Brown and White Vol. 15 no. 16

              lecture on friday the lecture on friday by charles h boynton 89 should be very inter esting mr boynton comes back to lehigh as one of her most successful graduates and his experience of fif teen years as superintendent of the associated press well fits him to dis cuss the system of the world's newsgathering musical club's concert the combined musical clubs will give a concert and dance at reading on the night of november 27 at 8.15 in the masonic temple the price of tickets will be 75 cents and all students from reading or vicinity should aid in their sale as far as pos sible j eiarl hickman 909 north 7th st reading has charge of the local arrangements and tickets may be obtained from him or from n h finnic 08 the first meeting of the athletic committee for the year was heal in packer hall on friday afternoon the following organization wus ef fected chairman c c thomas 08 treasurer g b linderman 87 secretary and financial secretary prof c l thornburg 1 executive committee prof thorn burg archibald johnston 89 e g grace 1)9 and f e troutman 08 grounds committee prof thorn burg mr grace and thomas alumni member of sports commit tee mr grace insignia awarded varsity baseball l mackall kirk uptegraff gaibraith serf ass sterner bason morsack barker and hesse baseball monogram ewing klar tressler fleming boyer altemus and mcmurtrie kenney was award ed his class numerals for faithful attendance at practice the varsity track l for break ing records aman sheridan and reilly track monogram aman mcnally m l smith geno mcqueen reilly w j gilligan desh shaw l lau rence roberts sheridan and gilbert numerals for track work 1907 m l smith mcqueen fasenmyer mcnally 1908 geno roberts trout man behney komara olcott and gaston 1909 aman gilligan desh l laurence simmins shaw and serf ass 1910 dunn gilligan thayer gilbert van blarcom sockwell bonander the election of c l aman 09 as captain of next year's track team was approved founder's day numerals 1910 football williams robbins welles merwin neison rickert ehmami conway neal sayford rees crocker foust bertschy and rorer 1910 relay dunning gilligan shaffner van blarcom and dunn j h smith for freshman year not reported before 1910 baseball r butz houck butler archibald anderson w e smith pierce richards riley h p smitlh bllheimer schall mathews and roper the following men were awarded numerals for last year not having been reported before r butz gardner erwiing archibald barager w e smith pierce and conway 1911 football de nyse reese blair becker wells farris l hoff man cannon mckenziei hen-man simpson kesselman tarbell and priestly 1911 relay dawson scott laza rus wear tremlett 1911 baseball churchill flippen vela fisher ohiraboga borden continued on page 2 the work of putting the tubing into the boilers of the new heat plant is about half completed a pipe tunnel between the new building and the physical laboratory is being con structed james s biayless 08 has been elected interlocutor of the minstrel show it seems very improbable that it will be necessary this year to clear six inches of snow off the athletic field for the ursinus game the brown and white vol xv lehigh university south bethlehem pa tuesday november 12 1907 no 16 athletic committee calendar wednesday november 13 glee club at 1.30 minstrel show at 3.00 banjo club at i.o0 — in christmas hall band practice in the physical laboratory at 7.30 thursday november 14 mandolin club at 5.00 glee club at 7.3o in christmas hall arcadia meeting at 7.30 friday november 15 college lec ture in the phys lab at 11.00 a m college meeting immediately follow ing saturday november 16 glee club at 1.30 football ursinus on lehigh field at 2.30 lafayette game tickets for the lafayette-lehigh football game on november 23 at 2.30 p m will be placed on sale at the usual places in the bethlehems easton and allentown on monday november 18 non-resident alumni can secure tickets in advance of this sale by sending applications and cash to prof thornburg south bethlo hem pa on or before november 18 the prices of tickets for reserved seats will be 1.00 1.25 and 1.50 further particulars will be announced later the status of registration cards with regard to a reduction in tne price of reserved seats has not yet been definitely decided philadelphia club the philadelphia lehigh club meets on wednesday night novem ber 13 at the university club 1510 walnut st - thomas m eynon 81 will deliver a lecture on the question is the sun a ball of fire mr eynon does not believe that it is and his views were set forth in the phila delphia press of october g there will be a meeting of the le high-mercersburg club at the kappa sigma house 745 delaware aye south bethlehem on sunday nov 17 at 2 p m mercersburg club an invitation is especially extend ed to all freshmen who are eligible to attend this meeting as matters of importance will be discussed college lecture mr wood is the head of the de partment of experimental physics at johns hopkins university one of the salient points of the dis course was the assertion of prof wood that in the near future we shall see aeroplanes performing in the air not for commercial purposes perhaps but undoubtedly for sporting and pleasure purposes in taking up the subject of flying machines the speaker gave three chief classifications as follows bal loons aeroplanes and screw propell ers he dealt most extensively with the second type since they have proved themselves most practical tracing the growth of the airship during the last twenty years by means of fine stereoptican views prof wood pointed out the chief ex perimenters along these lines and gave a brief account of their work the dirigible balloon which has been perfected by military officers was commented upon at length the lec ture closed with an explanation of flying machines from the standpoint of physics laboratory the pieces of curved wood hurled with no mean force by the experimenter soared speedily through the air turned n their course and to the astonishment of the audience came back to their starting place in some cases directly in front of prof wood a feature which made the presence of prof wood doubly attractive while not closely connected with his main subject was his exhibition of boomerang throwing on the athletic field adjournment to which spot ook place immediately following the close of his talk in the physical of unusual interest was the lecture by mr r w wood lest friday morn ing on the live topic of modern air ships and flying machines much favorable comment was elicited both from the students and the large num ber of townsfolks who were fortu nate to see and hear the illustrated talk by prof r a wood of johns hopkins new york alumni the new york alumni met for an informal dinner at mouquin's 149 fulton street on thursday night about sixty of the old lehigh men \ were present and spent a very pleas | ant evening the club decided to hold another informal gathering of a similar nature within a month a p smith 84 president of the new york club acted as toastmas ter dr drinker was the first to be called upon and in a brief address he spoke of many matters of interest to the alumni while the student body is smaller this year on account of advanced requirements the fac ulty is larger than ever before a comparison which shows that high efficiency is being held above mere numbers the percentage of paying students in the university is larger than heretofore he then touched upon the success of the dormitories and commons the progress of drown hall and many other questions af fecting the life of the undergraduate at lehigh such as student regula tion of hazing and the attitude of the trustees toward the building of fraternity houses on the campus this he said is one of hospitality and welcome and of appreciation for what the fraternities have done in the past in housing and caring for the student body dr drinker's re marks were rceived with the enthu siasm which they always arouse at alumni gatherings prof mansfield merriman followed dr drinker and what he said was largely reminiscent of his long per iod of service at lehigh a letter from 0 l taylor 76 was then read expressing his regret at not being able to attend the meet ing short speeches were made by the following members of the club dr henry r price 70 f w sar gent 79 h f j porter 78 j t morrow 89 dr c e webster 98 e j prindle 90 george lighten 88 w l fairchild 90 and d a usina 91 mr morrow seemed deep ly interested in the question of al lowing fraternity houses on the cam pus and although himself a member of one he stated that he was against any such proposition as undemo cratic and tending to foster cliques rather than the promotion of broad college spirit and loyalty this aroused considerable discussion and the general consensus of opinion seemed to be that the trustees should be slow in adopting any policy in the matter