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U N IV E R SIT Y O F OREGON
Vol. X.
EU G EN E, OREGON
D EB A T E SU B JECTS SU B M IT T E D
E X E C U T IV E
MONDAY, O CTO BER 5, 1908.
CO U N CIL
No. 2
M EETS CLASS T E L L S FUN N Y ST O R IE S
Oregon Submits Commission Plan— Much Routine Business is Transacted Samuel Eliot Institutes Novel Method
of Teaching Public Speaking to
At the First Meeting of the
Idaho Prefers Cuban Question—
Beginners
New Council
W ashington’s Is Income Tax
M uch business was despatched by
"T h e com m ission plan of city gov­
e rn m e n t” is the general su b ject su b ­ the executive com m ittee of the associ-
m itted by O regon for in te rsta te de­ ! ated stu d en ts at its first reg u lar m eet­
bate this year. W ash in g to n has su b ­ ing for the year F riday afternoon. T .
m itted the question of the incom e tax R. T ow nsend, president of the stu d en t-
ami Idaho favors the question of the body presided, and a full atten d an ce of
rem oval of U nited S tates a u th o rity m em bers was present w ith the excep­
from C uba. T h e co n stitu tio n of the tion of H arv ard M oore. 'Phe rep o rt of
in te rsta te league, con sistin g of the ! A. R. T iffany, tre a su re r of the A ssoci­
three state u niversities of W ash in g to n , ated S tudents, was heard. It show s
Idaho and O regon, provides th a t the the finances of the stu d en t body to be
choice of each u n iv ersity for general in a prosperous condition. It will be
subject for debate be su b m itted not read again at the m eeting of the s tu ­
later th an O cto b er 10th. All three dent body on W ednesday.
Fay C lark, 12, and Benj. W illiam s,
su b jects are now in the hands of Jesse
II. Bond, who is actin g as secretary 10, were confirm ed as associate editors
of the league for the cu rren t year.
'Phe sub ject su b m itted by O regon
was selected at a m eeting of the C om ­
m ittee on O ra to ry and D ebate held
last S atu rd ay at the hom e of P re si­
dent C am pbell. Several qu estio ns were
discussed, all of cu rren t in terest, and
th at of the com m ission plan of city
govern m en t was finally chosen, be­
cause it seem ed to be one free from
the tain t of political bias, and re m a rk ­
ably evenly divided.
l'be th ree questions of com m ission
plan, incom e tax, and rem oval of a u ­
th o rity from C uba will now be voted
upon bv the three u n iv ersities, each
in stitu tio n re g isterin g its first, second
and th ird choice w ith the sec retary of
the league. A first choice vote counts
three points, a second choice, tw o
points, and a th ird choice, one point.
A m ajo rity of votes selects the qu es­
tion.
W hen the question has been select­
ed, each u n iv ersity will fram e a pro p o ­
JE S S E H. BOND
sition upon the question. I'hese p ro p o ­
sitions will then be voted upon in the W ho has been elected president of the
Senior Class.
sam e way as the su bjects, and the suc­
cessful proposition will be the one dis-
succed in the cham pionship d ebate on of the < )regoii W eekly, having been
appointed by the editor. 'Phe ap p o in t­
M arch 26, 1909.
m ent bv the ed ito r of the M onthly of
W ash in g to n has been a g ita tin g the four associate editors was confirm ed.
reduction of the num ber of men on the Pile nam es of the new scribes are
team s from three to tw o. T h is idea G reta Bristow , OS: Sam Robinson, '10:
did not meet with favor from the m em ­ Leslie E m m ons, 12; and Pom W ord.
bers of the com m ittee at the m eeting. '12. G erald E astham , 'l l , was elected
As < tregon en ters only the one in te r­ to fill the place o f associate ed ito r of
collegiate co n test, it is the opinion of the O regon M onthly left vacant by the
the m em bers of the com m ittee th at at absence of X eta Bart let from college
least six men should be given th e op- this sem ester.
p o rtu n itv to represent the I n iv ersity
'Pile selection of M erle R. C hessm an
in debate. A m em ber of the com m itee as m a n a g e r ol th e Gle»‘ C lub was ap-
will soon be appointed to take the
(C ontinued on page 5.)
place of C. L. W healdon.
S tu d en ts th ro u g h o u t the U niversity
are discussing w ith in terest a novel
m ethod of teach in g elocution in stitu ted
in freshm an classes by Sam uel E liot,
O xford scholar, and assistan t in P sy ­
chology and P ublic Speaking. M r.
E liot, who has tw o of the five large di­
visions of the beginning elocution clas­
ses, un d ertak es his novel m ethod w ith
the full consent of P rofessor I. M. Glen,
the head o f the d ep artm en t. T h e first
interest on the cam pus w as draw n to
the m atter by the report of som e of the
freshm en th at th ey had to tell funny
stories in elocution classes. In v e sti­
gation proved th a t such was indeed
the case, and conversation w ith Mr.
Eliot show ed the m otive of such a
seem ing d ep artu re from generally ac­
cepted ideas concerning the teach in g
of elocution.
“ 'Phe m ethod," said M r. E liot, “ is
new s o .fa r as my observation has ex­
tended. ft is based upon tw o com m on
sense principles, first th at the m ind,
to grasp an idea, m ust com e to it with
interest ; and second, that as only so
much atten tio n can be given to a p ro ­
cess. the m ore the process is sim plified,
the m ore likely it is that good resu lts
will follow.
“ By h aving the stu d en ts tell stories,
I aim to secure (heir active in terest,
to get them ‘w arm ed' up to the subject
in hand.
“ By h aving them th u s put p ra c t’ce
before theory, I hope to give a basis,
w hereon to apply theory. A football
coach does not rell a man how to fall
on a ball the firs* thing. He th ro w s
the ball on the ground and has the
m an fall on it. T h en he corrects the
m ethod of falling, and has only to
correct the erro rs in the o p e ra tio n .’
So the aim in mv m ethod is to get the
student to speak first w ithout rules.
I le is bound to do it p artly right. T hen
correction will be m ade and theory
applied upon tin* basis of the show ing
made at the s ta r t.”
Miss Helen F rink and Miss M ildred
C aglev are new arriv als at M afv Spiller
Hall. '
Byron G oodall,
11, sprained his
ankle S unday afternoon by slipping
1 while descending the stairs of the
d orm itory.
A co-operative store has been started
at W . S. C . -