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About The Oregon weekly. (Eugene, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1908)
t h e pro g ress o f education torial says that the profession of Jour IN T E R C O L L E G IA T E A T H L E T IC S ------------- nalism needs new men, new energy A S h o rt S u m m ary of E v en ts W hich more enthusiasm and conviction. “ In S tudents at All Colleges are M anifest A re T a k in g P lace a t Colleges num erable o p portunities,” he says, “are ing Usual In terest in M uscular all O v er th e W orld. offered to college men desiring to take A ctivities up this class of work, especially is this T h e M oham m edan U n iv ersity , which The m anager of football at the U ni so in the political journalistic field.” was founded a t C airo, E g y p t, in the F our scholarships for American wo versity of W ashington has all ready y ear 908, celeb rated th e 1000th an n i men, sim ilar in nature to the Rhodes com pleted his schedule for next fall. It versary of its existence a sh o rt tim e scholarships for men, have been es is as follows: ago. tablished at O xford. The exam inations Lincoln High School .............Sept. 26. C olum bia U n iv ersity , in New York, are to be held under the same condi W ashington High S c h o o l........ O ct. 3 has estab lish ed a chair of h u m an ity — tions and at the sam e time as the pres \\ hit worth C o lle g e .....................O ct. 17 the first of its kind in the world. ent scholarship for men. W hitm an C o lle g e ........................O ct 24 M em bers of the class of 1852 have W hen G eorge W ashington was pres O regon A gricultural C o lle g e.. O ct. 31 p resen ted Y ale U n iv ersity w ith a new ident of the U nited States he advocat U niversity of O r e g o n ...............Nov. 14 L ib ra ry b u ilding. T he building has ed a national university. The National ! U niversity of I d a h o ................. Nov. 26 ju st been com pleted and cost the don \ssociation of P residents of the State The row ing shell of the Syracuse ors one q u a rte r of a m illion dollars. U niversities, which convened at W ash U niversity eight will be guided this T h e best equipped U n iv ersity in the ington last year, advocated the plan. season by a Chinese coxsw ain. A w orld, acco rd in g to leading authorities Now the proposition is being consid Chinam an recently debated for C olum is the U n iv e rsity of P aris. T hirteen ered in both houses of Congress. A bia U niversity against Cornell and was th o u san d stu d e n ts are registered at bill for an initial appropriation of $500,- the strongest speaker of the evenng. the in s titu tio n — a sm all city of college 000 to sta rt buildings and set the plan Follow ing out a good eastern cus people. in m otion has been introduced in the tom the student body of W ashington S tan fo rd U n iv e rsity has an endow hone by representative M cKinley of State College will present the athletes m ent of $30,(XX),000, the largest per Illinois, and in the senate by Senator who have been aw arded the official cap ita en d o w m en t of any institution of Ilem enw ay. T he object of the N ation “ W ” for four tim es in cither football, learn in g in the U n ited S tates, not ex- ' al U niversity, if the bill carries, will be track, baseball, or basketball, with a eluding the U n iv e rsity of Chicago. to instruct men along all lines of gov crim son athletic blanket. Any athlete Dr. D u d ley A. S arg en t, director of ernm ental work. A special d ep art who has played and won his letter for physical tra in in g at H a rv a rd U niver ment for A m erican consuls will prob three tim es in any otie of the above sity, is a d v o c a tin g a plan w hereby all ably be a feature of the U niversity. branches will also be aw arded the b lan stu d e n ts w ho are not able to pass a At M ichigan they use language gra- ket. rigid physical ex am in atio n will be de phophones to aid French students in George Cahiil of Holyoke, M assachu nied adm ission to the C am bridge insti their work. setts, has invented an autom atic p itch tu tio n . ing machine. The invention resem bles W illiam C ullen B ry an t Kem p has for T H E C O L L E G E S O C IA L W O R L D a breech loading gun and will shoot tw en ty -sev en y ears been a stu d en t at baseballs at any rate of speed and is C olum bia U n iv e rsity and is still an (C ontinued from Page 1.) also capable of shooting any curve. T he u n d e rg ra d u a te . W h en he was a Soph devise is now being used at H arvard. om ore a w ealth y relativ e died and left o-ed team s of the Ju n io r and Sopho- At the U niversity of Michigan a de lore classes. him an an n u a l incom e of $2500 which, vise has been invented to test the Cornell students held an ice carnival acco rd in g to the p ro v isions of the will, speed of b atters. . Players will here short time ago. Colored lights were will cease as soon as K em p leaves col after be tested at both the beginning lirown on the skaters and toboggan lege. R a th e r th an lose his income and the close of the season, and an ac liders. K em p has given up all hopes of g rad u curate record of the im provem ent kept. T w en ty women stu d en ts at the Uni- ation and h as decided to spend the rest A ndrew C arnegie has donated $65,- ersity of Chicago had a track meet of his day s at college. D u rin g the (XX) for a sw im m ing pool at Yale. Plans ist m onth. Sack races, potato races, tim e he h as been at college, he has ¡are now being draw n for the pond. A ope clim bing, and original dancing 1 sim ilar am ount would not be refused seen N icholas M u rra y B utler rise from a freshm an to the p residency of Co ccupied the principal part of the pro I at the U niversity of O regon. ram. One co-ed broke the W om en s V ictor M. Place will next year coach lum bia. ollege record in the high jum p by rais- the football men of Notre Dame. Place S tu d en ts a t the U n iv e rsity of V ash- ig the m ark from four feet one inch has been physical director and football ington will n ext y ear publish a daily ¡coach at the U niversity of W ashington paper. A m o n th ly lite ra ry m agazine 3 four feet, three inches. Girls at the U niversity of W ashing- during the past tw o seasons. will be issued as well. T he nam e of | m are also becoming g reatly interQst- W alter Cam p, the Plato of the foot- the new lite ra ry pro d uction will be d in athletic sports. Each class in i ball world, has been granted an M. A. ‘‘The W a sh in g to n ia n .” he university has a w om en’s baseball from Yale, on the basis of his being a T h e U n iv e rsity of W isconsin will earn and a schedule of inter-class ■ m aster of the football art. publish the speeches of her intercol ■ames is being arranged. Miss Rud- C apron, the fam ous drop-kicker of legiate d e b a te rs th is y ear and d istrib u te iirg. director of wom en’s athletics, has he M innesota football eleven, has fail them to th e high schools of the state. •iven full consent to the plan and has ed in his studies and unless he makes C olum bia U n iv e rsity has a chair of iven the young women much en- op the deficiencies will be ineligible to th ■ C hinese lan g u ag e and literatu re, ouragem ent in their athletic endeav- olav with his college next fall. with an en d o w m en t of $150,000. ,rs The girls at W ashington have (C ontinued on page six.» A rth u r B risbane, ed ito r of the New Iso organized wom en's row ing crews. Y o’k E v e n in g Jo u rn a l, in a recent edi
