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LA U REA N D EBA TIN G SO CIETY
Eugene, Ore.
Girls and Gossip
It is one of the most natural things
H as Had a Most Prosperous Year—
in the w orld for girls, when they m eet
Four Men on Varsity Debat
to discuss the good or bad qualities of
ing Team
T'lie L au rean L iterary society, the
oldest in the U niversity, held its last
m eetin g S atu rd ay evening. D u rin g the
past y ear the L aurean society has had
a m ost prosperous year. F o u r m em
bers of the organization, Bond, W h eal
don, T o w n sen d and E aton have won
places on the V arsity d eb atin g team s
while the in terstate oratorical con
test was this year won from Idaho and
W ash in g to n by a L aurean m em ber,
Jesse I I . Bond.
In in terso ciety debate the L aurean
F resh m an team , although a stro n g trio,
lost to the P hilologian F reshm en by a
close tw o to one decision. In the
freshm an class some rem arkably stro n g
m aterial is on hand, who, from all
signs, can fully keep up the reputation
of the society in years to come.
D ebating work in the L aurean so
ciety halls has done much to tu rn out
m any stro n g and able men. A m ong
the noted L aurcans who have been
g rad u ated from the U niversity of O re
gon are Judge L aw rence T. H arris,
Ju d g e E. O. P otter, and Ju d g e Chas.
M oriarty. M ore recently the leading
lights have been no less stars th an
Clifton (P a t) M cA rthur, Ju d g e A rth u r
L. F razer, Fred S teiw er, ’06; W alter
C. W inslow , ’06; J. B. and T. E. D od
son, ’06: and J. R. L ato u re tte, ’0 /.
In the past the L aurean society has had
good m en ; in the present she has good
men, and in the future she will alw ays
have good men.
T he final exam inations begin next
W ednesday and will continue for a
week and a half. A num ber of s tu
d en ts will leave as soon as their ex
am in atio n s are over. T he boys that
g o to the Y. M. C. A. conference at
the B reakers have been granted special
ex am in atio n s bv the I'acultv.
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,C ap t. B riggs very generously and
w illingly cut all the roses th at were in
bloom to send to our friends in P o rt
land for the Rose F estival last week.
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a friend or acquaintance. To tell of
their good qualities, to discuss the rea
sons or causes for acts of kindness or
unkindness, of charity or selfishness is
very n atu ral. As we know, com pari
sons are the most natural and the
clearest m eans of explanation, and it
cannot be judged entirely out of place
to com pare the good tra its of one
characted w ith the poorer tra its of
an o th er and vice versa. T his reason
ing m ay not seem ju st to the enem y
of gossip— b u t it is true, nevertheless.
'I'lie real harm done am ong girls in
this m anner is that the conversation
grow s, and appears in a different light
when it oversteps the bounds of a
friendly chat. The girls m ust not
throw broadcast, what they have been
discussing am ong them selves. If a
girl could only learn that if she m ust
repeat, the repitition shall not exceed
the original in anv m anner w hatsoever,
file tone in which the com m ent is
said and the occasion make all the dif
ference in the world. If girls would
rem em ber ibis it would do more for
the lessening of gossip than all the
non-gossip clubs th a t could be formed.
E. Rav Fountain, '07, is renew ing old
acquaintances at the dorm itory as the
guest of Harold M errym an.
Norwood R. C harm an, the popular
captain of basketball has secured a
lucrative position for the sum m er at
Los Angeles, Calif.
Cora Thom son, ex-07, who com plet
ed a course in Berkeley in D ecem ber
and has since been doing post-graduate
work, passed through E ugene last week
on her way to her hom e at Clackam as,
O regon.
CLOSES
PRO SPERO U S
YEAR
Philologian Society H as W on Trium ph
in O ratory and D ebate During
the P ast Year.
N ever since th e days w hen literary
society allegiance m ean t m ore than
politics to the U n iv e rsity s tu d e n t have
the P hilos been so p ro sp ero u s as this
year. An increased m em b ersh ip with
som e excep tio n ally s tro n g freshm en
has enlivened th e society.
B ert W . P re sc o tt, ’08, has reflected
credit upon it by w in n in g th e intercol
legiate o rato rical ch am p io n sh ip of O re
gon. T w o well know n P hilos, K il
patrick and N icholas, secured places
upon the in te rs ta te d eb ate team s. The
crow ning success of th e y ea r was a
hard-w on v icto ry o v er th e L aurean
freshm an team . P h ilo lo g ia w as rep re
sented in th is c o n test by Lee B. H o is
ington, Ben E. B eatty , and C has. \V.
R obison.
Some of the P h ilo lo g ian alum ni have
been especially active d u rin g the past
y ear in political, ed u catio n al and pro
fessional circles. A llen E ato n and L.
R. A lderm an have ju s t closed a suc
cessful fight for th e U n iv e rsity ap
p ro p riatio n . H e n ry M cK inney has
been elected to th e leg islatu re, \ \ alter
W h ittle se y is te a c h in g a t C ornell;
F ran ces G allow ay in E a s t P ortland
H igh S ch o o l; Jo h n V eatch is boosting
for Y am hill C o u n ty ; G eorge Goodall
is se c re ta ry of th e R ailroad C om m is
sion ; Jam es G ilb ert and I. M. Glen
are te a c h in g in th e U n iv e rsity . M any
• >thers are d o in g valuable w ork and
reflecting h o n o r upon th e society.
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R eg istrar T iffan y has received a
large n u m b er of ap p licatio n s for fresh
man stan d in g . S everal high schools
have ex h a u ste d th e ir su p p ly of appli
cations, sen d in g for m ore. Three
Miss Edith M cG eary is expected to high schools w hich have never befoie
arrive in Eugene soon. She will visit sent s tu d e n ts will be rep resen ted as
Miss Helene Robinson and will rem ain well as several, who have not been rep
resented for sev eral y ears.
until after com m encem ent.
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Professor D unn gave high school
An “o u tla w ” team defeated the tlii’f
com m encem ent addresses at Tillam ook
floor of th e d o rm ito ry at baseball on
and Ashland recently.
S atu rd ay by th e close score of 9 to 7.
W . S. C. expects to have an en ro ll
Billie W illiam s, ’10, is tem porarily
Miss Pearl H aw th o rn e w ent to P o rt
m en ts of 1800 stu d en ts next year.
land \ \ ednesdav to the Rose F estival. lam e as th e re su lt of a sl*gbf accident