The Oregon weekly. (Eugene, Or.) 1900-1909, March 16, 1908, Image 2

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    Hair and Tooth Brushes
Tooth Preparations, Perfumes
and Fine Soaps
W. A. KUYKENDALL
Pharmacist
569 Willamette Street
Eugene, Ore.
P E O P L E ’ form er classm ate, who is doing w on­
derful m issionary work in the interior
A V ery Interesting M eeting of the Y. of Japan. In three years he has es­
tablished him self on a firm foundation
M. C. A. is H eld on F rid ay E v en ­
with large bible classes and a flourish­
ing, M arch 13th.
ing Y. M. C. A. His association has
“Jap an and its P eople” was the a fine building. He publishes a paper,
them e for discussion at Y. M. C. A. the “Om i M ustard Seed.” H e is reach ­
last F riday night. T he m eeting was ing m any Japanese, and finds th at they
led bv II. A. Scullen who called upon m ake good C hristians.
various mem bers to talk upon different
Miss A da Coffey went to D rain S a t­
phases of the subject. W in. B. P latts
spoke first on “T he N atural F eatu res of urday.
fap an .” lie told o f the extent and
Fred M oullen is cham pion heav y ­
conform ation of Japan, of its agricul­ w eight w restler of the U niversity. In
tu re and its dense and overflow ing the recent indoor meet he and Z ach ar­
population, and its form of g o vern­ ias w restled a draw , each doing about
ment.
the sam e am ount of aggressive work,
II. A. Dalzell spoke on “ T he People while n eith er could secure a fall. L ater,
of Ja p a n .” “ 'l'he Ja p s,” said he, “once a m atch was held in the gym nasium ,
thought them selves descended from the in which M oullen came out victor. It
gods, but now they adm it that they do consisted of four bouts. T he first and
no know where they came from. T hey third were d raw s; M oullen’s a g g re s­
are a mixed race w ith varied facial sive work in the second and fourth
characteristics, 'l'he men are about the won him the decision. Dick H a th a ­
height of the averago E uropean w om ­ way refereed.
an.. Filial obedience and patriotism
are national characteristics. T hough
Y. W . C. A.
they im itate, they adapt all (hat they
The Association m et on T u esday af­
adopt. T h ey are a serious, determ ined
people, and when converted will, it is ternoon at four o ’clock and had a very
hoped die for Christ as cheerfully as enjoyable m eeting in the A ssociation
room s in Deady hall. A fter a short
they will live for him .”
W ilfred W a tten b u rg gave an o u t­ devotional m eeting, the cabinet occu­
line of the religions of Japan, show ing pied the hour, in discussion of plans
th eir v irtu es and their faults and the for the State A ssociation w hich will
meet in this city on A pril third, fourth
need of C h ristianity for Japan.
T heodore H olt told of the progress and fifth. C om m ittee heads, as fol­
that C h ristia n ity has made in Japan, lows, were chosen :
beginning with Roman Catholicism in
E ntertainm ent and reception. M iss
1542, which was later extinguished by Calkins.
persecution.
Re-introduced in 1S(X),
Reception, Miss F ran ces Kelly.
tw en ty y ears of pioneer work gave ai
U shering, Miss M cK enzie.
basis for effective work from 1880 to
A dvertising. Miss F oshay.
18’M). A reaction to paganism during
Music. Miss E d n a Canfield.
the next decade has been followed by
Social, Miss P erry.
the recent revival of C hristian work in
D ecorating. Miss P rescott.
which all the churches, aided greatly
Finance, Miss H air.
by the Y, M. C. A. are taking active
Church, Miss G reen.
part.
Prof. I'errill concluded with a brief
The ( )regon T a b le t for Seniors at
talk on the work of W in. \T rie s , a L IN N D R U G CO.
ON “JA P A N A N D IT S
Very Complete Stock of
DRUGS CHEMICALS and
Surgical Appliances
DR. L E O N A R D ’ W E L L P L E A S E D
W ith S easo n ’s O u tlo o k in B aseball_
M any C an d id ates A re O u t for
P o sitio n s
D r. L eo n ard is v ery well pleased
w ith the p re se n t p ro sp ects for a w inn­
ing baseball team th is season. A bout
fo rty m en rep o rt ¿or p ractise every
evening.
T h e infield is especially
stro n g , and th ere is cred itab le V arsity
m aterial for all of the o th e r positions.
A p ractise gam e will be played next
S a tu rd a y w ith th e W o o d b u rn T ri-city
L eague team . It is a fast team and
will show th e V a rsity m en ju st where
they »stand.
Dr. L eo n ard fav o rs stro n g ly the
o rg a n iz atio n of a freshm an team . It
is im possible for ev ery baseball player
of m erit to m ake th e first nine, yet for
the developem ent of the stro n g est pos­
sible U n iv e rsity team th ere should be
a reserve of train ed m en. A freshm an
team could play high school team s,
l'he high school w ould n o t object to
m eeting men ju s t g ra d u a te d from their
ranks, and a good schedule could thus
be arran g ed .
Such team s are usual in o th er U n i­
versities. A t M ichigan, class team s are
popular. A t U n iv e rsity of Colorado,
the su b sid iary team s and V arsity
players often com e o u t a fte r supper
and at noon to re p re se n t th e ir o rg an ­
ization.
•
Some such a rra n g e m e n t, to give all
candidates a chance to play is desir­
able in O regon. Dr. L eonard favors
the freshm an team for the reasons
above stated.
Reuben S teelq u ist, H en ry Davies,
L eR ov W ood and I). L. Lew is, with
H arv ard M oore as accom panist, went
to B row nsville M arch 14 to sing at a
m eeting held th ere in the interest of
the U n iv ersitv ap p ro p riatio n .
“ l'he Autofiller Fountain Pen guar­
anteed bv LIN N DRUG CO.
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