VOL. IX.-No. 11. STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1912. PRICE 5 CENTS. THIRD ASSEMBLY A MR. HENDERSON ANNUAL NEW SHOW THE BUSINESS MEETING TO LECTURE SMOKER HELD "BLAZER GIRL" Plans Laid Before College Speaker is a Recognized Small Percentage of Student Second Varsity Show to be for 'Organization of" As­ Authority on ,Steam Body Appears. Numerous Given During Mid- sembly Comn1ittee" Locon10tives Speeches Made Year Vacation SUGGES'l'ION OF Y. ill. C. .A. "THE DEVELOPMEN'l' THE AFFAIR "CAP" HART AGAIN IlOARD NOT ACCEPTED OF 'J'HE LOCOllIOTIVE" POOR,LY CONDUCTED TO COACH CAST On Wednesday at schedule time On Tuesday next, the 10th, Mr. Last Tuesday night about seven­ The Stevens Dramatic Society the college nlet in the Auditoriunl George R. Henderson will present ty-five of the faithful gathered for last week started rehearsals on' to consider and vote on plans before the S. E. S. a talk on "The the annual smoker to the football this year's Varsity Show, which formed by the Y. M. C. A. for the Development of the Locomotive." team at Odd Fellows' Hall. It was is to be given during Junior week. electing of officers for the General The invention of the locomotive a perfect display of lack of Stevens The name of the production is the Assembly. The nleeting opened disclosed one of the greatest labor spirit. "Blazer Girl." It is a musical with a song, after which Bradshaw, saving machines of that date and The musical clubs management comedy and is to be produced ,13, temporary chairman of the the railway engine has been and being dissappointed by the musical under the direct supervision of B. Assembly, introduced Mr. B. F. still is the most important means clubs and unable to find a set of F. ("Cap") Hart, '87. The book Hart, 87. of land transportation. From the exponents of the manly art, pro­ was written by Trewin, '13 and "Cap" Hart began by speaking time of the first walking-beam en­ d uced two so-called professional Kay, '14 and the music by Russ, of the great work done by the foot­ gine to the present, wonderful entertainers, one of whom tried to '13, Silbert, '13, Cawley, '14, and ball team on November twenty­ strides have been made in increas­ tell stories and the other pathetic­ Milligan, '15. The cast is an ex­ third. What he said in its praise ing its efficiency and adapting it ally endeavored to "twitter." ceptionally good one, and the parts was well deserved, and coming both for speed or great draw- bar The speeches were mighty good are filled by the men who are from a former football captain car­ pull as necessity demands. The and it was a shame that so many thought best fitted for them. ried much weight. In speaking valves and their gearing have been missed them. Captain Burnham, As the curtain rises on the first of the "Stevens Night" at the New made the special subject of study the first speaker, told of the lack of act, a typical dormitory roonl is Amsterdam Theatre, New York in order to get the greatest economy scrubs during the past season and seen, a group of students lounging City, December 6, he said that the of steam, and the least friction and need of a strong scrub for 1913. and talking. Alumni Association was already weight of members. The boiler He also spoke of appreciation of The second act is in a hotel in assured of a profit; so that every had to be so constructed that it nlen outside of college who worked the Catskills, and the third act is student purchasing tickets for the would nleet the severe conditions hard for the team. Doc Traeger the hotel exterior. performance may now consider to which it is subjected and still spoke of the spirit of the team, The scenes have been carefully himself contributing directly to the leave a maximum of safety, with pointed out where crippled nlen prepared and pron1ise to be a fu nds of the Association. a minimum of weight. In fact, helped bare the brunt of the foot­ revelation. Bradshaw then proceeded to every part and accessory must be ball battle and told the student We are nlore than fortunate in place before the Assembly the of the most approved construction. body where they were wrong in securing "Cap" Hart for director, plans which the Y. M. C. A. Board Certainly we are fortunate in hav­ stirring up spirit so late in the sea­ as he established a permanent rep­ had decided to be the best suited ing Mr. George R. Henderson to son. Coach Fuller's speech on utation for himself last year in pro­ to'the needs of the college. The unfold the 111ysteries of the locomo­ "Ideals" was greatly appreciated ducing "The Professor's Daugh­ Board recommended a committee tive to us, to explain the nlethods as was the announcement that he ter," and it is a certainty that to be elected to take charge of the now used and to present the facts is to coach next year's team. under his supervision. the' 'Blazer meetings, the committee to consist and figures of present construction. Manager Beck announced during Girl" will be crowned with success. of five men chosen as follows: one The speaker was born in Phila­ his speech that Van Vechten, '14, representative from the Senior delphia in 1861, and there attended would be his successor. Probably the Freshmen had one besides But­ Class to be elected as chairnlan of Gauderbeck Academy, from which the most stirring speech of the ler, their quarterback and captain. the Committee by the entire as­ he graduated at the age of sixteen. evening was that of Mr. Saunders The game started with the Fresh­ sembly; one representative fronl During the years 1883 to 1903 he of the prep who is to coach next men at the north goal, Butler re­ the A. A. Board, the Honor Board, acted successively in the capacity year's baseball team. He spoke of ceiving the kick-off and taking the the Y. M. C. A., and the Musical of draftsman, chief draftsman, as­ the backing the team had had ball to the 35-yard line before being downed. Singer took 12 yards Clubs, each of the four to be elect­ sistant superintendent and finally and offered some good suggestions. around right end, then Savale took ed by the organization to which he as Superintendent of Motive Power Following the football speakers of the Santa Fe Railroad. One the managers and captains of the 35 around the same end. The belonged. In the discussion which year later Mr. Henderson entered other three major sports spoke and Sophs were next penalized 15 yards followed another suggestion was into consulting practice and is prin­ the smoker broke up with the for holding and on the next play advanced, namely, to elect a conl­ cipally engaged by the Baldwin Alma Mater and a long yell. the Freshmen punted, sending the nlittee composed of one represent­ Locomotive Works. In 1906 it is ball near the goal line. Ratner ative fronl each of the four classes, also notable that he found time to I9I6 VICTORS fumbled the punt and Musk, '16, an A. A. Board representative and give a course of lectures at the carried the ball over for the first a Faculty advisor. The class re­ Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. goal of the ganle. The Freshnlen presentatives were to be elected by The societies of which Mr. Hen­ In the last Freshman-Sophomore failed to kick the goal, the score contest of the season the Class of standing 6-0. their respective classes; the Faculty derson is a nlember are: American 1916 scored another victory over Ratner, the Sophonlore captain, Society of Mechanical Engineers, nlember and the A. A. Board re­ their rivals by trimming the Sophs received the kick-off and took the presentative to be elected by the Master Mechanics Association, at football to the tune of 13-0. The ball out 20 yards. The Sophs lost entire assembly. This plan was Master Car Builders Association, game looked like a Freshman vic­ the ball on downs, then the Fresh­ placed in the form of a motion, Franklin Institute, New York Rail­ tory fronl start to finish in spite of men lost it and the Sophs punted. seconded and carried almost unani­ road Club and the National Geo­ the fact that the Sophomores had The Freshmen again punted, the nl0usly. graphic Society. four Varsity men in their line while (Continued on page 6.) 2 THE STUTE COMMUNICATION would be a Student Self-Govern­ ment Board in fact as well as in THE STUTE takes pleasure in name. d C]J Published Weel{}y at the Although the scheme out.lIne publishing the following commun­ below is a general one we glve a Stevens Institute of rrech­ ication: few details which suggest thenl­ nology, Castle Point, Hoboken, To tlze Editors of ', Tlze Stute:" selves to us as possibilities to be New Jersey. DEAR SIRS: worked out by the Board. .l!0r The present Student Self Gov­ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, example, the question of conflict­ THOMAS J. McLOUGHLIN, JR., '13. ernment Board is not what its ing dates of Musical Club Rehear­ BUSINESS MANAGER, name implies, and in our opinion sals, Dramatic Club Rehearsals and NICHOL H. MEMORY, '13. does not perform its proper func­ Engineering Society Lectures could ASS'T BUSINESS MANAGER, tion of being the connecting link be settled by the Board, and sched­ ARTHUR L.