The Oregon weekly., January 27, 1908, Image 5

\\ . Prescott, '08; M ozelle H air, ’08;
lesse II. Bond, ’09; H a ro ld J. R ounds,
'10; C larence L. W healdon, '10; and
I lenry Davies, ’10. E ach of the o ra to rs
lias made a th o ro u g h stu d y of his su b ­
ject and will he able to m ake a cap­
able show ing at th e try o u t. It is to
be hoped th at a good crow d will be
on hand at the try o u t. T he o rato rs
have w orked h ard and deserve the
strong su p p o rt of stu d e n ts and to w n s­
people. Xo adm ission will be charged.
Everybody is w elcom e.
IN T E R S C H O L A S T IC LEAG UE
D ebates are ta k in g place all over the
state in the O reg o n H ig h School De­
bating League. T h e finals are to be
held at the U n iv ersity in M ay ; the in­
ter-district d eb ates will take place in
March, while the p re se n t district con­
tests will not be o v er for a m onth to
come.
In the S o u th ern O reg o n d istrict the
cham pionship sta n d s betw een .Marsh­
field and G ra n ts P ass. In this d istrict
Klam ath F alls has defeated M edford,
G rants Pass has defeated K lam ath
halls and R oseburg, M arshfield has
won over N o rth
Bend. In C entral
( Iregou A lbany b eat Salem , Junction
City beat H a rrisb u rg , Lebanon beat
Eugene and Ju n ctio n C ity, Brownsville
beat A lbany. T h is leaves the contest
between B row nsville and Lebanon,
which is scheduled for F e b ru a ry 14.
In the C olum bia R iver d istrict, m a t­
ters are far from b ein g settled . Sev­
eral team s have d isb an d ed . Tillam ook
and A sto ria will m eet each o th er as
soon as b o ats begin to run to T illa­
mook.
In the E a ste rn O reg o n d istric t Bak­
er City won from O n ta rio , U nion from
LaG rande, W a llo w a C o u n ty IL S. from
Pendleton. T h e D alles from H ood R iv­
er. Baker C ity and U nion debated last
S aturday evening. T h e cham pionship
in this d istrict th u s lies am o n g the w in­
ner of this debate, T h e D alles and W a l­
lowa Co. II. S.
A great deal of in terest is being m an ­
ifested in these co n tests. M any of the
debates are excellentfi and final con­
test in M ay p ro m ises to be a debate
of great m erit.
Miss Lillian C o ch ran , ’l l , who has
been seriously ill w ith a com bination
of typhoid and b rain fever, is so m uch
im proved th a t she w as able to leave
for her hom e in H ep p n e r last week.
•Miss R uth Ilo n e y m a n of P o rtlan d ,
was the g u est of th e M isses W olds the
last part of last week.
SIX
D EBA TERS
ARE
CHOSEN
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SEV EN TY -FIV E
AT
BA NQ U ET
has for tw o years past been one of the Given by the Young Men’s Christian
Association on Saturday
Strongest deb aters in the Philologian
Evening
S o ciety and will be a valuable man for
the trio.
1 he \ oung Men's C hristian A ssocia­
\ \ alter M. E ato n , second collegue
on the negative, is a junior in the de­ tion ot the I niversity gave a banquet
partm ent of engineering. Mr. Eaton to seventy-five of its m em bers at
is also new at intercollegiate debate, i P ra n k s Hall on the evening of la n ­
but in the L au reau Debating Society n a n 25. A lter full justice had been
he has often show n himself to be a done to the good things, the m errim ent
All present joined in the
stro n g m an in th is line of work. Mr. began.
Eaton, is also stro n g along literary " I’oast to ( )regon ”. A q u a rte tte com ­
posed ot Steelquist, Moore, Lewis and
lines, having won the U niversity of
Davis, followed with a selection which
O regon M onthly prize in the recent
was much appreciated.
short sto ry contest.
Carl McClain, acting as to astm aster,
O reg o n ’s chances for the cham pion­
then called upon "D ad
Reid to tell
ship of the N orthw est are good this
the assembled guests "H o w it seems
year. \\ hile we lost three good men
to be a real dad."
I'he eloquence of
bv graduation last year there is a great
Mr. Reid’s reply showed his deep con­
<leal of good m aterial left yet as was
viction in this m atter. Prof. T errill
show n in S atu rd ay evening’s tryout.
was next asked to speak as “official”
Should the proper spirit be behind the
representative of the U nited F ed era­
team s, there is no reason why Oregon
tion of Boys* Clubs.
should not again come out at the top.
A fter a solo by M. F. M cClain, Mr.
'i'he In te rsta te debating League has
Bovard told of "B ugs and H um bugs,
been in existence for three years, in
Sights ami Parasites, Robes and Mic­
1900, the cham pionship was won by
robes.” "B illy” Xeal en tertain ed with
the U niversity of Idaho. Last year,
a solo, followed by Prof. D unn, the
( )regon was successful in landing first
first president of the U niversity a s ­
place, m aking her champion of three
sociation on "Lives of Service." I. B.
states.
Rhodes spoke of " I'he \\ ork ot the
Utah had. d u rin g the same time, won Association" to such effect th at volun­
the cham pionship of five states, so that tary contributions to the am ount of
the debate between U tah and Oregon two hundred dollars were tendered.
which was held last M ay and won by Dr. Kuykendall, representing the citi­
( )regon gave the U niversity of Oregon zens of Eugene, told of their interest
the cham pionship of eight states.
in the U niversity Association.
The q u a rte tte again sang, and the
miests dispersed after voting to have
T he E ngineering Club held one of another banquet in the near future.
Menu.
the most interesting m eetings of the
Oyster Cocktail
year on last Friday night. Professor
Salted Alm onds
Pickles
Stafford spoke on Electro-C hem istry Olives
Roast M eats
and illustrated his lecture with views Roast Chicken,
Boiled Ham
of m any processes which have been
C ranberry Jelly
Potato I hips
but recently introduced into the m anu­
S hrim p Salad
Celery
facturing world. He explained how Potato Salad
Bread and B utter
Sandwiches
the cost of production of iron, copper,
Bananas, O ranges, N uts
alum inum and many o th er less com ­
Cake
Coffee
mon m etals had been lessened bv the Ice Cream
use of the electric current. M any of
Mrs. Susie F ennel Pipes, instructor
these processes have only been discov­ in violin at the U niversity School of
ered during the last two or three years. Music last year, leaves Saturday for
( )len A rnspigcr discussed some of Berlin, where she will resume her m us­
the problem s encountered in the resu r­
ical studies.
vey and subdivision of laml. Mr. Arn-
Mr. and M rs. J. P. W ilbur, of Union,
spiger was employed on this work last
sp rin g and sum m er and so was able to who arc on th eir way to C alifornia,
give m any helpful suggestions to the stopped in E ugene for several days last
engineering students. H is accounts of week to visit th eir daughter.
the inaccuracy of the old surveys were
John V eatch, 07, who lias been
ra th e r am using.
All engineers should atten d these studying carto o n in g at the I niversity
of C hicago, retu rn ed to Eugene F ri­
m eetings and hear the suggestions
day evening.
which experienced men have to offer.
Engineering Club