Brown and White Vol. 9 no. 18

              college meeting continue on sixth page two thousand spectators wit nessed a foot ball game on last saturday and saw lehigh go . down in inglorious defeat before } the veteran wearers of the ma j roon and white battered and crushed by the terrific force ) of the obsolete guards-back , the lehigh line finally broke j in pieces and five hundred loyal j supporters relapsed into a state of the deepest despondency and t the worst of it was that previous to the game the hopes of the col lege ran high and when the defeat 1 came with its awful completeness the disappointment was all the , more bitter the weather was as melancholy as the result heavy leaden . clouds hung 1 over the field and de . livered on the heads of the shiver ing spectators a slow cold drizzle which was anything but agreeable but in spite of the weather both 1 colleges were out in goodly num bers and the cheering was as spir , ited and voluminous as has ever echoed from the bare side of old 1 south mountain lehigh as always fought with every ounce of strength she pos sessed butler and fuller perhaps carried off what few honors lehigh gleaned from the game both men i tackling and running the ball with a desperation which drew praise from the most partisan of the la . fayette contingent for the visitors '. platt and trout were invincible while cure punted accurately and in splendid form the teams lined up at 2.45 le high taking the east goal and 1 la fayette kicking off butler carried the ball to his own 40-yard line where after two trials which netted perhaps ten yards fuller punted to stitzer lafayette returned the punt and by splendid work the ball was carried to the middle of the field by lehigh chiefly on plunges by butler and fuller the visitors held for downs but lost the ball on a fumble after gaining a few yards lehigh was unable to gain and fuller punted to lafayette's 35-yard line up to this time le high had decidedly outplayed her opponents but now began to weaken after steady gains on guards-back the ball was brought to lehigh's 40-yard line where platt circled his right end and elud for alumni seeking employment information bureau is perhaps the best name for the undertaking authorized by the executive com mittee the secretary receives in formation about positions to be filled and sends this information to members seeking positions the working of the plan is explained by the following extracts from com munications received : am looking for a first class man with headquarters at the lab oratory as assistant to our furnace superintendent one experienced in large elec tric power and pumping stations wanted just now we are always in need of first class draughtsmen who are famil iar with and have had some exper ience with construction work we are always in need of good men for the different departments of our business ; i refer particu larly to the sales department en gineering department and works department what we want is men with knowledge of chemistry and metallurgy if you should happen to know of any lehigh men open to engage ment as structural draftsmen i would be very glad if you would favor me with the names of sev eral we should have more applica tions from lehigh men on file down here and we who are here could help the applicants along towards securing positions we are constantly on the look out for men of good ability and technical education and will be glad to have you refer to us any re cent graduates of lehigh who are not afraid of hard work or of soil ing their hands these extracts will show that men looking for positions or desir ing to make a change will do well to enter their names on the secre tary's file on receiving notice of responsible positions to be ffillerd r the secretary consults with the heads of the technical depart ments of the university and recom mends for the position a suitable pei»son whether his name appears on the file or not among the old lehigh men in town over saturday were ander son j oi ; shaeffer 01 ; wright ex-'oi the termination of college life before the sheep skin has been con ferred causes irritation whether the termination be explained by the governor's failure to remit the queer system of marking of an in structor or a man's popularity with his fellows in the course of years this irritation wears away and very few college men can say that they have derived no benefit from their college life in many cases the failure of a student to graduate is as great a misfortune to the uni versity as to himself among our non-graduates are numbered many men who have forged ahead and achieved success by using the quali • ties and abilities we all knew they possessed when they were students among us we want non-graduates to come into the alumni association as as sociate members not because we think we confer an honor on them nor for some ulterior purpose but because we believe that they will help to make our association more influential for the good of our mem bers and of the university we want a friend of lehigh university wherever a former student is lo cated be he graduate or non graduate we want to help le high men to secure profitable em ployment and to keep the class rooms of the university filled with young men of promise these ends we think can best be attained by membership in the alumni asso ciation alumni notes walter okeson 96 coached the team thursday and friday before the game he was telegraphed for wednesday night and started for bethlehem at once the time was too short for any especial advan tage to be gained but mr okeson did all that could be done h s jacoby 77 is professor of bridge engineering and graph ics in cornell university but all his work is in bridge engineering david hall 96 has severed his connection with the bullock elec tric mfg co and is now chief en gineer for the milwaukee electric co milwaukee wis f r coleman 92 is superin tendent of the valley coal and coke company and general superinten dent of the belington and north ern railroad company belington w va a college meeting was held in the physical laboratory on friday at 1 1 30 o'clock chiefly for the pur pose of arousing enthusiasm for the lafayette game the meeting was fairly well-attended the fresh men however not being as much in evidence as might be desired the songs in the brown and white song book were first prac ticed with much gusto under the leadership of reese 03 an at tempt to sing parts was made tenors and basses sitting apart speeches were made by captain fuller downey 02 and higgins 02 in regard to foot ball and by carrier 03 in regard to the finan ces of the brown and white a collection was taken to pay the expense of chairs and souvenir pipes for the smoker to be given that night j^x^xji^cixri cttti^biefi the brown and white lehigh university south bethlehem pa tuesday november 26 1901 communication information bureau of interest to no n graduates calendar vol ix foot ball lafayette 41 lehigh o monday nov 25 — at 4.00 p.m foot ball practice tuesday nov 26 — at 4.00 p.m foot ball practice at 7.00 p.m minstrel show practice at delta upsilon house wednesday nov 27 — at 12.30 p.m thanksgiving recess be gins at 8.00 p.m — lehigh-george town concert thursday nov 28 — at 3.00 p m lehigh-georgetown foot ball game at georgetown monday dec 2 at 8.15 a.m thanksgiving recess ends tuesday dec 3 at 7.15 p.m economic society in saucon hall notices senior c e inspecting trips the following schedule has been arranged : monday nov 25 — water sup ply storm drainage sewerage filtration and garbage disposal at reading pa tuesday nov 26 — visit to the steel works and bridge shops at phoenixville and pencoyd wednesday nov 27 — bridge over schuylkill river at philadel phia and cramp's shipyard for rent rooms the right kind near the campus furnished in a suitable manner if interested see singer 04 468 chestnut st no 18