The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-10
DO|NGS AT BROWN
Pembroke Sophs Elect 0ificsrs.
Tennis, Bowling and Chess.

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had stranger stepped into the Brown
University library yesterday afternoon he
wouid nave been not little astonisned,
Perhaps he would have thought himself
IN kindergarten ~ grown men or else
that the students were PLAYING some
pranks on the librarian Certain. n was.
that the large rotunda used for reading
room and open 60 the dome, was cleared
OF tables and bookcases aud the floor was
marked over with chalk Hanging over
the gallery railing were a number OF men
intently watching a large ball which
some one had suspended 10 the apex of
the dome by fine wire over eighty feet
long, anu which was swaying back and =
forth near the hoor.
Strange as II may seem this was an
astromical demonstration conducted by
Professor Upton for the benent of his
class. This Ingenious though simple bic
OF mechanism. called Foucaults rotation
experiment, clearly showed the move-
ment or the earth. A 40 pound bali sus-
pended by long. fine wire was set
swinging in a vertical plane. On the
| ioor below circle marked Off In de-
grees recorded all the changes IN the
earth's motion during the experiment
Just as a compass needle always points
north, even when the box is slowly re-
| yolved, so the ball when set In motion
| sways i'm practically the same place in
| space even when the earth rotates under
it,
| II was by this means that the class went
| through the novel sensation of seeing
| themselves carried by the earth's motion
| gradually round the swinging sphere.
| The plane of the swing moved slowly to
| the right and travelled in FIVE minutes
| through one degree marked off on the
floor. The results obtained were very
! good.
| The very slight deviatlons which oc-
CURED were due to imperfectlons In the
| cup from which the ball was suspended
and also 10 a slight draught of air
| through the room.
The election OF officers of the Sopho-
more class OF Pembroke hall resulted as
| follows.
| president, G.. Louise Towle; treasurer.
| Elsie NJ. Straffin; secretary. Linda nj.
| Lowell: chairman of the social committee
| Inez V. Sawyer.
The fall tournament OF the Brown uni
| versity tennis association has begun The
first round must be completed by Satur-
| day, Oct II, or the matches are defaulted.
| The members OF the executive COMMITTEES
| have decided that for the preIiminares
| IL shall be the best two in three sets,
| but for the finals, the best three i'm five.
| A great many names were entered and
the drawings have resulted as follows:
Preliminary round-H Bates, '03, vs.
Bullock, '03; Otis, 0 VS.. Hin, '03 Towns
end. 05, VS.. c. Greene, '02; Littlefeld, '0e,
VS. Hutchinson, 'A.
Final round-Ilastings. '0. vs.. Leonard.
'04; A. u. Pope, '03. VS.. G. A. II. Ray. '02:
G. 5. Allen, '0i, VS. Vaughn, 05; Chaffee,
02, VS., Dwyer, 'oi; Davis. oi; VS.. Camp
bell. '05; Otsby, '05. vs.. Montague, '04:
| Bullock. 05, VS.. Howard. '05; A. Briggs.
| '0, VS.. Stevens, '0i; Lincoln. '0i. VS.. Whit
ney, '05; Whitley. 03. VIZ. Martin, '04; JOS
| lin, '0l. VS.. Brown, co: II. Balsez '03, VS..
| Newcomb, 'O2; Cady, '03, VS.. Barstow, '0c.
| The Brown Bowling association met
| yesterday and elected the following Off
GERS for the ensuing year: President. Il.
| w. Holmes; vice president,G. a. Hum
| phries; secretary and treasurer, 8. II.
| Whitley; captain. James G..taClifford:
| manager. G. l.. Briggs. M
| There seems to be more men I'm college
| at present who are interested I'm bowling
| than there has been for many years pre-
vious. Nearly all of last years team
are in college and there are several men
| in the Freshmen class who, they say are
| apt to replace some OF the old players on
| the squad. Thus the outlook for strong
| team is promising. 1t is probable this
| year, as heretofore. Brown will have a
| team i'm the city league. Besides this
| there will be tournament, open only 10
prizes will be hung up. There will also
| be prizes for the best individual string.
| for the best three strings, and for the
| highest average. With all these induce
ments there should be no reason why the
best players In college should not turn
out to try for the team
/, was voted TO use duck pins. as In
| former years.
At the Chess and Checker club meeting
| yesterday plans were made for the tour
| naments of the year, the first of which
| will occur I'm the early part of November
| This one not only will give the men good
practice, but II will form "A basis for tho
selection of the team TO play In the Tri-
! angular league against Cornell and Penn
| sylvania From the present outlook the
| places will be warmly contested for. since
| only five men are needed for the checker
team and four for the chess. A fuller
notice of the tournaments will be given
| out by the president OF the clubs I'm a
/ few days.
| President MetcaIf called a meeting of
| the Sophomore class after chapel yester-
| day. The business on hand was the
consideration OF the advsability OF send
ing n challenge To the Freshmen class
| for an inter-class debate. After n brief
| discussion motion TO this effect was
| passed and Richard Montague and f. r.
Stearns were appointed as a committee to
| represent the class in the arrangements.
| These men are to act Jointly with two
| members appointed by 1906 and the execu-
| tive committee OF the Debating union
The students were favored with a most
| instructive and interesting address on
| the Effects OF Social Vice" last evening.
| The speaker was DIR. G. v. Chaplin. who
| from 50 TO 50 was an instructor of ply
| sology at Brown since that time he
has been at the bead OF the health depart
| ment of this city.
He began by saying that this address
was not personally necessary for such
an intellectual body OF men, but the facts
were so appalling that all should know
them. He then explained i'm detail all
| the terrible effects and symptoms OF Inn
morality among men. and urged the stu
dents TO struggle for their suppression
J and. if possible, entire elimination.