[The Stute] March 1, 1907 (Issue 8, Volume III)

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MARCH 1, 1907.

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The Long# Inspection Trip.

for the casting of various engine parts, etc.--and the prdcesses involved explained at length by the guides.

Cars were then taken to Altoona, and the P. R. R. repair shops thrown open for inspection. Here the party saw the innumerable parts involved in the construction of the modern locomotive, and a grasp was obtained upon the various operations as could be revealed in no other way. In the afternoon a visit was made to tlie Jnniata shops, which are devoted almost wholly to

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devcited to the inspection of the works of yhe Carnegie Steel CoThe huge rolling mills, by means of which the large ingots of iron are pressed into rails, I-beams, channels, etc. were a wonderful sight. A visit was also made to the blast furnaces, Bessemer converters and open hearth furnaces, and the various processes explained by guides. T h e ease with which huge billets of iron are handled and the almost human action of the machinery were noticable features of this plant.

McKeesport, the home of the National Tube Co., was the scene of the afternoon's inspection. The manufacture of iron pipe was here seen in all its stages as well as that of pipe fittings.

The party was especially struck with the comparatively simple process by which tubes are evolved from iron plate by the buttended method. I n the evening "Madamoiselle Modiste" at the Nixon theatre furnished a suitable relaxation.

Friday was devoted entirely to the Westinghouse shops at .

East Pittsburg. The huge factory of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co., in which are employed over 10,00Omen, was covered .only by the strenuous efforts on the part of the in- specters. Here was seen the manufacture of electrical apparatus of every description. A special attraction was thesection devoted to the new locomotives for installation on the 37. Y., N. H. & H.' R. R. These are the joint product of the Baldwin Locomotive and the Westinghouse Companies. The process of electric welding and the construction of turbo-generators received much attention.

At the works of the Westinghouse Machine Con~panythe party took especial interest in the ccjnstruction of the Parsons steam turbine. Several enormous 42 x 54 blast furnace gas en* gines were in process of manufacture here. I n the evening roller skating proved the chief attraction.

Buffalo was reached on Saturday morning after a strenuous night on the sleeping car. The party went to the converter station of the Buffalo General Electric Co. where the current generated at Niagara Falls is transformed from the high 11000 transmission voltage to voltages required for use in the city of Buffalo.

A trip was also made to the outskirts of the city where a new plant has just been put in operation. Here the transformation from 11000-volt, 3-phase, 25-cycles to 2200-volt, 2-phase, 60cycles is made in one step by means of recently-installed converters.

Sunday at Niagara Falls was an off-day as far as inspection was concerned and was spent in sight-seeing. The beauty and grandeur of this wonderful work of nature was not lost upoz these students of .engineering, and a most pleasant day was uassed in various trios about the Falls.

On Monday morning real work began with a visit to the two plants of the Niagara Falls Power Co., located on the American side. Here water is taken in above (he Falls, dropped down to turbines 136 feet below, and is then discharged by &tunnelto the

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h<dlow vertical shaft to an electric generator situated on ground level. Power house No. 1, the first constructed, contains ten generators each of .SO00 h. p., while No. 2's output is 55000 h. pi, made up of eleven similar generating units.

The party journeyed to the Canadian side of the river and inspected the plant of the Ontario Power Company. An entirely. different scheme is here employed to obtain electrical energy from the potential energy of the water, A line of pipe-the largest steel water pipe in the world-brings water from above the Falls and discharges it thru turbines placed a t the lower level. AnJ effective head of 175 feet is obtained by means of which, under present plans, it is proposed to develop 180,000 h. p.

The hydraulic development of the Canadian Niagara Falls , Power Co. is similar to that of the American plants of the Niagara Falls Power Co. The water is taken in thru a short canal, discharged thru penstocks into turbines near the bottom of a wheel pit, and carried away to the lower river thru a tunnel about 2000 feet in length. The most distinctive feature of this plant is the size of the .generating units, each of which has a capacity of 10,000 horsepower.

The plant of the Electrical Development Company, also on the Canadian side, is now in process of construction. This plant discharges thru a short tunnel directly under the Falls. Its equipment will be eleven generators each of 8000 kilowatts capacity, and the current generated will be transmitted at high voltages for use in the city of Toronto.

Further inspection of plants on the American side was made on Tuesday morning, when the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power. and Manufacturing Company, the oldest power project at the , Falls, was visited. The water is taken in thru a surface canal and discharged thru a head of about 200 feet to turbines directly connected to generators on a horizontal shaft. The current generated is used by various manufacturing industries located nearby.

Short trips were also made thru the factories of the Inter- national Paper Co. and the National Food Co. The processes involved proved very interesting, and at the latter place the party sat down to a "natural food luncheon."

Schenectady was reached on Tuesday evening. Wednesday was devoted to the General Electric Co's works, and this large . plant, which has in its employ over 14000 men, provided a busy day for the Stevens men. Many operations were noted here which had not been brought to view in the Westinghouse plant.

Start was made at the section devoted to winding, and during the course of the day more than 50 buildings were more or less thoroly covered. Especial interest was taken in the construction of the Curtis type of turbine, a comparison being possible with tbs .great rival in this line-the Parsons turbine of the Westinghouse C o n ~ p a a y ~The heavy construction details of the new , terbo-alternatq also proved interesting-. iu8om..~&tfae party =I^; fortunate enough -to obtain-a.ridBveflt

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one of the new 3300-volt single-phase, high speed trolleys, in course of construction by this company. T h e attention of the inspecting party was also directed to a number of electric mining locomotives. I n the evening vodvil" was the attraction at the Mohawk theatre. .

The American Locomotive Works was visited on Thursday morning. This is a much larger plant than that of the Penn.

R. R . at Altoona, and construction work is here done on alarger scale, the output being eighty locomotives a month.

Local Inspection Trips.

Those who took advantage of the local inspection trips, under the guidance of Professor Furman, left Jersey City, Wednesday morning, February 13, for Trenton. Here the firstplace visited was the De Lava1 Steam Turbine Co.'s plant. T h e efficient methods of construction of turbine buckets, high-speed lubricating devices, and spiral gear cutting apparatus, as well as the systematic method of assembling machines, were noted with particular interest. At the Trenton Potteries all kinds of modern heavy clayware were seen in different stages. The visit to the J. A. Roebling Sons Co's. Wire Mills gave excellent opportunity to view complete processes of the manufacture of wire and steel cables.

After spending the night at Philadelphia, the New York Shipbuilding Co., at Camden, I?. J., was visited on the morning of February 14. At this most extensive and modern plant were three United States battleships in three distinct stages of building, which with other boats and the general machinery in construction thruout the shops, gave exceptional view of the extended field of marine engineering.

The visit to the Pencoyd Works of the American Bridge Co. afforded observations of the methods of making open-hearth steel and of the rolling of ingots into beams and plates, and the construction of heavy plate girders and columns.

Friday morning the Baldwin Locomotive Works were inspected. Here the interesting process and details of engine manufacture were diligently looked into. At t h e U. S. Mint was seen the manufacture of currency. A guide explained to the visitors the most interesting and complicated gear cutting machinery. T h e plant of the Bement-Niles Works presented the construction of very heavy machine tools.

Friday night was passed at South Bethlehem, Pa. Saturday morning, February 16, the famous Bethlehem Steel Company's Works were visited. Altho several of the most interesting mills were not open for inspection, the extensive processes and methods of open-hearth steel casting and ordnance manufacture were observed with deep interest. The New Jersey Zinc Works: fr illustratioss .of t+e<pfflpara'tiv,ely51ffiple.pmcess -of .zinc; ,

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Junior Prom.

The Junior Promenade, the event of the college year and the first social gathering of the class of 1908, was held on Friday evening, February 8. T h e main features of the Prom. this year were the beauty and wit of the fair partners and the beauty and effect of the decorations. Of the first, they were of course the choice of the class of 1908 and nothing further need be said to express their excellence. T h e decorations were much more extensive than in the past years, and in the opinion of unbiased persons, the best that has even been seen at Stevens. I n the ball-room, festoons of southern smilax replaced the excellent, but rather aged, red and grey streamers as a ceiling decoration.

Small hemlock trees against the walls and more smilax decorated the sides of the room. Mullet and his musicians, the best which ever came from Brooklyn, as usual graced one corner. I n the * lecture room the engineering ability of '08 was displayed in a very novel and beautiful effect-an old mill scene. The mill was constructed of logs, with an overshot water wheel, which ran vigorously all night notwithstanding the opinions of many wise, but questionable engineers. T h e water fell over the wheel and flowed thru a winding brook and down into a mill pond. I n the brook and pond were scattered rocks, sand, ferns, and moss, while i n the background were arranged hemlock trees. Green and red lights partially concealed among the rocks, ferns, and trees,, and shining thru the water spray, afforded a soft glowing light, highly satisfactory to all. A crescent moon shone over the trees, adding greatly to the scene. Several cozy corners in the room, artistically decorated with green boughs and partly hidden by trees, were in great demand. T h e programmes were of soft, smooth leather in card case form-white for the ladies and green Persian leather for the men. A simple gold stamped seal adorned the cover. At nine-thirty the Prom. began with an opening. march, lead by the class president. T h e place was suitable, the music excellent, and the company the best, so time passed rapidly and pleasantly until with many a regret the dancers departed in the cold grey dawn.

The Special Lectures.

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The special lectures to the senior class, given on Monday mornings during the theses term, proved very interesting and instructive. The subjects discussed, tho varying widely in nature, were ones of importance to a general knowledge of engineering ; and the talks were especially valuable because of the fact that much information was imparted which cannot be obtained in the regular curriculum, A review of the course of lectures follows : Architectural Engineering" was the subject of a talk by Mr. William 0. l,udlow '92. H e showed the relationship that Ă&#x201A;ÂĽi

ust exist between the artist-that is, the designer-and the ained engineer, and stated that there is an excellent 0 ~ ~ 0 r t u n i t ~ r Stevens graduates in the architectural line. The speaker desibed in a general way the various phases of building design. took as an example an eight-story factory, and showed in dethe aid of diagrams the factors which determine the difitems of construction. In conclusion, Mr. Ludlow gave ery practical advice to those about to enter the engineering r. William R. Baird '78, gave a skries of three lectures on Patent Law." These were somewhat of a humorous nature, eing enlivened by the relation of incidents in connection with "?thepatent business. The history of patent law was traced from 3ts origin to the present time, and the con~plicatedsystem now in use clearly explained. Mr. Baird stated what constitutes a patent and what classes of things and operations are patentable. i ~ h method e of obtaining a patent was discussed and also the frights of a patentee when his application has been granted. The "speaker explained the meaning of infringement of patent rights %+.and the course of procedure in event of such, accompanying his remarks by illustrations from personal experience.

Mr. W. D. Forbes spoke on the subject, Engineering Life." This lecture took the form of a heart to heart talk with the men on the life-work in which they are soon to be engaged.

Much practical advice was given as to how success may be obtained in the profession.

A lecture on "Air Lift Pumping" was given by Mr. Robert M. Anderson '87. Mr. Anderson described the three systems of pumping by means of air-the Pohle, Titus, and Bacon systems -and pointed out the advantages of each, the general arrangement of compressor, receiver, separator, etc. being shown by means of drawings. The theoretical formulae involved in this . line of work proved rather dry and uninteresting.

Mr. Richard Beyer '88 gave a short talk on "Topographical Surveying.' ' The speaker explained very thoroly the methods used in the various kinds of surveying and some of the short cuts employed by the intelligent engineer.

An entirely new line of thought was furnished by Henry I,.

Gantt '84 in his address on "The Utilization of Labor."

The speakers occupation is one of "making plants pay," arid he was enabled to give from his personal experiences the reasons why many commercial undertakings are financial failures. The trouble often lies in the fact, Mr. Gantt said that there is a waste of energy owing to the failure to properly utilize labor.

He then gave figures contrasting the results before and after effort had been made along this line, some of which seemed almost incredible to his hearers.

Mr. Nicolai H. Hiller '89 in two lectures gave a very corn-, prehensive outline of the process of refrigeration. Both the2

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absorption and compression systems were gone into thoroly, and the arrangement of the apparatus shown on slides. Mr. Hiller spoke of the advantage of a sytsem using exhaust steam and contrasted the efficienciesof the compressing machine under different conditions.

Sophomore Dinner.

The annual sophomore dinner was held at the Hotel Victoria on Wednesday, February 13. I t was a great success in every way, and much credit is due to- the committee in charge. The date was kept secret until the day of the dinner, when in some mysterious manner a rumor started and everyone was aware of it. I n spite of all this, but two of the sophomores failed-to evade the numerous bands of freshmen, and after spending the afternoon in various ways, the class assembled at seven-thirty in the hotel.

The menu cards were extreraly novel, and made a very neat souvenir. The cover had a Stevens seal upon it and a picture of the class was pasted upon the first page inside.

The toasts were exceptionally good, and were responded to by the following men: G . E. Terwilliger, The Class;" E. N y land, "The Faculty;'' W. lippincott, "Athletics;" P. I,. Ross, "The Ladies;" W. Hearsey, '~ootlicks;" H. E. Skinner, " ~ e peaters. " W. AX. Hendricks acted as toastmaster. , 0

E-qjineerirqijSociety.

An important meeting of the engineering Society will be held on Tuesday, March 5, 1906, at 4 P. M. in Dr. Denton's room. Officers will be elected to serve during the second term.

Senior Theses.

Subjects for senior theses not reported in the last issue are : Minck and Turnbull : "Test of an Electric locomotive," i Pellet and MacBurney : Bxamination of Gas Engine Cylinder Oil. ' ' Willis and Demarest : "Test of the 'City Columbus,' Sar vannah Steamship Co. Parkhurst and Green : "Comparative test of Babcock and W i l c o ~and Caldwell Boilers."

66 Duknbury, Lawrence, and Walker : Comparative Capacity test of Air Compressors."

Valentine and O'Keefe : i'~nvestigationof Induced Draft System. " C

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Cecil Ivan Curry.

Cecil Ivan Curry, Class of 1908, died at Christ Hospital, Jersey City, at twenty minutes after ten, Friday morning, February 8th. He was first taken ill on TRhursday evening, two weeks before his death, and was removed to the Hospital on February lst, suffering from pneumonia. With him at the last were his father and three members of the Class,-Berrian, Home, and Robb. On the Saturday following his death as many of the Class as were acquainted with the facts viewed the body at the undertaking establishment, and about thirty of the men accompanied the body to the train when it was removed to his home, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Sunday, the 10th. Mr. Curry was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and Theta Nu Epsilon fraternities; he was nineteen years old last June ; was a valued member of the Musical Clubs ; and was one of the best liked and most popular men in the Class.

On learning of Mr. Curry's death, the Class telegraphed for a set piece of flowers to be used at the funeral and unanimously adopted the following resolutions on February 14th : Whereas, God in His infinite wisdom and mercy has

seen fit to take unto Himself our friend and classmate, Cecil Ivan Curry, by whose death we have suffered the irreparable loss of one whom we have come to admire for his manliness and unselfish character : be it therefore ..

sense of personal bereavement ; and

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Resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be entered in the Annals of the Class ; and be it further Revolved) that a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the bereaved family as a token of our sincere sy rnpathy . f K. H. CONDIT, SEIAMAN, Committee : FOLKE A. E, SKINNER,

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Senior Dinner.

The senior dinner was held on Monday, February 4, at the Hotel Imperial. Those who braved the blizzard and were present had a very enjoyable time and voted the dinner a great success.

The table was tastefully decorated with ferns and fruits and lighted by miniature colored electric lights. Quite ax unique feature was the music, which was supplied by the electric teleharmonium.

The menus were of grey swede, embossed with gold. The menu was : BLUE POINTS CREAM O F TOMATOES

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CHLRRY BOUCHEES MARYLAND HALIBUT AU GRATIN

POTATOBS FILET O F BEEF, LARDED RICHELIEU STUFFED PEPPERS STRING BEANS SORBET AU KIRSCH ROAST SQUAB SALAD

FANCY ICES

ASSORTED CAKES

FRUIT COFFEE

CHEESE

B. A, Meyer acted as toastmaster, and the following men responded to toasts : R. E. Willis, "The Class;" A. McGall, "The Faculty;" W. H. Correa, "Athletics;" E. Green, "The Ladies;" M. B. Lum) "College Life;" C. G. Michalis, Hoboken;" B. J. Klein, "Grinds."

Correa was quite the popular man of the evening, his toast being received the most enthusiastically and" he was elected to The elections retwo offices in the class 'honorary elections." sulted as follows : Man who has Done Most for the College, B. J. Klein ; Most Popular, Jarvis ; Handsomest, H. H. Helms ; Best Dressed, A. Parkhurst ; Most Conceited, Bonis; Class Sport, Cruickshank ; Class Drunk, Correa ; Greatest Lady Killer, Correa ; Biggest Bootlick, Minck.

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M u s i c a l Clubs.

The Musical Clubs played to an appreciative audience on January 1 2 t h , in the New Ashland Auditorium, East Orange.

N . J., under the auspices of the High School Alumni Association. The concert was for the benefit of a fund, the interest of which is to be used to establish a college scholarship in the High School. The clubs as a whole made a fair showing, altho the Glee Club and Orchestra were rather weak in point of numbers.

I t certainly seems that the men should feel a somewhat personal responsibility about attendance at these concerts, which have been arranged for them and from which they expect to derive benefit at the close of the season. The Mandolin Club and Quartet, judging from the applause received, carried off the honors. Following is the program which is being generally followed this season : PART I. ORCHESTRA M'lle Modiste GLEE CLUB - Tlie Elf Man MANDOLINCLUB - Laughing Sam QUARTET Onward PART I1 ORCHESTRA Roses Honey Moon Linda CLUB GLEE - Prince of India MANDOLIN CLUB QUARTET Old Fashioned Medly . Mechanical Engineer ALL All who have not seen the manager regarding 1907-8 dues should do so at once. With the advent of a faculty treasurer i t is necessary to keep the accounts up to date.

The long delayed souvenirs of last season's work have just been received. Anyone who has been overlooked should apply to Walker '07, or Utz '08.

Lacrosse Prospects.

It is now only one month before the lacrosse season opens ; so it is up to every man trying for the class teams, or'for the 'varsity to get down to the pier and have his stick-handling down to a science before the season opens.

If you have never had a stick in your hands, freshman, get iething and come down to practice and learn the game. For ive got to beat those sophomores in the spring-remember

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football. Get on your class team ; it is a stepping-stone to the 'varsity.

The sophomores have got to do some ''tall hustling" to beat the freshmen this year-don't forget that, sophomores. The pier is on River Street and waiting for you. ' ~ e r t "Davis has been engaged to coach the team again this Far, and if he gets the material will turn out a good team for us.

The probable schedule follows : APRIL 3-42. C. N. Y . ati Hoboken. ' 6-N. Y. I,. C . f l '11 13ÑColumbi < 19-Harvard ' I I ' ' 27-Lehigh MAY 4-Hopkins at Baltimore. *1 6-Mt. Washington at Baltimore. ' 9ÑCrescen A. C. at Bay Ridge. ' 15-Swarthmore at Hoboken. ' 18-Cornell at Hoboken. , 25ÑOnondag Indians at Hoboken.

Alumni game during commencement week.

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Some time before the Lehigh game, scheduled for January 19, those in charge of the 'varsitj basketball team decided that it would be inadvisable to continue the team this season, and consequently the remainder of the games on the schedule were cancelled and the team disbanded. Lack of a suitable place in which to practice is given as the reason for this action, as explained by the statement of the manager which follows. [ED.] 'Varsity basketball has been dropped, for the present, at least.

This is due to the inability to secure a court on which to hold regular practice.

It is not without a deep feeling of regret that this step was taken, but it must be apparent to all that without a home court it is practically impossible to have a successful team and wholly impossible to cover expenses. No matter how large guarantees are received, it can not be expected that this source of revenue alone will cover both travelling and maintainence expenses.

Before basketball can be placed where Stevens can compete with other colleges in her class, we must have a gymnasium.

There is no intention- to discourage by this statement the formation of class teams, but it is patent that when we enter open competition, we must have a team which has had the benefit of training and practice. We who are interested in basketball earnestly hope that some one will in the near future provide the $100,000. asked for in the catalogue. The financial report follows:

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Manager Odd Fellows' Hall From West Point A. A. From C. C. N. Y. A. A .

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Interclass Basketball Team.

In a spirited game of basketball, the sophomores defeated the freshmen at Odd Fellows' Hall on February 14, by a score of 24 to 10.

The line up: 1909 Pickett Kreitler Mahon, Ludwig Fonda Carniaux

1910 McCahkie Hoffman Slegel , Kranse Meeker

Right Guard Left Guard Center Right Forward Left Forward

Bowling.

A team representing Stevens Institute bowled a match against the Columbia University team, last year's champions of of the Intercollegiate Bowling League, on the Riverside alleys, New York, January 19. The visitors met defeat in two out of three games, but won the second contest easily. Columbia put up an excellent tally of 931 in the last set-to. The scores : COLUMBIA. STSVENS. White Wechsler Epstein Bernstein Schlachter Totals

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133 113 135 188 170

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A. A* M e e t i n g .

A meeting of the Athletic Association was held on Monday, January 14, 1907, in Dr. Geyer's room. President Norris called the meeting to order, a i d in his opening remarks he deplored the poor attendance. There were but few more than fifty men present, and i t seemed that such a small percentage. of the 450 nlembers of the A. A. was inadequate to decide some of the important questions that followed. That there were but few seniors present is due to the fact that nearly all were at work on their theses, but no good reason can account for the lack of interest in college affairs taken by the other classes. During the meeting there was very little discussion of questions, and nearly all the motions were made by one man. There was very little interest shown by the majority of the men present ; for the votes were either all ayes or all nays, even on questions upon which there is undoubtedly a considerable difference of opinion.

Mr. Norris stated that he had obtained a bulletin board for the exclusive use of the Association, and hereafter all athletic notices and the record of the attendance of the "scrub" players would be posted on this board. Mr. Norris is also trying to obtain desk room in one of the six offices which are being constructed under the library.

The motions on the table were first taken up. I t was decided that 'varsity managers should be permitted to wear the S T ' , as soon their teams begin to play, and that class teams need not play any outside game in order to obtain numerals.

Mr. Roberts suggested that the executive board as a body should not make any nominations for officers of the A. A. in the coming election, as has been the practice heretofore and which has always caused discussions. This was put in the form of a motion and passed, and it was also decided that hereafter rib proxies shall be used.

The new system for the election of officers, an account of which has been previously published, was adopted. Much benefit is expected to result from its application.

That there should be no basketball numerals given in the future was put in the form of a motion and laid on the table, as was a motion establishing a manager of the track team. There was some discussion about the 'varsity track insignia, and a motion that it should consist of a grey Old English 'S' on a red sweater" was laid on the table. A motion requiring repeaters to play with their regular class was also laid over. I t was also moved that 'varsity managers should report to the faculty treasurer within forty-eight hours -after returning from a trip.

I t was decided that all college records, the constitution, the minutes of both the A. A. and the executive board, the reports of the different managers, the treasurer's report, agreements, etc. should be recorded in a book and put in the library.

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Report of Basketball Team 1905-'0fj, t h e Editor of The S

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I enclose herewith the final financial report of the Stevens basketball team for the SeaSon of 1905-1906, as follows : RECEIPTS. Guarantee, Lehigh Hackensack High School ' Passaic A. C. - 5.00 ' Summit Y. M. C. A. 10.00 St. John's Institute 3.00 Subscriptions 25.00

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Respectfully yours, WM.R,VANNORTWICK, Mgr.

chess.

Annually comes the call for renewed interest in some game or sport, club or society. The chess club was organized in 1906, took its place on the pages of Link and then dropped out of sight. A number of 1909 men have kept the game alive, and recent events have led some to believe that chess can again be put on the "active" list of Stevens' interests.

A meeting was held some time ago, and the organization was again put in running condition. Challenges have been received from Rutgers, asking for a date the latter part of March or first of April, from Polytechnic of Brooklyn, and from the Hoboken Chess Club.

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The sophomore team, Hoexter, Jappe, Landesman and Peper, has played one match with Polytechnic, and was badly defeated. I t is now the wish to get together a representative team from all four classes to play off the matches above mentioned and any others which may be obtained. T o this end a meeting of the club is called for Wednesday, March 6 , at 3:10 P. M., in Prof. Martin's room. All men interested in the game in any way should attend-especially prospective candidates for Stevens team.

A tournament will probably be arranged in the near future.

Prof. I. F. Rice, formerly of Columbia, will present the club with a silver mounted chess table valued at $100, provided interest in the games seems to be permanently revived. Landesman '09 will receive 'applications for membership.

Musical Clubs

Bruohyln Concert.

On February 20, the Musical Clubs visited the Knickerbocker Field Club of Brooklyn. Altho crippled by the absence of some members-a circumstance altogether too common this season-the program rendered was apparently enjoyed. The Glee Club was in a little better shape than at the East Orange Concert. Accompaniments for the orchestra were played by Hegeman '05, who also gave his usual piano monologue. The quartet was called on for a third encore at its second appearance. After the concert most of the men remained for dancing.

Faculty and Institute Notes.

Former Professor Jacobus has resumed his course of lectures to the senior class.

President Henry S. Drinker, of Lehigh University, was a visitor to the Institute on Monday.

M. W. Palmer '06 has been appointed as an assistant in the department of mechanical drawing.

Prof. Kroeh is a member of the Editor's Cabinet of Success Magazine, having charge of the language Department.

A number of changes have been made in the position of the apparatus for tests in the Carnegie Laboratory, enabling a schedule to be drawn up by which the work of the junior year will be confined to experiments on the second floor.

Aided by the donation of President Humphreys, the surplus of ?he Link of 1906 has been used to purchase a mahogany director's table and set of chairs, which are now installed in the Memorial room of the Morton Laboratory. The room will be open for inspection to-day from twelve to one o'clock.

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Notice has been received by the Institute authorities from the Hoboken Land and Improvement CO. that the Cricket Grounds must be vacated by May 1. I t is supposed that the intention is to cut up the grounds into building lots.

Baseball.

Indoor baseball practice began Tuesday, February 26, at the N. G. I,. Pier. All candidates who have not as yet reported and who wish to try for the team should hand their names to Lawrence '07, or Henes '08.

Prep Notes* The Prep lacrosse candidates have been allowed to use one of the North German Piers for the spring practice. This practice will be especially necessary this year as the game that must be wtin is almost first on the schedule. We must beat Boys' High this year, and it will take a good team to do it.

The necessity of money for the baseball season is plainly evident. This spring we have a satisfactory schedule and plenty of home games. The usual season tickets will probably be issued in a short while and, after each fellow has examined the number of games to which his ticket will admit him, we hope he'll come forward with his money.

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The annual dance of the senior class was held on Friday, February 1. Everybody apparently had a good time, and the evening's fun proceeded without a hitch, except for a few moments when some one, whose only bosom shirt was at the laundry, got mad and turned the lights out. On the whole the dance was a success, and anyone wishing to learn to whom its success was due, will kindly not judge entirely by the men on the committee.

All candidates for the baseball team should hand their names and positions for which they will try, to Payne.

The schedule to date is as follows : APRIL13-Webb Academy, Hoboken.

6 23-Francis Xavier, ' ' 27-Dewitt Clinton, M[+Y 3-League game.

-Morris Academy, Morristown.

10-League game 11-Bloo~lfield High, Bloom field.

14-League game.

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29-league game.

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There will be two games with each school in the league, making six games in all, three of which will be played in Hoboken.

Some observer of things has said, "It is always the unexpected that happens." We do not know whether the author of this remark was ever a student at Stevens School, but in the light of past events we are led to believe so.

When the ice became good enough to use, it occured. to the minds of some few to play hockey. Accordingly much talk was indulged in on the subject, games were arranged, and all preparations were made as if we actually had a team. The first game scheduled came along and along came "our team" with it. I t was a rare team ! Half of it hardly knew theother half, let alone the matter of practice. I t was the first time that the majority of the fellows had been on the ice this year. In spite of all this, we won, 2-1, from South Orange. Did we hear anyone say any thing about the unexpected ?' ' At that we took a brace and decided that we were out of our class. We thought Boy's High of Brooklyn was about our size, and accordingly looked them up. Owing to the wild aspect of the neighborhood around the skating rink where the game was held, the team decided that to win the game might cause trouble and so we tied the score, 1-1. Not so bad considering-.

About a week later a motley bunch, armed with variouslj I1 borrowed" sticks and skates, lined up against a pick and span aggregation with beautiful blue jerseys adorned with conspicuous N's. I t was the Newark High team, out in its finest to trounce poor Stevens. I t was a shame ! Not even a Stevens emblem to offset that gorgeous array of Newark uniforms! But we beat them. Oh ! yes, 2-0. Unexpected ? Oh ! not a t a l l .

By tfais time "the team" decided that, inasmuch as no college team would consent to a meeting, it was a waste of time to trifle with little games, so it let Montclair win in order not to but that spoil their previous record. Unexpected ? Why-; is the history of the first hockey team Stevens School has had in some time. f I

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