The Oregon weekly., March 02, 1908, Image 5

the W eek-end is alw ays a red-letter
Student Body Meets.
occasion in stu d e n t activities. In the
by-gone y ears of the U niversity his­
At the reg u lar weekly assem bly hour
tory , Ju n io r day w as looked forw ard last W ednesday, the student body held
to w ith g reat in terest and much en ­ its reg u lar m id-year m eeting, \f te r a
thu siasm w as aroused, chiefly bv the song by the Glee Club, Geo. H ug and
an nual Ju n io r-S o p h o m o re Hag rush Carl M cClain who represented the
But since th e stu d e n ts have abandonee I Diversity of O regon at the N o rth ­
the old b arb aric trad itio n s, U niversity w estern A thletic conference held at
day, as it is now know n, is devoted to W alla W alia, reported as to the p ro ­
p ractices of a m uch higher standard.
ceedings there. T h eir detailed report
T he W eek-end w ould be an en larg e­ appeared several weeks ago in the
m ent of the sam e plan, a period of in W eekly. Mr. H u g also made a few
d u strial, ath letic, intellectual and social rem arks in regard to the m aking of a
diversions. 1 lere is hoping th at the successful track team . G rover K est­
Ju n io rs will estab lish the precedent ley and Dick H ath aw ay spoke briefly
and th a t the W eek-end will become on the need of the student support for
one of the re g u la r U n iv ersity of O re- baseball. E arl K ilpatrick outlined the
gon tra d itio n s
plan which the com m ittee had formed
BASEBALL
PRA CTICE
BEGINS
Plenty of New Material From Which
to Choose.—Dr. Leonard Will
Act as Coach.
baseball practice begins this week.
I he first problem that confronts C ap­
tain H athaw ay and his men is the con­
struction of a diam ond. T he diam ond
will be on the cam pus, about w here it
was last year, west of Johnson Hall.
M anager Mount has been ill and the
work has not been pushed but will be
done early this week.
Between 30 and 40 men will p ro b ­
ably report for initial practice.
Dr.
Leonard, instructor in M athem atics,
for the stu d en ts share in the cam paign and a form er star of M ichigan and Col­
SE N IO R PLA Y A BIG SUCCESS for the un iv ersity appropriation. Sev­ orado I Diversities, who is to coach the
(C o n tin u ed from page 1.)
eral o th er stu d en ts spoke on general team s will thus have plenty of m aterial
with which to work and three or four
tracted the so ft and g e ntle eyes in the topics and the m eeting ended. T he
team s can easily be organized. Sid
audience. A s the d ash in g C aptain Jack next reg u lar stu d en t body m eeting will
Sm ith, Kelly, Beck and W is ta r J o h n ­
he had all of the a ttrib u te s calculated be for the nom ination of student body
son are the only m em bers of last y e a r’s
officers.
to set a m aid en ’s h eart a flutter. A
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team who are not in college, and base­
handsom e m an. a g allan t officer and a
Enthusiastic Meeting.
ball interest am ong freshm en is keen­
polished g en tlem an , he had, too, the
er than ever before. C om petition for
n ecessary ferv o r of the lover and play­
I he reg u lar bi-m onthly m eeting of places will be close in m any instances.
ed his p a rt w ith a fine relish. Billy the E n g in eerin g C lub held last F ri­
H urd and (. liflord will try for pitcher,
Xeal im p erso n ated the officious man day evening, w as a rousing success.
to g eth er with Dickson, H ealey, H u g ­
serv an t b a g and in this role he dupli­ 'I'lie recture room of Dr. Boynton was gins, H enkel and others. F or catcher
cated his p revious successes in am a­ crow ded, some of the late com ers hav­ there will be in terestin g com petition
te u r acting.
Paul Bond played the ing to stand.
am ong T aylor, Healey, M cEw en, Ja m ­
p art ot b au lk lan d , the d o u b tin g lover,
Carl McClain gave an ^interesting ison, K ennedy and others. Colem an
and as one of the lesser light appeared and exceedingly practical talk on the is a new man in the infield.
to good ad v an tag e. W m . Dill and subject of trench digging, followed by
I he schedule is by no m eans fully
O scar F eru set, in so far as th eir m inor Prof. DeCou, who d em o n strated the arranged. T he season will start d u r­
hum orous side of m athem atics. Prof. ing E aster vacation with a trip to
p arts w ould allow them , did well.
In w om en ch aracters, the Seniors DeCou sketched briefly som e of the W ashington which may extend north
had a h ig h ly creditable rep resen tatio n early history of the science, telling of as far as V ictoria.
in the four g irls ta k in g p art. M iriam su p erstitio n s and peculiar properties
\\ ith so much good m aterial, and a
\ an W a te rs had p erh aps the m ost im ­ th at were popularly believed to be in­ coach who is well liked by all, the
p o rtan t and at the sam e tim e the m ost vested in certain num bers, afterw ard baseball squad feels happy and hope­
difficult role. A s M rs. M alaprop she giving a few practical d em o n stratio n s ful.
( xhibited rare ab ility anil her in te r­ of deceptive m athem atics and trap p in g
p o la tio n of the part was w arm ly a p ­
Delegates Elected.
preciated by the audience. I le r lin-
BASKET BALL SEASON CLOSES
quisitic ex p loits in seeking to m aintain
(C ontinued from page one.)
The different classes of the U niver­
her p re te n tio n s to g e n tility were one
sity held m eetings last week and elect­ men s line up, ami Kuykendall did
of the best m irth -p ro v o k ers of the
ed delegates to the »state oratorical much fancy tossing. As a result the
evening.
convention which will be held at M on­ juniors and helpm ates got but one goal
Louis B ryant, as the rom antic Lydia,
m outh, March 13. From the Seniors, to five of K uykendall, Penland, et al.
sh ares ho n o rs with Mr. M ott in fu r­
Benjam in
H untington and Mozelle I his gave the form er the gam e by a
nish in g the love elem ent. H er concep­
H air were selected; from the juniors, m argin of four points and they tro tted
tion of h er p art was exceedingly good
T. R. T ow nsend and Jesse H. Bond; from the field m uch elated. T he line­
as w as th a t of Belle \ an D uyn, w ho from the Sophom ores, H orton C. .Vich­ up Was as follow s:
as Ju lia, provided the cause for F aulk-
S enior-sophom ores: i’or wards, W il­
ólos and Clarence S teele; from the
lan d ’s m oroseness. H elene Robinson
F reshm an, A rthur G eary and Hazel liam s, Bond, C ooper; center, Kuyken-
m ade a very coy and b ew itch in g maid,
M cN air. Thos. R. T ow nsend, is c h a ir­ lall, S w ift; g u ard s, H aw ley, Brooks,
and am p ly justified the liberties which man of the delegation and Benjam in Penland.
Sir L ucius and F a g w ere fain to take.
Ju n io r-fresh m en : F orw ards , K est-
H untington toaster. Bert P rescott, ’OR,
1 he caste as a whole, Prof. Glen and will represent Oregon in the intercol­ ey, P erk in s; center, D ean; guards,
M anager K estley, are to be c o n g ra t­
legiate oratorical contest at that place. ,ewis, W oods,
ulated and should feel th a t th e ir w ork
m p re p a ra tio n has not been done in
Miss M ary Gray, '05, is a guest at
Miss H elen Barber, of P ortland, is
vain.
the Tan Pi sorority house.
visiting in E ugene for a few days.