The Oregon weekly., October 05, 1908, Image 5

SPO K E
TO
LA RG E
ASSEM BLY V A RSITY
BAND
IS
A SSU RED B O O STER S
PLA N
A SSEM BLY
Every D epartm ent of Student W ork
President P. L. Campbell Gave Inspir­ Suggestion in Oregon W eekly Bears
Will Have its Advocate at
F ruit—Musicians will aid
ing Talk in Villard Hall
Student Body Meeting.
Rooters at Games.
W ednesday Morning.
S tudent en th u siasm will run high at
O regon is to have a band at last. 1 he
P resid en t C am pbell addressed a
the
stu d en t body m eetin g next \ \ ed-
large audience of stu d e n ts in V illard question came to a head T h u rsd a y nesday m o rning at ten o ’clock in \ il-
11 all W ed n esd ay m orning, the occa­ evening when th e m usicians of the lard H all. T h is is a re g u la r m eetin g of
sion being the first assem bly of the U niversity, follow ing the su g g estio n s the A ssociated S tu d en ts, but, as is the
college year. H is topic w as: “ A G ener­ m ade in the W eekly last week, met and custom , no business will be tran sacted .
al D iscussion of the W o rk of the Y ea r.” organized. More th an a score of m en 'The m eeting will be given over to d e­
He spoke briefly of the difficulties u n ­ signed the list pledging them selves to veloping a h ealth y college sp irit, and
der w hich in stru c to rs and stu d e n ts la­ play in the new band. It is expected to placing sq u arely before the stu d e n ts
bored last y ear and of the really g reat to have the in stru m e n ts here in the as a w hole the claim s and the p ro b ­
resu lts, say in g th a t th is year, w ith an near future and to have the band on a lems of each and every branch of s tu ­
Enlarged faculty and b e tte r equipm ent, good w orking basis by the date of the dent activity. T he glee club will p ro b ­
first big football gam e. It will sit
a g re a te r w ork should be done.
ably be th ere to enliven the m eeting
lie rem inded the stu d en ts th a t the w ith the ro o ters and enliven the pauses with O regon m elodies, and Y ell-m aster
ta x p a y e rs have done th e ir’ p a rt and in the gam e w ith lively O regon airs.
B urns Powell, a freshm an from the Loosley will for the first tim e be seen
th at it is now the s tu d e n t’s d u ty to
officially in action at this m eeting. T h e
m ake good th eir prom ises to the public. M onm outh N orm al, w ho has had con­ m eeting is the best o p p o rtu n ity of the
“ H ere in A m erica,” he rem arked, siderable experience as leader of bands year for freshm en and old stu d e n ts
“ you are b eg in n in g to lay the fo u n d a­ and o rch estras, was chosen director. alike to learn the exact s ta tu s of a f­
tion for y o u r professional w ork at the F o r tw o years he w as leader of the fairs. T he rep o rt of the tre a su re r of
M onm outh cadet band. A lthough the
sam e age th a t stu d e n ts in G erm any
the stu d en t body will be given, show ­
are b eg in n in g th eir professional cours­ in stru m en tatio n will not be announced ing the exact sta te of the finances.
until a fte r several reh earsals have been
es. T h en be serious ab out college work
lio n . Sam F riendly, regent of the
but plan only enough to be successfully held, it will p robably come largely from U n iv ersity , will open the firew orks
the follow ing l i s t :
carried out.
C ornets, D unton, P arks, S h attu ck , with one of his ch aracteristic addresses,
’ “ T h e ta x p a y e rs of the state are open
Parks, S h a n k in ; clarin ets, D avies, l i e will be followed by various alum ni.
to conviction, b u t th ey wish to be con­
Lackey, Roach, Z im m er and K ilb o rn ; T hen the claim of each branch of the
vinced of the efficiency of th eir state
altos, L yans, T ay lo r, S tran g , L am b ; work of the stu d en t body will be p re ­
u n iv ersity . T h e real need of o u r state
trom bones, Pow ell, M oxley, F o rtm iller, sented, according to the follow ing p ro ­
today is train ed men and w om en, and
tubas, O dell and S taffo rd ; flute, N im s; gram :
these it is o ur business, as a u n iversity,
Glee club, M erle R. C hessm an.
tenors, Lew is and S tevenson ; baritone,
to supply.
P ublications, E arl K ilpatrick.
P ick ard ; drum s, R uth and R obison.
“ 1 w ould im press upon you th a t the
O ra to ry and D ebate, Jesse H. Bond.
M any of these m en have played w ith
first y ear of college can not be taken bands, and D irector Powell hopes to
Baseball, Lee H urd.
lightly. C lass and stu d en t-b o d y h o n ­ have a good deal of additional ex p e r­
T rack , O liver B. H uston.
ors depend upon the w ork of the fresh ­ ienced m aterial g ath ered to g e th e r by
F ootball, M anager R alph M c E w e n ,-
m an year. T ry to strik e a m ean b e ­
C aptain F red C. M oullen, Trainer \ \ m.
the tim e of the first rehearsal.
tw een the life of a technical school,
L. H ay w ard , and Coach R obert F orbes.
w here h ard w ork is th e rule and no E V E C U T IV E C O U N C IL M EETS
Laureans Choose Officers.
tim e given at all for play, and the ex­
trem e laissez-faire of som e of o ur state
(C ontinued from page 1.)
( )n last S atu rd ay ev ening the first
universities, w here social in te re sts are
reg
td ar m eeting of the L aureans was
given predom inance in the stu d en t proved. T he council also su stain ed the
held under auspicious conditions th a t
life.”
action of the president of the stu d en t au g u r a prosperous year of w ork for
F or the benefit of the freshm en, body and the m anager of the football
P resident C am pbell th en ou tlined the team in choosing C ary V. L oosley, ’10, the society. T he atten d an ce w as good
rules w ith reg ard to absence from as yell leaflet for the com ing football and it is confidently hoped th a t th is
classes and from the city. H e urged season. V an D usen. w ho gave such year there will be no such laxity of
at different
the e n te rin g stu d e n ts to chose wisely good satisfaction last year, did not de­ in terest as has existed
am o n g stu d e n t activ ities and n o t to try sire to act again, and M r. L oosley w as tim es in the p ast in U n iv ersity lite r­
ary society circles. T h e subject for
to do too m u c h .\
chosen in his stead. L oosley is a m an debate w as: “ Resolved, th a t th e p re s­
T h e assem b ly w as th e larg est p u re ­ of com m anding appearance and height, ent system of n o m in atin g officers in
ly stu d e n t g a th e rin g ever seen in V il­ well know n and respected am ong the
( )regon is b e tte r th an the old co n v en ­
lard H all, w ith th e possible exception stu d en ts.
tion system . T he affirm ative su p ­
of the referen d u m assem bly last year.
T h e various phases of s tu d e n t body ported by Steele and W a tte n b e rg won
Special 'm usic w as furnished- by M iss a c tiv ity were b; oug h t un d er discussion over th e negative, which w as upheld
M organ of the U n iv ersity School of by the council. T h e general opinion by W illiam s and L yans.
A large
M usic. D ean S anderson read th e scrip ­ of the m em bers seem ed to be th a t w ith num ber of freshm en w ere ad m itte d
tu re lesson.
the stu d en t body free from debt, and into the society as m em bers. T h e
finances once m ore in good condition, election of officers resulted as follow s:
Philologian Society.
the com ing y ear should be one of
P resident, T hos. R. T ow nsend.
grow th an<l expansion in every d e p a rt­
Vice P resid en t, J. I I . Bond.
m
ent.
_
O rig in al and w itty speeches c h a r­
S ecretary , C. A. Steele.
acterized the first m eetin g of the P hilo­
A ssistan t S ecretary , W m . Irv in .
Cross-Country Starts.
logian L ite ra ry S ociety held in D eady
T re a su re r, F. E. D unton.
T ra ck m en, paM and prospective,
Hall last S a tu rd a y evening. Speeches
C ensor C. K. L yans.
were
p
re
se
n
t
at
a
m
eeting
in
the
gym
were given by E llsw o rth M organ and
S erg ean t-at-arm s, II. A. Scullen.
S
a
tu
rd
a
y
to
discuss
ia.l
train
in
g
.
A lfred P ow ers. In p u rsu an ce of the
E d ito r, B. H . W illiam s. __________
P hilologian policy of g iv in g everybody T ra in e r H ay w ard laid dow n a few sim ­ and will include, besides ru n n in g ,
a chance to say som eth in g , a discussion ple tra in in g rules and outlined briefly jum ping, vau ltin g , boxing and w re s t­
of the Political S itu atio n w as held in plans for fall cross c o u n try w ork H e ling, m any o th e r kinds of ath letic com ­
which all the old m em bers took p art also anounced th a t an indoor m eet petition. A large num ber of men will
w ith five-m inute talks. An execration is in prospect for the late w in ter or go out for cross c o u n try for the first
bv H o rto n N icholas closed the p ro ­ early spring. Phis m eet will be m ore tim e on W ednesday evening.
com plete than the one held last year
gram .