The Oregon weekly., May 04, 1908, Image 1

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U N IV ER SITY OF OREGON
VOL. IX.
EU G EN E, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1908.
FRESH M A N CLASS W IN S M EET
From Athletes Representing Portland
And Eugene High Schools.
One Record Broken.
O regon F resh m en , 80.
P o rtlan d H ig h School, 38.
E ugene H ig h School, 13.
F rom s ta rt to finish of the tria n g u ­
lar m eet on F rid a y the O regon fresh­
m en w ere ahead. At one tim e P o rt­
land cut dow n th e lead to three points,
but the n ext ev en t w idened the gap.
E v ery m an of the P o rtlan d and E u ­
gene team s acq u itted him self cred it­
ably, b u t th e y could not do much
ag ain st the cream of last y ea r’s g rad ­
uates from the p re p a ra to ry schools of
the state. T h e ath letes of the class
of 1911 show ed th a t th ey will be a
valuable ad d itio n to the team s of the
U n iv ersity in fu tu re years. H arry
M oon, late of D rain N orm al School,
delighted his m any adm iring c la s s ­
m ates by w in n in g the three dashes
and finishing the relay in th rillin g
style. “ C h u ck ” T ay lo r, onetim e hero
of II M. A. show ed th a t he is U n iv er­
sity m aterial by w in n in g tw o firsts
and tw o seconds. Sam M ay m ade a
good captain : he won the 440 ami took
second in the half mile. C. A. Downs,
late of P. II. S., ran a g allant half
mile, and S ievers the little freshm an
from P arkplace won the mile by a
lead of half a lap. H o o v er took second
in the mile by a gam e stru g g le with
Jam ison and O ’L eary. W in d and a
wet track and field m ade the tim e slow
and m ade ju m p in g difficult. A t one
tim e rain stopped the m eet for a few
m inutes. F o r P. H . S., M cG uire and
Eaton ret te were stars, show ing espe­
cial ability in the hurdles. E llm akei,
captain of the E ugene team , won then
oiib- fi s . but his team -m ates all put
up a gam e fight. I he events follow .-
440 yd. dash, M ay ( ( ) ) , M yer (P ),
S w art ( ( ) ) . 55 sec.
50 yd. dash, Moon (O ), D art (P ),
K rieger ( E ) . 5 3-5 sec.
Pole vault, Roberts (()), 1 ayloi (O ),
lamison ( P). Oft. 3in.
No. 30.
H alf mile, D ow ns (O ), May (O ), COLLEGE HOUR W ED N ESD A Y
S utton (P ). 2:09 min.
220 H urdles, L atourette (P ), Mc­ Heartily Enjoyed by a Large Crowd
Of Students, Alumni and
Guire (P ), A bschire (E ). 28 1-5 sec.
Faculty.
100 yd. dash, Moon (O ), Roberts
(O ), K rieger (E ). 10 2-5 sec.
W ednesday m orning at ten o’clock
Broad jum p, Ellm aker (E ), H ick­
the students and faculty of the U niver­
son (P ), May (O ). 20 ft. 2 1-4 in.
H igh hurdles, McGuire (P ), L a t­ sity of O regon gathered under the
Condon oaks in front of V illard hall,
ou rette (P ), Goodall (O ). 18 sec.
Shot put, T ay lo r (O ), Fariss (O ) ,| and for one hour forgot th eir cares and
troubles, and abandoned them selves to
Sheridan (E ). 38 ft. 9in.
H igh jum p, M cGuire (P ), T aylor the pleasures and enjoym ents of a
“happy family, once more un ited .”
(O ), Jam ison ( P ) . 5ft. 3in.
The occasion was the College H our,
220 yd. dash, Moon (O ), K rieger
a custom which prevails at m any uni­
(E ), M yer ( P ) . 23 sec.
Mile, Sievers (O ), H oover (O ), versities throughout the country and
which, with the g ath erin g W ednesday,
Jam ison (P ). 5 min. 35 sec.
H am m er, S truck (O ), S w eek(O ), was inaugurated at the U niversity of
O regon we hope, to rem ain. I he p u r­
Bailey (E ). 99 ft.
Discus, T aylor (O ), Sm ith (P ), pose of this College H o u r is to throw
all of the students of all d ep artm en ts
Dean (O ). 105 ft. 3 in.
Relay, won by O regon freshm en, together at different tim es in order
S w art, K estly, R oberts and Moon. that they may become better acq u ain t­
ed with one another, and with the
1 min. 48 sec.
Officials— S tarter, O liver H u sto n ; com m ingling there, they may form a
clerk of course, Virgil C ooper; announ­ closer band of union and fellow ship
cer, A rthur Van D u s e n ; judges, ,W m. am ong them selves.
The affair W ednesday was opened
W’ood, Olen A rnspiger, W m . Kiltz,
Paul Reid, Eberle K uykendall; scorer, vith the college yells after which the
Bob O bertauffer; tim e keepers, Dr. lifferent classes separated into four
groups and rent the air with yells and
Leonard and Fred M oullen.
ounter veils. Even the faculty, gat f i ­
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\ m ass meeting of stu d en ts was held red in the shade of one of C apt.
in Villard hall on T h u rsd ay evening to j Irigg’s ornam ental trees, caught the
listen to Mis* Elizabeth H arris, in the pirit and lifted their untrained voices
interest of the Student V olunteer n a vociferous “ ro o t” for them selves.
m ovem ent. After a solo by Miss Gil­
S tudent-body President, Prescott,
bert, which was much appreciated icxt introduced City Superintendent
Miss H arris spoke, em phasizing espec­ Wderman and R egistrar Albert I if-
ially ’he need for the consecration of | any, who addressed the students for
strong men and women to foreign mis­ ifteen m inutes on the need of their
sionary work. She spoke of the Lay •< »-operation in the cam paign for the
m en’s M ovement, as having accom ­ University appropriation.
'fh e next feature was the serving of
plished a great deal.
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" \ll arc called to mission work,
efreshm ents, which were in form as
she said, “by the great need for it lovel as they were enjoyable. A half-
lozen dem ure co-eds. designated by
America sacrifices more lives a t lo o t
Freshm en as the
ball than in the foreign field, yet there he ever-evident
is the need of a perishing heathen •candy-kids,” appeared in the midst of
w orld.” Miss H arris is a pleasing and he group and doled out to the g ro w n ­
up children huge sticks of “O tto s
effective speaker.
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striped candv. W hen the last greeds
'fh e Sm ith College M onthly is con­
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ducted by the senior class.