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Miss L acrone w ith four of the Y . W . C. A. girls, K atie Brewer,
Lubova Siftsoff, Jean ette Buckles and E lizabeth H ark rid er, spent S a t
urday and S unday at E ugene atten d in g the Y. W . C. A . convention.
T hey are enth u siastic over th eir trip , h aving passed an enjoyable and
profitable tim e.
It is interestin g to visit the Ju n io r Y. M. C. A. Society, composed
of th irty small bovs u n d er the supervision of M rs. Brewer, who takes a
m otherly interest in the boys. T h e society is conducted in a business
like and orderly m anner by the officers, w ho are small boys. G reat
credit is due M rs. Brewer for the success of th e society.
Mr. S aunders and his assistants have finished p ain tin g M cBride H all,
doing a good job and causing it to look neat and clean th ro u g h o u t.
Mrs. T heisz, th e head m atron and m other of th e large girls, takes g reat
pride in m aking M cBride H all hom elike and attractive. In sum m er the
yard su rro u n d in g the b u ilding is filled w ith th e choicest roses, vines,
and other flowers, w hich is u n d er th e supervision of Mrs. T heisz. It
is one of th e m ost attractiv e places on th e g rounds.
W IN O X A -R E L IA N C E D EB A T E
On the evening of M arch 27, the W inona and Reliance Societies met
in the auditorium in public debate. It was certainly a very close con
test, and a very in terestin g one. T h e follow ing short program was re n
dered before the debate:
Vocal Q uartet
- Joe D unbar, L oulin Brewer, F elix Isadore and M artin Sam pson
\ ocal D uet
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M aude Low ry and Em m a Shepard
T h e question for debate was, “ Resolved; T h a t th e U nited S tates is
justified in in terv en in g in M exico.” F ra n k V erigan, as principal for
the affirm ative, was assisted by N ick H atch and Joseph D unbar; w hile
M aude Low ry, as negative principal, had for her colleagues E m m a S h ep
ard and E sth er Spencer. S u p t. W adsw orth presided as chairm an of the
evening.
Each side brought out m any good points and showed considerable
talent as orators, but the boys proved them selves a little m ore forceful as
speakers than were th e girls, so th a t the decision of the judges gave the
honors of victory to th e R eliance Society in th eir u pholding of the affirm
ative side of the question.
T he judges, who so kindly consented to come out from Salem to act in
th at pacitv, were M r. K etchum . Mr. M inton and Mr. G ilbert; all of the