 score the middies won three bouts two by a fall and one by a decision the brown and white garnered theif points on three decisions perhaps the greatest upset of the wrestling season came in the 125-lb class when captain best met his first defeat in four teen starts he was beaten by nichols of the navy on decision in a bout which went two ex tra periods and was replete with thrills from start to finish the lehigh captain had not been de feated since his bout with tim erlake of the navy last season tively close score of 31-22 con on page 2 col 5 starting off with schuylkill lehigh easily took the oppon ents into camp and then added the scalp of princeton to their belts before the christmas vaca tion set in slightly out of form and fresh from the laxness of the vacation the next game was dropped to the army from that time on however their slate is clean twice muhlenberg drop ped before the brilliant lehigh team both times by fairly large scores and twice lehigh hum bled the quintette from rutgers also by one-sided counts the fordham game proved a thrill er however and it was only a one-point lead after an extra five-minute period had been when the brown and white basketball team defeated the la fayette team for the third con secutive time this year it com pleted the most successful sea son any lehigh quintette has ever enjoyed on the court with a record of thirteen games won out of fourteen played during which time the lehigh aggrega tion met some of the strongest teams in the east the brown and white players scored an ag gregate of 472 points while their opponents were garnering 304 and at the same time hung up a mark that would be hard to excel the only game that was lost fell to the west point ers who have one of the fast est teams in collegiate circles and that was by the compara it seems as though the uniforms are an insurmountable jinx to sheridan's star mat artist jimmy reed came back af ter his defeat of a week ago to gain a substantial time advan tage over johnson in the 115 pound class and scored the first points of the meet for the home team his form was a marked improvement over that which he displayed against cornell and served to renew the confidence in him for a good showing in the intercollegiates heilman inaugurated his en trance into the 135-lb class by battling to a draw in two extra periods against crittenden of the navy this bout also drew rounds of applause from the gal con on page 4 col 6 varsity ball men go outdoors soon frosh basketeers winfinalgame delt conference held at lehigh sheridan held two scotch titles team rounding into condition after strenuous indoor practice lehigh coach was cham pion of scotland from 1904-1908 all 22 chapters in the eas tern division represented here at annual meeting victory gives brown and white frosh balance on winning side fifty delegates coached at penn a permanent organization of the pre-medical society was ef fected last thursday afternoon at the resurrection meeting held in coppee hall the primary purpose of this meeting was to elect full-term officers to dis place those temporarily chosen a few days before the order of the day was the election of officers j j long acre acting secretary who serv ed as presiding officer in the ab sence of both the president and vice-president took charge of this election for president k w thum f j pearson re spectively temporary president and vice-president and m h cohen were nominated thum was elected overwhelmingly for vice-president f j pear son m h cohen e f schwab and r p knerr were nominat ed schwab being chosen for treasurer j j longacre r r fagin and b w tomlinson were nominated fagin was elected for secretary n k sheinfeld j j longacre and b w tomlinson were nominat ed longacre winning by a one vote margin the newly elected officers will serve for the remainder of the term they comprise the exe cutive committee of the society and will meet this week to pre pare a program for the imme diate future dr hall and prof thomas were chosen as faculty advis ors washington and lincoln was the subject of last week's college lecture delivered last thursday in the south side high school by prof leon c prince of the department of history of dickinson college prof prince was to have spok en at lehigh in february but was unable to come on account of the snow-filled roads the two best-known ameri can heroes according to the lec turer are excellent examples of the interpretation of history through personalities this method the one followed by emerson carlyle and macaulay conceives history as no more than the interwoven biographies of famous and powerful men the play of their personalities on the screen of their times the examination of such is essen tial to the study of history therefore when we study washington and lincoln we are studying the history of the coun try in two great national crisis according to lord brown washington was the greatest man of his age despite the fact that in europe at that time were william pitt and edmund burke although washington never went to college yet he was interested in them and was instrumental in the founding of several likewise he did not care especially for books but it was said of him that he read con on page 3 col 4 lehigh university calender highway engineer addresses civils navy defeated the lehigh swimmers last saturday after noon by the score of 44 to 18 when the teams of the two in stitutions contested for tank honors in the annapolis pool despite the wide margin of vic tory each event was fought to a close finish the brown and white did not take a single first place but managed to win all of the seconds with the lone excep tion of the century one record was broken the 150 yard backstroke rule of the navy was the winner with a time card of one minute for ty-six and eight tenths seconds a surprise was sprung when lehigh's stellar divers were bea ten out of first place and had to be content with second and third honors wynn of the brown and white forced rule to break the academy record in the 150 yard backstroke the summaries — 50-yard race won by wycoff navy raleigh lehigh second lee navy third time 0:24 8-10 440-yard swim won by coale navy harmon lehigh second ; pennington lehigh third time 5:34 5-10 fancy diving won by coop er navy hobbs lehigh sec ond hayes lehigh third con on page 3 col 4 150-yard backstroke won by rule navy ; wynn lehigh sec excellent talks mark e e meeting mr longstreet div high way engineer of pa is speaker at a s c e meeting practical value l w morrow editor of the electrical world and c k zug 26 speakers many facts given after having his battery men work out in the gym for almost three weeks baseball coach jing johnson expects to issue a general call for all candidates in the early part of next week it is hoped that the weather will permit outdoor practice to be held beginning next week since there is only a very short time to round the team into shape for the southern trip due to the proximity of this all-important trip coach john son intends to devote all the time possible to the developing of his pitching staff he will have to use almost entirely new material since all three of the regular pitchers on last year's varsity graduated to date there are five candidates for the box that have shown up excep tionally well but it is entirely too early to make predictions as to the calibre of the box-men this season con on page 2 col 5 coach johnson has reported a very noticeable improvement in the indoor work of the men in the last week and is confident the lehigh freshman bas ketball team managed after a hard fought game to defeat the mining & mechanical institute at freeland by the score of 38 to 26 the game was very closely played during the first half with lehigh obtaining a slight edge in the scoring shortly after the beginning of the second period the tension broke and the frosh proceeded to pile up a decisive lead that gave them a twelve point advantage at the end of the game line-up : — lehigh freeland zinder f czdil lenahan f ....... hess hesse g clinger harwood g schaub glowacki g b davis substitutions : lehigh fry for zinder ; freeland letout for hess pranier for schaub w davis for b davis field goals : lehigh zinder 6 ; fry i ; len ahan 2 ; hesse 7 ; harwood i ; glowacki 2 ; freeland czdil 6 ; hess 3 schaub 4 referee e schaub lehigh timekeeper bell student officers to be inoculated t edgar shields to give recital anyone may take advantage of this opportunity to become immune from typhoid the third meeting of the elec trical engineering society was held thursday last president kear introduced the student speaker charles k zug jr 26 mr zug chose as his subject the organization and opera tion of a public utility and outlined fully the organization of an electric light and power utility from its owners the stockholders down thru all the different departments to the bot tom showing just where the av erage college graduate starts he explained the functions of all the different departments sub-departments and divisions and showed the relation each bore to the others president kear next introduc ed mr l m morrow manag ing editor of the electrical world mr morrow first took up certain phases of mr zug's talk going more into detail he showed how an electric light and power utility was a combin ation of men capital and equip ment to produce one hundred percent service he illustrated con on page 3 col 1 ) this evening at 8:10 an or gan recital will be held in the chapel by prof t edgar shields organist and assisted by miss julia b la velle at the piano this is the second of a series of recitals by mr shields and the next one will be given on april 20 with mr schoenely tenor assisting con on page 3 col 1 those who have never heard prof shields in a recital have missed a rare opportunity of hearing an artist who enjoys a splendid reputation in the le high valley tonight is a real opportunity to hear him and spend a most pleasant evening prof shields not only plays for both lehigh and moravian sem the forty-third eastern divi sion conference of the delta tau delta fraternity was held at lehigh over the past week end an informal smoker was held at the chapter house thurs day evening for the delegates who had arrived early the opening session was held friday morning and a e buch anan jr president of the eas tern division presided the principal feature of this ses sion was an address by dr c r richards to the delegates on the part that the fraternity plays in college life and what the fraternity can do to develop its potentialities and extend its benefits after the appointment of committees the business of the conference proceeded with the reports from the different chap ters representing twenty-two colleges as follows allegheny washington and jefferson la fayette stevens perm state rensselaer perm lehigh tufts m i t cornell brown dart mouth west virginia colum bia wesleyan maine syracuse pitt amherst and carnegie tech the session was contin ued in the afternoon until three o'clock after which a tour of bethlehem and a visit to lafay ette was taken a formal dance was held at the chapter house friday eve ning and was chaperoned by dr and mrs c r richards mr and mrs a e buchanan jr and mr f t trafford con on page 2 col 4 the concluding event of the conference was a banquet held the business session satur day morning was held at the hotel bethlehem at this ses sion resolutions were adopted for the expression of thanks to the lehigh chapter of delta tau delta the alumni of the vicin ity and the lafayette chapter march 1 5-2 1 tuesday march 16 8:15 p m organ recital by mr t edgar shields assisted by miss julia b lavelle piano packer memorial church uni versity campus thursday march 1 8 1 1 10 a m freshman orienta tion lecture by prof f v larkin subject mechanical engineering south side high school auditorium 7:30 p m meeting of the phy sics club physics biulding speaker mr harris c pal mer all interested are invit ed to attend 7:45 p m pi delta epsilon meeting drown hall friday march 1 9 4:00 p m meeting of mathe matics club room 37 packer hall prof j e stocker will speak on precession and its effects saturday march 20 2 00 p m varsity swimming intercollegiates athletic tick ets not good for this meet ad mission 1.00 varsity wrestling — intercolle giates perm state college frosh wrestling meet at nep tune high school ocean grove n j sunday march 21 — talk by dr h f ward in fritz memorial m e church con on page 2 col 3 the inoculations of typhoid vaccine will begin saturday march 20 all men who intend to go to summer camp are re quired to undergo this inocu lation and it is offered to any men who desire it the other two dates are march 27 and april 10 the inoculations will be given in dr bull's office starting at ip m all men who are to take them are urged to come at this time as it will take but a few minutes on the regular prescribed days while if a man waits until another time much time will be wasted con on page 4 col 3 the lehigh student chapter of the a s c e held their reg ular monthly meeting on thurs day evening in the physics lec ture room the meeting was opened at 8:00 p m by presi dent sheppard after the read ing of the treasurer's report by r l miller professor fuller announced that the lehigh val ley section of the a s c e would offer prizes for the three best technical papers presented to them the contest is open to members of the lehigh and la fayette student chapters professor winter l wilson then • introduced the speaker of the evening mr longstreet di vision engineer of the penna state highway department mr longstreet gave a very interest ing talk on the importance of good highways and the organ ization and work of the state highway department of penn sylvania it is only of latter years that the state has really recognized the importance of its highway system this fact is illustrated has lehigh's wrestling coach won many trophies and medals for the answer to this question look at the accompanying photo graph the exact number of prizes which he has won is not definitely known and they could not all be crowded into this pic ture but those shown are suffi cient evidence of his ability the belt represents the scotch cham pionship in the 133 pound class as anyone who heard him speak could surmise billy sher idan is a native scotchman and according to his own statement learned the gentle art of grap pling purely by accident this accident the nature of which is unknown resulted in his holding the featherweight and lightweight titles of scotland for five years 1904-1908 dur ing his entire wrestling career once it got started he never lost a bout the picture was taken on march 27 1908 just prior to his sailing to canada at which time he turned profes sional after spending a short time in canada he came down to philadelphia to open a physical training school and to learn box ing he was only in philadel phia a few weeks when he wan dered out to the perm gymna sium and his natural liking for wrestling lead him instinctively into the wrestling room while watching the practice he noticed a man using a hold which was barred and he called him for it of course the youth wanted to know what he knew about it and it was finally decided that the best way for sheridan to prove what he knew was to get a suit on and actually demon strate his ability this he did and it was not many minutes until he had thrown everybody anywhere near his weight since perm was dissatisfied with its coach sheridan was hired on con on page 2 col 3 bethlehem pa tuesday march 16 1926 officers elected for pre-med club vol xxxiii no 40 price five cents middy swimmers outclass lehigh in one-sided meet washington and lincoln subject of vivid lecture varsity courtmen enjoyed most successful season navy grapplers show power in throwing brown & white lehigh brown and white heilman and crittenden battle to a draw three extra period bouts feature hard-fought mcct — dr hall and prof thomas were chosen as faculty advisors to new club organ recital at chapel tonight get ready for memorial drive