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              senior class junior class sophomore class freshman class chemical department messrs wm j matheson & co limited 178 bond street new york have presented the chemical department with a splendid assort ment of analine dyes there are 190 different shades in the collec tion which includes the best ana line dyes in the market the dyes are put up in glass cans each hold ing about ten ounces and were put up in this way expressly for the purpose of being presented to the university in addition to the dyes there are a large number of books cards and pamphlets show ing pieces of leather silk jute cotton wool paper etc dyed with these different colors and explaining how to prepare and use them the result on silk cotton and wool is shown both with the raw fibre and yarn and with the fabric it is a very handsome present and one which will be of great interest and value to the chemists messrs matheson & co are sole agents in this country for leopold cassella & co frankfurt-on-main the electrical engineering so ciety will meet tonight,at 7 o'clock in the physical laboratory papers will be read by mussey 96 an|d baldwin 96 on " electric cranes " and " electric heating the me thod of resuscitating a person who has received an electric shock will be illustrated hall president sociadad hispano am ericana the members of this society jn proof of their high esteem nd for the many favors which dr w c thayer has conferred upon them have unanimously resolved to ap point him an honorary member of the said society a membership which he willingly accepted and now holds a debate was held after the last regular meeting the subject was . " advantages and disadvantages of technical education for wo men gallardo 97 97 argued in favor of the former and newton 98 of the latter the jury decided in favor of newton senior shop visit on saturday afternoon mr klinck took the senior civils to easton to visit the power plant of the easton rapid transit company the men inspected the boiler house the manner of conveying the coal and removing the ashes the generators motors and the other apparatus were inspected the connections between the generators and the line received close atten tion the trip was an instructive one and the men returned well pleased with what they saw university extension lecture by dr el wood worcester dr worcester delivered his sec ond lecture on several of the principal religions of the world last tuesday evening before a large and interested audience composed of college men and the people of the bethlehems his subject was in part a continuation of his first lecture and dealt with the life and religion of the ancient hindoos he said that in the beginning the hindoos were a nation comparable to the ancient greeks and romans but that owing to their environ ment they in time turned away from the pursuits of war to become a rather peaceful and melancholy nation during this time the priests obtained a very strong hold on the mass of the people and the nation also became divided into castes the chief deity was the impersonal brahma and he was worshipped by all as the caste distinction became more marked it branched out into four different ones from the priests down the first and most important caste was the brahmin which was entirely priest ly in its character and to which only those were admitted who had earned the right by descent the second caste and next most impor tant was the xatria the king and army belonged to this and this caste had entire charge of the civil and military government the third an agricultural caste was the baricxya the fourth paste which composed the bulk of the population was called the cudra the members of this caste were slaves and had no rights the lec turer then went on to a discussion of the brahmin conception of god he also illustrated the confidence of the brahmins in the efficacy of prayer their view of the life hereafter was then shown he said that they believed that all souls after death came to god if their possessors had led a pious life if not they would be tor mented for ages in hell and would then enter this life again in the state befitting them perhaps in the body of an animal he then dwelt on the asceticism of the ancient hindoos and recited in stances of their wonderful endur ance of pain extracts of the upanishads were then quoted and allusion was made to schopenhauer the great german authority of the ancient hindoos he concluded his lecture with several more readings from the sacred hymns and then from extracts of the law of manu he showed how elabor ate their law system was and how they exercised supervision over all the affairs of life the lecture was listened to most attentively by all and the lecturer was most heartily applauded on his conclusion not quite half the representa tives in congress are college gradu ates the junior class meeting was postponed until tuesday the last volume of the minerva a german book of the educational world credits paris with the larg est attendance of any university in the world christian association on saturday evening the chris tian association held an important business meeting reports from the various committees were reacl these reports showed that as a whole the association has been alive and that it now exists in a strong and healthy condition the results of election of officers for the ensuing year are as follows : president griswold,'97 ; vice-presi dent childs 98 ; corresponding secretary birch 98 ; recording secretary padgett 99 ; treasurer paddock 97 lehigh university south bethlehem pa thursday march 5 1896 vol 111 no 42 the brown and white calendar thursday march 5 — meeting of electrical engineering society physical laboratory 7 p m meeting of civil section of engineering society physical laboratory 7 p m ' meeting of 97 epitome board phi delta theta house 7 p m 96 class day elections in the lounging room from 10.30 a m to 1 p m eriday march 6 — meeting of chess club in lounging room 8 p m sophomore class supper junior class supper saturday march 7 — mr meaker's class in calculus 10 a m sunday march 8 — dr worcester's bible talks in christmas hall 3.30 p m y m c a meeting in christmas hall ; subject the holy spirit 6.15 p m tuesday march 10 — lecture by dr worceste r subject : " the early victories of buddhism — the buddhistic church vine street school 8 p m mathematical club at the meeting of the mathe matical club held in the physical laboratory last evening mora 96 read a paper on the theory and workings of integrations the instrument described belongs co yale university and is one with which professor klein has been working very difficult differential equations it is a wonderful mathematical instrument yet sim ple in construction the machine is used to trace curves obtain areas of geometrical figures find roots of equations etc mr mora first showed upon what principles the integrator is con structed and then explained how the arrangement of the parts of the machine fulfilled these conditions after having satisfactorily ex plained the manner of operating the machine the areas of several figures were obtained the instru ment is altogether reliable and ac curate mr mora understands the sub ject thoroughly and explained it carefully notices the sophomore class supper will be held on friday night march 6 at the sun inn ; tickets 8 let every member of the class if possi ble be present and help to have a good time there will be an important meet ing of the junior class immediately after literature on tuesday the regular meeting of the civil section of the engineering society will be held in the physical labora tory tonight at 7 o'clock mr noerr will read a paper on the water supply of washington a large attendance is desired as the paper is full of interest president partial and total ex clusion standards jfaruai j unglish literature 6 christian evidences 3 lydraulics 5 slectric r r c e 6 jeology clas , sci , c e 8 astroaotny 6 construction 4 iridge design 4 machine design 12 mechanics of machinery 10 measure of power 3 re dressing 5 fining 8 drawing 6 electric r r e e 6 electro-metallurgy 4 physical laboratory 9 dynamos 6 xeology a • c 5 architectural design 15 jreek 6 6 french 6 lermaii 6 jistory of philosophy 6 10 5 8 10 12 12 7 7 18 15 5 8 12 10 10 7 15 10 8 22 10 10 10 10 10 english literature 3 bridges 12 r e surveying 10 mineralogy 12 french 6 german 6 sanitary engineering 4 machine of transmission 5 metallurgy 16 machine design 12 kinematics . 8 steam engine '. 8 blowpiping 4 hist geology 5 mining 8 drawing 5 electricity 9 telegraphs 6 dynamos 9 physical laboratory 9 surveying e e 4 5 18 15 20 10 10 7 8 28 18 12 12 7 8 12 8 15 10 15 15 7 mechanics 9 physics tech 9 german , 6 french 6 english 3 surveying <. 6 steam engine , 8 physics e e 3 physical laboratory 6 blowpiping 4 greek 12 latin 9 history 6 18 15 10 10 5 10 12 5 10 7 20 15 10 mathptnitivq trigonometry 6 mathematics j a]gebra 9 french 9 german 9 english tech 6 projection drawing 6 construction 4 machine design 12 e m drawing 12 greek history 6 latin 12 english clas ) 3 12 16 15 15 10 10 7 18 18 10 20 5