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He that cannot think is a fool, H e that will not is a bigot, He that dare not i s a slave.

Ragbaby Rush.

H E annnal ragbaby rush, held on Wednesday afternoon,

October 17, resulted in a decisive victory for the Freshmen. The Sophomores put up a good fight, but were so greatly outnumbered that the scrap was not very exciting. In accordance with the time-honored custom, the contesting classes assembled at the Institute and marched in lock-step to the Cricket Grounds, where the rush was to take place. After testing the relative value of their vocal chords to the utmost, the classes fined up ten yards apart, ready for the struggle. At four o'clock the baby was thrown into the air and the two opposing masses crashed together. The superior weight of the Freshman I I Class forced the Sophomores back, but the canvas" was soon set going in the opposite direction by a clever "side rush" of 1909. For a short time the Freshmen became demoralized, and it looked as if they were1 1 beaten, but the Juniors soon taught the Freshmen by forcible object lessons", how to block that baffling "round end rush" and, when time was called, after four hard rushes, 1910 had carried the baby back over their line and pushed it eleven yards within the Sophomore territory. In the second half, 1910 forced the baby over the Sophomore 75-yard line in six hard and fast rushes, before time was called, thereby winning the match. Two accidents occured to mar, somewhat, the fun of the occasion. Goeken '09 had his collar bone broken and Price '09 was 'knocked out." After the rush was over, the Sophomores attempted to capture the baby, but 1910 made a successful resistance and Adams, their president, was carried off, triumphantly riding the "canvas. " I t was noted that the Preps, who before the rush were so loud in their expression of contempt for the Freshmen and disregard for their welfare in this world and the next, had mysteriously melted away, when the victorious Freshmen marched by.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER27-'Varsity-New

York University football game at New York. MONDAY, OCTOBER29-Meeting to effect organization of musical clubs in Prof. Denton's room at 4 P. M. TUESDAY,OCTOBER30-Meeting of the Engineering Society in Prof. Denton's room at 4 P. M. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER3-'Varsity-Pratt football game at Brooklyn. TUESDAY,NOVEMBER6-Institute holiday. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER7-Annual cane sprees, tug-of-war, tie-up, and senior frolic at Cricket Grounds. FOOTBALL PRACTICE-Every afternoon at Cricket Grounds. i LACROSSE c i (See Bulletin Board. ) i BASEBALL i i <i i BASKETBALL MANDOLIN CLUBREHEARSALS-Mondays and Thursdays in Prof. Denton's room. GLEECLUBREHEARSALS-Tuesdays and Fridays in the Auditorium. TENNIS TOURNAMENT-(See Bulletin Board. ) i

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Stevens Club Meeting. The Stevens Club of Newark held its first meeting of t season at I,. Achtel-Stetter's, Newark, N. J., on Friday, Oc ber 1 2 . The meeting was called to order shortly after eig o'clock by President Fraentzel. A letter was read from I Humphreys, expressing his regret at his inability to be presei After disposing of the regular business, Professor Ganz, the Institute, gave a very interesting and instructive talk Electrolytic Corrosion. " When he had explained the d e s t r ~ tive action of electric currents on pipes, he outlined some of t difficulties met with in trying to prevent this action, and told a number of methods that have- been tried for remedying t trouble. H e said the only way that would insure freedom frc corrosion was to have a return wire-that is, to let no electric come back to the generator by way of the ground. The lecti was made more interesting by sketches, photographs, a samples of corroded pipe. After a discussion on the subje those present retired to the banquet room, where a supper v served. Those present at the meeting were: F. C. Fraentzel ' 8 F. Ganz '95, Dr. Pond, M. J. Weichert '96, A. E. Weiche~ H. 'l'. Woolson '97, T. I,.Terry '97, W . R.Halliday '02, zuzi '02, T. Krantz '03, N. I?,. Zuzi '04, H. Koester '04, Hedden '04, G. G. Hollins '04, H. V. R. Scheel '05, an( Furness.

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A meeting of the committee on college customs was held o Gber 19. The following men were present : Wiley, Correa Burnsod, and Willis, ex-officio, representing 1907; Spencer Sturges, and Carpenter, ex-officio, representing 1908; "\ lander, 1909; and Adams, 1910. After a preliminary discussion it was decided to put the following resolutions before the Fresh man class :1. That all Freshmen wear black caps with red buttons. 2 . - That Freshmen tip their hats to the faculty.

-3. That Freshmen be not permitted to sit on the front steps between the hours of 8.30 A. M. and 4.30 P. M. These rules were adopted by the Freshmen at a meeting of the class on Tuesday. I t would perhaps be well to say a few words as to the past history of this agitation for college customs. Last year a committee from the three upper classes met and drew up a proclamation informing the freshmen just what they should do. As might have been expected, it did not find favor with the faculty, and forced on the freshmen in such an uncompromising manner, a failure resulted. Nevertheless, some good was accomplished, as the class of 1909, of their own volition, decided to wear black caps with white buttons. This year, when it was learned that the faculty would not be so radically opposed to such a movement, provided there was no idea contained in it of subjecting the Freshmen to any form of tyranny, another committee was appointed.

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1 The annual Freshman-Sophomore contests will be held at- I the Cricket Grounds on Wednesday, Nov. 7. All classes will be given a half-holiday on that day. i The program, as arranged by the committee in charge, calls Cane Sprees, Tie-up and Tug-of-war.

for a parade of the entire student body arranged in classes and headed by the Senior Class in fancy costume, to start from the Institute at 2 o'clock. Upon arriving at the Cricket Grounds, the classes will take their positions at the side of a rectangular arena within which the lightweight, middleweight, and heavyweight cane sprees will be held. At the conclusion of these bouts, a tug-of-war will be pulled between sides of twenty picked men from the Freshman and Sophomore Classes. The tie-upmatch will conclude the day s prpgram. .

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Football. TRINITY 18-STEVENS 0. On Saturday, October 13, Stevens suffered a severe defea the hands of Trinity. Altho hopes had hardly been bouyed for a victory, a creditable showing at least, was expected. I n very first part of the game the teams appeared evenly m but before long fumbling began and continued to grow worse as the game progressed. Some fine work was done by the line in holding Trinity when the ball was within the five yard line ; in . fact, at the end of the fourth down the ball was within an inch of the Stevens goal line, but Trinity could not score. Penalties were plentiful, but perhaps not quite so numerous as in the Rutgers game. One man was ruled off the field for slugging, unfortunately from the 'Varsity, and altho the act may have been provoked, it was decidedly uncalled for and certainly unsportsmanlike. The game was started at 3:35, Roberts kicking off to Trinity. By a fumble. on the opponent's first play, Van Syckle obtained the ball, and Roberts advanced it five yards. Unable to gain any more ground, Fonda was sent back for a drop kick. H e was unsuccessful, however,, and Trinity punted out, immediately regaining the ball. Stevens held on the first play ; on the second, the Hartford men fumbled, but recovered the ball and advanced it twenty yards. Trinity was penalized for an off-side play, Stevens held them for downs, forcing a punt. Stevens was penalized, but gained first down on a forward pass. I t wa small advantage, however, as the ball was lost on a fumble. By a double pass and an end run, Trinity made ten but because of a penalty and inability to recover the lost g the ball again came into the possession of the 'Varsity. Syckle was then put thru for five yards, but Roberts was soon forced to punt, and Pond, catching the ball, claimed a free kick. The ball was put into play by scrimmage, and Trinity, being penalized again for holding, was forced to punt. By a forward pass, the ball was lost, and the Hartford men advanced it to the thirteen yard line. They made first down, but with the ball a half inch from the goal line, Stevens repulsed every effort to cross and finally gained the pig-skin. T h e ball was punted out, Trinity getting it on the twenty-five yard line. A drop kick was tried, but it was blocked and then recovered. Hearsey, on the next play, broke thru, and tackled his man for a loss, Trinity being forced to punt. Because of a fumble, the ball rolled back of the goal line, and Maxson dropped on it for a touchdown. Pond kicked the goal. Roberts kicked off, and the b d l was advanced to the twentyfive yard line. Pond next broke thru for a sixty yard run, making a close strike for a touchdown. Time was called with the score-Trinity 6, Stevens 0.

I n the second -half, Knoblock received the ball on the kick off and advanced it ten yards. Roberts then ran it ahead fifteen yards more, but soon afterwards was compelled to punt. Trinity, in turn, was unable to gain, and punted. Roberts fumbled the ball and Donnelly fell on it for a touchdown, Pond kicking the goal. Trinity kicked off and Roberts advanced the ball five yards. Knoblock was able to make first down. Then followed an exchange of punts. Trinity gained the ball on a fumble, and worked the double pass for first down. Stevens finally held for downs and forced a kick, but Trinity recovered the ball near the goal line. Maxson was then put thru for a touchdown. Stevens kicked off to Trinity, and by old-fashioned football the Hartford men made twenty-five yards. Donnelly then broke thru for a long run, being finally stopped by Voigtlander. Knoblock recovered the ball on a fumble, but it was lost at once by a forward pass. The 'Varsity was penalized, and the ball was pushed thru by the visitors for ten yards more. Trinity made their distance, but unable to gain, tried a drop kick, which failed. Roberts then punted out, making the best punt of the game. On the next play, the ball was returned, but Cowenhoven blocked it and received it, gaining a number of yards. Fonda tried for a field goal, but again failed, and Trinity punted out. Time was then --'led with the score-Trinity 18, Stevens 0. The line up : STEVENS. TRINITY. ocurges Cowenhoven Norris Voigtlander Fonda Tyson McGall Roberts Hearsey Van Syckle, Knoblock idricks

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Henshaw Off Dougherty Carpenter Grove Buck George Buck Budd Pond Mason Maxson Donnelly

Touchdowns-Maxson (2), Donnelly. Goals from touch( 3 ). Referee-Weeks, Syracuse. Umpiredowns-Pond Fauver, Oberlin. Head linesman-Schwartz, Trinity. Time keepers-Fiske, Trinity ; Saunders, Stevens. Time of halves20 minutes. STEVENS 0-JOHNS

HOPKINS 0.

Our second out-of-town game was played against Johns Hopkins at Baltimore on October 20. The field was under an inch of water, owing to the recent rains, and the ball and players were water-soaked before the game began. Stevens kicked off to Chesney, who ran the ball back ten yards. The Stevens defense

qu~reddistance, Roberts punted to Chesney. On the next lineup, Michael attempted a kick, which was blocked, but recovered, Stevens later obtaining the ball on downs. Roberts again booted the ball short to left, and Skinner fell on it for a thirty yard gain. Fouda was called back for a drop kick, but owing to the mud the kick went low and short. Hopkins punted, and Thayer attempted a forward pass to Van Syckle; but it was not a success and Hopkins obtained the ball. Michael punted over the goal line for a touch-back, then Roberts kicked out from the twenty-five yard mark to Chesney, who ran it back twenty yards. Stevens held, and Michael was called on again for a kick. Roberts brought the pigskin back twenty yards, but was forced to kick after two unsuccessful trys* at the Hopkins end. Hopkins booted, but Cowenhoven blocked the kick and Stevens obtained the ball. After several exchanges of punts, Hopkins attempted to advance by old-fashioned football, but was penalized fifteen yards. Time for the first half was called, just as Stevens blocked a Hopkins kick. Hopkins kicked off to Thayer, who ran back ten yards. Roberts made twenty yards on a quarterback run, but Stevens was forced to kick, the ball striking a Hopkins player and Roberts recovering it. On a forward pass, from Thayer to Van Syckle forty yards were netted. The last few minutes of the half were spent in a punting battle between Michael and Roberts, Stevens having the best of it. The 'Varsity played good football, and surely deserved a score. Final score-Johns Hopkins 0, Stevens 0. The line-up : JOHNS HOPKINS. STEVENS: Sawyer, Coxe Michael Callahan Jarvis, Preble Moss Sawyer Ridgly Chesney Costello Webb Stewart

Left End Left Tackle Left Guard Centre Right Guard Right Tackle Right End Quarterback Right Halfback Fullback Left Halfback

Skinner Cowenhoven Norris Voigtlander Fonda Tyson Thayer Roberts Van Syckle Ross Knoblock

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RESULTS O F OTHER GAMES.

OCTOBER13-Princeton '10 29, Pratt 0. 6< 20-Rutgers 0, Haverford 0. 1t 20-Rensselaer 2, Hamilton 0.

Engineering Society.

"phreys being the speaker. During the course of his remarks, the President gave some very practical advice as to how the society could be made most useful to its members. H e emphasized the importance to the engineer of being able to express his thoughts, publicly, in a concise and interesting manner, and advised that the society be made a means towards this end. President Humphreys spoke briefly about Parliamentary Law and the import a n c e of having at least a fundamental knowledge of its require ments. H e advocated the observance of parliamentary rules at the meetings of the society. The speaker suggested that a series of debates would prove interesting and profitable, and proposed a number of suitable subjects. The society held a regular business meeting on Tuesday. October 16, in Dr. Denton's room. Nauheim was elected treas nrer to fill the vacancy caused by Lum's resignation. Hart presented a paper on The Arrangement of Mountings in Marine Boilers." As he was engaged in this line of work last summer. ins talk to the society presented some reliable information. -' 6 '

The next meeting of the society will be held on Tuesday October 30. Several good papers have been promised foi that time. * >

A A. Meeting. te.

The first meeting of the Athletic Association was held in thc Carnegie Laboratory on Oct. 9. The resignation of W. S. Atwater '08, as assistant football manager was accepted. T h e elections of assistant managers for the ensuing year resulted as follows : lacrosse, R. E. Butler .'08 and G. D. Thayer '08 ; baseball, E. I,. Cone '08 and H. E. Perkins '08 ; football, E. Knoblock '08.

Basketball Schedule. The basket ball schedule is as follows :

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Tennis Tournament. Notwithstanding the attractions offered by the more strenuous sports, the tennis courts at the Cricket Grounds have been in constant use during the past few weeks. T h e doubles tournament has proved very interesting, and competition is keen for the prize to be awarded the winners., T h e results of the matches played up to Wednesday are as follows : First Round-Hagan '07 and Hanmer '07 defeated Phelps '07 and Meyer '07, 6-0, 6-0 ; De Mott '08 and Shope '08 defeated Cranmer '08 and Nassoit '08 by default ; Ridgway '08 and Watts 0 8 defeated Cobb '08 and Langtry '08, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 ; Loppin '07 and Nauheim '07 defeated Lindsay '08 and Hamilton '10 by default ; Draudt '09 and Stewart '09 defeated Elmendorf '10 an$ Norris '10, 6-1, 6-2 ; Berrian '08 and Butler '08 defeated lemcke '08 and Handloser '08, 6-1, 6-4 ; Dunbar '08 and Haskins '10 defeated Demarest '07 and Hamilton '08, 6-4, 4-6, 9-7 ; Harlow 0 8 and Stewart '08 defeated Jarvis '07 and Jarvis '07, 6-2, 6-1. Second Round-Hagan and Hanmer defeated De Mott and Shope, 6-2, 6-3 ; Ridgway and Watts defeated l o p p i n and Nauheim, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Berrian and Butler defeated Draudt and Stewart, 5-7, 6-3,6-1.

M u s i c a l Clubs. At two meetings, held during the past week, the managers, leaders, and presidents of the clubs discussed plans for the formation of a Musical Clubs Association. Heretofore the organization has been rather indefinite, and past experiences have shown that this is not a good plan to follow. At the last meeting, held Monday, October 22, a tentative constitution was adopted. This will be presented at a general meeting of all the club members to be held in Prof. Denton's room, Monday, October 29, at 4 P. M. I t is urged that every man interested make an effort to be present, as the proposed organization is important for the good of the clubs, and should receive unanimous and hearty support. -

Stevens Quartet. The quartet this year will be composed of T. N. Utz '08, first tenor; C. Inglee '08, second tenor ; R. S. Lane '08, baritone ; S. J. Hallstead '10, second base. Rehearsals are already under way.

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Editorial. We are glad to see that the matter of college customs has been taken up again this year. The need of more traditions or customs at Stevens has long been recognized, but not until last year was anything definite accomplished along this line. A committee, duly appointed, drew up a set of rules for Freshmen, which was thought would meet the requirements. A mistake was made, however, which proved fatal to the movement. 6' Freshmen must", the rules said, and there was implied the fact that if they didn't-well, something would happen. This brought down faculty condemnation, and the scheme fell thru. This year a different plan has been adopted. The Freshmen nave been taken into confidence and have been given voice on the committee. As a result the proposed rules have been adopted by the Freshmen, and they will no doubt meet with the approval of the faculty. The result of the committee's labors is given on another page. We believe the provisions to be fair, and look for them to accomplish the purpose for which they are intended. In connection with the rush, we note with regret that two of the contestants were rather seriously injured. No doubt, this is in due order a natural course of events and one that might have been expected when we consider the massing together of a large number of men such as occurs at each of these rushes. Indeed, to some, it is a wonder that more numerous-and more serious accidents do not occur. Nevertheless, we realize the inevitable with a pang of regret. The ragbaby rush was inaugurated but a few years ago for the purpose of providing a healthy outlet for the pent-up feeling which is bound to accumulate between the two lower classes. It Ăƒ

The small attendance at President Humphreys's lecture, the

Faculty and Institute Notes. The optional Class in Spanish began work with Prof. Kroeh n Thursday of last week. Mr. I?. D. ~ e n n e d'98~ has been making a test of a rotary ump in the Carnegie Laboratory.

nd New York City. Among recent visitors of note at the Institute were Mi

President Humphreys made a speech at a dinner of the norer Club of New York City, last week. Mr. Harry Van The descriptive article on the Morton Laboratory of Chern- , istry, written by Dr. Pond, which appeared in the July number of the Indicator, has been reprinted #ith illustrations i n . the Scientific American and also in the Metal Worker.

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College News. an footbalfteam has appointe y a unanimous vote, the Senior Class decided to'adopt th r System in all examinations.

ut fifty of the class went down, and were shown the proce rick making in all its stages.

ing the men, after 4 o'clock. To remedy this, permissio been given the football candidates to quit work at the Ins at 3 o'clock so that they may report for practice by 3:30. work lost during this time is made up on Saturdays.

The Junior Class elections resulted as follows: Presideit, C. A. Carpenter; Vice-president, R. W. Pritchard; Secretary. , p. E. Reynolds; Treasurer, C . H. Currier; Historian, E. T. Wright. The cane spree committee is composed -of Adam, Penington, Pollak, Rickenbach, Aylsworth. At the suggestion of President Humphreys, a committee has been appointed to introduce college customs. It consists of the following men; Sturges, Spencer, and Carpenter, ex-officio.

The first re&ular meeting of the Sophomore Class was held on October 11. Little, Kreitler and M a y a were appointed as a committee to see Prof. Knapp for the purpose of having the drawing room opened Wednesdayafternoons and Saturday mornings. The election of officers was then held. The results

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right guard; Carruthers, left guard; Wellbrocke, right tackle; Sandmeyer (Ryan), left tackle; Webster, right end; Sheldon, left end; Mann, quarterback ; Schultze, fullback ; Cook, right halfback ; Eichner, left halfback. I n spite of threatened rain, a fair sized crowd was at the game to make a noise for Stevens Prep. There is nothing that helps the team to do good work as much as good cheering. Remember that, fellows, and everybody come to each game with well-oiled lungs. PREP 17-HACKENSACK H. S. 5. . After a week of good, hard practice, the football team lined up', last Wednesday, against the Hackensack High School. There was a good deal of interest shown in the game by everybody in the Prep, a large crowd being present. A touchdown was made by the Prep in the first half by good, old-fashioned, straight football. In thesecond period, however, some of the new ideas were tried. A second touchdown by the Prep, to offset one made by Hackensack, was sort of a bracer and, in the last minute of play, Cook carried the ball from the center of the field over the line for the third touchdown. The final score stood: Stevens Prep 17-Hackensack High School 5. On Monday, October 8, a meeting of the delegates of the New Jersey Inter-Scholastic league was held in the East Orange High school, and delegates were present representing Montclair High School, Newark High School, East Orange High School, and Stevens Prep. The meeting was called to close up old busi-; ness left over from last year's baseball and track seasons, and to decide on next season's baseball schedule. Owing, however, the late hour at which the meeting was called, it was found nece sary to put off the latter business until another session. T schedules of the track teams of each school for the coming seas will be arranged by the managers of the various teams at a spec meeting. On Monday, October 16, the Senior Class held a meeting4 the Carnegie laboratory. Officers were elected, and committee were appointed for the purpose of getting class pins and arranging for the '07 dance. The class officers elected were: Presi dent, W. A. Boyd; Secretary, H, Payne; Treasurer, A. Wellbroke. Designs for all occasions.

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