Brown and White Vol. 13 no. 29

              carnegie relief fund a beneficent scheme made possible by mr carnegie's gift of 4,000,000 in 5 per cent bonds to take care of the sixty thousand employes of the carnegie plants in case of accident death or old age mr taylor was also selected by mr carnegie as president of the hero fund com mission a trust fund of 5,000,000 mr taylor's long service in promi nent and important places in the conduct of the carnegie interests have well fitted him for the duties of these positions probably no single individual connected with the steel trade be tween 1880 and 1890 did more in the practical direction of supplant ing wrought iron with soft steel than did mr taylor his thor ough knowledge of chemistry and the metallurgy of steel enabled him while superintendent of the home stead works to be about the first one to produce successfully soft steel for the manufacture of pipe nails si lip plate and structural steel his early connection wlith the designing as well as the manufac ture of a steel suitable for steel car construction which industry has lehigh university south bethlehem pa friday january 19 1906 vol xiii trustee elected charles l taylor e m 76 the real indian saturday jan 20 basket ball game lehigh vs the indians at gym at 2 p m lacrosse practice at 4.30 p m gym team practice sunday jan 21 at 9,30 a m bible classes meet at 6.15 p m y m c a meeting in christmas hall tuesday jan 23 at 7.30 p m arts and science cub meets in saucon hall english night wednesday jan 24 at 2 p m lacrosse practice ; basket ball prac tice at 4.30 p m gym team practice thursday jan 25 at 12.30 p.m college closes for examination week calendar no 29 the brown and white lecture by dr charles a east man in y m c a course the simple life the life of nature the out-door life the life of the real american indian was effectively described by dr charles a east man on wednesday evening in the opening number of the y m c a lecture and entertainment course dr eastman is a sioux indian and in his life has traversed almost the whole course of human civili zation from the life of a very child of the woods to that of the honored graduate of the white man's college and professional school of the highest rank his observations on modern civilized life were well worth hearing often not very com plimentary but true his real indian was a gentleman of the woods spiritually minded a lover of nature poetic humorous and dependent on his muscular skill for his food the lecturer gave a true insight into indian character which with rare exceptions has not been preserved for us in the annals of history his lecture was a real revelation to any one who has a knowledge of indians acquired from books alone the attendance at the lecture was not as large as it should have been due possibly to the press of work for the oncoming examina tions the next number in the course will be given by mr and mrs elias day on tuesday even ing february 20 it will consist of impersonations and character sketches mr and mrs day come very highly recommended and will in all probability give a good enter tainment charles l taylor e m 76 of pittsburg elected to the board mr charles l taylor e m 76 who was elected a member of the board of trustees of lehigh university on october 27th 1905 while he was absent in europe has in a letter to mr e p wilbur secretary of the board accepted the position mr taylor is one of our most prominent alumni he was born n philadelphia on april 3rd 1857 his father was john d taylor who was prominently identified with the sugar refining industry and was treasurer of the pennsylvania railroad company from 1874 to the time of his death in 1886 mr taylor was graduated in 1876 as valedictorian of his class with the degree of e m immedi ately after leaving college he ac cepted a position as assistant chemist and was subsequently made assistant superintendent of blast furnaces of the cambria iron company at johnstown pa from the very beginning of his business career mr taylor's force of character and energetic tempera ment brought him into prominence in 1880 he went to httsibu rg as chemist for the pittsburg bessemer steel company and in 1882 became superintendent of the company which position he retained after the company was merged into the carnegie interests for the fol lowing three years he was superin tendent of the great homestead steel works which important po sition he ably filled until 1887 and was then succeeded by charles m schwab the following two years he was general manager of the hartman steel company an other carnegie plant and from 1890 to 1892 he was assistant sec retary of carnegie phipps & com pany limited in t893 he was promoted to the responsible posi tion of assistant to the president of the carnegie steel company limlited with the general supervi sion over the operation of all works which position he held until 1901 when he gave up his active work in the carnegie company remaining only in an advisory capacity but giving special attention to the or ganization and operations of the carnegie benefit and pension sys tem in 1901 mr carnegie on re tirement from business selected mr taylor as chairman of the grown to such wonderful propor tions was one of his principal achievements representing pioneer work of an original character and a comprehensive foresight into the future requirements of the steel business he takes great interest in and devotes much time and money to the kingsley house association a home for children located in pitts burg in his philanthropic work he is one of the board of directors he has built for this association a summer home for fresh air work called the lillian home which accommodates 150 children at a time and over 2,000 children taken from the slums are enter tained there each summer in addition to actively adminis tering some of the greatest trusts created by mr carnegie mr tay ilor is a stockholder of the carnegie company and secretary of the carnegie veteran association , one of the trustees of the carnegie library and institute ; a director of the carnegie tecbnicali schools a director of the western pennsyl vania institute for the blind and continued on fourth page