Drexel Institute Engineering Department - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ORCHESTRA S4

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its by-laws were accepted as read, ofiicers were elected and debators selected, together with their sub- jects for debate. The constitution provided that a chairman should hold office for one meeting only at a time, and that each succeeding chairman should be appointed by the one leaving the chair. The object of this was to give all members the experience of conducting a meeting according to parlia-- mentary law. The first meeting was held December 15, 1911, in East Hall lecture-room. The first chairman was Mr. E. S. Van de Mark, and Secretary and Treasurer Mr. G. S. Appelgate. The subject for debate was: Resolved, That Sunday Baseball Should be Permittedf, The debaters were: Affirm- ative, Messrs. Seyffert and johnsong negative, Thorn and Burtis. The system of deciding the winner of the debate was rather unique. Three judges were appoint- ed by the Chairman, and also a ballot was taken among the members present, so that a double opin- ion was thereby obtained. Professors Starkey, Beaver, Smithg Benkert and Creagmile were honorary members, and were very helpful to the society with their generous advice and talks to the members. , Some of the subjects debated were: Resolved, That the U. S. Was justified in Breaking Her Treaty VVith Russiaf' f'Resolved, That Wfomanls Suffrage Should be Encouraged in the U. S.g fille- solved, That the Use of Artificial Beautifiers Should Not flmpair a lNoman's Social Standingf, and others too numerous to go into detail.

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The Drexel Orchestra. The school year of IQII-I2 found a goodly number of recruits in the Institute for the orchestra. Vtfe organized in November and soon had mastered quite a repertoire, including anything from Tann- hauser to Alexander's Bandf' Our audiences around the Institute seemed to appreciate mostly numbers of the latter sort. I Wfe made our first appearance at the mass-meeting in the auditorium, where we were enthusi- astically received. Our efforts must have been strongly suggestive, for We will all remember how at a subsequent student gathering, as we struck up a lively march in the middle of the program, almost the entire assembly rose and started to file out before the meeting was over. Other appearances were at the Wfednesclay morning assemblies and at the Engineers' smoker, at which we were favored with the help of Mr. Atherton, whose efforts on the cornet were appreciated by those present that evening. Our selections seemed to add greatly to the program of cards, smokes, speeches and last, but not least, Heats, and the evening was thoroughly enjoyed by all. - P XVe had planned to give an entertainment and dance in conjunction with. the Glee Club, but the dissolution of the club, owing to insufficient material, prevented the completion of the project. Our last appearance will probably be at the class day activities, and we hope the class of '13 will again organize and continue the orchestra during their final year. C. ELMER THUMBERT. CLeft to rightj Back row-Bowen, 5145, Smith, iI3Q Burtis, ,I2, I-Iannold, ,I4, Idler, 'rag Goldsmith, iI4. Front row- Thumlert, ,I2, Cooper, ,I2, Brown, '13. t 35