U N IV E R S IT Y O F O R EG O N
VOL. IX .
SIX DEBATERS ARE
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E U G E N E , O R E G O N , JA N U A R Y 27, 1908.
CHOSEN was manifested in the tryout because! NO GREEK PLAY THIS YEAR
the Alumni Medal was presented to
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To R epresent the U n iv ersity of O regon the man whom the judges deemed the
best individual debater in the U niver
in the In te rs ta te D ebating
sity. T he m an to whom this honor fell
.
L eag u e
is Jesse IL Pond, ’09. leader of the
affirm ative team , which meets Idaho.
E ight stro n g , co n stru c tiv e speeches
John C. V eatch, who presided at the
were m ade S a tu rd a y ev en in g in V illard
try o u t presented Mr. Bond with the
Hall by eight d eb a te rs, each of whom
medal on behalf of the Alumni Associa
y as anxious to w in forensic honors for
tion. T he judges on the medal con
him self and the U n iv ersity . Each of test were all form er graduates of the
the eight p resen ted a logical case and U niversity, Prof. E. H. M cAlister,
showed him self a sp eak er of m erit. Prof. IL C. D unn, and Ray W. Good
C om petition w as v ery keen for posi rich. T h is is the fourth year in which
tions and it w as o n ly w ith difficulty the medal has been presented. The
that the ju d g es w ere able to select the first was given in 1 (X)4 and was won by
six men who are to rep resen t the U ni V ernon W . T om linson. In 1905, the
versity of O reg o n in the In tersta te w inner w as W a lte r C. W inslow. In
league debates, w hich will take place 1906, John C. V eatch was the best
on F rid ay evening, M arch 27, betw een man. In 1907 the medal owing to cir
the state U n iv ersities of W ash in g to n , cum stances was not awarded ; but had
Idaho and ( )regon.
it been, it w ould no doubt have gone
T he q u estio n for discussion w as the to F rancis \ . (»aliowav.
same as the one w hich will be used
Mr. Pond, leader of the affirmative
in the league d eb ates, “ R esolved, that and who also won the medal this year,
the present law s re la tin g to Chinese is a ju n io r and is registered in the de
Im m igration should be extended to in p artm en t of Engineering. 'I'his is his
clude the Jap a n ese im m ig ran ts."
second year in intercollegiate debate
The eig h t men w ho spoke for posi as he was a member of last year s
tions were, Jesse 11. Bond, V alter M. cham pionship negative team which
Eaton. Cecil K. L yons and W . C. N ich won a unanim ous decision over the
olas on the affirm ative sid e ; and E arl U niversity of I«laho at Moscow.
IL K ilpatrick, E arl F. S tro n g , T hos.
W. C. Nicholas, first affirmative
R. T ow nsend and C larence L. W h e al colleague, is a sophom ore and is regis
don on the n eg ativ e. Nine m inutes was tered in the departm ent of Economics.
allotted to each m an for his c o n stru c A lthough this is his first year in in
tive speech and an ad d itio n al three tercollegiate debate, Mr. Nicholas has
m inutes given in reb u tal. A fter all show n him self able to represent the
had spoken, the Ju d g es, w ho were Prof. U niversity in a m anner w orthy of a
E. E. DeCott. Prof. Y o u n g and C ity much older nuin.
A ttorney S. I). A llen, selected the
Thos. R. Tow nsend, second colleague
follow ing men for the tw o te a m s : ( )n on the affirmative team was also a
the affirm ative, which will m eet the m em ber of the negative trio which was
' niv ersity
of
Idaho
in
E ugene.
;essful at Moscow.
Jesse II. Pond, lead e r; T h os. R. T o w n
d ice L. W healdon, leader of the
send. first co lleag u e; V . C. N icholas,
ec team , was first colleague on
a r ’s affirmative squad which de-
second colleague. ( )n the negative,
the U niversity of W ashington
Uiich will m eet the
U n iv e rsity of
V ashiiigton a' S eattle, C larence L.
Tiie. Mr. W healdon has alw ays
regarded as an exceptionally
A healdon. leader. E arl IL K ilpatrick,
first colleague, and V a lte r M. E ato n ,
man in forensics.
E .Kilpatrick, first colleague on
second colleague, were selected. Ea-
gative is a junior in the d e p a rt-
"ii and T o w n sen d were sw itched and
>f Economics. 'Phis is his first
1 Paced on the side op p o site from that
" n which they w ere tried out.
In addition to the co n test for the
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:'v" team s, no little ad d itio n al interest
Senior Class W ill P resen t S h erid an ’s
Fam ous Play, “T he R ivals” on
February 28.
O il February 28, the stu d en ts and
townspeople will be given an o p p o r
tunity to pass judgm ent upon the com
parative excellence of the senior class
of this year along the lines of dram atic
ability. 'Phis is the date upon which
the pick and choice of the 08’s will
“stru t and fret” upon the stage of the
Eugene T heatre ami attem p t, w ith the
aid of native talent and added skill
acquired through four years of rigorous
training in rhetoric and elocution to
interpret the lines of S h erid an 's fam ous
plav “ The Rivals.” H eretofore it has
been the custom for g ra d u a tin g classes
to appear in dram as centered about
ancient life, as they have deem ed the
costum s and environm ent of those
tim es to be more in keeping with their
classical features and senioral dignity.
But the class of PHIS has been noted in
its four years history, both for its u tter
disregard for custom s and precedents
and its love of innovation, and this
instance only em phasizes the consist
ency of its actions. Secure in the be
lief that their countenances are ex p res
sive of enough intelligence and dignity
to render unnecessary the aid of habil-
ato ry accessories, the mem bers of the
class have decided upon a m odern p ro
duction, and th eir selection is as inde
pendent and original in character as it
is bold and audacious in being, a play
that has been made famous by the most
renow ned actor of modern tim es, the
late Joseph Jefferson.
’
Prof. I. M. Glen will direct the e f
forts of the individual stars.
Ih e c a ste fo llo w s:
Sir A nthony A bsolute ...M r . Kincaid
C aptain A bsolute . . . , ............ Mr. Mott
Faulkland ................................ Mr. Bond
Bob A c r e s .............................. Mr. Ramp
Sir Lucius ( » T rig g er. Mr. H untington
F a g .................................................. M r. Neal
David .......................................... Mr. M l
'P h o m a s ..............................Mr. M cC arty
Mrs. M a la p r o p ........ M iss \ an W aters
Lydia L anguish ............... Miss Bryant
J u l i a ............................ Miss V an Duyne
L u c y ...................................... Miss ( hase