Brown and White Vol. 27 no. 12

              pitt battle scoreless till fourth quarter vol xxvil no 12 music and speech at y.m.c.a meet cross country team victorious friday's smoker instills spirit entire c.e faculty attend civil meet many sport writers at saturday's game new york philadelphia and pitts burgh writers witness the pitt victory rutgers title holders downed by 40=15 score in lehigh's fiist meet mrs j l stewart and mrs j h bickley render duet and w m wood gives address game room of gym packed with enthusiastic student-body at pitt smoker davies wizard half=back scores two touchdowns after 55 minutes of scoreless tie^l 14=0 short snappy and to the point speeches feature strength tests and eats good spirit closest and hardest fought battle on taylor held in many years speeches music stories etc instill a fight that was evident saturday the lehigh cross-country team opened its season with a rush sat urday when they defeated rutgers by a 15-40 score • six lehigh men started against eight for rutgers and five lehigh men had crossed the finish line before a single rut gers man arrived the race was run in a drizzling rain while the course was a sea of mud the rutgers course is 4j miles long and is quite hilly al though not as difficult as the one over which the home team has been practicing maintained it throughout the race led by captain carr they quickly set up a pace which the rutgers harriers found difficult to keep up iwith on the hills especially the the lehigh runners took the lead from the crack of the gun and one hundred men attended the first civil engineering meet of the year which was held in the fritz engineering laboratory last thursday evening the entire teaching staff of the civil depart met was present and each member gave a short speech colonel lang was also present and as usual en tertained with jokes when called upon professor r j fogg who gave a speech of welcome to all present emphasized the necessity of being a member of the society in the course of his remarks he also said that in order to be successful a man must be a good mixer and that out side activities should be a part of every man's college life in clos ing he said that the high standards of the department must be kept up and that studies should come first after the speeches two determin ations were made and all present were asked to guess the result the first was made upon a vertical test that the lehigh-pitt game was one of the big features in satur day's football schedule is attested by the fact that some of the most eminent sporting writers of the country witnessed it the follow ing reporters came to lehigh last saturday r v mccarthy new york tribune ; s b hunt newark sunday call w sensenderfer evening bulletin m n rawlius philadelphia inquirer horace reed philadelphia press r l reeves football editor of the morn ing philadelphia public ledger j c isaminger north american and the following pittsburgh reporters : geo ketchum press ; harry keck gazette times c l smith dis patch ; florent gibson post ; r r guy leader the associated press was repre sented by e m haas h b far quhar represented the times sun herald american and world of new york and the philadelphia record bethlehem office of the western union handled the sending of the news some difficulty was encountered in the new york office and the delay there was responsible for the failure of news filed at bethlehem to appear in early editions of some of the new york papers state special abandoned a three quarter inch iron rod the second was to find the compression of a twelve inch concrete column using the eight hundred thousand pound relay testing machine after these determinations had been dem onstrated the use and operation of the pilton impulse water wheel and the types of sprayers used in sewerage disposal plants was ex plained the meeting adjourned to saucon hall where refreshments were served the next meeting of the society will be held december fourth and president straub desires any c.e.s and n.e.s who were not present at this meeting to make it a point to come out dr snelling to speak at first chem meet the lehigh-penn state special project has been abandoned and our team goes practically unsup ported to fight one of the hardest battles of the entire season — and on a foreign field everyone who has purchased a ticket on the special can have the tickets redeemed by returning them to the person from whom the ticket was bought however it is hoped that those who have already purchased tickets and some more too will go to see the game despite the fact that the ' ' special will not run ex-naval men attention uei;igh men gained as continual practice over the difficult home course has made them proficient in this line the defeated rutgers team is the present intercollegiate title holder having won this honor last year three of the nuen on the rutgers team placed in the intercollegiates last year eiehenfelder who fin ished behind the first five lehigh men being intercollegiate cham pion and also winner of a stevens rutgers meet last week captain carr and his teammates deserve much credit for their splen did performance carr led all the way using excellent judgment in pace as is shown by the fact that only twenty-one seconds separated the first five lehigh runners carr's time was 24:15 n s merkel was second in 24:20 w n laughton was third in 24 25 2-5 ; c n fancher fourth in 24:36 2-5 and j boardman fifth in 24:36 3-5 a eiehenfelder was the first rut gers runner home his time being 24:48 following him same j c markley of lehigh and the fol lowing rutgers mien in order named 1 : r crane 24 51 ; mer quellin 24:54 robbins 24:55 coptain j oxley 25 00 2-5 a great treat was given those at tending the y m c a meeting sunday night by the vocal selec tions rendered by mrs john l stewart and mrs j h bicmey and in the talk of mr wialter m wood of philadelphia mr wood's speech was on the human shock absorber from which subject one of the finest and most practical as well as stirring talks of the year was rounded by mr wood the essence of the speaker s talk was : continued on fourth page even though the object of the firing of a big gun is to hit the enemy the most impressive thing to one watching the firing of the gun is not the flash not the cloud of smoke not the terrific noise but the recoil of the gun so it is with life itself for the fundamental is not entirely how hard one can com pete but how much competition or hitting one can stand presence of t ii n d - it tlyp ... g bili t to ■ stftpp „ g come back is a principle of morale which shows itself only un der adverse circumstances a rigid front is not blow-proof for a series of blows can break this front against slander and attacks of all kinds truly a great sign of life is the ability to absorb shocks a live tree in a gust of wind and a young man under a strain are alike for they both are versatile and flexible ; while a dead tree in a wind and an old man under a strain are alike since they both have lost their re sponsiveness and consequently break under the strain a man's ability to read under pressure is a degree of intelligence a man of spiritual resources is more properly fitted to stand a shock than he whose perspective is narrow — say one who lives only to chase the dol lar for when the dollar is gone he goes likewise a selfish person is downed under trials because his pleasure is done away with and he soon becomes a grouch while one whose social attitude is one of generosity and interest in the wel fare of others is a more substantial man being immune to the hits re ceived by the selfish one likewise an anticipator of troubles which may never occur has very little ability of absorbing shocks red cross appeals for student speakers 7 to attend student volunteer convention a smoker even more successful than the rutgers affair was given at lehigh last friday night for the purpose of working the enthusi asm of the student body up to the highest pitch preparatory to the battle with pitt on saturday it seemed as if every student in col lege was present in the game room of the gym for when 7 30 came it was a case of standing room only balcony included m b tate 20 acting as master of ceremonies started things going by introducing or rather an nouncing col lang col lang read general pershing's report on the fighting record of the a e f irljfra.tif p . and sai^lihailojir azmy had made a reputation of never losing ground he said that as the spirit of the country makes the spirit of the army so the spirit of the student body makes the spirit of the team he put it up to the student body to cheer that team on to victor the colonel ended up with a few of his famous stories which are always enjoyed by everyone next on the program was a wrestling match between tw t o 115 pound men drew and mulford refereed by f a bartlett of new england gym instructor here during the six-minute period both men gave a very interesting exhi bition of their skill in the art as they were pretty evenly matched continued on fourth page tate then introduced prof j l beaver 04 of the e.e depart ment prof beaver's subject was the difference between good and bad college spirit and he stated that he was talking to the students not as a member of the faculty but as an alumnus of lehigh beaver re called a few instances of rotten spirit which he had observed and warned the students against a repe tition of such cases he recalled a lehigh-lafayette game fifteen years ago when lehigh didn't put out as sucecssful teams as she has in later years he told how lehigh s cheer ing section had held on despite de feat and how this was responsible for a rally on lehigh s part w t hich held down lafayette's men to one touchdown in the last half he prof t edgar shields to start recitals dr walter 0 snelling of the trojan powder company will be the chief speaker at the first meet ing of the chemical society on thursday evening november 6 the meeting will be held in the chemistry building at 8 p.m dr snelling prior to his association with the trojan powder company was connected with the bureau of mines and was in charge of work on explosive mixtures ; he was also in charge of large testing opera tions in pittsburgh his address is to be on the subject of nitro starches as used in hand-grenades in place of tnt during the course of the evening dr ullmann will make a short address a good program has been ar ranged and all those in the courses of chemistry or chemical engi neering are urged to attend the committee has provided the in evitable eats frosh basketball manager chosen w a butler c.e 23 was elected to the office of manager of the fresman basketball team elec tions were held last thursday comparatively few votes were cast prof t edgar shields organist of lehigh and of the church of the nativity south bethlehem will give the first of a series of organ recitals in packer memorial church at 11 a.m on friday no vember 7 he will be assisted by miss pauline michel a local vio linist of remarkable ability this is an opportunity to hear a program of high musical talent which no one should miss lieut col lang wishes to an nounce that any u s n r f man who now desires to join the r 0 t c will be permitted to enroll and he should do so before wednes day noon if the spirit moves him the following letter is reproduced for their information : office of the commandant fourth naval district navy yard philadelphia pa from comandant fourth naval district to henry e passmore jr a t 6 house subject your letter requesting discharge from naval reserves to enter r 0 t c reference : 1 you are informed that if you can furnish this office with satisfac tory evidence to show that you are attending a college which has a re serve officers training corps unit and that you will be permitted to enroll in this unit you may secure your discharge from the u s n r f definite word has been received to the effect that lehigh s quota for the student volunteer conven tion will be seven this is the eighth of the inter national conventions of the stu dent volunteer movement it will be held this year at desmoines lowa the conference begins wednes day december 31 and ends janu ary 4 1920 it is estimated that between seven and ten thousand representa tives will attend anyone interested in this con vention should confer with r d billinger chairman of the com mittee in charge the bethlehem chapter of the american red cross has asked for the service of several lehigh stu dents preferably but not neces sarily men who have seen service abroad to assist in the red cross campaign from november 2 to november 11 by giving three to ive minute talks at local mills shops and other gatherings any student interested is re quested to confer promptly with miss myers 33 e market street bell phone 361 this is a good opportunity for service as well as a chance for ex perience in public speaking no one will be called upon for more talks than he cares to give fighting every second of the first 55 minutes of play the brown and white gridiron warriors held the famous pittsburgh eleven to a scoreless tie when with five minutes left in the last quarter davies the visitors ' clever halfback ran through the entire team for the first touchdown that has been registered against coach keady's team this season and a few minutes later intercepted a long forward pass and raced over for another tally thereby giving the panthers a 14 to 0 victory as hastings suc ceeded in kicking both goals the game which was played on an exceedingly slippery field and during a continuous rainfall was astic spectators who were on their feet during the greater part of the playing urging the brown and white to victory and the final score is far from being a fair com parison of the two teams strength which met each other last saturday as the lehigh eleven played a game which although ended in a loss still snowed them to be among the leading college teams of the east if the game had been played on a dry field there is little doubt but what there would have been a de cidedly different result as time and time again the forward pass was worked against the visitors with practically no opposition and only the condition of the field kept the ends from catching many of those which were unsuccessful before the game the student body headed by the lehigh band paraded around the field before en tering the cheering sections and from the time the game started until the final whistle they kept up a continuous cheering which was not without results as it in stilled into the team a spirit which enabled them several times to hold the visitors for downs when the goal line was in danger both teams entered the battle minus the services of their captains buzz herrington acting captain in mac donald s place and hastings in place of dehart the game though exceedingly hard fought throughout was on a whole cleanly played and few substitutions were made by either team for the brown and white the punting of herrington wysocki's consistent line plunging and the stellar defenseive work of spagna pons and mccarthy were the out standing features while the visit ors owe their victory mainly to hastings and davies in the back field and stein on the line ' in the first quarter lehigh play ed almost entirely a defensive game and a punting duel was staged throughout the game be tween herrington and davies and hastings neither having a marked advantage considering the slip continued on third page price five cents brown and white pitt inflicts first set-back bethlehem pa tuesday november 4 1919