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BOYS’ CLUB, PHI A LPH A PI W ork During the Past Y eir Has Been Very Succew f MIy Carried on By Y. M. C. A. Men. ✓ , (By H. A. Dalzell. '10.) Boy’s work has only been a part of the local Y. M. C. \. w irk a little over a year, yet it is al eady on? of til? most im portant d ep artm ents of til? associa tion. Its prim a v purpose is the o r ganization of Boys’ Bible C lubs in and about Lug m •. In addition to Bi ble study, the te d purpose, athletics, d eb atin g and social activities have been introduced merely for diversion. In order to enroll as m any boys as possible in Bible Study, the Boys’ com m ittee last fall changed the Beta Sigm a Xu club, organized December, 1906, to the Alpha chapter of the I’lii A lhpa Pi, a boys' fratern ity under the M assachusetts com m ittee on Bovs' W ork. T his chapter had 40 m em bers and four leaders from the U niversity. It prospered. In N ovem ber, the Beta C hapter, with T w enty boys and leaders represented Eugene at the State C onventio in C or ei 1 s. February 21. Francis Yoran. if G un ma chapter was elected Presi- dui of that body. The next conven i r l i was secured for Eugene. 'i'll? stan d ard set by the com m ittee or th? com ing year's work is high ; its no to it “do.” X • ,v clubs are planned for Eugene, *' ».* m ount and Springfield. W hile ex- *nd ng the work it is also hoped to make it more intensive and bring the Bible into closer relation with the boys of Eugene. .Mr. W ebster Kincaid has presented to the U niversity of O regon L ibrary a hundred bound volumes of federal and state docum ents and a large num ber of state pam phlets. F o rty of the bound volum es are reports of in su r ance com panies and state auditors, very useful to classes in Econom ics and a num ber of the pam phlets are equal ly im portant. M EM BERS OF T H E Y. M. C. A E N G IN E E R S HOLD M EE T IN G Add es* ed by Dr. Shinn and Prof. A. C. T e-riil—Announcem ents for M eeting This W eek T he E n g in eerin g C lub held a m eet ing on M arch 27, and was addressed by Dr. Shinn and Prof. A. C. T errill. Dr. Sh un took as his su b ject “ E x plosives" and proved him self a m ost thorough m aster of his topic. H e d em o n strated the different explosive ibilities of d e to n a tin g gas, nitro-iodide, and n itro -g ly cerin e by p re p a rin g and exploding those com pounds in the club room. 11 is lecture was v ery in stru c tive and e n te rta in in g and d ealt large ly with the force and ra p id ity of pro pagation of the different gases form ed. Prof. T errill explained the m echan ism of the 'P elau to p rin t and the T ele post, the tw o rapid tra n s m itte rs of th o u g h t which are now co m p etin g with the teleg rap h system . Prof. T errill, while in C alifornia, visited the offices of the 'P elau to p rin t Co., and is very “iithusi-isUc over the possibilities open- U N DERCLA SSM EN a m em bership limited to tw enty, o r Y. W. C. A. Meeting. ganized from the Eugene Bovs’ Bri gade as the result of a talk by Dr. Alt'. I he regular m eeting of the Associa- C. Schm idt, of Albany. M ilitary drill by, Mr. D avis is a feature of their work. '••<n took place on M arch 31. Miss T he third club is the K nights of the dozelle llair. OS, was leader in a verv ’’1 prepared talk on "B ible S tudy iii R ound I able, a club of tw elve, with Bible S tudy its first purpose and a th E v e r v Day Life.’’ It was an interest- letic and debate t -ams as side issues. ng mee'.ing, in every fiarticular. The K ilpatrick o t the Boys com m ittee is a J ‘ 111 ‘ ting to be held T tiesdav, April . .ill be in charge of Miss Ruth Bald* full-fledged m em ber o f this club. c?, 'president of the local association. 'Phe fourth club. Gamma, of Phi Al pha Pi, was form ed last month by High lc - subject will be "'Phe S tudent V ol School boys of Alpha chapter. Both unteer M ovem ent.’’ Miss M ary De- Alpha and G am m a chapters now limit 1 ar, a punil of Mr. G essner, of the Uni- th eir m em bership to tw enty. Thev " /'s itv School of M usic, will plav a have elected H arp er Jam ison and Prof. 1 violin solo. Every one is invited. T errill leaders. 'Phe later club is now Pom m usically inclined Preshm en search in g for suitable chapter rooms. Dr. A. C. Schm idt ami Mr. W. M. have formed the Beaver Q u a rte tte , and P arsons, of Buffalo. X. Y„ have each will make a trip down the valley E aster addressed boys m ass m eetings during vacation. I he men com posing it are the year. David Porter, of Xew York, F an ss. Davidson. Angell and O gden. a m em ber of the International C om From all reports the new organ izatio n m ittee, spent a day in conferences. Phi A lpha Pi held its first annual vill be capable of giving a high class banquet Ja n u a ry 24, truly a how ling perform ance. ed up for the fu tu re by these inven ts >ns. I lie P.ngineering C lub holds its next m eeting on A pril 10 and invites all in terested in en g in eerin g to atten d , prom ising to all a good program . W allace M ount, Jr., of O lym pia. W ash., visited his b ro th e r F ran k at the D elta A lpha house last week. On S atu rd ay accom panied by his brother, lie lett for S ilverton w here th ey attend the golden w edding of th eir g ra n d parents. A track meet betw een the freshm en of the I n iv ersities of W a sh in g to n and ( Iregon will p ro b ab ly be held at E u gene this spring. T he W ashington freshm en are anxious to arran g e the meet and have opened negotiations with M anager Bean. Miss Pansy Shaver of Portland, has been visiting her sister. Miss Isolene success. T he “ feed" was prepared bv \ pleasant university dance was held Shaver. '10, at the Kloshe Tillacum ladies in terested in the cause. at Davies Hall last F riday night. house.
