Brown and White Vol. 18 no. 48

              the book contains fine cuts and many new ideas the 1912 epitome board is re ceiving well earned congratulations on the success of the junior class book which was put on sale at drown hall shortly before the opening of the easter vacation while the book is made up essen j tially on the same general lines as former publications there are a number of features worthy of men tion the book is dedicated to the late e i wilbur whose excellent work as a trustee and whose constant in terest in lehigh are well known several old drawings some of which had become standard were discarded and new ones substituted some very fine photographic views of sayre park the athletic field and portions of the campus are includ ed and these give to the book an excellent finishing touch several departments of the book | have been enlarged notably the fra ternity and athletic sections and j that one devoted to lehigh's pro 1 gress the latter contains views and descriptions of the fritz engineer ing laboratory the coxe engineer ing laboratory and several other buildings of the university togeth er with statistics concerning the student body there is also record ed the first published result of the question why you came to le high quality and durability are uniquely combined in this book the epitome board has endeavored | to make this book thoroughly char acteristic of lehigh's rapid pro gress and the favorable comment ! of the student body is certain evi dence that they have accomplished that end junior class meeting at a meeting of the junior class on saturday afternoon birdsall w davis and w wilson were ap pointed to audit the books of the treasurer and the following men were nominated for the respective class offices for next year : presi dent edwards hart yake solly and terwilliger vice president st john douglas and rutherford treasurer nevius fuller and mil nor secretary birdsall birnie s'hurts and peters ; athletic rep resentative kennedy knox mar shall d davis maguire milnor baird hanger gore waddington rorer eagle and perry historian culliney wm wilson hadsall and wotring it is probable that the elections will as usual be held two weeks"after the date of nomination tau beta pi and phi beta kappa have joint dinner at eagle for the first time in the history of the local chapters of the honor ary societies tau beta pi and phi beta kappa the two organizations held their annual initiation ban quet together the affair held at the hotel eagle on friday even ing was attended by the active members and initiates of both so cieties as well as a number of alumni making a total of about sixty men the dinner came im mediately after the initiation of the new members into each of the so cieties carl w hasek 11 being the only phi beta kappa initiate while the following men from the lunior class were received into tan beta pi w c solly e a wheaton j w milnor a g martin m i terwilliger h j williams r j hauk a g bird sail p a lambert jr c c wheeler e e yake and a f wotring dr b l miller pro fessor of geology was made an honorary member of tau beta pi after an excellent ten course dinner had been enjoyed the rt rev ethelbert talbot d d as toastmaster assumed charge of the subsequent program it is a happy coincidence said bishop talbot in reviewing the spirit fostered by the two organizations that these two societies have thus far blend ed their wider outlook upon litera ture art and culture his com ment on the prevalent idea that the average so-called busy man has no time for anything was most inter esting prof c j goodwin president of the local chapter of phi beta kappa responded to the toast phi beta kappa speaking of the responsibility that rests upon the men whose ability has been recognized by election to one or the other of the societies represented he said we are the men with whom the future largely rests we have no right to shrink from this responsibility the future is not in the hands of the engineer nor is it in the hands of the liberal arts men the future is in the hands of men — with just such men as we are supposed to be g r wood 11 president of the local tau beta pi chapter had for his subject tau beta pi the ideals of the society and the calibre of the men representing the or ganization here received his atten tion true 1 umanism was the title of the toast responded to by prof a g ran an opened mind continued on third page due to some misunderstanding the junior prom committee wishes to announce that the second extra will be the dinner dance and the fourth extra will be the home dance the tickets for the prom can be obtained from any member of the committee the brown and white lehigh university south bethlehem pa tuesday april 25 1911 lehigh wins at lacrosse honor societies hold banquet 1912 epitome receives praise chemicals hold monthly meeting no 48 vol xviii defeats n y l c on muddy field by score of 3—2 in a steady downpour that began friday morning and showed no signs of abating throughout the game rendering the athletic field a veritable sea of mud the home team exhibited its improvement by defeating the new york lacrosse club on saturday afternoon the i students who braved the inclement weather were treated to as speedy an exhibition as has been witnessed here for some time the visitors showed slightly su perior stick work at the start which netted them two goals in rapid succession by luxemberg and hicok goalkeeper hart in at tempting to capture the former's throw which to all appearances was going outside the goal divert ed the ball sufficiently to allow it a refuge inside the boundaries of the net during the remainder of the half the ball see-sawed up and down the field ; neither side being able to penetrate the other's de fense from the referee's whistle in the second half lehigh took the ag gressive and in five minutes capt dunn registered the first point wheaton tied the score with a clever shot from a difficult angle and martin who had been put in for shulz won the game a little later the attack of dunn and wheat on and kennedy's defense fea tured the home team's playing while capt ruge luxemberg and pasterna starred for the n y club lehigh n y l c 1 art guard pasterna kennedy point h baum carson . . coverpoint .. . irludson raynor...lst defense mclntyre davies...2nd defense .. hubert speed . . 3rd defense ruge m baum wheaton .... center ...... cronan dunn 3rd attack rosenblatt jay 2nd attack luxemberg martin williams . . ist attack .... beattie sliultz outhome jacoby jay mccoy inhoine . . . rosenblatt ioals dunn avheaton martin luxemberg hicbk referee brey cr johns hopkins timekeepers mitchell and sfteinert umpires donaldson le'high and kemmer er n y l c senior notice the elections of the class day speakers will 1)e held in saucon 1 fall wednesday april 26 at 2 p m dr and mrs drinker entertain society at their home the regular monthly meeting of the chemical society was held at dr drinker's residence on thurs day evening the meeting was pre sided over by vice president fatz inger in the absence of president flick a short business meeting was first held during which the following nominations were made : president herr 12 and hauk 12 vice president coakley and white ; secretary seyfried and mcfetridge ; treasurer black mr lewis of the cost depart ment of the bethlehem steel co then read a very excellent paper on costs and cost systems mr lewis in the introduction to his pa per pointed out that the technical man because of his training was better able to apply a cost system than the man untrained technically mr lewis showed that a cost system indicated more than the mere manufacturing cost per piece pound or ton ; that it showed the yield from raw material to finished product the condemnations leaks in departments ; and acts as a check against excessive pay roll stores and other supplies the system as applied at the bethlehem steel co was outlined briefly and its essen tial points noted one of the most essential factors in a cost system is the arrangement of accounts ; i c the assignment of some desig nation to every department of the plant and to every machine in the separate departments strictly speaking there are three general divisions of costs — mater ial labor and expense these di visions may be further subdivided materials are such items that in conversion become part of the fin ished product thus in an open hearth plant the product is an in got and pig iron scrap ore and alloys are classed as materials while coal flues and furnace linings are not classed as materials be cause no part of them enters into the finished product these latter items are classed as expenses in regard to materials the cost sheet is a great asset to the manager in that continued on fourth page junior prom notice