Oregon^
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
VOL. IX.
GLEE AND MANDOLIN
EUGENE, OREGON, JANUARY
6, 1908.
CLUBS tion of new stu d e n ts.fro m the visited
Return from a Most Successful Tour
of the Eastern Section of
the State.
T he Glee and M andolin C lubs of the
sections of the state.
As there is a deficit to be made up
tlieie is a probability that M anager
Clifford will give the people of E u
gene a retu rn concert som etim e in the
early Spring. A s a great many tow ns
people and stu d en ts were unable to
hear the last concert, there has been a
great dem and for a re-appearance of
The entire tro u p is loud in its praises
which w i’J be presented as well as the
im proved concert given by the m em
bers will m ake the concert, if it is giv
en, as in terestin g to those who have al
ready heard it, as to those who have
not.
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No. 13
MAIL
COURSES
ATTRACTIVE
Over Two Hundred Students are now
Enrolled in the Correspond
ence Department.
The December num ber of the U ni
versity ot O regon Bulletin has been is
eighth an n u al to u r of the state. T his
sued and contains a full description of
year the clubs to u red the W illam ette
the correspondence courses being of
fered by the U niversity. T hese cours
V alley and E a ste rn O regon, show ing
es are arranged especially for teachers,
in the fo llow ing to w n s : A lbany, S a
stu d en ts preparing for college or U ni
lem, P o rtlan d , H p o d R iver, T he Dalles,
versity, w om en’s clubs,
teach ers’
\\ alia \\ alia, P endleton, L aG rande,
groups, granges and hom e m akers. At
and B aker C ity.
present there are courses in E nglish
M em bers of the o rg an izatio n declare
classics and Shakespeare by Professor
the season of 1907 m ore successful than
T hose who m ade the trip a re : Glee 11. C. Howe, in Pedagogy by Dr. II. D.
any p revious year.
The clubs were
b etter and each succeding concert was C lu b : P a i n e ,'08; P re s c o tt,'08; Burke, Slield« m, and in E lem entary and H ig h
an im p ro v em en t o v er the preceding 11; S teelquist, 09; II. Moore, ’0 9 ; er A lgebra bv Dr. II. B. Leonard. The
U niversity intends sh o rtly to add
one. Som e of those who saw the con G erm anus, ’l l ; G oodm an, ’10; W ood,
other courses in Econom ics, Political
cert in E u g en e early in the fall say th a t ’09; Cooper, ’09; Nelson, ’09; Mott, ’ll ;
the one given in P o rtlan d on the last Davies, '10; D avidson, ’l l ; N<|M, '08; Science, H istory, English L iterature,
M echanical D raw ing. Civil E ngineer
night could scarcely be recognized as Nelson, ’09; Sherk, TO; Snow, ’09; W .
ing, and E ducation.
the sam e perform ance, so m uch had M oore, 08; D evereaux, ’l l ; Van Scoy,
These courses are open to any person
the men im proved. A t every tow n in '09; Kincaid, 08; K erns, '08; Rankin,
pi the state, and the cost is very nom i
which the I n iv ersity men put on th eir TO; Neal. 08; S tu n ts te r Van Dusen, TO
nal. All instruction and exam inations
concert they were aw arded a very en M anager Clifford, '09; and D irector
4 re free.
The correspondent pays the
th u siastic welcom e by both the high Glen.
cost of com m unication and bears the
school stu d e n ts and the tow nspeople.
The Stanford Glee and
M andolin expenses of the books necessary for
A t m ost of the to w n s the Glee Club
the work. E xam inations are optional
san g before the high school stu d en ts C lubs gave a concert at the Eugene
with the stu d en t, but are required
(hiring the aftern o o n s, and a fte r the T h ea tre on the evening of 'Thursday,
where credit is desired. At the com
concerts the boys w ere u su ally gu ests p e c e m b e r 26. A lthough most O regon
pletion of the courses and exam ina
«it lecep tio n s, w here th ey had o p p o r stu d en ts were out of tow n, a good au
tions, the student is entitled to credits
tu n ities to m eet the people of the dif dience greeted the C alifornia boys.
T h eir concert was of a high o rd e r; the as follow s: E nglish Classics, 5 en
ferent cities.
m andolin club especially won the hearts trance credits or 1 u n it; E lem entary
In terest in the U n iv ersity was g en
of all m usicians present. The work of A lgebra, 7% entrance credits or 1%
eral and
w as m anifested stro n g ly
u n its; Advanced A lgebra, 1% college
th ro u g h o u t the trip. In every tow n the glee club was very good, especially cred its: Shakespeare, 3 college cred its;
in which ( )regon alum ni are located a in college songs and ch o ru ses; there Pedagogy, 3 college credits.
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were several solos of m erit. 'The stu n ts
niv ersity ot O regon club was o rg a n
This correspondence work has met
w ete uproariously ludicrous.
ized th ro u g h the efforts of the m em bers
The club was en tertained at the with a most hearty reception in all
"t the clubs. These clubs are for the
houses of the three fratern ities and at parts of the state. More than tw o h u n
general purpose of u p b u ild in g and su p
the dorm itory. D uring the afternoon dred stu d en ts enrolled for the various
p o rtin g the U n iv ersity and for the p a r
of the 26th a reception was held at the courses d u rin g the past m onth. Real
ticu lar p u rpose of secu rin g the pas-
hom e of Miss 'Theresa Friendly. In the izing that the U niversity is an institu-
tge ot the I n iv ersity ap p ro p riatio n
evening the men were en tertained at tion of the people, for the people and
Bill in the Ju n e election.
by the people, the regents have been
dinner by the men of the dorm itory.
I he en tire tro u p e is loud in its praise
constant in th eir aim to broaden its
(»• the people of the different cities for
No train in g was done by track men field of work and to make it reach the
• he w arm recep tio n s w ith which they d u rin g vacation. All the men took a greatest num ber of people. In p u rsu
’net, and confidentlv pred icts th at t h e ’ com plete rest, so as to be ready to be ance of this purpose the sum m er ses
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n iv ersity will receive direct results gin hard training with the reopening sion was opened several years ago. and
1'o u i the to u r in a m uch larg e r delega- of college.
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U n iv ersity have retu rn ed from their