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About The Oregon weekly. (Eugene, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1908)
JU N IO R W EEK EN D ASSURED 1909 Class W ill be H osts on May 22 And 23— Faculty Approves Prom The Junior Week End which the 1909 class has been planning for the past few months is now an assured suc cess. President Campbell has sanc tioned the proposed enlargement of the annual University day and the faculty committee on student affairs has grant ed the class permission to give a Junior Prom. The days set aside for this holiday event are Friday and Saturday, May 22 and 23. The morning of Fri day will be devoted to general im provement work about the campus, in cluding the laying of cement walks and the building of bleachers on Kin caid Field. The co-eds will serve din ner to the student workers at the dor- antorv and in the afternoon the Ore gon track team will meet the athletes ni O A. C. In the evening the Juniors will give an oratorical exhibition. Those who will deliver orations will probably be Herbert Clarke, Earl Kil patrick, Thos. R. Townsend. Charles MacC Snow and Merle R. Chessman. Saturday the chief attraction will be the baseball game in the afternoon and the Prom m the evening. Many voung people from over the state will come to Eugene to attend the different attractions and the affair promises to be a gala occasion. The committee who have charge of the arrangements is composed of Robin Nelson, Ormond Bean and Me: le Chessman. A meeting of the lunio: class has been called for Monday, Ma)' 4. by Pres. Cooper in order to discuss the forthcoming e- vem. Eutaxian Society. The last meeting which the Eutax ian Society held before Easter vacation was very interesting. The society met in Miss Slater’s room and will continue to hold meetings there the rest of this semester. Miss Isolene Shaver sang a beautiful solo “May-time’’ which was very much appreciated. Miss Blanche Ferdine gave a read ing, which told what girls learn at col lege. Miss Kent gave a very interest ing talk on wild flowers of the Orchi- daceae (Orchis Family). She drew sec tions of the flower on the board to show its peculiar structure and how it is fertilized by the insects. Pressed specimens and paintings of the more rare species were passed and examined by those present. The attendance has been increasing, which is a good sign. All girls are in vited and may come whether they are members or not. Programs for the first two meetings after vacation have been posted. Eook for them and come to the meetings. Trainer Hayv'ard expresses himself as well pleased with the showing made by the freshman athletes in the trian gular meet. The freshmen have been consistent trainers this year, says Mr. Hayward, and well deserve the suc cess they have achieved. For next year it is planned to let all the Port land high schools and academies hold a preliminary meet to choose an all- Portland team, which will represent the best individual talent in the Port land schools. For the remainder of this year, there is the coming meet with the O. A. C. freshmen. The lack of a convenient date has made a meet with the Washington freshmen The Philologian Society. out of the question, although both There was a good attendance at the sides were anxious to hold one. Philologian hall last Saturday evening. A stag picnic for members of the A stump speech by Mr. Earl Kilpatrick and a debate on the Ship Subsidy ques Y. M. C. A. will be held on the camp tion made up the program. Following ing grounds across the Willamette this was the election of officers for the River on the evening of Saturday, May 9. All members are invited by rest of the school year. Curtis Gard the committee to attend this social. ner was elected president ; Earl Kil The crowd will meet at the dormitory patrick, vice-president; Carl Neal, sec retary; E. B. Hoisington, assistant sec at 4:30 P. M. It will cross the river in boats to the picnic ground. There retary; Glen Briedwell, treasurer ; Earl campfires will be lighted, an aquatic Marshall, sergeant-at-arms; Alfred swimming races, exhibitions and Powers, editor. The freshman debate swimming races and exhibitions and with the Eaureans will be held next boat-races, while those of the merry Saturday evening; after that the soci makers who are not amphibious wdl ety will not meet any more this sem serve as spectators or take part in ester except at the call of the pres sports of their own on dry land. This ident. Everybody is invited to the in picnic is an annual affair and is always ter-society freshman debate on next enjoyed by those privileged to attend. Saturday. SIX ORATORS ARE CHOSEN. To Compete for Failing and Beekman Prizes in June.—Three From Each Sex. Pile preliminary contest to choose Failing-Beekman orators was held in Villard Hall Saturday morning at nine o'clock. Professors Carson, DeCou, ('den and Young acted as judges ¡Prof essor Dunn was unable to serve on ac count of illness. Out of nine contes tants six were chosen for the finals. It is an interesting circumstance that three of the successful orations were upon the same subject: “The Reign of Eaw." These three were given by Bert Prescott, Miss Miriam Van Wa ters. and R. Dell McCarty. The man ner of treatment is so varied that the orations resemble one another only as regards title. The other sucessful con testants were Miss Emily Muhr, speaking on “Social Poise and Social Progress” ; Miss Cora Cameron, with the subject, “A Part of Earth’s Crea tive Majesty;” and Wesley M. Wire, who spoke on the subject: “Am I My Brother’s Keeper.’’ Phe successful or ators will deliver their orations at commencement, when the hailing and Beekman prizes will be awarded to the persons winning first and second place, respectively. The Oregon Monthly for May is unique. Most of the articles are of a serious nature and there is little fic tion. From the standpoint of literary merit this issue is one of the best of the year and it is full of timely arti cles on topics of interest about the campus. A reception to the senior class of the University was held Friday night at the home of President Campbell in honor of Miss Elizabeth Harris, a national committeeman in charge of Student Volunteer work, who has spent several days in Eugene. Miss Harris gave a brief talk setting forth the demands of the student volunteer movement. Mrs. Zieber assisted Miss Harris in receiving. Punch and na- bisco wafers were served by Misses Ethel-Green, Ruth Balderee, and Eivia Bond and Mr. Clarence Steele. 'I he student volunteers of the I niversity were present. fames Eyman will spend some time in Eugene after a tour of the Western Oregon colleges. Manager Mount has recently done a great deal of work at improving the baseball practice diamond and erect ing batting cages.
