Brown and White Vol. 5 no. 18

              the united states civil service commission announces that on jan 8 1898 an examination will be held at washington d c and other places throughout the united states for the position of computer in the nautical almanac office from the register established as the result of this examination three vacancies will be filled in the posi tion of computer to be paid for i piece work in the nautical alma nac office navy department the department states that only men are eligible for appointment to these three vacancies the follow ing are the subjects and weights of the examination algebra 3 geometry 2 plane and spherical trigonome try 4 elements of differential and in tegral calculus 2 logarithms 5 spherical astronomy 4 total 20 persons desiring to enter this ex i animation should at once write to i the united states civil service commission at washington d c for application blanks forms 304 1 and 374 which should be properly executed and promptly returned to the commission football nominations calendar thursday dec 2 — meeting of the e e society physical labora tory at 7 p m friday dec 3 — meeting of for um in saucon hall at 7 p m saturday dec 4 — special meeting of agora at 7.30 p m sunday dec 5 — kegular meeting of christian association at 6.15 p m in christmas hall ■*. notices the college men are cordially invited to attend the l u c a meeting next sunday at 6.15 p m the subject treated will be the universities of europe india china japan and australia as centres for christianity it was developed by john r mott of cornell during 1895-96-97 and is set forth in his book strategic points in the world's conquest 7 five minute sketches will be given by different men committee dec 4 quiz on irving's life and works dec 11 — dr semple will fec turo on edgar allen poe dec 18th mr emery will lec ture on emerson prof thayer dr franklin will lecture ob soldering before the electrical engineering society on thursday evening dec 2 a large attend ance is desired the meeting thursday evenings of the agora has been postponed there will be a special meeting of the society on saturday dec 4r4 r at 7 p m ■. ; algebra — dec 4 re-examinations entrance subjects professor merriman's discussion of meth ods of firing from mortar batter ies the last number of the united states artillery journal contains an article by professor mansfield merriman on the probability of hitting a ship by different meth ods of fire from mortar batteries the paper was prepared as a con tribution to a discussion now go ing on among army officers as to the most economic method of aiming the mortars of a battery when firing a volley of shot at an approaching vessel " the typical method of the united states army is to aim the mortars parallel to each other instead of aiming each one independently at the vessel the mathematical in vestigation presented by professor merriman is one by which the probable number of hits on the deck of the vessel can actually be computed and it is shown that the parallel method of aiming is not as econom ical as the independent method the latter having an ad vantage on the average of about twenty-five per cent thus the probable number of hits by the parallel method is about four fifths of the number that may be expec ted by the independent method at the meeting of the american mathematical society in october professor merriman read an ab stract of his paper his views being supported by profeseor johnson of the united states naval academy while dr jacoby of columbia university claimed that the par allel method of fire was in general the most advantageous the paper of professor merriman has recently been published in pamph let form sophomore cotillon club a meeting of the executive com mittee of the sophomore cotillon club was held at the sigma phi house on monday evening it was decided by the committee to hold two dances during the season at the eagle hotel the first dance will be held on the evening of the tenth of december the second date was not definitely fixed mr ruhe of allentown has been secured to furnish the music and dreka of philadelphia will supply the invi tation and dance cards - forum the forum will meet on friday dec 3 at 7 p m in saucon hall the question for debate is : " re solved that congress should subsi dize the merchant marine " an in teresting program is promised all are cordially invited communications ediioks brown and white : now is the time for all the un dergraduates who have either lit erary or artistic ability to come to the front and do something for the 99 epitome there are a number of men in the sophomore and freshmen classes who are very clever both with the pen and tne pencil these are the men who must help to make the epitome an honor to lehigh let every one who can draw or write at all send in his effort so that this year book may keep up the high stan dard already set editor-in-chief 99 epitome the two-year course at the cor nell law school has been changed to a three-year course football points scor ed during the season gun club the gun club has accepted a challenge from the university of pennsylvania gun club the shoot will be held at philadelphia in february it has not yet been de cided how many men will compose the team but five six or eight is the usual number there will be a shoot on the athletic field satnrday afternoon at 2.30 and all members should be present to practice for the penn sylvania shoot * j b given 96 is now a bank cashier and director of the citizens bank of ponca city ok lahoma harvard's new law department is to be the largest in the world park davis has again been en gaged as coach for next year at la fayette the following nominations have been made for the officers of the football management for next year : manager middledith h e knight and pettit assistant manager oanfield w t white and magee «. the faculty of the university of chicago has given its consent to the institution of greek letter fra ternities the annual convention of the association of colleges and pre paratory schools of the middle states and maryland was held at vassar college poughkeepsie n v nov 26 and 27 dr j g schuman of cornell is president of the association the final plans for the new ath letic field at wesleyan have been adopted they provide for a quart er-mile track surrounding the base ball field during the football sea son the diamond will be covered with tan-bark so that it will not receive injury for base-ball john outland pennsylvania's right tackle has been elected cap tain of the team for next year w j bryan kicked the ball off at a recent practice game at mis souri university dartmouth is considering the adoption of a new honor system proposed for the student body lehigh university south bethlehem pa thursday december 2 1897 vol y no ib gift to the electrical department the garton - daniels electric company of keokuk lowa has presented the electrical department of the university with a new mar ble base garton lightning arrester suitable for station use on a direct current circuit of ilo volts the arrester is one of the best oa the market and will prove a valuable acquisition to the designing de partment of the physical labora tory it will be placed for the present in the museum of the de signing department 99 epitome the brown and white there was a meeting of the 99 epitome board held at the psi u house on sunday afternoon rob inson editor-in-chief assigned work to each editor on the board and strongly urged them to hand in their results at an early date a new plan for selling the epitome was discussed and approved of by the board this plan will be re vealed later gags and jokes may be handed to any member of the board or they may be placed in the epitome box in packer hall computer wanted pennsylvania . 463 opponents 20 yale 170 " 35 princeton 362 " 6 harvard 233 " 20 cornell 131 " 38 lafayette 256 " 113 indians 210 " 86 brown 168 " 148 west point .... 194 " 41 lehigh 84 " 261 dickinson 131 " 41 bucknell 83 " 97 williams 6 " 197 amherst 14 " 108 wesleyan 117 " 154 state '. 77 " 141 franklin and marshall 64 " 211 swarthmore 92 " 54 haverford 69 " 22 annapolis 70 " 42