Brown and White Vol. 3 no. 43

              the senior election for class day officers was held in christmas hall on thursday march 5 from 10.30 a m until 1 p m the result was as follows : for class toast — danielw bliem 0 e pottstown pa for class poet — frederick a da boll c e plainfield n j for presentation orator morris w pool m e washington d c for class prophet — samuel m dessauer arch montrose pa for ivy orator — henry n herr c e wheatland mills pa for tablet orator — joseph w thurston clas south bethlehem pa for class day committee — burt m mcdonald c e springfield mass daniel w bliem 0 e r pottstown pa frederick bartles c e williamsport pa j kob erts wilson e e bethlehem pa greorge r enscoe c e bennet p o pa for banquet committee — charles c w bauder e e eheims n y eckley s cunninsrham m e r drifton pa william^g whildin r e m lansford pa edgar t belden c e springdale conn william t hutohins c e wy oming pa sophomore class supper the sophomore class supper at the sun inn friday night was one the most successful affairs of the kind ever held at lehigh there were over forty men present in cluding some of those who are no longer in 98 the menu was the usual one at these suppers and was fully appreciated there was a good deal of singing during the evening which while more re markable for noise than music was nevertheless very much enjoyed after the supper the toasts were given the president acting as toast master those who responded to the toasts were gunsolus yorks hannum webster gass leidy farwell and lukens okeson 95 also responded to a call for a speech and gave a very good talk on ath letics several of the juniors also dropped in on their way home from their class supper and helped to make the occasion enjoyable the committee who had charge of the affair was gunsolus leidy johnson thurston daggett w b wood and gass e e society tne regular meeting of the elec trical engineering society was held in the physical laboratory on thursday evening the first paper was read by baldwin 96 on " electric heating the many advantages of electric heating were first pointed out with special refer ence to cooking and household uses among the most important of these were greater cleanliness portability of heaters,localization of heat,there by securing a much greater effi ciency than can be obtained with a common coal stove the use of electric heat in a brush factory in the pitch kettles was spoken of and its advantages with respect to equality of heating and ease of regulation were brought out sev eral more applications of electricity to heating were spoken of and a table giving full data on the run ning of an electric kitchen was put on the board the second paper by mussey 96 was on " electric cranes the mechanical construction of the cranes and track were given in a clear and concise manner the des criptions being illustrated by sketches the electrical equip ment was then carefully discussed one of the most important features being a brake for the hoisting motor of very high efficiency the paper was concluded with a detailed description of an actual crane now in use by the carnegie steel com pany a view of the current electrical papers was given by graff followed by a few practical questions one of them was the effects of poten tial and frequency as regards their danger to human life ? no one be ing able to answer it satisfactorily it was handed to taylor 96 to look up for the next meeting the matter of a cut for the epitome was brought up and a motion to keep the old cut was carried hall read a short article on the means for resusciating a person who had received an electric shock a practical illustration of the method was given which concluded the business of the evening at the next meeting eden 96 wil speak on " the american institute of electrical engineers a subject with which all should be ac quainted whether they have any intentions of joining at some future time or not eden will be able to obtain some valuable information and an interesting and instructive paper may be expected dr eichards will deliver a lec ture next saturday evening at the physical laboratory thursday's issue of the paper will give further particulars the current number of the mirror a monthly issued by the students of the philadelphia cen tral high school contains an article on athletics at lehigh the average age of the freshmen at amhert is 18 years 11 months a new departure is likely to be made in harvard football next fall the eleven will line up for actual play but three times a week alternate days being given to some light form of exercise as different from actual football as can be de vised one-fourth of the whole number of students at the university of berlin are americans the c e section of the engi neering society met in the physi cal laboratory thursday evening march 5 the committee on cur rent literature was abolished and voluntary notices of articles of in terest are to be made in the future mr herr then announced the paper for the evening " the water supply of washington d c by noerr 97 mr jnloerr stated that the water supply of washington is obtained from the potomac at the great falls 16 miles above the city the water is led by a gravity conduit nine feet in diameter to a receiv ing reservoir from which it is taken to a distributing reservoir and then to the city mains the aqueduct was built in 1861 by gen meigs of the u s engi neer corps it is carried on an even grade of nine inches to the mile the grade being maintained by three tunnels and six bridges the con duit is generally circular in cross section and has a capacity of 75 000,000 gallons per day the reservoir was made by dam ming the valley of the little falls branch it covers 56 acres and has a capacity of 170,000,000 gal lons the distributing reservoir covers 90 acres and has about the same capacity in general the streets of wash ington are 45 feet below the reser voir except in west washington where a high service reservoir has been constructed the city mains are 9 in number and are of cast iron 1 inch thick the capitol is about 5 miles from the reservoir and owing to a loss of head due to friction in the pipes it was necessary to erect a stand pipe to supply capitol hill the speaker showed by sketches and photographs several unique features of the aqueducts mention ed by professor merriman in his lectures on sanitary engineering the cabin john bridge which carries the water over the cabin john creek is the largest stone arch in the united states where the aqueduct crosses kock creek the water is taken across in cast iron mains bolted together the mains forming at the same time the arch of the bridge it was probably 25 years before any sanitary precautions were taken in the water supply it was then decided to abandon the receiving reservoir but in 1893 col elliot proposed to divert the course of the three creeks emptying into it and discharge their waters by means of a canal into the potomac an increase in the water supply was provided for by raising the darn building a new tunnel conduit and reservoir and connecting new city mains the capacity of the new reservoir is 800,000,000 gallons a vote of thanks was tendered mr noerr for his paper the meet ing adjourned to meet two weeks according to the pennsylvanian professor doolittle expects to move into his new house near the flower observatory some time next week he has been living in bethlehem and until now has made daily journeys to philadelphia lehigh university south bethlehem pa monday maech 9 1896 meeting of c e society vol 111 the brown and white no 43 hence when mr eeid 96 will read a paper on the filter system of cleveland ohio calendar tuesday march 10 — lecture by dr worcester ; subject " the early victories of buddhism — the buddhistic church vine street school 8 p m junior class meeting imme diately after literature thursday march 12 — meeting of mechanical section of engi neering society physical lab oratory 7.15 p m meeting of 97 epitome board phi delta theta house 7 p m friday march 18 — meeting of chess club lounging room 8 p m saturday march 15 — examination in general metallurgy notice the picture of the glee and banjo clubs will be taken at eg gert's on wednesday at 2 p m sharp all men who have played with the clubs in any concert this year are requested to be present j thurston manager 97 class banquet the third aunual banquet of the class of 97 was held on friday night at hotel laury laury's sta tion it was decided this year to to have a change from the usual style of class banquet and a chicken and waffle supper was substituted plates were set for twenty-three and these sat down to a repast which reflected great credit on mr strauss the proprietor of the hotel the guest of the evening was mr eobert klein president john son acted as toastmaster and called for the following toasts which were responded to as follows : " ninety seven forever boyt ; " how to get an 8.5 thorn ; " lehigh on the diamond yates in the absence of senior ; " any old thing bowers ; " miscellaneous merri man the remainder of the even ing was spent in singing im promptu speeches etc and all re turned to bethlehem well pleased with the evening's enjoyment and satisfied that the supper was a most successful one a visit was paid to the sophomores at the sun inn where mutual congradulations were extended the committee in charge consisted of owen chairman boyt cable mac knight and straub senior class elections