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              college lecture — by mr m c whittaker in physical labor atory at 11.30 a m friday jan 15 y m c a lecture course — america mistress of the seas by captain hobson at 8.00 p m friday jan 15 basket-ball — manhattan vs lehigh in gymnasium at 8 p m v saturday jan 16 lacrosse team — practices every wednesday and saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the cage gymnasium team — p r a c t i c c every monday wednesday and friday afternoon at 4 o'clock lincoln's birthday celebration a well attended meeting of the c e society was held in the lecture room of the physics laboratory on wednesday evening philippi 09 gave a very good paper on design and details of a thacher reinforced concrete arch he showed how the arch is designed by taking sections from the abut ment to the crown these cross sections are first computed and then checked by graphical methods one segment one foot wide with one longitudinal reinforcing bar is constructed and tested under specified loads detailing of abut ments roadway paneling and ex pansion joints is mainly a matter of practice the average cost of these concrete arched bridges ap proximates one hundred dollars per foot of span the principal speaker of the evening was mr lewis d rights a lehigh man of the class of 1893 at present contracting manager of the schuylkill bridge works new york he gave a very interesting and instructive talk on erection of steel bridges illustrated with about forty lantern slides these showed the different kinds of erection tools used from the most simple to complicated forms such as the gin pole mule derrick and u z traveler mr rights ex plained the various problems which arise in the transportation and erection of plate girders he also showed the enormous amount of ex pensive timbering used for false work in erection in some cases steel falsework is used at the conclusion of the meeting the society adjourned to saucon hall to partake of the salubrious sleep killing connections of chef myers cuisine mustard and cheese lehigh opened her basket ball season on saturday night in the university gymnasium before a very enthusias ie audience but lost by the score 21 to 28 being the first game of the season it is not possible to place lehigh's team on a par with that of the new york as far as experience is concerned since the latter has already played a number of games in spite of the defeat it was noticeable that lehigh has the material for the making of a well balanced team and with captain davies street and kiefe forming the nucleus it will soon assert itself the game itself was a rough affair from the very start and it would be rather difficulty to say which team was the aggressor dayett scored the first point of the game for lehigh on two goals from fouls 0 c n y was able to locate the basket in this half with more certainty than lehigh giving them a lead which the latter was not able to overcome stransand showed exceptional ability in shoot ing fouls having located eight out of thirteen chances lehigh seem ed to be weak in this department having had as many chances at least as their rivals the first half ended with the score 18 to 9 in favor of c c n y in the second half dayett was replaced by cook otherwise the lineup remained the same lehigh went at c c n y with renewed energy which resulted in outplay ing their rivals and reducing the lead by two points making the final score 28 to 21 during this half a osbourne wrenched his knee and was replaced after a short time by sterner captain davies street kiefe and a osbourne played a steady and a plucky game throughout and but for too great odds they would have landed a victory stransand and goldman starred for new york summary lehigh positions c c n y dayett l f stransand cook captain a osbourne lt f goldman sterner street c koplan davies capt.).l g hesse kiefe r g ....... perleman goals from floor — goldman 5 stransand 3 koplan 1 hesse 1 kiefe 2 street 3 a osbourne 1 davies 1 cook 1 dayett 1 foul goals — stransand 8 dayett 3 referee — stobaeus lehigh umpire — gemson new york university timekeepers — ewing lehigh ; k 1 einb a v m c c n y time of halves 2o minutes for the fifth time the christian association is to present a course of lectures by means of which the members and friends of the uni versity may be given the op portunity of hearing and seeing some of the prominent people of the country of whom we hear so much . this year the y m c a is pre senting a course that is broad and in the strictest sense high class a representative of our public men will be found in mr hobson who on january sth will speak upon the subject america mistress of the seas on february 12th a great traveler and explorer mr evelyn b baldwin will present with lantern views to cross the arctic ocean following this on march 2nd an entertainment feature will be presented by miss minnie crudup vesey she will sing darkey folk love songs and southern love ballads the literary attraction of the course will be given on march 26 h by mr seuinas macmanus telling stories of irish fairy and folk lore captain richmond pearson hob son of merrimac fame is a fitting figure mr hobson has retired from the service and has entered the field of politics as his life work as congressman from alabama he has attained an enviable reputation for himself as orator and statesman he is the chief advocate of a larger navy and both his articles in current magazines and his speeches on the floor of the house have given him world wide recognition as the fore most critic of our naval administra tion his eloquence as an orator his abounding enthusiasm his com plete knowledge of the intricacies of naval affairs combined with the fact that our battleship squadron the largest in the world is about to complete its remarkable cruise will make hobson's visit to lehigh a memorable one following hobson comes mr evelyn briggs baldwin the famous arctic explorer on the 12th of february mr baldwin's fame as an explorer is by no means eclipsed by that of hobson as a naval ex pert four times he has made a dash into those regions where no man lives in search of the illusive pole in 1893-4 he went to north greenland as the meteorologist of peary's expedition he visited spitzbergern in 1897 there taking charge of the balloon station which was to succor andreein his ill fated attempt to reach the pole through the air again as second in com mand he went with the wellmaii expedition to franz-josef land in the years 1898-9 in 1901-2 he was also in franz-josef land as leader of the baldwin ziegler expedition continued on fourth page general w e doster of bethle hem will deliver an address on the 100 th anniversary of the birth of abraham lincoln at lehigh uni versity on friday morning febru ary 12th at 11:30 o'clock the exercises will be held in the packer memorial church these exercises taking the place of the usual lecture hour general doster is peculiarly fit ted to deliver this commemorative oration on account of his personal acquaintance with lincoln and his residence in washington during lincoln's administration when he was officially connected with the war department being provost marshal of the city of washington from march 1862 to march 18(33 during this time general doster was obliged to report daily in per son to the secretary of war edwin stanton and thus obtained an inti mate knowledge of the condition of affairs at that time he was also an intimate friend of president lincoln's secretaries and biograph ers hay and nicolay maintaining this intimacy up to the time of their deaths in order to ensure a successful show this year the mustard and cheese dramatic association will have its lirst preliminary rehearsal this week the coach mr donald son of philadelphia will be present and each man will be given a pre liminary trial the men trying for cast parts should be prepared to give readings imitations dances or songs chorus men will report at 7.30 p m and those trying for cast at 8.30 wednesday january 13 the officers strongly urge that a large number of men respond as arrangements are already under way for several good trips at the annual session of the pennsylvania educational associ ation to be held february 2-5 at harrisburg prof john l stewart is scheduled to make an address he will speak on the develop ment of the social conscience the brown and white lehigh university south bethlehem pa tuesday january 12 1909 annual lecture course civil society first meeting in 1909 hobson and other attractions to be presented in drown hall calendar electric a l society — m eeti ng in the physical laboratory tues day evening jan 12 21 to 28 lehigh loses to c c n y vol xvi basket ball mechanical society — meeting in williams hall at 8 p m tues day jan 12 glee clu h — eehearsal in drown hall at 2 p m wednesday jan 13 mustard and cheese — first call for candidates for the 1909 production chorus at 7.80 cast at 8.30 p m wednesday jan 13 mining society — meeting in williams hall wednesday even ing jan 13 no 26