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.
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, (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.