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THE OREGON WEEKLY.
U N IV E R S IT Y
OK
OREGON.
No. 3.
EUGENE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1900.
VOL. I.
JOAQUIN MILLER,
ATHLETIC CONVENTION.
O. A. C. VICTORIOUS.
Y. M. C. A.
About twenty-five University boys a t­
In w riting of Joaquin M iller it would ’V arsity Indoor Baseball Team D e ­
tended the V. M. C. A. W ednesday eve.
feated at Corvallis.
be safer no doubt to conform as closely
The U niversity o f Oregon indoor base­ J. A. G am ber presented the subject, “ An
The sixth annual convention of the In ­ as possible to the already established
Unchangeable Law.” The young men
ter-C ollegiate A m ateur A thletic Associa­ public opinion of this celebrated poet, ball nine met defeat at the hands o f the are taking a ll active interest in this
tion of Oregon was held in the parlors of and thus avoid the risk of a criticism th at O. A. C., m en at Corvallis, T hursday branch of the student work.
•of the Salem V. M. C. A., Saturday. Dele m ight reflect on the w riter him self, but afternoon, the score being 17 to 12. The
The following officers for the ensuing
gates began to arrive th e evening before that would be avoiding the und ertak in g O. A. C. players, most of whom were year were elected at the last m eet­
and were welcomed and royally e n te r­ and one had as well not write of him at m em bers of the last season's team played ing: President, W. G ilbert Beattie, '01;
tained by a com m ittee from W illam ette all. It is as a poet that he is know n and to g eth ei with a determ ination which re­ vice-president, J. B. W instanlev, ’03; re­
U niversity, “ Ik e ” Van W inkle acting as celebrated and because of his fame as a sulted in a well-earned victory. On the cording secretary, E. E. Coad, ’03; cor-
chairm an.
I he association m et at I poet th at the public attention is draw n to o th er hand, th e U. O. men were m ostly responding secretary, Charles L Camp­
o ’clock Saturday afternoon w ith the fol­ him as a lecturer and it is in this unusual freshm en and th eir lack of experience bell, ’02; treasurer, C. V. Ross, '03; li­
guise th a t we take the liberty to w rite of probably accounts for th eir defeat. Cap­ brarian, C. E. W agner, ’01; editor. J. Ar­
low ing list of representatives:
tain Zeigler and Tiffany played their po­
O. S. N. S.—J. H. Davidson, W . M. him.
th u r Gam ber, ’02; chorister, John llan d -
sitions in a very creditable m anner and
W
hen
he
appears
on
the
platform
you
S m ith , J. Allen.
saker, ’02; organist, J. Edgar Tyree, '00.
U. of O.—H. D. Angell, I.. L. Good­ are looking for a poet and you are not th e whole team deserves great credit for These officers will take th eir places two
rich , C. N. M cA rthur and W. L. W h ittle­ disappointed in his appearance. H e is of th e go<xl showing made.
Prof. C harles A. Burden (U. O.) and weeks after election.
m edium height but as straight and so
T e m eeting next W ednesday evening
sey.
O A. C.— Fred Colvig, Bruce B urnett, proportioned as to give the impression of J. G rant E lgin, (O. A. C., ’00) acted as will be a business m eeting.
The retir­
being tall. His m ovem ents are are easy officers, w hile H. I). Angell and J. C. ing president. Mr. H andsaker, will give
J . G. E lg in , Wm. B. Scott.
p 0 —Otto P ick ett, Leon K enw orthy, and graceful and in his num erous and M cCaustland kept the acore. T here was his annual address. Officers and com ­
extravagant gestures you would, but for no qu arrelin g or w rangling over decis­ m ittees will subm it w ritten reports bear­
p . U.—W. I). Clarke.
P resident Sm ith occupied the chair and his long gray beard and hair, judge him ions and the best of spirit prevailed.
ing upon the work of the past year. 1 he
The (). A. C. scored as follows:
to be quite a young m an. He gives h im ­
W. L W hittiesey acted as secretary.
report of the special com m ittee on re­
Belt,
3,
Bier,
2;
H
am
ilton
2,
H
inkle
2,
self
over
to
com
plete
abandon
and
acts
After th e usual routine business the
vision of constitution will be read for
secretary read applications for adm ission out m any of his parts. He never attains Burdgers 2, Hartley 1, Derby I, Clark 1, th e first tim e. The m eeting will open at
from Albany College and Mt. Angel Col­ his best results in prose, it is only when Sm all 3. Total 17.
6:45 o ’clock. All m em bers o f th e asso­
For U. O.,*Dillard 1, Zeigler 2, E d­
lege. Both in stitutions had representa­ he recites his poems th at your are co n ­
ciation are expected to be present. I his
tives present. After some discussion the scious of his being a great poet. He is wards 2, Tiffany 2, Lewis o, Casteel 2, m eeting will afford an excellent oppor­
perfectly easy in his delivery never at a W illiam s 1, Moist I, Fountain o, Russell tu n ity to students, new or old, or to
association rejected th e applications.
T he am endm ent requiring th e num ber loss for expression. If words fail him he I. Total 12.
m em bers of the faculty to become ac­
W illiam s retired a tth e end o f the sixth
o f hours o f study to be raised from five to resorts to dram atic gestures and attitudes.
quainted with the nature < f the Young
tw elve, was adopted, to take effect Jan. And there is scan'iness of words in his in n in g , Moist tak in g his place in the M en’s C hristian Associations. All men
discourse upon which he prides him self, box.
who are in any wav connec ed with the
I, 1901.
Both team s attended the m ilitary ball
A nother am endm ent, forbidding a th ­ a ttrib u tin g his success as a poet in part
university are cordially invited to attend
letes who are in attendance at one ed u ­ along w ith th at of K ipling and M ark­ at th e arm ory in the evening.
this business m eeting
Speaking of the game, C aptain Zeigler
cational in stitu tion to com pete 011 a team ham to his sim plicity of expresison.
o f ano th er, was passed. Both were pro­ H is egotism is suprem e, and he assumes said: “ O. A. C. won sim ply because she
LAUREAN SOCIETY.
posed by U. o f O. The am endm ents p ro­ the license of a g reat genius and seems had a better team . O ur m en put up a
posed by W illam ette U niversity concern­ to exaggerate his natural excentricities. creditable gam e, but were outplayed.
The Laurean society met in Laurean
ing the substitution of a m ile bicycle race He is beyond all a dream er searching for We got a square deal and received the hall in regular session on the evening ol
Corvallis
for th e m ile walk, and the adding of a beauty and rom ance, oblivious to all else, best of treatm en t from the
February 23, with P resident Jakw ay in
50-yard dash to the order of events, were, sensational, fantastic, visionary, unable p eo p le.”
the chair. The program given on this
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after a hot discussion, laid on the table. to cope w ith econom ic and political
occasion was perhaps the most in terest­
THE LIBRARY.
E lection of officers for the com ing year problem s. He would have all people
ing one o f the year and is here given.
happy in spite of all obstacles ami d e ­
resulted as follows:
Address, l ’res Jakw ay; E xtem poraneous
Publications of U. S. G overnm ent sent
President, O tto Pickett. Pacific Col­ voted first to the study of nature. His
address, Chos A Redm an, “ T he d u ty o f
to
the Library of the U niversity of O re­
lege; V ice-President, C. M. Bishop, is an im passioned appeal w ithout the
m em bers to the L aurean society.
P re­
U niversity of Oregon; Secretary, Ray foundation of a rational philosophy. But gon d uring first h alf of F ebruary, 1900. pared address, Cole E Stanton, “ 1 he O ri­
1’AMPHI.KTS.
G oodrich, O. A. C.; T reasurer, W. I). he is none the less a poet for this—it is
gin and D evelopm ent o f th e M odern
w
hat
we
expect
and
we
are
not
dis­
Clarke, Pacific University.
1. Catalogue of U. S. Public Docu­ O rch estra.’’ C urrent Events, B C J a k ­
T he P resident appointed C. N . Mc­ appointed.
way. Piano Solo, C E Stanton, (a) “ Song
m ents for Dec. 1S99.
Aside from the interest one takes in a
A rthur, U. O., Leon K enw orthy, P. C.,
2. Fifth Annual Report of th e S u p ’t to the E v en in g S ta r” from “ T annliauser”
an d Jo h n 11. Davidson, O. S. N. S., as a man o f his fame, his lecture is hig h ly e n ­ o f Documents.
by W agner. (b) W arum , Schum an.
com m ittee to m ake financial arran g e­ tertaining. But it is as a poet th at he
The prepared address by Mr S tanton
3. Rejxirt on eig h t districts and one
m ents and to select officials for the m ust be judged and by his works.
sub-district of Puerto Rica by m ditary was p articu larly w orthy of praise. It
Ju n e meet.
was very b rief and concise yet presented
governor, G en. Geo. W. Davis.
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
W. I). Clark, P. U., R. P. Bonham , W.
4. Burbonic Plague bv Surgeon-G en­ a very clear b ird 's eye view of the sub­
U., and Jo h n H , G allagher, (). A. C.,
eral of M arine Hospital Service, W alter ject from the earliest tim esdow n through
were appointed as a com m ittee to secure
At th e regular m onthly m eeting of the W yman.
E gypt, Greec •, Rome, the m iddle ages,
Academy o f Sciences Saturday night,
m edals for the point w inners.
the early orchestra of the sixteenth cen ­
HOUSE DOCUMENT.
T he com m ittee on arrangem ents select­ Bernard E Spencer read an interesting
tury, the great im provem ent in orches­
I.
Geological
Survey,
17th
A
nnual
R
e­
paper
on
“
Vein
Hom
ologies
of
Insects'
ed Leon K enw orthy as m anager of the
tration brought about by H andel, Mczart,
port
Vol
4
Pt
2
G
old-Q
uartz
Veins
of
W
ings.”
He
first,
developed
a
“
hypo­
m eet.
and Beethoven and on down to its grand
thetical w ing” or w hat was probably the Nevada City and G rass Valley, Califor­ culm ination in the work o f Richard
w ing of th e prim itive insect. T his was nia. Geology of Silver Cliff and the Ro­ W agner.
The piano solos were also
O tto Pickett, the newly-elected Presi­ used as a type for the reference of oth er sita Hills, Colorado.
M ines of Custer j,laved very pleasingly and the Laurean
Geological section society is to be congratulated on having
d e n t of the I. A. A. A. O., is a m em ber wings. T hen, by the use of draw ings, he county, Colorado.
o f the senior class at Pacific College. He com pared typical wings of several of the along the New and Kanawa rivers in Mr Stanton am ong its m em bers. The
has, a d uring his entire college course, com m onest orders of insects to the W est V irginia.
The Tennessee Phos­ debate on the subject, “ Resolved, th at
been a lead in g sp irit in all inter-colleg­ hypothetical wing and showed what phates. U nderground w ater of the Ar­ the Powers should intercede for peace in
iate affairs and is fully callable of p er­ changes had occurred, also how such kansas Valley in Eastern Colorado. Ar th e T ran sv aal” was lead by Bishop and
form ing th e duties of the im portant of­ changes could have come about. The tesian W ater of the Dakotas. W ater Re Jakw ay with H ooker and Redm an as
fice to which he has been elected.
whole system o f venation was then d is­ sources of Illinois.
colleagues. The decision was given to
M r. Ken w orthy, the m anager of the cussed as a taxonom ic
Report
on
the
Soldiers'
Home,
July
agent. The
the negative.
field m eet, is also a senior at I’ . C., and diagram s used and the schem e of devel­ 1B96; February 1S97.
R eport of W ar D epartm ent, 1H97; En
the association is to be congratulated opm ent of the hom ologies were from
Instead of the reg u lar m eeting Friday
upon securing his valuable services.
Comstock and Needham of Cornell Uni gineers, 3 Vols.; Ordnance, 1 Vol.
afternoon, the E utaxian society met at
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versitv.
T he “ T reble Clef ” has started on its
Miss Lewis, the dorm itory m atron, the home of Miss ( »race W old, to rehearse
“ Deacon” Meserve was also present at went to Portland, Friday, to be gone th eir burlesque on “ M erchant ot
regular practices for the concert to be
V enice.”
assem bly W ednesday m orning.
given ju st before the E aster holidays.
about a week.
R e p r e se n ta tiv e s H eet at S alem
E lect O fficers.
and