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About The Oregon weekly. (Eugene, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1907)
TH E FRESHMAN GLEE BASKETBALL Y. M. C. A. ELECTION T he m em bers of the F reshm an class are to be co n g ratu la te d on the rem ark ably p re tty dance they gave Saturday evening at the A rm ory. Prom ptly at 8:15 the g ran d m arch began. T h e hall, decorated in greens presented a b ea u t iful w oodland scene. An im m ense net covered w ith fir boughs form ed a v er nal ceiling w hile the walls were hidden by large fir trees. T h e w indow s were curtained in green and encircled with garlan d s of ivy. An Indian effect was b ro u g h t out in the decorations. In two corners Indian tepees were placed: Indian baskets and other Indian curios were h u n g ab out on the wails. P erhaps the m ost original feature of the p arty was the sp ark lin g spring which flowed effusively with delicious punch. T he little M isses G ladys W ilkins and G lad ys Row land assisted in dipping the punch. T h e p ro g ram s w ere ver\ ap p ro p riate and unique. T h e music was exceptionally good and the Ho.»1 was in fine condition. A bout eigbl \ couples, atten d ed am ong whom w ere a g reat m any out-of-tow n guests. T he p atronesses w ere Miss Bigelow, Mrs. Zeiber, Mrs. H endricks and M rs. Pink- ham. of P ortland. The prospects for a winning basket T h e annual election of the V. \ \ . C. A. occurred last T uesday. Follow ing ball team are exceedingly bright. Only are the officers for the ensuing y ear: one member of last year’s team was lost Miss Edna Canfield, p resid en t; Miss by graduation and those remaining should Jessie N ottingham , v ic e -p re sid e n t;, Miss Mae Sage, se c re ta ry : Miss Sarah certainly be able to develop great team Reid, corresponding secretary ;j work this year. A squad of from twenty Miss M ary I'oshay, trea su rer and M i> s j to twenty five men turns out at every M ary Scott, editor. T he different practice and competition for positions on heads of com m ittees were chosen ; Miss the ’Varsity will be keen. Irene L icohr dev o tio n al; Miss Ruth Coach Bez.dek has introduced a new Balderee, m issio n ary ; M iss M ary W at son, Bible stu d y ; Miss Isoline Shaver, style of play from that which the team has been used to, in that he says strength social; Miss Jennie P erry, Music. has nothing to do with the game and that F riday evening the m em bers of the the main points to strive for are clever K appa Sigm a F ra te rn ity entertained ness, agility and head work. several of their friends at a dance and Manager Clifford has been working on supper. T he early part of the evening was spent in dancing at D eacon’s Hall the schedule but has had much difficulty and after the eighteenth dance the because of the fact that several of the col guests repaired to the hom e of the K ap leges of the state have formed a league of pa S igm as’ w here novel refreshm ents which Oregon is not a member. were served. T he guests w ere: Mrs. Games have been partially arranged Nelson and Miss Nelson, of Albanv ; with the following colleges: O. A. C., Miss Grace Stedm an, Miss E rm a Albany, Pacific, W illamette, Monmouth Cam pbell, Miss D orothy M orrison, Miss F lora Dunham and Effie Johnson and Dallas, and practice games will be of Portland, the Misses Ella Dobie. played with the Eugene High School and Jessie H urley, Vivian Holm es, Edna the Friendly teams. and C lara Canfield, Rae V ogle E dith EUTAXIANS ELECT Johnson, F rances O berteufer, Lehi Y. M. C. A. G oddard.E ve Stinson, Ada Allen, W in F riday afternoon the F u tax ian s be.d nie C ockerline, Hazel G raham and A large number of young men filled th eir sem i-annual election. T h e fol Irene Sim ington. the Y. M. C. A. room last Friday even low ing officers were elcted : Miss Sarah Reed, p re sid e n t; M iss T h e annual recognition m eeting o"t ing and listened to an address by Prof. M ary Scott, v ice-p resid ent; M issM aud the Y. V . C. A. was held S aturday Dunn. Service, se c re ta ry : Miss Adele W hite, evening at the Kloshe Tillactim House. The subject of the discourse was, “ If assistan t s e s re ta ry : Miss Eva W ein- I he evening was most pleasantly spent the Bible is not the word of God, what is hard t, tre a s u re r; M issF o rshav, censor in guessing conundrum s and in m us and Miss Irene Eieolir, sergeant at ic. Delicious refreshm ents were serv- it? ” and was given in answer to an ad dress by an eastern bishop who denied it arm s. being the word of God. 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