Brown and White Vol. 7 no. 2

              * l w bailey 99 a former member of the brown and white board is now located at aguilar colo * c h miller 99 is stationed at new madrid mo on experi mental survey work for the mis sissippi river comission list of new students the official registration has not been completed and no official lists will be given out until friday next when they will appear in the brown and white two yards chamberlin failed to gain and spiers kick went straight up pennsylvania getting the ball chamberlain stopped an end play with a 1 ss of a yard but on the next play ten yards were made around gearhart the next two plays failed to gain and lehigh got the ball on a fumble on her thirty yard line spiers punted forty yards but gardiner ran it back thirty yards chamberlain broke through and threw hare for a loss of six yards and an attempted double pass was stopped by gledhill with a loss of five more pennsylvania punted james fumbling but hawley fell on the ball behind the goal line scoring a safety spiers kicked out to mid-field the left side of lehigh's line was forced for three one and three yards then for two and ten yards eight tackle was hit for four yards first down being made around right end the ball was about eight yards from the goal and on first down pennsylvania made three yards on the second they made one yard and on third failed to gain on the fourth they lost but were given halt the distance to the goal two yards for interference this made it first down and gave them a chance to score the second touchdown which they did outlaud kicking the goal time eighteen minutes spiers kicked off thirty-five yards and the ball was run back ten yards lehigh's right end was rounded for fifty yards but time was called soon after waads u p 14 ; lehigh 0 second half a number of changes were made in pennsylvania's line which however did not improve it any spiers caught the kick-oft on the twenty five yard line pennsyl vania took the ball on downs pennsylvania lost five yards on the first play and was forced to punt on lehigh's third down ; spiers punted to mid-field mccracken brought it back thirty-five yards on the first p'i*y then made ten more but on the next four plays failed to make five yards and the ball went to lehigh spiers attempt to kick out was blocked pennsylvania securing the ball lor touchdown goal kicked spiers kicked off to the ten-yard line but kennedy ran it back four j^ards pennsylvania fumbled loosing a yard then chamberlain caught outland for a loss of two and a half yards forcing pennsylvania to punt lehigh got the ball on the fifty yard line and on the second play a fumble by hawley gave it to penn sylvania they failed to gain and were forced to kick hawley was inter fered with in attempting a free catch and lehigh was given fifteen yards chamberlain made two and a half then one and a half continued on fourth page football lehigh o ; pennsylvania 20 the football season was ery satisfactorily opened on saturday when the team after but four days practice held pennsyl vania down to twenty points the halves were of unusual length for an opening game twenty minutes each but none of the men gave out and no substitutes were used this was extraordinary as the longest line-up in practice was only fifteen minutes the weakest points of the team were in open field tackling and catching punts the tackling was especially poor while one muffed punt inside the ten-yard line allowed pennsylvania to score a safety pennsylvania earned only twelve points their only score in the second half being made on a blocked punt after lehigh had taken the ball from them inside the ten-yard line pennsylvania was slow in starting fumbled con siderably and used poor judgment the one trick play they tried a delayed pass was a flat failure the back wtio finally received the ball being downed by gledhill for a loss of ten yards perm's line though much heavier than le high's was slow m starting while the varsity was exceptionally fast their fierce charging was res ponsible for most of pennsylvania's tumbles for by forcing the line back they mixed things up so that the plays miscarried and the runner was often downed for a loss both sides failed to take full advantage of the wind which blew throughout the game though lehigh made more use of it than pennsylvania spier's work at full was erratic his kick-offs were mostly poor and a number of his punts went straight up in the air he was slow at times especially in the second half when his attempt to punt out from the five-yard line was blocked four men new to the varsity were hawley bray ross and pa ne bray and ross did especially good work ; but hawley and payne were not so successful they lack experience ; but by hard practice may make good men spiers kicked off poorly for lehigh pennsylvania was unable to gain and was forced to punt ; james returned it pennsylvania gaining ten yards on the exchange after a couple of tries at lehigh's line pennsylvania was forced to punt again james fumbled the catch and the ball was pennsyl vania's on the five-yard line mcoacken carried it over in ten downs time six minutes goal was kicked by hare spiers second kick off went about forty yards and was returned to james who carried the ball back fifteen yards to lehigh's forty-five-yard line gledhill made lehigh s thirty-fourth annual opening exercises were held in the ohapel on wednesday afternoon at 3.30 under the most auspicious circumstances long before the time for opening the old students gathered on the campus outside the chapel exchanged greetings and renewed old acquaintanceships the freshmen group too began to swell early and soon it had out numbered any of the other three and their strength was evidenced in the short and decisive rush with the sophomores as the bell marked the hour of three thirty the faculty headed by dr drown marched into the ojaapel and took their accustomed neats here too new faces were perceived the chaplain dr stewardson conducted the services after which dr drown delivered ms annual address which was as follows : there is no duty more pleasant to me than to cay on behalf of my colleagues and for myself the words of welcome to our utndents when they first assemble at the beginning of a new college year and there is bo sight to me so lull of interest and inspiration as the first gathering of the students in our beautiful chapel to begin he new year with prayer and praise this scene recurs from year to year and yet always with notable changes the differ ent classes seem at first sight tt nave mis taken tbeir assigned places until one realizes that a class has left us since we last met here and that a new class has come iv the seniors — a icmnant and sur vival of the class which entered three years ago — are sitting in their final seats to which they have been looking forward anxiously for these long years as calmly as if they had always occupied them the presbrnen.whose faces are as yet new to us we welcome for the first tiin to this sctn c — strange and unfamiliar to them but lull of promise of a new life the other classn too are not without thu consciousness of tih&uge and progress the juniors have passed youth and middle age and now can seel and a*t like upp-^r classman aud tne mopaotnores — well wn all kuow from tx l>eriencrf how h sophooiorn feels that tie change be ha made is th most important and momentous in thts college ite to cb clas-s aud to eacu individual iv his bep&rate and special cause of satisfaction and content today i offvr my hearry con ratuhttious and there are cause for general congrat ulation at thia time in the condition of the university the freshmm class is tie largest which has eutere<l toe uuivt-rsity lor six years and is ar le ist 100 per ce«jt larger th*u last year they are all students of good scholarship and i commend them to tun helpful assistance of lv members of the other three classes a rn~u wbo wil uphold lehigh's high reputation there have been some important chaugi-s id onr teaching force since the clo-e of thn last college year we all regret the loss of two members of our faculty dr hyde aud professor robinson althuugu tbeie were comparatively few wh > met them in the r.lass roum ytt tber were many who esteemed and enjoyed their friendship particularly was this the case with pro fessor robinson whom you all knew as wcretary of the faculty and as a member of tne athletic committee he inspired the htadeuts with the same freliugs of admira tion and affection for his directness justice and sympathy that h-i did his colleagues in the faculty aud i am sure you will eel his lofia as keenly as do we continued on second i'»ge the brown and white lehigh university south bethlehem pa tuesday october 3 1899 vol vii the opening exercises calendar wednesday oct 4 at 2.30 p m lacrosse practice friday oct 6 at 4.30 p m choir practice in the chapel saturday oct 7 at 3.30 p m opening football game lehigh vs rutgers on lehigh field sunday oct b at 6.30 p m meeting of christian asso ciation in christmas hall notices history the lecture in history will be delivered in my lecture room on thursday morning at 8.30 here after the hour will be 8.30 mon day morning these lectures are open to all those who are interested in the subject registry students of all classes are re quested to register at the presi dent's office as soon as possible after their return to the univer sity t m drown pres seniors professor stewardson will meet the seniors who take philosophy on wednesday oct 4 in small class room of physical laboratory west end they are asked to se cure at once " history of philoso phy " by alfred weber published by charles scribner's sons new york 99 lacrosse team there will be a meeting of the 99 lacrosse team in the gym nasium on tuesday at 12.30 o'clock all the men are urged to be there as resolutions upon the death of gustavo eovelo will be taken gummere capt alumni notes * b t converse 99 at present working for the baldwin locomo tive works spent saturday and sunday in south bethlehem visit ing friends no 2