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The Oregon Weekly.
U n iv e rs ity
V o i. 4
o f O reg o n
E u g e n e , O r e g o n , M o n d a y , N l u r c l i -21 1 9 0 4
WALLIS NASH SPEAKS
CHARLES D A R W IN IS T H E SUBJECT
OF T H E LECTURE
allowed myself to first speculate on the
subject. As early as 1838 I w as inclined
to believe in the evolution of species’.
“ D arw in's style from begining to end
is so simple and plain th a t it is delightful
to read. Abscence of dogm atism , con­
servatism of statem ent and m odesty
are his m ost notable characteristics.
Perfect courtesy and abscence of a tta c h ­
ment to any theory because he had
form ulated it were qualities of his.
In the little village where D arw in lived
he w as treasurer of the ch arity society,
and w as more proud of having balanced
this society’s little account a t the end of
the year th an to have received a degree
from some g re a t university. His study
where lie spent much time, w as furnished
plainly and had the walls lined w ith
well worn books. Back of his house he
had a large greenhouse where he watched
and studied vegtable life. The family
life w as the m ost genial, m ost courteous,
m ost lovable th a t could I k im agined.
His four sons are all now engaged in
some line of tine scientific w ork, and all
sta n d very high in their professions.
“ file volume of work th a t D arw in go t
through w ith in the face of all his
physical difficulties is simply am azing,
and a lesson to us all. His labor w ent
on to the end of his life, and he died in
the harness if ever a man did. When his
d eath came all England dem anded th a t
his rem ains should rest in the old Abbey,
whose graves are open only to E ngland ’s
g reatest. All classes united to do him
honor on the day of his b u rial.”
MORE
DEBATES
N o . -2-2
T R A C K MEN W ORKING
Philologian and Laureati Societies Preparing Regular Training is Going and Competition
for Forensic Contests
Will be Spirited
C an d id ates for the '04 track team are
The jo in t com m ittee appointed by the
Philologian and Laurean societies met doing steady w ork in the effort to get
iscences, is Given by Mr. Nash, who
a st week and selected the question, "R e­ themselves into condition for the spring
solved, th a t the highest interest of civili­ w ork. Every evening between four and
Lived in the Same English Village
zation would I k prom oted by Japanese five o ’clock some tw enty-five or th irty
success in the present w ar raging in the athletes follow C ap ta in Perkins in a long
far E a st.” The relation existing between cross-country run. It is too early yet to
The University listened to a re m a rk ­
Ja p an and Russia and the im m inent ef­ do more th an speculate generally as to
able address la st W ednesday a t assembly,
fects on the future development of the who will be point winners in the spring
delivered by Mr. Wallis Nash of P o rt­
Orient makes the question a m ost inter meets but it is lieginning to lie apparent
land. The subject of the address w as
esting one, so th a t every student in the th u tO reg o n will easily su stain het record
“ Charles Darw in, a sketch of His Life,
university win» is in touch w ith current lor first class athletes
with Personal Reminiscences.”
The
The com petition for the places in the
events will feel an interest in the debate
feature which m ost enhanced Mr. N ash’s
long runs will I k fiercer th an it has ever
iKtween the tw o societies April 8.
talk w as the fact th a t he and Mr.
The debaters from the Philologian So­ been IKfore Itecuuse of the num ber of
Darwin had lived in the sam e village in
ciety are Tom linson, W agner and M oul­ co n testan ts. The men who are train in g
E ngland an d were personal friends.
ton. The Luureans will hold a trv-out for the long distances are Perkins, Pen-
These facts to g eth er w ith Mr. N ash’s
between their ten iKSt talkers before ven­ land, M erchant, Ham m ack, Reid, Swift,
sm ooth style and pleasing m anner of
turing to select the three who shall rep Bamberger, Thom as, F ountain, W arner,
speech m ade this lecture one ol the liest
tialey ami M ott.
resent them in the contest.
th a t has been delivered at college this
The sh o rter runs and sp rin ts will re­
The jo in t com m ittee is a t work d raw
year.
It is to 1 >e regretted th a t the
ceive
the a tte n tio n of tw en ty five or
ing up rules and regulations to govern
lecture c an n o t be given in full:
the inter-society debate for the “ E aton th irty athletes. Among them, Lewis,
“ The tw o elem ents, heredity and envi­
b u st” to be held ju st before Xm as next Kuykendall, Veatch, Howe, Moores,
ronm ent, met very elosely in Mr. Dar­
w inter. The question for debate will I k Long, M oulton, Glafke, S ta rr, W arner,
w in’s life and had much to do in titling
chosen before comm encem ent and men L a to u rette and Thayer.
him for his g re a t career. His paren ts
In the hurdles, jum ps and pole vault
from both societies will be appointed to
were well-to-do English folk and Darwin
work on it during the sum m er m onths there will be plenty of eager com petitors
as a boy had ideal home su rro u n d ­
so th a t when the question is finally de­ and in the w eights there will be at least
ings. He w as born in 1809. His early
flated both sides will I k th o ro u g h ly pre a dozen stro n g men to th ro w the ham ­
school life w as passed in the g re a t G ram ­
pared in every w ay. It is the intention mer, put the shot anti hurl the discus.
m ar School a t his home, Shrew sbury.
The prospects for an unusually large
to make this inter-society contest the
He w as n o t a very good stu d en t in
num ber of track men have led to a prop­
main debating event of the year.
L atin and Greek but w as from the first a
A T H L E T IC COUNCIL M EETS
This contest in the fall and the alum ni osition for an inter-class meet during
g reat stu d e n t of n ature. At the age of
Athletes from each
medal debate in the spring will do much comm encem ent.
sixteen he w ent to E dinburg and after
to w ard helping the ’varsity to im prove class including the post g rad u a te s are to
spending tw o y ears there, he entered Oaks and Galloway are Elected Assistant
its record in debate, because of the in com pete for the glory of their respective
C hrist College a t C am bridge under the
Managers of Track and Football Team s
creased activ ity in practice debate which classes, the point winners to receive rib
g re a t teacher of b o tan y , Professor
bons indicating their prow ess and the
will I k occasioned.
H enslow.
The m a tte r of o ra to ry and debate is athlete winning the g reatest n u m lr r o f
At the regular M arch m eeting of the
“ In 1837 D arw in, by th a t time quite a
receiving much a tte n tio n from the facul­ points will receive a medal and the title
n a tu ra list, accom panied a governm ent Athletic Council held in President C am p ­ ty, and com m ittees from the Philologian« “Cham pion a th le te .” The plan is en­
expedition to South America, he having bell’s office this afternoon, the repo.it of and L aurcans have I kcii appointed to tirely feasible and will prove to I k a m ost
been recommended by Professor Henslow the basketball m anager w as accepted meet a com m ittee from the faculty to interesting and a ttra c tiv e feature of the
as ‘a first-class observer.’ E arly on the and tw o a ssista n t m anagers were elect­ consider m easures to further interests of close of the college year.
voyage he began to send sjiecimens from ed. A new c o n stitu tio n and by-laws the societies, and es,Kcially of debate.
MRS. WILLIAMS E N T E R T A IN S
the sh ip ’s dredgings back to London. w as also inaugurated and m any general
All these th in g s are favorable signs.
plans
were
discussed.
All these were carefully and minutely
They indicate th a t the deplorable lack of
Ivan Oakes, a member o f the sopho­
S a tu rd ay evening Mrs. Williams e n ter­
catalogued and described
The record
interest in society work is to give w ay to
more
class,
w
as
unanim
ously
elected
as
of this long voyage is of w h a t he saw
better society w ork and (Ktter success in tained the stu d en ts a t a w inter law n
a
ssista
n
t
track
m
anager,
while
Francis
and not of his ow n hardships, though
debates; for debates are won by practice p artv given in the d orm itory reception
G
ollow
ay,
’07,
w
as
chosen
as
a
ssista
n
t
these were m any; he w as daily affected
work in society ju st as football game» hall. The hall gave the m ost charm ing
football
m
anager
for
the
season
of
1904.
w ith seasickness, so th a t his health w as
are won by steady, hard practice on the suggestion of spring, for ivy and green
Mr.
Oakes
has
lieen
connected
w
ith
uni­
foliage weie clustered richly on w alls and
impaired for all the rest of his life. He
gridiron before the gam e is played.
versity
athletics
for
tw
o
years
and
is
pillars, and even a hamm ock sw inging
was a m aster of self-repression. Darwin
well
qualified
to
assist
M
anager
Tom
lin­
between tw o ivied pillars proved to be
w as not only a b o ta n ist b u t also a
son
in
a
rran
g
in
g
a
stro
n
g
schedule
and
inviting and realistic.
L aw n gam es
zoologist and ento m o lo g ist.
GOOD ROADS
caring
for
a
squad
of
track
athletes.
ad
ap
ted
to
table
use
furnished
en te rta in ­
“ In the river banks in South America
Francis
G
allow
ay,
Mr.
G
rah
am
’s
he found the bones and rem ains of ex­
As a result of the a g ita tio n of the con­ ment. The p rogram , entirely musical,
a
ssista
n
t,
is
a
brother
of
Charles
tinct anim als. He w a s also com paring
struction of gooil ro ad s which the uni- consisted of in stru m en tal numlKrs by
G
allow
ay,
who
made
a
stro
n
g
athletic
the fossils of men w ith the low types of
veristy has been carrying on this w inter, Mr. Glafke, a male q u a rte tte ami ladies’
natives living there.
This expedition i m anager and did much to develop Ore­ a good roads convention is to I k hel< q u a rte tte .
Punch w as served in the so u th hall in
w as gone from E ngland betw een four g o n ’s athletics. Mr. ('»alioway lives in a t the co u rt house in this city next S a t­
Oregon
C
ity
and
will
I
k in a position to
and five years. Upon his return he w as
urday. Every d istrict of the co u n ty will a red-lit corner where an unique little
to
do
some
good
work
for
the
football
elected a fellow of the Royal G eograph­
be represented by interested and com pe­ well w ith its “ o ak en ” bucket invited
ical Society and a fte rw a rd s became head team this season.
ten t delegates, and addresses will I k passers by. In the d in in g ro o m a corner
The report of the basketball m anager,
of th a t society. L a te r he m arried his
made by Professor Hyde and President entirely setoff w ith hanging ivy w as used
Professor C. A. Burden, as accepted
for serving ice cream and cake. Those
cousin Miss Em m a W edgewood, and
Campbell.
show s a deficit of $7.83, which is to I k
assisting the hostess were Mrs. Zieber,
lived a t his quiet home in K ent near
assum ed by the AssiKiate.l Studedts.
Misses E th a W illiams, Nina Wilkins,
London.
Dallas College claims the basketball Alice B retherton, Edna Prescott, M ary
Mr. Burden has been appointed a» gen
“ D arw in’s m o tto and advice to young eral m anager and coach of the basket­ cham pionship for the season by a sum ­
Dale, Ella Dobie, N orm a Hendricks, Jean
n a tu ra lists w as, ‘collect copiously, record
m
ation
of
points,
but
up
comes
W
illam­
ball squad and all such indoor sports.
G ray and (’»race Parker. The p a rty wus
accurately, and do much thinking; try to
ette
and
asserts
th
a
t
Dallas
has
no
rig
h
t
The selection of a football coach w as
a m ost enjoyable affair and there are
acquire the h ab it of seeking an expla­ also discussed, bu t nothing definite w as to g rasp the coveted honor until the S a­
hopes for its early repetition.
nation of everv difficulty you m eet.' In done. David G raham , '05, and Presi­ lem players are defeated aguin, each h av ­
Miss Grace Wold ’01 hus taken up her
1859 ‘The Origin of Species’ w as pub­ dent Cam pbell were appointed to corres­ ing won a single contest. How easy to
lished, tw e n ty years after he had made pond w ith the various applicant« and claim cham pionship honors! Oregon is w ork as society editor ol the P o rtlan d
Daily Journal.
the studies upon which it w as based. recommend some one as soon as conve­ content to let them have it.
nient.
He said, ‘After ti ve years of collecting I
A Sketch of His Life, with Personal Remin­