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VOL. 111.

APRIL 26, 1907. .

No. 12.

There are few in the world who can afford to dress carelessly; and even they do it at a disadvantage.

Colleges and the Peace Movement.

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NT delegates from various colleges were in attendance at the First National Arbitration and Peace Congress, held at Carnegie Hall, N. Y., April 14-17. The men representing Stevens, appointed by Prof. Riesenberger, were: R. E. Willis '07, B. J. Klein '07, T. W, Kirkman '08, R. S . Lane '08, W. Von Voigtlander '09, G. E. Terwilliger '09, A. L. Adams '10, and C. I?. Cunningham '10. Meetings were held at the Carnegie Hall, Hotel Astor, Cooper Union, and Tabernacle Church. Banquets were held at the Hotel Astor and the Waldorf-Astoria. The Congress was preliminary in a way to the Second Peace Conference of the World, which will assemble at The Hague on June 15. At the first Hague Conference, called by the Czar, there were twenty-six nations represented. At the forthcoming conference everyone of the forty-five nations of the world will be represented, and the leaders of the peace movement declare that it will beone of the greatest of international events in the cause of humanity. At the Congress in New York, over a thousand delegates were present from all parts of the country: Senators, Representatives, Governors of States, Mayors of important cities, presidents of colleges, student delegates, etc. The various meetings were addressed by some of the most prominent men and women of the world, such as Andrew Carnegie, Elihu Root, Gov. Hughes, W. J . Bryan, W. T. Stead, Sir Robert Ball, Baron De Constant, Mrs. A. G. Spencer, Dr. J, Rhys, Rev. E. S. Roberts, J. W. Foster, Senor Diego Mendoza, Prof. H. Muensterberg, and numerous others. The purposes ,of the various peace societies who brought about the Congress is the continued arousing of public sentiment and the education of the people by public meetings in churches, colleges,,schools, club's, etc., and the pointing out among other things that international peace may be secured not by preparing for war but by agreeing to keep the peace-that it is just as glorious for a man to live for his country as it is to die for it. The societies will continue to urge the formation of arbitration '

treaties between the nations of the world, the making of the Hague Court a permanent organization and the inducing of all nations to submit international difficulties to this court. On Tuesday morning, April 16, a conference of student delegates was held at Earl Hall, Columbia University under the auspices of the Peace Society of Columbia University. This meeting was addressed by Dr. Ernest Richard and Prof. J. B. Moore, of Columbia; President Drinker, of Lehigh; Prof. Clark, of C. C. N. Y.; G. Fulk, representing the Peace Society of the colleges of the Middle West; R. Carlock '07, Lehigh; and various other students. A movement was then put on foot to establish a Peace Society to be composed of the colleges of the East. B. J. Klein '07 was chosen to represent Stevens. A discussion was held in the afternoon to devise ways and means of inaugurating the peace movement in the colleges. A motion was made by Whiting, of Columbia, to induce the civic clubs of the colleges to take up the movement. Klein of Stevens moved to ask the Y. M. C. A's. of the colleges where no civic clubs are established to take up the peace movement. A mass meeting will be held shortly in the Auditorium to consider the adoption of resolutions as official expressions of opinion from colleges of the United States to be sent to the American delegation at The Hague.

"The Link of 1908" Board. In accordance with the provisions of the constitution of The

Link, the election of members of the editorial board of next year's annual was held last week, with the following result: Mixer 84, Uttle 78, Terwilliger 77, Nyland 76, Drinkwater 69, Moss 61, Carter 53, Freygang 48, Stewart 47, Lippincott 45, Schell 42, Trawick 39, Hoexter 27. The first eight men will therefore constitute t h e editorial board and will commence work immediately under supervision of this year's editor-in-chief.

The Stevens Club of Newark. On the evening of Friday, April 12, the Stevens Club of Newark met at Achtel-Stetter's to discuss the policy for the coming year. Altho the attendance was small, several important matters were quite thoroly talked over. The club will endeavor to make its meetings more interesting than ever before, and it is hoped that more of the Stevens men of the vicinity will appreciate the value of such an organization to the Institute, and will identify themselves with the club in the near future.

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Constitution for the Government of Classes at Stevens Institute. PREAMBLE. To promote a business-like management of class affairs and to promote a spirit of united good fellowship, this Constitution is respectfully recommended to succeeding classes. ARTICLE I. OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES. SECTION1. The class officers shall be a President, a Viceesident, a Secretary, a Treasurer and a Class Historian. SECTION2. The Freshman Class shall elect a temporary esident and a temporary Secretary-Treasurer before the end of the week following that in which college opens. These temporary officers shall serve for not less than four and not more than six weeks. Immediately after this election, the temporary SecretaryTreasurer shall file with the Registrar of the Institute the names of the temporary officers so elected. Five days before the time set for the expiration of their term of office, the temporary officers shall call a meeting of the class. At this meeting the regular officers shall be elected for the remainder of the Freshman year. The election shall be governed by Article 111. SECTION 3. I t shall be the duty of the retiring President to render to the Registrar of the Institute, on the sixth day after an election, or as soon thereafter as possible, a statement of the officers elected to succeed his administration (See Article 111, Section 8) and of the adoption by his class of this Constitution or any amendments thereof. SECTION4. I t shall be the duty of the President to preside at all class meetings and to exercise a general control over the affairs of the class. The President shall, ex-officio, be a member of all committees. I t shall be the duty of the presiding officer to have with him at each meeting of the class a copy of Roberts' ''Rules of Order'' and of this constitution. SECTION5. I t shall be the duty of the Vice-president to assume the duties of the President in his absence. SECTION6. I t shall be the duty of the Treasurer to collect class dues, to make all expenditures properly authorized by the class and to render an itemized report of receipts and expenditures at each regular meeting. The accounts of a retiring Treasurer shall be audited by a committee of three as directed by the class. SECTION7. I t shall be duty of the Secretary tocall the roll and to keep correct minutes and record of attendance of all class meetings, in a book boflght for "the purpose, to give notice of meetings as required by these rules, to preserve carefully all the

uate secretary. his class for the year he is in office for publication in the book of that year. SECTION 9. Special officers such as Cheer leaders, epresentatives etc., shall be elected when required.

,-ARTICLE 11. 'OMMITTEES, T H E I R MANNER O F SELECTION A N D T H E I R D U T I E

SECTION 1. The following regular committees shall 1 elected by the Class : 8

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upper classes of officer Special-Link-Board-elected at the time etc., as directed he Link constitution. The Board is a committee in the rneani of this constitution.

All committees shall serve until the duties for which the have been elected or appointed shall "have been performed and they shall then render a report and be discharged.

THE STUTE SECTION 4. Committees shall elect their own chairmen.

I t shall be the duty of a chairman to notify each member of his'committee whenever a meeting of such committee is to be held. No acts or expenditures of a committee shall be valid unless sanctioned by a majority of its members. Expenditures should be from the sums appropriated or guaranteed in advance by the class. A committee makes other expenditures on its own responsibility and may be reimbursed by the treasurer only upon the order of the class. All committees, before being discharged, shall render to the class treasurer an itemized statement of all their expenditures. This shall be audited by a committee of three selected as directed by the class. SECTION 5. A Link Board shall be elected as directed in the Link Constitution. The members of said Board shall be held responsible to the Junior Class as therein provided. ARTICLE 111. ELECTIONS.

SECTION1. Elections of officers for the three upper classes shall be held before the end of the week succeeding that in which college opens. The ranking temporary officer of the Freshman Class shall call a meeting, to be held not sooner than four weeks and not later than six weeks after he is elected, at which permanent officers shall be elected. SECION 2. Members in arrears for two or more months' dues shall be disqualified from voting. The Treasurer shall at all meetings have in hand a list of such delinquents and the tellers of election shall use this list to exclude invalid votes. SECTION3. Voting by proxy shall not be allowed. Elections shall be by secret ballot. The President shall appoint four tellers, who shall receive the votes and count them in the presence of the class, and these tellers shall be responsible for the validity of the election. Should members leave the room before the votes are counted and thus reduce the number below a quorum the meeting shall be considered adjourned. The votes shall then be counted in the presence of such members as remain. This shall not invalidate the election. SECTION 4. The officers are to be voted for succcessively in in the order named in Article 1, Section 1. The result of the vote for each office shall be made known before the nominations for the succeeding office may be opened. SECTION 5. If the total number of ballots cast exceed the number of voters present, the presiding officer shall imtnedit e l y call for a new vote. The presiding officer, with four tellers, shall be personally

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responsible for the holding of the election in a fair and busihesslike manner. SECTION6 . If no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be voted for and one of them elected. SECTION7. The term of all permanent officers shall commence on the sixth college day following the election. SECTION8. If in the opinion of any five voters the election is not conducted in accordance with the preceding rules, they may demand a new election by filing a written protest with the President of the Class, or, in his absence, with the highest ranking officer, stating wherein they believe the election to have been improperly conducted. The recipient of a protest shall immediately notify the officers elect, who shall await the action of the class. Such protest shall apply only to the particular office or offices, committee or committees, involved, and shall be filed within five days after the election. The class shall be the sole judge of such a protest and, if it so decides, a new election shall be held at once. If a protest is not filed before the expiration of the stipulated time, the officerselect shall, upon the sixth college day following such election, assume their duties for the term of one year, and cannot be removed from office unless found guilty of dishonorable conduct. SECTION10. (See Article IV, Section 2 and 3 . ) ARTICLE IV. DUES.

SECTION1. The dues of this class shall be $. . . . . .per month, payable monthly in advance on the first college day of each, month during the academic year. SECTION2. Members whose dues are in arrears for two months or more shall not be entitled to vote or hold any office. SECTION3. If a member whose dues are in arrears for two months or more should be permitted to vote, his vote shall be valid and cannot be made the basis of a protest. (See Article 111. Section 2.) ARTICLE V. MEETINGS. SECTION1. Meetings may be called by the President at any time. Notice of such meetings, stating their purpose, should be posted five days in advance ; or if this be impossible, an authorized person shall announce the meeting to the sections of the class not later than the morning of the day of the meeting. Said person shall also state the purpose of the meeting. 2 . Any ten members whose dues are not two months SECTION or more in arrears may sign and present to the President of the Class, or, in his absence, to an officer in the order given in Article I , Section 1, a petition requesting a meeting. If the peti tion state the purpose of the proposed meeting, the officer to

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whom it is presented shall call the meeting not later than the following college day. Any member if seconded may insist that only the subject or subjects stipulated in the petition be acted upon at that meeting, and the presiding officer shall sustain him in his protest. ARTICLE VI. QUORUM.

SECTION I. For election of officers a quorum shall consist of 50% of the members whose dues are not two or more months in arrears. For all other purposes a quorum shall consist of 40% of such members. A quorum shall by majority vote be competent to decide all class questions. ARTICLE VII. AMENDMENTS.

SECTION 1. A majority of a quorum may amend this constitution at any time. The President of the Class shall notify the President of the Institute of any such amendments, and if possible the latter should be consulted before any such action is taken. ARTICLE VIII. DISPUTES. SECTION 1 Roberts' " ~ u l e sof Order" shall govern the meetings and actions of this class in all cases where it does not coflict with this constitution. a

~acrosse. The 'varsity lacrosse men are to be congratulated, having made a fine showing in every game played so far. I t is a bad thing for a team to get a too high an opinion of its worth, however, and still worse for individual men to have too great a realization of their prowess. Harvard was overwhelmed last Friday, but the lacrosse men must appreciate the fact that Harvard had played four games in the week before the Stevens match. The Harvard-Lehigh game of the day before broke both teams up pretty badly, as can be seen by Friday's score and the Hopkins score of 1 2 to 2 with Lehigh. Wendell, the best man Harvard had, was in such bad condition that he was forced to leave the game. To win the championship this year-and it must be donethe 'varsity men will have to do better work than they did in the game with the cambridge twelve. Stevens 9-Harvard

Cold weather-even snow-seems to agree with the Stevens morning, April 19, saw a notice on the acrosse team. Friday L )ulletin board: Harvard game will be played, rain o r shine, " ind it certainly did not look then as tho it would ever shine" t,

-PHI3 S T U T E again. But we needed the victory-and we got it: Stevens 9Harvard 1 will look well in the record of this year's games. Too bad that the score does not of itself describe the beautiful game our men put up. Harvard came to us fresh from the experience of several games played on consecutive days, including a tie with Lehigh, and before the whistle blew, there was some doubt as to who would win. The uncertainty was not long-lived, however, for our team showed its superiority from the very start. T h e yells were long and loud and came from a full cheering section, which proves that the half-holiday was appreciated. The teams faced off at 4:15, and the ball went straight for Harvard's goal, Starzenski shooting cleanly on a pass from Roberts. For a while play was up and down the field, but the ball rested mostly in Stevens sticks until Wiley succeeded in caging it for score number two. Sturken blocked several good tries by Harvard in this half, but most of the time our attack was busy rolling up the points. The whole team worked well together, and the passing and stick-handling showed the result of steady, hard practice. Harvard's only score was made by Furber, and the half ended with the score 7-1 in our favor: I n the second half the play was a little more even so far as points are concerned, due in part to Sturken's good work at goal. Some of the heavy men from Cambridge, particularly Marsters, had been trying all thru the game the rough tactics used last year by Lehigh, but succeeded in doing little damage. On the contrary, Marsters received 2 bad cut on the head in the first half-which was treated by Doc" Traeger-and in this half was ruled out of the game entirely for rough play. Youmans was retired for five minutes for the same reason. Wendell, the Harvard captain, did not play the second half on account of injuries, and as the visitors had no substitutes, each team was forced to play with only ten men. Goals in this half were made by Drinkwater and Wiley, and the game ended: Stevens 9Harvard 1. The line-up: HARVARD. STEVENS. Sheip goal Sturken Marsters point Van Beuren Arnold cover point Demarest Cochrane Youmans first defense Comey second defense Helms Cobb third defense Correa Barber centre McBurney Currie third attack Armstrong Francis second attack Roberts Vance first attack Starzenski Furber outside home Wiley Wendell inside home Drinkwater, Cunningham ails-Starzenski 2, Wiley 4, Roberts 2, Drinkwater, Furber. ee-Dr. Maddern, Crescent A. C. Goal Umpires-Shaw, Harvard; c. c~~~~~ us. Timekeepers-Elder, Harvard; Mervine, Stevens. Time and 20 minutes.

Baseball. The playing of the baseball team u p to the present time has been somewhat erratic. The victories over Pratt and Rensselaer were of course encouraging, but these were offset by the poor showing made against Columbia. T h e trouble seems to be in the work of the battery. Only one steady pitcher has been unearthed, while none of the catchers can shoot the ball down to second in first class style. An improven~entis to be expected as the season advances-indeed, much better ball must be put up if victories are to be secured over Lehigh, Rutgers and Trinity.

The Stevens baseball team had somewhat of an off-day on Wednesday, April 17, and as a consequence was walloped by Columbia to the tune of 8 to 2. Utz's erratic pitching was in a measure responsible for the defeat, while the poor showing of Meigs and Stewart helped to roll up tallies for the men from Morningside Heights. c Lou" Henes was certain13 there with the willow, three safeties being chalked up to his credit,but outside of the captain's good stickwork and long hits by Steinmetz and Robeson, the batting was weak. Columbia played a fast game in the field and came thru the contest with only two black marks. Meigs led off for Stevens with a grasser to short, and Stewart popped one to the same location. Kelsey walked and stole second, but Ridgway fanned. Stewart appeared to have a case of stage-fright, for he made two bad fumbles right off the reel, and after Tonking and Young had singled, Meigs' muff in center allowed three New Yorkers to cross the rubber. Utz received one in the ribs in the second inning and scored when Zimber allowed Henes to make his single good for two cushions. Schmitt and Young singled for Columbia, but Utz fanned two. A neat double play put a crimp in Steven's' chances in the third, and altho Utz had difficulty in locating the plate, those that did come over were too fast for the New Yorkers. Henes doubled and pilfered the third cushion in the next chapter, but to no avail-his team mates failed to bring him in. Tonking's neat double-sacker sent Schmitt across the pan with another tally for Columbia. There was no more scoring until the sixth, when Henes leaned against the willow for his third safety and scored on Robeson's long drive. Utz's wildness together with Steinmetz's poor throwing to bases was responsible for the three tallies of the home team. Thereafter it was a case of one-two-three, altho more slip-ups in the Stevens infield gave Columbii a chance in the seventh, upon which. Utz put a quietus by fanning Miltenyiy/w.+=r berger; . '-.?": 1

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In the next inning Rensselaer scored. Homeyer flied out, Inskip walked, and Walsh smashed a beauty toleft for two bases, sending in Inskip. Amman flied out, and Froeb was safe on an error by Stewart. Walsh then came home on a passed ball by Henes. Baldwin's fly was caught. In Stevens' half Henes received one in the ribs and was advanced when Senft booted Robeson's grasser. Henes tallied when Sturgis flied to left, Rensselaer went out in order in the fourth, but Stevens again renewed hostilities, and on a combination of hits and errors scored thrice. At this juncture Steinmetz replaced Henes at the receiving end, Henes went in at second, and Utz gave way to Meigs in the field. The change hardly proved beneficial ; for men from Troy were perched on the first and second stations owing to Henes' misplays. A neat double, Meigs to Henes, relieved the situation, however. Stevens added one more tally to the string in this chapter, Meigs scoring on Stewart's poke for a cushion. The opposing pitchers then settled down, and the scoring was ended. The score : STEVENS. a.b.r. h.p.0.a. 2 1 1 1 Meigs,r.fc.f.3 Stewart, s.s. 3 2 1 2 3 Kelsey,3b. 2 1 0 3 2 Ridgty,2b.r.f.3 1 3 0 1 Utz, c.f., 1 0 0 0 0 Steinmetz, c . 1 1 0 2 0 Henes, c. 2b. 3 2 2 3 1 Robeson,Ib. 3 0 0 8 0 Little, 1.f. 2 1 0 1 0 Sturgis, p. 3 0 0 1 2

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RBNSSELAER. a.b.r. h.p.0.a. 3 1 0 0 0 Inskip,c.f. Walsh,2b. 3 1 1 2 2 Hinman,3b. 2 0 0 2 1 Froeb,c. 3 0 1 4 1 Baldwin,r.f.3 0 0 0 0 Senft, p. 3 0 0 0 2 Hayner,l.f. 1 0 0 1 0 Clifton,l.f. 2 0 0 .0 0 Flieger,s.s. 3 0 0 0 2 Homeyer,Ib. 3 0 0 9 0

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Totals, 26 2 2 18 8 3 24 10 7 21 10 5 1 0 x-10 Stevens 2 3 1 3 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Rensselaer Earned runs-Stevens 2. Two-base hit-Walsh. Three-base hit-Ridgway. Sacrifice hits-Kelsey, Robeson. Struck out-By Sturgis 3, by Senft 3. First base on balls-Off Sturgis 3, off Senft 7. Hit by pitcherUtz, Henes. Passed balls-Henes, Froeb 2. Stolen bases-Henes 2, Little 2, Meigs, Stewart, Kelsey, Robeson, Froeb, Left on bases-Stevens 7, Rensselaer 6. Double plays-Inskip to ?Valsh, Kelsey (unassisted.) Time-one hour and forty minutes. Umpire-Mr. Brennan. Totals,

Bowling, I n a match rolled on April 11, the 1908 bowling 'team won the odd game. The scores : 1908: Raabe 141 Lemcke 102 Lane 165 Utz 115 Knobloch119

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Editorial. We present in this issue the constitution drawn up by a committee appointed by President Humphreys and consisting of five members of t h e junior class, being the result of much work and thought on the part of those having the matter The New in charge. Constitution. The idea of a constitution grew out of the controversy which arose in the class of 1908 at the beginning of the collegiate year. A satisfactory settlement of the class affairs was the prime object sought in the appointment of the committee, but there soon developed the idea of drawing up a body of rules to govern the affairs of all classes in the Institute. The result of the committee's efforts has received the hearty approval of the faculty, and that body has recommended the general adoption of the constitution. Upon close examination we fail to find a single point which comes up in the ordinary run of college events not provided for in this constitution. Indeed, the thoroness with which the framing: has been done and the provision made for every possible contingency is one of its strong points. On first sight it would seem to be too elaborate-to contain too much "red tape. " Complaint along this line is hardly in order, however, if one stops to consider the complex and varied interests which have secured a foothold in this institution. I t is the urgent wish of the committee that the matter of accepting the constitution be carefully considered by each class. THE STUTEis heartily in favor of such an action and believes that its adoption with possibly one or two minor ch amendments would prove of immense benefit.

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Samuel Bayard Dod. Samuel Bayard Dod, president of the Board of Trustees of Stevens Institute, died on the evening of Friday, April 19 at his home in South Orange. Mr. Dod, who was a brother of Mrs. Martha B. Stevens, and son of Albert B. and Caroline Bayard Dod, was born December 3, 1837 at Princeton, N. J. His father at the time was Professor of at he ma tics in the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University, He graduated from the University of Berlin in 1857, and after a year's study entered the Princeton Theological seminary. I n 1861 he received his degree of M. A., and afterwards served for seven years in the Presbyterian ministry at Monticello, N. Y. and at Wilkes-Barre, Pa. . He was one of the three original trustees named in the will of the late Edwin Stevens, and was the first and only president of the Board of Trustees of the Institute. H e was largely instrumental in shaping its early plans and policies, having made an extensive study of the engineering schools of both this country and abroad. H e was also the oldest trustee of Princeton University and with his sister, Mrs. Stevens, donated the chair of mathematics in honor of their father. Mr. Dod was a most versatile man. H e had traveled extensively, was the author of two books, "Stubble or Wheat" and "Highland Chronicle," was a painter of merit, and an accomplished musician. H e had also gone into marine work, and had aided in the design of several of the North-River ferryboats. The deceased was a thoro business man, and at the time of his death was president of the First National Bank of Hoboken. He was also the founder of Seabright, N. J., organizer and first president of the Hudson Trust Company, and had at various times been president of the Hudson Street Railway Company and the Hoboken Ferry and Gas and Water Companies. H e leaves a widow, who was Miss Eleanor Wall, daughter of Professor Wall. Three daughters and a son also survive him. At a meeting on Monday morning the following members of the faculty were appointed a committee to draw up resolutions upon Mr. Dod's death: Profs. Kroeh, Denton, Geyer, Riesenberger, Furman and Sevenoak.

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Calendar* , APRIL26-Baseball,

1907 A vs. 1907 B at Cricket Grounds, 3 P. M. SATURDAY, ," 27~'Varsity-Lehigh lacrosse game at Hoboken. 30-Meeting of Engineering Society in Prof. Denton's room, 4 P. M. WED'SDAY,MAY 1-'Varsity-St. John's baseball game. at Hoboken, 3 P. M. 3-Concert of Musical Clubs at Glen Ridge. 4-'Varsity-Hopkins lacrosse game at Baltimore. 4-'Varsity-Pratt baseball game at Hoboken. 6-'Varsity-Mt. Washington lacrosse game at Baltimore. ED'SDAY, " 8-'Varsity-I,ehigh baseball game at South Bethlehem. ii

Hoboken Concert. The annual Hoboken concert of the musicial clubs was held last Friday in the auditorium and judging from the repeated encores it proved a great success. T h e attendance was large, some 200 people being present among whom were quite a number of the faculty and the alumni. The program was well rendered, and every selection passed off without a hitch. Every club was called out at least once, but as usual the quartette was the favorite; its witty songs were well appreciated. At the close of the concert an informal dance was held in the Carnegie laboratory, and Mailer's Band played its best selections until two o'clock. The patronesses were: Mrs. R. Stevens, Mrs. E. Stevens, Mrs. Bayard Alexander, Mrs. A . C. Humphreys, Mrs. Edward Wall, Mrs. C. W . MacCord, Mrs. Thos. B. Stillman, Mrs. D. S . Jacobus, Mrs. Adam Risenberger, Mrs. Wm. H . Bristol, Mrs. A. F. Ganz, Mrs. F. DeR. Furman, Mrs. C. 0. Gunther, Mrs. I?. J . Pond, Mrs. I,. A. Martin, Jr., Mrs. W. R . Halliday, Mrs. Hedden, Mrs. F. W . Hock, Mrs. E. R. Knapp.

1908 Inspection Trip. n t an interesting morning mpere, N. J., on Saturday, to groups of ten, and each e of the company. Dynamo of construction, and not the as the coil-winding depart-

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The chess club held its final meeting for the year on April Several minor changes were made ill the constitution, and instructions were given to the executive committee regarding the schedule of outside matches for next year and the tournament for the Institute championship. 10 in Prof. Denton's room.

The return match with the Hoboken Chess and Checkers Club was played at the rooms of the club on Thursday, April 11. The following men represented Stevens : Peper, Laqdesmann, Schueck, Hoexter, Jappe, Phelps, Faber and Harlow. The last three men were the only ones to win their games. The sophomore chess team, consisting of Peper, Landesmann and Hoexter, defeated a team of three men from the Ethical Culture High School of New York on April 9. The first two men succeeded in winning their matches.

Institute Notes. President Willis of the senior class has appointed the following committees: Commencement Committee-Cole, Lum, Ewer, Lange, Lydecker, McBurney, H. E. Meeker, Norris. Class Day CommitteeĂƒâ€˜Correa Eschelman, Hoerner, Lawrence, McGall, B . A. Meyer, Michalis. Teams representing the first and second sections of the senior class will contest for the baseball supremacy this afternoon at the Cricket Grounds. A bulletin board for athletic notices exclusively has been placed at the entrance to the old library. Dr. Stillman has been retained as expert by the City of New Y ~ r kto investigate and report upon the cause of the deterioration of asphalt on the streets. H e has also been engaged in testimony in a patent suit on behalf of the New York Edison Company. The following Calculus Cremation Committee has been appointed: Kreitler (chairman), Chandler, Blum, Lippincott, R. W. Smith, Stewart and Trawick. A pessimist is one who has just listened to an optimist; a optimist, one who has just listened to a pessimist.

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A Western University. An interesting aescription of a typical Western College is given in an article contributed to THE STUTEby 3 D. Lobb, Stevens ex-"%, now at the University of Colorado. The article has been deemed of sufficient interest to warrant its publication in these columns.-THE EDITORS.

The University of Colorado is located at Boulder, Colorado, typical college town of about 10,000 inhabitants, and the colkge is as dear to every one of the 10,000 as are their own homes. Boulder is thirty miles north of -Denver-right on the line where the foothills of the Rockies rise from the vast plains. The University grounds are situated on a hill about sixty feet higher than and half a mile from the heart of the town. The grounds are fifty-two acres in extent, and are laid out very prettily with roads, paved walls, a small lake, shade trees, etc. The buildings consists of a main college building in which are located the president's and secretary's office, and a chapel, and also several rooms. Subjects in the Liberal Arts course are taught in this building, and as one is required to attend Chapel only once a week, I don't know much about this place. The Hale Scientific Building is a handsome four-story, granite struc. ture. I t contains the Physical and Electrical Laboratories and some twenty classrooms. The Engineering Building is of brick and contains the worksliops, similar to those at Stevens, draught-. ing rooms, recitation rooms, University heating and lighting plants, etc. The,Chemistry Building is a two-story, brick structure, the first floor containing two well-equipped laboratories gnd the second, classroon~s. There is a Medical Building and an Anatomy Building for the Medical School, and a new Library Building, containing 38,000 bound volumes and all the magazines of the day. Woodbury Hall, a granite dormitory of three stories, which can accomodate fifty fellows, two cottages, dormitories for girls, and the president's home complete the building equipment. There are four colleges in the University : College of Liberal Arts, Law and Medical Schools and the College of Engineering, having courses in mechanical, civil, electrical and chemical engineering. There are 800 students, 208 of whom are engineers. I t is a CO-ed school, so that when a fellow fresh from "The Old Mill" goes on the campus on the first day of school, he feels rather lost on seeing such a large number of the fair sex. T h e college dept. is more than half girls, the "Laws" have several, the "Medics" one or two, but this year the Engineering School is devoid of male students. There is also a graduate school. Mr. B. H. Jackson, .evens '95, has taken the degree of M. A. in Geology here, and is just completed a work on "optical Crystallography." - - - e d . looking over a copy of the Link of '05, which I have me, and which was dedicated to Prof. Ganz, one of his

THE STUTE Milo S. Ketcham, Dean of the College of Engineering, is well known in the mechanical world, having- written manv works on surveying and structural engineering. The Physical, Mechanical and Electrical Departments are under the supervision of Prof. Duane, a graduate of the University of Berlin, a co-worker in the laboratory of Carrie and a very able and proficient instructor. The Chemical Department is headed by a graduate of Freiberg-i-Baden. The heads of the other departments are of corresponditigly high rank. Athletics are one of the main features of the University. Football is a particular favorite. Each year the team takes trips of 500 miles or more to play other colleges. Teams from the Middle West, Salt Lake City and Stanford of California, have come to Denver to play the U. of C. The greatest interest is centered in the state championship game with the State Schoo of Mines, which takes place on Thanksgiving Day. This is con sidered the most important game of the season, as there is grea rivalry between the two schools, because the teams have always been so evenly matched. Two-thirds of the U. of C. team are engineering students. Lacrosse is not played in the West, but its placeis taken by Hockey. However, the latter game is indulged in mostly by the co-ed students. As for baseball, I can't say much, not having been here during a season, but the records of past years are very good. I'n the State Intercollegiate track meet last year, U. of C. won hands down. ' Basketball is played during the. winter, but does not have much prominence. There are three student publications: ''silver and Gold," # 1 weekly ; ~ o l o r a d o a n , "published annually by the junior class; and the Journal of Engineering," which corresponds to the Stevens Indicator.' ' There are seven fraternities and three sororities here. The social life is quite gay', as there is always something goi The S . A. E's have built a handsome chapter house, and plan to follow their example. However, their present rented are most attractive, as the houses stand on University Hill ing an important part of this very attractive town. The University, its courses, its situation, and all its connect ions are first-class. I t is the University of Colorado. Don't ge t confused with the Denver University or Colorado College be e-well, we'd rather not have you. 8

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On Monday, April 8, President Warfield announced that e than $400,000 had been secured toward the half-million endowment fund which Lafayette hopes to raise by May, in time for the celebration of its 75th anniversary in June.

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in one volume. ' This is an error. Only the earliest volumes, 1874-76, were presented by Dr. Dickinson. This book is the most popular on the shelf given up to new books. Prof. Ganz has recently given to the Library the set of Electrical Handbooks prepared under the auspices of the A. I. E. E. by the Reception Committees in the various large cities for the use of foreign guests who visited the United States in connection with the International Electrical Congress at St. Louis in 1904. These books give short historical sketches of the cities as well as

Gushing's " ~ a n u a lof Parliamentary Practice" and Robert's Primer of Parliamentary Law" are recent additions by purchase.

The New Dispensatory," a book written by "The Gentlemen of the Faculty of Edinburgh, Scotland" in 1785, has been presented to the Institute Library by H. F. Frank, Esq. Portions of the book are most interesting reading, since it was computed before the discovery of oxygen. For example : Metals are opaque, bright bodies not lighter than six times their bulk of water. The inflammables and metals are supposed to owe their distinguishing qualities to their containing a subtile fluid called phlogiston. ' The inflammables and metals are called phlogistic bodies, or, as their inflammable parts, as well as their phlogiston, have a disposition to unite with air, serescent bodies. T h e metals are supposed to consist of peculiar earths or acids with phlogiston. " M. HAWKINS, Librarian. i6

The Southern Trip. A very attractive trip for the lacrosse team has been arranged when Johns Hopkins is played at Baltimore. T h e team leaves Saturday morning, May 4 and plays the second league game that afternoon. I n the evening the team dines at the Baltimore Country Club as guests of the Southern Alumni Club of Stevens Institute. Sunday and Monday morning will be spent in Washington by most of the men. The Mount Washington Club wil' be played on their field on Monday afternoon, the team return ing home directly after the game.

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Commencement Plans. Prof. Ganz, who has charge of the commencement plans this year, spoke to the senior class last week about preparations for the various events of commencement week. H e asked thai five men be chosen by the class to compete for the salutatory and valedictory honors at the graduating exercises. From these a committee of the faculty will make the final selection. At a meeting of the senior class on Tuesday of this week, the follow- , ing men were elected : Klein, Michalis, Norris, Lum and VonVittinghoff (declined). A committee has been elected by the junior class to arrange for the usual reception of juniors to the graduating class. -

Tennis. A meeting of the tennis club was held on Tuesday, April 23 to discuss a singles tournament and the question of dues and membership. The treasurer reported no money in the treasury a n d several debts yet to be paid. Owing to the prospect of a limited number of courts at the Cricket Grounds this spring and on the new field in the fall, and owing to the generally poor condition of the club, it was decided to re-organize and increase the dues. The club is at present entirely too large and too loosely run, so it was thought wise to reduce the number of members to only those really interested in tennis. The initiation fee is now fifty cents and the dues will be fifty cents per term. I t was decided to have the usual singles tournament and a committee was appointed to arrange for it. A committee was also appointed to revise the constitution and make it more binding. Manager Dunbar announced the following schedule for the tennis team : MAY 5-N. Y. U. at New York. I 11-Wesleyan at Middletown. 25-Pratt at Brooklyn. i

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Ashes as Fuel a Failure. Dr. Thomas B . Stillman, professor of engineering chemistry in the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, declared yesterday that no one need expect a reduction in his coal bill by reason of the announcement from Altoona that by sprinkling coal ashes with a mixture of salt, oxalic acid and water they could be burned. I I

There is a certain amount of unburned carbon in coal ashes,

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Prep 2-Stevens "10 0. The lacrosse season opened on Saturday and considering that it was our first attempt we didn't do so badly. Because of the bad weather many of our best players did not show up, thinking there would be no game. However, the same thing happened to the sophomores, so that things were even in this respect. The game was called at 10:45, and about 10:46 Hoass made the first goal, which was greeted with a wild demonstration from our cheeringsection. We could scarcely believe our eyes, but nevertheless it was true-the first goal had been scored for the preps. The ball was again faced off, but now the "sophs" got busy and ruffed things up generally. One soph" successfully removed a piece "of Johnson's skull, much to the amusement of "~ohn." However, we held our own, and Stillman managed to score another goal for us on a clever pass from the side. The cheering section then gave an accurate imitation of Mattewan broken loose; 2-0 in our favor was almost too good to be true. The rest of thegame was just a nice genteel roughhouse, neither side scoring, but there was plenty of exitement.

On Saturday, April 20, the baseball team of Stevens School played its first league game. Mann, our best pitcher, on account , of sickness in the family, was not on hand, and his absence was felt. The game opened with Jenkins of Montclair hitting for one base. Following him Wallace and Holton each got to first, filling the bases. Dodge hit for one base, scoring Jenkins, altho Wallace was put out at third. The next man up, Uhler, brought in Holton for another run. Wilson hit for one base, on which play Dodge was put out at third. Sule ended the inning by fanning. Stevens obtained one run in this inning. Things looked very badly for the prep all the way up to the eighth inning, in fact, up till that time it kept getting worse and worse. But then how we did play ! What's the use of talking it all over? We beat them, finishing with a rush. / The score by innings : Stevens 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 ~ 9 Montelair 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0-7 Batteries-Stevens : Spinning, Leonhard, Schnltze and Payne ; Montclair : Wilson and Hutehings.

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