The Oregon weekly., January 13, 1908, Image 1

VOL. IX.
E U G E N E , O R E G O N , JA N U A R Y 13, 1908.
No. 14
SIX TEEN M EN E N T E R TR Y O U T
Of those who made the preliminary,
STATE W ELL R E PR E SE N T E D
the first three are men who have pre-
Eight Debaters Chosen Who Will En- viously represented the University in N early E very C ounty in O regon is
ter Fnal Contest on Friday Even-
debate. Townsend ami Bond were
R epresented at the U niversity
ing, January 24.
' 'Members of last years negative team
of O regon
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which won a unanim ous decision over
Sixteen stu d en t s— e ve r y one well t,le U niversity of Idaho trio at Mos-
I he present sem ester will close with
prepared and capable of p u ttin g up a cow, and W healdon was a m em ber of hm r hundred students registered in the
strong d eb a te— appeared in Villard the affirm ative team which defeated I niversity, a record which is w ithout
Hall on S a tu rd a y afternoon and p re­ the I niversity of W ashington team at precedent in her history. And while
sented th em selv es as candidates for Eugene. T he rem aining five are all this is the largest enrollm ent it is also
the p relim in ary eight who will cotn- d eb aters of m erit. Earl F. Kilpatrick the most representative of the state.
pete in tw o w eeks for places on the is a prom inent society debater and is th.it is, it consists ot a m ore even dis-
In terstate d e b a tin g team s which win a m em ber of the Philologian Joint De­ tiib u tio n am ong the counties. Lane
meet the U n iv ersities of W ashington bating team . W a lter M. Eaton is one still leads the list but it m ust be taken
ot the m ost able debaters of the Eaur- into consideration that a large num ber
and Idaho on M arch 27.
The ju d g es, w ho were President P. eau Society and in the spring of 1906 of the students registered from Lane
L. C am pbell. Prof. E. E. DeCou, and was a m em ber of the Society freshm an county are in reality from o th er coun­
Dr. II. I). Sheldon, report th a t.c o m p e ­ team which defeated the Philologian ties, but have moved to E ugene in
tition was n ev er before so keen and freshm an trio in th at year. Cecil K. oidei to avail them selves of higher
that it was w ith g reat difficulty th at E vans is well know n as a student and education at a more econom ical ex ­
they were able to select the eight is a prom inent debater, lie is also a pense. M ultnom ah is second, and
kers whom th ey deemed best fitted candidate for the Rhodes scholarship Douglas, Baker, U m atilla. M arion,
to rep resen t th** U niversity in the and will take the exam ination in the Emu and I lackam as are all well rep re­
latter part of Jan u ary . Earl F. S tro n g sented. T here are but one or tw o
coining forensic contests.
Sixteen men is the largest num ber of is, as his name would indicate, a strong counties that are not represented and
In his freshm an they are the rem oter, sparcely settled
asp iran ts for d eb a tin g honors who have man in forensics.
ever offered them selves as university year he was a m em ber of the freshm an counties in the southeastern portion of
rep resen tativ es. T he good show ing in d eb atin g team which represented the the state. Besides the O regon stu d en ts
q u an tity as well as the good show ing Philologian Society. W’. C. Nicholas there are eleven from the state of
in the q u ality of the men is som ething is a m em ber of the Phililogian Society W ashington, three from British C olum ­
which deserves especial m ention. M any and is a good student as well as a com ­ bia, tw o from A laska, three from C ali­
oi those who w ere unsuccessful in w in­ ing debater. .Ml the men will be able fornia, and one each from Idaho, Ne­
ning a position will be in college again to give a good account of them selves braska, N orth D akota, District of C o­
next year and so the d eb a tin g outlook vhen they meet in the final contest on lum bia, H aw aii and Japan.
T’r id ay evening. Jan u ary 24.
* >r the U n iv ersity is splendid.
R eports from high schools th ro u g h ­
At
this
time
the
judges
will
select
th e subject of the d eb ate was the
out the state show that a much larger
In tersta te d eb ate question : “ Resolved tw o team s, one—the affirm ative—to percentage of the graduates than in
hat the p resen t laws with regard to represent the U niversity at home in a any previous year will continue their
< hinese im m ig ratio n should be ex ­ contest with the U niversity of Idaho's work in the U niversity. T his speaks
tended so as to include Jap a n ese im ­ negative trio : the o th er— the negative well for the popularity of the in stitu ­
m igrants." T he question is an ex- —to represent the U niversity in a tion considering the fact that the ap ­
\d in g ly live one. ami one which be- contest with the affirm ative team of propriation tor m aintenance has been
ng p ractically a new issue, will de- the U niversity of W ashington at S eat­ held up by referendum petition, and
Both debates will with the creation of a loan fund of
■’ iii'1 a gre it deal of original work on tle, W ashington.
take place <>n Friday evening. March $5,090 which will enable m any needy
h* part of th e men.
Ih* lis t-o f those who were chosen 27, as will also a debate betw een W ash ­ students to avail them selves of a col
hand • I out w ithout reg ard to rank in g to n ’s negative and Idaho's affirma lege train in g , the U niversity can look
forw ard to next \ ear as a banner vear
? the ju d g es was as fo llow s: Thos. five team s at Moscow, Idaho.
T here are six candidates for Uni in her history.
Pow nsetid, ’Ok’ ; Jesse If. Bond, f)<):
I he ope,ling o f the second sem ester
I larence E. W healdon. TO; E arl F. versity representative at the S tate In
K ilpatrick, '09; W alter M. E aton, ’09: tcrcollegiate contest which will be will bring a large num ber of new s tu ­
R eg istrar Tiffany has had a
E. S trong, '09; W . N icholas. TO. T he held at M onmouth in M arch. T hey are dents.
ttm or class has the largest represen- Bert W . Prescott. OS; M ozelle H air, great m any applications for freshm an
ttion here, lead in g easily w ith five 'OS; less? II. Bomb 0 9 ; C larence E. stan d in g all ready and the outlook for
m. the S eniors have one atid the | W healdon. TO: I larold R ounds, 10 a good num ber of new btudents is
good.
phoniores tw o.
and H en-v Davis, 10.