FRED B. SMITH SHOWS
Fred B. Smith, international secre
tary of the Young Men’s Christian Asso
ciation addressed over five hundred men
in Villard Hall last evening. At 7:30
the High School orchestra gave a short
concert and with very little delay, Mr.
Smith took the floor. The subject that
he spoke on was “1 lie Strong Man,”
and for more than an hour and a half
he held the closest attention of every
man within hearing of his voice.
Coming “exams” were forgotten and
previous engagements were ignored as
with gripping phrases and tremendous
oratorical power, Mr. Smith drove
straight down into the lives of the men
before him and exposed the cowardice
and viciousness there. In dealing with
this subject, Mr. Smith proved first
that the physically strong man is not
the real man, then that the financier is
not tiie truly strong man, neither the
man of great intellect, but that the man
who really makes the hardest fights
counts for more in life, both for him
self and for society.
11 is illustrations were vivid and right
to the point and his long association
with college men has given him a power
of character and interpretation and un
derstanding of the problems of a collebe
man that makes him a man of influence
whenever he speaks. ?
At the close of his address, without
the usual embarrasing situations that
are precipitated at an evangelistic meet
ing, he madu it possible for those who
cared to make a decision for the Chris
ian life to express their determination.
Twenty-five men made this expression
by arising where they stood for a mo
ment.
Mr. Smith is a man who knows how
to get hold college men. He has a
son who is attending college, is a mem
ber of a Fraternity and for two years
made the crew. Mr. Smith has been
through the University of Iowa and,
having run up against the propositions
than one hundred thousand men a year
to deal with them. He speaks to more
than onehundred thousand men a year
and in this work has probably been more
successful than any other evangelist.
lli1 is a large man physically, with coal
black hair and piercing black eyes and a
directness and force of appeal that)
cannot be ignored.
RETURN CONCERT SURE
-NEW FEATURES ADDED
I he Glee Club will give a return con
cert at the Eugene Theater Thursday
evening, February 10. Final arrange
ments for the concert were made yes
terday when Manager Arthur Geary
closed a contract for that night with
Manager Smith of the local playhouse.
'j his date is considered an especially
good one, for it comes just at the end
of the examinations when most of the
students will feel like celebrating in
some way. In view of the many re
quests for a return concert that have
been made by students and town peo
ple, Geary expects to have a crowded
house.
This concert will be the first oppor
tunity local people have had of seeing
the Glee Club in action since its suc
cessful trip to Southern Oregon during
the Christmas holidays. While the pro
gramme will probably not be entirely
diew, several entertaining innovations
are planned for the occasion. Moreover,
the club is said to have improved so
much since its initial appearance in
Eugene last fall that even the old mini
hers have the effect of new ones.
There was much disappointment at
the first concert because Professor Glen
did not appear on the programme. The
director is a great favorite with Eugene
audiences, and bis admirers will be
pleased to learn that he has consented
to appear in one or more of his capti
vating baritone solos. Madame Yelba,
the part that made Bob Rountree fa
mous, and which made such a hit on
the Southern Oregon trip, as played by
Francis Curtis, is another of the new
features to be put on. And there will
be many others.
Following th’e local concert the club
leaves for Salem and Portland, giving
a concert at the Bungalow Theater the
night of February 12 at the latter.
Prof. Dunn Entertains Acacias
The resident members of the Acacia
fraternity and their friends were guests
of Prof, and Mrs. Dunn Saturday even
ing. They were invited to meet Mrs.
Jessup of Salem and Mrs. Strong of
Portland.
Music and games furnished the
amusement. A delightful time is re
ported by guests.
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OREGANAS GIVEN AWAY
BY TREASURER TERRY
Treasurer R. K. Terry of the senior
class has been settling up the affairs
of the 1910 Oregana. He has enough
copies left to present one to each mem
ber of the class, which he has decided
to do, and still, perhaps, have some left.
President Oliver Huston has called
a meeting for Thursday, January 28, in
l)r. Schmidt’s room. Oreganas will be
distributed to all members desiring a
copy. Other matters to come before
this meeting are: Senior play, senior
dance, caps and gowns, class pins, and
choice of a Baccalaureate speaker. A
full attendance is desired.
ONLY DANCERS TO PAY
AND PAYERS TO DANCE
At the senior class meeting tomorrow
afternoon, B. H. Williams, president of
the Associated Students, will bring up
the matter of financing class dances by
introducing a motion to the effect that
the burden be carried, not by the class
as a whole, but by those who partici
pate only.
It has been customary in the past for
a class as a whole to pay out of the
general fund a sessed to all. This, Wil
liams thinks is unfair in that it imposes
upon some an expense for which they
receive no return. The better plan, he
thinks, would be to meet expenses by
charging a general admission of all
who come. In this way, the dancers
would pay for what they got and no
one else would lie burdened.
Williams reports that the motion is
certain to pass in the senior class,
enough having already signed it to in
sure its passage. 1 le hopes that with
the seniors setting the example, the
movement will spread into the other
classes and he adopted throughout the
University as the future polity for finan
cing class dances.
HUSTON CASE TO COME
BEFORE CONFERENCE
(Continued from first page.)
Oregon this year. At the time of the
meet in which Huston represented Pa
citic University, he was but 17 years of
age and was taking his preparatory
work, with the view to entering the
l Diversity. I he rule diskpdilying him
was made afterwards.
W hen asked about the affair, Huston
expressed himself as believing that it
is entirely unfair to shut him out from
athletics at Oregon. He pointed out
that this would make no allowance for
scholastic athletics in his case. The
ordinary student who goes through high
school is allowed eight years competi
tion, while in Huston’s case he would
he allowed only four. Captain Bergman,
of the Oregon Agricultural College track
team says Huston should be permitted
to compete.
Huston has been Oregon's "stand-by'’
in the sprints and hurdles for three years
and his absence would weaken the team
immensely, lie has a record in the
one hundred yard dash of 9 4-5 seconds,
made here last \ ear.
In the season 1908, during the inland
tour of the track team, Huston ran one
hundred yards in ten seconds five
times in two weeks. I his is a wonderful
record, especially when the fact is con
sidered that he also took part in the
hurdles and broad jump. Other rec
ords held by him are: Tw o hundred
md twenty yard dash, 222-5 seconds;
two hundred and twenty yard hurdles.
-5 5-5; one hundred and twenty yard
hurdles, lb 1-5 seconds; broad jump,
21 1-2 feet. Besides being an all-around
athlete and captain of the 1909 track
team. Huston was editor-in-chief of the
1910 Oregana. and is president of the
senior class.
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PIGGING RENEWED—
OREGAIMA WILL USE IT
The word "pigging” that has been
used so long it Oregon instead of
"queening," fussing,” etc., as used at
oilier colleges, is to be revived again
after a year's ineffectual attempt to
crush it out. The 1911 Annual will go
back to the old word.
" Rigging" lias become an established
■aord in college slang at Oregon where
u w..s introduced about live years ago.
V-out a year ago a movement was start
ed to discontinue it. in which the “Mid
night Doughnut” took a leading part.
1 he word refused to go, however, and
though frowned upon by many, the ma
jority of students continued to use it.
“\ es. I intend to use ‘pigging ,” said
Editor C. W. Robison, when asked
what stand the Oregana would take.
"It is a distinctively Oregon word. It
has now become a tradition and I pre
fer to see it rather than one borrowed
from some college of the East or South.
I look upon the fanatical opposition to
it as nothing more than foolish, senti
mental nonsense."
Meeting Postponed
I he meeting to organize a co-opera
tive store corporation scheduled for
1 uesday afternoon, was postponed. It
will be called at a future date.
Mrs. brederick Dunn entertained Sat
urday afternoon for the members of
Lambda Rho and Mrs. Jessup of Salem.
Xeedlework and conversation were the
pastimes for this extremely pleasant
afternoon. Delicious refreshments were
served.