Brown and White Vol. 20 no. 1

              re-printed from the brown and white of june 11 1912 there is a large opening for suc cessful effort in this direction which has not been fully appreciated or taken advantage of by the student body when the commons started there was some question in the minds of some of our trustees whether stu dent waiting should be introduced dr drinker from the first urged it and his view was taken it being recognized that by this system a number of our students could be substantially aided and that they thus could earn their living by serv ice alike creditable to them and of a character not to seriously inter fere with their study work now much has recently been said and discussed about the institution of systems to fo d ■ ' • n a in this connection our students should recognize that the college commons afford without cost or advances of any kind by the stu dent-body a means for every twelve men who form a table to furnish his entire cost of living to a student acting as a waiter and that the commons are thus the readiest and most effective means of student self-help available it should be always borne in mind that the college commons were ins tituted by the trustees of the uni versity on dr estes's advice and dr drinker's motion absolutely and solely for the convenience and benefit of the student-body to the end that there might be one place in the bethlehems where the sup plies and food served were under the direct supervision of the uni versity authorities were certainly pure and good and properly pre pared and cooked and where serv ice was given at the lowest possible rates no intermediate contractor's profit comes in no one is or can be interested in serving cheap sup plies to make an individual profit the service is absolutely and whol ly by the university it is a matter of absolute indif ference to the university whether one hundred two hundred three or more hundred up to the limit of five hundred students take their meals at the commons but it is a matter of vital concern to the stu dents needing financial help for the enlargement of the commons means the support of a proportionate num ber of students needing aid who thus earn it and gain this support without incurring debt — and with out a dollar of cost to the men who by patronizing the commons make it possible first college meeting held dr drinker mr emery and prof reiter address students practically the whole lehigh un dergraduate-body was present at the initial college meeting of the year in packer hall friday morn ing president rooney of the se nior class called for order at 11.10 o'clock and presented dr drinker dr drinker touched upon many things of importance in his dis course lehigh spirit athletics compulsory physical education health college customs and con ference school were some of the interesting topics . he spoke most emphatically however on the ques tion of student rushes advocating student action which might tend to remove much of the danger of se rious injury to the participants vice-president emery again wel comed the student-body and ex plained briefly the improved method to be used in taking chapel atten dance foot-ball however was what the undergraduates most desired and director of athletics reiter was on hand with a don't knock but boost talk that set his listeners wild with enthusiasm pazzetti too gave some needed advice on the same subject urging especially that all the students who can do so arrange to take their meals at the college commons in this way giv ing opportunity for foot-ball men to defray a portion of their expen ses by an increase in the staff of waiters bryant foot-ball manager urged the students to keep in mind the princeton game as heretofore it is desired that enough lehigh men accompany the team to merit the chartering of a special train rooney read a copy of college customs and regulations for the benefit of the incoming class and rooney and wylie president of the arcadia spoke on the honor sys tem of the university wylie in a strong talk urged the support of the system to the very letter and it is very probable that offenders of lehigh's honor system will fare badly in future bailey on track finn on the y m c a turnbull on tennis shaw and bartholomew on musical or ganizations and edwards on cheer ing practice were all strong speakers a real feature of the meeting was the leading of a yell by ken ney cheer-leader in 09 10 gilroy 14 and chandler 14 the nominees for the base-ball assist ant managership were voted on by the three upper classes the for kier was elected by a close margin reception by the y m c a freshmen excellently entertained in drown hall the first opportunity afforded the freshmen to come into a close and intimate relationship with the upper classmen and many of the faculty presented itself in the form of the reception tendered them in drown memorial hall on friday evening of last week the attendance for the evening was unusually large for the num ber of freshmen almost exceeded that of all the other classes com bined during the course of the evening a number of appropriate and enthusiastic speeches were made and these together with the singing of college songs and the rendition of musical selections made the evening's entertainment a real pleasure as first speaker dr drinker — in his usual warm and whole-hearted manner — welcomed the freshmen and urged them to support the y m c a he also clearly showed just what lehigh means to the alumni and exactly how each one could help make lehigh greater for as he says you make lehigh finn 13 enumerated and dis cussed the lines of activity which have previously been followed by the y m c a and outlined his plans for the coming year he showed where a great deal of work has been done among the foreign ers and made an urgent request that all lehigh men support the y m c a as well as possible especially the sunday evening meet ings which are always featured by good speakers coach reiter then spoke in his usual pleasant and earnest manner me said that when a man came to college he must at least have some purpose in mind and should con sequently go right after it with all his might also at college he should get into the game do his share of studying and then get into the col lege activities for all he is worth president rooney of the senior class gave a few words of wel come and advice to the freshmen by strongly recommending to them that consistent work in some branch of college activities is a great asset to a new man he announced that the competition for the brown and white board would soon be open and advised them to try for it finally doc wiley gave a very spirited talk upon the subject of mental attitude using for his illus tration the lehigh-lafayette base ball games of last spring after singing the alma mater de licious refreshments were served the brown and white lehigh university bethlehem pa tuesday september 24 1912 lehigh student self-help dr estes talks to freshmen some possibilities of the move ment lectures " conservation of life " to new men the annual series of three lec tures on hygiene and the conser vation of life by dr estes was begun on friday last at 4 p m in the physics lecture room at which time the first was given to a large number of freshmen and foot-ball men a number of large charts were displayed by means of which the lecturer pointed out the various bones composing the framework or skeleton these are joined togeth er by means of ligaments there be ing a series at each joint cover ing the bones and fastened to them are the muscles giving shape to the body these are of two kinds namely voluntary and involuntary the latter kind are not under-con trol of the brain but operate with out one's consciousness of their ac except v -„. abnormal conditions of person for example the heart is situated between the lungs which expand when we exercise violently and press on the heart this organ is thus disturbed and the balance between respiration and blood cir culation is destroyed causing what is commonly known as breathless ness if the exercise be continued the balance is restored and one re ceives his second wind dr estes also gave a number of cautions to be observed such as avoiding overloading the stomach with a liquid before or during a contest and exercising violently af ter meals a full disci the nervous system was p ' value and the attenii yen at all times the ■ of this system co and directs the ao i untary muscles altogether the ! aas in tensely interesting and contained much advice which should prove beneficial to men just entering col lege important notice a bacterial analysis has been made of water from the spring west of taylor hall the report is sample while very clear and colorless was quite high in b coli communis and should not be used the use of this water should be strictly avoided henry s drinker president don't fail to see lehigh open her foot-ball at 3 o'clock to-morrow af ternoon no 1 vol xx