The Oregon weekly., April 13, 1908, Image 7

g rea t
m usical
fe st iv a l
An Accident.
DE
NEFFE
D EFEA TS
V A R S IT Y
Im m ense O rc h e stra an d Vocal C horus
Ernest J. Bertsch, 08, is suffering Aided by the E xcellent B acking of the
W ill P re s e n t “ T h e H oly C ity”
severely from burns on the face re­
Snappy Eugene H igh School
an d “ T h e G olden L egend.”
ceived last Saturday as the result of
P layers
The musical festival this week will
be an event long remembered by the
students and people of Eugene. Six
of the finest soloists in the country ac­
company the great orchestra, and a
chorus of 175 trained voices, over half
of them picked from the students, to­
gether with 64 brilliant orchestra mu­
sicians, will form an aggregation of
talent which few cities of the size of
Eugene ever have an opportunity of
hearing. One notew orthy fact in con­
nection with the event is that the local
chorus has worked harder, has taken
more interest in the matter, and shows
signs of more training and better sing­
ing than even the great chorus in P ort­
land.
The orchestra itself is a company
worth going far to hear. The Oregon­
ian of April 11, says: “Rosenbecker is
an ideal conductor, and from the min­
ute he swung his baton over his or­
chestra, he had it under his genial, yet
commanding, w ay.” The Journal of
April 11, says: “The response Rosen-
becker gets is quick and accurate, and
his men play splendidly together.”
The solosits with the orchestha are
of world-wide fame. They are Mrs.
Genievive Clark W ilson, soprano; Rose
Lutiger Gannon, contralto; John B.
Miller, tenor; A rthur Middleton, bass;
Jan von Dordt, violinist.
Tuesday evening the “Holy City”
will be given and W ednesday evening
“The Golden Legend.” A musical con­
cert will also be given on W ednesday
afternoon. Seats are selling at Burden
& G raham ’s store. Single seats $1.50.
Season tickets, $3.00.
The Beaver Freshm an Q uartette
went to Irving Friday night and gave
an entertainm ent before an appreciative
audience in that city. The songs were
snappy and well-rendered, and the
jokes new and funny. O ther enter­
tainm ents are in prospect.
The engineering departm ent is mak­
ing some careful tests of the effect of
adm ixture of clay upon the strength
of cement. The results will be of
great practical value to the contractors
and builders of the state of Oregon.
Miss M artha W healdon, formerly an
( Oregon student, visited recently with
her cousin. Miss M ary Foshay, ’08.
Many delightful plans have been
made bv the students for a pleasant
April vacation.
the explosion of a tube of liquid am­
monia with which he was performing
an experiment. Bertsch was working
out part of his senior thesis and had
been all morning in the laboratory. The
accident occurred just before noon.
Bertsch was leaning over the tube of
ammonia when the cork blew out and
the liquid burned him badly about the
eyes, nose and mouth. Dr. DeBar
dressed the injury. He states that
there is no danger that the sight of
either eye will be impaired but that
some time will elapse before the pa­
tient will be wholly recovered.
D o rm ito ry Dance.
One of the most successful social
events of the year was the dance given
by the Dormitory Club to a few friends
last Friday evening. About thirty in­
vited guests were present. The cozy
reception room of the dormitory was
decorated in Japanese effect with fans
and paper lanterns illuminated by in­
candescent lights. Ford’s orchestra
furnished the music. In the dining
room punch was served throughout
the evening and after the last dance,
cocoa and sandwiches were dispensed.
Mrs. Church and Miss Parker were the
patronesses.
lu a slow and uninteresting game the
\ arsity baseball squad was defeated
Friday by the Eugene High School.
1 he High School had the assistance of
Fred DeNeffe, the old reliable, ex-
l niversity of Michigan star, in the box
and it was principally due to this fact
that what was supposedly an easy vic­
tory was turned to a defeat.
The \ arsity tried out fifteen men
during the game. Hurd, Dickson and
Clifford were used in the box while
Erskine, Noon and Taylor cared for
the receiving end. The Varsity was
very liberal with its errors while De­
Neffe was accorded excellent support.
Oregon started out in the lead by an­
nexing two runs in the first inning.
The High School tied this up in the
second, however, and in the third for­
ged ahead with three more. After this
they were never headed. The final
score w as:
R.
H. E.
Oregon .................................... 7 10 7
E. H .S ...................................... 11 9 3
Second Team T u rn s T ables.
On Saturday the V ars’ty second
team turned the tables on the High
School and defeated them in a five inn-
ing game by the score of 3 to 0. Dick­
son for Oregon did effective work in
rhe box while King of the High School
was manifestly weak.
An A cquaintance P a rty
The question now going the rounds
Saturday evening the young women in University circles is “Can the sec­
of the University gave an acquaintance ond team beat the first?”
party at the gymnasium from seven
Manager Strong, of the Muckers
until ten o’clock. The guests wore
fancy dress costumes. The first part Tennis Club, now has the tennis court
of the evening was taken up by an ex­ in good condition and ideal weather
cellent musical programme. Follow­ is making the sport popular. Oregon
will be represented in the big tourna­
ing the programme dancing and the
ment at Seattle by two players, to be
singing of college songs were enjoyed,
chosen next month.
until about ten o’clock when the party
broke up and every one went home de­
Stephen F. Scibird, ’ll , has decided
claring the party the greatest kind of to leave college for the rest of the
a success. A hundred and twenty-five semester, to take an interest in the
girls were present. The patronesses Union Republican, of which his father
were: Professor Carson; Mrs. Church; is editor.
Mrs. Dilly; Mrs. Duff; Mrs. Jones;
Miss Grace Magladry, ’ll, who has
and Miss Johnson.
missed considerable college work on
The German Relief Society of Lane account of illness, is fully recovered
County has passed resolutions favoring and once more attending classes.
the University appropriation bill, and
The article on “ Rugby Football,” by
urging Germans everywhere to support
Gordon Moores, in the Oregon Month­
it as a center of German culture.
ly for March, has been widely quoted
The Whitman baseball team will be and commended.
entertained at the Dormitory and at
Miss Blanche Huston left Sunday
the three fraternity hourses while they
morning for her home in Portland.
are in Eugene this week.