Brown and White Vol. 21 no. 59

              alumni address this morning lehigh takes series from lafayette 1915 epitome on sale at supply bureau vol xxi brown and white players put up hard game and defeat lafayette in the deciding game of this year's baseball series lehigh de feated lafayette on taylor field last saturday afternoon 4 to 3 be fore a throng of commencement week guests the crowd was a joy ous one and much was added to the occasion by the presence of the bethlehem steel band and lafay ette's band girard twirled an excellent game for the down-river men but lost alumni luncheon well attended unprecedented crowd enjoys alumni luncheon in the gymnasium athletic cups awarded c i anderson honored in baseball and r s dunn in lacrosse other talks dr drinker presided as usual at the alumni luncheon given by the university to visiting alumni the trustees teaching force and se nior class attended owing to the great pressure for place last year in the college commons the luncheon was held this year in the game room of the new taylor gymna sium the alumni and all male guests were seated on the playing floor and the ladies occupied and were served with luncheon in the gallery an appropriate arrangement for as dr drinker said it was eminently proper that our divini ties should occupy a higher place and look down upon us as did the gods from olympus mr e g grace 91 president of the bethlehem steel company a noted baseball star in his under graduate days read the following communication from mrs rollin h wilbur mrs wilbur is the daugh ter of lehigh's past i resident dr robert a lamberton nomen clar nm ct ilhistrissimum in lehigh's annals it is with much pleasure that to day there is made the offering of a cup in the interest of the baseball nine with the hope that it may add to lehigh's crown of brilliants a few more diamond stars in a university such as ours one might almost look for the nine muses bitt never the nine that amuses — for lehigh's pluck and patience in sports and in studies are known in all four corners of the round world — thus at last squaring the circle fhe brown and white is square look up the old records and ask any college man about it — modest in victory game in defeat — often han dicapped by lack of material and hard luck the nine never whimpers but fights doggedly on — and time and again an opponent is given that day after feeling — a dark brown taste from our white spirits the game that we call the great american game is said to be the most scientific and cleanest of all games and demands much of its participants it is graced by so many of lehigh's celebrated sons that it would take too long to name them but every one of them has been rooted for by all their loyal followers at least in our minds to day what lehigh man does not thrill at the remembrance of the intense delirious moment in a lehigh-la fayette series when the game is a tie in the ninth inning lafayetteat bat and two down and the umpire has called three balls and two strikes the lehigh pitcher takes a last look around deliberately winds up puts over a swift unhittable ball and retires the side while in our next time up a daring steal brings in a runner and the game is won may such be the case to-day and ev ery son of lehigh win out — m sport and in life nan nil lamberton wilbur dr drinker then read the follow continued on third page rev melish delivers sermon rector of holy trinity church brooklyn n v gives baccalaureate sermon a man and his vision gives some very sound and helpful advice to the graduating class rev j howard melish rector of holy trinity church brooklyn n v delivered the baccalaureate sermon on sunday morning before a large crowd in packer church mis text was found in acts 26:19 wherefore o king agrippa i was not disobedient unto the heav enly vision and the subject of the sermon was a man and his vi sion he said in part : every man has at some time perhaps many times in his life a heavenly vision when paul wrote of his experience these were the words he used it was the good pleasure of god to reveal his son in me that i might preach him among the gentiles god reveals his son in every one of us within your breast at this commencement time there may be a quiet voice say ing thou oughtest or thou oughtest not ;' iii yoiii mind some idea of the nobility of thought or action ; in your heart some worthy ambi tion back to all of us come at times the memories of the dreams of boyhood its simple desire to be good there are searching mo ments when a mother's face long dead comes from out the mist of dim memories with eyes of reproach or loving confidence and we are stirred to better things what are all these intimations in the deep mo ments of our lives but heavenly vi sions revelations in us of what it means to be a son of god ! name it what you will call it what you must but young men be able to say of it in the words of paul to agrippa i was not disobe dient unto the heavenly vision the heavenly vision which came to paul called him in the first place to think after his experience on the damascus road he went into arabia we are told and remained there for two years before taking up his life work in the absence of all information we must infer that that two-year course of paul's was a course of thought and study in obedience to his vision paul gave himself first of all to the hard work of clear thinking continued on eighth page god calls upon each one of you first of all to think you too are in the presence of facts there are also the facts of god of our own souls of religion facts as real as the stars over our heads or the rocks under our feet or the men and women we meet on the street what are they what do they mean what interpretation floods them with significance and reality only thinking can answer facts are of no value until they are interpreted combined epitome and class book is best volume pub lished at lehigh the 1915 epitome combined with the senior class book has made its appearance on the campus it is a larger and more complete volume than ever before and presents an excellent appearance it is with out doubt the best year book ever published at lehigh quality and durability are neatly combined ; the best quality of paper is used the type is new and attractive and the cover design is original the cloth binding is distinctive and the leather bound volumes are more than can be asked for the hook is dedicated to eugene g grace whose constant interest in the advancement and progress of lehigh has so often manifested itself among the notable improvements worthy of special mention comes the new style of type used and the color work in the introductory pa ges three color work is used for the first time in many years the athletic department has received special emphasis and contains a great many excellent photographs of players games etc considerable money was spent on drawings and photographic work and it has enhanced the value of the book three-fold the book con tains some excellent artistic work and also includes views of the cam pus published for the first time the book has been broken up differently than has been the usual custom and as a result presents a more unified and not so bulky a volume continued on second page the senior class department has been well worked out although there arc several mistakes and mis archibald johnston delivers address at university day exercises rhe commencement exercises were held in packer church this morning before a large crowd ar chibald johnston m e 89 deliv ered the alumni address mr shields rendered several or gan selections and then mr johns ton was introduced after his talk the prizes and honors were awarded and degrees conferred he charged the graduates not to restrict their field but to identify themselves with a progressive growing concern whether large or small lie recommended that they strive to emulate the energy and gentlemanly loving qualities of a former alumnus that grand and perfect gentleman president drink er who has done so much for le high and for us all — follow his ex ample his willingness to work with that degree of affable sticktoative ness which is so characteristic of him and so essential to attain sue mr johnston advised that the men should not adopt money as the sole basis of value not work for their own selfish ends not judge oneself or one's work and work for your employer and give him the very best that one has finally gentlemen of the class of 1914 and fellow students of le high indulge in a reasonable amount of pleasure but do not make the pursuit of pleasure your aim if you do you will pursue a will o the wisp and find life a hollow mockery true pleasure is the sat isfaction resulting from having at least endeavored to accomplish something in this world true hap continued on second page captain o'keefe through his own overthrow of third base in the fifth inning and poor baserunning by his team-mates an derson pitched a good game for the brown and white team but put himself in numerous holes through his wildness lehigh assumed a lead in the second inning scoring two runs on keady's two-base hit over the right field fence lees the next batter walked and sanford was safe when troxell vainly tried to catch keady at third keady scor ed the first run on hagey's ground er to short the center field reaching continued on fourth page the brown and white lehigh university bethlehem pa tuesday june l ), i ( m4 no 59 graduating class of 1914