University Appropriation Carries by Good Majority
O reg o n ^ ? W eekly.
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U N IV E R S IT Y O F OREGON
E U G E N E , O R E G O N , M ONDAY, JU N E 1. 1908.
V O L . IX .
BOND
W IN S
F IR S T
P L A Ç E U N IV E R S IT Y
B IL L
C A R R IES V IC T O R IO U S
No. 34
SE A SO N
CLOSED
In S ev en th In te rs ta te O ra to rical C on Indications From Meager Reports At Seattle S aturday A fternoon W hen
te s t H eld a t S eattle S atu rd ay
Show State has Endorsed U ni
O regon T rack T eam Em erged
E v en in g
V ictorious
versity and Education
By a big enough score to have won a
Partial reports from different sec
W ith th e m em ory of th e O regon
victory on th e trac k to sp u r him on, tions of the state plainly indicate that dual meet, O regon defeated Idaho and
|esse H . Bond, re p resen tativ e of the the appropriation for the University W ashington on track and field S at
U n iv ersity of ( )regon in th e seventh has carried by a safe majority. M ult urday at Seattle, and rem ains undis
annual in te rs ta te o ratorical contest, nomah County leads with a 1().(XX) nia- puted cham pion of the N orthw est for
com pleted a day of honors for his Al- joritv. Scanty reports from Southern the third consecutive time. 'The O re
ma M ater, S a tu rd a y night at S eattle and E astern O regon indicate a good gon team , which was feared to have
by w in n in g first place over H erm an m ajority for the bill, 'fhe valley coun been badly weakened by the loss of
Allen of th e U n iv ersity of W a sh in g ties have gone heavily against the ap- Moores, has thus dem onstrated its ow n
ability and that of Bill H ayw ard. Or
ton and W illiam K. Gwin of the U ni
egon won 64 points, Idaho 35, V ash-
v ersity of Idaho. H is oratio n was on
ington 23. Many of Idaho’s points
“ 'fh e E v o lu tio n of C h a ra c te r,” and it
were made by the phenomenal Ed
was the excellence of his delivery of
mondson, who won the quarter, the
a m asterfu l them e th a t won for him
half-mile, the mile, and a lap in the
the coveted h o n o r.
Mr. Allen of
relay, 'fh e track was slow and no rec
W a sh in g to n won second place, receiv-
ords were made.
ing b u t one point less th an Mr. Bond.
Huston, Moon, and R oberts won
T h e la tte r received tw o second places
the hundred in one, tw o, three o rd er;
and one th ird on th o u g h t and com po
Moon captured the 220 with case.
sition and th ree firsts on delivery while
Kuykendall won the high hurdles and
the fo rm er got th ree first places on
the broad jum p and tied with M oullen
th o u g h t and com position and one sec
for second in the high jum p and the
ond and tw o th ird s on delivery. As
pole vault. The three places in the
w inner M r. Bond w as aw arded a prize
shot went to M oullen, Zacharias and
of $75.00 by th e K in g C ounty Bar
M cIntire. Zacharias won the ham m er
A ssociation and Mr. Allen received
throw. The detailed events follow:
$25.00 for second place.
Sum m ary of E vents.
S a tu rd a y n ig h t’s co n test m arked the
880-yard ru n —Edm ondson (Id ah o ),
second v icto ry for ( )regon during the
Vernon (W ash in g to n ), Downs (O re
seven y e a rs in w hich the tri-state
g o n ); time 2:03.
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100-yard dash— H uston (O regon),
league has existed.
Cash
M o o n (O regon), R oberts (O re g o n );
lam es M o tt won in 1904 on the su b W inner of F irst PUce and a
Prize of $75.00 in
time 10 2-5 seconds.
ject “ B enedict A rn o ld .’
O
ratory
Broad jum p— K uykendall (O regon),
T h e co n test next y ear will be held
in M oscow , Idaho. T h e chaiim an of p ro p ria tio n .b u t not enough so to over Coyle (W ash in g to n ). L. W illiam son
(W a sh in g to n ); distance 21 feet 5 in
the co n test S a tu rd a y night was James come the leads gained e ’sewhere.
P. H a rtm a n of S eattle.
1 he judges
The ticket was a yard long, am ches.
120-yard h u rd le s -K u y k e n d a ll (O r
on th o u g h t and com position were the count is necessarily slow. Com
P resident S. B. L. Penrose of W h it plete returns will probably not be m egon), H uston (O reg o n ), Driscoll (Id
man C o lleg e; Prof. N orm an Coleman before W ednesday noon so that it is aho) ; time 16 4-? seconds.
Ham m er throw —Z acharias (O re
of W h itm a n C ollege and Prof. B. at present impossible to accurately
gon), G ardner (O regon) Bantz (W ash
Baldwin of O reg o n A gricultural Col
forecast the result
in g to n ): distance. 146 feet 6 inches.
lege. T h e ju d g e s on delivery were
It was the intention of the W eekly
440-yard dash— Edm ondson (Id ah o ),
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letails of
hi;«ih lairlv accurate details
States circuit court ; F. G. Dorety an< to P » Mon;, l} .lrlt| for this reason Lowell (O regon). Cam pbell (W ash
Hr. J. H. P o w ers of S eattle.
delayed one day and in g 'o n ; time 51 4-5 seconds.
lesse II. Bond who won for O regon the pap<
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