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              prof william h davis of the department of p'hychology and philosophy has ben re-elected sec tary of the council of the ameri can association for the advance ment of science continued on fourth page more than one hundred and fifty alumni and undergraduate me . chanical engineers and friends were present at the special meeting of the m e society on tuesday even ing in honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of professor joseph f klein's service at lehigh the original plan was to hold this celebration at dr drinker's home as he had invited the members of the society to be his guests at their january meeting but as the com mittee soon found that more room would be required it was considered appropriate to hold it in williams hall joseph f klein was appointed professor of mechanical engineer ing in lehigh university in 1881 and the development of that depart ment has been largely the result of his unceasing efforts about the first of december it occurred to his friends that some recognition should be made of the completion of so long a period of service and after a committee had been chosen an appeal was accordingly made to all m e graduates for the funds necessary to the carrying out of this project how generously they responded is seen in the number and character of their gifts the whole affair was kept so secret from prof klein that he was completely surprised when the pre sentation ceremonies began at the close of the regular program the first paper of the regular program for the evening was by john a brodhead 07 on in dustrial betterment dealing with the present condition of working men and with the attempts that are being made in some establishments to increase their efficiency by less ening the hardships under which they labor there was a developing tendency he said for the working man to make the least possible re turn for his wages and on the other hand for the employer to endeavor to receive the greatest possible re turn with the least amount of con sideration for his employees he cited several instances to show that the establishment of pleasant rela of mechanical engineering by the alumni and undergraduates of the department tions between labor and capital by means of better sanitary conditions and by more care for the personal comfort of employees is counteract ing this tendency albert j mayer 07 followed with a description of the high pressure water system of phila delphia the advent of the sky scraper and the increasing conges tion of property in certain districts have necessitated greater facilities for fighting fires and the present system of philadelphia goes a long way toward the solving of this formidable question the mains and power plant were described and a very interesting comparison was made between relative ef ficiency and economy of steam and gas engines the latter have been found to be much better suited to this sort of work as they are less expensive to install maintain and operate as well as quicker in re sponding to the sudden and un certain demands imposed upon them in fire service owing to the illness of mr w e underwood 97 who was ex pected to address the society mr george h blakeley superin tendent of construction for the bethlehem steel company gave an informal talk on the new saucon plant of the company the prim ary object of this new plant is the manufacture of open-hearth steel rails and structural steel shapes bessemer rails have proved too brittle on account of the phosphor ic the 1 ' contain and it is therefoi proposed to eliminate this undesir able element by using the open i hearth process the company is dividing a gray universal roll i ing mill by means of which steel beams and columns of greater carrying capacity can be made from a less quantity of metal than is re quired at present for the same de gree of strength and efficiency the maximum depth of i-beams will be j increased from 24 to 30 inches by the gray method which is a dis tinct advance upon former practice mr blakeley's talk was very practi cal and interesting continued on supplement the brown and white lehigh university south bethlehem pa friday january 25 1907 college meeting celebration in honor of prof klein vol xiv addressed by dr drinker y m c a franklin s edmonds speaks a well attended college meeting was held in the physical labora tory on friday morning january 18 ujoy . dr drinker was present and add'resed the student body after calling attention to the address to be given under the au spices of the young men's chris tian association in the chapel on tl/e succeeding sunday by franklin s edmonds esq of the philadel phia bar the leader of the city party in the fight for good govern ment last year dr drinker touched on the plans that are being worked out for the operation of the dormitories and college commons lie said that there had been some in quiry in rgarcl to the policy of the university and that he desired it to be distinctly understood that these conveniences had been pro jected and were being built for the i comfort of those of the students who desired to use them that it would be wholly optional with a student whether he took a room outside of the dormitories or asked the privilege of living in them also whether he boarded outside or at the commons as the accom modation to be afforded by the lint dormitory now being built will be limited to about 140 men only a portion of the student body can at first be housed the commons will seat about 400 men and it is expected that the price of rooms at the dormitories and the minimum price of food at the commons can be fixed at figures to meet the means of all careful study has been made of the eating system at the state normal schools at kutztown and at west chester of the system at haverford college and at yale and harvard universities and the plan in practice at 1 ale and harvard will doubtless be adopted viz to furnish well-cooked substantial meals for a minimum price per week the student to be allowed to add to this by purchasing books of coupon checks which can be used as cash in paying for extras when desired the dormitories will have ample and convenient shower baths and the regular sunday meeting of the y m c a held in the chapel at 4 p m was addressed by mr franklin s edmonds a prominent lawyer of philadelphia mr ed monds is well known here at lehigh and a good crowd came to hear him mr edmonds based his remarks on an event that happened in the life of king joash just before the death of the prophet elisha the prophet had told the king to take an arrow and to smite the ground and rebuked him wjien he struck only three times for this was a sign that joash would deal three blows to the syrians and then stop thus permitting the syrians to eventually overcome him he used this lesson to show that persistency is absolutely necessary to success one may have talent and be different from other men but if energy is lacking then his talent goes to nought energy is what makes the man and we admire those men who by their energy per sistence and even stubborness make marks for themseves in history in the last few years three has been everywhere present a sp'ntof chance or gambling instead of mine their resourcefulness and energy men try to gain what they have not merited or earned but gradual l y new principles are being worked into society and the so called short cuts to wealth or to education are being eliminated now a man stands for what he really is in the long run the re ward goes to him who keeps at it all the time here at college we are engaged in fashioning our lives and there fore should allow no sham or de ceit what we are should be the result of honest continuous effort in these days power will be achiev ed in proportion to the amount of persistency and effort expended no 31