The Oregon weekly., February 24, 1908, Image 1

U N IV E R SIT Y O F OREGON
VOL. IX.
EUGENE, OREGON, FEBRUARY
24, 19O8.
IN T E R S T A T E O RA TO R CHOSEN team which defeated the U niversity of
Jesse H. Bond, ’09, is the Winner,
W ith His O ration on “Evolution
of Character.’’
Idaho at M oscow. This year he is
leader of O reg o n 's affirmative trio
which will meet th Idahoans at Eu-
gene on March 26
I he N orthw est Interstate O ratorical
Association which com prises the state
universities of W ashington Idaho and
( )regon, was organized in 1902. Six
contests have been held. W ashington
has secured first honors four times. Ida­
ho once and O regon once. A lthough
O regon has only a single first to her
FRESHM EN WIN RELAY RACE
On Saturday Afternoon—Sophomores
Finish Second, Giving Juniors
Last Place.
Before a good audience in Villard
I lie Interclass relay race which wai
H all on last F rid a y evening, the an ­
pulled off on S aturday afternoon wai
nual local try o u t to select the repre­
one of the most th rillin g all-varsity
sen tativ e of the U n iv ersity of O regon
events ever witnessed on Kincaid Feld.
in the In te rs ta te O rato rical contest was
I he Freshm an team carried off a
held.
1 he w in n er w ho will com pete
deserved victory and as a consequence
against the o ra to rs from the U niver­
the m em bers of the class are indulging
sities of Idaho and V ashington respec
in a few broad grins.
tively is Mr. Jesse II. Bond of the class
P rom ptly at 3 o’clock T ra in e r Day-
of 1909.
ward gave the signal for the start of
Five c o n te sta n ts entered the tryout.
the race and the men were off. Jam ­
A sixth w ho w as also to have com pet­
ieson, Sophom ore, took the lead and
ed, was unable, on account of sickness,
finished his mile 15 y ard s ahead of
to be p resen t.
T h e co n testan ts and
the field. Riddell, also TO, m aintained
their su b jects w ere as follow s:
this lead during his part of the con­
Cecil K. L y an s, "E d ucation for C ul­
test and the second mile was finished
tu re .’’
with the Sophom ores still in the lead,
Jesse H . Bond, ’ E volution of C har
the Ju n io rs second and the F resides
acter.”
far in the rear.
But the next mile
Bert W . B rescott, "M ercy T h at C on­
brought a change. Sam May for the
dem ns.’’
Freshm en made up 35 yards for his
C arlos M arsters, "T h e C om m on Peo­
class and finished 3 yards behind
ple.”
Bond, Junior, while W illiam s still
C larence L. \ \ healdon, "C om m ercial
m aintained the Sophom ore’s lead. In
I )esp o tism .”
the fourth mile, Downs, Freshm an, cut
All of the co m p etito rs did well. T he
down the S ophom ore’s lead in what
w inner o u td istan ced his nearest com ­
was said to be the fastest mile of the
petito r by the narrow m argin of only
event and finished even with the 1910
tw o points w hile the th ird m an was
man, leaving the Ju n io rs in the rear.
only th ree p o in ts fa rth er dow n the list.
As H arry Low ell, Sophomore, and
JESSE H. BOND, ’09.
I he w inner was chosen by tw o sets Oregon’s O rator in the Northwest In­ Sievers, F reshm an, got away for the
<»t judges. T h o se on com position were
final unit of the five mile relay, all the
terstate Oratorical
Prof. A. R. B aldw in, of the O regon
spectators leaned back to watch what
Contest.
A g ricu ltu ral College, C o rv allis; ,)r.
they thought would be a hard fought
f hapm an of the M orning ( )regonian,
credit she has always stood well in tin duel for victory. Sievers hit a terrific
Portland ; and Ju d g e L aw rence T. H a r­
pace at the o u tset and no one but his
finals.
ris, of E ugene. T he ju d g es on delivery
The w inning orators for the past six own team -m ates thought he would be
were Dr. \V. K uykendall, Ju d g e E. O. years are as follows:
able to hold it. H ow ever, he was able
I o tte r and C ity School S up erin ten d en t
to finish with a lead of ten yards over
1902— W. I. Laube, W ashington.
A lderm an, all of E ugene. T h o s R.
1903— L. R. C arpenter, W ashington. the Sophom ore runner, with the J u n ­
I ow nsend, '09, presided and in tro d u c­
ior rep resen tativ e in the rear. Billy
1904— Jam es W . M ott, O regon.
ed the o ra to rs.
1905— M orton Musser, W ashington. W ood, for the Ju n io rs, ran a very fast
Mr. Bond, the successful co n testan t,
mile, but had been given too severe a
1905— Fred R. Jones, Idaho.
's a m em ber of the Ju n io r class and is
handicap by his team m ates’ perfor­
1907—J. Ericks a, Washington.
a stu d en t in the d ep a rtm e n t of en g i­
m ances, so could not overcom e his o p ­
neering. N o tw ith s ta n d in g the fact tin t
'Idle boys' clubs, under the su p er­ p o n en t’s lead.
In's chosen line of work is w holly dif- vision of the University Y. M. C. A., J I rainer H ay w ard and all interested
1 "‘ent from o ra to ry and debate, Mr. were represented a a convention ini in athletics in the university were e s ­
Bond has alw ay s taken an active inter- Corvallis I’ebrua’v 22 and 23. T h e , pecially gratified at some o f the p er­
( s' in forensics. L ast y ea r he was a delegates were in charge o f IL voldj form ances of S a tu rd a y ’s race, and
’Member of the U n iv ersity d eb atin g Rf ands, 10, and R >sco? Lynn •. TO.
( C ontinued on .page six.)