[The Stute] October 10, 1908 (Issue 2, Volume V)

Plan out your work, then work out your plan.

Opening Day.

0NCE MORE the "Old Millp'-a mill grinding out by hard work the most valuable product of the country, trained men, as Colonel Stevens has so aptly pointed out-has started on its yearly task. With better equipment and wider advantages than ever before possessed, the college stands on the threshold of a new year of promise. The real start was made two weeks ago to-day. The President's address to the student body, the lower class rush on the front terrace, the mass meeting in the interests of student activities, and finally the assign ment of work and the enrollment of the three upper classes, completed the roster of the first Saturday session in the history of Stevens.

After the enrollment hour and the short but sharp fight for the possession of what was once a bit of elevated sod, during which the freshmen and sophomores gave vent to some of their surplus energy, the classes filed into the auditorium. President Humphreys' address was the feature of this first meeting. It coutained much good advice, to freshman as well as upperclassn~an, not the least important of which was the injunction "Read THE STUTE." The President reviewed the progress of the last year, announced the addition of Mr. Kinsey and Prof. Higley to the faculty, and then turned to the question of the honor system and cheating. Dr. Humphreys emphasized the fact that hereafter cheating in term work was to be dealt with with the same rigor as in examinations, and asserted that the faculty considered the honor system to be binding in the daily classroom work.

Following the routine assignment of studies, an enthusiastic mass meeting was held in the auditorium. Owing to a misunderstanding, the freshmen who had been in session there had been dismissed. but manv returned, and. with the olderstndentc;

October 10-N. Y. U. football game., at New ' 10-Crescent lacrosse game, at Bay Ridge. ' 17-Wesleyan football game, at Middletown.

THURSDAY, ' 22-Special lecture to Engineering Society by Prof. Martin.

FOOTBALLPRACTICE-Every afternoon. LACROSSEPRACTICEÑEV~~afternoon.

TENNISTOURNAMENT MATCHES-Every afternoon.

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listened to the speakers. W. von Voigtlander, president of the Athletic Association and of the senior class, presided, with Moss, '09, leading the cheering. Prof. Ganz gave a talk on the honorary society of Tau Beta Pi and described the requirements for admission. Voigtlander followed with an address on football, and I,. Smith, captain of the lacrosse team, spoke on the prospects in that branch of sport at Stevens. Chandler, manager of the baseball team, urged that there be a large response to the call for candidates for the nine in the spring, and Stewart, captain of the tennis team, announced that the courts were in condition and that a fall doubles tournament would be held. Terwilliger outlined the scope of each of the college publications, and made a special appeal for support of THESTUTE,while Moss gave a short speech on the musical clubs. Nyland, president of the Engineering Society, told of the extensive plans of that organization for the coming year, while Ware, president of the college Y. M. C. A,, extended an invitation to the .student body to be present at a reception, an account of which is given on another page. The meeting broke up with a roiibing college cheer.

Members of The Faculty Take Notice.

The varsity tennis team challenges you to a tennis match to be played at your leisure on the Castle Point courts, four men on a team.

Freshman, how about that dollar? Don't become a grafter --- - ---- - by reading your neighbor's STUTE.

Princeton 21. Stevens 0.

Stevens went down to Princeton for its annual beating at the hands of the Tigers last Wednesday, and came back with colors flying, having held the Orange and Black down to a 21 to 0 score. The day was too hot for fast football, and both teams felt the humidity. While the Red and Gray never had the ball within actual striking distance of the Nassau goal, the work of the Castle Pointers was excellent, the line repeatedly holding, forcing Princeton to kick.

More than half the first period of play passed without score. The ball see-sawed back and forth on a series of punts by both teams with little advantage to either. Waller's attempt at a field goal from fair catch on the 35-yard line resulted in a touchback by Stevens. Shortly after the kick-out, Bergin ran 50 yards through a broken field for the first touchdown. Buckingham missed an easy goal.

Princeton played with renewed vigor, and after brilliant runs by Read following a penalization of Stevecs for holding, on which 30 yards was lost, Cox carried the leather across on two line plunges. Goal was not kicked. Time was called soon after.

In the second half the Tigers played a substitute eleven, though all men ranking with the first-raters. Fast play following the kickoff seemed to daze Stevens, and from the visitors' 15-yard line Princeton tried an unexpected forward pass, Welsh scoring on the trick. Waller kicked an easy goal. On a series of end plays where the Red and Gray lost through uncertain tackling, Dyer crossed the line, Waller failing at goal, making the score 21 to 0.

A double exchange of punts resulted in a material gain by Stevens. Princeton finally got the ball on the visitors' 15-yard line on a fumble, but lost it in the same way a moment later. A misunderstanding on a play lost Stevens many yards through the work of substitutes, but the half ended with the ball in the middle of the field. The linezup : STEVENS. POSITION. PRINCETON.

Bruce, Webster

Hearsey

Johnson, Lindsay

Left End

Left Tackle

Left Guard

O'Conner Center

White

Hendrick

Myers, Harris

Buttfield, Myers

Pettibone, Ketcham

Ackerman, Crosby

Fonda, Comstock

Right Guard

Dawson, Cunningham

Dowd, Welsh

Buckinghani

Waller

Seigling, McCass

McFadven. Wahlev

~iehtTackle c am man. Monroe -

Right End .

Quarterback

Left Halfback

Right Halfback

Fullback

Pfeiffer, 'dark

Bergin, Baird

Smith, Dyer

Bishop, Read, Ballan

Carlburg, Cox

Touchdowns-Bergin , Cox, Welsh, Dyer. Goal from touchdownWaller. Score at end of first half-Princeton 10, Stevens 0. RefereeHackett, West Point. Umpire-McCarthy, Germantown. Head linesman -Feagles, Princeton. Time of halves-20 and 15 minutes.

Lehigh 5, Stevens 0.

The football team journeyed to South Bethlehem, on Saturday, October 3., and met defeat at the hands of Lehigh. The Institute eleven made a credible showing against a heavier team. Lehigh crossed the Stevens' goal but once, that within five minutes after the contest started, and on a fake kick. Thereafter play was very even. Fonda and Ackern~anbooted the ball well for Stevens. On one of the latter's punts, the Red and Gray gained 80 yards. Lehigh tried the forward pass at least five times, and once the play netted 25 yards, but the other attempts resulted in the loss of the ball. Stevens used the long forward pass once, but unsuccessfully. The game opened by Lehigh kicking off to Stevens. Fonda received the kick and ran it back for about 15 yards. Hill tried Ackerman around end but the line did not hold and there was no gain. The ball was then given to Pettibone, who was thrown back for a big loss. This made it third down, so Fonda punted. Armau received the kick and ran the ball to our 30 yard line. A series of line plunges brought the ball to our 10 yard line. Lehigh then tried a fake drop kick. Arman skirted the end and made a touchdown, failing to kick the goal. All this consumed about five minutes of play. There was no farther scoring during the game.

The line-up :STBVBNS.

POSITION.

Bruce Left End

Hearsey Left Tackle

Lindsay, Johnson Left Guard

0'Connor Center

White Right Guard

Hendrick, (Capt .) Right Tackle

Myers, Harris Right End

Hill, Buttfield

Quarterback

Ackerman Right Halfback

Pettibone Left Halfback

Fonda Fullback

Touchdown-Arman. -Time of halves-20 minutes.

Now for N. Y. V. S

LEHIGH.

Archer Treat

Martin

Potter

Sharkley

Black

Bakewell

Kesselnian

Arman

Donaldson

Brumbaugh

What is practically the first home game of the Stevens football season is to be played this afternoon against New York University on Ohio Field, New York. This is the first time most of the students have had a chance to see the team in action and to cheer it for the good work it has done under difficulties. It is therefore the duty and should be the pleasure of every man in college who can possibly get away, to form part of that big Stevens cheering section which is to help the eleven. The 'I'ime, 3.30 this afternoon; the Place, Ohio Field; the Girl, well, that's up to you;

Stevens 0, Union 0.

began its schedule by playing a 0 to 0 game against Union, at Schenectady. Stevens used the fake kick to good advantage, the play twice resulting in big gains for Stevens in the first half, Myers and Buttfield carrying the ball. The forward pass was resorted to by Stevens only twice, and proved successful once.

Union played straight football throughout the contest, and although the home team outweighed the Institute men fifteen pounds to the man, was unable to make more than five yards at any single attempt. Union's interference was of poor order and the local men fumbled punts regularly.

In the second half Pettibone succeeded on an end run in passing every player but the last man, making the most sensational gain of the game. At no time was Stevens within less than fifteen yards of Union's goal, however. On the whole the showing of the team was good. It will bear repetition.

The line-up :STEVRNS.

J. Myers

Hendrick, White

0' Connor

Lindsay

Johnson

Bruce Hill

Buttfield

Pettibone

Foster

POSITION.

Right End (Capt.)

Right Tackle

Right Guard Center

Left Guard

Left Tackle

Left End Quarterback

Halfback

Half back

Fullback

UNION.

Irish

D. Brown

Walton Case

Vedder

B. Brown Anderson

Starbuck

Potter, (Capt.)

Lewis Streibert

Reception to the Freshmen.

The idea was fine, the refreshments excellent, and the talks still better. Fully one hundred students attended the reception to the freshmen by the Y. M. C. A. in the Carnegie Laboratory on Wednesday afternoon, September 30. Dr. Pond addressed the men and gave the first-year students some excellent advice concerning their attitude toward athletics and other college activities. He advocated each man using the field at least twice a

He also gave the new men some idea of the manner they should as freshmen, conduct themselves. W. v lander urged all to come out for the teams and Nyland to the freshmen an invitation to the general lectures o gineeering Society.

THE STUTE

PUBLISHED BI-WEEKLY . AT...

THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,

CASTLE POINT,'HOBOKEN, N. J.

GERALD E. TERWILLIGER, Editor-in-Chief, GUSTAV G. FREYGANG, Business Manager, ALBERT C. BRUCE, Ass't Business Manager, FRANKLIN B. CROSBY, WILLIAM G. MIXER, Associate Editors. JOHN H. PEPER, JR., -

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Editorial.

We note with pleasure the good done by the college Y. M. - -C. A. in holding a reception to the freshmen and other classes in the Carnegie Laboratory. The plan was a most A Gooci commendable one, and even the large attendance did not do the occasion full justice. But why not go a step farther and make the event all the more enjoyable by holding it at night, and inviting the n~usicalclubs to help along with a little music? Make the freshman feel that he is one of us. The earlier in the course he becomes assiniilated, the greater will be the gain in Stevens Spirit, toward the increase in which we are all working.

An important move has been made by the senior class in taking the first step to petition the faculty for a system of cuts, to be allowed at least the upperclassn~en. Stevens Cut students have always taken satisfaction in the fact System. that the course here and the regulations were more stringent than at many other institutions of perhaps equal rank. So long as the. five-day-per-week roster was in effect, little or no complaint was made by the great majority of students-those who in the end generally got the diplomas. The new schedule has changed .this in many respects, however, and many men whose rank in the classroom has never been a source of worry to professors have felt that a system granting a rational number of " cuts, " or excused absences, would not be detrimental if properly administered.

While the plan of allowing half as many cuts per term ,here are hours per week in anv subject, that suggested by tb

senior committee, calls for an amount far less than that granted at the many colleges and universities which have the cut system, still it is thought that the number is sufficient to allow the freedom which every 'student would like to have once or twice a a term, and yet not great enough to be an incentive to poor work.

A feature of THE STUTElast year which proved very popular was the Student Forum in which undergraduates were asked to make suggestions which would lead to Student changes of advantage to the college. Several Forum- suggestions thus made were accepted by the faculty in the spirit in which they were made. It is the desire of the present Board to carry on the good work, and students are therefore again invited to drop in THE STUTE box, in the lobby of the main building, such bits of advice as they may think will add to the advancement of the common good. Comn~unicationsof this nature may or may not be signed, at the option of the writers, but the editors will not guarantee pablication of any unsigned articles.

A. A. Executive Board Meets.

At a meeting of the executive board of the Athletic Association on Monday, action was taken to have the freshmen remove their class numerals from the front of their overalls, a fad, of wearing jumpers with the class insignia stitched in white on the blue background, by persons not conversant with college rules. The freshmen were also recommended to conform to the custom of painting their numerals on their backs before the flag rush.

Ifippincott, '09, was appointed temporary captain of the track team, and Vennema, '09, was made manager of the football team, taking the place left vacant by the resignation of Hearsey, '09, the latter having giving up the position in order to play on the team. -A motion was made and carried that the assistant manager of any varsity team who was not appointed manager, should be awarded his S. A. A. insignia in appreciation of the work done in trying for the position of manager.

Senior Elections.

The result of the senior elections are as follows : President, Mixer ; vice president, Peper ; secretary, Terwilliger ; treasurer, Moss ; historian, Nyland ; cane-spree and class-rush committee. Armstrong, Nyland and Vennen~a.

and Institute Notes.

discussion, the faculty has revised and Student Self Government, accepting in s as drawn up by the committee of the Copies of the amended rules are soon to ts of each of the three upper classes. juniors and sophomores will then be 11 be open discussion of the tentative be appointed to confer with the faculty if insisted upon by the students.

account of Saturday sessions it 'is very likely that the men will be excused a definite number of hours in order them to play the scheduled games. The work lost in , have to be made up in full.

The new alternating current measuring instruments which rof. Ganz obtained from the Weston Electrical Company a few months ago have proved even more useful for lecture purposes than was expected. By their frequent use, Prof. Ganz has been enabled to give the seniors a quicker grasp of the fundamentals of alternating current than any previous class.

At a class meeting on the afternoon of October 1, the class 910 elected the following officers to guide its destinies President, Haynes ; vice-president, Cunningham ; secretary, Polhemus ; treasurer, Ware ; historian, Scully ; cheer leader, Messenger.

Superintendent Snyder, of the Jersey City public schools, visited the Institute on Monday, accompanied by the president of the Jersey City Board of Education.

Membership cards in the Athletic Association were distributed this week, so that the students might all have them in time for presentation at the first home game of the season.

The freshman class elected the following temporary officers: President, Ackerman ; secretary -treasurer, Ketcham ; cheerleader, Johnson ; football captain, Pettibone ; football manager, Ryan.

The world bestows its big prizes, both in money and honors, for but one thing-And that is Initiative-What is ~nitiative? I'll tell you : it is doing the right thing without being told. But next to doing the thing without being told is to do it when told once.--Exm~~HUBBARD.

H. J. Kennedy, '08, is now at Easton, Pa.

J. C. Vogel, '08, is doing testing work for Professor Ganz.

R. S. Lane, '08, is with the McGraw Publishing Co.,

York.

P. E. Reynolds, '08, is, with the M. W. Kellogg Co.,

City.

F. E. Leahy, '08, is with the Carnegie Steel Co., at ~itte burg.

C. A. Sturken, '08, is employed by the Arbuckle Sugar Co.:&$ of Brooklyn.

H. E. Perkins, '08, and 0. I,. Sturgis, '08, are with ,- ,-

and Harlin , Paterson .

R. H. Condit, '08, is employed by the Pintsch Gas Lighting New York.

D. W. Penington, '08, is with the People's Gas Light a oke Co., at Chicago.

J. S. Y. Tyson, '08, is in the oil and asphalt in Mexico City.

F. H. Ballou, '08, is with the Jiaston, Colorado.

I. Hoffman, '0.2, is with the Syracuse .- Lighting - - . .e7 -company1 <acuse,N. Y.

!A. L. Van Syckle, '08; is with the Great western Sugar 1 Co., Windsor, Colorado.

S. T. Mudge, '06, is an instructor of mechanical engineering>. he University of Michigan.

S. F. Butterworth, '96, is treasurer of M. Glaube -- 10 and 12 Christopher Street, New York.

Albert Spies, '81, editor of the Electrical Record and of am, has removed to 114 Liberty St., N. Y. r

C. T.Myers, '00, has been appointed General Sales of the Wisconsin Engine Company, Corliss, Wisconsin.

Sons,

0, S. Beyer, Jr., '07, is a special apprentice in the shops of Neadville. Pa.

the Erie Railroad, at 1-& .?

A. J. Loppin, '07, is with D. C. Harvey, '90, of the Fidelity and Casualty Company, at 97 Cedar Street, New York.

R. N. Bavier, '07, is with the American Ice Company at 28th Street and roadway, New York.

C. B. White, '08, is Chemist Engineer in Testing and Research Dept., Oakland Chemical Co., Rossville, Staten Island.

A. S. Harlow, '08, and G. A. Hernandez, '08, are with the Erie Railroad Co., at Meadville, Pa., as special apprentices.

G. D. Thayer, '08, is in the employ of the Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa. His address is 158 Market St., Bethlehem, Pa.

J. A. Tweedy, '05, is at present local small tool supervisor at the works of the American locomotive Conlpany, Dunkirk, N. Y.

A. C. Buensod, '07, is in the employ of the Neuchatel Asphalte Company of New York, with mail address, 15 Wall Street, New York.

Lamar Lyndon. ex-'92, is the author of "~evelopmentand Electrical Distribution of Water Power", from the press of John Wiley and Sons.

Dr. Jacobus, '84, has completed his work on the Pacific Coast. He was present at the test and operation of a large Power plant near Los Angeles, California, as representative of the Babcock & Wilcox Boiler Co. The test covered a period of eight months. Eighteen boilers were installed and resulted so well that the contractors earned the record bonus of $363,000

Chess Club Plans.

Now that a new college year has started, it becomes necessary to say just a few words in reference to the Stevens Chess Club. Our last year was very successful. Matches were played with Rutgers, New York University, Hoboken Chess Club, and New York Law School ; while in but two of these we were victorious, in the others we made a good showing, at least. This year it is being planned to add Dartmouth and Princeton to the schedule. Arrangements are under way for a triangular league, including Stevens, N. Y. U. and Rutgers.

The club will hold its first regular meeting on the second Wednesday of the month. All freshnlen interested in chess are especially invited to attend this meeting. The Institute tournameut will help to decide who shall compose the Institute team and the winner will become the Institute chess champion and have his name inscribed on the tablet, that accompanies the silver chess chan~pionshipcup now on exhibition in the library. All men of the Institute, who would like to become members of the club, should give their names to either Jappe, '09, or LANDESMANN,'09, Secy . Chess Club.

Library Notes.

Changes in several titles of Engineering and Trade papers have occurred within a few months. "The American Telephone Journal" has been absorbed by "TelephonyH. "The Railway Age" has combined with "The Railroad Gazette", and is now called ''Railroad 'Age Gazette". ''The Street Railway Journal" has taken over The Electric Railway Review", and the combined title is "Electric Railway Journal". "Proceedings of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers" appeared in September as "The Journal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers". Forestry and Irrigation" has adopted the more comprehensive title, Conservation".

Added- periodicals which will appear regularly are, "Electrical Review", "General Electric Review", and Journal of the United States Artillery".

There are many kinds of filler, Long Havana and the like, But this sort is the only kind That can be set in type.

There will be a keg party during the evening of October 3. on the Great Divide. All regulars will please report. Bring dippers.-V1~~1~1~TECH.

Sounds like a Hobokeu longshoremen's fest.

Calculus Report-Class of 1910.

THESTUTEpublishes with pleasure the appended Calculus report of 1910. Publicity in college accounts should be pursued by all departments.

Respectfully submitted, DAVIDN. MAUGER,Chairman.

This Year's " Link."

JH

At a recent meeting of the Link Board, the following permanent officers were elected : Editor-in-chief, W. F. SCU~~Y; business manager, H. H. Haynes ; assistant business manager, D. A. Pobxnus ; art editor, D. N. Mauger.

According to the constitution, subscriptions from the freshman, sophomore and senior classes are requested. The junior class has already contributed $100, and $25 is expected from each of the other classes.

Art and literary work of the students is particularly solicited, and all contributors having fulfilled the requirement of supplying for one or more pages will receive (gratis) a copy of the LinkMany new features are to be brought out in the coming volume, and the editors expect hearty sunport from the student body.

Engineering Society

The first meeting was held Monday, September 28lh, in Dr. Denton's room when the activities for the coitaing year were discussed. The prospects for the season seem to look brighter than ever before. The lectures before tBe society, as well as the inspection trips arranged, open new opportunities for, the upper classmen to combine the useful with the agreeable. Efforts are now being made to establish connection between the practical engineering world and the hociety at Stevens, the results of which efforts the officers expect to make known in a later issue of THESTUTE.

itt Clinton.

The Stevens School eleven played fine football on;the afternoon of Tuesday, October 6, and trimmed DeWitt Clinton to the tune of 16 to 0. On both straight football and trick plays the Preps were superior to the visitors, and several times gained as much as twenty or thirty yards on forward passes. Schultz scored all three touchdowns and kicked one goal. The line-up : STEVENSSCHOOL. POSITION. DEWITT CLINTON.

Burnham Left End Grossman

Cruthers Left Tackle Witherbee

Fennel Left Guard Vandewater

Linke Center Bird

Trinipi Right Guard Johnson

Hane Right Tackle Klein

Betcber Right End Roberts, German Cassidy Quarterback Ginnett, Roberts Dunn Left Halfback Scheffler, Mills

Runge Right Halfback Nealis, Rockwell

Schcltz , Fullback McBlhinney

Touchdowns-Schultz, 3. Goal from touchdown-Schnltz. Referee -Gibson, Cornell. Umpire-Payne, Stevens Institute. Head linesmanMeigs, Stevens Institute. Time of Halves-15 minutes. 1

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