Brown and White Vol. 4 no. 33

              on wednesday evening the m e section of the engineering so ciety met in the physical laboratory the paper of the evening was read by lee 97 on " bicycle brakes this subject of efficient brakes is one of great interest and on which much is being done three varieties of brakes were de scribed all of which operate on the crank shaft and are operated by back peddling the difficulty en countered in the first two kinds was that they caused pressure on the ball bearings in the third kind this was obviated the brake consisted of several concentric rings the inner one split and con taining two lugs these lugs are pressed upon by lugs of the shaft and when back peddled there is a tendency for the lugs on the ring to rise on the shaft thus expanding and causing friction the next meeting of the section will be held in two weeks the sub ject of the paper to be announced later the smoker the smoker will be held in the gymnasium on saturday february 20 at 8 p m the number of entries already received will make the event an interesting one and more entries are yet expected the price of admission 15 cents is such that every man in college can afford to attend each bout in boxing and wrestling will be well contested and a very enjoyable evening is in store for all who are present now is the time to show that the spirit that used to exist years ago still exists it is the duty of every undergraduate — and every resident alumnus for the matter of that — to turn out and show the spirit that used to exist at this institution and thereby re fute the statements of some of oar old alumni in regard to the spirit existing at lehigh at the present time the committee on sports hopes for a crowded house so come every one ! .*, ,—, — e r hornor was elected chair man of the sophomore calculus cremation committee at a meeting held on monday mustard and cheese on the mustard and cheese bulletin board in packer hall is posted a call for candidates for parts in the cast and chorus of the play to be given by that association early in spring probably the first saturday after easter a box for the competitors has been placed below the bulletin board those who have any talent in this line or liking for it should write their names on a slip of paper and drop it in this box at their earliest possible convenience the fact that a man has never be fore taken part in anything of this kind and does not know his worth should not deter him in the least from trying the cast will be quite large and many of the charac ters are very easy and require no previous knowledge whatsoever of the stage the date of the trials has not yet been fully decided upon but they will in all probability take place the latter part of this week or the first of next the positions will be awarded solely on merit regardless of whether one is a member of the association or not it is hoped that these facts will have consider able weight with those who are desirous of taking part and that a great many men will try for positions the excellence of the production will in a great measure depend on the competition and other things being equal the more spirited the competition the better will be the production the play the ulster is a farce comedy in three acts by sydney rosenfeld freshman class meet ing a meeting of the freshman class was held monday at 12.80 o'clock in christmas hall president chap man stated that the class cuts for the epitome were finished and en deavored to impress upon the men the necessity of paying their back dues immediately in order that the class could close its accounts with the engraver and epitome board there being no further business the meeting adjourned postludes the following is a list of post ludes to be rendered by professor wolle in the chapel the coming week : r wednesday feb 17 adagio liszt thursday feb 18 fugue in e minor bach friday feb 19 air from samson and delilah . . . saint-saens sunday feb 21 andante in c silas tuesday feb 23 evening song , van eyken «. freshmen mechanicals are now having shop visits every other week attention electri cals the 97 epitome board received a number of valuable electrical books in payment for advertise ments which the manager will dis pose of at a discount of twenty per cent these books can be seen at the supply bureau dictionary of electrical words and phrases houston . 4 00 lectures on the electromag net thomson 80 alternating currents bedell and crehare 2 00 incandescent lighting hous ton & kennelly 80 alternating currents hous ton & kennelly 80 the electric motor martin and wetzler 2 75 exclusion limits electrical department senior e e partial total dynamo-electric machinery 3 7 dynamo laboratory 5 10 electric power 3 7 dynamo design drawing 3 7 dynamo design lectures 2 4 senior c e electric railways 3 7 junior e e dynamo-electric machinery 5 10 alternating currents 3 7 electrical laboratory .. 5 10 telegraphy and telephones 5 10 tech french and german 2 4 the brown and white lehigh university south bethlehem pa thursday february 18 1897 vol iv no 33 class of 97 standing of first ten men freshman year — gilbert case white woodford eoyce edward hileman waring owen gray mac knight francis joseph blickens derfer thomas hally bissell sam uel palmer senior ambrose ever ett yohn william adams megraw charles schwartze bowers sophomore year — walter ev erette brown francis joseph biickensderfer woodford eoyce arthur frost loomis ambrose everett yohn eobert collyer istoerr wallace treichler edward hileman waring thaddeus merri man samuel palmer senior junior year — walter everette brown william eagan binkley wallacetreichler,woodfordeoyce ambrose everettyohn,carl pivany nachod eobert collyer noerr ralph scofield griswold paul beno straub arthur frost loomis 1 term senior year — ambrose everett yohn walter everette brown woodford eoyce arthur frost loomis william eagan binkley john peake eeynolds jr thaddeus merriman william ed ward underwood parl pivany na chcd thomas cedwyn thomas calendar friday feb 19 — meeting of chess club christmas hall 7.30 p m saturday feb 20 — the smoker gymnasium 8 o'clock ; ad mission 15 cents sunday feb 21 — meeting of christian association christ mas hall 6.15 p m subject : a eich inheritance josh 13 33 ; i peter 1 : 3-4 monday feb 22 — junior oratori cal contest chapel tuesday feb 23 — mathematical club physical laboratory 7 p m thursday feb 25 — debate be tween electricals and civils in agora saucon hall 7.30 p m friday feb 26 5 c c dance monday march i all fraternities and clubs wishing to be repre sented in epitome must have insertion fee paid by above date tuesday march 9 — assembly dance friday march 12 — intercollegiate oratorical contest academy of music allentown wednesday march 24 — meeting of forum saucon hall 7 p.m c e society meeting at the meeting of the society on tuesday evening merriman 97 read a very interesting paper on " tornadoes " and their effects in the course of the paper the term tornado was clearly defined while the distinction between tor nadoes and cyclones was so ex plained as to prevent any confusion of the two words from statistics kept for a num ber of years in the several states it was shown that tornadoes occur most frequently in the mississippi basin the following conditions were laid down as necessary for the for mation of a tornado there must have been a protracted period of abnormally warm weather relative humidity must be high it must be a hot clear day over a large sec tion and an absence of great sur face winds a further treatise of the subject discussed the formation and relative motions of the tornado the tornado at st louis fur nished examples of their destruc tive effects it has been estimated that the wind pressure necessary for stability in a number of cases in st louis was from 85 to 80 pounds per square foot in designing a building 80 pounds per square foot should be allowed for the bottom 50 pounds for the top and proper bracing should be provided for carrying this pressure to the bottom of the building past history shows the possibility of the occurrence of a tornado of sufficient power to destroy any structure but they are so rare that no provision is made for them notices all candidates for the baseball team are expected to attend the gymnasium on monday tuesday thursday and friday the cage is now open ; mitt and ball can be borrowed in gymnasium office all candidates are urged to practice as much as possible in the cage carman capt the senior electricals will go to allentown on a shop visit satur day morning j h klinck instructor charley's aunt at the fountain hill opera house monday evening feb 22 this play is fun from start to finish and the company is first class mechanical section «. .. —__ n3loli 10it at the gymnasium on saturday at 8 p u .