Brown and White Vol. 20 no. 12

              lehigh university bethlehem pa friday november 1 1912 world's greatest athlete vol xx lehigh wireless club is formed no 12 party platforms freely discussed politics club hears three-sided argument men interested in wireless teleg raphy form organization the politics club held its second meeting of the year last tuesday in drown memorial hall the meeting was called to order at 7.45 p m by president w c fry 13 ; chimin chu-fuh 13 recorded the minutes the program for the evening consisted of the outlining of the platforms of the three important political parties in the present cam paign fritz 13 spoke for the republican policies nordenholt 15 for the democratic and lamb 13 for the progressive in his presentation of the re publican platform mr fritz dwelt partly on historical data norden continued on supplement to-morrow's games at a meeting held in the physics laboratory wednesday afternoon steps were taken in the organiza tion of a lehigh university wire less club w j dugan president of the electrical engineering so ciety acted as temporary chairman the following committee was ap pointed to draw up and present a constitution : sultzer weaver sam uels olson motter and dugan it is proposed to ally this club somewhat with the electrical so ciety so far that no student enter ed in the electrical course may join the club unless he has first joined the electrical society part or all of the meetings will be held jointly with the electrical society any student however who is at all interested in wireless telegraphy is eligible to join and is heartily urged to do so the meetings of the club will be mhch like the meet ings of the vari 1 igin ing so cieties ; papers v 1 be read by the different members from time to time it is also proposed to apply to the federal government for license to establish this as an experimental station under the new restrictive continued on supplement dancing classes to-be resumed carlisle meets lehigh saturday captain carlisle indian football team illiteracy on the decline report from washington show rapid decrease in united states line-up for the carlisle-lehigh game ages heights and weights of the players below is given a list of the important college foot-ball games to be played to-morrow : amherst vs dartmouth at han over army vs holy cross at west point bucknell vs lafayette at easton cornell vs williams at ithaca dickinson vs f and m at lan caster johns hopkins vs stevens at baltimore lehigh vs carlisle at south bethlehem perm state vs univ of penna at philadelphia syracuse vs rochester at sy racuse tufts vs mass agri college at medford ursinus vs swarthmore at swarthmore w and j vs marietta at wash ington wesleyan vs union at middle town western res vs navy at anna polis yale vs colgate at new haven harvard vs princeton at cam bridge the classes in aesthetic dancing which were held last year under the direction of mr kimball will be resumed this year under the same instructor the object of the class is to create good recreational exercise for its members and to serve as a training for members of the mustard and cheese dram atic club and any new men who are considering competing for pla ces in the show next spring all students and any faculty members who care to join are invited and urged to do so the classes will be held every tuesday and thurs day from 5 to 6 p m famous indian team to battle with the brown and white f continued on fourth page to-morrow on the home field will be played what is expected to be one of the best games on the schedule the lehigh-indian game according to all reports the red skins are in excellent condition and feel confident of a victory over the brown and white eleven they have just returned home from a trip to toronto and georgetown at both of which places they were victorious cleaning-up the for mer eleven by a score of 49 to 1 and the latter strong team by 34 to 20 in the former game canadian rules were substituted during the second half great care and pre caution were taken by the indians during their trip not to receive any injuries and in this respect they washington d c october 28 1912 — in the entire population of the united states illiteracy has de clined from 10.7 in 1900 to 7.7 per cent in 1910 but among children 10 to 14 years of age the decline in the 10 years was from 7.2 to 4.1 per cent these facts appear in a statement in regard to the illiteracy of children issued by director du rand of the bureau of the census department of commerce and la bor the figures are based upon tabulations prepared by w c hunt chief statistician for pop ulation the general decline of illiteracy marks the improvement of educa tional opportunities throughout the country and this improvement is continued on fourth page the brown and white carlisle age height wt pos lehigh age height wt large 18 5-09 152 guyon 19 5-11 178 garlow 22 5-08 173 bergie 21 5-09 168 busch 22 5-10 180 calac 19 5-10 178 vetternack 19 5-06 140 welch 20 5-11 151 thorpe 24 6-00 180 arcasa 21 5-07 158 powell 21 5-10 178 l c vela 22 6-00 17 l t tate 19 6-01 185 l g hauser 21 5-10 192 c wylie 22 5-09 170 r g bianco 22 6-00 180 r t bailey 24 6-01 176 r c sautelle 20 5-07 155 q b pazzetti 22 5-10 158 l h flick 22 5-07 148 r ii hoban 22 5-10 180 f b crichton 19 6-01 174