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              make them appear " socialism is an agitation due to a restless spirit impatient of the slow ad vance of nature's processes nat ural laws rather than legislative enactments have ameliorated the conditions of mankind the social ist completely ignores the mental inequalities of men which is a moving principle of social life it is the christianity of the new testament exemplified in act and taught to all our people that must be inscribed upon the banners of the advance-guards of our civiliza tion individualism has made us what we are and by god's help it will make us what we ought to be the last oration the fall of constantinople was then delivered by e a daboll he described carefully the position and civiliza tion of the second rome the rise of mohammed ii and the natural cause of the attack on the great city he pictured the position of the moslem army the monstrous preparations for the attack and the terrible storming to which the walls were subjected constantine died nobly in the breach ; the city of education and enlightenment was overcome " but out of this hopeless darkness the day-star was to arise the ottoman whirlwind served to scatter the seed which had been preserved through the ages and though much of it fell on stony ground much also fell into kindly soil whence it was to spring and blossom and bear fruit an hundred fold • during the song " washington the judges a p smith 84 0 w mcfarlane 76 and g r booth 86 retired to consult ; returning with their decision after the read ing by professor robinson of the honor roll of the senior class as given below roll of honor the first eight on this list will be the commencement speakers the following members of the junior class acted as ushers at the oratorical exercises on washing ton's birthday : a d ayres d wl wilson jr h h beck j l ras kin a section of one of the boilers in the boiler house cracked and is being repaired by the harrison boiler works junior contest first prize 25 h n herr ; sec ond prize 15 h a ried third prize 10 f a daboll george washington's birthday was celebrated in the usual manner in the chapel on friday morning and the orators from ninety-six fully upheld the honor of their class there was more than the cus tomary number of college men present while the friends of the university comfortably filled the main body of the chapel the exercises began at 11 o'clock with a selection by the choir after which the chaplain dr caskey offered prayer the audience joined in the " national hymn and then the first oration was delivered by l b davenport the subject was " peter the hermit whom he fol lowed in his pilgrimage through europe arousing peasant and prince in the scene at the court of urban ii and the consummation of his labors later in the holy land the secret of peter's power was in himself this was a victory o^er the minds of men what modern peter will sound the trumpet call to a crusade against such evils as exist today oliver wendell holmes was the theme of the next oration by j w thurston he showed that we owe to new england our chief men of letters and among them dr holmes shines prominently as poet novelist and philosopher he went briefly over his life and then described his works quoting an eloquent passage from " old iron sides in conclusion the splendid qualities of the man were pointed out all his readers feel person ally acquainted with the author after the singing of the " union song h a ried was introduced his theme also was " peter the hermit pie narrated how peter's heart was inflamed by the barbari ties which he saw inflicted upon the christians in palestine how he fired all europe to adopt the red cross and led them on by his zealous passion until the goal of his desires was secured and declared that peter's works saved christen dom from the black sceptre of mohammed the next speaker was r e laramy who re-water lood napoleon followed by our old standard hymn america this was followed by the prize oration " socialism and modern reform by 11 . n herr it showed very careful thought on the part of the author ii c endeavored to prove that ; his age has de veloped by a natural and entirely healthy growth but that it is a sublime age an age teeming with intellectual life with portentous social changes ; an age of responsi bilities and of hope the so called revolutions of the present day are not as deep as men would lehigh university south bethlehem pa februaky 25 1895 vol 11 2sto 39l the brown and white calendar monday feb 25 — agora meeting christmas hall 7 p.m meeting of the southern club christmas hall 7 p m tuesday feb 26 — junior class meeting dr coppce's lecture room 12.30 p m athletic smoker gymna sium 8 p m wednesday feb 27 — ash wed nesday holiday chess club meeting christ mas hall 7-.so p m thursday feb 28 — engineering society meeting physical lab oratory 7.30 p m friday feb 26 third dancing class eagle hotel 8.30 p m saturday march 2 — all physics re-examinations physical lab oratory 2 p m re-examinations in all sub jects in the c e departments chess club meeting christ mas hall 7.30 p m sunday march 3 — christian asso ciation christmas hall 6.s€s p m senior class elections the elections for class officers will be held on thursday from 9.30 to 12.30 in packer hall the nom inations as they now stand after withdrawals and the additions made in the two days during which the nominations remained open are : toast — cooke murray kautz warr farman faison best presentation — maurice castle man irvine gibegra dv barry bannon poet — gibson best baker kautz lambert prophet — chetwood baker g lewis vansant shero lackey best ivy orator — ferriday clift warr best farman tablet orator — warr galan keim delluff eeinecke coleman class day committee five to be elected — c f.townsend coleman w t brown f a mckenzie cooke haines warr henry gibson mowlds whitmoyer har vey john arbenz hamilton shero beach j b townsend keim banquet committee six to be elected — bastress a h lewis whitmoyer baker plopkins bar ber cooke dick murray bricker james lackey w t brown taylor massey kautz s t mc kenzie wilson the elections will be by ballot no one will be allowed to vote by proxy j l poultney pres notices ! the regular meeting of the agora will be held this monda j evening at 7 o'clock in christmas hall it is hoped that there wilt be a large number of visitors the subject of the debate is : be solved " that charity is no sufficient remedy for the problem of pov erty on wednesday evening next feb 27 at 7.30 o'clock in christ mas hall a tournament will be started for the purpose of selecting a team to represent lehigh in pro posed chess competitions with la fayette and local chess clubs this tournament will be open t all students but each competitor must be present to start on either wednesday evening or the follow ing saturday evening on wednesday evening there will also be a meeting of the chesss club to elect a secretary and treas urer and to receive names of me desiring to join the club there are no dues sophomore and freshmen chess players are urged to come out all who have men and boards are requested to bring them exec com there will be an important meeting of the southern club in christmas hall this monday even ing at 7 o'clock there will be a meeting of thl junior class tuesday feb 26 ins dr coppevs lecture room imme diately after the lecture on eng lish literature junior class meeting a special meeting of the junior class was held in saucon hall last thursday at 12:30 vice president taylor presiding the purpose of the meeting was to hear reports from the junior german committee and from the class supper com mittee in regard to the form.er 11 . w baldwin reported that the affair was not a success financially and that the committee was so far in debt that it would be necessary to ask the class to assist them after considerable discussion it was moved that the class assume the remainder of the debt but this motion was lost as was also an other to the effect that the debt be liquidated by private subscrip tion it was finally decided to let the matter go over until next tues day when the treasurer will make a report of the financial condition of the class and more definite action can be laken the class supper committee reported that arrange ments were in progress for holding the banquet at the sun inn on march 8 the price of the supper will be 3.50 and tickets can be obtained from any of the com mittee 1 w . jb'erns del m jd 2 w b keim pa c e 3 j e stocker ...... pa sci 4 h w beach pa m e 5 w a lambert pa clas 6 e a jcaoby pa clas 7 f a mckenzie pa sci 8 e c brown d c e e 9 h eckfeldt pa e m 10 j e shero n y . . a c 11 a s clift n v . . m e 12 a s eappella pa e e 13 h l wood n j a c 14 e g steiumetz pa e e l 5 w j collier pa c e 16 r s taylor pa sci 17 s t mckenzie pa ..... c e 18 e c bastress pa c e 19 h a white pa e e 20 h dehuff pa e e 21 c s bricker pa m e 22 j e brooks n j . . . m e 23 j m wilson md 0 e 24 h s dech pa m e 25 c f townsend . . conn . . arch 26 j c barber md c e 27 j j gibson pa e e 28 l e lannan d c e e 29 j c whitmoyer . . pa e e 30 0 h vansant pa c e 31 j l poultney md m e ( e m blehl pa e e 32 < c p maurice pa 0 e ( j s miller pa m e 35 d h lackey pa e e