Brown and White Vol. 21 no. 47

              team defeats clubmen who an nually turn out one of coun try's best teams team played five games during easter vacation against southern nines mining society hears interesting speech on now widely discussed subject chemistry society addressed by mr fischer of the metal lurgy department value of carnotite won first game of trip numerous errors and excellent batting of more seasoned rivals lose other games higgins 02 the speaker safety methods as applied to the mines of this country a meeting of the mining society was held in williams flail wed nesday evening l hoffman 15 acting chairman of th society opened the meeting at eight o'clock the first speaker of the evening mr edwin higgins e m 02 gave a talk on the safety first move ment this movement has been or ganized in connection with the uni ted states bureau of mines since 1910 the government gives only 500,000 annually for the support of this work though four times this amount is spent yearly for the de partment of agriculture fifty-five per cent of the railroad traffic of the united states is operated by the mines under the present organi zation the central office of the safe continued on f,xond page taylor gymnasium lehigh's baseball team did not fare very well on the easter vaca tion trip in the south winning but one game out of five played the team had had little outdoor prac tice in south bethlehem to prepare it for a series of games against op ponents who had been out earlier in the year and had already played nu merous games the showing made was not however all that might have been expected of the team errors were numerous — thirty-one being made on the trip an average of six a game — and the hitting on the whole was weak — the team's average being 224 the first game played was won and against the best team probably in that section : cath olic university the team then met with poor train service and suffered from lack of sleep and constant changing the game with the university of virginia sched uled for wednesday afternoon had to be called off because of wet grounds after the players had ar rived at the field the results of the trip and ex periences of the men would seem to indicate that it was a failure as far as conditioning goes as well as in the matter of games won and lost and future southern trips might well be arranged so that the continued on third page sawtelle 16 speaks on the oil production in the united states continued on second page wednesday evening the chemical society held its april meeting at the home of dr drinker after the officers for next year had been nom inated mr siegfried fischer of the department of metallurgy spoke on the value of carnotite since the discovery of radium in 1898 much interest has been taken in all metals which displayed any radio-activity pitchblende is the best-known of such metals or ores and also has the largest amount of radium present carnotite ranks close to pitchblende in this respect all these ores which have recently gained prominence through their radio-active properties were dis covered by madame curie a french woman carnotite is made up principally of calcium potassium and uranium salts with some radium and vanadi um present the ore presents a light color more yellow with larger amounts of uranium though be coming green and sometimes black in color the ore is found in sand stone and clay in long fissures vary ing in length from two to four feet the more important deposits are in colorado utah and peru though recently deposits have been discov ered in mauch chunk in this state mr fischer spoke in detail con y m c a announcement a monthly meeting of the civil engineering society was held in saucon hall on wednesday even ing the order of business began with the nomination of new offi cers the following were nomina ted for president teeple and hoffman ; for secretary ballinger and reisler ; for treasurer shields and ziefle these men will be vot ed on at the next meeting president burns then introduced the speaker of the evening mr g l robinson president of the new york sewage disposal co mr robinson presented a lengthy resume of the various methods of sewage disposal given from a con tractor's point of view he related the construction of a sewage dispo sal plant at princeton university as a general example fie summed up the number and kind of buildings and the approximate cost of such a plant he then gave a detailed ac count supplemented with various sketches of the septic or settling tank most in use at the present time the septic tank is a masonry structure built into the ground it is so arranged to receive the crude sewage and after a certain length of time to produce thorough bacte ria fermentation the sewage is discharged into siphon tanks and thence to sand-filters the cost of construction of such a tank using reinforced concrete in the construc tion is decidedly an expensive one and methods are now being tested out to use steel and wood in the same capacity mr robinson closed his remarks by relating various methods of get ting around different obstacles met with in different localities since he was connected with the actual con struction of sewage disposal plants he was able to offer very interest ing data in addition to the prince ton plant he told of the construction of other plants elaborating only on the special and unique features mustard and cheese sale of tickets saturday afternoon april 11th lehigh's lacrosse team came out victorious by a score of 2 to 0 in a fast and excellent game with the crack team representing the cres cent athletic club at bay ridge new york by fast play and accu rate passing lehigh shot in two goals and showed such a wonderful defense that the new mo oners could not score the brown and white team went in slightly shaken up but the players worked together as a seasoned line-up the crescent team lacked prac tice and training and were winded soon after the first half by the fast play of the lehigh team it was then easy and quick work to toss the two goals that won the game the second half had hardly begun when dunn shot in a fast one and scored the first goal 1 a ter towards the middle of the pe riod capt hartdegen who had gone in in flick's place at defense scored the second point whenever a crescent player tried the lehigh goal leonard was always ready to intercept the pass and kept the cage free from scores in wonderful style the line-up : crescent a c leiiigh bass goal leonard wall point raynor cypiot coy point . donaldson liffiton ist def green andrews . . . 2nd def flick s kennedy . 3rd def scruggs kiep center sanchez o'rourke . 3rd attack . . hadaway parks 2nd attack .... mayer hallock ... ist attack buck v kennedy . out home dunn campbell ... in home hiss goals — dunn hartdegen substitutions — lehigh : hartde gen for flick flick for green crescent a c : walb ridge for campbell referee w s bass crescent a c goal umpires — h jones cres cent a c ; g donaldson lehigh 13 timekeeper brown lehigh 14 university dance the third of the series of uni versity dances will be held to-mor row evening in drown memorial hall under the auspices of the le high woman's club the previous dances have been great successes and as this is the first to be held since mid-years a large number are expected to be present smith's orchestra of eastern will furnish music for the dancing as before tickets will be 50 cents each freshman banquet the sale of tickets to the students will be as follows : places — prof palmer's office in coppee hall time — for house parties on presentation of patroness cards at any of the following hours saturday april 18 2 to 5 p m monday april 20 7.45 to 9.00 a m 10 to 11 a m 1.15 to 2 p m and 4 to 5 p m general students sale tuesday april 21 11 to 12 a m 2 to 3 p m 4 to 5 p m and 7 to 8 p m general public sale wednesday april 22 at the grand opera house members of the cast and chorus can reserve the seats allotted them before saturday afternoon april 18 at prof palmer's office locker keys for sale to-day all team men and freshmen can secure a locker in the new taylor gymnasium by applying on the first floor in the archway to-day between 8 a m and 5 p m a deposit of 50 cents is required on every key money to be refunded in june all goods must be clean before being placed in the new lockers following are several rules con cerning the use of the pool and lockers : towels may be secured on the first floor to the left of the entrance into the locker room this is where the keys may also be se cured the towels will be rented at 2 cents each and are to be used once only all soiled clothing found in the lockers during the year will be tak en out and washed at the owner's expense dogs are not allowed within the locker rooms or pool some thoughtless person threw a dog into the pool the other day necessitating the draining out of the water and refilling a process of hours dura tion especial care is to be taken to reduce to a minimum all chan ces of disease and infection the first annual banquet of the class of 1917 will be held this even ing in the eagle hotel at 8.30 o clock the following suggestions and regulations have been formulated governing the new taylor gymna sium : this structure with its equip ment represents the service sacri fice and loyalty of a true friend of lehigh it is yours for your play hours to aid in the development of body and mind in the administration of a build ing of this kind there are certain regulations which call for your co operation in order to manage it most efficiently remember when exercising on the polished floors wear shoes with rubber soles when exercising with hand or stationery apparatus use a reasona ble amount of care a place for everything and ev erything in its place cleanliness is next to godliness this applies particularly to the clothes in your locker lockers are always open to inspection to help keep the pool clean take a shower bath with soap and warm water before entering it you are requested to enter the pool without any apparel and to avoid diving from the gallery it is impossible to keep the wet walks of the pool clean if students walk on the surface with shoes on spectators will please use the gal lery the pool will be open at stated hours and a guard will always be on duty cleanliness also implies a clean mind : — avoid profanity and ob scenity it is the wish of the authorities that the use of tobacco be avoided in the building the y m c a wishes to empha size the importance of this sunday night's meeting at 6.30 the speak er father harvey officer will give the first of a series of talks in ad dition to his occupying the pulpit of the pro-cathedral church of the nativity at both the morning and evening services on sunday he will speak in drown hall on monday tuesday and wednesday evenings at seven o'clock and in the chapel on the above-mentioned mornings rather officer is a man of re markable personality and it is the wish of those who have arranged his visit to the university that ev ery man hear him and meet him personally early in his ministry he had a chapel at princeton and his success with the students there has led him to devote his efforts almost entirely to college men these meetings are intended to give a frank and comprehensive presentation of the bigness and worth of religion in everyday life they will not be of an emotional character but a direct and authori tative appeal to the best in a man's nature and every man is urged to continued on fourth page the brown and white lehigh university lacrosse team wins from crescent a c safety first movement bethlehem pa friday april 17 1914 civil engineering society meeting baseball team's southern trip april meeting of chemists members addressed by g l robinson on the subject of sewage disposal plants vol xxi no 47 baseball at 2 lacrosse at 3.30