Brown and White Vol. 16 no. 12

              band — thursday evening at 7.30 in the physical laboratory arcadia — thursday evening in drown hall at 7.30 foot ball practice — every evening from 4 to 6 and wednes day afternoon the subjects for the orations for the junior orotorical contest to be held february 22 1909 as an nounced for this year are the fol lowing — public life of lincoln the origin of the republican party proposals for the abolition of war the insurance of bank deposits the future of our coal supply the developement of scientific forestry in the united states the causes for the decline in birth rate shipping subsides should our tariff be revised revival of protectionism in england the effect of trusts on prices the causes of panic in 1907 the stock exchange and money market economic significance of the panama canal improvement of the mississippi river should injunctions be prohibited in labor disputes the future of engineering edu cation the relation of chemistry to industrial development can the white man civilize the tropics the value of th c monroe doctrine . should we exclude oriental ladorers the growth of socialism in the united states committee prof stewart mr emery cheering practice — tuesdays thursdays and fridays at 5 p m on lehigh field lacrosse practice — every tuesday and friday afternoon on the field minstrel show rehearsal tau beta pi election despite the bad weather a fairly well attended rehearsal of the min strel show was held at the delta upsilon house wednesday after noon the show this year prom ises to be one of the best in a long time the songs that are being tried out are most of them qviite catchy the competition for end men will be stronger than usual this year as all the men trying are of remarkably good caliber al ready several good stunts have been submitted for the second part and all indications point to a good show havenstein jennings bellis hoppoek garrison goedeckc zollinger struble harvey corbin agthe porter heilman and small at the last meeting of tan beta pi the following seniors were elected to membership in that society team left for washington this morning eighteen men left on friday morning at 8.04 for washington pa via harrisburg and pittsburg for the game with washington and jefferson the final decision in regard to the field where the game is to be played was reached only a few days ago the understanding originally was that the teams were to meet on the grounds of the car negie technical schools at pitts burg through some misunder standing the technical manage ment scheduled a game with penn sylvania on their field for the same date this eliminated pittsburg as a location for the game har risburg was then considered but advices from that city claimed that the event would not draw the necessary crowd an attempt was then made by coach dickson to obtain franklin field in philadel phia but it was discovered at the last moment that it would conflict with a track meet consequently washington presented ifc&e only alternative at the late date but little is known regarding the strength of the w and j team yale defeated them 38-0 last saturday but this does not by any means show that yale was 38 points better indeed the visitors started the game by rushing the ball for forty yards through the yale line without once losing the bail it is a long and fatiguing journey from washington to new haven and no team could take the trip and play its best they will undoubtedly greatly outweigh le high newspaper reports to the contrary consequently everyone is looking for a very hard game wednesday's practice was dis appointing but not because of the spirit or playing of the men who were on the field in fact the varsity showed up very well it was a noticeable fact however that every one was out whether the pro spect of a wet and muddy field led them to believe that there would be no practice or not is hard to say but the absence of eight or ten men from such an important prac tice could not fail to have a dele tori ous effect the men are in very good condi tion in spite oi the numerous acci dents of wednesday afternoon the injury to desh's knee is not as bad as was at first supposed lawson however seems to have a bad side while tremlett is having trouble with his ankle with the exception of these men the squad seems to be ready to put up a first class game on saturday the officials for the washington and jefferson game tomorrow are godcharles lafayette referee ; dave fultz brown umpire rex flyim yale field judge drown hall meeting william m fincke yale 1901 will address the regular drown hall meeting on sunday evening at 6.30 fincke was a leader in religious athletic and social life at yale and has since his graduation been en gaged in business last year he gave up successful business pro spects in order to enter the ministry and he is now studying in new york city with that purpose in view the subject of mr fincke will deal with present day social unrest and its call to all college men to thought and action the fact that mr fincke was captain of the yale track team the year that the yaje-harvard teams defeated oxford and cambridge in england and that after several years of business he has felt called by|the necessities of the time to give up his material prospects and preach the gospel will make his appear ance here sunday of especial in terest moriz bernstein 96 of phila delphia was in bethlehem this week , capt g def speirs 09 age 20 weight 160 height 5 ft 8f inches came to lehigh from bethlehem prep school where he played half back this is his fourth season during which time he has played the same position strong on the defense as well as offense a good drop kicker he has the qualifica tions of the typical gridiron general g c bakewell 09 prepared for college at blair hall where he played quarter back his age is 25 weight 163 and height 5 feet 9 iuches he has been guarding end positions well thus far in all respects w l archer 09 is 22 years old 6 ft tall and weighs 170 lbs he played on his class teams was sub full-back for the varsity in 1906 and is at present playing left end c bilheimer 10 age 21 height 5 ft 9 inches weight 153 prepared for lehigh at the bethlehem high school on whose team he played quarter back and half-back played quarter back for the varsity in 1906 and again fills the same position this season c c shorkley 08 is 25 years old is 6 ft 31 inches tail and weighs 190 lbs he prepared at lewisburg high school later grad uated from buckne.ll where he played on the scrub team last season he played right guard this season he has been playing center and has thus far shown up very well c l aman 09 is 21 years old weight 170 lbs and 5 ft 11 inches tall played half-back at radnor high school where he prepared for college aman has proved to be a good ground gainer at half back for the last two years thi season he has filled the same posi tion until an injury received in the rutgers game necessitated a rest brumbaugh 09 is 24 years old tips the scales at 190 and measures 5 ft 9 inches he is a tower of strength at full-back which posi tion he is now filling r 8 desh o9 age 20 height 5 feet 9 inches weight 150 played half-back at the bethlehem high school he played on his class team and is out this season for end l b luckie 09 is 22 years old weighs 150 and stands 5 ft 9 in high he played half-back at chester high school and is out for the same position l b treat 10 age 23 height 5 ft 11 indies weight 170 played tackle for the mt hermon school before coming to lehigh he has played left tackle since his fresh man year and has only too often brought terror to his more weighty opponents continued on fourth page c w martin 10 age 22 weight 190 height 6 ft 2 inches is play the brown and white lehigh university south bethlehem pa friday october 30 1908 oratorical contest statistics of members of varsity foot-ball squad list of subjects calendar vol xvi foot ball re pub l i can m c eting — physi cal laboratory at 11 a m fri day out 80 1908 foot ball game — lehigh vs washington and jefferson satur day october 31 columbia park washington pa laoeosse game — between two picked teams saturday at 3 p m lehigh field christian association—meet ing in drown hall sunday novem ber 1 at 6.30 p m minstrel show — rehearsal at the delta upsilon house sunday november 1 at 3 p m brown and white board — meeting in drown hall monday at 5 p m glee c l u b — rehearsals in drown hall at 1.30 o'clock wed nesday and saturday afternoons no 12