DOCTOR
Y. W. C. A. CLOSES GOOD YEAR I the building of a sidewalk at the A s
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sociation lot, to which the girls con
From Extended T rip to England
Many Good Speakers Have Address trib u ted by preparing a large spread,
W here he Made Im portant H is
and serving it at the gym nasium to the
ed the Growing Association D ur
ing 1907-08.
T h e U n iv ersity Y. W . C. A. is en d
ing one of the m ost sucecssful years in
its histo ry . S ta rtin g in O ctober with
tw enty-five m em bers, the num ber has
been raised to sixty-five stu d en t m em
bers, witli a su stain in g m em bership of
tw enty-five.
M eetings have been held weekly
d u rin g the year, m any of them ad d res
sed by ou tsid e speakers, such as Dr.
F o ulkes and Dr. B rougher of P o rt
land, M rs. C hristianson and M rs. S. D.
A llen, while Pres. Cam pbell and sev
eral m em bers of the faculty including
D r. Sheldon, Prof. Sw eetser and Dr.
G ilbert have given excellent talks. T he
A ssociation is also deeply indebted to
college and tow n m usical talen t for
m ost en joyable num bers at nearly ev
ery m eeting, as well as to the a rtists
who have co n trib u ted posters announc
ing m eetings ami social events.
O ne essential feature of Y. W. C. A.
w ork is Bible stu d y ; this is rep re
sented at ( )regon by tw o classes and
by a course of study w ithout recitation,
taken by nu m ero u s girls. Much in te r
est has been aroused in m ission study,
especially am o n g the m em bers of the
S tudent V olunteer Band. T w o classes
are conducted by them .
A nother leading aim of the Y. W . C.
A. everyw here is to furnish pleasant
society for girls, and much em phasis is
placed on this line of w ork by the local
A ssociation. T he ladies of the A dvis
ory B oard, Mrs. DeCou, Mrs. Zieber,
M rs. \ anScoy, M rs. S trau b . Mrs.
S w eetser. Mrs. Y oung, M rs. Boynton.
M rs. T errill. Mrs. Stafford and Mrs.
S nodgrass, have en tertain ed the girls
d u rin g the spring m onths with a se r
ies of delightful teas. 'The girls th em
selves have also given num erous af
fairs. including a Japanese party for
new m em bers at the la u Pi house, a
reception for the state student secre
tary , Miss Ross, at the hom e of Mrs.
Y oung, and a tw ilight m usical at the
Tail Pi h o u se; the stu d en t volunteer
m em bers of the A ssociation also e n te r
tained for Miss H arris, th eir national
secretary , at Pres. C am pbell’s.
( )ne of the pleasantest features of the
social w ork has been e n te rta in in g in
conjunction w ith the Y. M. C. A. The
first jo in t affair was the reception for
new stu d e n ts in O ctober, the next a
p a rty at the Kloshe T illicum house in
F eb ru a ry . O f a slightly different n a
tu re, but none the less enjoyable, was
men.
T he largest single activity of the
year has been the entertainm ent of the
S tate convention, which was attended
by delegates from all the \ \ estern
( )regon colleges ami normal schools,
and a few high schools. 1 he presence
of excellent speakers, including Mrs.
H oneym an, state president, Miss Gage,
Miss Ross, Miss McCorkle and M iss
B arnum , secretaries; Dr. C oburn, Dr.
Van W a te rs and Dr. Young of P o rt
land, secured interesting and in stru c
tive sessions. The social end was u p
held by a largely attended reception at
the dorm itory.
Miss R uth Balderee, who in F ebru
ary succeeded Miss Canfield as p res
ident, and her cabinet, consisting of the
M isses Jessie Calkins, Edith P rescott,
F rances Y oung, G ertrude Holm es,
G ladys
M acKenzie, M ary W atson,
Isolene Shaver, France Kelly, Jenny
P erry and E thel Green, will have
charge of the work for the first sem es
ter of next year, and with the increase
in the n um ber of students, expect a
large increase in the am ount and q u al
ity of A ssociation work.
'fen girls will probably atten d the
conference at Seaside, and with them
will return an inspiring enthusiasm
which will help to carry the activity
of next year to the highest pitch of
success.
Paul W . Reid, ’09, I and F rancis
W alsh, ’l l , left recently for Y ellow
stone Park where they will work d u r
ing the sum m er. T hey have the posi
tions held last year by C. B. Ilam ble
and W alter Eaton.
C urtis G ardner, ’OS, did not return
to college from the S eattle m eet, but
will go at once to his sum m er w ork at
Hood River. Mr. G ardner passed his
exam inations before leaving.
Max I landm an, ’07, is a prom inent
m em ber of the new A narchist Club at
the U niversity of Chicago.
At the U niversity of C hicago classes
in physical culture are being trained in
the use of tire escapes.
A faculty gym class of seventy-four
m em bers has been organized at P u r
due.
torical Discoveries
Dr Joseph Schafer, p ro fesso r of his
tory, who has ju s t re tu rn e d from a
y ea r’s leave of absence, re p o rts th a t his
research work has been very profitable
and valuable. T he q u estio n w hich he
investigated was th e co n tro v e rsy be
tw een E ngland and A m erica concern
ing the O regon b o u n d ary . By apply
ing at the office of M r. W h itelaw Reid,
our am bassador in L ondon, he o b ta in
ed perm ission to take notes in the of
fice of research, w hich is sim ilar to our
C ongressional L ib rary . H ere he ob
tained much m aterial th a t has not been
used heretofore. L ord S tan m o re whose
father was at one tim e g iv e rn o r of the
province, kindly invited him to his
country house w here his fa th e r’s let
ters w ritten d u rin g the period in ques
tion, were on file. F rom th is source,
Dr. Schafer gained m uch inform ation
th at can be found now here else. From
these sources, he has gleaned all th a t
was lacking in clearin g up the ques
tion of the O regon bou n d ary .
T he first use D r S chafer intends to
make of his discovery is to w rite a
sum m ary for the N o rth A m erican H is
torical Review. T h en he will give an
advanced course to his h isto ry s tu
dents on the diplom atic relatio n s of the
Pacific C oast. A m ore d etailed account
will be published a fte r som e tim e, p ro b
ably in book form.
Dr. and M rs. S chafer also enjoyed a
very p leasan t trip on th e continent
where they spent a m onth. O ne city
of especial in terest to them w as T rier,
on the M osel, w here
D r. S chafer’s
father was educated. T h is tow n is
very p icturesque, su rro u n d ed by hills
whose sides are covered w ith vine
yards. It is of un u su al historical in
terest on account of the ru in s of Roni-
an stru c tu re s, of w hich the best p re
served is the P orta N igra, a city gate,
surm ounted by three sto ries w here the
regim ents of soldiers w ere q u artered
when T rie r w as the capital of the
C aesars of the W est.
T h iev in g at the U n iv ersity of M in
nesota has been going on to such an
extent th at P resident N o rth ru p recen t
ly took occasion to condem n the p rac
tice in an ad d ress in chapel.
“J o b ” R igsby, well know n at O re
A rth u r Stone is the ed ito r of the
W hitm an College Pioneer for 1908-09. gon, w as the leader at W h itm an this
year in the w inning of em blem s, be
A proposal for a stu d en t laundry is ing g ran ted le tte rs for football, b ase
being agitated at W . S. C.
ball, basketball and debate.