Brown and White Vol. 13 no. 15

              c e society minstrel show a very successful rehearsal of the minstrel show was held wed nesday afternoon and the prospects are very encouraging a large number were present and the chorus gives promise of surpassing those of former years as many of che fellows have good voices a short meeting of candidates for end men was held after the rehearsal a notice has been posted in the gymnasium making a change in the basket ba 1 ! hours to take effect from november 6 to the christmas recess on mondays the ball will not be allowed on the floor between 3 and 5 p m this period is open for gym team practice during the first hour of which the director will be on duty as coach after thanksgiving the freshmen sec ii will have the floor from 4 to 5 o'clock and will have exclusive right to the ball for the last fifteen minutes the varsity basket ball team will practice from 5 to 6 p m on wednesdays the varsity will again practice from 1.30 until 3.30 and the gym team from 3.30 until 6 o'clock so that no basket ball will be played at that time the gym team will also practice on fridays from 4 until 5 p m and basket ball will of course be prohibited at this period the hours for the other days will be as heretofore next tuesday november 15th will be surveying and construc tion night the following men will speak : sherman m turrill c e the topographic survey of staten island claude b hagy — suburban layouts john h young — construction of bridge approach joseph firth c e — notes on the construction of pneumatic and bridge pier foundations organ postludes tickets for lafayette game the lafayette-lehigh foot ball game will be played on lehugh field on saturday november 25th at 2.30 p m advance sale of reserved seats will begin on monday november 20th at the usual places at the fol lowing schedule of prices the advance sale will close at noon on november 24th grand stand 1.50 three cen ter sections on north side field 1.25 other seats with backs on north side and west of grand stand on south side 1.00 all bleacher seats on south side 75 cents the general admission is 50 cents for standing room only at the east end of the gridiron en trance for which is at pine street and packer avenue alumni and others interested living out of town can obtain tickets by mail if they send the price and their choice of seats to prof c l thornburg not later than november 23d lacrosse about twenty men reported for lacrosse practice on wednesday afternoon e m johnson e m 05 who has been working at drifton pa was in town on tuesday on his way to latrobe where he will be em ployed in the construction depart ment of the latrobe steel com pany monday postlude in f wely tuesday melody dv soir shelly wednesday twilight picture shelly thursday allegro maestoso 2d sonata mendelssohn friday duo pastorale guil mant the first basket ball practice of the season was held in the gymna sium on wednesday afternoon about twenty mien were present prospects for a winning team are bright of last year's team pierce travis anderson mcmullen troutman and maurer are still in college and there are several good men in the freshman class lehigh university vol xiii south bethlehem pa friday november 10 1905 new fraternity rule the brown and white no 15 william's graduate prize subjects rule 36 relating to freshmen in fraternities was modified by the faculty on monday as follows : fraternities are prohibited from admitting men to membership unti 1 after they have been enrolled as students of the university no student of the university whose name is on the freshman roll will be alloweda 1 lowed to live in a fraternity house during the first term this rule goes into effect on monday november 13 1905 rule 36 originally stipulated that fraternities were not to admit men to membership until after the christmas vacation and that fresh men could not live in fraternity houses until after their first term calendar saturday nov 11 foot ball game — lehigh vs dickinson at carlisle at 7.30 p m y m c a cabinet meeting sunday nov 12 at 9.30 a m bible classes meet at 2.30 p m minstrel show rehearsal at psi upsilon house bethlehem at 6.30 p m y m c a meeting christmas hall monday nov 13 at 5 p m brown and white board meets tuesday nov 14 at 4.30 p m cheering practice wednesday nov 15 at 7.30 p m c e society meets saucon hall thursday nov 17 at 7.30 p.m arts and science club meets in saucon hall foot ball y m c a bishop talbot addresses meeting the first of a series of sunday afternoon metings was held in the university chapel on sunday at 4 p m these meetings are arranged by the y m c a and will be held at intervals of about one month the addresses will be made by prominent religious educators the first meeting was addressed by bishop talbot who based his remarks on the story of jacob's dream and its practicable applica tion to modern life like the ladder in the dream all life is based upon the earth upon physical facts among other things the bishop said : it is a man's religious duty to attend the polls on election day and vote an honest ticket for only in this way can corruption be stamped out during the middle ages many men thought the only way to live a pure life was to get away from evil now . a strong man battles with evil and tries to overcome it but the ladder also had an end in heaven and man must also look to heaven for guidance the bishop's remarks were very practical and made a deep impression on the au dience which numbered about four hundred long hard practice on wednesday afternoon the varsity and scrub went through their usual long hard practice a large number of the squad reported for practice the men are all in pretty good condition except bay less whose injured knee still gives him much trouble after a long signal drill the var sity and scrub lined up for a prac tice game the varsity received the kick-off and by steady gains brought the ball to the scrub's ten yard line where they were held for downs a trial at a field goal was blocked but olcott fell on the ball back of the line for a touchdown the ball was again put into play on the scrub's five-yard line and after several minutes of play troutman broke away for the sec ond touchdown the ball was again put into play tby the varsity on the five-yard line bachman broke away and ran the entire length of the field for a touchdown the practice was hard and fast as usual the men all working well the team deserves better support and more men should come out to see the practices and practice the new songs and cheers the line-up varsity scrub herman l e grimbal olcott l t amon bachman l g marshall dunn c young strauss r g van reenen duncan r t smith olcott r e pierce pyne q is hoppin spiers r h laubenstcin travis troutman l h fitrabaugh brumbaugh f b sheridan basket ball notice the student meeting of the y m c a on sunday evening will be addressed by e c mercur of new york city mr mercur is a graduate of the university of vir ginia and is a business man of new york he is at present engaged regularly in prison work and alco holic ward work he is also con nected with blackwell's island work with slum work and with the y m c a work of the bowery branch board flis talk should prove to be very interesting as well as instructive a y m c a cabinet meeting will be held in christmas hall on saturday evening at 7.30 o'clock prof edward h williams jr established in february 1900 prizes amounting annually to three hundred and thirty-five dollars for excellence in english composition and oratory of this amount the sum of one hundred and twenty five dollars is to be awarded to the man who writes the best essay on a thesis selected from english litera ture economics or mental and moral science eligibility for this contest requires that a man be a member of the class just graduat ing ; of the senior class of the coming university year ; a gradu ate of one year's standing whether in or out of residence and a gradu ate of any class who may be dur ing the coming year in actual resi dence and taking post-graduate work in the university this year the faculty have published the fol lowing subjects in english literature 1 poets laureate of england 2 the literary value of an glo-saxon poetry 3 the pre-raphaelite group of poets 4 colonial literature of penn sylvania 5 a review of the recent text books on american literature sears bronson trent in economics 1 the taxation of franchises 2 railway management in ger many 3 the causes of diminishing birthrate 4 the ethic factors in the american population 5 federal corporation of in terstate commerce agencies in mental and moral science 1 the renaissance as a culture epoch 2 the history of psychology as a science 3 the evolution of intelligence and reason in the animal king dom 4 the history and status of state colleges in the united states