Brown and White Vol. 6 no. 30

              meeting of the forum the regular meeting of the fo rum will be held in saucon hall monday feb 13 at 7 p m the literary program for the meeting has been arranged as follows : es say d m barry ; criticism tv l meaker ; debate " liesolved that the standing army of the united states should be increased ; "—" — affirmative r m freeman 1000 and w d cassin 01 ; negative a w bayard 1900 and w s smith 1900 : resume of national and international affairs g b luten at this meeting several import ant matters of business must be settled in regard to the intercol legiate national contest the pro posed debate with bucknell and the application of lebanon valley college for admission into the iv tercollegiate oratorical union a large attendance of the members is requested birch president at the indoor meet of the boston athletic association which is to be held saturday feb 18 the follow ing team races have been arranged : u of p vs columbia princeton vs cornell ; amherst vs williams : dartmouth vs m i t bowdoin vs tufts ; harvard class teams b a a vs k a c of new york and boston college vs brown uni versity in the open events many of the star athletes of the country have promised to appear and un doubtedly some fast races will be run — cornell daily sun senior class meeting professor stewart's lecture < hi wednesday morning profes i sor stewart gave the first lecture of the new term in the optional course of political economy he stated that railroad problems would be the main subject for consideration dur ing this term but devoted this lee j ture to a brief rrsume of the lec tures of last term going back to the time of the revolution a vivid portrayal of the sufferings of the continental army was given and of the apathy of a large part of the settlers in the colonies many even giving the movement violent opposition it is said that two-thirds of the prop erty holding population of the col ony of new york were opposed to the war the people in the large cities such as new york and philadelphia asked only for a redress of grievances and the re volution would never have been a success if it had not been for the large scotch-irish element in the colonies these people lived prin cipally in the mountains and en tertained a bitter hatred for every thing british % they did not have as much to lose as the rich or bet ter-to-do masses in the cities on the whole it may be said that for a good part of the war the patriot army was looked upon as a ques tionable body of men congress had no power to levy troops or impose taxes and the army was a shifting one that is men would enlist as long as the enemy were near their homes but on moving to another section they would desert and return to their regular pursuits the men were poorly fed poorly clothed and rarely ever paid as the only money congress was able to issue was continental money from which the term " not worth a continental " is derived after peace was declared the colonies had petty jealousies and quarrels between themselves the articles of confederation were drawn up for their government but the smaller colonies were afraid that the larger ones would get too powerful so they refused to sign at this time virginia connecticut and other colonies laid claim to vast tracts of land west of them and it was only by renouncing these claims ilius giving this northwest territory to congress that mary land and several other small col onies were induced to sign still congress had little power and the men who had advanced money for carrying on the war of independence began to fear they would never get back their money these men set about providing a government which could pay them and through their efforts though after much oppositon the present constitution was adopted in the following lectures the relation of the constitution to various railroad problems will be discussed a meeting of the senior class was held wednesday morning i converse reported for the commit tee to ascertain the probable cost of a class book that an edition could be published at a minimum cost of 375 with a probability of its reaching 400 which necessi tated the pledging of at least thirty-eight or forty men for books at 10 each before any steps for its publication might be taken after some discussion it was de cided to canvass the class to dis cover the exact number of men willing to purchase the books with the understanding that each man must make a preliminary payment of 5 provided thirty five or more signify their willing ness as without this number no attempt will be made to furnish the book allen reported for the commit tee on class dues that the probable amount necessary would be 10 for the year and recommended that this amount be approved ; which was done dominations were then made for the class book board the board to be elected later if it be deemed advisable to get out the book the nominations were converse viehe birch jackson wilcox klein capriles allen palmer meaker home bailey masson littell ■ — — — ■ — ■♦ new baseball cage a new baseball cage is being fitted up in the brewery building situated south of the campus,which was recently purchased by the university authorities the build ing will be heated and all arrange ments made for the men to begin practice immediately by tearing down one of the partitions space will be afforded for two or possibly three men to practice batting at one time this will be a great improvement over the old cage in the gymnasium,whieh was entirely too small to afford a sufficient amount of practice the large room will also be used by the lacrosse men in which to practice tipping the new candi dates especialy should avail them selves of this opportunity for much practice in handling the sticks should be taken preliminary to the work on the field the old cage in the gymnasium is to be ritted up as a bowling alley for which purpose it was originally attended articles in competi tion articles in competition have been received from the following : '• 11 t 5 5 : " klectrical,'o2 1 : lawrence 02 1 f 1 1 e 1 the brown and white lehigh university south bethlehem pa friday february 10 1899 vol vi an economic society on tuesday evening at 8 o'clock there will be a meeting in saucon hall to organize a society for the discussion of economic and political subjects the idea of this pro posed society is not dissimilar from that underlying the engineering the mathematical and other uni versity organizations the range of the proposed society's interests is broad and invites the attention and cooperation of all university men the method of work will involve lectures discussions and debates upon contemporaneous issues and an effort will be made to bring home to all the members a clearer sense of the reality of the problems which educated men in our community must face after lawyers no other class of men have such influence as the graduates of a technical university in determin ing the policy of our government the incentives to a closer acquain ance with modern social conditions are peculiarly strong in the case of the engineer since he is closely identified with the industrial changes which have made our world what it is today it is con fidently expected that the men of lehigh will rise to this occasion and make certain of succcess the efforts behind this addition to the university's interests calendar friday feb 10 — choir rehearsal sunday feb l 2 — meet rig of christian association in christmas hall at 6.15 i monday feb 13 — meeting of the forum in saucon hall quiz in calculus ai cita tion hours tuesday feb 14 — meeting for the formation of an economic club at 8 i m in awcon hall wednesday feb 15 — quiz in trigonometry at recitation hours saturday,feb.ls — kc-exaii,i;ation in analytical meebai 9.30 a m rehearsal of act 1 of the gutta percha girl in i mas hall at 7 p m — ♦- — notices the department of mitferalogy and blowpipe analysis will deter mine the identity of any mineral sent to it by any one free of charge send by mail or express pn aid with information as to the locality where found and enclosing a stamp for reply address prof joseph w richabds south bethlehem pa junior german the junior german will b held at the eagle hotel instead of at the gymnasium as was announced in the last issue a re-examination in analytical mechanics will be held on feb 18 1899 at 9.30 a m c l thorn vs • . tuition fees for second term tuition for the second term is payable on or before feb • which time attendance at college exercises must be discontinui those who have not paid students who wish their tuition bills sent home to their parents will please notify the president's clerk at once t m drown preside all men who intend trying for the lacrosse team are expected to attend the 5 o'clock drills which will be held in the gymi every monday tuesday thursday and friday afternoons v hcmmkre c ■ - professor stewardson's lectures on the " philosophy of keligions will be held in the lecture fax • in saucon hall an association has been ft;rned at reykjavik among the sti of iceland it began its life ■ few months ago with a members oi | thirty medical and theological | students it was organized r r : | delegate sent out by the last j ference of the scandinavian uiii | versity christian movement \