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THE OREGON WEEKLY.
U N IV E R S IT Y
VOL. I.
O K
O R E G O N
EUGENE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1900.
Miss Daisie E. Allaway, of the senior M. E. I). Kessler.
class, delivered a strong oration on the
A p le asa n t fe a tu re ol th e e v e n in g was
follow
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the excellent musical p ro g ra m m e th a t
W in n e r of th e Local O ratorical Contest
“ As I note how n oblv nature«, form
interspersed the orations. The musical
W ill R epresent th e ’ V a rs ity at
Under the war's red rain, I deem it true
Monmouth.
That He w h o m akes the earthquake |and the program m e was as follows : Piano solo,
storm ,
Sixth H ungarian R hapsody,’’ Liszt, by
Perchance m akes battles, too. ’
Miss Joyce Brownell ; co n tralto solo,
The eighth annual local oratorical con-
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“ Purposes justify or condem n wars, “ Los Lindos O jos,” M. V. F errete, by
test took place in \ lllard Hall E n d av ....
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''h e n wars relieve the suffering or give Miss Rita Hansen ; du et, “ El Des­
evening, F eb ru arv 9th. Bernard C. Jak- f
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freedom to the enslaved tliev are justified. dichado,’’ C. Saint-Saëns, by Mrs. Brooks
wav, of th e class of '02, will havt the
E p o c h s of n a tio n d g re a tn e s s in lite ra tu re and Miss Hansen ; aria tor soprano from
honor of representing the University of
Oregon 111 the state inter collegiate ora­ comm erce and p ditics follow periods of T annhäuser, “ O, Hall of Song, I Give
torical contest at M onm outh M atch 9th. national struggle. Oregon, as well as the Thee G re etin g ,’’ W agner, by Mrs. R C.
rest of the nation, may expect great bene- Brooks ; piano solo, m arch from T ann-
The orations were al, of a high order, and
fit from the baptism of patriotism and hauser, W agner-Liszt, “ E ntrance of the
the contestants did credit to them selves
the purification by sacrifice which it re- Guests to the W artb u rg ,” bv Miss Joyce
am i honor to th eir respective classes. A
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w a ar r s such
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ceived in th
Spanish war. W
Brownell.
sm all b u t a p p re c ia tiv e a u d ie n c e w as pres- 4.1 • t •
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hilities. Oregon made the sacrifice and
Local Debate.
was anxiously aw aited, the true college
■«hated in the victory; how will she meet
The tr y o u t for the purpose of selecting
enthusiasm of the 'V arsity students broke
the responsibilities? W hen we see the a debating team to represent the Univer-
forth in num erous class veils for their
punfied social conditions, the new sense sity of Oregon in the Inter-C ollegiate
respective favorites.
of dignity, the aw akening of literatu re League will he held in V illard Hall next
Luke L. G oodrich, 'o i, president of the
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evening at
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oratorical association, opened the
, art, „ we then believe th a t * He who Saturday evening,
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mak.es
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earthquake
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Resolved
exercises w ith a few well-chosen rem arks
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ixesoiven,
B. C. JAKWAY OUR ORATOR
on the subject of oratory.
W IN N ER OE T H E LOCAL ORATORICAL CONTEST.
Miss Joyce Brownell, graduate of the
musical departm ent.
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solo, after which Mr (b» ’-
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Chester C. E'isher, who
be
freshm an class.
Mr. E'isher had tor hi . o«i
Future of C h in a," m d-the follow ing 1 ,1
brief sum m ary of his oration : “ Chine
has long endured. T hroughout the ages
she has retrain ed the same prineinallv
because her people a rt not Anglo-Saxon.
Providence, though, has .1 ne,l unkind
to her. for she has been ¡united to home
industry w ithout com ’ with other peo
pies. Today she
b ‘»«elp, for she
m ust eith er rise or fall. The nation has
▼ ,4 undeveloped resources, and is sositu-
a t' d as to be the keystone of the O rient.
Assistance m ust be from the Anglo-Saxon
race—th en , '.'/hy not iCOtiV
Bernard C. Jakw ay, of the sophom ore
class, was the next orator, w ith th e sub­
je c t, “ The Revelation of S cience.” Mr.
Jakw ay put forth a noble principle, of
w hich the follow ing words can give
m erely an idea: “ From the beginning
m an has sought from God. There has
been a constant revelation from God to
m an. The H ebrew prophet endeavored
to reveal th e god of liberty ami justice ;
the man of Nazareth revealed the god of
universal law ; today science reveals God
th ro u g h all the processes of evolution
From the cosmic process which f o i l e d
the universe, the process of evolution has
been ever tow ards m an, as it m ust in the
BERNARD C. JAKW AY, ’02.
future work tow ards lus perfection. The
day of u n derstanding is approaching perchance m akes battles, to o .’ ’’
T hat the policy o f the Uniteti States
when
A. B. W altz, of tlu; senior class, was tow ards her outlying acquisitions
should
, allelu iah shall be sung to the Lord
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God o m n ip o te n t.”
file last speaker. He look for his subject be th at of ultim ate assimilatfrin as op-
C. N. M cA rthur, of the cla sso f 01, ex- “ M onum ents.
“ I lie
world sees posed to th eir developm ent into indepen-
pressed national ideas in an oration oil the history of the past in m onum ents, dent sta te s.” W. L. W hittlesey, ’01, B.
“ Independence for G reater A m erica.” They com m em orate the heroism o f the C. Jakw ay, ’02, and B. E. Spencer, ’01,
Out n a tio n ’s history has been a dram a past and inspire to patriotism the nations will speak in the affirm ative, while
of three acts. The revolutionary war of today. T heir essential elem ent is not George O. G oodall, ’of, V. L. H olt, ’00
gave b irth to the nation. Slavery, though, iu th e architecture V¥t in tfft
and E. N . Blythe, ’03, will support thé
was a germ <5f civil rebellion. But by the perpetuated. Classic lite ra tu re is a last- negative.
civil war Am erica qroved to the world ing m onum ent of m a n ’s achievem ents.
A good program is being provided. «
th a t she is capable of self-governm ent. T estim onials of ¿ n a n 's ability have fol-
Pacific and W illam ette U niversities
T h irty years of peace, then a war for lowed him westward around the jvorld. will hold the first jo in t debate of the
h u m an ity bound th e states into an indis- Then why not erect m onum ents in our series n ex t F riday evening at Forest
soluble union and sounded the death- own w estern states as com m em orative of Grove. U. ot O. will m eet th e w inner in
knell to secluded statehood. The eyes of the sturdy pioneer who blazed th e path April.
the w orld are upon us. The fourtfl act for the progress of our natioif ? and es-
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of the d ram a m ust be enacted, not on the pecially a pionum ent •» the Second ik e -
e . r A lderm an, ’98, aud “ Ned” Carle-
battlefield, b u t in the hall of the legisla- gons?’
iwu, v ex-’o
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e <1 h v 1 via iwo iv
kill iwumz*
ton,
t, ai
are v candidates
for i the
Repub-
No. 1.
BOARD OL REGENTS flE E T .
I hey M ake Some Changes and R e­
ceive a R eport F ro m D r. S trong .
T he Board of R egents of the University
o f Oregon m et iu P ortland l o t Tuesday,
ju d g e Bean, as p resident of the bourd,
subm itted a lengthy rep rt show ing the
in stitu tio n to be prosperous ami recoin«
u icudiug a num ber o f chauges. Profi s-
sor Schm idt was g ran te leave o f absence
during the sum m er va>-ation for the p u r­
pose of n u k in g a trip to E rope. The
board decided to set aside Collier hall as
a residence for the president oi the u n i­
versity. The em ploym ent o f tu to rs was
approved, ami the salary ol Supt.
M cAlister was increase,I. A com m ittee
tr 111 the regents was appo nted to accept
the new building when com pleted. Ju tge
Bean and Dr. S tro n g were «elected to
m ake arran g em en ts for the m anagem ent
of th e dorm tory this 3 ear and see th a t
th e arran g em en ts are carried out.
I)R. STRONG S REPORT.
At this m eeting of he boar 1 o f te cuts
l)r. S trong subm itted a report in which
h laid he local foundations or the uni­
versity ’s future grow th ami progress,
after the following order:
E irst—U niveisity academ y, or p rep ara­
tory se Iliad, t lx: m ade as sepur te aud
d istric t from 'h e u ivei \ protiet as
po sible.
Second Griuluate rch ol.
T h ird College of literatu re, rcieuce
and the arts.
J on tU- The n id u s 11 d '« lu eg e , to u i-
cl de the ci ool«, o f euginvet .'ig ami th<
cour e preparatory to nn-d cine.
E'ifth— "! he M*h*x>l o f me icine,
S ixth Fhe cho iofk.-.v
cventh fh e .chool o f a o n
It seem - » « s. to < rganh-.e the faculty
as far as t c luture is concerned, a fi.l
lows :
G rade I- Professors.
G r d e a —Aaais a n t p ro f, s,.rs.
Grade 3—Tilutr ctors.
G rade 4 —Assistants.
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In the m atter o f th e dorm itory, Dr
S rong recom m ende I th at it he placer
under the control of the president of tin
universit
ami th e su p erin ten d en t o l
b ilding , and t' at all app< r.tm enb foi
ma. “ m ent or service be subji ct to theii
control an o .
™val; th at rooms 011 tin
upper and m " d e fl«2Ts '
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to the num ber of 35 or h*3' ?
for students, for which a fi
$30 a year he in de for ea ! ,
sam e to lie paid in advance at tl
n in p o ^ e a c h sem ester, and th a t a,
age to furniture in the rooms be chi*
10 the occup <nts. H e also reeomniemle,
th at the library h e m ved P o m C ollni
hall to the dorm itory.
Dr. Strong further re« omtncn i d, a«« d
m t er of first im portan. .• to he univer
sity, th at additional instruction be pro­
vided AH follows :
F irs
(11 history, aud th at t i n depart
m ent o f his ory be set oft from th at ol
econom ics and sociology. <
Second—In philosophy and education
am i th at a new d epartm ent be create,1
for th at purpose.
T h ird —M athem atics and engineering.
And th at the president ol the university
be authorized to nom inate to the board
or its president suitable candidates for
these positions.
On the recom m endation of the presi­
den t, the ch air of logic was abolished by
th e board.
ADJOURNED MRKTING.
An adjourned m eeting of the board
was held W ednesday ami further business
| iCH„ nomination of county »uparinten- was transacted It was decided to em-
ture, and for our deatmy the people alone
The judges of the contest were Rev. R
can answer.
C. Brooks, Julia \ eazie Glen, 95, and dent in Linn county.
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