The Oregon weekly., March 16, 1908, Image 1

U N IV E R SIT Y O F OREGON
VOL. IX.
EU G EN E, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1908.
No. 23
PRESCOTT OF OREGON WINS FIRST PLACE
O reg o n ’s In te rc o lle g ia te O ra to r C a rrie s off Gold M edal in the A nnual
C ontest W ith His E x c e lle n t O ra tio n , “ M ercy That Condem ns”
FIR? TL ^ T
A C E IN B O T H C O M PO - Before
SIT IO N AND D ELIV ER Y
M AKES D ECISIO N
D E C IS IV E
O R the fourth tim e since the or
F
e n terin g
the
U niversity Mr.
Prescott com peted in several inter-
scholastic contests in oratory so that
he is by no m eans a novice on the for­
ensic platform .
Perhaps there has never been a con-
E IG H T COLLEGES O F LEAG UE
EN D O RSE U N IV ER SITY A P ­
PR O PR IA TIO N B IL L
LAST FRIDAY
Music, selection by the O rch estra,
ganization of the Oregon I n t e r - " ' V , '
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test ,lcI<I by t,ie Intercollegiate Asso- 7 :30 to 8 :00.
collegiate Oratorical Associa- ciation . w here
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Invocation, Rev. J. A. P. McGraw.
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the rivalry was more
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tion sixteen y ears ago, O regon’s rep- |
Music, O. S. N. S. (»iris’ Glee Club.
resen tativ e has em erged victorious
G reetings from Spring, S traus.
from the an nual contest.
Bert W .
O ration, Joseph (». R ichardson, Mc­
P rescott, of Baker C ity, the ’V arsity ’s
M in n v ille College, “ T he T ren d of the
o rato r, is the m an w ho brings the hon­
I lo u r.”
or to O regon. Mr. P re sc o tt’s oration
O ration, W. E. (iw ynn, Pacific U ni­
'■’ercy th a t C o ndem ns,” won first
versity, “ N ational S tab ility .”
place in the contest both on com posi­
< (ration, R. R. Callow ay, O regon
tion and delivery, m aking the decision
A gricultural College, “ A N atio n ’s
decisive. Since his retu rn to E ugene
! N eed.”
y esterd ay aftern o o n , .Mr. P rescott has
Music, Piano Solo, Mrs. May Bow­
been show ered with congratulations.
den-B abbitt, Scherzo, B flat m inor,
Joseph R. R ichardson, o£ M cM innville
Chopin.
College, w as aw arded second place,
O ration, Mrs. C. A. Bryant, O regon
while C larke R. Belknap, of W illam ette
S tate Norm al School, "A Prophetic
I niversity, w as given third honors.
R ecord.”
Since the o rg an izatio n of the associa­
( (ration, C larke R. Belknap, W illam ­
tion in 1893 the U niversity of O regon
ette 1 niversity, “ The Twentieth C en­
and Pacific College have each won four
tu ry S ta te .”
Bert
W.
Prescott,
’08.
c o n tests; M cM innville college has
Music, (). S. N. S. Faculty Q u artet,
come <uit triu m p h an t th ree tim e s; Pa- W in n er of the State O rato rical Con- W in ter Song, Bullard.
cific U n iv ersity and A lbany College
test at M onm outh F rid ay
< (ration, H arry Maxfield, Pacific Col­
have each won tw ice while W illam ette
Evening.
lege, “ Training for Intelligent C itizen­
I niv ersity has taken first place once. —
ship.”
I he O regon A g ricu ltu ral C ollege and keen and college spirit m ore in evi-
O ration, Bert \ \ . Prescott, U niver­
the ( )regon S tate N orm al School have deuce than the recent contest at Mon- sity of O regon, “ Mercy that C on­
u n fo rtu n a te ly been unsuccessful as yet m outh, Each institution was well rep- dem ns.”
in the annual co ntest.
resented and college yells and songs
Music, O. S. N. S. ('»iris’ Glee Club,
Mr. P rescott, who won the contest enlivened the evening p rep arato ry to W altz Song, C zibulka.
tor O regon, is a senior in the U niver- the orations. Music by the M onm outh
Decision of Judges.
s’ty, m ajo rin g in the d ep artm en t of orchestra, the (). S. X. S. girls glee
I he judges on com position to whom
econom ics. Since e n terin g the U niver- club, Mrs. May B ow den-B abbitt, and the o ratio n s were subm itted three
sitv th ree y ears ago as a Sophom ore, the <). S. X. S. faculty male quartet weeks before the contest were Judge
he has alw ay s been active in stu d en t was heartily appreciated by the large Stephen A. Lowell, of Pendleton, O re ­
affairs, having been a m em ber of the audience present.
g o n ; Prof. E. M. J Inline, of the U ni­
\ arsity glee club for three consecu-
P resid /n t Hubert A. Cioode, of the versity of Idaho; and Rev. T. L. Elliot,
five seasons. At present M r. Prescott < fregon State Normal School, presided of Portland. The judges on deliverx
is president of the A ssociated S tudents, at the contest and introduced the were Rev. II. O. H enderson, P o rtlan d ;
having been elected to th at position of speakers. The program of the evening
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honor at the stu d en t election last Mav. was as follows;