The Oregon weekly., April 06, 1908, SPECIAL Y.M.C.A AND Y.W.C.A. EDITION, Image 1

S P E C IA L Y, M. C. A
U N IV ER SITY O F OREGON
VOL. IX.
EU G EN E, OREGON, MONDAY, A PR IL 6, 1908.
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No. 26
Y. W. C. A. ST A T E CO N V EN TIO N line of need, m eeting the w ants of tw o O REG O N ’S A T H L E T E S CH OSEN
classes, the suffering, and those who
Held in Eugene last W eek Under the have tim e and ability but no work. Tryout Determines Men W ho Will
O ut <>f the needs met, people are l e d 1 Enter Indoor Meet Next Saturday
Auspices of the University of
to the church.
—Some New Men.
Oregon
A fter a solo by Mrs. 11. A. Nelson,
A tryout was held S atu rd ay on K in­
T he th irte e n th annual convention of of A lbany, Dr. Ben IL Young delivered
the
convention
address
on
“
T
he
Man
caid
field to determ ine who should rep ­
the Y oung W o m en 's C hristian A ssoci­
ation of O regon and Idaho convened at of N azareth.” lie used irrefutable resent O regon in the com ing indoor-
V illard hall F rid a y m orning. A fter a argum ents to prove the existence of meet at Colum bia college. It has not
scrip tu re h o u r w ith a talk by Miss j C hrist and characterized him as the been definitely decided th a t a team
type of every m an, distinguished from will be sent. If O regon en ters, how ­
Gage, and a Bible S tudy period lead
all other men by his universality and ever, the team will be picked from the
by D r. C oburn, of N ew Y ork, the con­
by the g reatness of his love. Christ w inners of S atu rd ay ’s try o u t. T he try ­
vention w as o rg an ized w ith M rs. H o n -'
W7S a real m an. but he was also divine. out, while not wholly satisfacto ry , was
eym an as p resid en t, and M rs. Stafford
I) a Young is a pow erful speaker.
nevertheless an in terestin g proof of the
as v ice-president, M iss Crosno, of,
Saturday m orning. Miss Gage open- w orth and developm ent of several men.
D rain, as sec retary , and M iss D elta
Dodson sp ru n g a sensation by b ea t­
W atso n of P o rtlan d as press sccre-1
ing Sievers in the mile, tak in g the lead
tary.
at the start and holding it th ro u g h o u t.
P resid en t C am pbell then spoke on
Riddell took third in the mile. T h a t
“T h e P lace of the A ssociation in Col­
such men as P la tts and Low ell were
lege L ife,” b rin g in g out clearly the
distanced in this event show s the qual­
value and necessity of C hristian work
ity of O reg o n ’s distance men this year.
in fo rm in g a well rounded college ca­
M cIntire surprised a great m any when
reer. T h e closing ho ur of the m orning
he took first in the shot over Z acharias
was occupied by the rep o rts of state
and M oullen. 'fh e broad jum p was
officers: M rs. Jessie M. H oneym an,
won, as expected, by K uykendall, H u s­
p re sid e n t: M iss D elta W atson, tre a s­
ton and Bristow in the order nam ed.
u re r: M iss lo a n e e s Gage, state execu­
Moores and K uykendall tied in the
tive sec retary , and M iss M aude Ross,
fifty yard hurdles. Paul Reid won the
stu d en t secretary . T hese rep o rts show ­
220 in tine style, closely followed by
ed th a t a great am ount of work has
Moon and O berteuffer. *Plie 50-yard
been accom plished d u rin g the last year,
dash was taken by Moores with H u s­
and th a t the w ork has increased in
ton second, and Moon third. O th er
b read th and value.
events will be run off d uring the week.
D u rin g the early p art of the a fte r­
In the try o u t G eorge H ug was s ta r­
noon, the v isitin g delegates were show n
te r; Moore, lim it and V oigt were
about the cam pus and buildings. 1 he
ju d g es; Bill H ayw ard as usual kept
re g u la r m eetin g opened w ith a scrip­
tim e and his own counsel, s o that no
tu re h o u r d u rin g w hich M iss Gage
official tim e can be given.
spoke on “ C hrist, the M oral Law .
fh e w eather was of the best and
T h is w as followed by the read in g of
m ayy of the a th letes were in the best
rep o rts from the asso ciations of P o rt­
possible condition so that the tiwout
land, O reg o n A g ricu ltu ral College, the i
was a very p re tty exhibition. From
D rain N orm al, and W eston N orm al. I PRO F. LU ELLA CLAY CARSON it the know ing ones attem pt to fore­
A fter a violin solo by M iss M ary De- Who Has an Interesting Article on cast O reg o n 's track prospects for the
Bar, M rs. H oneym an gave a splen­
com ing year, 'fh e consensus of opin
Page Two of This Issue of
did ad d ress on “ Social E conom ics.”
ion about the cam pus seems to be,
The Weekly.
She first ou tlin ed the g re at evils of
“O regon has a fighting chance for the
A m erican society today, dw elling es­
the session with a scripture hour, cham pionship.”
pecially on child labor, evil conditions
'fliere is no dearth of new and prom ­
iking
on
“T
he
T
hree
Great
Vir-
in d e p a rtm e n t store labor, and u n h y ­
> of Supererogation.
Dr. Coburn ising men, hut the team is woefully
gienic co n d itio n s for w ork in g wom en.
in gave an hour of Bible study in , lacking in dependable stars who are
G reat im provem ent m ay be expected
new and interesting m ethod, 'fh e good for a fixed num ber of points be
th ro u g h several a g e n ts : system atic
of the m orning was taken up by . fore a meet com es off.
sociological and psychological in v esti­
If O regon en ters the Colum bia meet
>rts from the associations of the
g atio n , legislation, the C ongress of
versitv of O regon, Pacific Univer- it will be with doubtful chances of
M others, the C o n su m ers’ L eague and
W illam ette U niversity. Dallas w inning the pen n an t. No such co n sid ­
in d u strial education in the com m on
lege. Pacific College and Mon- eration, how ever, will influence the
schools. O regon is fo rtu n a te in h av ­
ith Normal and by a business scss- athletic council as its objections are
ing som e of the best child labor laws
The afternoon period was given based on to tally different grounds.
in the U nion.
r to group conferences on the diff-| W ednesday a fte rn o o n ’s supplem entary
At the ev en in g m eeting, held at the
it branches of association work tryout will be interesting, as a great
B ap tist church. M iss (»age spoke on
an address by Miss C aroline Bar- m any candidates will then com pete
“ N ational and S tate W o rk show ing
tor the q u a rte r and high jum p.
, on T rav eler’s Aid W ork.
th at th e Y. W . C. A. follow s along the