Brown and White Vol. 16 no. 44

              weestling touenament college lecture by dr h s pritchett dr henry smith pritchett of new york city will lecture on politics in college in the lehigh university lecture series on friday morning april 2nd at 11.30 o'clock dr pritchett was gradu ated from pritchett college glas gow mo in 1875 he also holds the degree of ph.d from the uni versity of munich ll.d from hamilton college university of pennsylvania harvard university yale university johns hopkins university williams college and the university of michigan and sc.d from tufts university on graduation from college he became a student in the united states naval observatory and was soon made assistant astronomer of the same he became astronomer of the morrison observatory at glas gow mo in 1880 was astronomer of the transit of venus expedition to new zealand in 1882 professor of astronomy and director of the observatory in washington uni versity st louis from 1888 to 1897 superintendent united states coast and geodetic survey from 1897 to 1900 president of the massachu setts ins it ute of technology from 1900 to 1906 and since 1906 presi dent of the carnegie foundation for the advancement of teaching he is the author of numerous trea tises and an expert in educational matters held at the hotel wyandotte seventy-five members of the class of 1911 attended the annual ban quet held at the hotel wyandotte last friday night every man present spent a most enjoyable evening and the committee in charge is to be congratulated upon the successful culmination of their efforts after the last course of a very satisfying menu toast master j.h dillon called on the following men for toasts : a priestly gave a glowing account of the glories of lehigh after capturing the attention of all by a good story j e dawson followed with a talk on athletics during which he told what part the class of 1911 had played and was playing in the sports of the university toast master dillon then called for a toast on temperance from s k kitchel who extemporaneously set forth his views on the subject e m conover gave the whole class a little inside information on life in the donas and incidentally gave a vivid description of just what happened on the dormitory lawn following a certain banquet held last week f v kesselman gave us only a sample of his ability when he told us what he knew of " dutch fairies the applause brought forth indicated that there were others present who were in position to appreciate his views during his speech on " the class c s albright reminded us of the reputation the class of 1911 had made for itself along the different lines of college activity all of the guests present re sponded with stories and interest ing talks when called upon presi dent bellis of the senior class spoke on the honor system and the proposed raise in the registra tion fee captains morris davies and aman spoke concerning their respective teams and president lawson very aptly set forth the cordial feeling existing between his class and that of 1911 eose talked on base ball and black wood and eeinhardt spoke on foot ball the committee who had charge of the banquet was : w 11 lazarus chairman a c morris j s eose e f tar bell and c koch civil eng i neering society in what many considered the best of the series the lecture course arranged by the young men's christian association for 1909 was concluded on friday evening by the noted irish author seumas macmanus his address was on irish fairy and folk lore a subject which not only appealed to the large audience present but gave an auspicious ending to the unusu ally fine series of course lectures the speaker was introduced by secretary f w hamilton who presented him to the audience in a neat introductory speech mr macmanus launched at once into his subject giving first in unique style the origin and belief of the fairies peculiar to his country then followed story after story of the doings of these imaginary cre atures as told at the fire sides of the irish people quaint tales of the irish hills were related in a manner made all the more interest ing and enjoyable by the rich accent of the speaker besides the wealth of fairy lore mr macmanus delighted his hear ers with an abundance of irish proverbs as well as of heroic romantic and humorous folk lore of the emerald isle the terse maxims so representative of irish wit that many a man's tongue has broken his nose and that " it is better for a man to be bald than have no head at all " with many others brought forth much laughter in every way the lecture maintained the high stand ard which has characterized the preceding numbers the y m c a is to be congrat ulated upon arranging so success ful a course it is a credit to lehigh that performers of such high rank have appeared here under the auspices of the christian association and it is to be hoped that the courses in the future will equal those given heretofore during his stay here mr mac manns was the guest of professor and mrs john l stewart at their home on ostrum street new jersey club smoker the lehigh - new jersey club will hold a smoker on friday night april 2 at saucon hall mr emery will speak and professional talent has been obtained to furnish entertainment the committee in charge is f m say ford s e page e b mathews and s force ec freshments and smoking material will be on hand and all jersey men are invited and urged to come c t gardner 10 has left college the april meeting of the c e society will be held wednesday evening march 81 at dr drink er's home the program will be delaware valley cut off of the d l and w e e g d speirs 09 anthracite coal mining w c van b!arcom,'l and the hydrography of pennsylvania farley gannett a s c e the first exhibition given by the wrestling club was held saturday night in the gymnasium . the re sults show that the club has made very good progress during the win ter and another season should be started with renewed energy with a good mat upon which to work there is no reason why a team could not be put out which would put up a creditable showing any where there were six bouts the first was between eeese,ml and downs 10 in the 175 pound class eeet-e secured a fall in three minutes us ing a half nelson the second was between eees mo and couch 09 in the 115 pound class couch threw eees using a back hammer bry ant,'lo and kesselman,'ll occu pied the third period neither man secured a fall although bry ant was given the decision the fourth bout was between gorman 10 and butz,'lo representing the 158 pound class this was won by gorman st john,'l2 secured a decision over boteler,'l.o in the next bout by using a half nelson and body hold the last match was between wood ll and st john l2 and resulted in a draw james mahoney acted as referee laceosse peacttce track — regular practices will beheld wednesday and saturday afternoons at 3.80 p m and at 4.30 p m all other week days owing to the fact that the field was too soft for use on saturday afternoon lacrosse practice was held in the cage fully forty men reported to coach crowell the coach was out in togs and gave very minute attention to the men instructing them carefully in the various points of the game the earlier part of the practice was devoted to stick work the men being drilled in the use of the stick later the men were divided up in to attack and defence and a very lively scrimmage took place judg ing from the number of men out and the quality of the material an excellent team is promised and un der the efficient training of coach crowell it should go through a successful season it is expected that the field will be in condition to use on monday when out-door practice will be held in preparation for the game with columbia which will be played on saturday at a meeting of the gymnasium team e k johnson 10 was elect ed captain of next year's team the brown and white lehigh university south bethlehem pa tuesday maech 30 1909 sophomore banquet course lecture vol xvi and folk lore last of season on " irish fairy calendar musical clubs — joint concert with haverford at the new century club philadelphia tues day evening march 80 mustaiii and cheese — ee hearsals for chorus and cast in drown hall wednesday evening march 31 civil society — march meeting at dr drinker's home wednesday march 31 nomination of officers for next year indust-ria l m eeting — lectu re in drown hall wednesday even ing march 31 freshmen banquet at the wyandotte thursday evening april 1 band practice — in the physical laboratory at 7.30 thursday april 1 coli eg e ijeot it re — o n ' < polir tics in college by dr h s pritch ett m the physical laboratory friday april 2 at 11.80 a m lehigh-new jersey clvb — smoker in saucon hall friday night april 2 lachosse game — columbia vs lehigh on lehigh field satur day afternoon april 3 no 44